| (a) A grant recipient shall submit a compliance report
certifying compliance and detailing expenditures of grant funds using
the comptroller's electronic form. The comptroller may request supporting
documentation regarding expenditures and any other information required
to substantiate that grant funds are being used for the intended purpose
and that the grant recipient has complied with the terms, conditions,
and requirements of the applicable statute, the grant agreement and
this subchapter. Any information requested by the comptroller must
be submitted by the grant recipient within 14 calendar days of the
request.
(b) Grant recipients must comply with:
(1) the terms and conditions of the grant agreement;
(2) the requirements of Local Government Code, §§130.911,
130.912, or 130.913, as applicable;
(3) the relevant provisions of the Texas Grant Management
Standards and the State of Texas Procurement and Contract Management
Guide, or their successors, adopted in accordance with Texas law;
and
(4) all applicable state or federal statutes, rules,
regulations, or guidance applicable to the grant award, including
this subchapter.
(c) If the comptroller finds that a grant recipient
has failed to comply with any requirement described in subsection
(b) of this section, the comptroller may:
(1) require the grant recipient to return the grant
award or a portion of the grant award;
(2) withhold grant award amounts from the current grant
or future grants to be received by a grant recipient pending correction
of the deficiency;
(3) disallow all or part of the cost of the activity
or action that is not in compliance;
(4) terminate the grant award in whole or in part;
(5) bar the grant recipient from future consideration
for grant funds under this subchapter; or
(6) exercise any other legal remedies available at
law.
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