H.B. No. 654 AN ACT relating to the ability of a tenant representative to serve as a commissioner of a local housing authority. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 392.0331(f) and (f-1), Local Government Code, are repealed. SECTION 2. The repeal by this Act of Sections 392.0331(f) and (f-1), Local Government Code, applies to a commissioner appointed under Section 392.0331, Local Government Code, without regard to whether the commissioner was appointed before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 654 was passed by the House on April 26, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 654 was passed by the Senate on May 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor