Amend HB 3873 (Senate committee printing) by striking SECTION
24, adding the following SECTIONS, and renumbering subsequent
SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ____ Section 2306.111(c), Government Code, as
amended by Chapters 1367 and 1448, Acts of the 77th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2001, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
(c) In administering federal housing funds provided to the
state under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act
(42 U.S.C. Section 12701 et seq.), the department shall expend:
(1) [at least] 95 percent of these funds for the
benefit of non-participating small cities and rural areas that do
not qualify to receive funds under the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act directly from the United States Department
of Housing and Urban Development; and
(2) five percent of these[. All] funds [not set aside
under this subsection shall be used] for the benefit of persons with
disabilities who live in any area of this state [areas other than
non-participating areas].
SECTION ____ Section 2306.111, Government Code, is amended
by amending Subsections (d-1):
(d-1) Funds or credits are not required to be allocated
according to the regional allocation formula under Subsection (d)
if:
(1) the funds or credits are reserved for
contract-for-deed conversions or for set-asides mandated by state
or federal law; and
(2) each contract-for-deed allocation or set-aside
allocation equals not more than 10 percent of the total allocation
of funds or credits for the applicable program;
(3) the funds or credits are allocated by the
department primarily to serve persons with disabilities.
SECTION ____ It is the intent of the legislature that the
passage by the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, of another
bill that amends Chapter 2306, Government Code, and the amendments
made by this Act shall be harmonized, if possible, as provided by
Section 311.025(b), Government Code, so that effect may be given to
each. If the amendments made by this Act to Chapter 2306,
Government Code, and the amendments made to Chapter 2306,
Government Code, by any other bill are irreconcilable, it is the
intent of the legislature that this Act prevail, regardless of the
relative dates of enactment of this Act and the other bill or bills,
but only to the extent that any differences are irreconcilable.
SECTION ____ The changes in law made by this Act relating to
the evaluation of applications for financial assistance
administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community
Affairs apply only to an application submitted on or after the
effective date of this Act. An application submitted before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the
application was submitted, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION ____ The following provisions of the Government
Code are repealed:
(1) Sections 2306.021, 2306.062, 2306.0631,
2306.0661, 2306.0721(h), 2306.079, 2306.081(e), 2306.254,
2306.257(b), (c), and (d), and 2306.806;
(2) Subchapter N, Chapter 2306;
(3) Subchapter BB, Chapter 2306;
(4) Subchapter CC, Chapter 2306; and
(5) Subchapter EE, Chapter 2306.