1. (a) The commission shall select grant recipients based on the submission of applications or proposals by nonprofit and governmental entities.

2. (b) The executive director shall develop criteria for evaluating the applications or proposals and the selection of grant recipients. The selection criteria must:

   1. (1) evaluate and score:

      1. (A) fiscal controls for the project;
      2. (B) project effectiveness;
      3. (C) project cost; and
      4. (D) an applicant's previous experience with grants and contracts;
   2. (2) address the possibility of and method for making multiple awards; and

   3. (3) include other factors that the executive director considers relevant.

      Transferred, redesignated and amended from Government Code, Subchapter G, Chapter 547 by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 713 (H.B. 114), Sec. 2.01, eff. September 1, 2025.

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.