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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of the self-help housing division of the |
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Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2306.021(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The department is composed of: |
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(1) the community affairs division; |
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(2) the housing finance division; |
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(3) the manufactured housing division; [and] |
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(4) the self-help housing division; and |
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(5) [(4)] any other division created by the director |
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as permitted by Section 2306.0521. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2306.588(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The department shall designate appropriate staff in the |
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self-help housing division [department] to act as liaison to the |
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self-help centers to assist the centers in obtaining funding to |
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enable the centers to carry out the centers' programs. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |