88R8902 KBB-D
 
  By: Orr H.B. No. 4820
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the eligibility requirements for grants under programs
  of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 5.124(f), Water Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (f)  A grant may be made by direct award only if:
               (1)  the executive director determines that:
                     (A)  selection of recipients by the solicitation
  of proposals or applications is not feasible; and
                     (B)  awarding the grant directly is in the best
  interest of the state;
               (2)  eligibility for the grant is limited to:
                     (A)  an agency or political subdivision of this
  state or of another state;
                     (B)  a state institution of higher learning of
  this state or of another state, including any part or service of the
  institution; [or]
                     (C)  an agency of the United States; or
                     (D)  a nonprofit organization that conducts
  research and field work for the same purposes as those of the grant;
  or
               (3)  the grant is awarded to a person established or
  authorized to develop or implement a comprehensive conservation and
  management plan under Section 320, Federal Water Pollution Control
  Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1330), for a national estuary in this state.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.