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The board must promptly investigate relief applicants and, if they are indigent enough to need temporary relief, provide relief from its funds.
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Certain small cities and towns under special charters may, by ordinance, create the office of police judge.
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The city attorney must handle lawsuits involving the city and perform legal services for the city.
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A city council may hire attorneys for certain city lawsuits, and the city may create a city counselor office by ordinance.
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Sections 99.010 to 99.230 may be called “The Housing Authorities Law”.
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This section defines key terms used in sections 99.010 to 99.230, including housing authority, housing project, income categories, and related terms.
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This section declares that unsafe and unsanitary housing for low-income residents is a public problem and states that public projects to clear and rebuild such areas and provide safe housing serve a public purpose.
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A city or county housing authority exists, but it cannot act until the local governing body decides one is needed.
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This provision sets how commissioners of a city or county authority are appointed and how the authority is run.
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In cities not within a county, the mayor appoints the housing authority commission’s appointive members, and tenant commissioners are elected by housing authority tenants under specified notice, timing, and qualification rules.
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One commissioner of an authority may be an officer or employee of the city or county that created the authority.
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A housing authority may appoint a sixth housing commissioner in certain cases to satisfy a federal requirement, unless the authority falls within listed exceptions.
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Housing authority boards must conduct an annual audit, publish a detailed report, and hold public hearings on the audit.
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Commissioners or employees of an authority must not have interests in housing projects or related contracts, and must disclose covered property interests immediately in writing.
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A commissioner of an authority may be removed for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct in office, but only after receiving the charges at least 10 days before the hearing and having a chance to be heard.
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A housing authority must form a municipal corporation and may exercise specified powers for housing projects, while some profit-sharing and unit-reservation rules apply.
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Housing authorities must run their housing projects efficiently and set rents no higher than necessary for specified costs and bond-related reserve needs.
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An authority operating housing projects must follow tenant-selection duties, including renting only to eligible income groups at affordable rents, limiting room counts to what is needed for safe, uncrowded housing, and keeping at least 20% of units in each new project for very low or lower income occupants.
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This section defines key terms used in sections 99.1000 to 99.1060.
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A municipality may create a Rural Economic Stimulus Authority, but it cannot act until the municipal governing body approves its powers by ordinance.