Section 392.0162 - Area of Operation of Certain Municipal Housing Authorities(a) This section applies only to the operation of a municipal housing authority operating in a municipality that:(1) has a population of more than 600,000; and(2) is located in a county that has a population of 800,000 or more, the territorial boundary of which is contiguous to the international border.(b) Notwithstanding Sections 392.014 and 392.017(b), a municipal housing authority may operate in: (1) the municipality for which the authority is created; and(2) the county described by Subsection (a)(2), other than the parts of the county: (A) that are within the territorial boundaries of a municipality other than the municipality for which the authority is created; and(B) in which another housing authority operates under this chapter.(c) A municipal housing authority may begin operations in the area authorized under Subsection (b)(2) only if:(1) the authority has completed and presented to the commissioners court of the county described by Subsection (a)(2) a needs assessment relating to the operation of the authority in the county; and(2) after a public hearing considering the needs assessment provided under Subdivision (1), the commissioners court votes to approve the operation of the authority in the applicable area.Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 392.0162
Added by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 1115,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2019.