Tennessee § 13-20-508 - Powers of regional housing authority.
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§ 13-20-508. Powers of regional housing authority.
Except as otherwise provided herein, a regional housing authority and the commissioners thereof shall, within the area of operation of such regional housing authority, have the same functions, rights, powers, duties, privileges, immunities and limitations provided for housing authorities created for cities or counties and the commissioners of such housing authorities, and all law applicable to housing authorities created for cities or counties and the commissioners of such authorities shall be applicable to regional housing authorities and the commissioners thereof. For such purposes, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: “City” means county; “City clerk” means county clerk; and “Mayor” or “council” as used in this chapter, and any amendments thereto, means county legislative body. A regional housing authority shall not be subject to the limitations provided in § 13-20-113(a)(4) with respect to housing projects for farmers of low income. Acts 1935 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 20, § 40, as added by Acts 1943, ch. 22, § 6; C. Supp. 1950, § 3647.29D (Williams, § 3647.29p); impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 13-1008. Cross-References. Blighted areas, title 13, ch. 20, part 2. Bonds, form and sale, § 13-20-602 . Bonds, trust indentures and mortgages, power of authority, § 13-20-603 . Bonds, types, § 13-20-601 . Contracts with federal government authorized, § 13-20-610 . Farmers of low income, §§ 13-20-102 , 13-20-501 , 13-20-509 , 13-20-510 . Housing applications by farmers, § 13-20-510 . Housing research and studies, § 13-20-106 . Mortgage, power of when project financed with aid of government, § 13-20-604 . Powers of housing authority, § 13-20-104 .
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