87R5927 JAM-D
 
  By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 591
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to requirements for beneficial tax treatment related to a
  leasehold or other possessory interest in a public facility used to
  provide affordable housing.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 303.042, Local Government Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) to
  read as follows:
         (d)  An exemption under this section for a multifamily
  residential development which is owned by a public facility
  corporation created by a housing authority under this chapter and
  which does not have at least 20 percent of its units reserved for
  public housing units, applies only if:
               (1)  the housing authority holds a public hearing, at a
  regular meeting of the authority's governing body, to approve the
  development; [and]
               (2)  a resolution approving the development is adopted
  by the governing body of each governmental unit authorized by law to
  impose taxes on the property containing the development; and
               (3)  at least:
                     (A)  50 percent of the units in the multifamily
  residential development are reserved for occupancy by individuals
  and families earning less than 80 percent of the area median family
  income; 
                     (B)  12.5 percent of the units in the multifamily
  residential development are reserved for occupancy by individuals
  and families earning less than 60 percent of the area median family
  income; and
                     (C)  12.5 percent of the units in the multifamily
  residential development are reserved for occupancy by individuals
  and families earning less than 30 percent of the area median family
  income.
         (d-1)  The operator of a multifamily residential development
  described by Subjection (d) may not base any refusal to rent a unit
  to an individual or family on the individual's or family's
  participation in the federal Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher
  Program.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by Section 303.042(d),
  Local Government Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a
  multifamily residential development that is approved by a housing
  authority on or after the effective date of this Act. A multifamily
  residential development that is approved by a housing authority
  before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
  effect on the date the development was approved, and the former law
  is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.