TITLE community-development

Part I. Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

Chapter 9. Texas Community Development Program

Subchapter A. Allocation of Program Funds

10 TAC §§9.1, 9.2, 9.4, 9.7, 9.9, 9.10, 9.11

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) adopts amendments to §§9.1, 9.2, 9.4, 9.7, 9.9, 9.10, and 9.11, concerning the allocation of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) non-entitlement area funds under the Texas Community Development Program (TCDP) without changes to the proposed text as published in the June 25, 1999, issue of the Texas Register (24 TexReg 4656).

The amendments establish the standards and procedures by which TDHCA will allocate fiscal year 1999 community development, planning and capacity building, economic development, colonia, housing and TCDP Small Town Environment Program funds.

The amendments make changes to the application and selection criteria for the program fund categories.

No comments were received regarding the adoption of the amendments.

The amendments are adopted under Texas Government Code, Chapter 2306, §2306.098, which provides TDHCA with the authority to allocate Community Development Block Grant non-entitlement area funds to eligible counties and municipalities according to department rules.

Texas Administrative Code, Title 10, Part I, Chapter 9, is affected by the adoption of the amendments to §§9.1, 9.2, 9.4, 9.7, 9.9, 9.10, and 9.11.

This agency hereby certifies that the adoption has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on July 29, 1999.

TRD-9904579

Daisy Stiner

Executive Director

Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

Effective date: August 18, 1999

Proposal publication date: June 25, 1999

For further information, please call: (512) 475-3726