84R11948 KJE-D
By: Alvarado H.B. No. 3311
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the scoring criteria for an application for a low income
housing tax credit.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2306.6725(d), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) For each scoring criterion, the department shall use a
range of points to evaluate the degree to which a proposed project
satisfies the criterion. The department may not award:
(1) a number of points for a scoring criterion that is
disproportionate to the degree to which a proposed project complies
with that criterion; or
(2) to a proposed project for the general population a
number of points for a scoring criterion that is different than the
number of points awarded for that criterion to a proposed project
exclusively for elderly persons if the proposed projects comply
with the criterion to the same degree.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an application for low income housing tax credits that is
submitted to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
during an application cycle that begins on or after the effective
date of this Act. An application that is submitted during an
application cycle that began before the effective date of this Act
is governed by the law in effect at the time the application cycle
began, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.