By:  Thompson, S.                                     H.B. No. 2065
       73R6405 MLR-D
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to the authority of a county to establish a housing trust
    1-3  fund.
    1-4        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Subtitle B, Title 12, Local Government Code, is
    1-6  amended by adding Chapter 383 to read as follows:
    1-7                CHAPTER 383.  COUNTY HOUSING TRUST FUND
    1-8        Sec. 383.121.  COUNTY HOUSING TRUST FUND.  The commissioners
    1-9  court may establish a trust fund to support the construction and
   1-10  preservation of affordable, decent, safe, and sanitary housing for
   1-11  moderate, low, and very low income individuals and families.
   1-12        Sec. 383.122.  FUND.  In establishing and administering the
   1-13  trust fund, the commissioners court may provide for:
   1-14              (1)  revenue sources for the fund, including a fee on
   1-15  documents filed with the county clerk or any other fee; and
   1-16              (2)  use and allocation of the fund.
   1-17        Sec. 383.123.  POWERS AND DUTIES.  (a)  The  commissioners
   1-18  court may establish programs related to housing for moderate, low,
   1-19  and very low income individuals and families.
   1-20        (b)  The commissioners court may determine eligibility and
   1-21  restrictions regarding housing projects.
   1-22        (c)  The commissioners court may provide for:
   1-23              (1)  an advisory committee to advise the commissioners
   1-24  court on housing needs, priorities, and solutions; and
    2-1              (2)  professional, technical, and clerical staff to
    2-2  administer the program.
    2-3        SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
    2-4        SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
    2-5  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
    2-6  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
    2-7  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
    2-8  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.