87R12341 JAM-D
 
  By: Bernal H.B. No. 2906
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the disposition of rental payments received by public
  housing authorities from tenants.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 392, Local Government
  Code, is amended by adding Section 392.068 to read as follows:
         Sec. 392.068.  DISPOSITION OF RENTAL PAYMENTS. A housing
  authority shall apply a rental payment received from a tenant to any
  current or delinquent rent owed by the tenant before the authority
  may apply the payment to other charges, fees, or expenses owed by
  the tenant, including maintenance or utility charges.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.