87R6465 JG-F
By: Campos H.B. No. 1277
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the operation of a transitional housing pilot program
by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2306.258, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read
as follows:
(a) With money contributed to the Ending Homelessness fund
under Section 502.415, Transportation Code [If funds are
available], the department shall operate a transitional housing
pilot program in four areas of this [the] state.
(c) The department may:
(1) operate the program in coordination with one or
more counties or municipalities; and
(2) provide a grant from the Ending Homelessness fund
under Section 502.415, Transportation Code, to a county or
municipality with which the department coordinates to operate the
program.
(d) The department may adopt rules as necessary to implement
this section.
SECTION 2. Sections 502.415(f) and (g), Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(f) The Ending Homelessness fund is created as a trust fund
outside the state treasury to be held by the comptroller and
administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community
Affairs as trustee. The fund is composed of money deposited to the
credit of the fund under this section. Money in the fund shall be
used to provide grants to counties and municipalities to combat
homelessness, including, as applicable, a county or municipality
with which the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
coordinates to operate the transitional housing pilot program under
Section 2306.258, Government Code.
(g) The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
shall:
(1) adopt rules governing application for grants from
the Ending Homelessness fund and the issuance of those grants; and
(2) give priority in issuing grants from the fund to
counties and municipalities that coordinate with the Texas
Department of Housing and Community Affairs in the operation of the
transitional housing pilot program under Section 2306.258,
Government Code.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.