Bill Text: TX HB135 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the recipients and subrecipients of financial assistance administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-10-11 - Filed [HB135 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB135-Introduced.html
| By: Troxclair | H.B. No. 135 | |
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| relating to the recipients and subrecipients of 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 2306.111, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (j) to read as follows: | ||
| (j) The department by rule shall adopt policies to ensure | ||
| that each recipient or subrecipient of financial assistance | ||
| administered by the department, including financial assistance | ||
| from the proceeds of bonds issued by the department, is: | ||
| (1) a citizen of the United States; or | ||
| (2) authorized to be present in the United States by | ||
| the United States agency responsible for citizenship and | ||
| immigration. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act in adding | ||
| Section 2306.111(j), 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, | ||
| 2024. An application for financial assistance that is submitted to | ||
| the department before January 1, 2024, is governed by the law in | ||
| effect when the application was submitted, and the former law is | ||
| continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| (b) Not later than December 1, 2023, the Texas Department of | ||
| Housing and Community Affairs shall adopt the rules required by | ||
| Section 2306.111(j), Government Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
