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By: West |
S.B. No. 578 |
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(In the Senate - Filed December 13, 2024; February 3, 2025, |
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read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government; |
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March 24, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 24, 2025, |
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sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 578 |
By: Gutierrez |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to surveillance cameras for certain housing developments |
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that receive an allocation of low income housing tax credits. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter DD, Chapter 2306, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 2306.6741 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2306.6741. SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS REQUIRED. (a) A |
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development that has received an allocation of low income housing |
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tax credits under this subchapter must install and maintain |
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operable exterior surveillance cameras at appropriate locations |
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throughout the development. |
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(b) This section does not apply to a development located in |
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a rural area. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2306.6741, Government Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies only to a development that receives an allocation |
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of low income housing tax credits from an application cycle that is |
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based on the 2026 qualified allocation plan or a subsequent plan |
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adopted by the governing board of the Texas Department of Housing |
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and Community Affairs. A development that receives an allocation |
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of low income housing tax credits from an application cycle that is |
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based on an earlier qualified allocation plan is governed by the law |
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in effect on the date the application cycle began, and the former |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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