Texas Administrative Code
Title 31 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
Part 10 - TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Chapter 355 - RESEARCH AND PLANNING FUND
Subchapter B - ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AREAS FACILITY ENGINEERING
Section 355.72 - Criteria for Eligibility
Universal Citation: 31 TX Admin Code ยง 355.72
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) Political subdivisions must meet the appropriate requirements of this section before the board may consider an application for financial assistance for facility planning.
(1) A county within which the
political subdivision applying for assistance is wholly or partially located
must have adopted the model subdivision rules required by the Texas Water Code,
§
16.343.
Copies of the model subdivision rules are available upon request from the Texas
Water Development Board, Office of General Counsel, P.O. Box 13231, Austin,
Texas 78711 or the board's web site
http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/publications/rules/rules.asp.
(2) A municipality which applies for
financial assistance or within which a political subdivision applying for
assistance is wholly or partially located must have adopted the model
subdivision rules required by the Texas Water Code, §
16.343,
if the economically distressed area to be served is partially or wholly located
within the incorporated limits of the municipality.
(3) A political subdivision applying for
facility planning assistance must provide a citation to the specific legal
authority in the Texas Constitution and statutes pursuant to which the
applicant is authorized to provide the service for which the applicant is
receiving financial assistance as well as citation to the laws under which the
political subdivision was created and is operating.
(4) A political subdivision shall have
submitted for review:
(A) an annual audit for
the most recent fiscal year of the political subdivision and financial
statements for the three previous complete months;
(B) the most recent order or resolution
establishing the rates and charges for the utility service for which the
planning will be performed;
(C) the
current capital improvement plan for the utility service for which the planning
will be performed;
(D) an executed
contract with the consulting engineer to prepare the facility plan and
sufficient documentation to establish that the political subdivision complied
with §
355.77
of this title in procuring the services of the consulting engineer.
(b) If the applicant is a local governmental entity as defined in the Health and Safety Code, Chapter 366, then before the board provides financial assistance for facility planning, the applicant must provide satisfactory evidence that it has taken and will take all actions necessary to receive and maintain a designation as an authorized agent of the commission as set forth in that chapter.
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