Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1586 Compare Versions

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1		-	86R10651 JG-D
2		-	By: Goodwin, et al. H.B. No. 1586
3		-	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1586:
4		-	By: Button C.S.H.B. No. 1586
	1	+	86R3610 JG-F
	2	+	By: Goodwin H.B. No. 1586
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7	5		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	6		AN ACT
9	7		relating to the administration of federal funds under the
10	8		Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act.
11	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	10		SECTION 1. Sections 2306.111(c), (c-1), and (c-2),
13	11		Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
14	12		(c) In administering federal housing funds provided to the
15	13		state under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act
16	14		(42 U.S.C. Section 12701 et seq.), the department shall allocate
17	15		[expend]:
18	16		(1) 95 percent of these funds for the benefit of
19	17		non-participating small cities and rural areas that do not qualify
20	18		to receive funds under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
21	19		Housing Act directly from the United States Department of Housing
22	20		and Urban Development, except that an amount not to exceed 15
23	21		percent of the funds allocated under this subdivision may be
24	22		allocated to participating jurisdictions as necessary to meet the
25	23		requirements of federal law; and
26		-	(2) at least five percent of these funds for the
27		-	benefit of persons with disabilities who live in any area of this
28		-	state.
	24	+	(2) five percent of these funds for the benefit of
	25	+	persons with disabilities who live in any area of this state.
29	26		(c-1) Eligibility to apply for set-aside funds under
30	27		Subsection (c) is determined by federal law [The following entities
31	28		are eligible to apply for set-aside funds under Subsection (c):
32	29		[(1) nonprofit providers of affordable housing,
33	30		including community housing development organizations; and
34	31		[(2) for-profit providers of affordable housing].
35	32		(c-2) In allocating set-aside funds under Subsection (c),
36	33		the department:
37	34		(1) may not give preference to nonprofit providers of
38	35		affordable housing, except as necessary to meet the requirements of
39	36		[required by] federal law; and
40		-	(2) shall allocate funds:
41		-	(A) in accordance with any applicable spending
42		-	plan required under federal law; and
43		-	(B) in a manner that ensures that, to the
44		-	greatest extent possible, an allocation required only under state
45		-	law is made before an allocation is made solely to meet the
46		-	requirements of federal law.
	37	+	(2) shall allocate funds in accordance with any
	38	+	applicable spending plan required under federal law.
47	39		SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act in amending
48	40		Section 2306.111, Government Code, applies only to an application
49	41		for financial assistance that is submitted to the Texas Department
50	42		of Housing and Community Affairs on or after January 1, 2020. An
51	43		application for financial assistance that is submitted to the
52	44		department before January 1, 2020, is governed by the law in effect
53	45		immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former
54	46		law is continued in effect for that purpose.
55	47		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.