HB 1466
AN ACT relating to reports on information regarding certain multifamily
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
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What This Bill Does
Requires local governments to submit annual reports to the Texas Department of Housing about multifamily residential developments receiving financial assistance, housing tax credits, or property tax exemptions. The reports must include details like developer names, property values, and benefit terms, which the department will compile into a public, searchable database accessible online. The database will be maintained for at least two years after the development's benefits end, and the department must provide a summary report to the legislature by March 1 each year.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to reports on information regarding certain multifamily residential developments to the Texas Department of Housing and BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 2306, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 2306.009 to read as follows: Sec. 2306.009. REQUIRED REPORT ON CERTAIN MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS; PUBLIC DATABASE. (a) This section applies only to a multifamily residential development that: (1) receives financial assistance administered under (2) is allocated housing tax credits under Subchapter (3) receives a property tax exemption in accordance with Section 303.042, Local Government Code. (b) Not later than January 1 of each year, each political subdivision that contains in the political subdivision's boundaries a multifamily residential development to which this section applies shall submit to the department a report that (1) a list of each of those developments that, during (A) in operation and receiving the benefits described by Subsection (a); or (B) being constructed or rehabilitated; and (2) for each development described by Subdivision (1): (A) the name of the developer; (B) the appraised or estimated value; (C) the length of the term for which the development was awarded the benefit described by Subsection (a); (D) any other information the department (c) The department shall implement a publicly accessible (1) the name of each political subdivision that submits a report under Subsection (b); and (2) the information included in each report, aggregated by political subdivision. (d) The department shall maintain information in the database implemented under Subsection (c) for each multifamily residential development included in a report under Subsection (b) for not less than two years after the date the development's benefits described by Subsection (a) have ended. (e) Not later than March 1 of each year, the department shall prepare and submit to the legislature a written report that contains the information contained in the database implemented SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill Sponsors
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Expert Lobbyists for This Bill
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Sean Abbott
PremiumBeverly C. Cornwell
PremiumMichael J. Johnson
Allison Billodeau
Ky Ash
Sarah Hicks
Andria Baum
David H. Cain
Elizabeth Hadley
Ashley Michelle Juergens
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to reports on information regarding certain multifamily
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