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[CITE: 48USC1408]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                        CHAPTER 7--VIRGIN ISLANDS
 
                      SUBCHAPTER IV--PUBLIC HOUSING
 
Sec. 1408. Legislative authority to create authorities; 
        appointment of members; powers of authorities
        
    The government of the Virgin Islands, through its legislative 
assembly, may grant to a public corporate authority existing or to be 
created through said assembly, exclusive authority to undertake slum 
clearance, urban redevelopment, urban renewal, and low-rent housing 
activities within the municipalities of the Virgin Islands. The 
legislative assembly may provide for the appointment and terms of office 
of the members of such authority and for the powers of such authority, 
including authority to accept whatever benefits the Federal Government 
may make available under the Housing Act of 1949 (Public Law 171, 
Eighty-First Congress), as amended [42 U.S.C. 1441 et seq.], or any 
other law, for projects contemplated by this Act, as amended, and to do 
all things, to exercise any and all powers, and to assume and fulfill 
any and all obligations, duties, responsibilities, and requirements, 
including but not limited to those relating to planning or zoning, 
necessary or desirable for receiving such Federal assistance, except 
that such authority shall not be given any power of taxation, nor any 
power to pledge the faith and credit of the people of the Virgin Islands 
for any loan whatever.

(July 18, 1950, ch. 466, title III, Sec. 301, 64 Stat. 346; Aug. 11, 
1955, ch. 783, title I, Sec. 107(5), (7), (9), 69 Stat. 638.)

                       References in Text

    The Housing Act of 1949 (Public Law 171, Eighty-First Congress), as 
amended, referred to in text, is act July 15, 1949, ch. 338, 63 Stat. 
413, as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 8A 
(Sec. 1441 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note 
set out under section 1441 of Title 42 and Tables.
    This Act, referred to in text, means act July 18, 1950, ch. 466, 64 
Stat. 344, as amended, known as the Territorial Enabling Act of 1950, 
which enacted this subchapter and sections 480 to 480b, 483a, 483b, 721 
to 721b, and 910 to 910b of this title, amended sections 481 to 483 and 
722 of this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under 
sections 480, 481, and 722 of this title. For complete classification of 
this Act to the Code, see Tables.


                               Amendments

    1955--Act Aug. 11, 1955, included urban renewal projects, and 
inserted ``as amended'' after ``Housing Act of 1949'' and after ``this 
Act''.


                        Urban Renewal Activities

    Section 107(4) of act Aug. 11, 1955, amended the heading of title 
III of the Territorial Enabling Act of 1950, this subchapter, to insert 
the words ``urban renewal'' in order to make financial assistance 
available for urban renewal projects.
