1. (a) The Official Nonprofit Partner (ONP) shall not accept sponsorship from any company or entity that has been determined by TPW to conflict with either the department's mission or any legislative mandates.
2. (b) The ONP shall not accept sponsorship from any company or entity that is regulated by or in litigation with the department at the time of consideration. This does not prohibit accepting sponsorships from the holder of a noncommercial hunting or fishing license, or a license issued under Parks and Wildlife Code, Chapter 43, Subchapter D or F, or Parks and Wildlife Code §47.004.
3. (c) The ONP shall not agree to any sponsorship that would result in the role of TPW being less prominent than that of the sponsor.
4. (d) Sponsor recognition shall be solely in the context of the TPW program, event, or material that the sponsor has supported with a financial or in-kind contribution.
5. (e) Sponsor recognition shall be permitted only when the financial or in-kind contribution is greater than the costs associated with providing said recognition.
6. (f) Recognition shall not include signage of any kind on state-owned motor vehicles or trailers.

7. (g) The level of recognition accorded to a sponsor shall be based upon one or more of the following criteria:

   1. (1) the level of contribution as a percentage of the total funding required to execute or produce the program, event, or material;
   2. (2) the level of contribution as a percentage of total sponsorship dollars received;
   3. (3) the scope of exposure (e.g. statewide, regional, local, or a single location); and
   4. (4) the duration of exposure (e.g. one day, one month or one year).
8. (h) The Texas Parks and Wildlife Executive Office (EO) will approve levels and terms of recognition on a case-by-case basis, based on the criteria in subsection (g) of this section. The duration of any sponsorship arrangement must be clearly defined prior to approval by the EO. Multi-year agreements must be authorized by the EO, but may be renewed annually.
9. (i) A Sponsorship Recognition Report must be prepared by the ONP and submitted to the EO for all sponsors whose total financial contributions are valued at $10,000 or more in a calendar year.
10. (j) Payment of sponsorship financial contributions shall be made directly to the ONP. Agreements that were signed prior to the effective date of this section are not subject to the provisions of this section; however all renewals of sponsorship agreements following the adoption of this section shall comply with the provisions of this section.

Source Note:The provisions of this §51.166 adopted to be effective April 29, 2002, 27 TexReg 3566.