89R3369 RAL-F     By: Barry H.B. No. 3608       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the eligibility of municipal solid waste personnel for   the Homes for Texas Heroes home loan program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 2306.5621(a), Government Code, is   amended by amending Subdivision (2) and adding Subdivision (17) to   read as follows:                (2)  "Home" means a dwelling in this state in which a   fire fighter, corrections officer, county jailer, public security   officer, peace officer, professional educator, veteran, or person   defined as emergency medical services personnel or municipal solid   waste personnel under this section intends to reside as the   borrower's principal residence.                (17)  "Municipal solid waste personnel" means a   permanent, full-time employee of a local government who is employed   to collect, sort, process or dispose of solid waste, recyclables,   organics, or household hazardous waste.          SECTION 2.  Sections 2306.5621(b), (c), (d), (f), and (h-1),   Government Code, are amended to read as follows:          (b)  The corporation shall establish a program to provide   eligible fire fighters, corrections officers, county jailers,   public security officers, peace officers, emergency medical   services personnel, municipal solid waste personnel, professional   educators, and veterans with low-interest home mortgage loans.          (c)  To be eligible for a loan under this section, at the time   a person files an application for the loan, the person must:                (1)  be a:                      (A)  fire fighter, corrections officer, county   jailer, public security officer, peace officer, veteran, or person   defined as emergency medical services personnel or municipal solid   waste personnel under this section; or                      (B)  professional educator who is employed by a   school district or is an allied health or professional nursing   program faculty member in this state;                (2)  reside in this state; and                (3)  have an income of not more than 115 percent of area   median family income, adjusted for family size, or the maximum   amount permitted by Section 143(f), Internal Revenue Code of 1986,   whichever is greater.          (d)  The corporation may contract with other agencies of the   state or with private entities to determine whether applicants   qualify as fire fighters, corrections officers, county jailers,   public security officers, peace officers, emergency medical   services personnel, municipal solid waste personnel, professional   educators, or veterans under this section or otherwise to   administer all or part of this section.          (f)  The board of directors of the corporation shall adopt   rules governing:                (1)  the administration of the program;                (2)  the making of loans under the program;                (3)  the criteria for approving mortgage lenders;                (4)  the use of insurance on the loans and the homes   financed under the program, as considered appropriate by the board   to provide additional security for the loans;                (5)  the verification of occupancy of the home by the   fire fighter, corrections officer, county jailer, public security   officer, peace officer, professional educator, veteran, or person   defined as emergency medical services personnel or municipal solid   waste personnel as the borrower's principal residence; and                (6)  the terms of any contract made with any mortgage   lender for processing, originating, servicing, or administering   the loans.          (h-1)  To fund home mortgage loans for eligible fire   fighters, corrections officers, county jailers, public security   officers, peace officers, emergency medical services personnel,   municipal solid waste personnel, professional educators, and   veterans under this section, the corporation may use any proceeds   received from the sale of bonds, notes, or other obligations issued   under the home loan program provided by this section, regardless of   any amendments to the eligibility standards for loans made under   the program and regardless of when the corporation received the   proceeds from those bonds, notes, or other obligations issued under   the program.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.