S.B. No. 2046
 
 
 
 
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.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2046 passed the Senate on
  May 5, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2046 passed the House on
  May 24, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 93, Nays 52, one
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor