| Chapter 427 |
| 2024 -- H 8061 Enacted 06/28/2024 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CITY HOUSING AUTHORITIES |
Introduced By: Representatives Alzate, Giraldo, and Voas |
| Date Introduced: March 13, 2024 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Chapter 45-25 of the General Laws entitled "City Housing Authorities" is |
| hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
| 45-25-10.7. City of Central Falls housing authority. |
| Notwithstanding the provisions of § 45-25-10, the housing authority of the city of Central |
| Falls shall consist of five (5) members, one of which whom shall be a resident under an existing |
| lease of a public housing facility or resident under an existing lease who is being assisted under the |
| Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) tenant based program in the city of Central Falls and be at |
| least eighteen (18) years of age. Said resident shall be appointed for a five-(5)year (5) term by the |
| mayor who shall make the appointment from a list of persons submitted to the mayor by the |
| executive director of the housing authority. The list shall contain no fewer than three (3) nominees. |
| If fewer than three (3) nominees desire or express a willingness to be considered for appointment, |
| the mayor may select one resident from the number of nominees who desire or express a willingness |
| to be considered. The method of selection of the residents to the list shall be determined by the |
| mayor. If the appointed resident member no longer lives in public housing, their office shall be |
| deemed vacated. The commission members of the city housing authority of the city of Central Falls |
| shall be approved by a majority of the members of the Central Falls city council and shall also be |
| residents of the city of Central Falls during the term of their appointment to the housing authority. |
| If any appointed member no longer lives in the city, their office shall be deemed vacated. |
| SECTION 2. Section 45-26-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 45-26 entitled "Town |
| Housing Authorities" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 45-26-4. Appointment, terms, and compensation of commissioner. |
| (a)(1) When the town council adopts a resolution creating a town authority, the town |
| council shall appoint five (5) persons as commissioners of the town authority; provided, however, |
| that the town of Lincoln shall appoint seven (7) persons as commissioners of the town authority. |
| The commissioners who are first appointed shall be designated to serve for terms of one, two (2), |
| three (3), four (4), and five (5) years, respectively, from the date of their appointment, but, |
| subsequently, commissioners shall be appointed for a term of office of five (5) years, except that |
| all vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term, those appointments to be made by the town |
| council. |
| (2) Provided, however, that the commission members of the town authority of the town of |
| Lincoln must be residents of the town of Lincoln during the term of their appointment. Provided, |
| further, that at least one of the commission members of a town authority must be a resident as well |
| as a resident of a public housing facility during the term of their appointment. A public housing |
| resident commissioner shall be appointed by the appointing authority from a list of nominees |
| chosen in open election by the occupants of public housing. Upon the failure of the election process, |
| there shall be a provision for an application process. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed |
| as preventing the appointing authority from appointing more than one resident of public housing to |
| the commission. |
| (3) Provided, however that the commission members of the city housing authority of the |
| city of Central Falls must be approved by a majority of the members of the Central Falls city council |
| and must also be residents of the city of Central Falls during the term of their appointment to the |
| housing authority. |
| (b) A commissioner of the town of North Providence shall receive twenty-five dollars |
| ($25.00) per meeting but not in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) per year as compensation for |
| his or her the commissioner’s services; provided, that a commissioner of the town of Coventry |
| shall only receive twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per attended meeting but not in excess of six hundred |
| dollars ($600) per year as compensation for his or her the commissioner’s services, provided, |
| further, that the chairperson of the Coventry housing authority shall receive thirty-five dollars |
| ($35.00) per attended meeting but not in excess of eight hundred forty dollars ($840) per year as |
| compensation for his or her the chairperson’s services. |
| SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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