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By: Moody, Blanco, Ortega |
H.B. No. 2287 |
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(Senate Sponsor - Rodríguez) |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2019; |
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April 29, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Intergovernmental Relations; May 19, 2019, reported adversely, |
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with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, |
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Nays 0, 1 present not voting; May 19, 2019, sent to printer.) |
Click here to see the committee vote |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2287 |
By: Lucio |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the operations of certain municipal 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. Subchapter B, Chapter 392, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 392.0162 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 392.0162. AREA OF OPERATION OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL |
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HOUSING AUTHORITIES. (a) This section applies only to the |
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operation of a municipal housing authority operating in a |
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municipality that: |
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(1) has a population of more than 600,000; and |
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(2) is located in a county that has a population of |
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800,000 or more, the territorial boundary of which is contiguous to |
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the international border. |
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(b) Notwithstanding Sections 392.014 and 392.017(b), a |
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municipal housing authority may operate in: |
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(1) the municipality for which the authority is |
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created; and |
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(2) the county described by Subsection (a)(2), other |
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than the parts of the county: |
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(A) that are within the territorial boundaries of |
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a municipality other than the municipality for which the authority |
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is created; and |
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(B) in which another housing authority operates |
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under this chapter. |
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(c) A municipal housing authority may begin operations in |
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the area authorized under Subsection (b)(2) only if: |
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(1) the authority has completed and presented to the |
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commissioners court of the county described by Subsection (a)(2) a |
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needs assessment relating to the operation of the authority in the |
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county; and |
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(2) after a public hearing considering the needs |
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assessment provided under Subdivision (1), the commissioners court |
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votes to approve the operation of the authority in the applicable |
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area. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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