| 1 | 1 | | 89R6211 JAM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Bhojani H.B. No. 2132 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits to |
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| 10 | 10 | | projects reserved for elderly persons. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 2306.6725(d), Government Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (d) For each scoring criterion, the department shall use a |
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| 15 | 15 | | range of points to evaluate the degree to which a proposed project |
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| 16 | 16 | | satisfies the criterion. The department: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) subject to Subdivision (2), may not award[: |
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| 18 | 18 | | [(1)] a number of points for a scoring criterion that |
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| 19 | 19 | | is disproportionate to the degree to which a proposed project |
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| 20 | 20 | | complies with that criterion; and [or] |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) may award to a proposed project reserved for |
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| 22 | 22 | | elderly persons [for the general population] a number of points for |
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| 23 | 23 | | a scoring criterion that is greater [different] than the number of |
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| 24 | 24 | | points awarded for that criterion to a proposed project reserved |
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| 25 | 25 | | for the general population even [elderly persons] if the proposed |
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| 26 | 26 | | projects comply with the criterion to the same degree. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. Sections 2306.6711(h) and (i), Government Code, |
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| 28 | 28 | | are repealed. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 30 | 30 | | to an application for low income housing tax credits that is |
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| 31 | 31 | | submitted to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs |
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| 32 | 32 | | during an application cycle that is based on the 2026 qualified |
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| 33 | 33 | | allocation plan or a subsequent plan adopted by the governing board |
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| 34 | 34 | | of the department. An application that is submitted during an |
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| 35 | 35 | | application cycle that is based on an earlier qualified allocation |
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| 36 | 36 | | plan is governed by the law in effect on the date the application |
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| 37 | 37 | | cycle began, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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| 38 | 38 | | purpose. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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