If the legislative delegation of each of two or more contiguous counties by resolution declares that there is a need for one housing authority to be created for all of such counties to exercise in such counties the powers and other functions prescribed for a regional housing authority, a public body corporate and politic to be known as a regional housing authority shall thereupon exist for all of such counties and exercise its powers and other functions in such counties and thereupon each county housing authority created for each of such counties shall cease to exist except for the purpose of winding up its affairs and executing a deed to the regional housing authority as herein provided. A regional housing authority may select any appropriate corporate name.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-201; 1952 Code Section 36-201; 1942 Code Section 5271-55; 1940 (41) 1687; 1942 (42) 1742.