88R13522 JG-F     By: Walle H.B. No. 3038       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the applicability of prohibitions on municipal or   county regulations on the rental or leasing of housing   accommodations.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 250.007(b), Local Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (b)  This section does not affect an ordinance or regulation   that prohibits the refusal to lease or rent a housing accommodation   to:                (1)  a military veteran because of the veteran's lawful   source of income to pay rent;                (2)  a person who is 62 years of age or older because of   the person's lawful source of income to pay rent; or                (3)  a person who has a disability, as defined by the   Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12101 et   seq.), because of the person's lawful source of income to pay rent.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.