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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the participation by certain state and local elected |
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officials during the process for evaluating an application for a |
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low income 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 (g) to read as follows: |
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(g) If an application is the subject of a written statement |
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provided under Subsection (b)(1)(J), the author of the statement |
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may withdraw and amend the statement before the end of the |
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application evaluation process provided by this section. The |
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department shall consider the new statement instead of the |
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withdrawn statement in scoring and ranking the application under |
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Subsection (b). |
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SECTION 2. Section 2306.6718, Government Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) If an elected official comments on an application |
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during the application evaluation process provided by Section |
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2306.6710, the elected official may withdraw the comment and issue |
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a new comment before the end of that process. The department shall |
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consider the new comment instead of the withdrawn comment in |
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evaluating applications under Section 2306.6710. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an application for low income housing tax credits that is |
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submitted to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs |
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during an application cycle that is based on the 2018 qualified |
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allocation plan or a subsequent plan adopted by the governing board |
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of the department under Section 2306.67022, Government Code. An |
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application that is submitted during an application cycle that is |
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based on an earlier qualified allocation plan is governed by the law |
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in effect on the date the application cycle began, and the former |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |