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Bobby Wilkinson
Executive Director
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Earliest possible date of adoption: October 17, 2021
For further information, please call: (512) 475-1762
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SUBCHAPTER E. LOW INCOME HOUSING
WATER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
10 TAC 6.501 - 6.503
STATUTORY AUTHORITY. The new chapter is proposed pur-
suant to TEX. GOVT CODE, 2306.053, which authorizes the
Department to adopt rules.
Except as described herein the proposed new chapter affects no
other code, article, or statute.
6.501. Background.
The Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP)
is funded through the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public
Law 116-260) signed on December 27, 2020, and the American Rescue
Plan Act of 2021 signed on March 11, 2021. LIHWAP is a federally
funded temporary program that is implemented to serve Low Income
Households who seek assistance for their water and wastewater bills.
LIHWAP is not an entitlement program, and there are not sufficient
funds to serve all eligible customers.
6.502. Requirements.
Due to LIHWAP's temporary nature, LIHWAP requirements are de-
scribed in the LIHWAP State Plan and Subrecipient Contracts. The
LIHWAP Plan can be found on the Department's website.
6.503. Deobligation and Reobligation of LIHWAP Funds.
The Department may Deobligate funds from Subrecipients who do not
meet contract or expenditure benchmarks as described in the Contract,
and Reobligate those funds to other entities in the Service Area, in
the State, or keep the funding for other eligible purposes in its sole
discretion.
The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed the pro-
posal and found it to be within the state agency's legal authority
to adopt.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on September 3,
2021.
TRD-202103492
Bobby Wilkinson
Executive Director
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Earliest possible date of adoption: October 17, 2021
For further information, please call: (512) 475-1762
CHAPTER 10. UNIFORM MULTIFAMILY
RULES
SUBCHAPTER G. AFFIRMATIVE
MARKETING REQUIREMENTS AND
WRITTEN POLICIES AND PROCEDURE
10 TAC 10.801The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (the
Department) proposes amendments to 10 TAC, Chapter 10, Uni-
form Multifamily Rules, Subchapter G, Affirmative Marketing Re-
quirements and Written Policies and Procedures, 10.801, Affir-
mative Marketing Requirements. The purpose of the proposed
amendments is to provide clarification on marketing requirement
to veterans, the timeframe when marketing must begin, and to
provide a sample of the Fair Housing logo which is required on
all affirmative marketing materials.
Tex. Gov't Code 2001.0045(b) does not apply to the rule pro-
posed for action because it was determined that no changes to
the rule generate costs to the properties in the Department's mul-
tifamily portfolio, and therefore no costs warrant being offset.
The Department has analyzed this proposed rulemaking and the
analysis is described below for each category of analysis per-
formed.
a. GOVERNMENT GROWTH IMPACT STATEMENT RE-
QUIRED BY TEX. GOV'T CODE 2001.0221.
Bobby Wilkinson, Executive Director, has determined that, for
the first five years the proposed amendments would be in effect:
1. The proposed amendments do not create or eliminate a gov-
ernment program but more clearly describes the Fair Housing re-
quirements relating to Affirmative Marketing to veterans for Mul-
tifamily properties in the Department's portfolio, the timeframe
when marketing must begin, and provides a sample of the Fair
Housing logo that is required on all affirmative marketing mate-
rials.
2. The proposed amendments do not require a change in work
that would require the creation of new employee positions, nor
are the rule changes significant enough to reduce work load to
a degree that eliminates any existing employee positions.
3. The proposed amendments do not require additional future
legislative appropriations.
4. The proposed amendments will not result in an increase in
fees paid to the Department, nor in a decrease in fees paid to
the Department.
5. The proposed amendments are not creating a new regulation.
6. The proposed amendments will not expand, limit, or repeal
an existing regulation.
7. The proposed amendments will not increase or decrease the
number of individuals subject to the rule's applicability; and
8. The proposed amendments will not negatively or positively
affect the state's economy.
b. ADVERSE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON SMALL OR MI-
CRO-BUSINESSES OR RURAL COMMUNITIES AND REG-
ULATORY FLEXIBILITY REQUIRED BY TEX. GOV'T CODE
2006.002. The Department, in drafting these proposed amend-
ments, has attempted to reduce any adverse economic effect on
small or micro-business or rural communities while remaining
consistent with the statutory requirements of Tex. Gov't Code
2306.053.
1. The Department has evaluated these proposed amendments
and determined that none of the adverse effect strategies out-
lined in Tex. Gov't Code 2006.002(b) are applicable.
2. To the extent that multifamily properties in the Department's
portfolio are considered small or micro-businesses, the eco-
nomic impact of the rule on them is projected to be $0 as thePROPOSED RULES September 17, 2021 46 TexReg 6057
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