31 Tex. Admin. Code § 355.110 - Scope, Applicability and Definitions
(a) This subchapter governs the board's
disbursement of funds for research and planning grants relating to
environmental flows. Texas Water Code §
15.403 authorizes the
board to adopt rules for Texas Water Code Chapter 15 relating to the Texas
Water Assistance Program for research and planning and §15.4063 authorizes the
board to provide funds relating to activities for studying environmental
flows.
(b) This subchapter applies
to the board's use of funds for financial support for the environmental flows
science advisory committee pursuant to Texas Water Code §
15.4063(a)(1),
the basin and bay expert science teams pursuant to Texas Water Code §
15.4063(a)(3),
for contracts with political subdivisions designated as representatives of the
basin and bay stakeholder committees pursuant to Texas Water Code §
15.4063(a)(4)
and for contracts with federal or state agencies, universities and private
persons for the provision of technical assistance to the environmental flows
science advisory committee pursuant to Texas Water Code §
15.4063(a)(2).
(c) The words used in this subchapter are
defined in Subchapter C of this chapter unless otherwise defined herein.
(1) Environmental flows advisory group means
the group established pursuant to Texas Water Code §
11.0236.
(2) Environmental flows science advisory
committee means the committee established pursuant to Texas Water Code §
11.02361.
(3) Basin and bay stakeholder committee means
the committee appointed by the environmental flows science advisory committee
pursuant to Texas Water Code §
11.02362(c).
(4) Basin and bay expert science teams means
the teams established under Texas Water Code §
11.02362.
(5) Eligible applicants means members of the
environmental flows science advisory committee, members of the basin and bay
expert science teams, including political subdivisions designated as
representatives of basin and bay area stakeholders committees pursuant to Texas
Water Code §
11.02362, and cooperating
state and federal agencies, universities and private persons who provide
technical assistance for the works of the environmental flows committees and
teams.
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