Section 30.4 - Eligible Applicants(a) Units of general local government located in non-entitlement areas that are not eligible to participate or that opt not to participate in the entitlement portion of the federal CDBG Program are eligible to apply for funding under the TxCDBG Program. An exception to this requirement is Hidalgo County, an entitlement county, which is eligible to apply for the Colonia Fund only.(b) Non-entitlement cities are cities located predominately in rural areas and generally: (1) have a population of less than 50,000;(2) are not designated as a central city of a metropolitan statistical area; or(3) are not participating in urban county CDBG programs.(c) Non-entitlement counties are counties that are predominately rural in nature and generally have fewer than 200,000 persons in the non-entitlement cities and unincorporated areas located in the county.4 Tex. Admin. Code § 30.4
The provisions of this §30.4 adopted to be effective December 23, 1991, 16 TexReg 7008; amended to be effective September 11, 1992, 17 TexReg 5951; amended to be effective October 13, 1993, 18 TexReg 6641; amended to be effective November 24, 1998, 23 TexReg 11795; amended to be effective September 17, 2000, 25 TexReg 9216; transferred effective October 31, 2001, as published in the Texas Register August 2, 2002, 27 TexReg 6835; amended to be effective January 26, 2003, 28 TexReg 537; amended to be effective May 4, 2004, 29 TexReg 4144; amended to be effective November 23, 2004, 29 TexReg 10715; amended to be effective March4, 2007, 32 TexReg 829; amended to be effective March 16, 2009, 34 TexReg 1799; amended to be effective May 8, 2011, 36 TexReg 2726; transferred effective October 1, 2011, as published in the Texas Register December 23, 2011, 36 TexReg 9011; amended to be effective June 21, 2012, 37 TexReg 4409; amended by Texas Register, Volume 39, Number 52, December 26, 2014, TexReg 10401, eff. 1/1/2015; Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 34, August 26, 2022, TexReg 5099, eff. 8/28/2022