85R8179 JG-D     By: Bohac H.B. No. 2728       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the evaluation of an application for a low income   housing tax credit.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 2306.6704(b-1), Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (b-1)  The preapplication process must require the applicant   to provide the department with evidence that the applicant:                (1)  has notified the following entities with respect   to the filing of the application:                      (A) [(1)]  any neighborhood organizations on   record with the state or county in which the development is to be   located and whose boundaries contain the proposed development site;                      (B) [(2)]  the superintendent and the presiding   officer of the board of trustees of the school district containing   the development;                      (C) [(3)]  the presiding officer of the governing   body of any municipality containing the development and all elected   members of that body;                      (D) [(4)]  the presiding officer of the governing   body of the county containing the development and all elected   members of that body; and                      (E) [(5)]  the state senator and state   representative of the district containing the development; and                (2)  has obtained written statements of support for the   application from the state senator and state representative who   represent the district containing the proposed development site.          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.