德克萨斯州国会大厦的REALTOR®日 

88th 立法会议 
2023年3月22日 

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 

参议员谭·帕克 
森. 帕克是退伍军人事务委员会副主席 

  • LCT 注意: 一定要介绍自己, 解释你是谁, 以及德克萨斯州国会大厦的REALTOR®日所包含的内容.  
  • 临床上注意: 这看起来内容很多，但会议会进行得很快! 
  • 临床上注意: 这个脚本有一个逻辑流，但是您 不 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, 尤其是时间有限的时候. 
  • 临床上注意: 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! 

我们把一个 简单的小册子 列出我们的优先事项，包括 有很多具体的法案 德州2021十大正规彩票app经纪人®支持今年-  

  •  临床上注意: If the 森ator/staff asks questions about specific legislation that you’re not sure how to answer, 不要猜测 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. 关键联系人也可以共享Julia, 赛斯, 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.  

  • 临床上注意: 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 c所有 on other attendees to share how these issues have impacted them. 

 

问题- - - - - - 基础设施, 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 关键基础设施 的问题,例如 宽频接驳及 水. 

Perhaps the most critical part of our infrastructure is our 水 supply … so obviously, 我们支持确保我们有水的努力 为了我们不断增长的人口. 这就是为什么我们很高兴 支持SB 28 by 查尔斯·佩里主席. 

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

这是一个 这对我们地区来说是个大问题, so we encourage the 森ate 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 激励经济发展 – 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! 

  • 临床上注意: Talk briefly about your local market or highlight some local statistics (Inventory ch所有enges, 上市天数, 缺乏“中等”住房, 等.) 
  • 临床上注意: Offer to send the one-page Housing Report for the 森ator’s district (in the portal under “2022 Housing Report”. 

尽管如此，我们还是很 关注房屋负担能力 正如我们继续看到的 库存短缺，尤其是在价格较低的时候. 

这有很多不同的原因 没有什么灵丹妙药 去修复它，但是 有几个账单可以被削掉吗 问题所在.  

我们认为 消除监管障碍 对住房开发有帮助，比如 SB 1787由Paul Bettencourt主席提出. 其他法案也可以 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 目标 of 增加住房存量，提高住房可负担性.  
 

问题- - - - - - 房产税 

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, 以及继续 买下来 (压缩) 学校税率.  

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, 和5, 以及参议院联合决议2, 3和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 所有 these bills!

  • 临床上注意: 除非他们知道，否则不要提这件事 -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, 而不是降低它) 
    • 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 

我们也很高兴 支持参议院参议员提出的sb279等法案. 菲尔王 这就消除了使用税，也就是你可能听说过的“回望税”.” 这些是额外的, 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. 
 

问题- - - - - - 产权 

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

作为2021十大正规彩票app专业人士, 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，我们是 休斯主席支持SB 1668 作为上届会议HOA改革的延续. 

  • 临床上注意: 如果参议员问具体细节, please inform Texas REALTORS® staff ASAP – our lobby team will want to visit the office. 

这个法案 加强业主权益 通过确保 透明度的措施 纳入2021年立法适用范围 所有 业主协会，包括共管公寓. 它还 将转售费用上限扩大到公寓; 也. 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. 德克萨斯州有超过248人,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 保护德州人的农场权 通过限制城市限制个人农业经营的能力.  
 
问题- - - - - - 交易 

最后, there are a few bills we’re focusing on that deal directly with the business of real estate transactions. 具体地说, 公共改善区, 或pid, 是近年来的热门话题吗你已经很清楚了! 

  • 临床上注意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, 我们已经 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 卖方受保护 如果属性在PID中, 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.

  • 临床上注意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. 

  • 临床上注意: If you or another attendee has a story about working with a client who wasn’t aware they were in a PID, 在这里解释一下会有帮助. 

 
会议结论 

再一次。, 你可以参考我们的小册子, 下面列出了我们支持的与我们优先事项相关的众多法案. 

感谢您的关注. 你有什么问题要问我们吗? 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. 

  • 临床上注意: 一定要 感谢立法者的工作人员 for 所有 they do (legislative staff are tremendously important but are mostly behind the scenes). 他们让整个过程继续进行! 
  • 临床上注意: 征求议员或工作人员的许可 抓住一个 照片 在社交媒体上使用. 
  • 临床上注意: 如果您或TR人员有任何问题需要跟进，请拿员工卡. 
  • 临床上注意: 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!