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1		-	H.B. No. 2529
	1	+	By: Leach, Lambert (Senate Sponsor - Watson) H.B. No. 2529
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2019;
	3	+	April 24, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
	4	+	Intergovernmental Relations; May 9, 2019, reported favorably by
	5	+	the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 9, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to the governance of public housing authorities.
6	12		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
7	13		SECTION 1. Section 392.032(b), Local Government Code, is
8	14		amended to read as follows:
9	15		(b) A commissioner of the authority may not be an officer or
10	16		employee of the county. A commissioner may be:
11	17		(1) a tenant of a public project over which the housing
12	18		authority has jurisdiction; or
13	19		(2) a recipient of housing assistance administered
14	20		through the authority's housing choice voucher program or
15	21		project-based rental assistance program.
16	22		SECTION 2. Section 392.033(a), Local Government Code, is
17	23		amended to read as follows:
18	24		(a) The commissioners court of each county in a regional
19	25		housing authority shall appoint a person to serve as a commissioner
20	26		of the authority. Subsequently, the commissioners court of each
21	27		county shall appoint successors to the commissioner of the
22	28		authority appointed by that commissioners court. An appointed
23	29		commissioner of the authority may not be an officer or employee of
24	30		the county. A commissioner may be:
25	31		(1) a tenant of a public project over which the housing
26	32		authority has jurisdiction; or
27	33		(2) a recipient of housing assistance administered
28	34		through the authority's housing choice voucher program or
29	35		project-based rental assistance program.
30	36		SECTION 3. The heading to Section 392.0331, Local
31	37		Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
32	38		Sec. 392.0331. APPOINTMENT OF TENANT REPRESENTATIVE OR
33	39		CERTAIN OTHER RECIPIENTS OF HOUSING ASSISTANCE AS COMMISSIONER OF
34	40		MUNICIPAL, COUNTY, OR REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY.
35	41		SECTION 4. Sections 392.0331(b), (b-1), (c), and (d), Local
36	42		Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
37	43		(b) Except as provided by Subsection [Subsections] (b-1)
38	44		[and (b-2)], in appointing commissioners under Section 392.031, a
39	45		municipality with a municipal housing authority composed of five
40	46		commissioners shall appoint at least one commissioner to the
41	47		authority who is a tenant of a public housing project over which the
42	48		authority has jurisdiction or who is a recipient of housing
43	49		assistance administered through the authority's housing choice
44	50		voucher program or project-based rental assistance program.
45	51		In [Except as provided by Subsection (b-3), in] appointing
46	52		commissioners under Section 392.031, a municipality with a
47	53		municipal housing authority composed of seven or more commissioners
48	54		shall appoint at least two commissioners to the authority who are
49	55		tenants of a public housing project over which the authority has
50	56		jurisdiction or who are recipients of housing assistance
51	57		administered through the authority's housing choice voucher
52	58		program or project-based rental assistance program.
53	59		(b-1) The presiding officer of the governing body of a
54	60		municipality that has a municipal housing authority in which the
55	61		total number of units is 150 or fewer is not required to appoint a
56	62		tenant or a recipient of housing assistance to the position of
57	63		commissioner as otherwise required by Subsection (b) if the
58	64		presiding officer has provided timely notice of a vacancy in the
59	65		position to all eligible tenants or recipients of housing
60	66		assistance and is unable to fill the position with an eligible
61	67		tenant or recipient of housing assistance before the 60th day after
62	68		the date the position becomes vacant.
63	69		(c) In appointing commissioners under Section 392.032, a
64	70		county shall appoint at least one commissioner to a county housing
65	71		authority who is a tenant of a public housing project over which the
66	72		county housing authority has jurisdiction or who is a recipient of
67	73		housing assistance administered through the authority's housing
68	74		choice voucher program or project-based rental assistance program.
69	75		(d) In appointing commissioners under Section 392.033, a
70	76		county or counties comprising a regional housing authority shall
71	77		appoint at least one commissioner to a regional housing authority
72	78		who is a tenant of a public housing project over which the regional
73	79		housing authority has jurisdiction or who is a recipient of housing
74	80		assistance administered through the authority's housing choice
75	81		voucher program or project-based rental assistance program. If
76	82		more than one county comprises a regional housing authority, the
77	83		counties shall agree to a method for appointing to the regional
78	84		housing authority the [tenant] member who is a tenant or a recipient
79	85		of housing assistance [to the regional housing authority].
80	86		SECTION 5. Sections 392.0331(b-2) and (b-3), Local
81	87		Government Code, are repealed.
82	88		SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
83		-	______________________________ ______________________________
84		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
85		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2529 was passed by the House on April
86		-	18, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2
87		-	present, not
88		-	voting.
89		-	______________________________
90		-	Chief Clerk of the House
91		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2529 was passed by the Senate on
92		-	May 15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
93		-	______________________________
94		-	Secretary of the Senate
95		-	APPROVED: _____________________
96		-	Date
97		-	_____________________
98		-	Governor
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