88R2081 JG-D
By: Cole H.B. No. 1168
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a program to provide housing vouchers to emergency
medical services personnel in certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2306.553(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The public purpose of the corporation is to perform
activities and services that the corporation's board of directors
determines will promote the public health, safety, and welfare
through the provision of adequate, safe, and sanitary housing
primarily for individuals and families of low, very low, and
extremely low income and for persons who are eligible for loans
under the home loan program provided by Section 2306.5621 or who are
eligible for a housing voucher under Section 2306.570. The
activities and services shall include engaging in mortgage banking
activities and lending transactions and acquiring, holding,
selling, or leasing real or personal property.
SECTION 2. Subchapter Y, Chapter 2306, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2306.570 to read as follows:
Sec. 2306.570. HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM FOR EMERGENCY
MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL. (a) In this section, "emergency
medical services personnel" has the meaning assigned by Section
773.003, Health and Safety Code.
(b) The corporation shall, using available resources,
establish a housing voucher program in a county with a population of
more than 1 million and less than 1.5 million to provide housing
vouchers to emergency medical services personnel.
(c) The corporation's board of directors shall adopt rules:
(1) governing the program's administration;
(2) establishing eligibility criteria for a person to
receive a housing voucher under the program;
(3) establishing a mechanism to determine the amount
of a housing voucher provided under the program; and
(4) prescribing any other program requirements that
the board determines necessary.
(d) The corporation may accepts gifts, grants, and
donations from any source to establish and operate the program.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.