(a) Units of general local government located in non-entitlement
areas that are not eligible to participate or that opt not to participate
in the entitlement portion of the federal CDBG Program are eligible
to apply for funding under the TxCDBG Program. An exception to this
requirement is Hidalgo County, an entitlement county, which is eligible
to apply for the Colonia Fund only.
(b) Non-entitlement cities are cities located predominately
in rural areas and generally:
(1) have a population of less than 50,000;
(2) are not designated as a central city of a metropolitan
statistical area; or
(3) are not participating in urban county CDBG programs.
(c) Non-entitlement counties are counties that are
predominately rural in nature and generally have fewer than 200,000
persons in the non-entitlement cities and unincorporated areas located
in the county.
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