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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the evaluation of an application for a low income |
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housing tax credit. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2306.6710, Government Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: |
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(h) The department shall presume that the applicant has made |
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a good faith effort to obtain community participation and shall |
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award the applicant the total number of points that may be awarded |
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under Subsection (b)(1)(B) if the application includes a statement |
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that a neighborhood organization described by Subsection (b)(1)(B) |
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does not exist that is submitted by: |
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(1) the presiding officer or authorized |
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representative of the governing body of the municipality in which |
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the development is to be located; or |
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(2) the clerk of the county in which the development is |
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to be located if the development is to be located outside a |
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municipality. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an application for a low income housing tax credit filed on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. An application filed before |
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the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on |
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the date the application was filed, and the former law is continued |
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in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |