88R6492 JAM-D
By: Campos H.B. No. 1109
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of an emergency power source to residents
of certain public housing facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 392, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 392.068 to read as follows:
Sec. 392.068. PROVISION OF EMERGENCY POWER SOURCE TO
RESIDENTS OF CERTAIN FACILITIES. (a) This section applies only to
a housing facility that is operated by a municipal housing
authority and that:
(1) has more than 100 residents, of which at least 50
percent are elderly or disabled individuals; and
(2) is located in a municipality with a population of
more than 500,000.
(b) A municipal housing authority shall ensure that each
housing facility described by Subsection (a) is equipped with an
operational emergency generator or comparable emergency power
source that is capable of providing continuous electric utility
services to the facility during severe weather events or other
emergencies.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.