By Burnam H.B. No. 2377 77R4719 KEL-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to accessibility standards for projects that are allocated 1-3 low income housing tax credits. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter DD, Chapter 2306, Government Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 2306.6725 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 2306.6725. ACCESSIBILITY REQUIRED. A project to which a 1-8 low income housing tax credit is allocated under this subchapter 1-9 shall comply with the accessibility standards required under 1-10 Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 1-11 794), as amended. 1-12 SECTION 2. Section 2306.6725, Government Code, as added by 1-13 this Act, applies only to a project for which an application for a 1-14 low income housing tax credit is submitted on or after the 1-15 effective date of this Act. 1-16 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-17 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-18 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-19 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-20 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.