Texas Administrative Code › Title 31 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION › Part 10 - TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD › Chapter 363 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Subchapter E - ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AREAS › Division 2 - COLONIA SELF-HELP PROGRAM › Section 363.523 - Application

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
An applicant for financial assistance under the Colonia
						Self-Help Program shall submit an application in the form and numbers
						prescribed by the executive administrator before any eligible project expenses
						are incurred. The application shall include the information required by the
						Water Code §
											15.955, and any
						additional information required by the board, including:
(1) if a nonprofit: the name of the nonprofit
					 organization and its principal officers, and documentation of its tax exempt
					 status under the Internal Revenue Code, §501(3)(c);
(2) if a political subdivision: a citation to
					 the specific legal authority in the Texas Constitution and statutes pursuant to
					 which it is authorized to provide the service for which the applicant is
					 receiving financial assistance and legal documentation identifying and
					 establishing the legal existence of the political subdivision;
(3) a description of the project area, its
					 existing water and wastewater facilities, the number of new utility connections
					 expected to be made, and the number of residents expected to be served by the
					 project;
(4) a description of the
					 project and its estimated total cost, a description of the aspect of the
					 project for which the grant sought from the board will be used and its
					 estimated cost, and a summary of the sources of funding for the total cost of
					 the project;
(5) evidence that the
					 residents of the area to be served by the proposed project will contribute
					 labor to the construction of the system or otherwise participate in the project
					 in a manner that results in a significant reduction of the total conventional
					 project cost, as determined by the board;
(6) if the political subdivision will not be
					 the service provider, a resolution from a retail public utility authorized to
					 provide water or wastewater services to the colonia that it will inspect the
					 project during and after construction to ensure adequacy of the project to
					 provide water or wastewater service upon completion of construction by the
					 applicant;
(7) if the political
					 subdivision will not be the service provider, a resolution from a retail public
					 utility that it has the capability to and will assume ownership of the
					 completed project and responsibility for its operation and maintenance and will
					 provide the water or wastewater services that the project is intended to make
					 available to the colonia;
(8) if
					 the political subdivision will not be the service provider, documentation which
					 demonstrates that the retail public utility that is to provide wastewater
					 services exercises the authority granted to such service providers pursuant to
					 the Water Code, §
											17.934, and
					 requires property owners that can be served by wastewater system improvements
					 resulting from completion of the self-help project to connect to the service
					 provider's sewer system;
(9)
					 information which adequately identifies an amount necessary for the purchase of
					 capacity in an existing treatment plant and/or related facilities to which the
					 completed project will be connected, if applicable;
(10) documentation that demonstrates work
					 experience relevant to extending retail water or wastewater utility service to
					 colonias in coordination with retail public utilities; and
(11) a plan that requires self-help project
					 beneficiaries to actively participate in the implementation of the project, in
					 coordination with a retail public utility, if the political subdivision will
					 not be the service provider.