Amend SB 2126 (house committee printing) in SECTION 1 of the
bill by striking lines 6 through 13, and substituting:
SECTION 1. Section 13.503, Water Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (c) and (d) and adding Subsection (c-1) to
read as follows:
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), in [In] addition
to the charges permitted under Subsection (b), the rules shall
authorize the owner or manager of a manufactured home rental
community or apartment house [owner or manager] to impose a service
charge of not more than nine percent of the costs related to
submetering allocated to each submetered rental or dwelling unit.
(c-1) The rules may not authorize the owner or manager of an
apartment house to impose a service charge under Subsection (c) on a
resident who:
(1) resides in a unit of an apartment house that has
received an allocation of low income housing tax credits under
Subchapter DD, Chapter 2306, Government Code; or
(2) receives tenant-based voucher assistance under
Section 8, United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. Section
1437f).