By: Perry, Huffines S.B. No. 267

(In the Senate - Filed December 19, 2014; January 28, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; March 23, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 1; March 23, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 267 By: Whitmire

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the regulation by a municipality or county of the rental or leasing of housing accommodations.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 250, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Section 250.007 to read as follows:

Sec. 250.007. REGULATION OF RENTAL OR LEASING OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS. (a) A municipality or county may not adopt or enforce an ordinance or regulation that prohibits an owner, lessee, sublessee, assignee, managing agent, or other person having the right to lease, sublease, or rent a housing accommodation from refusing to lease or rent the housing accommodation to a person because of the person's lawful source of income to pay rent, including a federal housing choice voucher.

(b) This section does not affect an ordinance or regulation adopted before January 1, 2015.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2015.

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