SB1454 - Relating to the area of operations of and certain tax exemptions available to housing authorities.

      By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1454     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the area of operations of and certain tax exemptions   available to housing authorities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 392.005, Local Government Code, is   amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:           (e)     An exemption under this section does not apply to taxes   imposed on a multifamily residential development by a district that   provides water, sewer, or drainage service to the development,   unless the applicable authority has entered into a written   agreement with the district to make a payment to the district in   lieu of taxation, in the amount specified in the agreement.   In this   subsection, district means:                 (1)     a conservation or reclamation district created   under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas   Constitution; or                 (2)     an emergency services district created under   Chapter 775, Health and Safety Code.          SECTION 2.  Section 392.014, Local Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 392.014.  AREA OF OPERATION OF A MUNICIPAL HOUSING   AUTHORITY.  The area of operation of a municipal housing authority   is limited to the territorial boundaries of the municipality for   which the authority is created [ and the area that is within five   miles of the territorial boundaries of the municipality and is not   within the territorial boundaries of another municipality ].          SECTION 3.  Section 392.017(b), Local Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (b)  A municipal housing authority may not undertake a   housing project outside the territorial boundaries of the   municipality in which it is authorized to exercise its powers   unless a resolution is adopted by each [ the ] governing body of the   political subdivision in which the housing project is to be located   and by the housing authority authorized to exercise its powers   exclusively in the political subdivision, if any:                (1)  declaring a need for the municipal housing   authority to exercise its powers in the political subdivision; and                (2)  authorizing a cooperation agreement under Section   392.059.          SECTION 4.  Section 392.014, Local Government Code, as   amended by this Act, applies only to a housing project for which a   contract was entered into on or after the effective date of this   Act.  A housing project for which a contract was entered into before   the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on   the date the contract was entered into, and the former law is   continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.