By: Troxclair H.B. No. 135
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the recipients and subrecipients of financial
  assistance administered by the Texas Department of Housing and
  Community Affairs.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2306.111, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
         (j)  The department by rule shall adopt policies to ensure
  that each recipient or subrecipient of financial assistance
  administered by the department, including financial assistance
  from the proceeds of bonds issued by the department, is:
               (1)  a citizen of the United States; or
               (2)  authorized to be present in the United States by
  the United States agency responsible for citizenship and
  immigration.
         SECTION 2.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act in adding
  Section 2306.111(j), Government Code, applies only to an
  application for financial assistance that is submitted to the Texas
  Department of Housing and Community Affairs on or after January 1,
  2024. An application for financial assistance that is submitted to
  the department before January 1, 2024, is governed by the law in
  effect when the application was submitted, and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         (b)  Not later than December 1, 2023, the Texas Department of
  Housing and Community Affairs shall adopt the rules required by
  Section 2306.111(j), Government Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
  last day of the legislative session.