89R4120 JG-F
By: Bell of Montgomery H.B. No. 4045
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2306.6710(g), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(g) If no written statement is received for an application
under Subsection (b)(1)(J) or the written statement does not
express support for or against the application, the department
shall use the maximum number of points that could have been awarded
under that paragraph to increase the maximum number of points that
may be awarded for that application under Subsection (b)(1)(B). If
awarding points under Subsection (b)(1)(B)(iii), the department
shall reallocate the points from the scoring category provided by
Subsection (b)(1)(J) equally between the political subdivisions
described by Subsection (b)(1)(B)(iii). In awarding points
transferred under this subsection from the scoring category
provided by Subsection (b)(1)(J) to the scoring category provided
by Subsection (b)(1)(B), the department shall award:
(1) positive points for positive resolutions adopted;
(2) negative points for negative resolutions adopted;
and
(3) zero points for neutral resolutions adopted.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an application for low income housing tax credits that is
submitted to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
during an application cycle that is based on the 2026 qualified
allocation plan or a subsequent plan adopted by the governing board
of the department. An application that is submitted during an
application cycle that is based on an earlier qualified allocation
plan is governed by the law in effect on the date the application
cycle began, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.