REALTOR® Day at the Texas Capitol 

88th Legislative Session 
March 22, 2023 

REALTOR®优先事项:参议院谈话要点和关键联系人会议记录 
“LCT Notes” in grey are for reference only; do not read aloud 

Senator Tan Parker 
Sen. 帕克是退伍军人事务委员会副主席 

  • 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: 这个脚本有一个逻辑流，但是您 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! 

We’ve put together a simple pamphlet 列出我们的优先事项，包括 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 Senator/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， 所有这些都可以在小册子上找到.  

  • 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  

人们不断迁往德克萨斯州，每天大约有1000人，我们希望保持这种势头. 

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. 

Perhaps the most critical part of our infrastructure is our water supply … so obviously, 我们支持确保我们有水的努力 for our booming population. And that’s why we are happy to support SB 28 by Chair Charles Perry. 

REALTORS® have also been advocating for dependable and affordable internet access at the state and federal levels for years.  

This is a huge issue for our district, so we encourage the Senate to support measures that will add more funding to broadband development in both our rural and urban areas. 

我们也希望立法机关通过一些措施 incentivize economic development – we know you’re considering a number of options to make sure Texas remains the best place for businesses to locate in this national and global marketplace.  

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 Senator’s district (in the portal under “2022 Housing Report”. 

With that, though … we are very 关注房屋负担能力 … 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 对住房开发有帮助，比如 SB 1787 by Chair Paul Bettencourt. And so can other bills that 提供额外的住房选择，如布莱恩·休斯主席设计的SB 1412.  

All three of those bills have been referred to the Local Government Committee… we hope you’ll consider supporting them both when they come up for a hearing! 

我们的小册子强调了这一地区的一些附加费用……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.  

我们将继续致力寻找降低物业税的不同方法，包括 扩大对业主和企业的豁免, as well as the continued buying down (compression) of school tax rates.  

We’re so grateful you’re working with Chair Bettencourt this year to work on this critical issue. 参议院正在考虑的财产税方案 SB 3, 4, and 5, 以及参议院联合决议2, 3 and 4, will be an incredible benefit to both residential and commercial property owners around the state. We were glad to have our Secretary/Treasurer at the meeting to testify in favor of all these bills!

  • LCT NOTE: DO NOT MENTION THIS UNLESS THEY DO -您可能会被问到为什么REALTORS®不支持评估上限. 这是TR多年来一直担任的职位. 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t 

We are also happy to support bills like SB 279 by Sen. Phil King 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. 

SB 279也被称为地方政府, 我们恭敬地请求你们在听证会上考虑投赞成票. 
 

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.  

This year, we’re supporting SB 1668 by Chair Hughes 作为上届会议HOA改革的延续. 

  • LCT NOTE: If the senator 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. 

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. 这就是为什么我们支持立法 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… which you’re already well aware of! 

  • LCT NOTE参议员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. 

After the adoption of your HB 1543 last session to require that sellers provide buyers with a notice if their property is in a PID, 我们花了一些时间来观察它的工作, and we’ve 确定了几个可以改进的地方.  

非常感谢您编写sb1374 -这个小改动只是为了确保 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. We appreciate you working with us to make sure that both parties to the real estate transaction are protected.

  • LCT NOTE这项立法有点技术性, 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. 这就是为什么我们很高兴支持你的SB 1916, which would ensure that property owners can easily find PID information when they look up their property on the central appraisal district’s website. 请让我们知道我们能做些什么来帮助你完成这个创造性的提议. 

  • LCT NOTE: If you or another attendee has a story about working with a client who wasn’t aware they were in a PID, it would be helpful to explain here. 

 
MEETING CONCLUSION 

Again, you can refer to our pamphlet, 下面列出了我们支持的与我们优先事项相关的众多法案. 

We appreciate your attention. Do you have any questions for us? Is 有任何您需要从REALTORS®?  

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。.  

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!