SB123 Alabama 2010 Session

Updated Jul 26, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Paul Sanford
Republican
Co-Sponsors: Hinton Mitchem Arthur Orr Tom Butler
Session: Regular Session 2010
Title: Municipal public housing authorities, eminent domain power deleted, purchase of property authorized only for public housing purposes, five-year plan and annual recommendations, submission to city council and county commission if authority serves part of county, public hearing and approval, Secs. 24-1-28, 24-1-43 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, a municipal public housing authority may exercise the power of eminent domain.
This bill would delete the power of eminent domain and authorize a municipal public housing authority to purchase property only for public housing purposes and after notice to certain surrounding property owners and approval of the city council.
Under existing law, a public housing authority must file annually with the mayor of the city where the authority is located a report of its activities for the preceding year and make recommendations pertaining to any needed legislation or activity for the upcoming year.
This bill would require that a public housing authority also file annually a copy of its five-year plan and would require the city council to hold a public hearing on the annual recommendations and the five-year plan. This bill would require the five-year plan to include proposed purchases of property when possible. If the authority serves any area outside the corporate limits of the authorizing municipality, this bill would require the authority to submit to the county commission of the county served by the authority any recommendation and any part of the plan that pertains to the area in the jurisdiction of the county. This bill would require approval by the city council and by the county commission, as the case may be, before a recommendation or plan could be implemented.
Subjects: Housing Authorities