Bill Text: TX HB2529 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to the governance of public housing authorities.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-31 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2529 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB2529-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.B. No. 2529
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the governance of public housing authorities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 392.032(b), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  A commissioner of the authority may not be an officer or
  employee of the county.  A commissioner may be:
               (1)  a tenant of a public project over which the housing
  authority has jurisdiction; or
               (2)  a recipient of housing assistance administered
  through the authority's housing choice voucher program or
  project-based rental assistance program.
         SECTION 2.  Section 392.033(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The commissioners court of each county in a regional
  housing authority shall appoint a person to serve as a commissioner
  of the authority. Subsequently, the commissioners court of each
  county shall appoint successors to the commissioner of the
  authority appointed by that commissioners court. An appointed
  commissioner of the authority may not be an officer or employee of
  the county. A commissioner may be:
               (1)  a tenant of a public project over which the housing
  authority has jurisdiction; or
               (2)  a recipient of housing assistance administered
  through the authority's housing choice voucher program or
  project-based rental assistance program.
         SECTION 3.  The heading to Section 392.0331, Local
  Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 392.0331.  APPOINTMENT OF TENANT REPRESENTATIVE OR
  CERTAIN OTHER RECIPIENTS OF HOUSING ASSISTANCE AS COMMISSIONER OF
  MUNICIPAL, COUNTY, OR REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY.
         SECTION 4.  Sections 392.0331(b), (b-1), (c), and (d), Local
  Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection [Subsections] (b-1)
  [and (b-2)], in appointing commissioners under Section 392.031, a
  municipality with a municipal housing authority composed of five
  commissioners shall appoint at least one commissioner to the
  authority who is a tenant of a public housing project over which the
  authority has jurisdiction or who is a recipient of housing
  assistance administered through the authority's housing choice
  voucher program or project-based rental assistance program.
  In [Except as provided by Subsection (b-3), in] appointing
  commissioners under Section 392.031, a municipality with a
  municipal housing authority composed of seven or more commissioners
  shall appoint at least two commissioners to the authority who are
  tenants of a public housing project over which the authority has
  jurisdiction or who are recipients of housing assistance
  administered through the authority's housing choice voucher
  program or project-based rental assistance program.
         (b-1)  The presiding officer of the governing body of a
  municipality that has a municipal housing authority in which the
  total number of units is 150 or fewer is not required to appoint a
  tenant or a recipient of housing assistance to the position of
  commissioner as otherwise required by Subsection (b) if the
  presiding officer has provided timely notice of a vacancy in the
  position to all eligible tenants or recipients of housing
  assistance and is unable to fill the position with an eligible
  tenant or recipient of housing assistance before the 60th day after
  the date the position becomes vacant.
         (c)  In appointing commissioners under Section 392.032, a
  county shall appoint at least one commissioner to a county housing
  authority who is a tenant of a public housing project over which the
  county housing authority has jurisdiction or who is a recipient of
  housing assistance administered through the authority's housing
  choice voucher program or project-based rental assistance program.
         (d)  In appointing commissioners under Section 392.033, a
  county or counties comprising a regional housing authority shall
  appoint at least one commissioner to a regional housing authority
  who is a tenant of a public housing project over which the regional
  housing authority has jurisdiction or who is a recipient of housing
  assistance administered through the authority's housing choice
  voucher program or project-based rental assistance program. If
  more than one county comprises a regional housing authority, the
  counties shall agree to a method for appointing to the regional
  housing authority the [tenant] member who is a tenant or a recipient
  of housing assistance [to the regional housing authority].
         SECTION 5.  Sections 392.0331(b-2) and (b-3), Local
  Government Code, are repealed.
         SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2529 was passed by the House on April
  18, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2
  present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2529 was passed by the Senate on
  May 15, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor       
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