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LA Rev Stat § 40:525 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§525. Local authority planning participation

RS 525 - Local authority planning participation With respect to matters relating to the purposes of this Chapter, each municipality or parish or regional planning body of this state shall, in its planning processes, take into account all recommendations of local housing authorities formed by such municipality or parish, or by the municipalities and parishes affected by the actions of such regional planning body. Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:526 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§526. Exempt records

RS 526 - Exempt records Notwithstanding any other law with respect to the availability of public records for inspection, the following records of a housing authority are exempt from public disclosure: (1) All records in the individual file of a resident, former resident, or applicant for public housing. (2) All records in the individual file of any landlord or individual providing a dwelling that is in any manner administered by a housing authority. (3) All lists that identify residents, former residents, and applications. However, statistical compilations are not exempt unless, by identification of location, family size, employment, or similar information, a resident, former resident, or applicant may be identified. (4) The addresses of any dwellings that are assisted, either directly by the action of the housing authority or as a result of the resident's selection. However, statistical compilations are not exempt unless some or all of them may be specifically identified by address as a result of such compilation. (5) The home address or personal telephone number of any resident, former resident, applicant, or landlord. (6) Communications within a housing authority or between a housing authority and other public agencies of an advisory nature to the extent that they cover other than purely factual materials and are preliminary to any final authority determination of policy or action. (7) Any information in the possession of the authority concerning the criminal history or other background information pertaining to any tenant or applicant for assistance. (8) Information submitted to a housing authority in confidence and not otherwise required by law to be submitted, where such information should reasonably be considered confidential, and the housing authority has obliged itself in good faith not to disclose the information. (9) Any other material or information that is otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:527 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§527. Permitted disclosure

RS 527 - Permitted disclosure A housing authority may provide any of the records described in R.S. 40:526: (1) To any recipient to whom disclosure is authorized pursuant to consent by all adult individuals identified in the record which is to be so disclosed. (2) To such parties as the housing authority deems necessary when the authority determines that the disclosure is essential to the preservation of life, health, or safety. (3) To anyone as required by a court order. (4) To a law enforcement agency without order of court, to the extent the authority deems such disclosure to be appropriate and in the public interest. (5) To a landlord or prospective landlord for purposes of enabling the landlord to determine an applicant's suitability for initial tenancy or to determine the suitability for continued tenancy of a person receiving assistance from the authority and who is already in occupancy. (6) To any applicant, tenant, or recipient of assistance to whom such information relates or to such person's designee or legal representative. (7) To any state or federal public agency as required by law or agreement. Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:528 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§528. Disclosure to residents and applicants; limitations

RS 528 - Disclosure to residents and applicants; limitations Any applicant or recipient of assistance from a housing authority may examine his or her individual file or files at reasonable times and intervals. However, a local housing authority shall have no obligation to disclose to any resident or recipient of assistance any information pertaining to any investigation or confidential law enforcement activity relating to possible criminal misconduct on the part of such person. Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:529 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§529. Procedures for procurement of goods and services, sale or disposition of property, personnel management

RS 529 - Procedures for procurement of goods and services, sale or disposition of property, personnel management Local housing authorities shall adopt policies, rules, and procedures governing the procurement of goods or services, the sale or disposition of authority property, and the management of authority personnel. Such policies, rules, and procedures shall apply to all subsidiaries but not affiliates of a local housing authority, unless the authority, by resolution of its board of commissioners, elects otherwise. Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:530 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§530. Conflict of interest

RS 530 - Conflict of interest All housing authority officials and employees are subject to the state Code of Governmental Ethics. Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:531.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§531.1. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1188, §2.

RS 531.1 - Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1188, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 40:532 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§532. Terms of office for local housing authority commissioner

RS 532 - Terms of office for local housing authority commissioner  A. In the case of local housing authorities, the commissioners who are first appointed shall be designated to serve for terms of one, two, three, four and five years, respectively, from the date of their appointment, but thereafter commissioners shall be appointed for terms of five years. All commissioners shall, except as otherwise provided in R.S. 40:536 and 537, continue to serve until their successors have been duly appointed.  B.(1)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, seven commissioners of the Housing Authority of New Orleans, excluding the landlord commissioner, shall serve five-year terms after serving initial terms as provided in this Subparagraph. One member shall serve an initial term of one year, one shall serve two years, one shall serve three years, two shall serve four years, and two shall serve five years as determined by lot at the first meeting of the board.  (b) The seven commissioners serving on August 1, 2015, shall continue to serve until the expiration of their terms. The successors of such commissioners shall be appointed as provided in R.S. 40:531(B). Vacancies shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment; however, if a vacancy occurs prior to the expiration of a term of any such commissioner serving on August 1, 2015, the mayor of the city of New Orleans shall appoint a commissioner to fill the vacancy in the same manner as the original appointment. The commissioner appointed shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.  (2) The one landlord commissioner appointed pursuant to R.S. 40:531(B) shall serve terms concurrent with the mayor. A vacancy shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment.  Amended by Acts 1950, No. 401, §27; Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1; Acts 2015, No. 419, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:533 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§533. Vacancies in local authorities

RS 533 - Vacancies in local authorities Any vacancy in an unexpired term shall be filled for the remainder of the term. Vacancies shall be filled by the same authority and in the same manner as the original appointment. Amended by Acts 1950, No. 401, §28; Acts 1952, No. 127, §15; Acts 1954, No. 80, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:534 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§534. Certificate of appointment or reappointment

RS 534 - Certificate of appointment or reappointment A certificate of appointment or reappointment of any commissioner appointed or reappointed by the chief elected official or governing body of a municipality or parish, as the case may be, shall be filed with the secretary or clerk of the governing body of the municipality or parish, and such certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the proper appointment of such commissioner. Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1; Acts 2003, No. 923, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:535 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§535. Eligibility of commissioners

RS 535 - Eligibility of commissioners Every commissioner shall be a resident of the area of operation of the housing authority which he or she has been appointed to serve. However, if after appointment a commissioner ceases to reside in the local housing authority's area of operation, his or her term of office shall automatically terminate and a successor shall be appointed to fill such vacancy in the manner provided in R.S. 40:533. Any commissioner who ceases to reside within the area of operation of the local housing authority in which such commissioner serves shall immediately so inform the board of commissioners of the authority and the appointing authority of his or her change in residence. Commissioners shall be adult persons of integrity. No person who has been convicted of a felony shall be eligible for appointment or service as a commissioner. Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:536 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§536. Tenant commissioners

RS 536 - Tenant commissioners Tenancy in a local housing authority development or receipt of other assistance from such authority shall not preclude the appointment of any person to serve as a commissioner. Notwithstanding any other Subpart of this Chapter, a resident or recipient of other assistance who is a commissioner may participate in any decision of the authority except a decision that specially affects his or her individual interests. In the event that the appointing authority intends that a commissioner's appointment is made within the intention that such commissioner represent the persons assisted by said local housing authority, then his or her certificate of appointment shall so state. In the event that any such commissioner so appointed and designated shall cease to reside in a development of, or otherwise cease to receive assistance from, the authority which such person serves as commissioner, then his or her term of office shall automatically terminate, and a successor shall be appointed to fill such vacancy in the manner provided in this Subpart. Amended by Acts 1985, No. 317, §1, eff. July 9, 1985; Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:538 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§538. Validity of actions of board of commissioners

RS 538 - Validity of actions of board of commissioners No action taken by the commissioners of an authority shall be invalid because of the ineligibility of any commissioner to serve in such capacity. All actions taken by a board of commissioners shall be presumed valid unless otherwise shown by clear and convincing evidence. Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:540 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§540. Compensation; expense reimbursements to commissioners

RS 540 - Compensation; expense reimbursements to commissioners A. Except as otherwise approved by the governing body of the municipality or parish for which the local housing authority was formed, or, in the case of regional or consolidated housing authorities, the governing bodies of the municipalities and parishes participating therein, commissioners shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for necessary expenses, including travel expenses, incurred in connection with the discharge of their duties. B. Subject to said approval, a board of commissioners may authorize compensation, provided that: (1) The method of compensation shall be uniformly applied with respect to all commissioners. (2) Payment shall be made only in connection with actual participation in meetings or other authority activities on a per diem basis. (3) Payments to any commissioner shall be reasonably related to the efforts expended. Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:541 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§541. Dissolution of local housing authorities

RS 541 - Dissolution of local housing authorities Any local housing authority may, by written resolution, elect to dissolve, provided that no such dissolution or any transfer of property pursuant to dissolution shall occur unless all of the following conditions are met: (1) The governing body of the municipality or parish which established the local housing authority so dissolving shall have consented thereto. (2) The dissolving authority shall have designated another local housing authority or another municipality, parish, or public agency of this state, which may be the municipality or parish for which the authority was formed, as the transferee of its assets and liabilities in dissolution. (3) The local housing authority, municipality, parish, or other public agency receiving such property or assets and the political subdivision which established its consent thereto by resolution. (4) All obligees of bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of such transferring or dissolving authority, or the trustees for such obligees, or the federal government if the bonds or other obligations are secured by any contract right pursuant to a contract between the transferring authority and the federal government, shall have consented thereto in writing, or adequate provision shall have been made for the payment of such bonds or other obligations, by escrow or otherwise, the performance without breach or default of an obligation secured only by one or more developments or the income thereof shall be deemed to be "adequate provision". Further, no such transfer shall in any way diminish or impair the obligations of any transferring authority. Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:542 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§542. Rights and obligations upon transfer, dissolution

RS 542 - Rights and obligations upon transfer, dissolution Within a reasonable time subsequent to approval by all necessary parties of a local housing authority's resolution to dissolve, the authority shall transfer its assets and liabilities to the transferee designated in the resolution. Upon the transfer of any of the authority's property, the receiving local housing authority, municipality, parish, or other public agency shall have all right, title, and interest in and to such property and all duties and obligations arising out of the transfer of such property as the transferring authority had. Upon dissolution and transfer, all rights, contracts, agreements, obligations, and property, real and personal, of such transferring authority, shall be in the name of, and vest in, such receiving local housing authority, municipality, parish, or other public agency, and all obligations of such transferring local housing authority shall be the obligations of such receiving local housing authority, municipality, parish or other public agency. All rights and remedies of any person against such transferring local housing authority may be asserted, enforced, and prosecuted against such receiving local housing authority, municipality, parish, or other public agency. All rights and remedies of any person against such transferring local housing authority may be asserted, enforced, and prosecuted against such receiving local housing authority, municipality, parish, or other public agency to the same extent as they might have been asserted, enforced, and prosecuted against such transferring local housing authority. Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:543 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§543. Area of operation after dissolution

RS 543 - Area of operation after dissolution After any dissolution and transfer, notwithstanding anything contained in R.S. 40:396, the area of operation of the receiving local housing authority shall include, nonexclusively, the area of operation of the transferring local housing authority. Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:544 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§544. Dissolution of regional and consolidated housing authorities

RS 544 - Dissolution of regional and consolidated housing authorities A regional or consolidated housing authority desiring to dissolve may do so in the same manner as provided in R.S. 40:542, provided that consent of all participating municipalities and parishes shall be required and the transfer of property and assets of the regional or consolidated housing authority upon dissolution may be effected either to a single transferee or to multiple transferees, as the authority shall determine, subject to approval by the participating political subdivisions. Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:545 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§545. Private rights of action; third party beneficiary rights

RS 545 - Private rights of action; third party beneficiary rights Except with respect to enforcing any right to indemnification under R.S. 40:516 or any right of an obligee under R.S. 40:475 and 476, and notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, this Chapter shall not confer upon any person or organization a right of action in any court to enforce this Chapter. Except as otherwise stated in this Section, any and all rights to enforce this Chapter are vested exclusively in housing authorities and the municipalities and parishes of this state that establish housing authorities, and without limiting the foregoing, no person or entity not expressly named as a party to a contract entered into by a housing authority shall have any right of action, by virtue of the status of such person or entity as a third party beneficiary of such contract, or otherwise based upon such contract. Any claim or action in violation of this Section shall be absolutely null and void. Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:546 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§546. Meetings of commissioners

RS 546 - Meetings of commissioners Nothing contained in this Part prevents meetings of the commissioners of a housing authority anywhere within the perimeter boundaries of the area of operation of the authority or within any additional area where the housing authority is authorized to undertake a housing project. Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:547 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§547. Validating provisions

RS 547 - Validating provisions A. The creation and establishment of housing authorities pursuant to, or purporting to be pursuant to, this Chapter, together with all proceedings, acts and things undertaken, performed, or done with reference thereto, are hereby validated, ratified, confirmed, approved, and declared legal in all respects, notwithstanding any want of statutory authority or defect or irregularity in such acts or proceedings. Said housing authorities are hereby constituted and declared to be bodies corporate and politic with all the powers, rights, and duties set forth in this Chapter and any amendments thereto. B. All contracts, agreements, obligations, and undertakings of housing authorities heretofore entered into relating to financing or aiding in the development, construction, maintenance, or operation of any housing or redevelopment development or developments or to obtaining aid therefor from the federal government, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, loan and annual contributions contracts and leases with the federal government, agreements with municipalities or other public bodies, including agreements which are pledged or authorized to be pledged for the protection of the holders of any notes or bonds issued by housing authorities or which are otherwise made a part of the contracts with such holders of notes or bonds, relating to cooperation, contributions, grants, payments, if any, in lieu of taxes, furnishing of municipal services and facilities, and the elimination of unsafe and insanitary dwellings, and contracts for the construction of housing developments, together with all proceedings, acts and things heretofore undertaken, performed, or done with reference thereto, are hereby validated, ratified, confirmed, approved, and declared legal in all respect, notwithstanding any defect or irregularity therein or any want of statutory authority. C. All proceedings, acts, and things heretofore undertaken, performed, or done in or for the authorization, issuance, sale, execution, and delivery of notes and bonds by housing authorities for the purpose of financing or aiding in the undertaking of a housing or redevelopment development or developments and all notes and bonds heretofore issued by housing authorities are hereby validated, ratified, confirmed, approved, and declared legal in all respects, notwithstanding any defect or irregularity therein or any want of statutory authority. Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:548 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§548. Filing false reports on income; penalty

RS 548 - Filing false reports on income; penalty Whoever files a false report of his income with any housing authority, with knowledge of its falsity, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or shall be imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:549 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§549. Legal construction

RS 549 - Legal construction This Chapter shall be construed liberally to effect the charitable and public purposes thereof. Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:550 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§550. Partial invalidity; severability

RS 550 - Partial invalidity; severability If any provision of this Chapter or the application thereof to particular circumstances is held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, the remainder of the Chapter or the application of that provision to other circumstances shall not be affected. In such event it is the intention of the legislature that this Chapter would have been adopted without the inclusion of the provision held to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid. Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.