85R10933 JG-D     By: Dutton H.B. No. 2336       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the participation by certain state and local elected   officials during the process for evaluating an application for a   low income housing tax credit.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 2306.6710, Government Code, is amended   by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:          (g)  If an application is the subject of a written statement   provided under Subsection (b)(1)(J), the author of the statement   may withdraw and amend the statement before the end of the   application evaluation process provided by this section. The   department shall consider the new statement instead of the   withdrawn statement in scoring and ranking the application under   Subsection (b).          SECTION 2.  Section 2306.6718, Government Code, is amended   by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:          (b-1)  If an elected official comments on an application   during the application evaluation process provided by Section   2306.6710, the elected official may withdraw the comment and issue   a new comment before the end of that process.  The department shall   consider the new comment instead of the withdrawn comment in   evaluating applications under Section 2306.6710.          SECTION 3.  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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.