By Madla S.B. No. 1185
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1185:
By Clark C.S.H.B. No. 1185
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the permissible number of commissioners of certain
1-3 public housing authorities.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 392.031, Local Government
1-6 Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-7 (a) Each municipal housing authority shall be governed by
1-8 five, seven, nine, or 11 commissioners. The presiding officer of
1-9 the governing body of a municipality shall appoint five, seven,
1-10 nine, or 11 persons to serve as commissioners of the authority. An
1-11 appointed commissioner of the authority may not be an officer or
1-12 employee of the municipality. Appointments made under this section
1-13 must comply with the requirements of Section 392.0331, if
1-14 applicable.
1-15 SECTION 2. Section 392.0331(b), Local Government Code, is
1-16 amended to read as follows:
1-17 (b) In appointing commissioners under Section 392.031, a
1-18 municipality with a municipal housing authority composed of five
1-19 commissioners shall appoint at least one commissioner to the [a
1-20 municipal housing] authority who is a tenant of a public housing
1-21 project over which the [municipal housing] authority has
1-22 jurisdiction. In appointing commissioners under Section 392.031, a
1-23 municipality with a municipal housing authority composed of seven
1-24 or more commissioners shall appoint at least two commissioners to
2-1 the authority who are tenants of a public housing project over
2-2 which the authority has jurisdiction.
2-3 SECTION 3. Section 392.034, Local Government Code, is
2-4 amended to read as follows:
2-5 Sec. 392.034. Terms of Office of Commissioners. (a) Two of
2-6 the original commissioners of a [municipal or] county housing
2-7 authority shall be designated to serve one-year terms from the date
2-8 of their appointment, and three shall be designated to serve
2-9 two-year terms. Subsequent commissioners are appointed for
2-10 two-year terms.
2-11 (b)(1) The original commissioners of a municipal housing
2-12 authority shall serve terms as follows:
2-13 (A) for an authority with five commissioners,
2-14 two shall be designated to serve one-year terms and three shall be
2-15 designated to serve two-year terms;
2-16 (B) for an authority with seven commissioners,
2-17 three shall be designated to serve one-year terms and four shall be
2-18 designated to serve two-year terms;
2-19 (C) for an authority with nine commissioners,
2-20 four shall be designated to serve one-year terms and five shall be
2-21 designated to serve two-year terms; and
2-22 (D) for an authority with 11 commissioners, five
2-23 shall be designated to serve one-year terms and six shall be
2-24 designated to serve two-year terms.
2-25 (2) Subsequent municipal housing commissioners are
2-26 appointed for two-year terms.
2-27 (c) Commissioners of a regional housing authority are
3-1 appointed for two-year terms.
3-2 (d) [(c)] Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term.
3-3 SECTION 4. The presiding officer of the governing body of a
3-4 municipality entitled to make appointments to a municipal housing
3-5 authority under Section 392.031, Local Government Code, as amended
3-6 by this Act, shall make the appropriate appointments as soon as
3-7 practicable after the effective date of this Act.
3-8 SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
3-9 SECTION 6. The importance of this legislation and the
3-10 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-11 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-12 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-13 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.