Texas § 2306.6717 PUBLIC INFORMATION AND HEARINGS.

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§ 2306.6717 — PUBLIC INFORMATION AND HEARINGS.

Texas § 2306.6717

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Tex. Government Code Code Ann. § 2306.6717 (2026).

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Sec. 2306.6717. PUBLIC INFORMATION AND HEARINGS.

(a)Subject to Section 2306.67041 , the department shall make the following items available on the department's website:

(1)as soon as practicable, any proposed application submitted through the preapplication process established by this subchapter;

(2)before the 30th day preceding the date of the relevant board allocation decision, except as provided by Subdivision (3), the entire application, including all supporting documents and exhibits, the application log, a scoring sheet providing details of the application score, and any other document relating to the processing of the application;

(3)not later than the third working day after the date of the relevant determination, the results of each stage of the application process, including

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Sec. 2306.6717. PUBLIC INFORMATION AND HEARINGS. (a) Subject to Section 2306.67041 , the department shall make the following items available on the department's website:
(1) as soon as practicable, any proposed application submitted through the preapplication process established by this subchapter;
(2) before the 30th day preceding the date of the relevant board allocation decision, except as provided by Subdivision (3), the entire application, including all supporting documents and exhibits, the application log, a scoring sheet providing details of the application score, and any other document relating to the processing of the application;
(3) not later than the third working day after the date of the relevant determination, the results of each stage of the application process, including the results of the application scoring and underwriting phases and the allocation phase;
(4) before the 15th day preceding the date of board action on the amendment, notice of an amendment under Section 2306.6712 and the recommendation of the director and monitor regarding the amendment; and
(5) an appeal filed with the department or board under Section 2306.0504 or 2306.6715 and any other document relating to the processing of the appeal.
(b) The department shall make available on the department's website information regarding the low income housing tax credit program, including notice regarding public hearings, meetings, the opening and closing dates for applications, submitted applications, and applications approved for underwriting and recommended to the board, and shall provide that information to:
(1) locally affected community groups;
(2) local and state elected officials;
(3) local housing departments;
(4) any appropriate newspapers of general or limited circulation that serve the community in which the development is to be located;
(5) nonprofit and for-profit organizations;
(6) on-site property managers of occupied developments that are the subject of applications for posting in prominent locations in those developments; and
(7) any other interested persons and community groups that request the information.
(c) The department shall hold at least three public hearings in different regions of the state to receive public comments on applications and on other issues relating to the low income housing tax credit program.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the department may treat the financial statements of any applicant as confidential and may elect not to disclose those statements to the public.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1367, Sec. 8.01, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 330, Sec. 25, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 556 (S.B. 659 ), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1079 (H.B. 3361 ), Sec. 2.04, eff. September 1, 2013.