| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 1215 |
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| 1 | + | By: Collier, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Alvarado) H.B. No. 1215 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2019; |
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| 3 | + | May 10, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | + | Intergovernmental Relations; May 19, 2019, reported adversely, |
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| 5 | + | with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, |
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| 6 | + | Nays 0; May 19, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | + | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1215 By: Alvarado |
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| 4 | 12 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 13 | | relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits. |
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| 6 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 7 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Section 2306.67022, Government Code, is amended |
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| 8 | 16 | | to read as follows: |
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| 9 | 17 | | Sec. 2306.67022. QUALIFIED ALLOCATION PLAN; MANUAL. (a) |
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| 10 | 18 | | At least biennially, the board shall adopt a qualified allocation |
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| 11 | 19 | | plan and a corresponding manual to provide information regarding |
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| 12 | 20 | | the administration of and eligibility for the low income housing |
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| 13 | 21 | | tax credit program. The board may adopt the plan and manual |
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| 14 | 22 | | annually, as considered appropriate by the board. |
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| 15 | 23 | | (b) The department may require as part of the threshold |
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| 16 | 24 | | criteria under a qualified allocation plan that a proposed |
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| 17 | 25 | | development satisfy certain criteria relating to educational |
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| 18 | 26 | | quality, as specified by the department in that plan. |
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| 19 | 27 | | (c) The department may not adopt a qualified allocation plan |
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| 20 | 28 | | that uses a scoring system that awards points to an application |
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| 21 | 29 | | based on criteria relating to the educational quality applicable to |
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| 22 | 30 | | a proposed development site. |
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| 23 | 31 | | (d) This subsection and Subsections (b) and (c) expire |
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| 24 | 32 | | September 1, 2021. |
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| 25 | 33 | | SECTION 2. (a) The Texas Department of Housing and |
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| 26 | 34 | | Community Affairs shall conduct a study of the effects that the |
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| 27 | 35 | | implementation of Sections 2306.67022(b) and (c), Government Code, |
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| 28 | 36 | | as added by this Act, has on the allocation of low income housing |
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| 29 | 37 | | tax credits in this state. |
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| 30 | 38 | | (b) Not later than January 1, 2021, the Texas Department of |
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| 31 | 39 | | Housing and Community Affairs shall submit to the governor, the |
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| 32 | 40 | | lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, |
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| 33 | 41 | | and each standing committee of the legislature with jurisdiction |
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| 34 | 42 | | over affordable housing a report regarding the study required by |
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| 35 | 43 | | Subsection (a) of this section. |
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| 36 | 44 | | SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 37 | 45 | | to an application for low income housing tax credits that is |
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| 38 | 46 | | submitted to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs |
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| 39 | 47 | | during an application cycle that is based on the 2020 qualified |
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| 40 | 48 | | allocation plan or a subsequent plan adopted by the governing board |
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| 41 | 49 | | of the department under Section 2306.67022, Government Code, as |
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| 42 | 50 | | amended by this Act. An application that is submitted during an |
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| 43 | 51 | | application cycle that is based on an earlier qualified allocation |
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| 44 | 52 | | plan is governed by the law in effect on the date the application |
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| 45 | 53 | | cycle began, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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| 46 | 54 | | purpose. |
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| 47 | 55 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 48 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 49 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 50 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 1215 was passed by the House on May 8, |
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| 51 | | - | 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 12, 1 present, not |
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| 52 | | - | voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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| 53 | | - | No. 1215 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 4, |
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| 54 | | - | 1 present, not voting. |
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| 55 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 56 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 57 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 1215 was passed by the Senate, with |
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| 58 | | - | amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays |
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| 59 | | - | 1. |
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| 60 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 61 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 62 | | - | APPROVED: __________________ |
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| 63 | | - | Date |
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| 64 | | - | __________________ |
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| 65 | | - | Governor |
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