CS/SB 1520 (2015) -  Housing for Low-income Persons

General Bill by Community Affairs and 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: 07/01/2015
Last Event: 05/01/15 S Died in Finance and Tax on Friday, May 1, 2015 11:59 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Community Affairs
    • On agenda for: 04/07/15 1:30 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 7   Nays 0
  • Finance and Tax
  • Appropriations

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/HB 1043 Subject: Housing Authorities Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

  • Committee Substitute 1
  • Original Filed Version
    • D 273622 , Community Affairs, Thompson Date Filed: 04/06/15, Line#: 0 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 04/07/2015 03:38 PM
    • AA 590028 , Community Affairs, Brandes Date Filed: 04/06/15, Line#: 4 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 04/07/2015 03:38 PM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Community Affairs 4/9/2015 9:57:04 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Community Affairs 4/6/2015 1:53:57 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Finance and Tax Time: 05/01/2015 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Finance and Tax Version: c1
Event: S CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 385 Time: 04/13/2015 - 4:41 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: c1
Event: S Now in Finance and Tax -SJ 377 Time: 04/09/2015 - 5:18 PM Member: Committee: Finance and Tax Version: c1
Event: S Remaining references corrected to Finance and Tax; Appropriations -SJ 388, 389 Time: 04/09/2015 - 5:18 PM Member: Committee: Finance and Tax Version: c1
Event: S Original reference(s) removed: Fiscal Policy Time: 04/09/2015 - 5:18 PM Member: Committee: Fiscal Policy Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 04/09/2015 - 10:41 AM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: c1
Event: S CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 377 Time: 04/07/2015 - 3:01 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 04/07/15, 1:30 pm, 301 Senate Office Building Time: 04/02/2015 - 3:32 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 141 Time: 03/03/2015 - 9:31 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Fiscal Policy -SJ 141 Time: 03/03/2015 - 4:48 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 02/26/2015 - 1:47 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
420.9075 CS/SB 1214, CS/SB 1500
421.02 CS/HB 1043*
421.03 CS/HB 1043*
421.04 CS/HB 1043*
421.05 CS/HB 1043*
421.06 CS/HB 1043*
421.08 CS/HB 1043*
421.09 CS/HB 1043*
421.091 CS/HB 1043*
421.21 CS/HB 1043*
421.281 CS/HB 1043
421.32 CS/HB 1043
421.321 CS/HB 1043
421.33 CS/HB 1043*
422.02 CS/HB 1043*
422.04 CS/HB 1043*
423.01 CS/HB 1043*
423.02 CS/HB 1043*
893.13 CS/SB 764, CS/HB 897, CS/HB 963, CS/HB 1043*, CS/SB 1098, SB 1176, SB 1188, SB 1294, HB 1297, HB 4041

(*) Not the latest version