| 1 | 1 | | By: Troxclair H.B. No. 135 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the recipients and subrecipients of financial |
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| 7 | 7 | | assistance administered by the Texas Department of Housing and |
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| 8 | 8 | | Community Affairs. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 2306.111, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subsection (j) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (j) The department by rule shall adopt policies to ensure |
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| 13 | 13 | | that each recipient or subrecipient of financial assistance |
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| 14 | 14 | | administered by the department, including financial assistance |
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| 15 | 15 | | from the proceeds of bonds issued by the department, is: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) a citizen of the United States; or |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) authorized to be present in the United States by |
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| 18 | 18 | | the United States agency responsible for citizenship and |
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| 19 | 19 | | immigration. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act in adding |
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| 21 | 21 | | Section 2306.111(j), Government Code, applies only to an |
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| 22 | 22 | | application for financial assistance that is submitted to the Texas |
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| 23 | 23 | | Department of Housing and Community Affairs on or after January 1, |
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| 24 | 24 | | 2024. An application for financial assistance that is submitted to |
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| 25 | 25 | | the department before January 1, 2024, is governed by the law in |
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| 26 | 26 | | effect when the application was submitted, and the former law is |
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| 27 | 27 | | continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (b) Not later than December 1, 2023, the Texas Department of |
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| 29 | 29 | | Housing and Community Affairs shall adopt the rules required by |
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| 30 | 30 | | Section 2306.111(j), Government Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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| 32 | 32 | | last day of the legislative session. |
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