| 1 | 1 | | H.B. No. 3358 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to allowing municipal or county housing authorities in |
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| 6 | 6 | | certain counties to create housing communities for veterans. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 392, Local Government |
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| 9 | 9 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 392.067 to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | Sec. 392.067. VETERANS HOUSING IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) In |
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| 11 | 11 | | this section, "veteran" means a person who has served on active duty |
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| 12 | 12 | | in the armed forces of the United States or in the state military |
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| 13 | 13 | | forces as defined by Section 431.001, Government Code. |
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| 14 | 14 | | (b) A county or municipal housing authority in a county with |
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| 15 | 15 | | a population of more than 500,000 may borrow money, accept grants, |
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| 16 | 16 | | and exercise its powers to provide safe and sanitary housing |
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| 17 | 17 | | communities for veterans. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (c) As the authority considers necessary to achieve the |
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| 19 | 19 | | purposes of this chapter, an authority may enter into a lease or |
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| 20 | 20 | | purchase agreement or accept a conveyance regarding real property |
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| 21 | 21 | | as part of a housing project that will benefit veterans. The |
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| 22 | 22 | | agreement or conveyance may include any restrictive covenants that |
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| 23 | 23 | | the authority considers appropriate regarding the property. As the |
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| 24 | 24 | | authority considers necessary and on the stipulation of the |
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| 25 | 25 | | parties, the covenants run with the property. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (d) A county or municipal housing authority to which this |
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| 27 | 27 | | section applies is not subject to the limitations in Section |
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| 28 | 28 | | 392.014, 392.015, or 392.017 with respect to a housing project that |
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| 29 | 29 | | benefits veterans as authorized by this section. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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| 31 | 31 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 32 | 32 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 33 | 33 | | I certify that H.B. No. 3358 was passed by the House on May 5, |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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| 35 | 35 | | voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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| 36 | 36 | | No. 3358 on May 23, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 1 present, not voting. |
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| 38 | 38 | | ______________________________ |
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| 39 | 39 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 40 | 40 | | I certify that H.B. No. 3358 was passed by the Senate, with |
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| 41 | 41 | | amendments, on May 21, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays |
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| 42 | 42 | | 0. |
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| 43 | 43 | | ______________________________ |
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| 44 | 44 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 45 | 45 | | APPROVED: __________________ |
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| 46 | 46 | | Date |
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| 47 | 47 | | __________________ |
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| 48 | 48 | | Governor |
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