85R20901 JAM-F     By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 2792       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to housing authorities established by municipalities and   counties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 392.005(c) and (d), Local Government   Code, are amended to read as follows:          (c)  An exemption under this section for a multifamily   residential development which is owned by [(i)] a public facility   corporation created by a housing authority under Chapter 303, owned   by [(ii)] a housing development corporation, or owned by [(iii)] a   similar entity created by a housing authority and which does not   have at least 20 percent of its units reserved for public housing   units, rent-restricted units subsidized by a housing authority, or   a combination of public housing and rent-restricted units, applies   only if:                (1)  the authority holds a public hearing, at a regular   meeting of the authority's governing body, to approve the   development; and                (2)  at least 50 percent of the units in the multifamily   residential development are reserved for occupancy by individuals   and families earning less than 80 percent of the area median family   income.          (d)  For the purposes of Subsection (c), a "public housing   unit":                (1)  is a dwelling unit for which the owner:                      (A)  receives a public housing operating subsidy;   or                      (B)  received a public housing operating subsidy,   if the dwelling unit was subsequently converted through the Rental   Assistance Demonstration program administered by the United States   Department of Housing and Urban Development as specified by the   Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2012   (Pub. L. No. 112-55) and its subsequent amendments; and                (2)  [. It] does not include a unit for which payments   are made to the landlord under the federal Section 8 Housing Choice   Voucher Program unless the unit was converted under the Rental   Assistance Demonstration program.          SECTION 2.  Section 392.0331(b), Local Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), 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 or who is a recipient of housing assistance   administered through the authority's housing choice voucher   program. Except as provided by Subsection (b-2), 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 or who are recipients of housing assistance   administered through the authority's housing choice voucher   program.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.