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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the evaluation of an application for a low income |
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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 2306.6704(b-1), Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b-1) The preapplication process must require the applicant |
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to provide the department with evidence that the applicant: |
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(1) has notified the following entities with respect |
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to the filing of the application: |
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(A) [(1)] any neighborhood organizations on |
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record with the state or county in which the development is to be |
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located and whose boundaries contain the proposed development site; |
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(B) [(2)] the superintendent and the presiding |
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officer of the board of trustees of the school district containing |
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the development; |
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(C) [(3)] the presiding officer of the governing |
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body of any municipality containing the development and all elected |
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members of that body; |
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(D) [(4)] the presiding officer of the governing |
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body of the county containing the development and all elected |
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members of that body; and |
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(E) [(5)] the state senator and state |
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representative of the district containing the development; and |
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(2) has obtained written statements of support for the |
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application from the state senator and state representative who |
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represent the district containing the proposed development site. |
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SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |