REALTOR® Day at the Texas Capitol 

88th Legislative Session 
March 22, 2023 

REALTOR® Priorities: Senate Talking Points and Key Contact Meeting Notes 
“LCT Notes” in grey are for reference only; do not read aloud 

Representative Kyle Kacal
Rep. Kacal is Vice-Chair of the Corrections Committee 

  • LCT NOTE: Be sure to introduce yourself, explain who you are, and what REALTOR® Day at the Texas Capitol encompasses.  
  • LCT NOTE: This looks like a lot of content, but the meeting will go fast! 
  • LCT NOTE: This script has a logical flow, but you don’t need to read it word-for-word – focus on the highlighted words! 有些问题可能或多或少与你的地区相关——把重点放在对你的地区最有意义的问题上是可以的, especially if time is limited. 
  • LCT NOTE: 关键联系人(或团队中的某个人)应该有在公共汽车下车时分发的三份离别单——如果没有的话, 在你的会后报告中告诉工作人员，我们会在议员办公室做一份报告. 
     

感谢您今天与我们一起讨论2021十大正规彩票app和德州2021十大正规彩票app经纪人®立法优先事项! 

We’ve put together a simple pamphlet to lay out our priorities, including quite a few specific bills Texas REALTORS® are supporting this year –  

  •  LCT NOTE: 如果代表/工作人员询问有关具体立法的问题，而你不确定如何回答, DO NOT GUESS … assure them Texas REALTORS® lobby staff will follow up. Key contacts may also share Julia, Seth, or Tray’s contact information (also included in the tri-fold pamphlet). 

We want to be respectful of your time, so we’ll highlight some general priorities and a few specific bills, all of which can be found on the one-pager.  

  • LCT NOTE: Personal stories are essential to describing why these issues matter to REALTORS®. 关键联系人可以告诉他们自己或呼吁其他与会者分享这些问题是如何影响他们的. 

 

ISSUE – INFRASTRUCTURE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY  

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. 

That’s why we’re so glad to see the Legislature focusing on important big-picture infrastructure issues, like broadband access and water. 

REALTORS®一直倡导可靠和负担得起的互联网接入 在州和联邦一级 多年来，我们感谢立法机关正在做的工作.  

We are proud to support House Bill 9, House Bill 2662, and HJR 125 by Chair Trent Ashby —and we really appreciate you coauthoring HB 9.

This is a huge issue for our district, so again, 我们很高兴立法机构在上一届会议通过宽带法案后继续采取行动. 

也许我们基础设施中最关键的部分是供水，所以很明显， we’re supportive of efforts to ensure we have water for our booming population. We are happy to support HB 10 by Chair Tracy King. This bill has been referred to Natural Resources, and as a member, 我们希望在委员会对这个法案进行表决时，你会考虑支持它. 

We’d also like the Legislature to pass measures that incentivize economic development – and are supporting House Bill 5 by Chair Todd Hunter, which is a new approach to economic development agreements. Thank you for coauthoring this pivotal piece of legislation. 

德克萨斯州的2021十大正规彩票app也迎来了历史性的时刻，尽管市场已经恢复了一些正常, demand for real estate in Texas is still very high! 

  • LCT NOTE简要介绍一下你们当地的市场，或者强调一些当地的统计数据(库存挑战), Days on Market, lack of “middle” housing, etc.) 
  • LCT NOTE:主动发送代表所在地区的一页住房报告(在“2022年住房报告”门户下).) 

With that, though … we are very concerned about housing affordability … as we continue to see inventory shortages, especially at lower price points. 

There are a lot of different reasons for that … and 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 to housing development can help, like HB 14 by Chair Cody Harris. 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.  

Our pamphlet highlights some of those bills … they all have the goal of increasing housing stock and improving housing affordability.  
 

ISSUE – PROPERTY TAXES 

谈到住房负担能力，我们就不能不提到每个人最喜欢的话题——房产税.  

我们将继续致力寻找降低物业税的不同方法，包括 expanded exemptions for property owners and businesses, as well as the continued buying down (compression) of school tax rates.  

  • LCT NOTE: DO NOT MENTION THIS UNLESS THEY DO -众议院议员可能会问您为什么REALTORS®不支持由Morgan Meyer主席提出的HB 2/HJR 1. There were a few things in that bill that we do support, i.e., rate compression and escrow options for all property owners. 我们的反对意见是基于5%的评估上限——这是TR多年来一直坚持的立场. Appraisal caps sound like a good idea, but they:
    • 难道不会减少地方政府支出(从而仅仅转移税收负担)吗, instead of lowering it) 
    • 在市场中造成长期扭曲，阻止人们出售或搬家  
    • 减少市场上的房屋数量是否会加剧住房负担能力问题 
    • Treat property owners differently based on how long they’ve owned the property  
    • Inject unfair competition in the commercial leasing market 

We are also happy to support bills like HB 1027 by Rep. Shelby Slawson that eliminates change-of-use taxes – which you might hear called “lookback taxes.” These are the additional, 当财产从农业用途变为住宅或商业用途时所征收的追溯税. 

 

ISSUE – PROPERTY RIGHTS 

产权是我们协会所有倡导工作的基础, 我们一直在追踪任何增加或剥夺私有产权的立法…… 

As real estate professionals, 我们当然看到了业主协会的价值……但一些社区长期不受约束，已经开始侵犯核心私有产权. 值得庆幸的是，立法机关在上一届会议上在控制这种行为方面取得了很大进展.  

This year, we’re supporting HB 3503 by Rep. Turner as a continuation of last session’s HOA reforms. 

  • LCT NOTE: If the representative asks specifics, 请尽快通知Texas REALTORS®工作人员，我们的大堂团队将会访问您的办公室. 

This bill reinforces property owner rights by making sure the transparency measures included in the 2021 legislation apply to all property owners’ associations, including condos. It also extends resale fee caps to condos, as well. We respectfully request that you consider supporting these reforms. 

Perhaps our strongest property tradition is farming. Texas has more than 248,000个农场和超过1.27亿英亩的农田，几乎占该州总面积的75%! The importance of agricultural activities in this state is immeasurable. That’s why we are supporting HB 1750 by Chair DeWayne Burns. This bill, which was voted out of committee last week, protects Texans’ Right-To-Farm by limiting a city’s ability to restrict personal agricultural operations.  
 

ISSUE – TRANSACTIONS 

Finally, 有几项法案是我们正在关注的直接涉及2021十大正规彩票app交易业务的法案. Specifically, public improvement districts, or PIDs, have become a hot topic of conversation in recent years. 

  • LCT NOTE: The representative or staff might not be familiar with PIDs. 这些地区是由市或县创建的，覆盖特定的社区或地区——建立这些地区是为了提供特定类型的改善或维护，并通过对该地区财产所有者的评估来提供资金. 

 In 2021, 当时的众议员谭帕克(Tan Parker)提出了一项立法，要求卖家向买家提供一份通知，如果他们的房产处于PID中. After seeing that law at work over the last two years, we’ve identified a few areas where it could be improved.  

We’re supporting HB 4277 by Chair Oscar Longoria参议员谭·帕克(Tan Parker)提出了配套法案——这个小小的改变只是为了确保 seller is protected if the property is in a PID, 但是市或县并没有像他们应该做的那样向县职员记录PID信息. 

  • LCT NOTE: This legislation is a bit technical, 但底线是要确保卖家不会因为没有披露他们不知道的事情而受到惩罚. 

这种通知要求也让我们进一步思考如何更容易找到PID信息. That’s why we’re strongly supporting HB 4232 by Rep. Hugh Shine, 如何确保业主在中央物业估价区网站查阅物业时，能轻易找到物业估价署的资料.  

Finally, 我们支持HB 19法案，该法案将设立专门的商业法庭，我们很高兴看到你们加入众议员的行列. Murr to get that done. 

 
MEETING CONCLUSION 

Again, you can refer to our pamphlet, 下面列出了我们支持的与我们的优先问题相关的许多具体法案. 

We appreciate your attention. Do you have any questions for us? In particular, is there anything you need from the REALTORS®?  

我们的立法工作人员的2021十大正规彩票app在这本小册子上…他们随时可以回答有关德州2021十大正规彩票app经纪人®对具体立法的立场的问题. 

  • LCT NOTE: Be sure to thank the legislator’s staff 尽管他们所做的一切(立法人员非常重要，但大多在幕后). They keep this whole process moving!\
  • LCT NOTE: Seek permission from the lawmaker or staff to grab a photo for use on social media. 
  • LCT NOTE: Grab staffs’ cards if you or TR staff would like to follow up on any issues. 
  • LCT NOTE: We recommend sending a handwritten thank-you note to the lawmaker and the staff.  

 Thank you for continuing to support the housing and real estate profession, and for taking the time to meet with us today!