H.B. No. 2287
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, the territorial boundary of which is contiguous 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:
(A) that are 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 described by Subsection (a)(2) a
needs assessment relating to the operation of the authority in the
county; and
(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 applicable
area.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2287 was passed by the House on April
25, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 113, Nays 24, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 2287 on May 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 2,
1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2287 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays
5.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor