85R10934 JAM-D     By: Dutton H.B. No. 1834       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the payment of application fees for a commitment of low   income housing tax credits.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 2306.6716, Government Code, is amended   by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:          (e)  The department shall reject and return an application   for a low income housing tax credit commitment in the initial   allocation cycle if the applicant does not pay the total amount of   application fees on or before the application filing deadline   established under Section 2306.6724(d).          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to an application for low income housing tax credits that is   submitted to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs   during an application cycle that is based on the 2018 qualified   allocation plan or a subsequent plan adopted by the governing board   of the department under Section 2306.67022, Government Code. An   application that is submitted during an application cycle that is   based on an earlier qualified allocation plan is governed by the law   in effect on the date the application cycle began, and the former   law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.