Bill Text: TX SB1716 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the governance of certain housing authorities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2015-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/15 [SB1716 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1716-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1716 |
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relating to the governance of certain housing authorities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 392.031(b), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) A commissioner may not be an officer or employee of the | ||
municipality. A commissioner may be: | ||
(1) a tenant of a public project over which the housing | ||
authority has jurisdiction; or | ||
(2) a person who is a recipient of housing assistance | ||
administered through the authority's housing choice voucher | ||
program. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 392.0331, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsections (b), (g), and (h) and adding | ||
Subsections (b-2) and (h-1) to read as follows: | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), 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. Except as provided by Subsection (b-2), in [ |
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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. | ||
(b-2) In appointing commissioners under Section 392.031, a | ||
municipality that has a population over two million and a municipal | ||
housing authority composed of seven or more commissioners shall | ||
appoint at least two commissioners to the authority who are: | ||
(1) tenants of a public housing project over which the | ||
authority has jurisdiction; or | ||
(2) recipients of housing assistance administered | ||
through the authority's housing choice voucher program. | ||
(g) A commissioner appointed under this section may not | ||
participate: | ||
(1) in any vote or discussion concerning the | ||
termination of: | ||
(A) the commissioner's occupancy rights in | ||
public housing; | ||
(B) the commissioner's rights to housing | ||
assistance administered through a housing choice voucher program; | ||
or | ||
(C) the rights of any person related in the first | ||
degree by consanguinity to the commissioner with respect to the | ||
person's occupancy rights in public housing or right to receive | ||
housing assistance administered through a housing choice voucher | ||
program; or | ||
(2) in a grievance or administrative hearing in which | ||
the commissioner or a person related in the first degree by | ||
consanguinity to the commissioner is a party. | ||
(h) If a commissioner appointed under this section as a | ||
tenant of a public housing project ceases to reside in a housing | ||
unit operated by the public housing authority during the | ||
commissioner's term, a majority of the other commissioners shall | ||
decide whether to request that a new commissioner be appointed. A | ||
majority of the commissioners may decide to allow the commissioner | ||
to serve the remaining portion of the commissioner's term. | ||
(h-1) If a commissioner appointed under this section as a | ||
recipient of housing assistance administered through the | ||
authority's housing choice voucher program ceases to receive that | ||
assistance, a majority of the other commissioners shall decide | ||
whether to request that a new commissioner be appointed. A majority | ||
of the commissioners may decide to allow the commissioner to serve | ||
the remaining portion of the commissioner's term. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1716 passed the Senate on | ||
May 4, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1716 passed the House on | ||
May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 12, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |