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AR Code § 14-168-320 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 168 - Community Redevelopment Generally|Subchapter 3 - Community Redevelopment — Creation and Procedures|§ 14-168-320. Redevelopment bonds or notes — Tax exemption

 Bonds and notes issued under this subchapter, together with the interest and income therefrom, shall be exempt from all state, county, and municipal income taxes.
AR Code § 14-168-321 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 168 - Community Redevelopment Generally|Subchapter 3 - Community Redevelopment — Creation and Procedures|§ 14-168-321. Excess funds

 (a) Moneys received in the special fund of the district in excess of amounts needed to pay project costs may be used only by the local governing body for the redemption of outstanding bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness issued by the redevelopment district or for distribution to any taxing unit in such amounts as may be determined by the local governing body.  (b) Upon termination of the district, all amounts in the special fund of the district may be used by the local governing body for any lawful purpose.
AR Code § 14-168-322 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 168 - Community Redevelopment Generally|Subchapter 3 - Community Redevelopment — Creation and Procedures|§ 14-168-322. Impact reports

 (a) The local governing body annually shall report to the Assessment Coordination Division the current value and incremental value of a redevelopment district and the properties adjacent to the redevelopment district.  (b) The division, in cooperation with other state agencies and local governments, shall make a comprehensive impact report to the Governor and to the General Assembly at the beginning of each biennium as to the economic, social, and financial effect and impact of community redevelopment financing projects.
AR Code § 14-168-323 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 168 - Community Redevelopment Generally|Subchapter 3 - Community Redevelopment — Creation and Procedures|§ 14-168-323. Value of assessed property in a redevelopment district

 (a) If state funding to a school district is calculated with regard to the value of assessed property located in the school district, the incremental value of real property within a redevelopment district shall not be included in the assessed value of the real property within the school district for purposes of computing school district funding if the real property is located within the redevelopment district and within the school district and the assessed value of the real property increases above the base value.  (b) Subsection (a) of this section shall apply for each school year during which the tax increment for real property within the redevelopment district is distributed pursuant to § 14-168-312.
AR Code § 14-168-324 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 168 - Community Redevelopment Generally|Subchapter 3 - Community Redevelopment — Creation and Procedures|§ 14-168-324. Exemption — Library millage

 Property taxes levied for libraries under Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 30, or Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 38, are exempt from this subchapter and shall not be diverted from the use for which they were levied.
AR Code § 14-169-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-169-101. Definitions

 As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Municipality” means any city, town, or other municipality in the state;  (2) “Bonds” means any bonds, notes, interim certificates, debentures, obligations, or other evidences of indebtedness issued by a housing authority;  (3) “Governing body” means, in the case of a municipality, the council or other legislative body, and in the case of a county, the county court or other legislative body;  (4) “Clerk” means the clerk or the officer with similar duties;  (5) “Housing Authorities Act” means §§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-205, 14-169-207 — 14-169-225, 14-169-227, 14-169-229 — 14-169-240, and 14-169-804;  (6) “Supplemental Housing Authorities Act” means §§ 14-169-223, 14-169-228, 14-169-237, 14-169-238, 14-169-302 — 14-169-313, 14-169-501 — 14-169-503, and this act.
AR Code § 14-169-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-169-102. Powers supplemental

 (a) The powers conferred by this act shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.  (b) Nothing contained in this act shall affect the term of office of any commissioner of a housing authority heretofore appointed.  (c) The enactment of this act shall not be construed to render invalid any action or proceeding had or taken for the creation or establishment of a housing authority pursuant to laws in existence prior to the enactment of this act.
AR Code § 14-169-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-169-103. Appointment and meetings of commissioners

 Nothing contained in the Housing Authorities Act or the Supplemental Housing Authorities Act shall be construed to prevent 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, or to prevent the appointment of any person as a commissioner of the authority who resides within such boundaries or additional area and who is otherwise eligible for appointment under these statutes.
AR Code § 14-169-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-169-105. Aid and cooperation by public bodies

 Any municipality, county, or other public body shall have the same rights and powers to aid and cooperate in the development or administration of any housing project of a housing authority established pursuant to the Supplemental Housing Authorities Act as such public body has, under any provisions of law, to aid or cooperate in the development or administration of housing projects of a housing authority established pursuant to the Housing Authorities Act.
AR Code § 14-169-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-169-106. Bonds as legal investments, etc

 The bonds and other obligations issued by any housing authority established pursuant to the Supplemental Housing Authorities Act shall be legal investments, security for public deposits, and negotiable to the same extent and for the same persons, institutions, associations, corporations, public and private bodies, and officers as bonds or other obligations issued by a housing authority established pursuant to the Housing Authorities Act.
AR Code § 14-169-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-169-107. Criminal background checks on applicants to public housing authorities — Definitions

 (a) Upon the request of a public housing authority, a municipal police department may perform a criminal background check on an adult applicant to the public housing authority. The municipal police department shall require the signature of the applicant on an acceptable form permitting the public housing authority to secure the required background check.  (b) The municipal police department shall not release the criminal background records of the applicant, but shall notify the public housing authority whether or not the applicant meets the occupancy policy requirements of the public housing authority.  (c) A municipal police department may perform the criminal background check at a cost of no more than fifteen dollars ($15.00) to the public housing authority.  (d) As used in this section:  (1) “Criminal background check” means retrievable data from the criminal information system of the Arkansas Crime Information Center;  (2) “Public housing authority” means a housing authority established under § 14-169-207, a regional housing authority established under § 14-169-304, or a consolidated housing authority established under § 14-169-401; and  (3) “Occupancy policy” means legal rules and regulations for a public housing authority which outline application and residency requirements.
AR Code § 14-169-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 2 - Housing Authorities in Cities and Counties|§ 14-169-201. Title

 This subchapter may be referred to as the “Housing Authorities Act.”
AR Code § 14-169-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 2 - Housing Authorities in Cities and Counties|§ 14-169-202. Legislative declarations

 It is declared that:   (1) There exist in the state insanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations and that persons of low income are forced to reside in insanitary or unsafe accommodations; within the state there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations available at rents which persons of low income can afford, and that those persons are forced to occupy overcrowded and congested dwelling accommodations; these conditions cause an increase in and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals, and welfare of the residents of the state and impair economic values; these conditions necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for crime prevention and punishment, public health and safety, fire and accident protection, and other public services and facilities;  (2) Slum areas in the state cannot be cleared, nor can the shortage of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons of low income be relieved, through the operation of private enterprise, and that the construction of housing projects for persons of low income, as defined in § 14-169-203, would therefore not be competitive with private enterprise;  (3) The clearance, replanning, and reconstruction of the areas in which insanitary or unsafe housing conditions exist and the providing of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income are exclusively public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property acquired and are governmental functions of state concern;  (4) It is a proper public purpose for any state public body to aid, as provided in this subchapter, any housing authority operating within its boundaries or jurisdiction or any housing project located therein, as the state public body derives immediate benefits and advantages from such an authority or project;  (5) It is in the public interest that work on housing projects be commenced as soon as possible in order to relieve unemployment which constitutes an emergency; and  (6) The necessity in the public interest for the provisions enacted in this subchapter is declared as a matter of legislative determination.
AR Code § 14-169-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 2 - Housing Authorities in Cities and Counties|§ 14-169-204. Provisions controlling

 Insofar as the provisions of this subchapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this subchapter shall be controlling.
AR Code § 14-169-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 2 - Housing Authorities in Cities and Counties|§ 14-169-205. Planning, etc., laws applicable

 (a) All housing projects of a housing authority shall be subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary, and building laws, ordinances, and regulations applicable to the locality in which the housing project is situated.  (b) In the planning and location of any housing project, an authority shall take into consideration the relationship of the project to any larger plan or long-range program for the development of the area in which the authority functions.
AR Code § 14-169-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 2 - Housing Authorities in Cities and Counties|§ 14-169-206. Validating provisions

 (a) The establishment and organization of housing authorities pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter, together with all proceedings, acts, and things heretofore undertaken, performed, or done with reference thereto, are validated, ratified, confirmed, approved, and declared legal in all respects, notwithstanding any defect or irregularity in them or any want of statutory authority.  (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 projects or to obtaining aid for them from the United States, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, loan and annual contributions contracts, leases with the United States, agreements with municipalities, counties, 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 authorities or which are otherwise made a part of the contract with the holders of notes or bonds, relating to cooperation and contributions in aid of projects, payments, if any, in lieu of taxes, furnishing of services and facilities, and the elimination of unsafe and insanitary dwellings, and contracts for the construction of housing projects, together with all proceedings, acts, and things heretofore undertaken, performed, or done with reference to them, are validated, ratified, confirmed, approved, and declared legal in all respects, notwithstanding any defect or irregularity in them 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 development or construction of housing projects, and all notes and bonds heretofore issued by authorities, are validated, ratified, confirmed, approved, and declared legal in all respects, notwithstanding any defect or irregularity in them or any want of statutory authority.
AR Code § 14-169-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 2 - Housing Authorities in Cities and Counties|§ 14-169-209. Commissioner or employee interest prohibited

 (a) No commissioner or employee of a housing authority shall acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any housing project or in any property included or planned to be included in any project, nor shall he have any interest, direct or indirect, in any contract or proposed contract for materials or services to be furnished or used in connection with any housing project.  (b)  (1) If any commissioner or employee of an authority owns or controls an interest, direct or indirect, in any property included or planned to be included in any housing project, he immediately shall disclose it, in writing, to the authority. The disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the authority.  (2) Failure so to disclose an interest shall constitute misconduct in office.
AR Code § 14-169-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 2 - Housing Authorities in Cities and Counties|§ 14-169-210. Removal of commissioners

 (a) A commissioner of a city or county housing authority may be removed from office for inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office only by the vote of the majority of the city council or county quorum court, as the case may be.  (b) Removal shall occur only after the commissioner has been given a copy of the charges, at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing on the charges, and the commissioner has had an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel.  (c) In the event of the removal of any commissioner, a record of the proceedings, together with the charges and findings on them, shall be filed in the office of the clerk.
AR Code § 14-169-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 2 - Housing Authorities in Cities and Counties|§ 14-169-211. Powers of authority generally

 A housing authority shall constitute a public body corporate and politic, exercising exclusively public and essential governmental functions and having all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this subchapter, including the following powers in addition to others granted in this subchapter:   (1) To sue and be sued;  (2) To have a seal and to alter the same at pleasure;  (3) To have perpetual succession;  (4) To make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers of the authority; and  (5) To make and from time to time amend and repeal bylaws, rules, and regulations not inconsistent with this subchapter to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the authority;  (6) To invest any funds held in reserves or sinking funds, or any funds not required for immediate disbursement, in property or securities in which savings banks may legally invest funds subject to their control; and  (7) To purchase its bonds at a price not more than the principal amount thereof and accrued interest, all bonds so purchased to be cancelled;  (8) To exercise all or any part or combination of the powers granted in this section and §§ 14-169-212 — 14-169-218 and 14-169-225(b).
AR Code § 14-169-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 2 - Housing Authorities in Cities and Counties|§ 14-169-212. Investigations, studies, etc

 A housing authority shall have the power, within its area of operation:   (1) To investigate into living, dwelling, and housing conditions and into the means and methods of improving these conditions;  (2) To determine where slum areas exist or where there is a shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income;  (3)  (A) To make studies and recommendations relating to the problem of clearing, replanning, and reconstructing of slum areas and the problem of providing dwelling accommodations for persons of low income; and  (B) To cooperate with the city, the county, and the state, or any political subdivision therof, in action taken in connection with these problems; and    (4) To engage in research, studies, and experimentation on the subject of housing.
AR Code § 14-169-213 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 2 - Housing Authorities in Cities and Counties|§ 14-169-213. Examinations and investigations — Conduct, oaths, subpoenas, etc

 A housing authority shall have the power, acting through one (1) or more commissioners or other persons designated by the authority:   (1) To conduct examinations and investigations and to hear testimony and take proof under oath at public or private hearings on any matter material for its information;  (2) To administer oaths;  (3) To issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses or the production of books and papers; and  (4) To issue commissions for the examination of witnesses who are outside of this state or unable to attend before the authority or excused from attendance.
AR Code § 14-169-214 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 2 - Housing Authorities in Cities and Counties|§ 14-169-214. Examinations and investigations — Findings and recommendations

 A housing authority shall have the power to make available to appropriate agencies, including those charged with the duty of abating or requiring the correction of nuisances or like conditions or of demolishing unsafe or insanitary structures within its area of operation, its findings and recommendations with regard to any building or property where conditions exist which are dangerous to the public health, morals, safety, or welfare.
AR Code § 14-169-215 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 2 - Housing Authorities in Cities and Counties|§ 14-169-215. Powers of authority regarding property generally

 A housing authority shall have the power:   (1) To lease or rent any dwellings, houses, accommodations, lands, buildings, structures, or facilities embraced in any housing project and, subject to the limitations contained in this subchapter, to establish and revise the rents or charges for them;  (2) To own, hold, and improve real or personal property;  (3) To purchase, lease, obtain options upon, or acquire by gift, grant, bequest, devise, or otherwise any real or personal property or any interest in it;  (4) To acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property;  (5) To sell, lease, exchange, transfer, assign, pledge, or dispose of any real or personal property or any interest in it; and  (6) To insure or provide for the insurance of any real or personal property or operations of the authority against any risks or hazards.
AR Code § 14-169-216 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 2 - Housing Authorities in Cities and Counties|§ 14-169-216. Acquisition, operation, construction, etc., of housing projects

 (a) A housing authority shall have the power within its area of operation to prepare, carry out, acquire, lease, and operate housing projects, and to provide for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, alteration, or repair of any housing project or any part thereof.  (b) No provisions of law with respect to the acquisition, operation, or disposition of property by other public bodies shall be applicable to an authority unless the General Assembly shall specifically so state.