Sec. 2306.2585.  HOMELESS HOUSING AND SERVICES PROGRAM.  (a)  The department may administer a homeless housing and services program in each municipality in this state with a population of 285,500 or more to:
(1)  provide for the construction, development, or procurement of housing for homeless persons; and
(2)  provide local programs to prevent and eliminate homelessness.
(b)  The department may adopt rules to govern the administration of the program, including rules that:
(1)  provide for the allocation of any available funding; and
(2)  provide detailed guidelines as to the scope of the local programs in the municipalities described by Subsection (a).
(c)  The department may use any available revenue, including legislative appropriations, appropriation transfers from the trusteed programs within the office of the governor, including authorized appropriations from the Texas Enterprise Fund, available federal funds, and any other statutorily authorized and appropriate funding sources transferred from the trusteed programs within the office of the governor, for the purposes of this section.  The department shall solicit and accept gifts and grants for the purposes of this section.  The department shall use gifts and grants received for the purposes of this section before using any other revenue.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 4 (S.B. 1), Sec. 43.03, eff. September 28, 2011.