85R8179 JG-D
By: Bohac H.B. No. 2728
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the evaluation of an application for a low income
housing tax credit.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2306.6704(b-1), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b-1) The preapplication process must require the applicant
to provide the department with evidence that the applicant:
(1) has notified the following entities with respect
to the filing of the application:
(A) [(1)] any neighborhood organizations on
record with the state or county in which the development is to be
located and whose boundaries contain the proposed development site;
(B) [(2)] the superintendent and the presiding
officer of the board of trustees of the school district containing
the development;
(C) [(3)] the presiding officer of the governing
body of any municipality containing the development and all elected
members of that body;
(D) [(4)] the presiding officer of the governing
body of the county containing the development and all elected
members of that body; and
(E) [(5)] the state senator and state
representative of the district containing the development; and
(2) has obtained written statements of support for the
application from the state senator and state representative who
represent the district containing the proposed development site.
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 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.