86R21990 JAM-F
By: Moody H.B. No. 2287
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2287:
By: Button C.S.H.B. No. 2287
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the operations of certain municipal housing
authorities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 392, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 392.0162 to read as follows:
Sec. 392.0162. AREA OF OPERATION OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL
HOUSING AUTHORITIES. (a) This section applies only to the
operation of a municipal housing authority operating in a
municipality that:
(1) has a population of more than 600,000; and
(2) is located in a county that has a population of
800,000 or more and is adjacent to the international border.
(b) Notwithstanding Sections 392.014 and 392.017(b), a
municipal housing authority may operate in:
(1) the municipality for which the authority is
created; and
(2) the county described by Subsection (a)(2), other
than the parts of the county that are:
(A) within the territorial boundaries of a
municipality other than the municipality for which the authority is
created; and
(B) in which another housing authority operates
under this chapter.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.