By:  Madla                                                        S.B. No. 1660
	(In the Senate - Filed March 14, 2003; March 20, 2003, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental 
Relations; April 29, 2003, reported favorably by the following 
vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; April 29, 2003, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the allocation and approval processes of state ceiling 
among issuers of qualified residential rental project bonds.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 1231.041, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	Sec. 1231.041.  APPROVAL OF STATE SECURITY.  An entity, 
including a state agency, may not issue a state security unless:
		(1)  the board approves the issuance; [or]                   
		(2)  the security is exempted under Section 
1231.022(2); or          
		(3)  the security is a revenue bond available 
exclusively to the Texas Department of Housing and Community 
Affairs for reservation of qualified residential rental project 
bonds in the manner described by Section 1372.0231.
		SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                          



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