By: Cunningham, Garcia, Lujan H.B. No. 4443
        (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst)
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2023;
  May 1, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
  Government; May 12, 2023, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 12, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
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.
 
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