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	Amend CSSB 1908 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS 
of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Sections 2306.6710(b) and (f), Government 
Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(b)  If an application satisfies the threshold criteria, the 
department shall score and rank the application using a point 
system that:
		(1)  prioritizes in descending order criteria 
regarding:                    
			(A)  financial feasibility of the development 
based on the supporting financial data required in the application 
that will include a project underwriting pro forma from the 
permanent or construction lender;
			(B)  quantifiable community participation with 
respect to the development, evaluated on the basis of written 
statements from any neighborhood organizations on record with the 
state or county in which the development is to be located and whose 
boundaries contain the proposed development site;
			(C)  the income levels of tenants of the 
development;                      
			(D)  whether the development is a mixed-income 
development that satisfies each of the following characteristics:
				(i)  at least 20 percent of the development's 
units are provided to individuals and families with incomes greater 
than 60 percent of the area median family income;
				(ii)  at least 15 percent of the 
development's units are provided to individuals and families with 
incomes of not more than 40 percent of the area median family income 
or at least 10 percent of the development's units are provided to 
individuals and families with incomes of not more than 30 percent of 
the area median family income;
				(iii)  each of the development's units that 
is funded with housing tax credits contains a minimum of two 
bedrooms; and
				(iv)  a local political subdivision or 
public housing authority financially participates in the 
development;
			(E)  the size and quality of the units;                               
			(F) [(E)]  the commitment of development funding 
by local political subdivisions;
			(G) [(F)]  the level of community support for the 
application, evaluated on the basis of written statements from 
state elected officials;
			(H) [(G)]  the rent levels of the units;             
			(I) [(H)]  the cost of the development by square 
foot, unless the development exceeds a height of four stories and is 
located in an area designated by the appropriate local political 
subdivision as a high density area; and
			(J) [(I)]  the services to be provided to tenants 
of the development;  and
		(2)  uses criteria imposing penalties on applicants or 
affiliates who have requested extensions of department deadlines 
relating to developments supported by housing tax credit 
allocations made in the application round preceding the current 
round or a developer or principal of the applicant that has been 
removed by the lender, equity provider, or limited partners for its 
failure to perform its obligations under the loan documents or 
limited partnership agreement.
	(f)  In evaluating the level of community support for an 
application under Subsection (b)(1)(G) [(b)(1)(F)], the department 
shall award:
		(1)  positive points for positive written statements 
received;              
		(2)  negative points for negative written statements 
received;  and         
		(3)  zero points for neutral statements received.                             
	SECTION ____.  The changes in law made to Section 2306.6710, 
Government Code, by this Act apply only to an application for low 
income housing tax credits that is submitted to the Texas 
Department of Housing and Community Affairs during an application 
cycle that begins on or after the effective date of this Act.  An 
application that is submitted during an application cycle that 
began before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law 
in effect at the time the application cycle began, and the former 
law is continued in effect for that purpose.