88R13522 JG-F
 
  By: Walle H.B. No. 3038
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the applicability of prohibitions on municipal or
  county regulations on the rental or leasing of housing
  accommodations.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 250.007(b), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  This section does not affect an ordinance or regulation
  that prohibits the refusal to lease or rent a housing accommodation
  to:
               (1)  a military veteran because of the veteran's lawful
  source of income to pay rent;
               (2)  a person who is 62 years of age or older because of
  the person's lawful source of income to pay rent; or
               (3)  a person who has a disability, as defined by the
  Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12101 et
  seq.), because of the person's lawful source of income to pay rent.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.