(a) Requirement; content. Before receiving a grant from the fund, a county must enter into an agreement with the department under this section. The agreement must include, in addition to other provisions, a commitment by the county to:
  (1) place the transportation infrastructure project on the county road system, if it is a county road not already on the system;
  (2) expend grant money received only on allowable costs as provided in §15.192 of this subchapter (relating to Payment of Money);
  (3) comply with all applicable federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations and permitting requirements;
  (4) maintain the road after completion of the proposed work, if it is a county road;
  (5) contribute to the department for each transportation infrastructure project located on the state highway system, from the amount awarded to the county from the fund and the county's matching funds, if applicable, an amount equal to the allowable costs, as defined by §15.192 of this subchapter, incurred by the department for that project; and
  (6) satisfy the requirements applicable to the county under Transportation Code, §256.107 and §256.108.
(b) Amendment to agreement. Any amendment to the agreement described in subsection (a) of this section must be in writing and executed jointly by the executive director and the county. A county may add a transportation infrastructure project to the prioritized list described in its application submitted under §15.188 of this subchapter (relating to Application Procedure), or a project on the list may be moved forward or backward in priority if the county submits to the department the requested revision and, for any added project, contains the information required by §15.188(b)(1) and (2) of this subchapter.

Source Note: The provisions of this §15.191 adopted to be effective December 12, 2013, 38 TexReg 8917; amended to be effective March 18, 2020, 45 TexReg 1865