HBA-TYH C.S.S.B. 1185 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.S.B. 1185 By: Madla Urban Affairs 4/26/1999 Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, each city is only authorized to appoint five commissioners to the municipal housing authority. However, many cities have appointed ex officio members in order to broaden representation on the authority. C.S.S.B. 1185 establishes the permissible number of commissioners of certain public housing authorities and specifies the length of terms. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 392.031(a), Local Government Code, to require each municipal housing authority to be governed by five, seven, nine, or 11 commissioners, rather than only five commissioners. Makes a conforming change. SECTION 2. Amends Section 392.0331(b), Local Government Code, to require a municipality with a municipal housing authority composed of five commissioners, in appointing commissioners under Section 392.031 (Appointment of Commissioners of a Municipal Housing Authority), to appoint at least one commissioner to the authority who is a tenant of a public housing project over which the authority has jurisdiction. Requires a municipality with a municipal housing authority composed of seven or more commissioners, in appointing commissioners under Section 392.031, to appoint at least two commissioners to the authority who are tenants of a public housing project over which the authority has jurisdiction. SECTION 3. Amends Section 392.034, Local Government Code, to require two of the original commissioners of a county housing authority, rather than a municipal or county housing authority, to be designated to serve one-year terms from the date of their appointment. Sets forth the length of terms the original commissioners of a municipal housing authority shall serve. Provides that all subsequent municipal housing commissioners are appointed for two-year terms. Makes conforming changes. SECTION 4. Requires the presiding officer of the governing body of a municipality entitled to make appointments to a municipal housing authority under this Act to make the appropriate appointments as soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 5. Effective date: September 1, 1999. SECTION 6. Emergency clause. COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE The substitute modifies the original bill by adding a new SECTION 2 and redesignating SECTIONS 2-5 in the original to SECTIONS 3-6. The substitute modifies the original bill in SECTION 2, as follows: SECTION 2. Amends Section 392.0331(b), Local Government Code, to require a municipality with a municipal housing authority composed of five commissioners, in appointing commissioners under Section 392.031, to appoint at least one commissioner to the authority who is a tenant of a public housing project over which the authority has jurisdiction. Requires a municipality with a municipal housing authority composed of seven or more commissioners, in appointing commissioners under Section 392.031, to appoint at least two commissioners to the authority who are tenants of a public housing project over which the authority has jurisdiction.