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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the imposition of a privilege fee for state-owned |
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housing provided to certain state employees by a state agency. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 31, Natural Resources |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 31.1531 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 31.1531. STATE-OWNED HOUSING. (a) This section does |
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not apply to: |
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(1) the Governor's Mansion; |
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(2) the State Capitol; |
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(3) state employee dormitory housing; or |
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(4) a state agency the real property of which is |
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governed by Section 31.155(d). |
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(b) Not later than September 1 of each year, the land office |
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shall: |
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(1) determine the fair market rental value of |
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state-owned housing provided to a state employee by a state agency; |
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and |
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(2) notify each state agency that provides state-owned |
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housing to state employees of the fair market rental value of the |
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employee housing provided by that state agency. |
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(c) A state agency that provides state-owned housing to a |
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state employee and does not recover 100 percent of the determined |
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fair market rental value of the housing from the employee shall |
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require as a condition of occupancy that the employee remit a |
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monthly privilege fee to the school district in which the |
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state-owned housing is located not later than the first day of each |
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month that the employee occupies the housing. |
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(d) A monthly privilege fee under this section is equal to |
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20 percent of the difference between the fair market rental value of |
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the housing provided to an employee determined under Subsection (b) |
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and the amount, if any, paid by the employee for the housing. |
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(e) A state agency shall immediately remove an employee |
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required to make a monthly privilege fee from the state housing |
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occupied by the employee if the employee does not remit the fee by |
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the third day of the month. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a monthly privilege fee due on or after October 1, 2011. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |