88R7878 DRS-D
 
  By: Noble H.B. No. 2964
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to requirements for beneficial tax treatment related to a
  leasehold or other possessory interest in a public facility used to
  provide affordable housing.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 303.042(d), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  An exemption under this section for a multifamily
  residential development which is owned by a public facility
  corporation created [by a housing authority] under this chapter and
  which does not have at least 20 percent of its units reserved for
  public housing units, applies only if:
               (1)  the sponsor of the corporation [housing authority]
  holds a public hearing, at a regular meeting of the sponsor's 
  [authority's] governing body, to approve the development; [and]
               (2)  the governing body of each municipality and county
  authorized by law to impose taxes on the property containing the
  development holds a public hearing and adopts a resolution
  approving the development; and
               (3)  at least 50 percent of the units in the multifamily
  residential development are reserved for occupancy by individuals
  and families earning less than 80 percent of the area median family
  income.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by Section 303.042(d),
  Local Government Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a
  multifamily residential development that is approved on or after
  the effective date of this Act. A multifamily residential
  development that is approved before the effective date of this Act
  is governed by the law in effect on the date the development was
  approved, and the former law is continued in effect for that
  purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.