Text of section effective on April 01, 2025
Sec. 547.0254.  SELECTION OF RECIPIENTS; APPLICATIONS AND PROPOSALS.  The commission shall select grant recipients based on the submission of applications or proposals by nonprofit and governmental entities.  The executive commissioner shall develop criteria for evaluating those applications or proposals and the selection of grant recipients.  The selection criteria must:
(1)  evaluate and score:
(A)  fiscal controls for the project;
(B)  project effectiveness;
(C)  project cost; and
(D)  an applicant's previous experience with grants and contracts;
(2)  address whether the services proposed in the application or proposal would duplicate services already available in the applicant's service area;
(3)  address the possibility of and method for making multiple awards; and
(4)  include other factors that the executive commissioner considers relevant.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.