Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 31	NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
PART 17	TEXAS STATE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION BOARD
CHAPTER 517	FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
SUBCHAPTER B	COST-SHARE ASSISTANCE FOR WATER SUPPLY ENHANCEMENT
RULE §517.34	Limit on Cost-Sharing Participation

(a) Not more than 70 percent of the total cost of a single cost-sharing contract may be made available as the state's share in cost-sharing.

(b) A person is not eligible to participate in or to receive money from the state water supply enhancement program if the person is simultaneously receiving any cost-share money for brush control on the same acreage from the federal government.

(c) The State Board may grant an exception to subsection (b) of this section if the State Board finds that joint participation of the state water supply enhancement program and any federal brush control program will:

(1) enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the water supply enhancement program;

(2) lessen the state's financial commitment to the person receiving money from the water supply enhancement program through a cost-sharing contract; and

(3) not exceed 80 percent of the total cost of the cost-sharing contract.

(d) A political subdivision of this state is eligible for cost-sharing under the water supply enhancement program, provided that the state's share may not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of a single cost-sharing contract.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, 100 percent of the total cost of a single cost-sharing contract on public lands may be made available as the state's share in cost-sharing.

Source Note: The provisions of this §517.34 adopted to be effective February 13, 2003, 28 TexReg 1209; amended to be effective March 21, 2004, 29 TexReg 2651; amended to be effective April 16, 2012, 37 TexReg 2679; amended to be effective September 8, 2014, 39 TexReg 7173