Enrolled Bill Summary

            House Bill 3450 amends the Government Code to establish the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) as the lead agency for addressing the problem of homelessness and coordinating interagency efforts to address any problem associated with homelessness in the state. The bill transfers provisions relating to the Texas Interagency Council for the Homeless to the statutes governing the TDHCA, reestablishes the council as an advisory committee to the TDHCA, and requires the governing board of the TDHCA to consider council recommendations in preparing its low income housing plan. The bill removes the representative of the workforce development division of the Texas Department of Commerce from membership on the council and requires each remaining council member to have both administrative responsibility for programs for the homeless or related services provided by the agency that the member represents and the authority to make decisions for and commit resources of that agency. The bill also requires the council to coordinate with certain organizations to provide homeless individuals information relating to employment and job training services and to ensure that local or statewide nonprofit organizations perform certain duties that the council is unable to perform. The bill requires each agency represented on the council to contribute resources and to report agency outcomes related to homelessness to the TDHCA. The bill repeals a provision of the Government Code making the council subject to the Texas Sunset Act.