By: Moody, Blanco, Ortega 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.
(c) A municipal housing authority may begin operations in
the area authorized under Subsection (b)(2) only if:
(1) the authority has completed and presented to the
commissioners court of the county in which it is seeking to operate
a needs assessment relating to the operation of the authority in the
county;
(2) after a public hearing considering the needs
assessment provided under Subdivision (1), the commissioners court
votes to approve the operation of the authority in the county; and
(3) the authority and the county enter into a
cooperation agreement under Section 392.059.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.