(a) Projects seeking federal and state credits. Projects seeking certification for both the federal rehabilitation tax credit and the Texas Historic Preservation Tax Credit must meet eligibility requirements for each program separately.      
        (1) Applicants for both programs shall submit the first page of the Part A, B, and C application forms, accompanied by the Part 1, 2, and 3 application forms for the federal rehabilitation tax credit program, respectively.       
        (2) A project, or any part or phase of a project, also submitted for the federal rehabilitation tax credit will be reviewed and approved or rejected by the National Park Service before the Commission issues its determinations under this chapter. Official written determinations from the National Park Service, including Advisory Determinations on phased work, may meet this qualification. The Commission will consider National Park Service decisions in rendering its determinations. A project that receives certification for the purposes of the federal rehabilitation tax credit will receive a certification of eligibility pursuant to the Texas Historic Preservation Tax Credit, provided that the building is a certified historic structure at the time the credit is taken.       
        (3) Applicants may subdivide a phased project submitted for the federal rehabilitation tax credit program into a series of smaller projects submitted for the state program. These smaller projects must be described in the application for the federal credit at the outset of the project, and must correlate to individual phases of the federal phased project. Each project corresponding to a phase of the federal tax credit project may be submitted for the state credit when that phase of work is placed in service. Official determinations from the National Park Service must still be received for each phase of work submitted for the federal program before the Commission issues its determination on each corresponding smaller project submitted for the state program.       
        (4) The review fees required per §13.6 of this title, Application Review Process, must be paid before the Commission will issue any determinations or certifications pursuant to the Texas Historic Preservation Tax Credit, even if the project has previously received certification by the National Park Service for the federal rehabilitation tax credit.       
      (b) Projects seeking state credit exclusively. If the applicant is eligible to claim a state credit exclusively, then the application forms for the Texas Historic Preservation Tax Credit provided by Commission shall be used. Determinations by the Commission that a project includes a certified historic structure and/or a certified rehabilitation apply only to the Texas Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program and are not binding on any other local or federal tax credit program.     
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §13.8 adopted to be effective September 11, 2014, 39 TexReg 7081; amended to be effective November 30, 2015, 40 TexReg 8642