55:14G-31. Extension of temporary emergency housing contracts upon finding of need by municipal governing body; new contracts
If, under the authority of the act hereby supplemented, the governing body of any municipality, by resolution, shall find that a need for temporary emergency housing continues in such municipality and shall certify therein that in the judgment of said governing body the existing temporary emergency housing in such municipality will be safe for occupancy for a further period of at least 1 year, and shall file a certified copy of such resolution with the administrator, any contract pertaining to such temporary emergency housing theretofore entered into by such municipality with the said administrator pursuant to said act shall thereupon be extended for the period provided in the resolution but not to exceed 1 year and shall continue in full force and effect during the period of the emergency as so extended by such resolution notwithstanding any terms or conditions of such contract and any provisions of said act to the contrary; provided, that, if the governing body of any municipality in which the maximum period of emergency provided in said act expired subsequent to February 15, 1954 and prior to the effective date of this supplement to said act, by resolution, shall find that a need for temporary emergency housing continues in such municipality and shall certify therein that in the judgment of said governing body the existing temporary emergency housing in such municipality will be safe for occupancy for a further period of at least 1 year, and shall file a certified copy of such resolution with the administrator, such municipality may enter into a contract pertaining to such temporary emergency housing with the said administrator for the period provided in the resolution but not to exceed 1 year, and any contract thereby entered into shall continue in full force and effect during the period of the emergency as so extended by such resolution notwithstanding any provisions of said act to the contrary; provided, further, that only 1 resolution of extension pursuant to this supplement to said act shall be adopted by any governing body.
L.1954, c. 25, p. 86, s. 1.