| 1 | 1 | | 2025S0121-1 02/20/25 |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 1510 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to General Land Office and Texas Department of Housing and |
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| 10 | 10 | | Community Affairs reviews of real property owned by the state. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 31.156, Natural Resources Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (f), (g), |
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| 14 | 14 | | and (h) to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (c) The division's recommendations must include an analysis |
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| 16 | 16 | | of the highest and best use to which the real property may legally |
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| 17 | 17 | | be placed and shall also include alternative uses of the real |
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| 18 | 18 | | property addressing potential for commercial, residential, or |
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| 19 | 19 | | agricultural lease of the real property or any other real estate |
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| 20 | 20 | | transaction or use that the division may deem to be in the best |
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| 21 | 21 | | interest of the state. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (f) In considering alternative uses of the real property for |
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| 23 | 23 | | residential lease in Subsection (c), the division shall solicit a |
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| 24 | 24 | | basic assessment from the Texas Department of Housing and Community |
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| 25 | 25 | | Affairs concerning whether all or portions of the real property are |
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| 26 | 26 | | suitable to lease or otherwise develop for affordable housing. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (g) The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs |
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| 28 | 28 | | shall submit the basic assessment under Subsection (f) not later |
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| 29 | 29 | | than 60 days after receiving a solicitation from the division. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (h) The division shall include the basic assessment |
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| 31 | 31 | | submitted under Subsection (g) in the report required by Section |
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| 32 | 32 | | 31.157. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 2. Section 31.1571, Natural Resources Code, is |
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| 34 | 34 | | amended by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsections |
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| 35 | 35 | | (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows: |
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| 36 | 36 | | (b) Before the commissioner recommends a real estate |
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| 37 | 37 | | transaction to the governor under this section, the commissioner |
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| 38 | 38 | | shall solicit a basic assessment from the Texas Department of |
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| 39 | 39 | | Housing and Community Affairs concerning whether all or portions of |
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| 40 | 40 | | the real property are suitable to lease or otherwise develop for |
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| 41 | 41 | | affordable housing. |
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| 42 | 42 | | (b-1) The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs |
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| 43 | 43 | | shall submit the basic assessment under Subsection (b) not later |
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| 44 | 44 | | than 60 days after receiving a solicitation from the commissioner. |
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| 45 | 45 | | (b-2) If the commissioner makes a report under Subsection |
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| 46 | 46 | | (a), the commissioner shall include the basic assessment submitted |
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| 47 | 47 | | under Subsection (b-1) in the report. |
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| 48 | 48 | | (c) After the commissioner recommends a real estate |
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| 49 | 49 | | transaction to the governor under this section, the commissioner |
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| 50 | 50 | | shall notify the state agency that owns or controls the real |
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| 51 | 51 | | property [and the Texas Department of Housing and Community |
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| 52 | 52 | | Affairs]. Not later than the 60th day after the date the written |
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| 53 | 53 | | recommendation is received, the state agency [and the Texas |
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| 54 | 54 | | Department of Housing and Community Affairs] may file with the |
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| 55 | 55 | | governor their comments on or objections to the recommendation. |
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| 56 | 56 | | [(c) If the commissioner recommends a real estate |
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| 57 | 57 | | transaction to the governor involving real property identified as |
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| 58 | 58 | | not used or substantially underused and the division's analysis of |
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| 59 | 59 | | the highest and best use for the real property is determined to be |
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| 60 | 60 | | residential, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs |
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| 61 | 61 | | shall evaluate the property and identify any property suitable for |
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| 62 | 62 | | affordable housing. The Texas Department of Housing and Community |
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| 63 | 63 | | Affairs shall submit comments concerning any property suitable for |
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| 64 | 64 | | affordable housing and any documents supporting the comments to the |
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| 65 | 65 | | governor not later than the 60th day after the date it receives the |
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| 66 | 66 | | report prepared under this section.] |
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| 67 | 67 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 68 | 68 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 69 | 69 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 70 | 70 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 71 | 71 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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