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Ante, p. 599. Poat, p. 625. Urban service.

42 USC 1452. Temporary and definitive plans.

A d v a n c e s for surveys and plans.

Repayment.

PUBLIC LAW 560-AUG. 2, 1954

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That, notwithstanding any other provisions of law which would authorize such delegation or transfer, there shall not be delegated or transferred to any other official (except an officer or employee of the Housing and Home Finance Agency serving as Acting Administrator during the absence or disability of the Administrator or in the event of a vacancy in that office) the final authority vested in the Administrator (i) to determine whether any such workable program meets the requirements of this subsection, (ii) to make the certification that Federal assistance of the types enumerated in this subsection may be made available in such community, (iii) to make the certifications as to the maximum number of dwelling units needed for the relocation of families to be displaced as a result of governmental action in a community and who would be eligible to rent or purchase dwelling accommodations in properties covered by mortgage insurance under section 221 of the National Housing Act, as amended, or (iv) to determine that the relocation requirements of section 105(c) of this title have been met. " (d) The Administrator is authorized to establish facilities (1) for furnishing to communities, at their request, an urban renewal service to assist them in the preparation of a workable program as referred to in the preceding subsection and to provide them with technical and professional assistance for planning and developing local urban renewal programs, and (2) for the assembly, analysis and reporting of information pertaining to such programs." SEC. 304. Section 102 of said Act, as amended, is hereby amended— (1) by amending the first sentence in subsection (a) to read as follows: "To assist local communities in the elimination of slums and blighted or deteriorated or deteriorating areas, in preventing the spread of slums, blight or deterioration, and in providing maximum opportunity for the redevelopment, rehabilitation, and conservation of such areas by private enterprise, the Administrator may make temporary and definitive loans to local public agencies in accordance with the provisions of this title for the undertaking of urban renewal projects."; (2) by inserting in the second sentence of subsection (a) before the word "expenditures" the word "estimated" and by inserting after the word "bonds" the words "or other obligations"; (3) by striking out "new uses of land in the project area" at the end of the first sentence of subsection (b) and inserting "new uses of such land in the project area"; (4) by striking out the words "bear interest as such rate" in the second sentence of subsection (b) and inserting "bear interest at such rate"; and (5) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows: "(d) The Administrator may make advances of funds to local public agencies for surveys and plans for urban renewal projects which may be assisted under this title, including, but not limited to, (i) plans for carrying out a program of voluntary repair and rehabilitation of buildings and improvements, (ii) plans for the enforcement of State and local laws, codes, and regulations relating to the use of land and the use and occupancy of buildings and improvements, and to the compulsory repair, rehabilitation, demolition, or removal of buildings and improvements, and (iii) appraisals, title searches, and other preliminary work necessary to prepare for the acquisition of land in connection with the undertaking of such projects. The contract for any such advance of funds shall be made upon the condition that such advance of funds shall be repaid, with interest at not less than the applicable going Federal rate, out of any moneys which become available to the local public agency for the undertaking of

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