81R9412 GCB-D
By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 3536
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring the Texas Department of Housing and Community
Affairs to determine certain demographic information regarding the
occupancy of multiunit residential properties; requiring
applicants for certain tax credits to provide certain demographic
information.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 2306, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2306.189 to read as follows:
Sec. 2306.189. DUTY TO REPORT TO UNITED STATES CENSUS
BUREAU. (a) In this section, "multiunit residential property" has
the meaning assigned by Section 125.001, Civil Practice and
Remedies Code.
(b) The department shall determine the occupancy of
multiunit residential properties in this state and annually forward
that information to the United States Census Bureau.
(c) In determining the occupancy of multiunit residential
properties, the department must collect the following information
for each census tract in this state:
(1) the number of units in each multiunit residential
property; and
(2) the number of occupants in each unit of a multiunit
residential property.
(d) The department may send other statistical information
to the United States Census Bureau if the department determines the
information will assist the bureau in conducting a census.
(e) The owner of a multiunit residential property must
submit to the department the information required by Subsection (c)
and other information requested by the department.
(f) The department shall adopt rules as necessary to
implement this section.
SECTION 2. Subchapter DD, Chapter 2306, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2306.6736 to read as follows:
Sec. 2306.6736. REQUIREMENT TO REPORT CERTAIN CENSUS
INFORMATION. The department by rule may require an applicant to
provide information relating to the number of units and the
occupancy of each unit in a housing development as a condition of
receiving or retaining a housing tax credit under this chapter.
SECTION 3. The Texas Department of Housing and Community
Affairs shall develop the method for collecting information
relating to the occupancy of multiunit residential properties as
required by Section 2306.189, Government Code, as added by this
Act, not later than January 1, 2010.
SECTION 4. 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.