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| 1 | 1 | By: E. Johnson of Dallas H.B. No. 4394 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to the administration by the Texas Department of Housing | |
| 7 | 7 | and Community Affairs of homeless housing and services programs. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Sections 2306.2585(a) and (b), Government Code, | |
| 10 | 10 | are amended to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (a) The department may administer a homeless housing and | |
| 12 | 12 | services program in each municipality in this state with a | |
| 13 | 13 | population of 285,500 or more to: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) provide for the construction, development, or | |
| 15 | 15 | procurement of housing for homeless persons; and | |
| 16 | 16 | (2) provide local programs to prevent and eliminate | |
| 17 | 17 | homelessness, including the prevention of homelessness that | |
| 18 | 18 | results from displacement due to economic development activities. | |
| 19 | 19 | (b) The department may adopt rules to govern the | |
| 20 | 20 | administration of the program, including rules that: | |
| 21 | 21 | (1) provide that each municipality described by | |
| 22 | 22 | Subsection (a) receives an [for the] allocation of any available | |
| 23 | 23 | funding; and | |
| 24 | 24 | (2) provide detailed guidelines as to the scope of the | |
| 25 | 25 | local programs in the municipalities described by Subsection (a). | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |