Bill Text: TX SB1979 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to an annual study by the Texas A&M University Texas Real Estate Research Center of the purchase and sale of single-family homes by certain institutional buyers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2023-06-16 - Vetoed by the Governor [SB1979 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1979-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to an annual study by the Texas A&M University Texas Real Estate Research Center of the purchase and sale of single-family homes by certain institutional buyers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2023-06-16 - Vetoed by the Governor [SB1979 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1979-Introduced.html
By: Hughes | S.B. No. 1979 | |
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relating to requiring certain entities to report purchases of | ||
single-family homes. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Title 3, Property Code, is amended by adding | ||
Chapter 16 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 16. MANDATORY REPORTING ON SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES | ||
Sec. 16.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "Commission" means the Texas Real Estate Commission. | ||
(2) "Institutional buyer" means a corporation, limited or | ||
general partnership, limited liability company, business trust, | ||
investment asset manager, real estate investment trust, joint | ||
venture, joint stock company, or bank that purchases or acquires | ||
for consideration more than 10 single-family homes in this state in | ||
a calendar year. | ||
Sec. 16.002. REPORTING ON SINGLE-FAMILY HOME PURCHASES. An | ||
institutional buyer must file a report with the Commission. A | ||
report filed under this section must include: | ||
(1) the number of single-family homes purchased during | ||
the calendar year for which the report is required; | ||
(2) the number of single-family homes purchased during | ||
the calendar year that the institutional buyer sold in the same | ||
year; | ||
(3) the number of single-family homes purchased during | ||
the calendar year that are used as rental properties; | ||
(4) each city and county where the single-family homes | ||
are located, and the number of homes purchased in each city and | ||
county; | ||
(5) the appraised value of each single-family home | ||
purchased during the calendar year; and | ||
(6) the institutional buyer's name, dba, type, | ||
registered office address, telephone number, and registered agent, | ||
as applicable. | ||
Sec. 16.003. REPORT BY THE COMMISSION. (a) An | ||
institutional buyer required to submit a report under this chapter | ||
must submit the report to the Commission not later than January 15th | ||
of the year following the calendar year for which the report is | ||
required. The Commission shall make the reported data available on | ||
its website in a conspicuous location not later than seven days | ||
after the report is submitted. | ||
(b) The Commission shall compile all submitted reports into | ||
a single final report showing the cumulative data from each | ||
category described in Section 16.002, and shall make the final | ||
report available on the Commission's website. | ||
SECTION 2. The Texas Real Estate Commission shall adopt | ||
rules as necessary to implement the provisions added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act applies to a purchase of a single family | ||
home that occurs during the calendar year in which this Act takes | ||
effect. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |