Bill Text: TX HB675 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 675 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to a study and report on the establishment and implementation of a program that provides financial assistance to property owners who offer housing to veterans at risk of homelessness.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-23 - No action taken in committee [HB675 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB675-Introduced.html

	86R6410 JAM-D

	By: Thierry	H.B. No. 675



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to a study and report on the establishment and
	implementation of a program that provides financial assistance to
	property owners who offer housing to veterans at risk of
	homelessness.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. (a) The comptroller of public accounts shall
	conduct a study to evaluate the feasibility, methods, and costs of
	establishing and implementing a program that provides financial
	assistance to property owners who offer housing to veterans at risk
	of homelessness.
	(b) In conducting the study, the comptroller shall:
	(1) evaluate and identify any sources of funding that
	might be available to cover the probable cost of the program;
	(2) evaluate methods that have been implemented by
	other states to provide a similar program; and
	(3) identify the state agency or agencies that could
	most efficiently implement and administer the program.
	(c) Not later than September 1, 2020, the comptroller shall
	submit to the legislature a written report on the results of the
	study and any recommendations for legislative or other action.
	(d) This Act expires September 1, 2021.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.