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 projects and services that benefit income-eligible persons for each dollar of taxes that is not imposed on the property as a result of a property tax exemption received under Section 11.182, Tax Code.
(b) The projects and services must benefit income-eligible persons in the county in which the property supported with the tax exemption is located.
(c) The projects and services must consist of:
(1) rent reduction;
(2) capital improvement projects; or
(3) social, educational, or economic development services.
(d) The corporation and the organization may determine on a case-by-case basis the specific projects and services in which the organization must invest under this section.
(e) The dollar-for-dollar public benefit requirement imposed by this section shall be reduced by an amount equal to each dollar that, in lieu of taxes, a community housing development organization pays to a taxing unit for which the property receives an exemption under Section 11.182, Tax Code.
(f) In implementing the public benefit requirement, the corporation shall adopt guidelines for reasonable rent reductions, capital improvement projects, and social, educational, and economic development services.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 332, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
For text of section as added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1050, Sec. 3, see Sec. 2306.563, ante.
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