1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to housing; housing finance agency; 
  1.3             authorizing agency to make home improvement loans 
  1.4             where debt to value ratio is up to 110 percent; 
  1.5             authorizing agency to make equity take-out loans to 
  1.6             owners of federally subsidized housing under certain 
  1.7             circumstances; allowing participants to receive rental 
  1.8             assistance for family stabilization for up to 36 
  1.9             months; clarifying purposes for which community 
  1.10            rehabilitation funds may be used; establishing account 
  1.11            to provide homeownership opportunities for disabled; 
  1.12            modifying low-income housing credits; amending 
  1.13            Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 462A.05, subdivision 
  1.14            14; 462A.073, subdivisions 2 and 4; 462A.205, 
  1.15            subdivisions 1, 2, 5, 6, and 9; 462A.206, subdivision 
  1.16            2; 462A.21, by adding a subdivision; 462A.222, 
  1.17            subdivision 3; and 462A.223, subdivision 2; repealing 
  1.18            Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 462A.073, subdivision 
  1.19            3. 
  1.20  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.21     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 462A.05, 
  1.22  subdivision 14, is amended to read: 
  1.23     Subd. 14.  [REHABILITATION LOANS.] It may agree to 
  1.24  purchase, make, or otherwise participate in the making, and may 
  1.25  enter into commitments for the purchase, making, or 
  1.26  participation in the making, of eligible loans for 
  1.27  rehabilitation to persons and families of low and moderate 
  1.28  income, and to owners of existing residential housing for 
  1.29  occupancy by such persons and families, for the rehabilitation 
  1.30  of existing residential housing owned by them.  The loans may be 
  1.31  insured or uninsured and may be made with security, or may be 
  1.32  unsecured, as the agency deems advisable.  The loans may be in 
  2.1   addition to or in combination with long-term eligible mortgage 
  2.2   loans under subdivision 3.  They may be made in amounts 
  2.3   sufficient to refinance existing indebtedness secured by the 
  2.4   property, if refinancing is determined by the agency to be 
  2.5   necessary to permit the owner to meet the owner's housing cost 
  2.6   without expending an unreasonable portion of the owner's income 
  2.7   thereon.  No loan for rehabilitation shall be made unless the 
  2.8   agency determines that the loan will be used primarily to make 
  2.9   the housing more desirable to live in, to increase the market 
  2.10  value of the housing, for compliance with state, county or 
  2.11  municipal building, housing maintenance, fire, health or similar 
  2.12  codes and standards applicable to housing, or to accomplish 
  2.13  energy conservation related improvements.  In unincorporated 
  2.14  areas and municipalities not having codes and standards, the 
  2.15  agency may, solely for the purpose of administering the 
  2.16  provisions of this chapter, establish codes and standards.  
  2.17  Except for accessibility improvements under this subdivision and 
  2.18  subdivisions 14a and 24, clause (1), no secured loan for 
  2.19  rehabilitation of any property shall be made in an amount which, 
  2.20  with all other existing indebtedness secured by the property, 
  2.21  would exceed 110 percent of its market value, as determined by 
  2.22  the agency.  No loan under this subdivision shall be denied 
  2.23  solely because the loan will not be used for placing the 
  2.24  residential housing in full compliance with all state, county, 
  2.25  or municipal building, housing maintenance, fire, health, or 
  2.26  similar codes and standards applicable to housing.  
  2.27  Rehabilitation loans shall be made only when the agency 
  2.28  determines that financing is not otherwise available, in whole 
  2.29  or in part, from private lenders upon equivalent terms and 
  2.30  conditions.  Accessibility rehabilitation loans authorized under 
  2.31  this subdivision may be made to eligible persons and families 
  2.32  without limitations relating to the maximum incomes of the 
  2.33  borrowers if: 
  2.34     (1) the borrower or a member of the borrower's family 
  2.35  requires a level of care provided in a hospital, skilled nursing 
  2.36  facility, or intermediate care facility for persons with mental 
  3.1   retardation or related conditions; 
  3.2      (2) home care is appropriate; and 
  3.3      (3) the improvement will enable the borrower or a member of 
  3.4   the borrower's family to reside in the housing. 
  3.5      Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 462A.073, 
  3.6   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  3.7      Subd. 2.  [LIMITATION; ORIGINATION PERIOD.] During the 
  3.8   first ten months of an origination period, the agency may make 
  3.9   loans financed with proceeds of mortgage bonds for the purchase 
  3.10  of existing housing.  Loans financed with the proceeds of 
  3.11  mortgage bonds for new housing in the metropolitan area may be 
  3.12  made during the first ten months of an origination period only 
  3.13  if at least one of the following conditions is met: 
  3.14     (1) the new housing is located in a redevelopment area; 
  3.15     (2) the new housing is replacing a structurally substandard 
  3.16  structure or structures; 
  3.17     (3) the new housing is part of a housing affordability 
  3.18  initiative, other than those financed with the proceeds from the 
  3.19  sale of bonds, in which federal, state, or local assistance is 
  3.20  used to substantially improve the terms of the financing or to 
  3.21  substantially write down the purchase price of the new housing; 
  3.22  or 
  3.23     (4) the new housing is accessible housing and the borrower 
  3.24  or a member of the borrower's family is a person with a 
  3.25  disability.  For the purposes of this clause, "accessible 
  3.26  housing" means a dwelling unit with the modifications necessary 
  3.27  to enable a person with a disability to function in a 
  3.28  residential setting.  "A person with a disability" means a 
  3.29  person who has a permanent physical condition which is not 
  3.30  correctable and which substantially reduces the person's ability 
  3.31  to function in a residential setting.  A person with a physical 
  3.32  condition which does not require the use of a device to increase 
  3.33  mobility must be deemed a person with a disability upon written 
  3.34  certification of a licensed physician that the physical 
  3.35  condition substantially limits the person's ability to function 
  3.36  in a residential setting; or 
  4.1      (5) the new housing is part of an effort to meet the 
  4.2   affordable housing goals negotiated under section 473.254.  
  4.3      Upon expiration of the first ten-month period, the agency 
  4.4   may make loans financed with the proceeds of mortgage bonds for 
  4.5   the purchase of new and existing housing.  
  4.6      Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 462A.073, 
  4.7   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  4.8      Subd. 4.  [LIMITATION; COMMITMENTS AND LOANS TO BUILDERS 
  4.9   AND DEVELOPERS.] The agency may not make available, provide 
  4.10  set-asides, or commit to make available proceeds of mortgage 
  4.11  bonds for the exclusive use of builders or developers for loans 
  4.12  to eligible purchasers for new housing except for new housing 
  4.13  described in subdivision 2, clauses (1) and (2).  This 
  4.14  prohibition is in effect for the total origination period. 
  4.15     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 462A.205, 
  4.16  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  4.17     Subdivision 1.  [FAMILY STABILIZATION DEMONSTRATION 
  4.18  PROJECT.] The agency, in consultation with the department of 
  4.19  human services, may establish a rent assistance for family 
  4.20  stabilization demonstration project.  The purpose of the project 
  4.21  is to provide rental assistance to families who, at the time of 
  4.22  initial eligibility for rental assistance under this section, 
  4.23  were receiving public assistance, and had a caretaker parent 
  4.24  participating in a self-sufficiency program who was complying 
  4.25  with the parent's job search support plan or employment plan and 
  4.26  at least one minor child and to provide rental assistance to 
  4.27  families who, at the time of initial eligibility for rental 
  4.28  assistance under this section, were receiving public assistance, 
  4.29  and had a caretaker parent who had earned income and with at 
  4.30  least one minor child.  The demonstration project is limited to 
  4.31  counties with high average housing costs.  The program must 
  4.32  offer two options:  a voucher option and a project-based voucher 
  4.33  option.  The funds may be distributed on a request for proposal 
  4.34  basis.  
  4.35     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 462A.205, 
  4.36  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  5.1      Subd. 2.  [DEFINITIONS.] For the purposes of this section, 
  5.2   the following terms have the meanings given them. 
  5.3      (a) "Caretaker parent" means a parent, relative caretaker, 
  5.4   or minor caretaker as defined by the aid to families with 
  5.5   dependent children program, sections 256.72 to 256.87, or its 
  5.6   successor program. 
  5.7      (b) "County agency" means the agency designated by the 
  5.8   county board to implement financial assistance for current 
  5.9   public assistance programs and for the Minnesota family 
  5.10  investment program statewide. 
  5.11     (c) "Counties with high average housing costs" means 
  5.12  counties whose average federal section 8 fair market rents as 
  5.13  determined by the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
  5.14  are in the highest one-third of average rents in the state. 
  5.15     (d) "Designated rental property" is rental property (1) 
  5.16  that is made available by a self-sufficiency program for use by 
  5.17  participating families and meets federal section 8 existing 
  5.18  quality standards, or (2) that has received federal, state, or 
  5.19  local rental rehabilitation assistance since January 1, 1987, 
  5.20  and meets federal section 8 existing housing quality standards. 
  5.21     (e) "Earned income" for a family receiving rental 
  5.22  assistance under this section means cash or in-kind income 
  5.23  earned through the receipt of wages, salary, commissions, profit 
  5.24  from employment activities, net profit from self-employment 
  5.25  activities, payments made by an employer for regularly accrued 
  5.26  vacation or sick leave, and any other profit from activity 
  5.27  earned through effort or labor. 
  5.28     (f) "Employment and training service provider" means a 
  5.29  provider as defined in chapter 256J. 
  5.30     (g) "Employment plan" means a plan as defined in chapter 
  5.31  256J. 
  5.32     (h) "Family or participating family" means a family that at 
  5.33  the time it begins receiving rent assistance has at least one 
  5.34  member who is a recipient of public assistance, and: 
  5.35     (1) a family with a caretaker parent who is participating 
  5.36  in a self-sufficiency program complying with the parent's job 
  6.1   search support plan or employment plan and with at least one 
  6.2   minor child; 
  6.3      (2) a family that, at the time it began receiving rent 
  6.4   assistance under this section, had a caretaker parent 
  6.5   participating in a self-sufficiency program complying with the 
  6.6   parent's job search support plan or employment plan and had at 
  6.7   least one minor child; 
  6.8      (3) a family with a caretaker parent who is receiving 
  6.9   public assistance and has earned income and with at least one 
  6.10  minor child; or 
  6.11     (4) a family that, at the time it began receiving rent 
  6.12  assistance under this section, had a caretaker parent who had 
  6.13  earned income and at least one minor child. 
  6.14     (g) (i) "Gross family income" for a family receiving rental 
  6.15  assistance under this section means the gross amount of the 
  6.16  wages, salaries, social security payments, pensions, workers' 
  6.17  compensation, reemployment insurance, the cash assistance 
  6.18  portion of public assistance payments, alimony, and child 
  6.19  support, and income from assets received by the family. 
  6.20     (h) (j) "Local housing organization" means the agency of 
  6.21  local government responsible for administering the Department of 
  6.22  Housing and Urban Development's section 8 existing voucher and 
  6.23  certificate program or a nonprofit or for-profit organization 
  6.24  experienced in housing management. 
  6.25     (i) (k) "Public assistance" means aid to families with 
  6.26  dependent children, or its successor program, family general 
  6.27  assistance, or its successor program, or family work readiness, 
  6.28  or its successor program. 
  6.29     (j) "Self-sufficiency program" means a program operated by 
  6.30  an employment and training service provider as defined in 
  6.31  chapter 256J, an employability program administered by a 
  6.32  community action agency, or courses of study at an accredited 
  6.33  institution of higher education pursued with at least half-time 
  6.34  student status. 
  6.35     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 462A.205, 
  6.36  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  7.1      Subd. 5.  [VOUCHER OPTION.] At least one-half of the 
  7.2   appropriated funds must be made available for a voucher option.  
  7.3   Under the voucher option, the Minnesota housing finance agency, 
  7.4   in consultation with the department of human services, will 
  7.5   award a number of vouchers to self-sufficiency program 
  7.6   administrators employment and training service providers for 
  7.7   participating families and to county agencies for participating 
  7.8   families with earned income.  Families may use the voucher for 
  7.9   any rental housing that is certified by the local housing 
  7.10  organization as meeting section 8 existing housing quality 
  7.11  standards. 
  7.12     Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 462A.205, 
  7.13  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
  7.14     Subd. 6.  [PROJECT-BASED VOUCHER OPTION.] A portion of the 
  7.15  appropriated funds must be made available for a project-based 
  7.16  voucher option.  Under the project-based voucher option, the 
  7.17  Minnesota housing finance agency, in consultation with the 
  7.18  department of human services, will award a number of vouchers to 
  7.19  self-sufficiency program administrators and to county 
  7.20  agencies employment and training service providers for 
  7.21  participating families who live in designated rental property 
  7.22  that is certified by a local housing organization as meeting 
  7.23  section 8 existing housing quality standards.  
  7.24     Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 462A.205, 
  7.25  subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
  7.26     Subd. 9.  [VOUCHERS FOR FAMILIES WITH A CARETAKER PARENT 
  7.27  WITH EARNED INCOME.] (a) Applications to provide the rental 
  7.28  assistance for families with a caretaker parent with earned 
  7.29  income under either the voucher or project-based option must be 
  7.30  submitted jointly by a local housing organization and a county 
  7.31  agency an employment and training service provider.  The 
  7.32  application must include a description of how the caretaker 
  7.33  parent participants will be selected. 
  7.34     (b) County agencies Employment and training service 
  7.35  providers awarded vouchers must select the caretaker parents 
  7.36  with earned income whose families will receive the rental 
  8.1   assistance.  The county agency employment and training service 
  8.2   provider must notify the local housing organization and the 
  8.3   agency if: 
  8.4      (1) at the time of annual recertification, the caretaker 
  8.5   parent no longer has earned income and is not in compliance with 
  8.6   the caretaker parent's employment plan or job search plan; and 
  8.7      (2) for a period of six months after the annual 
  8.8   recertification, the caretaker parent has no earned income and 
  8.9   has failed to comply with the job search support plan or 
  8.10  employment plan. 
  8.11     (c) The county agency local housing organization must 
  8.12  provide the caretaker parent who, at the time of annual 
  8.13  recertification, has no earned income and is not in compliance 
  8.14  with the job search support plan or employment plan with the 
  8.15  notice specified in Minnesota Rules, part 4900.3379.  The county 
  8.16  agency local housing organization must send a subsequent notice 
  8.17  to the caretaker parent, the local housing organization, and the 
  8.18  Minnesota housing finance agency 60 days before the termination 
  8.19  of rental assistance. 
  8.20     (d) If the local housing organization receives notice from 
  8.21  a county agency an employment and training service provider that 
  8.22  a caretaker parent whose initial eligibility for rental 
  8.23  assistance was based on the receipt of earned income no longer 
  8.24  has earned income and for a period of six months after the 
  8.25  termination of earned income annual recertification has failed 
  8.26  to comply with the caretaker parent's job search plan or 
  8.27  employment plan, the local housing organization must notify the 
  8.28  property owner that rental assistance may terminate and notify 
  8.29  the caretaker parent of the termination of rental assistance 
  8.30  under Minnesota Rules, part 4900.3380. 
  8.31     (e) The county agency employment and training service 
  8.32  provider awarded vouchers for families with a caretaker parent 
  8.33  with earned income must comply with the provisions of Minnesota 
  8.34  Rules, part 4900.3377. 
  8.35     (f) For families whose initial eligibility for rental 
  8.36  assistance was based on the receipt of earned income, rental 
  9.1   assistance must be terminated under any of the following 
  9.2   conditions: 
  9.3      (1) the family is evicted from the property for cause; 
  9.4      (2) the caretaker parent no longer has earned income and, 
  9.5   after six months after an annual recertification, is not in 
  9.6   compliance with the parent's job search or employment plan; 
  9.7      (3) 30 percent of the family's gross income equals or 
  9.8   exceeds the amount of the housing costs for two or more 
  9.9   consecutive months; 
  9.10     (4) the family has received rental assistance under this 
  9.11  section for a 36-month period; or 
  9.12     (5) the rental unit no longer meets federal section 8 
  9.13  existing housing quality standards, the owner refused to make 
  9.14  necessary repairs or alterations to bring the rental unit into 
  9.15  compliance within a reasonable time, and the caretaker parent 
  9.16  refused to relocate to a qualifying unit. 
  9.17     (g) If a county agency an employment and training service 
  9.18  provider determines that a caretaker parent no longer has earned 
  9.19  income and is not in compliance with the parent's job search or 
  9.20  employment plan, the county agency employment and training 
  9.21  service provider must notify the caretaker parent of that 
  9.22  determination.  The notice must be in writing and must explain 
  9.23  the effect of not having earned income or failing to be in 
  9.24  compliance with the job search or employment plan will have on 
  9.25  the rental assistance.  The notice must: 
  9.26     (1) state that rental assistance will end six months after 
  9.27  earned income has ended an annual recertification; 
  9.28     (2) specify the date the rental assistance will end; 
  9.29     (3) explain that after the date specified, the caretaker 
  9.30  parent will be responsible for the total housing costs; 
  9.31     (4) describe the actions the caretaker parent may take to 
  9.32  avoid termination of rental assistance; and 
  9.33     (5) inform the caretaker parent of the caretaker parent's 
  9.34  responsibility to notify the county agency employment and 
  9.35  training service provider if the caretaker parent has earned 
  9.36  income.  
 10.1      Sec. 9.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 462A.206, 
 10.2   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 10.3      Subd. 2.  [AUTHORIZATION.] The agency may make grants or 
 10.4   loans to cities or nonprofit organizations for the purposes of 
 10.5   construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, demolition, permanent 
 10.6   financing, refinancing, construction financing, gap financing of 
 10.7   single or multifamily housing, or full cycle home ownership 
 10.8   services, as defined in section 462A.209, subdivision 2.  Gap 
 10.9   financing is financing for the difference between the cost of 
 10.10  the improvement of the blighted property, including acquisition, 
 10.11  demolition, rehabilitation, and construction, and the market 
 10.12  value of the property upon sale.  The agency shall take into 
 10.13  account the amount of money that the city or nonprofit 
 10.14  organization leverages from other sources in awarding grants and 
 10.15  loans.  The agency shall also consider the extent to which the 
 10.16  grant or loan recipient will coordinate use of the funds with 
 10.17  its other housing-related efforts or other housing-related 
 10.18  efforts in the recipient's geographic area.  The city or 
 10.19  nonprofit organization must indicate in its application how the 
 10.20  proposed project is consistent with the consolidated housing 
 10.21  plan.  Not less than ten days before submitting its application 
 10.22  to the agency, a nonprofit organization must notify the city in 
 10.23  which the project will be located of its intent to apply for 
 10.24  funds.  The city may submit to the agency its written comments 
 10.25  on the nonprofit organization's application and the agency shall 
 10.26  consider the city's comments in reviewing the application.  
 10.27  Cities and nonprofit organizations may use the grants and loans 
 10.28  to establish revolving loan funds and to provide grants and 
 10.29  loans to eligible mortgagors.  The city or nonprofit 
 10.30  organization may determine the terms and conditions of the 
 10.31  grants and loans.  An agency loan may only be used by a city or 
 10.32  nonprofit organization to make loans. 
 10.33     Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 462A.21, is 
 10.34  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 10.35     Subd. 25.  [CONSUMER-OWNED HOUSING REVOLVING ACCOUNT.] The 
 10.36  agency may create a consumer-owned housing revolving account:  
 11.1   (1) to assist in paying delinquent mortgage payments of persons 
 11.2   participating in the federal National Mortgage Association pilot 
 11.3   program for homeownership of persons with disabilities; or (2) 
 11.4   for other activities that support homeownership activities for 
 11.5   persons with disabilities. 
 11.6      Sec. 11.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 462A.222, 
 11.7   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 11.8      Subd. 3.  [ALLOCATION PROCEDURE.] (a) Projects will be 
 11.9   awarded tax credits in three two competitive rounds on an annual 
 11.10  basis.  The date for applications for each round must be 
 11.11  determined by the agency.  No allocating agency may award tax 
 11.12  credits prior to the application dates established by the agency.
 11.13     (b) Each allocating agency must meet the requirements of 
 11.14  section 42(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended 
 11.15  through December 31, 1989, for the allocation of tax credits and 
 11.16  the selection of projects. 
 11.17     (c) For projects that are eligible for an allocation of 
 11.18  credits pursuant to section 42(h)(4) of the Internal Revenue 
 11.19  Code of 1986, as amended, tax credits may only be allocated if 
 11.20  the project satisfies the requirements of the allocating 
 11.21  agency's qualified allocation plan.  For projects that are 
 11.22  eligible for an allocation of credits pursuant to section 
 11.23  42(h)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for 
 11.24  which the agency is the issuer of the bonds for the project, or 
 11.25  the issuer of the bonds for the project is located outside the 
 11.26  jurisdiction of a city or county that has received reserved tax 
 11.27  credits, the applicable allocation plan is the agency's 
 11.28  qualified allocation plan. 
 11.29     (d) For applications submitted for the first round, an 
 11.30  allocating agency may allocate tax credits only to the following 
 11.31  types of projects: 
 11.32     (1) in the metropolitan area: 
 11.33     (i) new construction or substantial rehabilitation of 
 11.34  projects in which, for the term of the extended use period, at 
 11.35  least 75 percent of the total tax credit units are single-room 
 11.36  occupancy, efficiency, or one bedroom units and which are 
 12.1   affordable by households whose income does not exceed 30 percent 
 12.2   of the median income; 
 12.3      (ii) new construction or substantial rehabilitation family 
 12.4   housing projects that are not restricted to persons who are 55 
 12.5   years of age or older and in which, for the term of the extended 
 12.6   use period, at least 75 percent of the tax credit units contain 
 12.7   two or more bedrooms and at least one-third of the 75 percent 
 12.8   contain three or more bedrooms; or 
 12.9      (iii) substantial rehabilitation projects in neighborhoods 
 12.10  targeted by the city for revitalization; 
 12.11     (2) outside the metropolitan area, projects which meet a 
 12.12  locally identified housing need and which are in short supply in 
 12.13  the local housing market as evidenced by credible data submitted 
 12.14  with the application; 
 12.15     (3) projects that are not restricted to persons of a 
 12.16  particular age group and in which, for the term of the extended 
 12.17  use period, a percentage of the units are set aside and rented 
 12.18  to persons: 
 12.19     (i) with a serious and persistent mental illness as defined 
 12.20  in section 245.462, subdivision 20, paragraph (c); 
 12.21     (ii) with a developmental disability as defined in United 
 12.22  States Code, title 42, section 6001, paragraph (5), as amended 
 12.23  through December 31, 1990; 
 12.24     (iii) who have been assessed as drug dependent persons as 
 12.25  defined in section 254A.02, subdivision 5, and are receiving or 
 12.26  will receive care and treatment services provided by an approved 
 12.27  treatment program as defined in section 254A.02, subdivision 2; 
 12.28     (iv) with a brain injury as defined in section 256B.093, 
 12.29  subdivision 4, paragraph (a); or 
 12.30     (v) with permanent physical disabilities that substantially 
 12.31  limit one or more major life activities, if at least 50 percent 
 12.32  of the units in the project are accessible as provided under 
 12.33  Minnesota Rules, chapter 1340; 
 12.34     (4) projects, whether or not restricted to persons of a 
 12.35  particular age group, which preserve existing subsidized 
 12.36  housing, if the use of tax credits is necessary to prevent 
 13.1   conversion to market rate use or to remedy physical 
 13.2   deterioration of the project which would result in loss of 
 13.3   existing federal subsidies; or 
 13.4      (5) projects financed by the Farmers Home Administration, 
 13.5   or its successor agency, which meet statewide distribution goals.
 13.6      (e) Before the date for applications for the second final 
 13.7   round, the allocating agencies other than the agency shall 
 13.8   return all uncommitted and unallocated tax credits to the pool 
 13.9   from which they were allocated, along with copies of any 
 13.10  allocation or commitment.  In the second round, the agency shall 
 13.11  allocate the remaining credits from the regional pools to 
 13.12  projects from the respective regions a unified pool for 
 13.13  allocation by the agency on a statewide basis.  
 13.14     (f) In the third round, all unallocated tax credits must be 
 13.15  transferred to a unified pool for allocation by the agency on a 
 13.16  statewide basis. 
 13.17     (g) Unused portions of the state ceiling for low-income 
 13.18  housing tax credits reserved to cities and counties for 
 13.19  allocation may be returned at any time to the agency for 
 13.20  allocation. 
 13.21     (h) (g) If an allocating agency determines, at any time 
 13.22  after the initial commitment or allocation for a specific 
 13.23  project, that a project is no longer eligible for all or a 
 13.24  portion of the low-income housing tax credits committed or 
 13.25  allocated to the project, the credits must be transferred to the 
 13.26  agency to be reallocated pursuant to the procedures established 
 13.27  in paragraphs (e) to (g); provided that if the tax credits for 
 13.28  which the project is no longer eligible are from the current 
 13.29  year's annual ceiling and the allocating agency maintains a 
 13.30  waiting list, the allocating agency may continue to commit or 
 13.31  allocate the credits until not later than October 1 the date of 
 13.32  applications for the final round, at which time any uncommitted 
 13.33  credits must be transferred to the agency. 
 13.34     Sec. 12.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 462A.223, 
 13.35  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 13.36     Subd. 2.  [DESIGNATED AGENCY.] The agency is designated as 
 14.1   a housing credit agency to allocate the portion of the state 
 14.2   ceiling for low-income housing tax credits (1) not reserved to 
 14.3   cities and counties under section 462A.222; (2) not accepted for 
 14.4   allocation by eligible cities and counties; (3) returned to the 
 14.5   agency for allocation; and (4) not otherwise reserved to the 
 14.6   agency for allocation under subdivision 1.  Low-income housing 
 14.7   tax credits shall be allocated by the agency as provided in 
 14.8   section 462A.222.  The agency shall make no allocation for 
 14.9   projects located within the jurisdiction of the cities or 
 14.10  counties that have received tax credits under section 462A.222, 
 14.11  subdivision 1, except from the percentage set-aside for projects 
 14.12  involving a qualified nonprofit organization as provided under 
 14.13  section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended 
 14.14  through December 31, 1989, until the amounts reserved to the 
 14.15  cities and counties for allocation have been allocated or 
 14.16  committed or returned to the agency for allocation.  In order 
 14.17  that all of a project's credits are allocated by a single 
 14.18  allocating agency, the agency may reserve apportion additional 
 14.19  tax credits to a city or county that has received tax credits 
 14.20  under section 462A.222, subdivision 1, for a project that has 
 14.21  already received a commitment or allocation of tax credits from 
 14.22  an eligible city or county, if all of the tax credits reserved 
 14.23  to the eligible city or county have been committed or 
 14.24  allocated.  A city or county that has received tax credits under 
 14.25  section 462A.222, subdivision 1, may apportion tax credits to 
 14.26  the agency for a project located within the jurisdiction of the 
 14.27  city or county. 
 14.28     Sec. 13.  [EQUITY TAKE-OUT LOANS.] 
 14.29     (a) The agency may make equity take-out loans to owners of 
 14.30  federally assisted rental property who agree to participate in 
 14.31  the federal assistance program but extend the low-income 
 14.32  affordability restrictions on the housing for less than the 
 14.33  maximum term of the federal assistance contract if: 
 14.34     (1) fewer than 30 percent of the units in the rental 
 14.35  property are federally assisted; and 
 14.36     (2) the units, in the agency's judgment, are at risk of 
 15.1   conversion to market rate housing. 
 15.2      (b) This section expires August 1, 2001. 
 15.3      Sec. 14.  [REPEALER.] 
 15.4      Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 462A.073, subdivision 3, 
 15.5   is repealed. 
 15.6      Sec. 15.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 15.7      Sections 2, 3, 11, 12, and 14 are effective the day after 
 15.8   final enactment.