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| 1 | 1 | 87R11243 JAM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Campos H.B. No. 2644 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the provision of an emergency power source to residents | |
| 8 | 8 | of certain public housing facilities. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 392, Local Government | |
| 11 | 11 | Code, is amended by adding Section 392.068 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 392.068. PROVISION OF EMERGENCY POWER SOURCE TO | |
| 13 | 13 | RESIDENTS OF CERTAIN FACILITIES. (a) This section applies only to | |
| 14 | 14 | a housing facility that is operated by a municipal housing | |
| 15 | 15 | authority and that: | |
| 16 | 16 | (1) has more than 100 residents, of which at least 50 | |
| 17 | 17 | percent are elderly or disabled individuals; and | |
| 18 | 18 | (2) is located in a municipality with a population of | |
| 19 | 19 | more than 500,000. | |
| 20 | 20 | (b) A municipal housing authority shall ensure that each | |
| 21 | 21 | housing facility described by Subsection (a) is equipped with an | |
| 22 | 22 | operational emergency generator or comparable emergency power | |
| 23 | 23 | source that is capable of providing continuous electric utility | |
| 24 | 24 | services to the facility during severe weather events or other | |
| 25 | 25 | emergencies. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |