Amend CSHB 1818 by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumbering remaining SECTIONS as appropriate:
SECTION ____. Section 392.0331, Local Government Code, is amended by amending Subsections (b) and (f) and adding Subsections (b-1) and (f-1) to read as follows:
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), in [In] appointing commissioners under Section 392.031, a municipality with a municipal housing authority composed of five commissioners shall appoint at least one commissioner to the authority who is a tenant of a public housing project over which the authority has jurisdiction. In appointing commissioners under Section 392.031, a municipality with a municipal housing authority composed of seven or more commissioners shall appoint at least two commissioners to the authority who are tenants of a public housing project over which the authority has jurisdiction.
(b-1) The presiding officer of the governing body of a municipality that has a municipal housing authority in which the total number of units is 150 or fewer is not required to appoint a tenant to the position of commissioner as otherwise required by Subsection (b) if the presiding officer has provided timely notice of a vacancy in the position to all eligible tenants and is unable to fill the position with an eligible tenant before the 60th day after the date the position becomes vacant.
(f) Except as provided by Subsection (f-1), a [A] commissioner appointed under this section may not serve more than two consecutive two-year terms.
(f-1) Subsection (f) does not apply to a municipality that has a municipal housing authority in which the total number of units is 150 or fewer.