81R9136 ACP-F
By: Bohac H.B. No. 3064
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the reporting of multifamily housing development
information to the Texas Department of Housing and Community
Affairs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter L, Chapter 2306, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2306.2631 to read as follows:
Sec. 2306.2631. REPORTS BY SPONSORS OF CERTAIN MULTIFAMILY
HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS. (a) This section applies only to a housing
sponsor of a multifamily housing development that:
(1) receives financial assistance from the state;
(2) receives financial assistance from the federal
government, including an allocation of low income housing tax
credits; or
(3) is subject to a land use restriction agreement.
(b) The department by rule shall require the housing sponsor
of a multifamily housing development to submit a quarterly report
to the department. The report must include information that
identifies:
(1) the number of vacant units in the development at
the time of the report; and
(2) the number of days that each unit has been vacant.
(c) The department shall provide to each member of the
legislature, on request of that member, a report that disaggregates
the information collected under Subsection (b) by zip code in the
member's district.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.