86R10315 JAM-F
 
  By: Collier, Swanson, Oliverson, Guillen H.B. No. 1215
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2306.67022, Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 2306.67022.  QUALIFIED ALLOCATION PLAN; MANUAL. (a)  
  At least biennially, the board shall adopt a qualified allocation
  plan and a corresponding manual to provide information regarding
  the administration of and eligibility for the low income housing
  tax credit program.  The board may adopt the plan and manual
  annually, as considered appropriate by the board.
         (b)  The department may require as part of the threshold
  criteria under a qualified allocation plan that a proposed
  development satisfy certain criteria relating to educational
  quality, as specified by the department in that plan.
         (c)  The department may not adopt a qualified allocation plan
  that uses a scoring system that awards points to an application
  based on criteria relating to the educational quality applicable to
  a proposed development site.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an application for low income housing tax credits that is
  submitted to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
  during an application cycle that is based on the 2020 qualified
  allocation plan or a subsequent plan adopted by the governing board
  of the department under Section 2306.67022, Government Code, as
  amended by this Act. An application that is submitted during an
  application cycle that is based on an earlier qualified allocation
  plan is governed by the law in effect on the date the application
  cycle began, and the former law is continued in effect for that
  purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.