By Turner of Harris                                   H.B. No. 3206
         77R7168 SGA-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the selection of tenants in multifamily rental housing
 1-3     developments funded or administered by the Texas Department of
 1-4     Housing and Community Affairs.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1. Section 2306.269, Government Code, is amended to
 1-7     read as follows:
 1-8           Sec. 2306.269.  TENANT AND MANAGER SELECTION. (a)  The
 1-9     department shall set standards for tenant and management selection
1-10     by a housing sponsor.
1-11           (b)  The department shall prohibit multifamily rental housing
1-12     developments funded or administered by the department from:
1-13                 (1)  excluding an individual or family from admission
1-14     to the development because the individual or family participates in
1-15     the housing choice voucher program under Section 8, United States
1-16     Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. Section 1437f), as amended; and
1-17                 (2)  using a financial or minimum income standard for
1-18     an individual or family participating in the voucher program
1-19     described by Subdivision (1) that requires the individual or family
1-20     to have a monthly income of more than 2-1/2 times the individual's
1-21     or family's share of the total monthly rent payable to the owner of
1-22     the development unit.
1-23           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.