Tennessee § 13-20-417 - Advances to housing authority.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 13-20-417 — Advances to housing authority., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 13-20-417. Advances to housing authority.
When any housing authority which is created for any city becomes authorized to transact business and exercise its powers therein, the governing body of the city shall immediately make an estimate of the amount of money necessary for the administrative expenses and overhead of such housing authority during the first year thereafter, and shall appropriate such amount to the authority out of any moneys in such city not appropriated to some other purposes. The moneys so appropriated shall be paid to the authority as a donation. Any municipality located in whole or in part within the area of operation of a housing authority shall have the power from time to time to lend or donate money to the authority or to agree to take such action. The housing authority, when it has money available therefor, shall make reimbursement for all such loans made to it. Acts 1935 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 45, § 8, as added by Acts 1937, ch. 225, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 3647.29X (Williams, § 3647.36a); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 13-917. Attorney General Opinions. Municipal authority to make or guarantee loans to local housing authority, OAG 98-0104, 1998 Tenn. AG LEXIS 104 (6/11/98). City development of residential real estate, OAG 98-042, 1998 Tenn. AG LEXIS 42 (2/17/98).
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 13-20-417 ("Advances to housing authority.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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