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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to prohibiting an increase in the rent of a tenant residing |
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| 8 | 8 | | in a development supported with a low income housing tax credit |
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| 9 | 9 | | allocation. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 2306.6738(a), Government Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a development owner of a |
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| 14 | 14 | | development supported with a housing tax credit allocation may not: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) lock out or threaten to lock out any person |
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| 16 | 16 | | residing in the development except by judicial process unless the |
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| 17 | 17 | | exclusion results from: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (A) a necessity to perform bona fide repairs or |
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| 19 | 19 | | construction work; or |
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| 20 | 20 | | (B) an emergency; [or] |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) seize or threaten to seize the personal property |
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| 22 | 22 | | of any person residing in the development except by judicial |
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| 23 | 23 | | process unless the resident has abandoned the premises; or |
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| 24 | 24 | | (3) except as provided under the terms of a voucher |
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| 25 | 25 | | program under Section 8, United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 |
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| 26 | 26 | | U.S.C. Section 1437f), or a similar rental subsidy program, |
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| 27 | 27 | | increase the rent paid by a person residing in the development |
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| 28 | 28 | | during the duration of the person's lease agreement. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. Section 2306.6738, Government Code, as amended |
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| 30 | 30 | | by this Act, applies to a lease agreement entered into or renewed on |
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| 31 | 31 | | or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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