Title GV, Government Code

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…

Sec. 2306.6014. DIVISION DIRECTOR. (a) The Manufactured Housing Board shall employ the division director. The division director is the Manufactured Housing Board's chief executive and administrative officer. (b) The division director is charged with administering, enforcing, and …

Sec. 2306.6015. PERSONNEL. The division director may employ staff as necessary to perform the work of the division and may prescribe their duties and compensation. Subject to applicable personnel policies and regulations, the division director may remove any division employee. Ad…

Sec. 2306.6016. SEPARATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES. The Manufactured Housing Board shall develop and implement policies that clearly separate the policy-making responsibilities of the Manufactured Housing Board and the management responsibilities of the division director and staff of…

Sec. 2306.6017. STANDARDS OF CONDUCT. The division director or the division director's designee shall provide to members of the Manufactured Housing Board and to division employees, as often as necessary, information regarding the requirements for office or employment under this …

Sec. 2306.6018. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY. (a) The division director or the division director'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 without rega…

Sec. 2306.6020. RULES. (a) The Manufactured Housing Board shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this subchapter and to administer and enforce the manufactured housing program through the division. Rules adopted by the Manufactured Housing Board are subject to Chapter 2001. …

Sec. 2306.6021. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. The Manufactured Housing Board shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the Manufactured Housing Board and to speak on any issue under the jurisdiction of the division. Added …

Sec. 2306.6022. COMPLAINTS. (a) The division shall maintain a file on each written complaint filed with the division. The file must include: (1) the name of the person who filed the complaint; (2) the date the complaint is received by the division; (3) the subject matter of the c…

Sec. 2306.6023. NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING AND ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION. (a) The division shall develop and implement a policy to encourage the use of: (1) negotiated rulemaking procedures under Chapter 2008 for the adoption of division rules; and (2) appropriate alternative dis…

Sec. 2306.6701. PURPOSE. The department shall administer the low income housing tax credit program to: (1) encourage the development and preservation of appropriate types of rental housing for households that have difficulty finding suitable, affordable rental housing in the priv…

Sec. 2306.6702. DEFINITIONS. (a) In this subchapter: (1) "Applicant" means any person or affiliate of a person who files an application with the department requesting a housing tax credit allocation. (2) "Application" means an application filed with the department by an applicant…

Sec. 2306.67021. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. Except as provided by Sections 2306.6703 and 2306.67071, this subchapter does not apply to the allocation of housing tax credits to developments financed through the private activity bond program. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 13…

Sec. 2306.67022. QUALIFIED ALLOCATION PLAN; MANUAL. (a) At least biennially, the board shall adopt a qualified allocation plan and a corresponding manual to provide information regarding the administration of and eligibility for the low income housing tax credit program. The boar…

Sec. 2306.6703. INELIGIBILITY FOR CONSIDERATION. (a) An application is ineligible for consideration under the low income housing tax credit program if: (1) at the time of application or at any time during the two-year period preceding the date the application round begins, the ap…

Sec. 2306.6704. PREAPPLICATION PROCESS. (a) To prevent unnecessary filing costs, the department by rule shall establish a voluntary preapplication process to enable a preliminary assessment of an application proposed for filing under this subchapter. (b) The department shall awar…

Sec. 2306.67041. ON-LINE APPLICATION SYSTEM. (a) The department and the Department of Information Resources shall cooperate to evaluate the feasibility of an on-line application system for the low income housing tax credit program to provide the following functions: (1) filing of…

Sec. 2306.6705. GENERAL APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS. An application must contain at a minimum the following written, detailed information in a form prescribed by the board: (1) a description of: (A) the financing plan for the development, including any nontraditional financing arran…

Sec. 2306.67055. MARKET ANALYSIS. (a) A market analysis submitted in conjunction with an application for housing tax credits must: (1) be prepared by a market analyst approved by the department; and (2) include an assessment of other developments that are supported by housing tax…

Sec. 2306.6706. ADDITIONAL APPLICATION REQUIREMENT: NONPROFIT SET-ASIDE ALLOCATION. (a) In addition to the information required by Section 2306.6705, an application for a housing tax credit allocation from the nonprofit set-aside, as defined by Section 42(h)(5), Internal Revenue …

Sec. 2306.6707. ADDITIONAL APPLICATION REQUIREMENT: DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTED PERSONS. (a) The applicant must disclose in the application the names of any persons, including affiliates of those persons and related parties, providing developmental or operational services to the dev…