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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 338-JULY 15,1949 Projects in rural nonfarm areas. Construction of dwelling units. Construction with- out further authoriza- tion. Construction in any fiscal year. 50 Stat. 891. 42U.S.C.§1410 (a). Post, p. 430. Requirement of tax- ation exemption. Payments in lieu of taxes. Contribution by State, etc. Payments in lieu of taxes. by additional amounts aggregating not more than $55,000,000 upon a determination by the President, after receiving advice from the Council of Economic Advisers as to the general effect of such increase upon conditions in the building industry and upon the national economy, that such action is in the public interest: And provided further, That 10 per centum of each amount of authorization to enter into contracts for annual contributions becoming available hereunder shall, for a period of three years after such amount of authorization becomes available, be available only for annual contributions contracts with respect to projects to be located in rural nonfarm areas. With respect to projects initated after March 1, 1949, the Authority may authorize the com- mencement of construction of not to exceed one hundred and thirty-five thousand dwelling units after July 1, 1949, which limit shall be increased by further amounts of one hundred and thirty-five thousand dwelling units on July 1 in each of the years 1950 through and includ- ing 1954, respectively: Provided,That (subject to the authorization of not to exceed eight hundred and ten thousand dwelling units) such limit, and any such authorized increase therein, may be increased at any time or times by additional amounts aggregating not more than sixty- five thousand dwelling units, or may be decreased at any time or times by amounts aggregating not more than eighty-five thousand dwelling units, upon a determination by the President, after receiving advice from the Council of Economic Advisers as to the general effect of such increase or decrease upon conditions in the building industry and upon the national economy, that such action is in the public interest: And provided further2 That contracts for annual contributions with respect to low-rent housing projects initiated after March 1, 1949, shall not provide for the commencement of construction of more than eight hundred and ten thousand dwelling units without further authorization from the Congress: And provided further, That in no event shall the Authority permit the commencement of construction of more than two hundred thousand dwelling units in any fiscal year."; and (b) By deleting the third sentence of subsection 10 (a) and adding the following new subsection to section 10: "(h) Every contract made pursuant to this Act for annual con- tributions for any low-rent housing project initiated after March 1, 1949, shall provide that no annual contributions by the Authority shall be made available for such project unless such project is exempt from all real and personal property taxes levied or imposed by the State, city, county, or other political subdivisions, but such contract may authorize the public housing agency to make payments in lieu of such taxes in an annual amount not in excess of 10 per centum of the annual shelter rents charged in such project: Provided,That, with respect to any such project to be located in any State where, by reason of constitutional limitations or otherwise, such project is not exempt from all real and personal property taxes levied or imposed by the State, city, county, or other political subdivision, such contract may provide, in lieu of the requirement for tax exemption and the authori- zation of payments in lieu of taxes, that no annual contributions by the Authority shall be made available for such project unless and until the State, city, county, or other political subdivision in which such project is situated shall contribute, in the form of cash, at least 20 per centum of the annual contributions paid by the Authority. In respect to low-rent housing projects initiated prior to March 1, 1949, the Authority may, after the effective date of the Housing Act of 1949, authorize payments in lieu of taxes for each of the project fiscal years in respect to which annual contribution dates occurred during the two-year period ending June 30, 1949, in amounts which, together with amounts already paid, will not exceed the greater of either (i) 428 [63 STAT.

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