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H0775......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITIES - Amends existing law to allow a county housing authority to continue to own and operate housing projects in a city after the city creates a housing authority or a city which has a housing authority annexes the area where the projects are located if the county authority has become financially obligated with respect to such projects; to provide additional powers of county housing authorities; to authorize the county to lend money to a county housing authority and to provide for reimbursement to the county; to provide that bonds may be repaid from all or part of the housing authority's revenues or assets generally and to authorize the housing authority to pledge any income or revenues or a mortgage of any housing project or other property of the authority; and to provide for a mortgage of the authority's real or personal property to secure the payment of bonds or other obligations. 03/23 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing 03/24 Rpt prt - to St Aff
H0775|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2000IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 775 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITIES; AMENDING SECTION 31-4203, IDAHO CODE, 3 TO REVISE DEFINITIONS, TO PROVIDE THAT A COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY MAY CON- 4 TINUE TO OWN AND OPERATE HOUSING PROJECTS FOR WHICH IT HAS BECOME FINAN- 5 CIALLY OBLIGATED WITHIN A CITY THAT CREATES A HOUSING AUTHORITY OR WITHIN 6 AN AREA ANNEXED BY A CITY THAT HAS CREATED OR SUBSEQUENTLY CREATES A HOUS- 7 ING AUTHORITY AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AMENDING SECTION 31-4204, 8 IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL POWERS OF COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITIES; 9 AMENDING SECTION 31-4209, IDAHO CODE, TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY TO LEND 10 MONEY TO A COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY AND TO PROVIDE FOR REIMBURSEMENT TO 11 THE COUNTY; AMENDING SECTION 31-4216, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT BONDS 12 MAY BE REPAID FROM ALL OR PART OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S REVENUES OR 13 ASSETS GENERALLY AND TO AUTHORIZE THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO PLEDGE ANY 14 INCOME OR REVENUES OR A MORTGAGE OF ANY HOUSING PROJECT OR OTHER PROPERTY 15 OF THE AUTHORITY AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AMENDING SECTION 16 31-4218, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR A MORTGAGE OF THE AUTHORITY'S REAL OR 17 PERSONAL PROPERTY TO SECURE THE PAYMENT OF BONDS OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS; 18 AMENDING SECTION 31-4224, IDAHO CODE, TO DELETE LIMITATIONS ON THE POWER 19 OF AN AUTHORITY TO MORTGAGE ITS PROPERTY; AMENDING SECTION 50-1903, IDAHO 20 CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT A COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY MAY CONTINUE TO OWN AND 21 OPERATE HOUSING PROJECTS FOR WHICH IT HAS BECOME FINANCIALLY OBLIGATED 22 WITHIN A CITY OR AREA ANNEXED BY A CITY AFTER THE CITY CREATES A HOUSING 23 AUTHORITY OR THE AREA IS ANNEXED BY A CITY WHICH HAS A HOUSING AUTHORITY 24 AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. 25 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 26 SECTION 1. That Section 31-4203, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 27 amended to read as follows: 28 31-4203. DEFINITIONS. The following terms, wherever used or referred to 29 in this chapter, shall have the following respective meanings, unless a dif- 30 ferent meaning clearly appears from the context: 31 (a) "Authority" or "Housing Authority" shall mean any of the public cor- 32 porations created by section 31-4205, Idaho Code. 33 (b) "Housing project" shall mean any work or undertaking: 34 (1)tTo demolish, clear or remove buildings from any slum area; such work 35 or undertaking may embrace the adoption of such area to public purposes, 36 including parks or other recreational or communitypruposespurposes; or 37 (2)tTo provide decent, safe and sanitary urban or rural dwellings, 38 apartments or other living accommodations for persons of low income; such 39 work or undertaking may include buildings, land, equipment, facilities and 40 other real or personal property for necessary, convenient or desirable 41 appurtenances, roads, sewers, water service, parks, site preparation, gar- 42 dening, administrative, community, health, recreational, welfare or other 43 purposes; or 2 1 (3)tTo accomplish a combination of the foregoing. 2 The term "Hhousing project" also may be applied to the planning of the 3 buildings and improvements, the acquisition of property, the demolition of 4 existing structures, the construction, reconstruction, alteration and repair 5 of the improvements and all other work in connection therewith; to buildings, 6 and the land, equipment, facilities and other real or personal property, which 7 do not contain dwelling units or other living accommodations for persons of 8 low-income when such buildings are utilized for administrative, community, 9 health, recreational, welfare or other purposes by or for low-income persons 10 or senior citizens, and redevelopment projects carried out by an authority at 11 the request of local government when such projects include dwelling units 12 which are sold or rented to persons of low income. 13 (c) "Governing body" shall mean the council, board of commissioners, 14 board of trustees or other body having charge of the fiscal affairs of the 15 state public body. 16 (d) "Federal government" shall include the United States of America, the 17 United States department of housingauthorityand urban development, or any 18 other agencyofor instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United 19 States of America. 20 (e) "County" or "counties" shall include all counties in the state of 21 Idaho as designated in chapter 1, title 31, Idaho Code. 22 (f) "Clerk" shall mean the county clerk or the officer charged with the 23 duties customarily imposed on such clerk. 24 (g) "Area of operation" shall mean the entire county except within the 25 corporate limits of cities in the county which have presently, or hereafter 26 create, a housing authority under title 50, chapter 19, Idaho Code; provided 27 however, that a county housing authority may continue to own and operate any 28 housing project for which it has become financially obligated which is located 29 in a city that subsequently creates a housing authority or is located in an 30 area annexed by a city that has created or subsequently creates a housing 31 authority. 32 (h) "Slum" shall mean any area where dwellings predominate which, by rea- 33 son of dilapidation, overcrowding, lack of ventilation, light or sanitary 34 facilities or any combination of these factors, are detrimental to safety, 35 health or morals. 36 (i) "Person of low income" shall mean persons or families who lack the 37 amount of income which is necessary (as determined by the authority undertak- 38 ing the housing project) to enable them, without financial assistance, to live 39 in decent, safe and sanitary dwellings without overcrowding. 40 (j) "Bonds" shall mean any bonds, notes, interim certificates, debentures 41 or other obligations issued by an authority pursuant to this chapter. 42 (k) "Real property" shall include all lands, including improvements and 43 fixtures thereon, and property of any nature, appurtenant thereto, or used in 44 connection therewith, and every estate, interest and right, legal or equita- 45 ble, therein, including terms for years and liens by way of judgment, mortgage 46 or otherwise and the indebtedness secured by such liens. 47 (l) "Obligee of the authority" or "obligee" shall include any bondholder, 48 trustee or trustees for any bondholders, or lessors demising, to the author- 49 ity, property used in connection with a housing project, or any assignee or 50 assignees of such lessor's interest or any part thereof, and the federal gov- 51 ernment when it is a party to any contract with the authority. 52 SECTION 2. That Section 31-4204, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 53 amended to read as follows: 3 1 31-4204. POWERS OF AUTHORITY. A housing authority shall constitute an 2 independent public body corporate and politic, exercising public and essential 3 governmental functions, and having all the powers necessary or convenient to 4 carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this act, including 5 the following powers in addition to others herein granted: 6 (a) To sue and to be sued; to have a seal and to alter the same at pleas- 7 ure; to have perpetual succession; to make and execute contracts and other 8 instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers of the 9 authority, including the power to contract with other housing authorities for 10 services; and to make and from time to time amend and repeal bylaws, rules and 11 regulations, not inconsistent with this act, to carry into effect the powers 12 and purposes of the authority. 13 (b) Within the area of operation: to prepare, carry out, acquire, lease 14 and operate housing projects; to provide for the construction, reconstruction, 15 improvement, alteration or repair of any housing project or any part thereof. 16 (c) To arrange or contract for the furnishing by any person or agency, 17 public or private, of services, privileges, works or facilities for, or in 18 connection with, a housing project or the occupants thereof; and, notwith- 19 standing anything to the contrary contained in this act or in any other provi- 20 sion of law, to include in any contract let in connection with a project, 21 stipulations requiring that the contractor and any subcontractors comply with 22 requirements as to minimum wages and maximum hours of labor, and comply with 23 any conditions which the federal government may have attached to its financial 24 aid of the project. 25 (d) To lease or rent any dwellings, houses, accommodations, lands, build- 26 ings, structures or facilities embraced in any housing project and, subject to 27 the limitations contained in this act, to establish and revise the rents or 28 charges therefor; to own, hold and improve real or personal property; to pur- 29 chase, lease, obtain options upon, acquire by gift, grant, bequest, devise or 30 otherwise, any real or personal property or any interest therein; to acquire, 31 by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, any real property; to sell, 32 lease, exchange, transfer, assign, pledge or dispose of any real or personal 33 property or any interest therein; to insure or provide for the insurance of 34 any real or personal property or operation of the authority against any risks 35 or hazards; to procure or agree to the procurement of insurance or guarantees 36 from the federal government of the payment of any bonds or parts thereof 37 issued by an authority, including the power to pay premiums on any such insur- 38 ance; to rent or sell and to agree to rent or sell dwellings forming part of 39 the housing projects to or for persons of low income. Where an agreement or 40 option is made to sell a dwelling to a person of low income, the authority may 41 convey the dwelling to the person upon fulfillment of the agreement irrespec- 42 tive of whether the person is at the time of the conveyance a person of low 43 income. Leases, options, agreements or conveyances may include such covenants 44 as the authority deems appropriate to assure the achievement of the objectives 45 of this chapter. 46 (e) To invest any funds held in reserves or sinking funds, or any funds 47 not required for immediate disbursement, in property or securities in which 48 banks may legally invest funds, subject to the control of the housing author- 49 ity; to purchase its own bonds at a price not more than the principal amount 50 thereof and accrued interest, and all bonds so purchased shall be cancelled. 51 (f) Within its area of operation: to investigate into living, dwelling 52 and housing conditions and into the means and methods of improving such condi- 53 tions; to determine where slum areas exist or where there is a shortage of 54 adequate, safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income; 55 to make studies and recommendations relating to the problem of clearing, 4 1 replanning and reconstruction of slum areas and the problem of providing 2 dwelling accommodations for persons of low income, and to cooperate with the 3 city, the county, the state or any political subdivision thereof in action 4 taken in connection with such problems; and to engage in research, studies 5 and experimentation on the subject of housing. 6 (g) Acting through one (1) or more commissioners or other person or per- 7 sons designated by the authority, to conduct examinations and investigations 8 and to hear testimony and take proof, under oath, at public or private hear- 9 ings on any matter material for its information; to administer oaths, issue 10 subpoenas requiring attendance of witnesses or the production of books and 11 papers, and to issue commissions for the examination of witnesses who are out- 12 side of the state or unable to attend before the authority, or excused from 13 attendance; to make available, to appropriate agencies (including those 14 charged with the duty of abating or requiring the correction of nuisances or 15 like conditions, or of demolishing unsafe or insanitary structures within its 16 area of operation), its findings and recommendations with regard to any build- 17 ing or property where conditions exist which are dangerous to the public 18 health, morals, safety or welfare. 19 (h) To make, purchase, participate in, invest in, take assignments of, or 20 otherwise acquire loans to persons of low income to enable them to acquire, 21 construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate, improve, lease or refinance their dwell- 22 ings, and to take such security therefor as is deemed necessary and prudent by 23 the authority. 24 (i) To make, purchase, participate in, invest in, take assignments of, or 25 otherwise acquire loans for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, 26 rehabilitation, improvement, leasing or refinancing of land, buildings or 27 developments for housing for persons of low income. For purposes of this sub- 28 section, development shall include either land or buildings or both. 29 (j) Any housing project shall be subject to the requirement that the 30 dwelling units made available to persons of low income, together with func- 31 tionally related and subordinate facilities, shall occupy at least thirty per- 32 cent (30%) of the interior space of any individual building other than a 33 detached single-family or duplex residential building or mobile or manufac- 34 tured home and shall occupy at least fifty percent (50%) of the total number 35 of units in the development or at least fifty percent (50%) of the total num- 36 ber of units in the development, whichever produces the greater number of 37 units for persons of low income. For mobile home parks, the mobile home lots 38 made available to persons of low income shall be at least fifty percent (50%) 39 of the total number of mobile home lots in the park. 40 (k) To exercise all or any part or combination of powers herein granted. 41 SECTION 3. That Section 31-4209, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 42 amended to read as follows: 43 31-4209. DONATIONS BY COUNTY. Any county, in which a housing authority 44 has been created, shall have the power, from time to time, to lend or donate 45 money to such authority or to agree to take such action; provided, however, 46 thatnothing contained in this provision or in any other provision of law47shall be construed as authorizing the state or any state public body to give48credit or make loans to a housing authoritywhen a housing authority has the 49 money available therefor it shall make reimbursement for all such loans made 50 to it. 51 SECTION 4. That Section 31-4216, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 52 amended to read as follows: 5 1 31-4216. BOND ISSUES. An authority shall have power to issue bonds, from 2 time to time, in its discretion, for any of its corporate purposes. An author- 3 ity shall also have power to issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying 4 or retiring bonds previously issued by it. In order to carry out the purposes 5 of thisactchapter, an authority may issue, upon proper resolution, bonds on 6 which the principal and interest are payable: 7 (a)eExclusively from the income and revenue of a housing project 8 financed with the proceeds of such bonds,; or 9 (b)eExclusively from such income and revenues together with grants and 10 contributions from the federal government or other source in aid of such proj- 11 ect; or 12 (c) From all or part of its revenues or assets generally. 13 Any such bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of any income or reve- 14 nues of the authority, or a mortgage of any housing project, projects or other 15 property of the authority. Any pledge made by the authority shall be valid 16 and binding from the time when the pledge is made and recorded; the revenues, 17 moneys or property so pledged and thereafter received by the authority shall 18 immediately be subject to the lien of the pledge without any physical delivery 19 thereof or further act, and the lien of any such pledge shall be valid and 20 binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or 21 otherwise against the authority, irrespective of whether the parties have 22 notice thereof. 23 Neither the commissioners of any authority nor any person executing the 24 bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance 25 thereof. The bonds and other obligations of an authority shall state on their 26 face that they shall not be a debt of the county, the state or any political 27 subdivision thereof and neither the county, the state nor any political subdi- 28 vision thereof shall be liable thereon, nor in any event shall such bonds or 29 obligations be payable out of any funds other than those of said authority. 30 Bonds of an authority are declared to be issued for an essential public and 31 governmental purpose and to be public instrumentalities and, together with 32 interest thereon and income therefrom, shall be exempt from taxes. 33 SECTION 5. That Section 31-4218, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 34 amended to read as follows: 35 31-4218. POWERS TO SECURE PAYMENT OF BONDS. In connection with the issu- 36 ance of bonds or the incurring of obligations under leases and in order to 37 secure the payment of such bonds or obligations, an authority, in addition to 38 its other powers, shall have power: 39 (a) To pledge all or any part of its gross or net rents, fees or revenues 40 to which its right then exists or may thereafter come into existence. 41 (b) To mortgage all or any part of its real or personal property then 42 owned or thereafter acquired. 43 (c) To covenant against pledging all or any part of its rents, fees and 44 revenues, or against permitting or suffering any lien on such revenues or 45 property; to covenant with respect to limitations on its right to sell, lease 46 or otherwise dispose of any housing project or any part thereof; and to cove- 47 nant as to what other, or additional debts or obligations may be incurred by 48 it. 49 (c) To covenant as to the bonds to be issued and as to the issuance of 50 such bonds in escrow or otherwise, and as to the use and disposition of the 51 proceeds thereof; to provide for the replacement of lost, destroyed or muti- 52 lated bonds; to covenant against extending the time for the payment of its 53 bonds or interest thereon; and to redeem the bonds, and to covenant for the 6 1 redemption and to provide the terms and conditions thereof. 2 (d) To covenant, subject to the limitations contained in this act, as to 3 the rents and fees to be charged in the operation of a housing project or 4 projects, the amount to be raised each year or other period of time by rents, 5 fees and other revenues, and as to the use and disposition to be made thereof; 6 to create or to authorize the creation of special funds for moneys held for 7 construction or operating costs, debt service, reserves or other purposes, and 8 to covenant as to the use and disposition of the moneys held in such funds. 9 (e) To prescribe the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any con- 10 tract with bondholders may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds the 11 holders of which must consent thereto and the manner in which such consent may 12 be given. 13 (f) To covenant as to the use of any or all of its real or personal prop- 14 erty; and to covenant as to the maintenance of its real and personal property, 15 the replacement thereof, the insurance to be carried thereon and the use and 16 disposition of insurance moneys. 17 (g) To covenant as to the rights, liabilities, powers and duties arising 18 upon the breach by it of any covenant, condition or obligation; and to cove- 19 nant and prescribe as to default and terms and conditions upon which any or 20 all of its bonds or obligations shall become or may be declared due before 21 maturity, and to the terms and conditions upon which such declaration and its 22 consequences may be waived. 23 (h) To vest, in trustee or trustees or the holders of bonds or any pro- 24 portion of them, the right to enforce the payment of the bonds or any cove- 25 nants securing or relating to the bonds; to vest in a trustee or trustees the 26 right, in the event of a default by said authority, to take possession of any 27 housing project or part thereof, and, so long as said authority shall continue 28 in default, to retain such possession and use, operate and manage said proj- 29 ect, and to collect the rents and revenues arising therefrom and to dispose of 30 such moneys in accordance with the agreement of the authority with said 31 trustee, to provide for the powers and duties of a trustee or trustees and to 32 limit the liabilities thereof; and to provide the terms and conditions upon 33 which the trustee or trustees or the holders of bonds or any proportion of 34 them may enforce any covenant or rights securing or relating to the bonds. 35 (i) To exercise all or any part or combination of the powers herein 36 granted; to make covenants other than and in addition to the covenants herein 37 expressly authorized, of like or different character; to make such covenants 38 as will tend to make the bonds more marketable, notwithstanding that such cov- 39 enants, acts or things may not be enumerated herein. 40 SECTION 6. That Section 31-4224, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 41 amended to read as follows: 42 31-4224. LIMITATIONS ON POWER OF AUTHORITY. Nothing in this act or any 43 other law shall be construed as authorizing a housing authority to levy or 44 collect taxes or assessments, to create any indebtedness payable out of taxes 45 or assessments, or in any manner to pledge the credit of the county, the state 46 or any subdivision thereof; nor shall any provision of this act or other law47be construed as authorizing a housing authority to mortgage or otherwise48encumber property of any kind, real, personal, or mixed, or any interest49therein, but this section shall not be construed as preventing the pledge of50the revenues of a housing authority as authorized in this act. 51 SECTION 7. That Section 50-1903, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 52 amended to read as follows: 7 1 50-1903. DEFINITIONS. The following terms, wherever used or referred to 2 in this chapter, shall have the following respective meanings, unless a dif- 3 ferent meaning clearly appears from the context: 4 (a) "Authority" or "housing authority" shall mean any of the public cor- 5 porations created by section59-190550-1905, Idaho Code. 6 (b) "Housing project" shall mean any work or undertaking: (1) to demol- 7 ish, clear or remove buildings from any slum area; such work or undertaking 8 may embrace the adoption of such area to public purposes, including parks or 9 other recreational or community purposes; or (2) to provide decent, safe and 10 sanitary urban or rural dwellings, apartments or other living accommodations 11 for persons of low income; such work or undertaking may include buildings, 12 land, equipment, facilities and other real or personal property for necessary, 13 convenient or desirable appurtenances, streets, sewers, water service, parks, 14 site preparation, gardening, administrative, community, health, recreational, 15 welfare or other purposes; or (3) to accomplish a combination of the forego- 16 ing. The term "Hhousing project" also may be applied to the planning of the 17 buildings and improvements, the acquisition of property, the demolition of 18 existing structures, the construction, reconstruction, alteration and repair 19 of the improvements and all other work in connection therewith; to buildings, 20 and the land, equipment, facilities and other real or personal property, which 21 do not contain dwelling units or other living accommodations for persons of 22 low income when such buildings are utilized for administrative, community, 23 health, recreational, welfare or other purposes by or for low income persons 24 or senior citizens, and redevelopment projects carried out by an authority at 25 the request of local government when such projects include dwelling units 26 which are sold or rented to persons of low income. 27 (c) "Governing body" shall mean the city council, board of commissioners, 28 board of trustees or other body having charge of the fiscal affairs of the 29 state public body. 30 (d) "Federal government" shall include the United States of America, the 31 United States department of housing and urban development, or any other agency 32 or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America. 33 (e) "City" shall mean any city in the state of Idaho, including each city 34 having a special charter. "The city" shall include those having a special 35 charter and shall mean the particular city for which a particular housing 36 authority is created. 37 (f) "Clerk" shall mean the clerk of the city or the officer charged with 38 the duties customarily imposed on such clerk. 39 (g) "Area of operation" shall include the city and the area within five 40 (5) miles of the territorial boundaries thereof; provided, however, that the 41 area of operation of a housing authority of any city shall not include any 42 area which lies within the territorial boundaries of some other city as herein 43 defined. Provided however, that a county housing authority may continue to own 44 and operate any housing project for which it has become financially obligated 45 which is located in a city that subsequently creates a housing authority or in 46 an area annexed by a city that has or subsequently creates a housing author- 47 ity. 48 (h) "Slum" shall mean any area where dwellings predominate which, by rea- 49 son of dilapidation, overcrowding, lack of ventilation, light or sanitary 50 facilities or any combination of these factors, are detrimental to safety, 51 health or morals. 52 (i) "Person of low income" shall mean persons or families who lack the 53 amount of income which is necessary (as determined by the authority undertak- 54 ing the housing project) to enable them, without financial assistance, to live 55 in decent, safe and sanitary dwellings without overcrowding. 8 1 (j) "Bonds" shall mean any bonds, notes, interim certificates, debentures 2 or other obligations issued by an authority pursuant to this chapter. 3 (k) "Real property" shall include all lands, including improvements and 4 fixtures thereon, and property of any nature, appurtenant thereto, or used in 5 connection therewith, and every estate, interest and right, legal or equita- 6 ble, therein, including terms for years and liens by way of judgment, mortgage 7 or otherwise and the indebtedness secured by such liens. 8 (l) "Obligee of the authority" or "Oobligee" shall include any bond- 9 holder, trustee or trustees for any bondholders, or lessors demising, to the 10 authority, property used in connection with a housing project, or any assignee 11 or assignees of such lessor's interest or any part thereof, and the federal 12 government when it is a party to any contract with the authority. 13 SECTION 8. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby 14 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its 15 passage and approval.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE RS 10164 Amends existing law to clarify that county housing authorities may continue to own and operate housing projects within a city after a city either annexes unincorporated county area containing the project or creates a city housing authority covering an area in which a county housing authority has a project; makes technical corrections to county housing authority laws; brings county housing authority statutes into conformity with city housing authority statutes; and adds development authority to county housing authorities which was granted city housing authorities in 1993 by providing that bonds issued for statutory purposes may be repaid from all or part of the housing authority's revenue, by authorizing a county housing authority to mortgage a housing project or other property of the authority, and finally by authorizing the pledge of income, revenues, or mortgages of a county housing authority to repay bonds; and amends county housing laws to require certain minimum percentages of a project be available to persons of low income. FISCAL IMPACT There is no fiscal impact to any state or local government entity. Contact Name: Rep Ruby Stone Phone: 332-1000 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 775