By Burnam                                             H.B. No. 2377
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                                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.