DAM STRUCTURAL REPAIR GRANT PROGRAM.
Tex. AGRIC Code § 201.0226.
in effect(a) The state board shall develop and implement a program to provide grants for the structural repair and maintenance of flood control dams.
(b) With input from stakeholders, the state board shall:
(1) establish goals, criteria, and metrics for the grant program; and
(2) assess the need for funding the structural repair and maintenance of flood control dams throughout this state, including the number of projects a grant sponsor can complete each year.
(c) In adopting rules or policies for the grant program, the state board shall:
(1) ensure any local matching fund requirement adopted by the state board accounts for the financial capacity of the grant sponsor; and
(2) consider dams that are classified as high-hazard by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
(d) The state board shall ensure guidance documents for the grant program, including the 10-year dam repair, rehabilitation, and maintenance plan adopted under Section 201.0227 , are consistent with the goals, criteria, and metrics established under Subsection (b).
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 358 (S.B. 1424 ), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2023.