Sec. 5.604.  LEAD STATE AGENCY.  The commission is the lead state agency for the implementation of approved comprehensive conservation and management plans developed under the National Estuary Program.  The commission may accept federal grants for purposes of this subchapter and may award grants and enter into contracts with an implementing agency for the implementation of approved plans under this subchapter.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 287, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.  Renumbered from Sec. 5.554 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 21.001(114), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.