Bill Text: TX HB1583 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a government shutdown housing relief loan program; authorizing fees.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-17 - Left pending in committee [HB1583 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1583-Introduced.html
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| By: Neave | H.B. No. 1583 | |
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| relating to the creation of a government shutdown housing relief | ||
| loan program; authorizing fees. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter K, Chapter 2306, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 2306.2591 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2306.2591. GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN HOUSING RELIEF LOAN | ||
| PROGRAM. (a) The department shall establish and administer a | ||
| program to provide loans to federal employees who are: | ||
| (1) considered nonessential or otherwise furloughed | ||
| during a federal government shutdown; or | ||
| (2) working without pay during a federal government | ||
| shutdown as a result of being considered essential or otherwise | ||
| excepted from a furlough. | ||
| (b) A loan made under this section: | ||
| (1) may be made only for rent, mortgage, or utility | ||
| payments; | ||
| (2) must be repaid not later than the 60th day after | ||
| the date the federal government processes back pay for the loan | ||
| recipient following the end of a federal government shutdown; and | ||
| (3) may not bear interest. | ||
| (c) The department shall adopt rules necessary to | ||
| administer the program. Rules adopted under this section: | ||
| (1) must include requirements for documentation | ||
| necessary for a loan applicant to establish eligibility for | ||
| participation in the program, including proof of employment and | ||
| covered expenses; and | ||
| (2) may impose fees for the failure to repay a loan | ||
| within the period required by Subsection (b)(2). | ||
| (d) The department may use any available revenue, including | ||
| any available money from the housing trust fund, to provide loans | ||
| under this section. The department shall solicit and accept gifts | ||
| and grants for the purposes of this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
