§ 14-169-319 - Procedures to create authority or change area. - Arkansas Statutes

14-169-319. Procedures to create authority or change area.

(a) (1) The governing body of a county shall not adopt any resolution authorized by 14-169-304, 14-169-315, or 14-169-317 unless a public hearing has first been held.

(2) The clerk of the county shall give notice of the time, place, and purpose of the public hearing at least ten (10) days prior to the day on which the hearing is to be held, in a newspaper published in the county, or if there is no newspaper published in the county, then in a newspaper published in the state and having a general circulation in the county.

(3) Upon the date fixed for the public hearing, an opportunity to be heard shall be granted to all residents of the county and to all other interested persons.

(b) In determining whether dwelling accommodations are unsafe or unsanitary, the governing body of a county shall take into consideration:

(1) The safety and sanitation of dwellings;

(2) The light and air space available to the inhabitants of the dwellings;

(3) The degree of overcrowding;

(4) The size and arrangement of the rooms; and

(5) The extent to which conditions exist in the dwellings which endanger life or property by fire or other causes.

(c) In connection with the issuance of bonds, a regional housing authority may covenant as to limitations on its right to adopt resolutions relating to the increase or decrease of its area of operation.