H.B. No. 1215
 
 
 
 
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.
         (d)  This subsection and Subsections (b) and (c) expire
  September 1, 2021.
         SECTION 2.  (a)  The Texas Department of Housing and
  Community Affairs shall conduct a study of the effects that the
  implementation of Sections 2306.67022(b) and (c), Government Code,
  as added by this Act, has on the allocation of low income housing
  tax credits in this state.
         (b)  Not later than January 1, 2021, the Texas Department of
  Housing and Community Affairs shall submit to the governor, the
  lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives,
  and each standing committee of the legislature with jurisdiction
  over affordable housing a report regarding the study required by
  Subsection (a) of this section.
         SECTION 3.  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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1215 was passed by the House on May 8,
  2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 132, Nays 12, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 1215 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 4,
  1 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1215 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays
  1.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor