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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to housing authorities established by municipalities and |
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counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 392.005(c) and (d), Local Government |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(c) An exemption under this section for a multifamily |
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residential development which is owned by [(i)] a public facility |
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corporation created by a housing authority under Chapter 303, owned |
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by [(ii)] a housing development corporation, or owned by [(iii)] a |
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similar entity created by a housing authority and which does not |
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have at least 20 percent of its units reserved for public housing |
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units, rent-restricted units subsidized by a housing authority, or |
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a combination of public housing and rent-restricted units, applies |
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only if: |
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(1) the authority holds a public hearing, at a regular |
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meeting of the authority's governing body, to approve the |
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development; and |
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(2) at least 50 percent of the units in the multifamily |
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residential development are reserved for occupancy by individuals |
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and families earning less than 80 percent of the area median family |
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income. |
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(d) For the purposes of Subsection (c), a "public housing |
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unit": |
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(1) is a dwelling unit for which the owner: |
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(A) receives a public housing operating subsidy; |
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or |
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(B) received a public housing operating subsidy, |
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if the dwelling unit was subsequently converted through the Rental |
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Assistance Demonstration program administered by the United States |
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Department of Housing and Urban Development as specified by the |
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Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2012 |
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(Pub. L. No. 112-55) and its subsequent amendments; and |
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(2) [. It] does not include a unit for which payments |
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are made to the landlord under the federal Section 8 Housing Choice |
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Voucher Program unless the unit was converted under the Rental |
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Assistance Demonstration 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 or who is a recipient of housing assistance |
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administered through the authority's housing choice voucher |
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program. Except as provided by Subsection (b-2), in appointing |
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commissioners under Section 392.031, a municipality with a |
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municipal housing authority composed of seven or more commissioners |
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shall appoint at least two commissioners to the authority who are |
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tenants of a public housing project over which the authority has |
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jurisdiction or who are recipients of housing assistance |
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administered through the authority's housing choice voucher |
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program. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |