85R10933 JG-D
By: Dutton H.B. No. 2336
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the participation by certain state and local elected
officials during the process for evaluating an application for a
low income housing tax credit.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2306.6710, Government Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) If an application is the subject of a written statement
provided under Subsection (b)(1)(J), the author of the statement
may withdraw and amend the statement before the end of the
application evaluation process provided by this section. The
department shall consider the new statement instead of the
withdrawn statement in scoring and ranking the application under
Subsection (b).
SECTION 2. Section 2306.6718, Government Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) If an elected official comments on an application
during the application evaluation process provided by Section
2306.6710, the elected official may withdraw the comment and issue
a new comment before the end of that process. The department shall
consider the new comment instead of the withdrawn comment in
evaluating applications under Section 2306.6710.
SECTION 3. 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 is based on the 2018 qualified
allocation plan or a subsequent plan adopted by the governing board
of the department under Section 2306.67022, Government Code. An
application that is submitted during an application cycle that is
based on an earlier qualified allocation plan is governed by the law
in effect on the date the application cycle began, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.