REALTOR® Day at the Texas Capitol

88th Legislative Session
March 22, 2023

REALTOR®优先事项:房屋谈话要点和关键联系人会议笔记
“LCT NOTES” IN GREY ARE FOR REFERENCE ONLY; DO NOT READ ALOUD

Chair Cody Harris
Rep. Harris是当地和同意日历委员会的主席
Rep. Harris也是一名2021十大正规彩票app经纪人®和前TREPAC受托人

  • LCT NOTE: Be sure to introduce yourself, explain who you are, 以及德克萨斯州国会大厦的REALTOR®日所包含的内容.
  • LCT NOTE: 这看起来内容很多，但会议会进行得很快!
  • LCT NOTE: This script has a logical flow, but you don’t 需要逐字阅读，注意高亮的单词! And some issues may be more or less relevant to your district – it’s okay to focus on the issues that make the most sense for your area, especially if time is limited.
  • LCT NOTE: Key Contacts (or someone on the team) should have the tri-fold leave-behind that was handed out at the bus drop-off – if not, let staff know in your post-meeting report and we’ll run one by the legislator’s office.

Thank you for meeting with us today to talk real estate and Texas REALTORS® legislative priorities! 我们知道您非常了解Texas REALTORS®的职位……因为您是一名2021十大正规彩票app经纪人® member!

We’ve put together a simple pamphlet to lay out our priorities, including quite a few specific bills 德州2021十大正规彩票app经纪人®支持今年-

  • LCT NOTE: If the Representative/staff asks questions about specific legislation that you’re not sure how to answer, DO NOT GUESS 向他们保证德州2021十大正规彩票app经纪人的游说人员会跟进. Key contacts may also share Julia, Seth, 或Tray的联络资料(亦包括在三折小册子内).

我们想尊重你的时间，所以我们 强调一些一般的优先事项和一些具体的法案， 所有这些都可以在单页纸上找到.

  • LCT NOTE: 个人故事对于描述为什么这些问题对2021十大正规彩票app经纪人至关重要至关重要. Key Contacts can tell their own or call on other attendees to share how these issues have impacted them.

 

ISSUE – INFRASTRUCTURE, 经济发展和住房负担能力

People keep moving to Texas … about 1,000 per day … and we want to keep that going.

这就是为什么我们很高兴看到立法机构关注重要的 big-picture infrastructure issues, like broadband access and water.

REALTORS® have been advocating for dependable and affordable internet access at the state and federal level for years and we appreciate the work that the Legislature is doing.

We are proud to support 众议院第9号法案，众议院第2662号法案，以及特伦特·阿什比主席的HJR 125号法案. Thank you for coauthoring HB 9! 希望宽带套餐的其他部分也能得到您的支持.

This is a huge issue for our district, so again, we’re glad the Legislature is continuing to take action after last session’s big broadband bill.

Perhaps the most critical part of our infrastructure is our water supply … so obviously, we’re 支持确保我们有水的努力 for our booming population. We are happy to support HB 10 by Chair Tracy King, another bill which you have coauthored! 保护水资源是非常重要的, 并帮助该州其他没有和我们一样的机会的地区.

我们也希望立法机关通过一些措施 incentivize economic development – and are 托德·亨特主席支持众议院第5号法案， which is a 经济发展协议的新方法. Thank you again for coauthoring this legislation… making sure Texas can remain the most competitive state for businesses to grow.

We’re also coming off a historic time in Texas real estate … and even though the market has normalized a little, 德克萨斯州对2021十大正规彩票app的需求仍然很高!

  • LCT NOTE: Talk briefly about your local market or highlight some local statistics (Inventory challenges, Days on Market, lack of “middle” housing, etc.)
  • LCT NOTE: Offer to send the one-page Housing Report for the representative’s district (in the portal under “2022 Housing Report”.)

With that, though … we are very concerned about housing affordability … as we continue to see 库存短缺，尤其是在价格较低的时候.

这有很多不同的原因 there is no silver bullet to fix it … but there are several bills that can chip away at the problem.

We think eliminating regulatory barriers 我们认为你的想法是对的 HB 14. Streamlining the municipal permitting process will help us get houses on the ground faster, 确保我们有足够的供应来满足我们的需求.

And so can other bills that 提供额外的住房选择，比如众议员贾斯汀·霍兰德提出的HB 2789.

我们的小册子强调了其中的一些法案，它们都有 goal of 增加住房存量，提高住房可负担性.

 

ISSUE – Property Taxes

We can’t talk about housing affordability without mentioning everyone’s favorite subject – Property Taxes.

We remain committed to identifying different ways to lower property taxes – including 扩大对业主和企业的豁免, as well as the continued buying down (compression) of school tax rates.

  • LCT NOTE: DO NOT MENTION THIS UNLESS THEY DO – House members (particularly Republicans) may ask you why the REALTORS® do not support the House’s property tax relief plan, HB 2/HJR 1 by Chair Morgan Meyer.

    法案中有一些内容我们 do support, i.e.，费率压缩和托管选项为所有业主. Our opposition is based on the 5% appraisal caps – a position TR has held for years. 评估上限听起来是个好主意，但它们:

    • Will not reduce local government spending (and therefore merely shift the tax burden around, instead of lowering it)
    • Create long-term distortions in the market and discourage people from selling or moving
    • Can exacerbate housing affordability issues by decreasing the number of homes on the market
    • 根据业主拥有房产的时间长短，对他们区别对待
    • 在商业租赁市场注入不公平竞争

We are also happy to support bills like HB 1027 by Rep. Shelby Slawson 这就消除了使用税，也就是你可能听说过的“回望税”.” These are the additional, retroactive taxes that are charged when a property changes from agricultural use to residential or commercial.

 

ISSUE – PROPERTY RIGHTS

Property rights are the foundation upon which all our association advocacy efforts are built, and we always track any legislation that adds to or takes away private property rights…

As real estate professionals, we certainly see the value in property owners’ associations … but some communities had gone unchecked for too long and had begun infringing on core private property rights. Thankfully the legislature made a lot of progress to rein in that behavior last session.

今年，我们支持共和党众议员提出的HB 3503法案. Turner 作为上届会议HOA改革的延续.

  • LCT NOTE: If the representative asks specifics, please inform Texas REALTORS® staff ASAP – our lobby team will want to visit the office.

This bill reinforces property owner rights by making sure the transparency measures 纳入2021年立法适用范围 all 业主协会，包括共管公寓. It also extends resale fee caps to condos, as well. 我们恭敬地请求您考虑支持这些改革 as you did last session.

也许我们最强大的财产传统是农业. Texas has more than 248,000 farms and more than 127 million acres of farmland… that’s almost 75% of the state’s total square miles! 农业活动在这个州的重要性是不可估量的. That’s why we are DeWayne Burns主席支持HB 1750, 我们知道你也是——感谢你作为联合作者签名! 如你所知，这个上周在委员会中被否决的法案， protects Texans’ Right-To-Farm 通过限制城市限制个人农业经营的能力.

 

ISSUE – TRANSACTIONS

Finally, there are a few bills we’re focusing on that deal directly with the business of real estate transactions. Specifically, public improvement districts, or PIDs, 是近年来的热门话题吗.

  • LCT NOTE:代表或工作人员可能不熟悉pid. These districts are created by cities or counties and cover a particular neighborhood or region – the district is established to provide specific types of improvements or maintenance and is financed by assessment against the property owners within the area.

In 2021, then-Representative Tan Parker carried legislation to require that sellers provide buyers with a notice if their property is in a PID. 在过去的两年里，我们看到了这项法律的作用 确定了几个可以改进的地方.

We’re 奥斯卡·朗格利亚主席支持HB 4277, and Senator Tan Parker has the companion bill – this minor change just makes sure a seller is protected if the property is in a PID, but the city or county hasn’t recorded the PID information with the county clerk like they’re supposed to.

  • LCT NOTE: This legislation is a bit technical, but the bottom line is to make sure that sellers can’t be penalized for not disclosing something they weren’t aware of.

That notice requirement also made us think further about how PID information could be easier to find. 这就是为什么我们强烈支持众议员提出的HB 4232法案. Hugh Shine, which would ensure that property owners can easily find PID information when they look up their property on the central appraisal district’s website.

 

MEETING CONCLUSION

Again, you can refer to our pamphlet, which outlines numerous specific bills we are supporting related to our priority issues.

We appreciate your attention. Do you have any questions for us? In particular, 您需要REALTORS®提供什么服务吗?

Our legislative staff’s contact information is on this pamphlet … they’re always available to answer questions about Texas REALTORS® stance on specific legislation.

  • LCT NOTE: Be sure to thank the legislator’s staff for all they do (legislative staff are tremendously important but are mostly behind the scenes). They keep this whole process moving!
  • LCT NOTE: 征求议员或工作人员的许可 grab a photo for use on social media.
  • LCT NOTE: 如果您或TR人员有任何问题需要跟进，请拿员工卡.
  • LCT NOTE: 我们2021十大正规彩票app给议员和工作人员写一封手写的感谢信。.

我们不能要求一个更强大的REALTOR®冠军代表HD 8. 感谢你们一直以来对住房和2021十大正规彩票app行业的支持, 感谢您今天抽出时间与我们见面!