Bill Text: TX HB429 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the definition of rural area for purposes of certain housing assistance administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB429 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB429-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the definition of rural area for purposes of certain housing assistance administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB429 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB429-Engrossed.html
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By: Guillen | H.B. No. 429 |
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relating to the definition of rural area for purposes of certain | ||
housing 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 2306.004(28-a), Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(28-a) "Rural area" means an area that is located: | ||
(A) outside the boundaries of a primary | ||
metropolitan statistical area or a metropolitan statistical area; | ||
(B) within the boundaries of a primary | ||
metropolitan statistical area or a metropolitan statistical area, | ||
if the statistical area has a population of 25,000 or less and does | ||
not share a boundary with an urban area; or | ||
(C) in an area that is eligible for federal | ||
financial assistance provided under Section 514, 515, or 516 of the | ||
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. Section 1484, 1485, or 1486) [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 2306.6702(12), Government Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act 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 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, 2013. |