Bill Text: TX SB731 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to required water pressure boosters for certain housing developments that receive an allocation of low income housing tax credits.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-07 - Filed [SB731 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB731-Introduced.html
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| By: Miles | S.B. No. 731 | |
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| relating to required water pressure boosters for certain housing | ||
| developments that receive an allocation of low income housing tax | ||
| credits. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter DD, Chapter 2306, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 2306.6741 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2306.6741. WATER PRESSURE BOOSTER REQUIRED. (a) This | ||
| section applies only to a development that: | ||
| (1) has received an allocation of low income housing | ||
| tax credits under this subchapter; | ||
| (2) is a multifamily residential development whose | ||
| residential units are reserved for individuals 55 years of age and | ||
| older; and | ||
| (3) is four stories or more in height. | ||
| (b) The department shall require each development to which | ||
| this section applies to be equipped with a water pressure booster | ||
| capable of providing water to each floor of the development during | ||
| an emergency. | ||
| (c) The department may adopt rules to implement this | ||
| section. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) In this section, "development" means a | ||
| development to which Section 2306.6741, Government Code, as added | ||
| by this Act, applies. | ||
| (b) The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs | ||
| shall ensure that each development is in compliance with Section | ||
| 2306.6741, Government Code, as added by this Act, not later than | ||
| December 31, 2026. The department may establish a process to carry | ||
| out this subsection in phases. | ||
| (c) Not later than March 1, 2027, the Texas Department of | ||
| Housing and Community Affairs shall prepare and submit to the | ||
| legislature a written report on: | ||
| (1) the overall number of developments in compliance | ||
| with Section 2306.6741, Government Code, as added by this Act; and | ||
| (2) for any development that is not in compliance with | ||
| that section, the reason for the noncompliance and any actions | ||
| taken by the department to ensure compliance with that section. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
