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2003S0411-2 03/06/03


By:  West                                                         S.B. No. 1474


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the prohibition of discrimination with regard to 
housing developments based on the source of development funding.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 301.021, Property Code, is amended to 
read as follows:   
	Sec. 301.021.  SALE, [OR] RENTAL, OR DEVELOPMENT.  (a)  A 
person may not refuse to sell or rent, after the making of a bona 
fide offer, refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of, or in any 
other manner make unavailable or deny a dwelling to another because 
of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, or national origin.
	(b)  A person may not discriminate against another in the 
terms, conditions, or privileges of sale, [or] rental, or 
development of a dwelling or in providing services or facilities in 
connection with a sale, [or] rental, or development of a dwelling 
because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, [or] 
national origin, or source of funding for a proposed housing 
development.
	(c)  A person may not discriminate in land use decisions or 
in the permitting of development based on race, color, national 
origin, sex, disability, familial status, religion, or, except as 
otherwise provided by law, the source of financing of a development 
or proposed development.
	(d)  This section does not prohibit discrimination against a 
person because the person has been convicted under federal law or 
the law of any state of the illegal manufacture or distribution of a 
controlled substance.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.