§ 45-25-14. Removal of commissioners from office.
(a) The mayor and/or town council may remove a commissioner for inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office, but only after the commissioner has been given a copy of the charges against him or her (which may be made by the mayor) at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing and has an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel. Any obligee of the authority may file with the mayor and/or town council written charges that the authority is willfully violating any law of the state or any term, provision or covenant in any contract to which the authority is a party. The mayor and/or town council shall give each of the commissioners a copy of the charges at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing and an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel, and shall, within fifteen (15) days after receipt of the charges, remove any commissioners of the authority who is found to have acquiesced in any willful violation; provided, that nothing in this section prevents the mayor of any city or the town council of any town from suspending a commissioner from his or her office and duties pending the removal hearing.
(b) A commissioner is deemed to have acquiesced in a willful violation by the authority of a law of this state or of any term, provision, or covenant contained in a contract to which the authority is a party, if, before a hearing is held on the charges against him or her, he or she has not have filed a written statement with the authority of his or her objections to, or lack of participation in the violation.
(c) In the event of the removal of any commissioner, the mayor and/or town council shall file in the office of the city clerk a record of the proceedings together with the charges made against the commissioners and the findings.
History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2255, § 8; G.L. 1938, c. 344, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 45-25-14; P.L. 1971, ch. 127, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 45-25 - City Housing Authorities
Section 45-25-1. - Short title.
Section 45-25-2. - Declaration of necessity.
Section 45-25-3. - Definitions.
Section 45-25-4. - Petition for establishment of authority — Notice of hearing.
Section 45-25-5. - Hearing on petition for establishment.
Section 45-25-6. - Denial of petition for establishment of authority.
Section 45-25-7. - Establishment and incorporation of authority.
Section 45-25-8. - Corporate powers of authority.
Section 45-25-9. - Certificate as evidence of incorporation.
Section 45-25-10.1. - Present appointments unaffected.
Section 45-25-10.2. - City of Newport housing authority.
Section 45-25-10.3. - City of Cranston housing authority.
Section 45-25-10.4. - City of East Providence housing authority.
Section 45-25-10.5. - City of Woonsocket housing authority.
Section 45-25-10.6. - City of Pawtucket housing authority.
Section 45-25-11. - Validation of prior proceedings.
Section 45-25-12. - Compliance with laws and contractual obligations.
Section 45-25-13. - Interest of commissioners or employees in property.
Section 45-25-14. - Removal of commissioners from office.
Section 45-25-15. - Powers of authority enumerated.
Section 45-25-15.1. - Section 8 tenant based certificate and Section 8 rental voucher programs.
Section 45-25-16. - Compliance with federal wage requirements.
Section 45-25-17. - Low rent policy.
Section 45-25-18. - Tenant selection.
Section 45-25-18.1. - Adoption of rules and regulations.
Section 45-25-18.2. - Board of tenants’ affairs.
Section 45-25-18.3. - Membership of board.
Section 45-25-18.4. - Appointment of membership — Meetings — Rules — Quorum.
Section 45-25-18.5. - Compensation.
Section 45-25-18.6. - Power of board.
Section 45-25-18.7. - Hearings.
Section 45-25-18.8. - Termination.
Section 45-25-18.9. - Severability.
Section 45-25-18.10. - Housing for people who are elderly — Disabled veterans.
Section 45-25-18.12. - Housing for people who are elderly — Criminal records check.
Section 45-25-19. - Rental and tenant restrictions not binding on obligee on default.
Section 45-25-20. - Subjection to local building and planning regulations.
Section 45-25-21. - Exemption of low rate projects from ordinances.
Section 45-25-22. - Cooperation between authorities.
Section 45-25-23. - Acquisition of land for government project.
Section 45-25-24. - Power of state public bodies to cooperate in projects.
Section 45-25-25. - Loans by city to authority.
Section 45-25-26. - Resolution for action by state public body.
Section 45-25-27. - Powers supplemental.
Section 45-25-28. - Authority tax exempt.
Section 45-25-29. - Bonds and mortgages tax exempt.
Section 45-25-30. - Payments in lieu of local property tax.
Section 45-25-31. - Annual report.
Section 45-25-32. - Dissolution of authority.
Section 45-25-33. - Severability.
Section 45-25-34. - Employees of city housing authorities.