Bill Text: TX HB1109 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of an emergency power source to residents of certain public housing facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-02 - Referred to Urban Affairs [HB1109 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1109-Introduced.html
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| By: Campos | H.B. No. 1109 | |
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| relating to the provision of an emergency power source to residents | ||
| of certain public housing facilities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 392, Local Government | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 392.068 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 392.068. PROVISION OF EMERGENCY POWER SOURCE TO | ||
| RESIDENTS OF CERTAIN FACILITIES. (a) This section applies only to | ||
| a housing facility that is operated by a municipal housing | ||
| authority and that: | ||
| (1) has more than 100 residents, of which at least 50 | ||
| percent are elderly or disabled individuals; and | ||
| (2) is located in a municipality with a population of | ||
| more than 500,000. | ||
| (b) A municipal housing authority shall ensure that each | ||
| housing facility described by Subsection (a) is equipped with an | ||
| operational emergency generator or comparable emergency power | ||
| source that is capable of providing continuous electric utility | ||
| services to the facility during severe weather events or other | ||
| emergencies. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
