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AN ACT
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relating to the definition of rural area for purposes of certain |
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housing assistance administered by the Texas Department of Housing |
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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 2306.004(28-a), Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(28-a) "Rural area" means an area that is located: |
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(A) outside the boundaries of a primary |
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metropolitan statistical area or a metropolitan statistical area; |
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or |
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(B) within the boundaries of a primary |
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metropolitan statistical area or a metropolitan statistical area, |
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if the statistical area has a population of 25,000 or less and does |
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not share a boundary with an urban area[; or
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[(C)
in an area that is eligible for funding by
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the Texas Rural Development Office of the United States Department
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of Agriculture, other than an area that is located in a municipality
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with a population of more than 50,000]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2306.111, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d-4) to read as follows: |
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(d-4) A proposed or existing development that, before |
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September 1, 2013, has been awarded or has received federal |
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financial assistance provided under Section 514, 515, or 516 of the |
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Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. Section 1484, 1485, or 1486) may |
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apply for low income housing tax credits allocated under Subsection |
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(d-2) or (d-3) for the uniform state service region in which the |
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development is located regardless of whether the development is |
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located in a rural area. |
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SECTION 3. Section 2306.6702(12), Government Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act in amending |
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Section 2306.004(28-a), Government Code, applies only to an |
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application for financial assistance that is submitted by a housing |
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development to the Texas Department of Housing and Community |
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Affairs on or after September 1, 2013. An application for financial |
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assistance that is submitted by a housing development to the |
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department before September 1, 2013, is governed by the law in |
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effect when the application was submitted, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 429 was passed by the House on April |
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25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 5, 2 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 429 on May 20, 2013, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 429 on May 24, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 142, |
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Nays 3, 2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 429 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 15, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays |
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4; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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429 on May 26, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 4. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |