Pub. L. 95-128, tit. I, sec. 102

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EnactedYear: 1977Length: 702 wordsOfficial source
definitions Sec. 102. (a) Section 102(a) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 is amended— (1) by striking out “the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; and Indian tribes, bands, groups, and nations, including Alaska Indians, Aleuts, and Eskimos, of the United States” in paragraph (1) and inserting in lieu thereof “and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands”; (2) by inserting before the period at the end of paragraph (4) the following: except that any city which has been classified as a metropolitan city under clause (B) of this paragraph shall continue to be so classified until the decennial census indicates that the population of such city is less than fifty thousand”; (3) by inserting the following before the period at the end of paragraph (5): “which have not entered into cooperation agreements with such town or township to undertake or to assist in the undertaking of essential community development and housing assistance activities”; (4) by inserting in paragraph (6) “either” before “(B)” and by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: “or (C) has a population in excess of one hundred thousand, a 91 STAT. 1112population density of at least five thousand persons per square mile, and contains within its boundaries no incorporated places as defined by the United States Bureau of Census”; (5) by redesignating paragraphs (10), (11), (12), and (13) as paragraphs (17), (18), (19), and (20), respectively; and (6) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following new paragraphs: “(10) The term ‘age of housing’ means the number of existing housing units constructed in 1939 or earlier based on data compiled by the United States Bureau of the Census and referable to the same point or period in time. “(11) The term ‘extent of growth lag’ means the number of persons who would have been residents in a metropolitan city or urban county, in excess of the current population of such metropolitan city or urban county, if such metropolitan city or urban county had had a population growth rate between 1960 and the date of the most recent population count referable to the same point or period in time equal to the population growth rate for such period of all metropolitan cities. “(12) The term ‘housing stock’ means the number of existing housing units based on data compiled by the United States Bureau of the Census and referable to the same point or period in time. “(13) The term ‘adjustment factor’ means the ratio between the age of housing in the metropolitan city or urban county and the predicted age of housing in such city or county. “(14) The term ‘predicted age of housing’ means the arithmetic product of the housing stock in the metropolitan city or urban county multiplied times the ratio between the age of housing in all metropolitan areas and the housing stock in all metropolitan areas. “(15) The term ‘adjusted age of housing’ means the arithmetic product of the age of housing in the metropolitan city or urban county multiplied times the adjustment factor. “(16) The term ‘Indian tribe’ means any Indian tribe, band, group, and nation, including Alaska Indians, Aleuts, and Eskimos, and any Alaskan Native Village, of the United States, which is considered an eligible recipient under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (Public Law 93–638) or under the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 (Public Law 92–512).”. (b) Section 102 of such Act is amended by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: “(d) An urban county designated under subsection (a)(6)(B)(i) of this section shall notify, prior to a date set by the Secretary for each year, all incorporated units of general local government the populations of which are included in the population of such urban county for purposes of this section of their opportunity to exclude their population from such urban county. Any unit of general local government which has not elected to have its population so excluded shall have its population included within the population of such urban county for purposes of this section until it, on its own initiative, elects to exclude its population by notifying the urban county on or before a date set by the Secretary.”.
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