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1		-	H.B. No. 1973
	1	+	By: Button, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.B. No. 1973
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2019;
	3	+	April 29, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
	4	+	Intergovernmental Relations; May 13, 2019, reported favorably by
	5	+	the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 13, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to the system by which an application for a low income
6	12		housing tax credit is scored.
7	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	14		SECTION 1. Section 2306.6710, Government Code, is amended
9	15		by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
10	16		(g) If no written statement is received for an application
11	17		under Subsection (b)(1)(J), the department shall use the maximum
12	18		number of points that could have been awarded under that paragraph
13	19		to increase the maximum number of points that may be awarded for
14	20		that application under Subsection (b)(1)(B). If awarding points
15	21		under Subsection (b)(1)(B)(iii), the department shall reallocate
16	22		the points from the scoring category provided by Subsection
17	23		(b)(1)(J) equally between the political subdivisions described by
18	24		Subsection (b)(1)(B)(iii). In awarding points transferred under
19	25		this subsection from the scoring category provided by Subsection
20	26		(b)(1)(J) to the scoring category provided by Subsection (b)(1)(B),
21	27		the department shall award:
22	28		(1) positive points for positive resolutions adopted;
23	29		(2) negative points for negative resolutions adopted;
24	30		and
25	31		(3) zero points for neutral resolutions adopted.
26	32		SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
27	33		to an application for low income housing tax credits that is
28	34		submitted to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
29	35		during an application cycle that is based on the 2020 qualified
30	36		allocation plan or a subsequent plan adopted by the governing board
31	37		of the department. An application that is submitted during an
32	38		application cycle that is based on an earlier qualified allocation
33	39		plan is governed by the law in effect on the date the application
34	40		cycle began, and the former law is continued in effect for that
35	41		purpose.
36	42		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
37		-	______________________________ ______________________________
38		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
39		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1973 was passed by the House on April
40		-	25, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 90, Nays 38, 1 present, not
41		-	voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
42		-	H.B. No. 1973 on May 23, 2019, and requested the appointment of a
43		-	conference committee to consider the differences between the two
44		-	houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
45		-	on H.B. No. 1973 on May 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 126,
46		-	Nays 14, 1 present, not voting.
47		-	______________________________
48		-	Chief Clerk of the House
49		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1973 was passed by the Senate, with
50		-	amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays
51		-	2; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
52		-	committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
53		-	that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
54		-	1973 on May 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
55		-	______________________________
56		-	Secretary of the Senate
57		-	APPROVED: __________________
58		-	Date
59		-	__________________
60		-	Governor
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