| 87R6465 JG-F | ||
| By: Campos | H.B. No. 1277 | |
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| relating to the operation of a transitional housing pilot program | ||
| by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 2306.258, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read | ||
| as follows: | ||
| (a) With money contributed to the Ending Homelessness fund | ||
| under Section 502.415, Transportation Code [ |
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| pilot program in four areas of this [ |
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| (c) The department may: | ||
| (1) operate the program in coordination with one or | ||
| more counties or municipalities; and | ||
| (2) provide a grant from the Ending Homelessness fund | ||
| under Section 502.415, Transportation Code, to a county or | ||
| municipality with which the department coordinates to operate the | ||
| program. | ||
| (d) The department may adopt rules as necessary to implement | ||
| this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Sections 502.415(f) and (g), Transportation | ||
| Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
| (f) The Ending Homelessness fund is created as a trust fund | ||
| outside the state treasury to be held by the comptroller and | ||
| administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community | ||
| Affairs as trustee. The fund is composed of money deposited to the | ||
| credit of the fund under this section. Money in the fund shall be | ||
| used to provide grants to counties and municipalities to combat | ||
| homelessness, including, as applicable, a county or municipality | ||
| with which the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs | ||
| coordinates to operate the transitional housing pilot program under | ||
| Section 2306.258, Government Code. | ||
| (g) The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs | ||
| shall: | ||
| (1) adopt rules governing application for grants from | ||
| the Ending Homelessness fund and the issuance of those grants; and | ||
| (2) give priority in issuing grants from the fund to | ||
| counties and municipalities that coordinate with the Texas | ||
| Department of Housing and Community Affairs in the operation of the | ||
| transitional housing pilot program under Section 2306.258, | ||
| Government Code. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||