Section 509.013 - Grant Program Administration(a) In this section, "grant program" means a grant program administered by the division through which the division awards grants to departments through an application process.(b) The division shall: (1) establish goals for each grant program that are consistent with the purposes described by Section 509.002 and the mission of the division;(2) establish grant application, review, award, and evaluation processes;(3) establish the process by which and grounds on which an applicant may appeal a decision of the division regarding a grant application;(4) establish and maintain a system to routinely monitor grant performance;(5) establish and make available to the public:(A) all criteria used in evaluating grant applications; and(B) all factors used to measure grant program performance;(6) publish on the division's Internet website for each grant awarded:(B) the method used in scoring the grant applications and the results of that scoring; and(C) additional information describing the methods used to make the funding determination; and(7) require each department to submit program-specific outcome data for the division's use in making grant awards and funding decisions.Tex. Gov't. Code § 509.013
Added by Acts 2013, Texas Acts of the 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1154,Sec. 23, eff. 9/1/2013.