EAO 298

A member of the board of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs who has submitted a bid or has been awarded a contract pertaining to a project of a developer who applies for tax credits for the project under the department’s tax credit program must disclose in an open meeting that he has an interest in the award of tax credits to the developer and recuse himself from participation in the matter. The board member would not be required to recuse himself from participation in other matters involving the general administration of the tax credit program.