By: Miles S.B. No. 731
(In the Senate - Filed January 7, 2025; February 7, 2025,
read first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human
Services; March 31, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 4;
March 31, 2025, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 731 By: Perry
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to required water pressure boosters for certain housing
developments that receive an allocation of low income housing tax
credits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter DD, Chapter 2306, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2306.6741 to read as follows:
Sec. 2306.6741. WATER PRESSURE BOOSTER REQUIRED. (a) This
section applies only to a development that:
(1) has received an allocation of low income housing
tax credits under this subchapter;
(2) is a multifamily residential development whose
residential units are reserved for individuals 55 years of age and
older; and
(3) is four stories or more in height.
(b) The department shall require each development to which
this section applies to be equipped with a water pressure booster
capable of providing water to each floor of the development during
an emergency.
(c) The department may adopt rules to implement this
section.
SECTION 2. (a) In this section, "development" means a
development to which Section 2306.6741, Government Code, as added
by this Act, applies.
(b) The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
shall ensure that each development whose construction is completed
on or after January 1, 2026, complies with Section 2306.6741,
Government Code, as added by this Act.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 2306.6741, Government Code, as
added by this Act, a development whose construction is completed on
or before December 31, 2025, is not required to comply with that
section until January 1, 2030.
(d) Not later than March 1, 2030, the Texas Department of
Housing and Community Affairs shall prepare and submit to the
legislature a written report on:
(1) the overall number of developments in compliance
with Section 2306.6741, Government Code, as added by this Act; and
(2) for any development that is not in compliance with
that section, the reason for the noncompliance and any actions
taken by the department to ensure compliance with that section.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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