82R8515 AJZ-D
By: Christian H.B. No. 1372
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the appointment of a tenant representative as a
commissioner of a municipal housing authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 392.0331, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsections (b) and (f) and adding Subsections
(b-1) and (f-1) to read as follows:
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), in [In]
appointing commissioners under Section 392.031, a municipality
with a municipal housing authority composed of five commissioners
shall appoint at least one commissioner to the authority who is a
tenant of a public housing project over which the authority has
jurisdiction. In appointing commissioners under Section 392.031, a
municipality with a municipal housing authority composed of seven
or more commissioners shall appoint at least two commissioners to
the authority who are tenants of a public housing project over which
the authority has jurisdiction.
(b-1) The presiding officer of the governing body of a
municipality that has a municipal housing authority in which the
total number of units is 300 or fewer is not required to appoint a
tenant to the position of commissioner as otherwise required by
Subsection (b) if the presiding officer has provided timely notice
of a vacancy in the position to all eligible tenants and is unable
to fill the position with an eligible tenant before the 60th day
after the date the position becomes vacant.
(f) Except as provided by Subsection (f-1), a [A]
commissioner appointed under this section may not serve more than
two consecutive two-year terms.
(f-1) Subsection (f) does not apply to a municipality that
has a municipal housing authority in which the total number of units
is 300 or fewer.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.