Bill Text: TX HB13 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced

Texas House Bill 13 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to a study on mold contamination in housing developments supported by financial assistance administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-07 - Filed [HB13 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB13-Introduced.html

	87S10098 JG-F

	By: Gervin-Hawkins	H.B. No. 13



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to a study on mold contamination in housing developments
	supported by financial assistance administered by the Texas
	Department of Housing and Community Affairs.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "department" means the
	Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.
	(b) Using existing resources, the department shall conduct
	a study on the number of incidents and causes of mold contamination
	in housing developments that are wholly or partly supported by
	financial assistance administered by the department.
	(c) Not later than November 1, 2022, the department shall
	prepare and submit to the legislature a written report that
	summarizes the results of the study conducted under this section
	and recommends a course of action for preventing and remediating
	incidents and causes of mold contamination in housing developments
	that are wholly or partly supported by financial assistance
	administered by the department.
	SECTION 2. This Act expires November 1, 2023.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
	last day of the legislative session.