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.