H.B. No. 4443
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the allocation of certain federal money provided under
  the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act.
         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)  Notwithstanding any other law, money provided to this
  state under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act
  (42 U.S.C. Section 12701 et seq.) as a one-time lump sum for a
  specified use:
               (1)  is not subject to the allocation requirements
  under this section or the allocation formula developed by the
  department under Section 2306.1115; and
               (2)  may be allocated for the benefit of any area of
  this state in the manner specified under federal law.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4443 was passed by the House on April
  28, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 129, Nays 15, 2 present, not
  voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
  H.B. No. 4443 on May 25, 2023, and requested the appointment of a
  conference committee to consider the differences between the two
  houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
  on H.B. No. 4443 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 121,
  Nays 22, 2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4443 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 16, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays
  1; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
  committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
  that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
  4443 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor