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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prohibiting housing discrimination by a property |
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owners' association against a residential tenant based on the |
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tenant's method of payment. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 202, Property Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 202.024 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 202.024. DISCRIMINATION AGAINST TENANT BASED ON METHOD |
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OF PAYMENT PROHIBITED. (a) In this section, "method of payment" |
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includes payment made in whole or in part by: |
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(1) a housing choice voucher under Section 8, United |
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States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. Section 1437f); or |
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(2) any other federal or state or local housing |
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assistance provided to a person or to a property owner on behalf of |
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a person, including rental vouchers, rental assistance, or rental |
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subsidies from a nongovernmental organization. |
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(b) A property owners' association may not include or |
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enforce a provision in a dedicatory instrument that prohibits or |
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restricts, or has the effect of prohibiting or restricting, a |
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property owner from renting a dwelling to a person based on the |
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person's method of payment. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |