H.B. No. 4443
AN ACT
relating to the allocation of certain federal money provided under
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2306.111, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
(j) Notwithstanding any other law, money provided to this
state under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act
(42 U.S.C. Section 12701 et seq.) as a one-time lump sum for a
specified use:
(1) is not subject to the allocation requirements
under this section or the allocation formula developed by the
department under Section 2306.1115; and
(2) may be allocated for the benefit of any area of
this state in the manner specified under federal law.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4443 was passed by the House on April
28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 15, 2 present, not
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
H.B. No. 4443 on May 25, 2023, and requested the appointment of a
conference committee to consider the differences between the two
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
on H.B. No. 4443 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 121,
Nays 22, 2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4443 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 16, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
1; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
4443 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor