89R4117 JG-F
By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2137
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 2306.67022, Government Code, is amended
by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
(d) The department may not:
(1) require as part of the threshold criteria under a
qualified allocation plan that a public school campus with an
attendance zone that contains the proposed development site satisfy
certain criteria relating to educational quality, as specified by
the department in that plan; or
(2) adopt a qualified allocation plan that uses a
scoring system that awards points to an application based on
criteria relating to the educational quality of a public school
campus with an attendance zone that contains the proposed
development site.
(e) This subsection and Subsection (d) expire September 1,
2027.
SECTION 2. (a) The Texas Department of Housing and
Community Affairs shall conduct a study of the effects that the
implementation of Section 2306.67022(d), Government Code, as added
by this Act, has on the allocation of low income housing tax credits
in this state.
(b) Not later than November 1, 2027, the Texas Department of
Housing and Community Affairs shall submit to each standing
committee of the legislature with jurisdiction over affordable
housing a report regarding the study required by Subsection (a) of
this section.
SECTION 3. 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 or 2027
qualified allocation plan adopted by the governing board of the
department.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.