Section 210.31 - Electronic Grant System Applicability, Purpose and Agency Responsibilities(a) Unless granted an exemption by the department based on the requirements in § RSA 210.33 of this chapter, each state agency, other than institutions of higher education and those state agencies defined in § RSA 531.001(4), Government Code, shall develop and electronically announce synopses of all funding opportunities under financial assistance programs that award discretionary grants, loans, and cooperative agreements using a standard format and a set of common data elements established statewide and posted on the State Electronic Internet Portal. The standard format and common data elements shall provide potential applicants with:(1) Enough information about the funding opportunity to decide whether they are interested in viewing the full announcement;(2) One or more ways to get the full announcement with the detailed information; and(3) The capability to search for state grant opportunities by using one or more of the following: key word(s), date, funding opportunity number, specific agency or name of agency.(b) The state agency head or his or her designated representative(s) shall:(1) Issue any needed direction to offices that award discretionary grants and cooperative agreements on the requirement to post a synopsis on the department's website, including the standard data elements and format;(2) Require that synopses follow the format to ensure all required data elements are included;(3) Ensure the synopsis posted on the State Electronic Internet Portal will have full instructions regarding where to obtain the full announcement for the funding opportunity; and(4) Announce the funding opportunity in the Texas Register if necessary to further satisfy statutory, regulatory, or the agency's policy requirements.1 Tex. Admin. Code § 210.31
The provisions of this §210.31 adopted to be effective November 17, 2011, 36 TexReg 7661; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 42, Number 10, March 10, 2017, TexReg 1117, eff. 3/16/2017