Section 10.609 - Notices to the DepartmentIf any of the events described in paragraphs (1) - (7) of this section occur, written notice must be provided to the Department within the respective timeframes. Failure to do so will result in an Event of Noncompliance, and may be taken into consideration during Previous Participation Reviews in accordance with Chapter 1 Subchapter C of this title, or in Enforcement actions in accordance with Chapter 2 of this title.
(1) Written notice must be provided at least 30 days prior to any proposed sale, transfer, or exchange of the Development or any portion of the Development, and the Department must give its prior written approval to any such sale, transfer, or exchange, which will include a previous participation review on the proposed new ownership, requiring that they complete and provide a Previous Participation Review Form, in accordance with §10.405;(2) Notification must be provided within 30 days following the event of any casualty loss, in whole or in part, to the Development, using the Department's Notice of Casualty Loss (for general casualty losses) or Notice of Disaster Casualty Loss (specific to loss as a result of a Presidentially Declared Disaster). Within 30 days of completion of all restorative repairs, the Owner must provide the executed Notice of Property Restoration accompanied by all supporting documentation. Supporting documentation can include, but is not limited to: Certificates of Occupancy, photographs of all restorative repairs completed on buildings and/or Units, invoices from contractors, insurance assessments and/or a written summary of restorative repairs required. The Department may require additional documentation not specified in this section on a case-by-case basis;(3) Owners of Bond Developments shall notify the Department of the date on which 10% of the Units are occupied and the date on which 50% of the Units are occupied, and notice must occur within 90 days of each such date;(4) Within 30 days after a foreclosure, the Department must be provided with documentation evidencing the foreclosure and a rent roll establishing occupancy on the day of the foreclosure;(5) Within 10 days of a change in the contact information (including contact persons, physical addresses, mailing addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and/or the name of the property as know by the public) for the Ownership entity, management company, and/or Development the Department's CMTS must be updated. Separate contact information must be provided for Ownership entity, management company, and onsite manager at the Development. A single contact may be used for the owner and management if they are the same entity.(6) Within 30 days of completion of the American Institute of Architects form G704- Certificate of Substantial Completion, or Form HUD-92485 for instances in which a federally insured HUD loan is utilized, an Owner must request a Final Construction Inspection; and(7) Development Owners that have agreed to participate in the Section 811 PRA program are required to notify the Department about the availability of Units as described in accordance with §8.2(l)(3) and §8.2(l)(4).10 Tex. Admin. Code § 10.609
The provisions of this §10.609 adopted to be effective November 28, 2013, 38 TexReg 8410; amended by Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 01, January 2, 2015, TexReg 34, eff. 1/8/2015; Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 44, Number 06, February 8, 2019, TexReg 0560, eff. 2/11/2019; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 19, May 8, 2020, TexReg 3036, eff. 5/17/2020; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 43, October 28, 2022, TexReg 7271, eff. 11/3/2022