By: Collier H.B. No. 3574       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   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.  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 under Section 2306.6710(b).  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.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.