Gary Gates, Texas State Representative from the 28th district | Twitter Website
Gary Gates, Texas State Representative from the 28th district | Twitter Website
More specifically, the official text was summarized by the state legislature as ’’Relating to multifamily residential developments financed, owned, or operated by public facility corporations’’.
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
This bill makes several amendments to the Local Government Code regarding multifamily residential developments linked to public facility corporations. It defines "multifamily residential development" as any property with four or more rental units. The bill stipulates that such a development can be financed, owned, or operated by a corporation or sponsor only if it complies with pertinent regulations and is located within the sponsor's area or boundaries. Specific provisions apply to developments tied to school districts, requiring either 75% of units be occupied by district employees or the property to be former school district land. The changes pertain to transactions occurring on or after the bill's effective date, which is immediate with sufficient legislative approval, otherwise, it takes effect Sept. 1, 2025.
Gary Gates, chair of the House Committee on Land & Resource Management and member of the House Committee on Energy Resources, proposed another six bills during the 89(R) legislative session.
Gary Gates is currently serving in the Texas State House, representing the state's 28th House district. He replaced previous state representative John Zerwas in 2020.
Bills in Texas go through a multi-step legislative process, including committee review, debates, and votes in both chambers before reaching a final decision. Each session, there are typically thousands of bills introduced, but only a portion successfully navigate the process to become law.
You can read more about the bills and other measures here.
| Bill Number | Date Introduced | Short Description |
|---|---|---|
| HB 3534 | 03/24/2025 | Relating to multifamily residential developments financed, owned, or operated by public facility corporations |
| HB 3532 | 03/24/2025 | Relating to multifamily residential developments owned by public facility corporations |
| HB 21 | 03/18/2025 | Relating to housing finance corporations; authorizing a fee |
| HB 1595 | 03/17/2025 | Relating to public housing authorities; authorizing a fee |
| HB 1590 | 03/17/2025 | Relating to multifamily residential developments owned by public facility corporations |
| HB 1225 | 03/10/2025 | Relating to the establishment of a bundled-pricing program to reduce certain health care costs in the state employees group benefits program |
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