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      88(R) HB 4186 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
            88R14194 JG-D
         
		By:  Garcia
            H.B.  No.  4186
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the provision of affordable housing by certain housing 
         
            authorities for youth aging out of foster care.
         
                          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.    PRIORITY PLACEMENT FOR CERTAIN YOUTH AGING 
         
            OUT OF FOSTER CARE.  (a)  This section applies only to a housing 
         
            authority located in a municipality that contains more than 70 
         
            percent of the population of a county with a population of 1.5 
         
            million or more.
         
                          (b)    In providing affordable housing, a housing authority to 
         
            which this section applies shall give first priority to youth aging 
         
            out of foster care who reside in the authority's area of operation.
         
                          (c)    A housing authority to which this section applies that 
         
            manages a waitlist for the provision of affordable housing must 
         
            give first priority on the waitlist to youth aging out of foster 
         
            care who reside in the authority's area of operation.
         
                          SECTION  2.    This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
         
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the provision of affordable housing by certain housing
	authorities for youth aging out of foster care.
	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. PRIORITY PLACEMENT FOR CERTAIN YOUTH AGING
	OUT OF FOSTER CARE. (a) This section applies only to a housing
	authority located in a municipality that contains more than 70
	percent of the population of a county with a population of 1.5
	million or more.
	(b) In providing affordable housing, a housing authority to
	which this section applies shall give first priority to youth aging
	out of foster care who reside in the authority's area of operation.
	(c) A housing authority to which this section applies that
	manages a waitlist for the provision of affordable housing must
	give first priority on the waitlist to youth aging out of foster
	care who reside in the authority's area of operation.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.