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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the manner in which notice of certain events concerning |
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the low income housing tax credit program is given. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter DD, Chapter 2306, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 2306.67171 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2306.67171. ELECTRONIC MAIL NOTIFICATION SERVICE. (a) |
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The department shall maintain an electronic mail notification |
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service to which any person in this state may electronically |
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subscribe to receive information concerning the status of |
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preapplications and applications under this subchapter. |
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(b) The electronic mail notification service maintained |
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under Subsection (a) must: |
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(1) allow a subscriber to request for a zip code |
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notification of: |
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(A) the filing of any preapplication or |
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application concerning a development that is or will be located in |
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the zip code; |
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(B) any change in the status of an application or |
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preapplication described by Paragraph (A); and |
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(C) any public hearing to be held concerning an |
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application or preapplication described by Paragraph (A); and |
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(2) respond to a subscriber via electronic mail not |
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later than the later of: |
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(A) the third business day after the date the |
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department receives notice of an event described by Subdivision |
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(1); or |
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(B) if applicable, the date or dates specified by |
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Section 2306.6717(a). |
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(c) The department may include in an electronic mail |
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notification sent to a subscriber any applicable information |
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described by Section 2306.6717. |
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SECTION 2. The Texas Department of Housing and Community |
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Affairs shall have the electronic mail notification service |
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required to be maintained under Section 2306.67171, Government |
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Code, as added by this Act, fully functional and able to receive |
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subscription requests and respond appropriately to those requests |
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not later than January 1, 2008. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |