Section 24-3-1 Legislative findings and declaration of necessity; municipalities to afford opportunities for redevelopment, etc., by private enterprise. (a) It is hereby found and declared: (1) That there exist in communities of the state slum, blighted, and deteriorated areas which constitute a serious and growing menace, injurious to the public health, safety, morals, and welfare […]
Section 24-3-2 Authority to plan and undertake urban renewal projects; limitations on eminent domain. (a) In addition to its authority under this title, any housing authority created under this title is hereby authorized to plan and undertake urban renewal projects. (b) The governing body of any incorporated city or town is likewise hereby authorized to […]
Section 24-3-3 Urban renewal plans. Any urban renewal project undertaken pursuant to Section 24-3-2 shall be undertaken in accordance with an urban renewal plan for the area of the project. As used in this chapter, an “urban renewal plan” means a plan, as it exists from time to time, for an urban renewal project, which […]
Section 24-3-4 Powers, rights, etc., of housing authorities, etc., with respect to urban renewal projects generally; surveys and plans. An authority shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to undertake and carry out urban renewal plans and urban renewal projects, including the authority to acquire and dispose of property, to make payments to persons […]
Section 24-3-5 Assistance of urban renewal projects by municipalities, etc.; delegation of powers, etc., of authority to municipalities, etc. Any municipality or other public body is hereby authorized, without limiting any provision in Section 24-3-4, to do any and all things necessary to aid and cooperate in the planning and undertaking of an urban renewal […]
Section 24-3-6 Workable program. The governing body of the municipality, or such public officer or public body as it may designate, is hereby authorized to prepare a workable program (which may include an official plan of action, as it exists from time to time, for effectively dealing with the problem of slums and blighted, deteriorated, […]
Section 24-3-7 Acquisition, preparation for development or disposal of undeveloped vacant land by housing authorities, etc. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the acquisition, preparation for development, or disposal of undeveloped vacant land shall constitute a redevelopment project, under this title or any other law, which may be undertaken in the same manner provided in […]
Section 24-3-8 Powers conferred by chapter supplemental. The powers conferred by this chapter shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law, and nothing contained herein shall be construed as limiting any other powers of a housing authority. (Acts 1955, No. 553, p. 1210, §9.)
Section 24-3-9 Provisions of chapter cumulative; conflicting laws. The provisions of this chapter shall be cumulative and supplemental and shall be construed in pari materia with other laws relative to urban renewal plans and urban renewal projects. No law shall be deemed repealed by this chapter unless in specific conflict with this chapter. (Acts 1967, […]
