A body corporate and politic to be known as the "Housing Authority of
the Borough of Collingswood" is hereby created and established, pursuant to
the provisions of N.J.S.A. 55:14A-1 to 58, the Local Housing Authorities Law,
as supplemented and amended, of the State of New Jersey.
The Housing Authority of the Borough of Collingswood shall constitute
an agency and instrumentality of the municipality.
The Housing Authority shall consist of seven (7) members. The governing
body of the municipality shall appoint five (5) Commissioners of the Authority
and these immediately appointed shall serve for terms of one (1), two (2),
three (3), four (4) and five (5) years, respectively, from the date of their
appointment; thereafter all future Commissioners so appointed shall hold office
for terms of five (5) years, except all vacancies shall be filled for such
unexpired term. The Mayor of the borough shall appoint one (1) member for
a five-year term.
The Borough Clerk be and hereby is authorized and directed to file a
certified copy of this chapter with the Commissioner of the Department of
Environmental Protection and Energy of the State of New Jersey. The State
Director, upon receipt of notification of the creation of the Housing Authority,
shall appoint one (1) member thereof who shall hold office at his pleasure.