Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 2306.5548. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY. (a) The president of the corporation or the president's designee shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement that implements a program of equal employment opportunity to ensure that all personnel decisions are made wi…

Sec. 2306.5549. MEETINGS OF THE CORPORATION'S BOARD. (a) The corporation's board may hold meetings when called by the presiding officer, the president, or three of the members. (b) The corporation's board shall keep minutes and complete transcripts of its meetings. The corporatio…

Sec. 2306.555. POWERS. (a) The corporation has the powers provided for the department under this chapter. (b) In addition to the powers granted by Subsection (a), the corporation has all rights and powers necessary to accomplish its public purpose, including the powers to: (1) pu…

Sec. 2306.5551. BOARD DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS. (a) The board of directors of the corporation may delegate to a member of the board or to an employee of the corporation the authority to enter into a contract to issue bonds or other obligations f…

Sec. 2306.5552. TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. The corporation shall supplement the technical and financial capacity of other appropriate nonprofit organizations to provide for the multifamily and single-family housing needs of individuals…

Sec. 2306.5553. HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESSES. (a) The corporation shall make a good faith effort to provide contracting opportunities for, and to increase contract awards to, historically underutilized businesses for all services that may be required by the corporation, …

Sec. 2306.5555. PUBLIC ACCESS. The board of directors of the corporation shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the board of directors and to speak on any issue under the jurisdiction of the corporation. Added b…

Sec. 2306.556. EXEMPT FROM TAXATION AND REGISTRATION. (a) The corporation is exempt from all taxation by the state or a political subdivision of the state, including a municipality. (b) A bond or other obligation issued by the corporation is an exempt security under The Securitie…

Sec. 2306.557. DISTRIBUTION OF EARNINGS. Any part of earnings remaining after payment of expenses and any establishment of reserves by the corporation's board of directors may not inure to any person except that the corporation shall use these excess earnings to further the corpo…

Sec. 2306.558. ALTERATION AND TERMINATION. (a) Subject to this subchapter and the prohibition on the impairment of contracts in the law of this state, the corporation's board of directors by written resolution may alter the structure, organization, programs, or activities of the …

Sec. 2306.559. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. (a) The corporation shall file an annual report of the financial activity of the corporation with the department. The corporation's board of directors shall submit the report to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of repr…

Sec. 2306.560. AUDIT. (a) The corporation shall hire an independent certified public accountant to audit the corporation's books and accounts for each fiscal year. The corporation shall file a copy of the audit with the department and shall submit the audit report to the governor…

Sec. 2306.561. LIABILITY. (a) The directors, officers, and employees of the corporation are not personally liable for bonds or other obligations issued or contracts, guaranties, or insurance executed by the corporation, or for any other action taken in accordance with the powers …

Sec. 2306.5621. HOMES FOR TEXAS HEROES HOME LOAN PROGRAM. (a) In this section: (1) "Fire fighter" means a member of a fire department who performs a function listed in Section 419.021(3)(C), Government Code. (2) "Home" means a dwelling in this state in which a fire fighter, corre…

Sec. 2306.563. PUBLIC BENEFIT REQUIREMENT. (a) The corporation shall implement a requirement that a community housing development organization that receives an issuance of qualified 501(c)(3) bonds from the corporation to develop property must invest at least one dollar in projec…

Sec. 2306.564. REVIEW OF QUALIFIED 501(C)(3) BOND ISSUANCE POLICIES. (a) The corporation shall review annually its qualified 501(c)(3) bond issuance policies, including the public benefit requirement implemented under Section 2306.563. (b) The corporation shall give to the secret…

Sec. 2306.565. ISSUANCE OF QUALIFIED RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROJECT BONDS; ALLOCATION OF BOND FUNDS. (a) The corporation shall direct the Bond Review Board on the issuance of the portion of state ceiling set aside for the corporation under Section 1372.0231(a). (b) The board of direc…

Sec. 2306.566. COORDINATION REGARDING STATE LOW INCOME HOUSING PLAN. (a) The corporation shall review the needs assessment information provided to the corporation by the department under Section 2306.0722(b). (b) The corporation shall develop a plan to meet the state's most press…

Sec. 2306.567. COMPLIANCE INFORMATION. (a) The corporation shall provide to the department electronic copies of all compliance information compiled by the corporation. (b) Before approving an application regarding a housing development, the corporation shall consider any relevant…

Sec. 2306.5671. COMPLIANCE WITH TERMS OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS OR AGREEMENTS. A compliance contract or agreement between the corporation and a housing sponsor that receives bond financing by or through the corporation for the purpose of providing affordable multifamily housing must c…

Sec. 2306.568. RECORD OF COMPLAINTS. (a) The corporation shall maintain a system to promptly and efficiently act on complaints filed with the corporation. The corporation shall maintain information about parties to the complaint, the subject matter of the complaint, a summary of …

Sec. 2306.569. EFFECTIVE USE OF TECHNOLOGY. The corporation's board of directors shall develop and implement a policy requiring the president of the corporation and corporation employees to research and propose appropriate technological solutions to improve the corporation's abil…

Sec. 2306.581. DEFINITION. In this subchapter: (1) "Colonia" means a geographic area that is located in a county some part of which is within 150 miles of the international border of this state, that consists of 11 or more dwellings that are located in close proximity to each oth…

Sec. 2306.582. COLONIA SELF-HELP CENTERS: ESTABLISHMENT. (a) The department shall establish colonia self-help centers in El Paso, Hidalgo, Nueces, Starr, and Webb Counties, and in Cameron County to serve Cameron and Willacy Counties. If the department determines it necessary and …

Sec. 2306.583. SELF-HELP CENTERS: DESIGNATION. (a) The department shall designate a geographic area for the services provided by each self-help center. (b) In consultation with the colonia resident advisory committee and the appropriate self-help center, the department shall desi…

Sec. 2306.584. COLONIA RESIDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) The board shall appoint not fewer than six persons who are residents of colonias to serve on the Colonia Resident Advisory Committee. The members of the advisory committee shall be selected from lists of candidates submitted…

Sec. 2306.585. DUTIES OF COLONIA RESIDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) The Colonia Resident Advisory Committee shall advise the board regarding: (1) the needs of colonia residents; (2) appropriate and effective programs that are proposed or are operated through the self-help centers; …

Sec. 2306.586. SELF-HELP CENTER: PURPOSE AND SERVICES. (a) The purpose of a self-help center is to assist individuals and families of low income and very low income to finance, refinance, construct, improve, or maintain a safe, suitable home and otherwise improve living condition…

Sec. 2306.587. OPERATION OF SELF-HELP CENTER; MONITORING. (a) To operate a self-help center, the department shall, subject to the availability of revenue for that purpose, enter into a four-year contract directly with a local nonprofit organization, including a local community ac…

Sec. 2306.588. DEPARTMENT LIAISON TO SELF-HELP CENTERS. (a) The department shall designate appropriate staff in the department to act as liaison to the self-help centers to assist the centers in obtaining funding to enable the centers to carry out the centers' programs. (b) The d…

Sec. 2306.589. COLONIA SET-ASIDE FUND. (a) The department shall establish a fund in the department designated as the colonia set-aside fund. The department may contribute money to the fund from any available source of revenue that the department considers appropriate to implement…

Sec. 2306.590. COLONIA INITIATIVES ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) The Colonia Initiatives Advisory Committee is composed of seven members appointed by the governor as follows: (1) one colonia resident; (2) one representative of a nonprofit organization that serves colonia residents; (3)…

Sec. 2306.591. MANUFACTURED HOMES INSTALLED IN COLONIAS. (a) For a manufactured home to be approved for installation and use as a dwelling in a colonia: (1) the home must be a HUD-code manufactured home, as defined by Section 1201.003, Occupations Code; (2) the home must be habit…

Sec. 2306.6001. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Division" means the manufactured housing division. (2) "Division director" means the executive director of the division. (3) "Manufactured Housing Board" means the governing board of the division. Renumbered from Sec. 2306.601…

Sec. 2306.6002. REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT. The department shall administer and enforce Chapter 1201, Occupations Code, through the division. The Manufactured Housing Board and the division director shall exercise authority and responsibilities assigned to them under that chapter…

Sec. 2306.6003. MANUFACTURED HOUSING BOARD. (a) The Manufactured Housing Board is an independent entity within the department, is administratively attached to the department, and is not an advisory body to the department. (b) The Manufactured Housing Board shall carry out the fun…

Sec. 2306.6004. MANUFACTURED HOUSING BOARD MEMBERSHIP. (a) The Manufactured Housing Board consists of five public members appointed by the governor. (b) A person is eligible to be appointed as a public member of the Manufactured Housing Board if the person is a citizen of the Uni…

Sec. 2306.6005. CONFLICT OF INTEREST. (a) In this section, "Texas trade association" means a cooperative and voluntarily joined association of business or professional competitors in this state designed to assist its members and its industry or profession in dealing with mutual b…

Sec. 2306.6006. TERMS; VACANCY. (a) The members of the Manufactured Housing Board serve staggered six-year terms, with the terms of one or two members expiring on January 31 of each odd-numbered year. (b) A person may not serve two consecutive full six-year terms as a member of t…

Sec. 2306.6007. PRESIDING OFFICER. The governor shall designate a member of the Manufactured Housing Board as the presiding officer of the Manufactured Housing Board to serve in that capacity at the will of the governor. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1367, Sec. 1.29, eff. Se…

Sec. 2306.6008. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL. (a) It is a ground for removal from the Manufactured Housing Board that a member: (1) does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications required by Section 2306.6004(b); (2) does not maintain during service on the Manufactured Hous…

Sec. 2306.6009. REIMBURSEMENT. A Manufactured Housing Board member may not receive compensation, but may be reimbursed for actual travel expenses, including expenses for meals, lodging, and transportation. A Manufactured Housing Board member is entitled to reimbursement for trans…

Sec. 2306.6010. MEETINGS. (a) The Manufactured Housing Board shall have regular meetings as the majority of the members may specify and special meetings at the request of the presiding officer, any two members, or the division director. (b) Reasonable notice of all meetings shall…

Sec. 2306.6011. TRAINING. (a) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a member of the Manufactured Housing Board may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as a member in attendance at a meeting of the Manufactured Housing Board until the person completes a training…

Sec. 2306.6012. APPROPRIATIONS; DONATIONS. (a) The legislature shall separately appropriate money to the Manufactured Housing Board within the appropriations to the department for all matters relating to the operation of the division. (b) The Manufactured Housing Board may accept…

Sec. 2306.6013. BUDGET; SHARING OF DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL, EQUIPMENT, AND FACILITIES. (a) The Manufactured Housing Board shall develop a budget for the operations of the department relating to the division. (b) The Manufactured Housing Board shall reduce administrative costs by ent…