Bill Text: TX HB2910 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a municipality to establish rent control for persons 65 years of age or older.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-14 - Referred to Urban Affairs [HB2910 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2910-Introduced.html
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| By: J. Johnson of Harris | H.B. No. 2910 | |
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| relating to the authority of a municipality to establish rent | ||
| control for persons 65 years of age or older. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 214.902, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsection (b) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) In addition to the authority provided by Subsection | ||
| (a), the governing body of a municipality by ordinance may | ||
| establish rent control for persons 65 years of age or older. | ||
| (b) The governing body shall continue or discontinue rent | ||
| control established under Subsection (a) in the same manner that | ||
| the governor continues or discontinues a state of disaster under | ||
| Section 418.014, Government Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2023. | ||
