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By:  West                                                         S.B. No. 1474
	(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2003; March 20, 2003, read 
first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; 
May 13, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 13, 2003, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1474                                   By:  Ellis


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to discrimination against a housing development based on 
the source of funding for the development.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 2306.032, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
	(h)  In evaluating public comment, the board may not consider 
opposition to a housing development solely based on the source of 
funding for the development.
	SECTION 2.  Chapter 250, Local Government Code, is amended 
by adding Section 250.003 to read as follows:
	Sec. 250.003.  REGULATION OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS.  (a)  In 
this section, "housing development" has the meaning assigned by 
Section 2306.004, Government Code.
	(b)  The governing body of a municipality or county may not, 
based on the source of funding for the development, regulate the 
location of a housing development or issue, modify, or deny a permit 
for a housing development.
	SECTION 3.  The change in law made by Subsection (h), Section 
2306.032, Government Code, as added by this Act, applies only to an 
application for a low income housing tax credit allocation 
submitted to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs 
on or after the effective date of this Act.  An application for an 
allocation submitted before the effective date of this Act is 
governed by the law in effect on the date the application was 
submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that 
purpose.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           



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