81R5549 MCK-F By: Kolkhorst H.B. No. 1079 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the appellate process for the community development block grant program. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 487.351, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: (d) An applicant for a grant, loan, or award under a community development block grant program may appeal a decision of the executive director by filing an appeal with the board. The board shall hold a hearing on the appeal and render a decision. SECTION 2. (a) The state community development review committee is abolished. (b) Section 487.353, Government Code, is repealed. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2009.