By: Turner of Harris, Pierson, Leibowitz H.B. No. 3358

(Senate Sponsor - Shapleigh)

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2009; May 7, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations; May 15, 2009, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 15, 2009, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3358 By: Shapleigh

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to allowing municipal or county housing authorities in certain counties to create housing communities for veterans.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 392, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Section 392.067 to read as follows:

Sec. 392.067. VETERANS HOUSING IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) In this section, "veteran" means a person who has served on active duty in the armed forces of the United States or in the state military forces as defined by Section 431.001, Government Code.

(b) A county or municipal housing authority in a county with a population of more than 500,000 may borrow money, accept grants, and exercise its powers to provide safe and sanitary housing communities for veterans.

(c) As the authority considers necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter, an authority may enter into a lease or purchase agreement or accept a conveyance regarding real property as part of a housing project that will benefit veterans. The agreement or conveyance may include any restrictive covenants that the authority considers appropriate regarding the property. As the authority considers necessary and on the stipulation of the parties, the covenants run with the property.

(d) A county or municipal housing authority to which this section applies is not subject to the limitations in Section 392.014, 392.015, or 392.017 with respect to a housing project that benefits veterans as authorized by this section.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.

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