(1) At any time after the exclusion or detachment of any county from the area of operation of a regional housing authority, as provided in this subchapter, the governing body of any such county may adopt a resolution or enter an order declaring that there is need for a housing authority in the county if the governing body shall find such need according to the provisions of § 14-169-207. Thereupon, a public body corporate and politic to be known as the housing authority of the county shall exist for that county, the five (5) commissioners of which shall be appointed by the governing body of that county and may transact business and exercise its powers in the same manner, and shall have the same rights, powers, and immunities, as though created by § 14-169-207.
(2) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as preventing that county from thereafter being included within the area of operation of a regional housing authority as provided in this subchapter.