By: Miles  S.B. No. 732          (In the Senate - Filed January 7, 2025; February 7, 2025,   read first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human   Services; March 31, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable   Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 3;   March 31, 2025, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 732 By:  Cook     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to required generators or other power sources for certain   housing developments that receive an allocation of low income   housing tax credits.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter DD, Chapter 2306, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 2306.6741 to read as follows:          Sec. 2306.6741.  GENERATOR OR OTHER POWER SOURCE REQUIRED.   (a) This section applies only to a development that:                (1)  has received an allocation of low income housing   tax credits under this subchapter; and                (2)  is a multifamily residential development whose   residential units are reserved for individuals 55 years of age and   older.          (b)  The department shall require each development to which   this section applies to be equipped with a generator or other power   source capable of:                (1)  operating each elevator in the development that   provides the only point of access to an area of the development   containing residential units; and                (2)  powering a system or device capable of maintaining   the air temperature in at least one enclosed area of the development   between 68 and 82 degrees Fahrenheit during a power outage.          (c)  The department may adopt rules to implement this   section.          SECTION 2.  (a)  In this section, "development" means a   development to which Section 2306.6741, Government Code, as added   by this Act, applies.          (b)  The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs   shall ensure that each development whose construction is completed   on or after January 1, 2026, complies with Section 2306.6741,   Government Code, as added by this Act.          (c)  Notwithstanding Section 2306.6741, Government Code, as   added by this Act, a development whose construction is completed on   or before December 31, 2025, is not required to comply with that   section until January 1, 2030.          (d)  Not later than March 1, 2030, the Texas Department of   Housing and Community Affairs shall prepare and submit to the   legislature a written report on:                (1)  the overall number of developments in compliance   with Section 2306.6741, Government Code, as added by this Act; and                (2)  for any development that is not in compliance with   that section, the reason for the noncompliance and any actions   taken by the department to ensure compliance with that section.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.     * * * * *