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 preapplications and applications on-line;
(2)  posting of on-line preapplication or application status and the application log detailing the status of, and department's evaluations and scores pertaining to, those applications;  and
(3)  posting of comments from applicants and the public regarding a preapplication or application.
(b)  The department shall determine the process for allowing access to on-line preapplications and applications, information related to those applications, and department decisions relating to those applications.
(c)  In the application cycle following the date any on-line application system becomes operational, the department shall require use of the system for submission of preapplications and applications under this subchapter.
(d)  The department shall publish a status report on the implementation of the on-line application on the department's website not later than January 1, 2002.
(e)  Before the implementation of the on-line application system, the department may implement the requirements of Section 2306.6717 in any manner the department considers appropriate.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1367, Sec. 8.01, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.