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Panel approves amendment letting housing authorities designate managers to appear in magistrate court
Summary
The subcommittee adopted an amendment to House Bill 3335 to allow housing authorities to designate an employee or manager to represent the authority in magistrate court; staff will relocate the language to Title 31 and change 'principal' to 'manager.' Members asked whether similar authority should be extended to private landlords and whether the change is in the proper code title.
The committee voted to report House Bill 3335 favorably after adopting an amendment to allow housing authorities to designate an employee or manager to represent the authority in magistrate court.
Paula Benson, committee staff, explained the bill adds housing authorities to a corporate-code provision permitting an employee or principal to represent the authority in magistrate court and said she drafted an amendment cross-referencing Title 31 and replacing the term "principal" with "manager," reflecting typical housing-authority structure.
Senators asked whether the change gives housing authorities an advantage over private landlords and whether private managers or landlords would receive the same authorization. Staff noted those provisions live in a different title of the code (the Residential Landlord Tenant Act) and cautioned that adding private-landlord language could complicate the bill; members suggested broader landlord-code review later.
After debate and the adopted amendment, the subcommittee reported HB 3335 favorably to the full committee by voice vote.
