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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Filed December 13, 2024; February 3, 2025, |
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| 3 | + | read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government; |
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| 4 | + | March 24, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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| 5 | + | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 24, 2025, |
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| 6 | + | sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | + | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 578 By: Gutierrez |
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| 6 | 11 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 12 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 13 | | relating to surveillance cameras for certain housing developments |
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| 9 | 14 | | that receive an allocation of low income housing tax credits. |
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| 10 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter DD, Chapter 2306, Government Code, is |
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| 12 | 17 | | amended by adding Section 2306.6741 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 18 | | Sec. 2306.6741. SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS REQUIRED. (a) A |
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| 14 | 19 | | development that has received an allocation of low income housing |
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| 15 | 20 | | tax credits under this subchapter must install and maintain |
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| 16 | 21 | | operable exterior surveillance cameras at appropriate locations |
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| 17 | 22 | | throughout the development. |
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| 18 | | - | (b) This section does not apply to a development that: |
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| 19 | | - | (1) is located in a rural area; or |
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| 20 | | - | (2) received an allocation of low income housing tax |
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| 21 | | - | credits before September 1, 2025. |
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| 22 | | - | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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| 23 | + | (b) This section does not apply to a development located in |
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| 24 | + | a rural area. |
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| 25 | + | SECTION 2. Section 2306.6741, Government Code, as added by |
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| 26 | + | this Act, applies only to a development that receives an allocation |
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| 27 | + | of low income housing tax credits from an application cycle that is |
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| 28 | + | based on the 2026 qualified allocation plan or a subsequent plan |
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| 29 | + | adopted by the governing board of the Texas Department of Housing |
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| 30 | + | and Community Affairs. A development that receives an allocation |
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| 31 | + | of low income housing tax credits from an application cycle that is |
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| 32 | + | based on an earlier qualified allocation plan is governed by the law |
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| 33 | + | in effect on the date the application cycle began, and the former |
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| 34 | + | law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 35 | + | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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| 36 | + | * * * * * |
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