Amend HB 2608 on third reading by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 3 of the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the ARTICLE accordingly:

SECTION 3.____.  Section 2306.6711(f), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(f)  The board may allocate housing tax credits to more than one development in a single community, as defined by department rule, in the same calendar year only if the developments are or will be located more than two [one] linear miles [mile] apart. This subsection applies only to communities contained within counties with populations exceeding one million.