86R8921 JAM-F
 
  By: Collier 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.
         (d)  With respect to the 2019 application cycle, the board
  shall ensure that the 2018 qualified allocation plan conforms to
  the requirements of Subsections (b) and (c) and shall amend the plan
  as necessary for that purpose.  This subsection expires January 1,
  2020.
         SECTION 2.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
  section, 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.
         (b)  The change in law made by this Act in adding Section
  2306.67022(d), Government Code, applies only to an application for
  low income housing tax credits that is submitted to the Texas
  Department of Housing and Community Affairs during the 2019
  application cycle.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.