HBA-MPA H.B. 1149 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1149
By: Naishtat
Urban Affairs
5/21/1999
Enrolled



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, a municipality is required to have a resident commissioner on
its housing authority, but those commissioners are limited to one two-year
term.  H.B. 1149 allows a resident commissioner of a municipal housing
authority to serve two consecutive two-year terms. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 392.0331(f), Local Government Code, to prohibit
a person appointed as a tenant representative to the position of
commissioner of a municipal, county, or regional housing authority from
serving more than two consecutive two-year terms, rather than prohibiting
reappointment to consecutive terms. 

SECTION 2.  Provides that the change to Section 392.0331(f) made by this
Act applies to a commissioner appointed under this section whether the
person was appointed on, before, or after the effective date of this Act. 

SECTION 3. Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.