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CS/SB 1520: Housing for Low-income Persons

GENERAL BILL by Community Affairs ; Soto

Housing for Low-income Persons; Authorizing local housing assistance plans to allocate funds to provide rental assistance to include the first and last month’s rent for eligible persons, subject to certain restrictions; prohibiting a housing authority from applying to the Federal Government to seize projects, units, or vouchers of another established housing authority; requiring that revenue received by a housing authority from certain commercial projects be used for affordable housing; exempting real property of a housing authority which is used to provide access to essential commercial goods and services from ad valorem taxes and special assessments, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2015
Last Action: 5/1/2015 Senate - Died in Finance and Tax
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Community Affairs (CA)
  2. Finance and Tax (FT)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/26/2015 Senate • Filed
    3/3/2015 Senate • Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Fiscal Policy -SJ 141
    • Introduced -SJ 141
    4/2/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 04/07/15, 1:30 pm, 301 Senate Office Building
    4/7/2015 Senate • CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 377
    4/9/2015 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Original reference(s) removed: Fiscal Policy
    • Remaining references corrected to Finance and Tax; Appropriations -SJ 388, 389
    • Now in Finance and Tax -SJ 377
    4/13/2015 Senate • CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 385
    5/1/2015 Senate • Died in Finance and Tax

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  • CS/SB 1520, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/9/2015 at 10:41 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1043 (c1) Housing Authorities Eagle Compare Last Action: 5/1/2015 S Died in Community Affairs
    Location: In committee/council (CA)

    Citations - Statutes (19)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    420.9075 Local housing assistance plans; partnerships. Page 3 (pdf)
    421.02 Finding and declaration of necessity. Page 4 (pdf)
    421.03 Definitions. Page 6 (pdf)
    421.04 Creation of housing authorities. Page 9 (pdf)
    421.05 Appointment, qualifications, and tenure of commissioners; hiring of employees. Page 9 (pdf)
    421.06 Commissioners or employees prohibited from acquiring interests in housing projects and required to disclose interests in specified properties; exception. Page 10 (pdf)
    421.08 Powers of authority. Page 11 (pdf)
    421.09 Operation not for profit. Page 17 (pdf)
    421.091 Financial accounting and investments; fiscal year. Page 17 (pdf)
    421.21 Aid from Federal Government; tax exemptions. Page 18 (pdf)
    421.281 Page 18 (pdf)
    421.32 Rural housing projects. Page 22 (pdf)
    421.321 Execution of mortgages. Page 23 (pdf)
    421.33 Housing applications by farmers. Page 23 (pdf)
    422.02 Finding and declaration of necessity. Page 25 (pdf)
    422.04 Cooperation in undertaking housing projects. Page 25 (pdf)
    423.01 Finding and declaration of property of tax exemption for housing authorities. Page 27 (pdf)
    423.02 Housing projects exempted from taxes and assessments; payments in lieu thereof. Page 29 (pdf)
    893.13 Prohibited acts; penalties. Page 29 (pdf)

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  • SB 1520, Original Filed Version Posted 2/26/2015 at 1:47 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Community Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 4/6/2015 (pdf)
    Community Affairs (Post-Meeting) 4/9/2015 (pdf)

    Committee Amendments (2)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    273622 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
    Community Affairs
    (Thompson)
    4/6/2015
    1:53 PM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/7/2015
    Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 590028 - Amendment to Amendment (273622)
    Between lines 4 and 5 insert:
    Community Affairs
    (Brandes)
    4/6/2015
    5:42 PM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/7/2015
    Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    4/7/2015 1:30 PM Community Affairs 7 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (22)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    421.02 Finding and declaration of necessity. Page 4 (pdf)
    421.03 Definitions. Page 5 (pdf)
    421.04 Creation of housing authorities. Page 9 (pdf)
    421.05 Appointment, qualifications, and tenure of commissioners; hiring of employees. Page 9 (pdf)
    421.06 Commissioners or employees prohibited from acquiring interests in housing projects and required to disclose interests in specified properties; exception. Page 10 (pdf)
    421.08 Powers of authority. Page 11 (pdf)
    421.09 Operation not for profit. Page 17 (pdf)
    421.091 Financial accounting and investments; fiscal year. Page 17 (pdf)
    421.21 Aid from Federal Government; tax exemptions. Page 17 (pdf)
    421.28 Creation of regional housing authority. Page 19 (pdf)
    421.29 Area of operation of regional housing authority. Page 22 (pdf)
    421.30 Commissioners of regional authorities. Page 26 (pdf)
    421.31 Powers of regional housing authority; definitions. Page 28 (pdf)
    421.32 Rural housing projects. Page 29 (pdf)
    421.321 Execution of mortgages. Page 30 (pdf)
    421.50 Decreasing area of operation of regional authority. Page 31 (pdf)
    421.51 Authority for county excluded from regional authority. Page 33 (pdf)
    422.02 Finding and declaration of necessity. Page 33 (pdf)
    422.04 Cooperation in undertaking housing projects. Page 34 (pdf)
    423.01 Finding and declaration of property of tax exemption for housing authorities. Page 36 (pdf)
    423.02 Housing projects exempted from taxes and assessments; payments in lieu thereof. Page 37 (pdf)
    893.13 Prohibited acts; penalties. Page 38 (pdf)

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