81R4821 JAM-D
By: Brown of Kaufman H.B. No. 1961
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the recipients and subrecipients of financial
assistance administered by the Texas Department of Housing and
Community Affairs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2306.111, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
(j) The department by rule shall adopt policies to ensure
that each recipient or subrecipient of financial assistance
administered by the department, including financial assistance
from the proceeds of bonds issued by the department, is:
(1) a citizen of the United States; or
(2) authorized to be present in the United States by
the United States agency responsible for citizenship and
immigration.
SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act in adding
Section 2306.111(j), Government Code, applies only to an
application for financial assistance that is submitted to the Texas
Department of Housing and Community Affairs on or after January 1,
2010. An application for financial assistance that is submitted to
the department before January 1, 2010, is governed by the law in
effect when the application was submitted, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
(b) Not later than December 1, 2009, the Texas Department of
Housing and Community Affairs shall adopt the rules required by
Section 2306.111(j), Government Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.