GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1993 SESSION
CHAPTER 201
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE STATE INDIAN HOUSING AUTHORITY TO THE INDIAN HOUSING AUTHORITY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Article 5 of Chapter 157 of the General Statutes reads as rewritten:
"ARTICLE 5.
"State
Indian Housing Authority.
"§ 157-66. Authority created.
There is hereby created and established a public body corporate
and politic to be known as the North Carolina State Indian Housing
Authority which shall be governed by the provisions of law controlling housing
authorities as set out in this Chapter as well as other applicable provisions
of the General Statutes. It is the intent of the General Assembly that
the North Carolina State Indian Housing Authority not be treated as a
State agency for any purpose, but rather that it be treated as a housing
authority as set out above.
"§ 157-67. Powers of Authority; applicability of certain laws; powers of Governor and Commission of Indian Affairs.
The State Indian Housing Authority, hereafter referred
to as the Authority, shall exercise its powers to provide housing for Indians
of low income. Except as otherwise provided in this Article, all the provisions
of law applicable to housing authorities created for municipalities pursuant to
Chapter 157 of the General Statutes shall be applicable to this Authority,
unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context. The Governor and
the Commission of Indian Affairs are hereby authorized to exercise all
appointing and other powers with respect to this Authority that are vested
pursuant to said Chapter 157 in the chief executive officer and governing body
of a municipality.
"§ 157-68. Commissioners of Authority.
The Authority shall consist of not less than five nor more than nine commissioners (the number to be set by the North Carolina State Commission of Indian Affairs) who shall be appointed by the Governor, after receiving nominations from the North Carolina State Commission of Indian Affairs. For each vacancy, the Governor must appoint one person from a list of two eligible persons so nominated. Commissioners shall be selected from the major groups of North Carolina Indians that elect members to the North Carolina State Commission of Indian Affairs under G.S. 143B-407. No person shall be barred from serving as a commissioner because he is a tenant or home buyer in an Indian housing project.
"§ 157-69. Area of operation.
The area of operation of the Authority shall include the
entire State: Provided, that the Authority shall not undertake any housing
project or projects within the area of operation of any city, county or
regional housing authority unless a resolution shall have been adopted by such
city, county or regional housing authority declaring that there is a need for
the State Indian Housing Authority to exercise its powers within such
city, county or regional housing authority's area of operation.
"§ 157-70. Rentals and tenant selection in accordance with § 157-29.
Rentals and tenant selection in connection with projects of the Authority shall be in accordance with G.S. 157-29."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 23rd day of June, 1993.
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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives