{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1054","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1054","heading":"Definitions","body":"The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this act,\n\nshall have the following respective meanings, unless a different\n\nmeaning clearly appears from the context:\n\n(a) \"Authority\" means any public body corporate and politic\n\ncreated by this act.\n\n(b) \"City\" means any incorporated city or town in the state.\n\n\"County\" means any county in the state.\n\n(c) \"Governing body\" means, in the case of a city, the council\n\nor other governing body of the city in which is vested legislative\n\nauthority customarily imposed on the city council, and, in the case\n\nof a county, the board of county commissioners.\n\n(d) \"Mayor\" means the mayor of the city or the officer thereof\n\ncharged with the duties customarily imposed on the mayor or\n\nexecutive head of a city.\n\n(e) \"Clerk\" means the city clerk or the county clerk, as the\n\ncase may be.\n\n(f) \"Area of operation\" means:\n\n(1) in the case of an authority of a city, the city and the area\n\nwithin one (1) mile of the territorial boundaries thereof, except\n\nthat the area of operation of an authority of any city shall not\n\ninclude any area which lies within the territorial boundaries of\n\nsome other city;\n\n(2) in the case of an authority of a county, all of the county\n\nfor which it is created: Provided, that a county authority shall not\n\nundertake any project within the boundaries of any city unless a\n\nresolution shall have been adopted by the governing body of the city\n\nand by any authority which shall have been theretofore established\n\nand authorized to exercise its powers in the city declaring that\n\nthere is need for the county authority to exercise its powers within\n\nthat city. No authority shall operate in any area in which an\n\nauthority already established is operating without the consent by\n\nresolution of the authority already operating therein.\n\n(g) \"Federal government\" includes the United States of America,\n\nthe Public Housing Administration, or any other agency or\n\ninstrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of\n\nAmerica.\n\n(h) \"Slum\" means any area where dwellings predominate which by\n\nreason of dilapidation, overcrowding, faulty arrangement or design,\n\nlack of ventilation, light, or sanitary facilities, or any\n\ncombination of these factors, are detrimental to safety, health and\n\nmorals.\n\n(i) \"Housing project\" or \"project\" means any work or undertaking\n\non contiguous or noncontiguous sites:\n\n(1) to demolish, clear, or remove buildings from any slum\n\narea;\n\n(2) to provide or assist in providing (by any suitable method,\n\nincluding but not limited to: rental; sale of individual units in\n\nsingle or multifamily structures under conventional, condominium, or\n\ncooperative sales contract; lease-purchase agreement; loans; or\n\nsubsidizing of rentals or charges) decent, safe and sanitary urban\n\nor rural dwellings, apartments, or other living accommodations for\n\npersons of low income; or\n\n(3) to accomplish a combination of the foregoing. Such work or\n\nundertaking may include buildings, land, equipment, facilities, and\n\nother real or personal property for necessary, convenient or\n\ndesirable appurtenances; streets, sewers, water service, utilities,\n\nparks, site preparation, and landscaping; and facilities for\n\nadministrative, community, health, recreational, welfare, or other\n\npurposes. The term \"housing project\" or \"project\" also may be\n\napplied to the planning of the buildings and improvements, the\n\nacquisition of property or any interest therein, the demolition of\n\nexisting structures, the construction, reconstruction,\n\nrehabilitation, alteration or repair of the improvements and all\n\nother work in connection therewith; and the term shall include all\n\nother real and personal property and all tangible or intangible\n\nassets held or used in connection with the housing project.\nmprovements, the\n\nacquisition of property or any interest therein, the demolition of\n\nexisting structures, the construction, reconstruction,\n\nrehabilitation, alteration or repair of the improvements and all\n\nother work in connection therewith; and the term shall include all\n\nother real and personal property and all tangible or intangible\n\nassets held or used in connection with the housing project.\n\n(j) \"Persons of low income\" shall mean persons or families who\n\nlack the amount of income which is necessary (as determined by the\n\nauthority undertaking the housing project) to enable them, without\n\nfinancial assistance, to live in decent, safe and sanitary\n\ndwellings, without overcrowding, however, the local housing\n\nauthority shall not exceed the guidelines in establishing incomes\n\nset forth by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.\n\n(k) \"Bonds\" means any bonds, notes, interim certificates,\n\ndebentures, or other obligations issued by an authority pursuant to\n\nthis act.\n\n(l) \"Real property\" includes all lands, including improvements\n\nand fixtures thereon, and property of any nature appurtenant\n\nthereto, or used in connection therewith, and every estate, interest\n\nand right, legal or equitable, therein including terms for years.\n\n(m) \"Obligee of an authority\" or \"obligee\" includes any\n\nbondholder, agent or trustee for any bondholder, or lessor demising\n\nto the authority property used in connection with a project, or any\n\nassignee or assignees of such lessor's interest or any part thereof,\n\nand the federal government when it is a party to any contract with\n\nthe authority.\n\n(n) \"Persons engaged in national defense activities\" means\n\npersons in the Armed Forces of the United States; employees of the\n\nDepartment of Defense; and workers engaged or to be engaged in\n\nactivities connected with national defense. The term also includes\n\nthe families of the persons, employees, and workers who reside with\n\nthem.\n\n(o) \"Major disaster\" means any flood, drought, fire, hurricane,\n\ntornado, earthquake, storm, or other catastrophe which, in the\n\ndetermination of the governing body, is of sufficient severity and\n\nmagnitude to warrant the use of available resources of the federal,\n\nstate, and local governments to alleviate the damage, hardship, or\n\nsuffering caused thereby.\n\n(p) \"State public body\" means any city, county, municipal\n\ncorporation, commission, district, authority, agency, subdivision,\n\nor public body of the state.","path":["OK Code","Title 63"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os63.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"d6a77efa8dae7cb6bf3f68104682016b5912684fe8116c1fc02e2a9da1456528","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1053","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1055"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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