- (a) No regional review agency shall review its own application when the RRA is in direct competition with other applicants within its state planning region for the same funding.
- (b) When the regional review agency falls within the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, it shall transmit its application and the competing applications to all affected governments in the project area and to the state single point of contact. Affected governments include any jurisdiction that may benefit or be adversely impacted by the proposed project. Each affected government is to send its comments directly to the state single point of contact and a copy to the regional review agency.
- (c) Comments received by the state single point of contact shall be compiled into a review letter that will be transmitted to the funding agency and to the applicable regional review agency.
- (d) The regional review agency, in its review letter accompanying any competing application(s), shall clearly state its interest as an applicant in the program for which the review was provided.
- (e) This section on conflict of interest will not apply when the funding agency asks the councils of governments to rank projects within its region as a normal work element of a regional planning program.
Source Note:The provisions of this §5.213 adopted to be effective May 1, 1984, 9 TexReg 2195; amended to be effective November 1, 1988, 13 TexReg 5269.