Amend CSSB 1, in Article VII of the bill (page VII-3), by 
adding the following appropriately numbered rider following the 
appropriations to the Department of Housing and Community Affairs:
	____.  Report to United States Census Bureau.  (a)  It is the 
intent of the legislature that the Department of Housing and 
Community Affairs use an appropriate portion of the funds 
appropriated to the department by this Act to determine the 
occupancy of multiunit residential properties in this state.
	(b)  It is the intent of the legislature that, in determining 
the occupancy of  multiunit residential properties, the Department 
of Housing and Community Affairs collect the following information 
for each census tract in this state:
		(1)  the number of units in each multiunit residential 
property; and        
		(2)  the number of occupants in each unit of a multiunit 
residential property.
	(c)  It is the intent of the legislature that the Department 
of Housing and Community Affairs send to the United States Census 
Bureau the information described by Subsections (a) and (b) and, if 
determined appropriate by the department, any other statistical 
information that will assist the bureau in conducting a census.
	(d)  It is the intent of the legislature that the Department 
of Housing and Community Affairs by rule may require an applicant to 
provide information relating to the number of units and the 
occupancy of each unit in a housing development as a condition of 
receiving or retaining a housing tax credit under Chapter 2306, 
Government Code.
	(e)  It is the intent of the legislature that the Texas 
Department of Housing and Community Affairs develop a method for 
collecting information relating to the occupancy of multiunit 
residential properties not later than January 1, 2010.