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  89R3111 JG-D     By: Cole H.B. No. 1104       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a program to provide housing vouchers to emergency   medical services personnel in certain counties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 2306.553(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  The public purpose of the corporation is to perform   activities and services that the corporation's board of directors   determines will promote the public health, safety, and welfare   through the provision of adequate, safe, and sanitary housing   primarily for individuals and families of low, very low, and   extremely low income and for persons who are eligible for loans   under the home loan program provided by Section 2306.5621 or who are   eligible for a housing voucher under Section 2306.570 . The   activities and services shall include engaging in mortgage banking   activities and lending transactions and acquiring, holding,   selling, or leasing real or personal property.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter Y, Chapter 2306, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 2306.570 to read as follows:           Sec.   2306.570.     HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM FOR EMERGENCY   MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL. (a) In this section, "emergency   medical services personnel" has the meaning assigned by Section   773.003, Health and Safety Code.           (b)     The corporation shall, using available resources,   establish a housing voucher program in a county with a population of   more than 1 million and less than 1.5 million to provide housing   vouchers to emergency medical services personnel.           (c)  The corporation's board of directors shall adopt rules:                 (1)  governing the program's administration;                 (2)     establishing eligibility criteria for a person to   receive a housing voucher under the program;                 (3)     establishing a mechanism to determine the amount   of a housing voucher provided under the program; and                 (4)     prescribing any other program requirements that   the board determines necessary.           (d)     The corporation may accept gifts, grants, and donations   from any source to establish and operate the program.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.