H.B. No. 3574         AN ACT   relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  (a)  Section 2306.6710(a), Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  In evaluating an application, the department shall   determine whether the application satisfies the threshold criteria   required by the board in the qualified allocation plan.     Educational Quality may be considered by the department as part of   the threshold criteria but shall not be considered by the   department as a scoring factor.  The department shall reject and   return to the applicant any application that fails to satisfy the   threshold criteria.          (b)  Effective September 1, 2019, Section 2306.6710(a),   Government Code, is amended to read as follows:          (a)  In evaluating an application, the department shall   determine whether the application satisfies the threshold criteria   required by the board in the qualified allocation plan. The   department shall reject and return to the applicant any application   that fails to satisfy the threshold criteria.          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.  Not later than September 1, 2019, the department   shall report the outcome of considering Educational   Quality in   threshold and not as a scoring factor in an application.          SECTION 4.  Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 3574 was passed by the House on May 9,   2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 133, Nays 12, 2 present, not   voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.   No. 3574 on May 26, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 97, Nays 48,   2 present, not voting, and that the House adopted H.C.R. No. 154   authorizing certain corrections in H.B. No. 3574 on May 28, 2017, by   the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House               I certify that H.B. No. 3574 was passed by the Senate, with   amendments, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 28, Nays   3, and that the Senate adopted H.C.R. No. 154 authorizing certain   corrections in H.B. No. 3574 on May 28, 2017, by the following vote:   Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate      APPROVED: __________________                   Date                       __________________                 Governor