85R10935 JAM-D     By: Dutton H.B. No. 2261       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the amendment of an application for an allocation of low   income housing tax credits.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 2306.6708(a), Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), an applicant may   not change or supplement an application in any manner after the   filing deadline, including a change or supplement related to the   financial feasibility of the development as established for   purposes of the department's evaluation under Section   2306.6710(b)(1)(A).          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. 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.