BILL NUMBER: SB 660INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Runner FEBRUARY 18, 2011 An act to add Section 34327.4 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to housing authorities. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 660, as introduced, Runner. Housing authorities: housing certificates. Existing law establishes in each county and city a housing authority which is authorized, among other things, to prepare, carry out, acquire, lease, and operate housing projects for persons of low income, and housing developments for persons of low income. Existing law authorizes county public housing agencies to apply for, process, and distribute housing certificates issued pursuant to federal law to eligible families. This bill would authorize any housing authority that administers a housing program and distributes federal housing certificates to eligible families with children to make regular school attendance a continuing condition of certificate eligibility. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 34327.4 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read: 34327.4. Any housing authority that administers a housing program pursuant to this chapter and distributes federal housing certificates issued pursuant to Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1437 et seq.) to eligible families with children may make regular school attendance a continuing condition of certificate eligibility.