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PUBLIC LAW 88-560-SEPT. 2, 1%4

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TITLE III—UEBAN RENEWAL CODE ENFORCEMENT

SEC. 301. (a) Section 101(c) of the Housing Act of 1949 is es Stat. 623. amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting " ^ "^^ ^'*^^' ^ in lieu thereof the following: ": Provided further, That commencing three years after the date of enactment of the Housing Act of 1964, no workable program shall be certified or re-certified unless (A) the locality has had in effect, for at least six months prior to such certification or re-certification, a minimum standards housing code, related but not limited to health, sanitation, and occupancy requirements, which is deemed adequate by the Administrator, and (B) the Administrator is satisfied that the locality is carrying out an effective program of enforcement to achieve compliance with such housing code." (b) The first sentence of section 110(c) of such Act is amended by ^° ^*|^' ^^^r'Jinserting after "or rehabilitation or conservation in an urban renewal area," the following: "or a program of code enforcement in an urban renewal area,". (c) Paragraph (5) of the second sentence of section 110(c) of such Act is amended by (1) striking out "a program of" and inserting in lieu thereof "programs of code enforcement or", and (2) adding before the semicolon at the end of such paragraph the following:": Provided, That no program of code enforcement shall be included as part of an urban renewal project unless the locality shall agree to increase its total expenditures with respect to code enforcement, during the period such project is under contract for a loan or capital grant, by an amount equal to the required local grants-in-aid with respect to the code enforcement included as part of such project". (d) Any contract for a capital grant under title I of the Housing Act of 1949, executed prior to the date of enactment of this Act, may 42 USC HSObe amended to incorporate the provisions of subsection (c) for costs ^^^p^gt, p. rss incurred on or after such date. SELF-HELP PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT

SEC. 302. Section 101(d) of the Housing Act of 1949 is amended by inserting immediately after "local urban renewal programs" the following: "(including rehabilitation projects requiring no additional assistance under this title or self-liquidating redevelopment projects)". LOAN CONTRACT FOR TWO OR MORE PROJECTS

SEC. 303. (a) Section 102(a) of the Housing Act of 1949 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the Administrator may make a temporary loan, as described in the first two sentences of this subsection, for two or more urban renewal projects being carried out by the same local public agency. The principal amount of rny such loan which is outstanding at any one time snail not exceed the estimated expenditures to be made by the local public agency for such projects." (b) Section 110(g) of such Act is amended by striking out in the first sentence thereof the words "for any project". CAPITAL GRANT AUTHORIZATION

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SEC. 304. Section 103(b) of the Housing Act of 1949 is amended by striking out "not to exceed $4,000,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "not to exceed $4,725,000,000".

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