Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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1	1	By: Collier H.B. No. 4189
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4	4	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	5	AN ACT
6	6	relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits.
7	7	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	8	SECTION 1. Section 2306.6710(b), Government Code, is
9	9	amended by adding section 2306.6710(b)(4) and (4-a) to read as
10	10	follows:
11	11	(4) the Department shall develop a scoring incentive for
12	12	competitively awarded low income housing tax credits that includes,
13	13	on an equal basis, points for either:
14	14	(A) developments in primary attendance zones for
15	15	elementary schools that have achieved combined ratings of B or
16	16	better under the system administered by the Texas Education Agency;
17	17	or
18	18	(B) developments in market areas from which the
19	19	development is projected to attract 51 percent or more of its
20	20	tenants where those market areas encompass significant features
21	21	that will:
22	22	(i) promote household success;
23	23	(ii) promote neighborhood pride and
24	24	cohesiveness; and
25	25	(iii) promote an affordable and healthy
26	26	lifestyle for residents.
27	27	(4-a) the features that will promote:
28	28	(A) household success are:
29	29	(i) established neighborhoods from which the
30	30	proposed development is likely to draw a significant number of its
31	31	tenants;
32	32	(ii) neighborhoods that include places of
33	33	worship, established civic organizations, established mentoring
34	34	programs, or established parent teacher organizations whose
35	35	established membership includes a significant proportion of person
36	36	or households who would be income eligible for the proposed
37	37	affordable housing; and
38	38	(iii) neighborhoods that encompass mass transit
39	39	stops that would enable residents of the proposed development to
40	40	commute to areas of work opportunity;
41	41	(B) neighborhood pride and cohesiveness include:
42	42	(i) Designation of the neighborhood as an
43	43	historical neighborhood;
44	44	(ii) An active partnership between local law
45	45	enforcement and neighborhood organizations to cooperate in
46	46	addressing crime where that partnership has experienced
47	47	demonstrable success in reducing crime and building positive
48	48	relations between the community and law enforcement as acknowledged
49	49	by the organization; and
50	50	(iii) Activity during the prior year to
51	51	remediate historic infrastructure issues such as inadequate street
52	52	lighting; lack of sidewalks; installation of flood control
53	53	measures; construction of new public facilities such as police
54	54	stations, fire stations, indoor recreation facilities, transit
55	55	stops for light rail;
56	56	(C) an affordable and healthy lifestyle for residents
57	57	include:
58	58	(i) full service grocery stores;
59	59	(ii) pharmacies;
60	60	(iii) Public parks;
61	61	(iv) Hospitals; and
62	62	(v) Health clinics.
63	63	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
64	64	to an application for low income housing tax credits that is
65	65	submitted to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
66	66	during an application cycle that is based on the 2018 qualified
67	67	allocation plan or a subsequent plan adopted by the governing board
68	68	of the department under Section 2306.67022, Government Code. An
69	69	application that is submitted during an application cycle that is
70	70	based on an earlier qualified allocation plan is governed by the law
71	71	in effect on the date the application cycle began, and the former
72	72	law is continued in effect for that purpose.
73	73	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.