| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Filed January 7, 2025; February 7, 2025, |
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| 3 | | - | read first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human |
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| 4 | | - | Services; March 31, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable |
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| 5 | | - | Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 4; |
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| 6 | | - | March 31, 2025, 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. 731 By: Perry |
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| 11 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 12 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 13 | 9 | | relating to required water pressure boosters for certain housing |
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| 14 | 10 | | developments that receive an allocation of low income housing tax |
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| 15 | 11 | | credits. |
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| 16 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 17 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter DD, Chapter 2306, Government Code, is |
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| 18 | 14 | | amended by adding Section 2306.6741 to read as follows: |
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| 19 | 15 | | Sec. 2306.6741. WATER PRESSURE BOOSTER REQUIRED. (a) This |
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| 20 | 16 | | section applies only to a development that: |
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| 21 | 17 | | (1) has received an allocation of low income housing |
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| 22 | 18 | | tax credits under this subchapter; |
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| 23 | 19 | | (2) is a multifamily residential development whose |
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| 24 | 20 | | residential units are reserved for individuals 55 years of age and |
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| 25 | 21 | | older; and |
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| 26 | 22 | | (3) is four stories or more in height. |
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| 27 | 23 | | (b) The department shall require each development to which |
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| 28 | 24 | | this section applies to be equipped with a water pressure booster |
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| 29 | 25 | | capable of providing water to each floor of the development during |
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| 30 | 26 | | an emergency. |
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| 31 | 27 | | (c) The department may adopt rules to implement this |
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| 32 | 28 | | section. |
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| 33 | 29 | | SECTION 2. (a) In this section, "development" means a |
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| 34 | 30 | | development to which Section 2306.6741, Government Code, as added |
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| 35 | 31 | | by this Act, applies. |
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| 36 | 32 | | (b) The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs |
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| 37 | | - | shall ensure that each development whose construction is completed |
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| 38 | | - | on or after January 1, 2026, complies with Section 2306.6741, |
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| 39 | | - | Government Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 40 | | - | (c) Notwithstanding Section 2306.6741, Government Code, as |
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| 41 | | - | added by this Act, a development whose construction is completed on |
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| 42 | | - | or before December 31, 2025, is not required to comply with that |
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| 43 | | - | section until January 1, 2030. |
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| 44 | | - | (d) Not later than March 1, 2030, the Texas Department of |
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| 33 | + | shall ensure that each development is in compliance with Section |
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| 34 | + | 2306.6741, Government Code, as added by this Act, not later than |
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| 35 | + | December 31, 2026. The department may establish a process to carry |
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| 36 | + | out this subsection in phases. |
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| 37 | + | (c) Not later than March 1, 2027, the Texas Department of |
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| 45 | 38 | | Housing and Community Affairs shall prepare and submit to the |
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| 46 | 39 | | legislature a written report on: |
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| 47 | 40 | | (1) the overall number of developments in compliance |
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| 48 | 41 | | with Section 2306.6741, Government Code, as added by this Act; and |
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| 49 | 42 | | (2) for any development that is not in compliance with |
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| 50 | 43 | | that section, the reason for the noncompliance and any actions |
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| 51 | 44 | | taken by the department to ensure compliance with that section. |
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| 52 | 45 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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