| (a) This subchapter governs the board's disbursement of funds for research and planning grants relating to environmental flows. Texas Water Code §15.403 authorizes the board to adopt rules for Texas Water Code Chapter 15 relating to the Texas Water Assistance Program for research and planning and §15.4063 authorizes the board to provide funds relating to activities for studying environmental flows. (b) This subchapter applies to the board's use of funds for financial support for the environmental flows science advisory committee pursuant to Texas Water Code §15.4063(a)(1), the basin and bay expert science teams pursuant to Texas Water Code §15.4063(a)(3), for contracts with political subdivisions designated as representatives of the basin and bay stakeholder committees pursuant to Texas Water Code §15.4063(a)(4) and for contracts with federal or state agencies, universities and private persons for the provision of technical assistance to the environmental flows science advisory committee pursuant to Texas Water Code §15.4063(a)(2). (c) The words used in this subchapter are defined in Subchapter C of this chapter unless otherwise defined herein. (1) Environmental flows advisory group means the group established pursuant to Texas Water Code §11.0236. (2) Environmental flows science advisory committee means the committee established pursuant to Texas Water Code §11.02361. (3) Basin and bay stakeholder committee means the committee appointed by the environmental flows science advisory committee pursuant to Texas Water Code §11.02362(c). (4) Basin and bay expert science teams means the teams established under Texas Water Code §11.02362. (5) Eligible applicants means members of the environmental flows science advisory committee, members of the basin and bay expert science teams, including political subdivisions designated as representatives of basin and bay area stakeholders committees pursuant to Texas Water Code §11.02362, and cooperating state and federal agencies, universities and private persons who provide technical assistance for the works of the environmental flows committees and teams. |
