88R4420 JG-F     By: Campos H.B. No. 912       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the operation of a transitional housing pilot program   by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 2306.258, Government Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read   as follows:          (a)  With money contributed to the Ending Homelessness fund   under Section 502.415, Transportation Code [If funds are   available], the department shall operate a transitional housing   pilot program in four areas of this [the] state.          (c)  The department may:                (1)  operate the program in coordination with one or   more counties or municipalities; and                (2)  provide a grant from the Ending Homelessness fund   under Section 502.415, Transportation Code, to a county or   municipality with which the department coordinates to operate the   program.          (d)  The department may adopt rules as necessary to implement   this section.          SECTION 2.  Sections 502.415(f) and (g), Transportation   Code, are amended to read as follows:          (f)  The Ending Homelessness fund is created as a trust fund   outside the state treasury to be held by the comptroller and   administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community   Affairs as trustee. The fund is composed of money deposited to the   credit of the fund under this section. Money in the fund shall be   used to provide grants to counties and municipalities to combat   homelessness, including, as applicable, a county or municipality   with which the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs   coordinates to operate the transitional housing pilot program under   Section 2306.258, Government Code.          (g)  The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs   shall:                (1)  adopt rules governing application for grants from   the Ending Homelessness fund and the issuance of those grants; and                (2)  give priority in issuing grants from the fund to   counties and municipalities that coordinate with the Texas   Department of Housing and Community Affairs in the operation of the   transitional housing pilot program under Section 2306.258,   Government Code.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.