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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to General Land Office and Texas Department of Housing and |
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Community Affairs reviews of real property owned by the state. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 31.156, Natural Resources Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (f), (g), |
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and (h) to read as follows: |
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(c) The division's recommendations must include an analysis |
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of the highest and best use to which the real property may legally |
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be placed and shall also include alternative uses of the real |
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property addressing potential for commercial, residential, or |
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agricultural lease of the real property or any other real estate |
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transaction or use that the division may deem to be in the best |
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interest of the state. |
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(f) In considering alternative uses of the real property for |
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residential lease in Subsection (c), the division shall solicit a |
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basic assessment from the Texas Department of Housing and Community |
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Affairs concerning whether all or portions of the real property are |
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suitable to lease or otherwise develop for affordable housing. |
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(g) The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs |
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shall submit the basic assessment under Subsection (f) not later |
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than 60 days after receiving a solicitation from the division. |
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(h) The division shall include the basic assessment |
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submitted under Subsection (g) in the report required by Section |
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31.157. |
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SECTION 2. Section 31.1571, Natural Resources Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsections |
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(b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows: |
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(b) Before the commissioner recommends a real estate |
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transaction to the governor under this section, the commissioner |
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shall solicit a basic assessment from the Texas Department of |
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Housing and Community Affairs concerning whether all or portions of |
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the real property are suitable to lease or otherwise develop for |
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affordable housing. |
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(b-1) The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs |
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shall submit the basic assessment under Subsection (b) not later |
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than 60 days after receiving a solicitation from the commissioner. |
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(b-2) If the commissioner makes a report under Subsection |
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(a), the commissioner shall include the basic assessment submitted |
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under Subsection (b-1) in the report. |
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(c) After the commissioner recommends a real estate |
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transaction to the governor under this section, the commissioner |
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shall notify the state agency that owns or controls the real |
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property [and the Texas Department of Housing and Community |
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Affairs]. Not later than the 60th day after the date the written |
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recommendation is received, the state agency [and the Texas |
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Department of Housing and Community Affairs] may file with the |
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governor their comments on or objections to the recommendation. |
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[(c) If the commissioner recommends a real estate |
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transaction to the governor involving real property identified as |
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not used or substantially underused and the division's analysis of |
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the highest and best use for the real property is determined to be |
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residential, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs |
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shall evaluate the property and identify any property suitable for |
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affordable housing. The Texas Department of Housing and Community |
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Affairs shall submit comments concerning any property suitable for |
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affordable housing and any documents supporting the comments to the |
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governor not later than the 60th day after the date it receives the |
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report prepared under this section.] |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |