FINAL BILL REPORT

                  HB 1725

                         C 293 L 95

                     Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Regulating housing authorities.

Sponsors:  Representatives Brumsickle, Wolfe and Conway.

House Committee on Government Operations

Senate Committee on Government Operations

Background:  The governing body of any city or county may establish a housing authority.  Every housing authority has five housing commissioners, appointed by the mayor of the city or the governing body of the county establishing the authority.  Commissioners generally serve five year terms.  They do not receive a salary, but are compensated for travel and other expenses they incur.  Housing authority commissioners may not be officers or employees of the city or county for which the authority was created.

Housing authorities may issue bonds to finance their activities.  These bonds may be secured by a pledge of any grant or contributions from the federal government or other source, a pledge of any income or revenues of the authority, or a mortgage of any housing project or property of the authority.  The resolution or other instrument by which a pledge is created must be filed or recorded.

Summary:  In counties with a population of less than 175,000 where total government employment exceeds 40 percent of total employment, a housing authority commissioner may be an employee of a separately elected county official, other than the governing body, of the county for which the housing authority is created.

The requirement that pledges made to secure housing authority bonds be filed or recorded is repealed.

Votes on Final Passage:

House     87 11

Senate    43 0 (Senate amended)

House         (Amendment ruled out of scope)

Senate    45 0 (Senate receded)

Effective:  July 23, 1995