Bill Text: TX SB1991 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the administration of federal funds under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-24 - Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. [SB1991 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1991-Comm_Sub.html
By: Watson, et al. | S.B. No. 1991 | |
(Johnson of Harris) | ||
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relating to the administration of federal funds under the | ||
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 2306.111(c), (c-1), and (c-2), | ||
Government Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) In administering federal housing funds provided to the | ||
state under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act | ||
(42 U.S.C. Section 12701 et seq.), the department shall allocate | ||
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(1) 95 percent of these funds for the benefit of | ||
non-participating small cities and rural areas that do not qualify | ||
to receive funds under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable | ||
Housing Act directly from the United States Department of Housing | ||
and Urban Development, except that an amount not to exceed 15 | ||
percent of the funds allocated under this subdivision may be | ||
allocated to participating jurisdictions as necessary to meet the | ||
requirements of federal law; and | ||
(2) at least five percent of these funds for the | ||
benefit of persons with disabilities who live in any area of this | ||
state. | ||
(c-1) Eligibility to apply for community housing | ||
development organization set-aside funds under Subsection (c) is | ||
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(c-2) In allocating set-aside funds under Subsection (c), | ||
the department: | ||
(1) may not give preference to nonprofit providers of | ||
affordable housing, except as necessary to meet the requirements of | ||
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(2) shall allocate funds in accordance with any | ||
applicable spending plan required under federal law. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act in amending | ||
Section 2306.111, Government Code, applies only to an application | ||
for financial assistance that is submitted to the Texas Department | ||
of Housing and Community Affairs on or after January 1, 2018. An | ||
application for financial assistance that is submitted to the | ||
department before January 1, 2018, is governed by the law in effect | ||
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former | ||
law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |