By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2046     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a compliance history assessment made for purposes of   allocating certain financial assistance administered by the Texas   Department of Housing and Community Affairs.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 2306.057, Government Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (e) to read as   follows:          (c)  The board shall fully document and disclose any   instances in which the board approves a project application despite   any noncompliance associated with the project, applicant, or   affiliate that is reported by the department under Subsection   (a)(2).          (e)  For a project application seeking financial assistance   administered through the department's multifamily housing   programs, the department may not include in the report provided   under Subsection (a)(2) any instance of noncompliance associated   with a project of the applicant or affiliate of the applicant if the   applicant or affiliate has submitted documentation, in a format   acceptable to the department, demonstrating that the   responsibility for project compliance was delegated to another   participant in the project, including, if applicable, a related   party as defined by Section 2306.6702.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act in amending   Section 2306.057, 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, 2022. An   application for financial assistance that is submitted to the   department before January 1, 2022, 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, 2021.