Sec. 201.0226.  DAM STRUCTURAL REPAIR GRANT PROGRAM.  (a)  The state board shall develop and implement a program to provide grants for the structural repair and maintenance of flood control dams.
(b)  With input from stakeholders, the state board shall:
(1)  establish goals, criteria, and metrics for the grant program; and
(2)  assess the need for funding the structural repair and maintenance of flood control dams throughout this state, including the number of projects a grant sponsor can complete each year.
(c)  In adopting rules or policies for the grant program, the state board shall:
(1)  ensure any local matching fund requirement adopted by the state board accounts for the financial capacity of the grant sponsor; and
(2)  consider dams that are classified as high-hazard by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
(d)  The state board shall ensure guidance documents for the grant program, including the 10-year dam repair, rehabilitation, and maintenance plan adopted under Section 201.0227, are consistent with the goals, criteria, and metrics established under Subsection (b).
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 358 (S.B. 1424), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2023.