Sec. 2055.204.  USE OF ELECTRONIC GRANT SYSTEM.  (a)  A state agency may not expend appropriated money to implement or design a new system that provides the functions described in Section 2055.202 without obtaining prior approval from the executive director.
(b)  The executive director shall determine whether to approve a state agency's continued operation of an existing system or to integrate the system into the project created under this subchapter.  The executive director may provide conditional approval of ongoing expenditures while developing appropriate project plans and funding models for the project.
(c)  A state agency shall incorporate common grant application forms developed under Section 2055.203 into the agency's grant application and review processes.
(d)  If the department determines that money should be consolidated in the development of this project, the department shall provide a funding model to the Legislative Budget Board and the governor as required by Section 2055.057.  A state agency with an existing system approved or conditionally approved under Subsection (b) is exempt from this subsection.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 862 (S.B. 1002), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.