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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the appointment of commissioners of public housing |
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authorities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 392.031(b), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A commissioner may not be an officer or employee of the |
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municipality. A commissioner may be a tenant of a public project |
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over which the housing authority has jurisdiction or a person who is |
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directly assisted by a housing authority through its housing choice |
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voucher program. |
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SECTION 2. Section 392.0331(b), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), in appointing |
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commissioners under Section 392.031, a municipality with a |
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municipal housing authority composed of five commissioners shall |
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appoint at least one commissioner to the authority who is a tenant |
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of a public housing project over which the authority has |
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jurisdiction. In appointing commissioners under Section 392.031, a |
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municipality with a with a municipal housing authority composed of |
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seven or more commissioners shall appoint at least two |
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commissioners to the authority who are tenants of a public housing |
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project over which the authority has jurisdiction. In appointing |
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commissioners under Section 392.031, a municipality with a |
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population over 2,000,000 with a municipal housing authority |
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composed of seven or more commissioners shall appoint at least two |
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commissioners to the authority who are directly assisted by the |
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housing authority, either as tenants of a public housing project |
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over which the authority has jurisdiction or as recipients of |
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housing assistance through the authority's housing choice voucher |
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program. |
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SECTION 4. Section 392.0331(g), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(g) A commissioner appointed under this section may not |
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participate: |
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(1) in any vote or discussion concerning the |
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termination of the commissioner's occupancy rights in public |
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housing or of the commissioner's rights to housing assistance from |
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a housing choice voucher program or the rights of any person related |
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to the first degree of consanguinity to the commissioner with |
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respect to such person's occupancy rights in public housing or |
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right to receive housing assistance from a housing choice voucher |
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program; or |
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(2) in a grievance or administrative hearing in which |
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the commissioner or a person related in the first degree of |
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consanguinity to the commissioner is a party. |
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SECTION 5. Section 392.0331(h), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(h) If a commissioner appointed under this section as a |
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tenant of a public housing project ceases to reside in a housing |
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unit operated by the public housing authority during the |
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commissioner's term, a majority of the other commissioners shall |
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decide whether to request that a new commissioner be appointed. A |
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majority of the commissioners may decide to allow the commissioner |
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to serve the remaining portion of the commissioner's term. If a |
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commissioner appointed under this section as a person receiving |
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direct housing assistance from a housing choice voucher program |
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ceases to receive such assistance, a majority of the other |
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commissioners shall decide whether to request that a new |
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commissioner be appointed. A majority of the commissioners may |
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decide to allow the commissioner to serve the remaining portion of |
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the commissioner's term. |