1. (a) Call for applications. The department will call for applications for Safe Routes to School projects by publication in the Texas Register. This notice will contain information on the application, application content, and submission deadlines. The department will also consider alternative means of publication of the program announcement as necessary to reach interested local jurisdictions and interested parties.
2. (b) Who may apply. The department will accept and consider candidate projects from political subdivisions.

3. (c) How to submit a project.

   1. (1) In order to submit a proposed project, an eligible political subdivision must submit its application to the district engineer of the district responsible for the area in which the proposed improvement will be constructed.
   2. (2) The application must be completed and returned to the appropriate district within the required deadlines as described in the project call for applications notification.
   3. (3) The candidate project must utilize the application form prescribed by the department for this purpose.
   4. (4) Copies of the application form and the Safe Routes to School Program Guidelines will be available at each department district as well as from the responsible division in Austin.

Source Note:The provisions of this §25.503 adopted to be effective December 5, 2001, 26 TexReg 9917; amended to be effective July 18, 2002, 27 TexReg 6349.