Louisiana § 40:547 Validating provisions

Louisiana Statutes

§ 40:547 — Validating provisions

Louisiana § 40:547

Title 40Public Health and Safety

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La. Stat. Ann. § 40:547 (2026).

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A.The creation and establishment of housing authorities pursuant to, or purporting to be pursuant to, this Chapter, together with all proceedings, acts and things undertaken, performed, or done with reference thereto, are hereby validated, ratified, confirmed, approved, and declared legal in all respects, notwithstanding any want of statutory authority or defect or irregularity in such acts or proceedings. Said housing authorities are hereby constituted and declared to be bodies corporate and politic with all the powers, rights, and duties set forth in this Chapter and any amendments thereto.

B.All contracts, agreements, obligations, and undertakings of housing authorities heretofore entered into relating to financing or aiding in the development, construction, maintenance, or operation

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A. The creation and establishment of housing authorities pursuant to, or purporting to be pursuant to, this Chapter, together with all proceedings, acts and things undertaken, performed, or done with reference thereto, are hereby validated, ratified, confirmed, approved, and declared legal in all respects, notwithstanding any want of statutory authority or defect or irregularity in such acts or proceedings. Said housing authorities are hereby constituted and declared to be bodies corporate and politic with all the powers, rights, and duties set forth in this Chapter and any amendments thereto.
B. All contracts, agreements, obligations, and undertakings of housing authorities heretofore entered into relating to financing or aiding in the development, construction, maintenance, or operation of any housing or redevelopment development or developments or to obtaining aid therefor from the federal government, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, loan and annual contributions contracts and leases with the federal government, agreements with municipalities or other public bodies, including agreements which are pledged or authorized to be pledged for the protection of the holders of any notes or bonds issued by housing authorities or which are otherwise made a part of the contracts with such holders of notes or bonds, relating to cooperation, contributions, grants, payments, if any, in lieu of taxes, furnishing of municipal services and facilities, and the elimination of unsafe and insanitary dwellings, and contracts for the construction of housing developments, together with all proceedings, acts and things heretofore undertaken, performed, or done with reference thereto, are hereby validated, ratified, confirmed, approved, and declared legal in all respect, notwithstanding any defect or irregularity therein or any want of statutory authority.
C. All proceedings, acts, and things heretofore undertaken, performed, or done in or for the authorization, issuance, sale, execution, and delivery of notes and bonds by housing authorities for the purpose of financing or aiding in the undertaking of a housing or redevelopment development or developments and all notes and bonds heretofore issued by housing authorities are hereby validated, ratified, confirmed, approved, and declared legal in all respects, notwithstanding any defect or irregularity therein or any want of statutory authority.