Bill Text: TX HB3779 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to affordable housing.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-07 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB3779 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3779-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Isaac | H.B. No. 3779 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3779: | |||
| By: Dutton | C.S.H.B. No. 3779 | ||
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| relating to affordable housing. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 2306, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 2306.1116 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2306.1116. NOTICE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS REQUIRED FOR | ||
| CERTAIN APPLICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; HEARING AND | ||
| CERTIFICATION REQUIRED. (a) Not later than the 60th day before the | ||
| date an application for financial assistance for the construction | ||
| or rehabilitation of affordable rental housing is submitted to the | ||
| department, the applicant must provide notice of intent to file the | ||
| application to: | ||
| (1) the municipality in which any part of the proposed | ||
| development is to be located; | ||
| (2) the county in which any part of the proposed | ||
| development is to be located if that part will not be located in a | ||
| municipality; and | ||
| (3) the municipality and county in which the proposed | ||
| development is to be located if any part of the development is to be | ||
| located in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality. | ||
| (b) Not later than the 30th day after the date of receipt of | ||
| notice under Subsection (a), a county or municipality, as | ||
| applicable, shall provide for public comment on the proposed | ||
| application at a hearing held in compliance with Chapter 551. | ||
| (c) An application for financial assistance from the | ||
| department for the construction or rehabilitation of affordable | ||
| rental housing must be accompanied by a certified copy of a | ||
| resolution from each governing body that received notice under | ||
| Subsection (a). The resolution must certify that: | ||
| (1) notice has been provided to the governing body as | ||
| required by Subsection (a); | ||
| (2) the governing body has had sufficient opportunity | ||
| to obtain a response from the applicant regarding any questions or | ||
| concerns about the proposed development; | ||
| (3) the governing body has held a hearing under | ||
| Subsection (b); and | ||
| (4) after due consideration of the information | ||
| provided by the applicant and public comment, the governing body | ||
| does not object to the filing of the proposed application. | ||
| (d) A preapplication submitted under Section 2306.6704 is | ||
| not considered an application for purposes of this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 11.182, Tax Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subsection (h-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (h-1) Money received by a school district from a payment in | ||
| lieu of taxes made under Subsection (h)(1)(A) is subject to the same | ||
| limitations and restrictions as ad valorem tax revenue received by | ||
| the district. | ||
| SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act in adding | ||
| Section 2306.1116, Government Code, applies only to an application | ||
| for financial assistance that is submitted to the Texas Department | ||
| of Housing and Community Affairs during an application cycle that | ||
| begins on or after the effective date of this Act. An application | ||
| for financial assistance that is submitted during an application | ||
| cycle that began before the effective date of this Act is governed | ||
| by the law in effect at the time the application cycle began, and | ||
| the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
