(a) Training. Each new Texas Main Street City will receive at no charge basic training for its Main Street manager at the beginning of the program. All new Main Street boards will receive at no charge comprehensive board training at the beginning of their city's Main Street Program. Additional training and continuing education is available throughout a city's participation in the Texas Main Street Program. Provisional, probationary, and affiliate participants may receive training through the program subject to available Commission resources.
(b) Technical assistance. Each Texas Main Street City receives technical assistance and training in the Main Street Approach. Provisional, probationary, and affiliate participants receive technical assistance at the discretion of the program subject to available Commission resources.
(c) Main Street network. Each Texas Main Street City is eligible to access information and resources of the network. Provisional and affiliate participants are eligible for the Main Street network.
(d) Fees. Participants in the Texas Main Street Program will pay a fee for participation in the program. The amount of the fee is determined by the Commission. After a city's acceptance into the program, any subsequent fees based on population shall be based on the most recent decennial census. The Commission may waive the fee for a Texas Main Street Small City in their first three years of participation.
  (1) A Texas Main Street Small City shall pay an annual fee of $535.
  (2) A Texas Main Street Urban City shall pay an annual fee of $3,500 for each of its first five years of participation.
  (3) A Texas Main Street Urban City shall pay an annual fee of $2,600 after its first five years of participation.
  (4) A Texas Main Street Provisional City shall pay the annual fee of a Texas Main Street Small City or Texas Main Street Urban City that corresponds to the provisional city's population at the most recent decennial census. A provisional city with a population equivalent to a Texas Main Street Urban City shall be subject to the fee specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection during their first five years of designation. Years accrued as a provisional city shall count towards the first five years in regard to the annual fee.
  (5) A Texas Main Street Small City reclassified per subsection (f) of this section shall pay an annual fee of $700 in the first year after reclassification; $1,600 in year two; and $2,600 in year three and thereafter.
  (6) A $500 Training Fee may be assessed to any participating city, with the exception of newly designated cities in their first year, that employs a new local manager without significant Main Street knowledge and experience.
(e) Main Street Status. In order to remain a Texas Main Street City, the community must be certified on an annual basis by the Texas Main Street office to confirm that the community meets all of the requirements for designation. A Texas Main Street City with Probationary Status may have limitations placed on its participation, assistance received through the program, and requirements during its probationary status, as reflected in the written agreement with the Commission.
(f) Reclassification. Participants shall be reclassified as necessary between Texas Main Street Small City and Texas Main Street Urban City based on the most recent decennial census. Changes in fees necessitated by reclassification of a city shall be assessed upon the following year's renewal. The Commission may establish a fee schedule in subsection (d) of this section that graduates fee increases caused by reclassification.

Source Note: The provisions of this §19.5 adopted to be effective May 9, 2005, 30 TexReg 2659; amended to be effective August 29, 2012, 37 TexReg 6537; amended to be effective August 15, 2016, 41 TexReg 5996; amended to be effective August 23, 2018, 43 TexReg 5360