By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2046
(Gervin-Hawkins)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a compliance history assessment made for purposes of
allocating certain financial assistance administered by the Texas
Department of Housing and Community Affairs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2306.057, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
follows:
(c) The board shall fully document and disclose any
instances in which the board approves a project application despite
any noncompliance associated with the project, applicant, or
affiliate that is reported by the department under Subsection
(a)(2).
(e) For a project application seeking financial assistance
administered through the department's multifamily housing
programs, the department may not include in the report provided
under Subsection (a)(2) any instance of noncompliance associated
with a project of the applicant or affiliate of the applicant if the
applicant or affiliate has submitted documentation, in a format
acceptable to the department, demonstrating that the
responsibility for project compliance was delegated to another
participant in the project, including, if applicable, a related
party as defined by Section 2306.6702.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act in amending
Section 2306.057, Government Code, applies only to an application
for financial assistance that is submitted to the Texas Department
of Housing and Community Affairs on or after January 1, 2022. An
application for financial assistance that is submitted to the
department before January 1, 2022, is governed by the law in effect
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.