1 Tex. Admin. Code § 4.30 - Introduction and Purpose

(a) Background. The Texas Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant Program (DEAAG) provides state funds to assist eligible local governmental entities that may be adversely or positively impacted by an anticipated, planned, announced, or implemented action of the United States Department of Defense to close, reduce, increase, or otherwise realign defense worker jobs or facilities.

(b) Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings unless indicated otherwise.

(1) Application Deadline--Not later than 5:00 P.M. Central Time on the closing date indicated in the grant solicitation.

(2) Commission--The Texas Military Preparedness Commission. The Commission is attached to the Office of the Governor for administrative purposes.

(3) Defense Community--A -Defense community" as defined in § 397.001 of the Local Government Code.

(4) Defense worker--A "Defense worker" as defined in § 436.001 of the Government Code.

(5) Defense worker job--A "Defense worker job" as defined in § 436.001 of the Government Code.

(6) Director--The Director of the Texas Military Preparedness Commission or his designee.

(7) Financial partners--Federal and state agencies, private and public non-profit foundations, local taxing authorities, and private investors who agree to provide money for a project eligible for funding under this grant.

(8) Review Panel--The Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Panel established pursuant to § 436.205(a) of the Government Code to evaluate grant applications and make grant award recommendations to the Commission.

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1 Tex. Admin. Code § 4.30

The provisions of this §4.30 adopted to be effective November 25, 2009, 34 TexReg 8311; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 04, January 22, 2016, TexReg 681, eff. 1/28/2016; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 16, April 17, 2020, TexReg 2540, eff. 4/22/2020