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| 1 | 1 | 89R12126 MZM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Ward Johnson H.B. No. 3340 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the authority of a municipality to establish rent | |
| 10 | 10 | control for persons 65 years of age or older. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 214.902, Local Government Code, is | |
| 13 | 13 | amended by adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsection (b) to | |
| 14 | 14 | read as follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | (a-1) In addition to the authority provided by Subsection | |
| 16 | 16 | (a), the governing body of a municipality by ordinance may | |
| 17 | 17 | establish rent control for persons 65 years of age or older. | |
| 18 | 18 | (b) The governing body shall continue or discontinue rent | |
| 19 | 19 | control established under Subsection (a) in the same manner that | |
| 20 | 20 | the governor continues or discontinues a state of disaster under | |
| 21 | 21 | Section 418.014, Government Code. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 23 | 23 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 24 | 24 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |