1. (a) Function. The Main Street Interagency Council coordinates financial assistance to the Texas Main Street Project from state agencies and governmental bodies, and processes applications for designation as official Texas Main Street cities. The council ranks the applying cities as to their merit and forwards this information to the Main Street committee of the Texas Historical Commission. The Main Street committee then submits the information to the Texas Historical Commission for approval of five of the applicants each year. The applicants chosen are designated official Texas Main Street cities, and are eligible for various forms of assistance.
2. (b) Composition. The seven-person council is made up of two staff members of the Texas Historical Commission designated by its executive director, one staff member of the governor's budget office appointed by the director of that office, two staff members of the Texas Department of Community Affairs appointed by that department's executive director, and two staff members of the Texas Department of Commerce designated by that commission's executive director.

Source Note:The provisions of this §19.2 adopted to be effective December 31, 1984, 9 TexReg 6315; amended to be effective February 24, 1986, 11 TexReg 801; amended to be effective June 22, 1988, 13 TexReg 2829.