Texas Administrative Code
Title 13 - CULTURAL RESOURCES
Part 2 - TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
Chapter 19 - TEXAS MAIN STREET PROGRAM
Section 19.5 - Assistance Provided
Current through Reg. 49, No. 12; March 22, 2024
(a) Training. Each new Texas Main Street City will receive at no charge basic training for its Main Street manager at the beginning of the program. All new Main Street boards will receive at no charge comprehensive board training at the beginning of their city's Main Street Program. Additional training and continuing education is available throughout a city's participation in the Texas Main Street Program. Provisional, probationary, and affiliate participants may receive training through the program subject to available Commission resources.
(b) Technical assistance. Each Texas Main Street City receives technical assistance and training in the Main Street Approach. Provisional, probationary, and affiliate participants receive technical assistance at the discretion of the program subject to available Commission resources.
(c) Main Street network. Each Texas Main Street City is eligible to access information and resources of the network. Provisional and affiliate participants are eligible for the Main Street network.
(d) Fees. Participants in the Texas Main Street Program will pay a fee for participation in the program. The amount of the fee is determined by the Commission. After a city's acceptance into the program, any subsequent fees based on population shall be based on the most recent decennial census. The Commission may waive the fee for a Texas Main Street Small City in their first three years of participation.
(e) Main Street Status. In order to remain a Texas Main Street City, the community must be certified on an annual basis by the Texas Main Street office to confirm that the community meets all of the requirements for designation. A Texas Main Street City with Probationary Status may have limitations placed on its participation, assistance received through the program, and requirements during its probationary status, as reflected in the written agreement with the Commission.
(f) Reclassification. Participants shall be reclassified as necessary between Texas Main Street Small City and Texas Main Street Urban City based on the most recent decennial census. Changes in fees necessitated by reclassification of a city shall be assessed upon the following year's renewal. The Commission may establish a fee schedule in subsection (d) of this section that graduates fee increases caused by reclassification.