[§201H-224]  Government employee housing projects; criteria.  (a)  Government employee housing projects developed under this part shall be intended primarily for government employees in the following order of priority:

     (1)  Newly hired permanent full-time state employees;

     (2)  Other permanent full-time state employees;

     (3)  Permanent full-time county employees;

     (4)  Permanent part-time state and county employees;

     (5)  Temporary state and county employees; and

     (6)  The general public.

     (b)  Sixty per cent of available units shall be for government employees with incomes at or below one hundred forty per cent of the median family income.  For the purposes of this part, the applicable median family income shall be the median family income for the county or standard metropolitan statistical area in which the project is located as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, as adjusted from time to time.

     (c)  Should a state or county employee tenant occupying a rental unit leave employment with the State or a county, the tenant may continue to occupy the unit for up to twelve months. [L 2025, c 166, pt of §2]