Section 201.0226 - Dam Structural Repair Grant Program(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). Tex. Agric. Code § 201.0226
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 358,Sec. 4, eff. 9/1/2023.