The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

1. (1) Assistant executive director--The assistant executive director of the Texas Department of Transportation or the assistant executive director's designee not below the level of district engineer, division director, or office director.
2. (2) Executive director--The executive director of the Texas Department of Transportation.
3. (3) Sanction--A penalty imposed under this subchapter. The term includes the withholding of funds or disallowance of costs under a grant or subgrant, the suspension or termination of all or part of a subgrant or projects under a subgrant, and being determined temporarily or permanently ineligible for a subgrant award.

4. (4) Subgrant--An award of funds or property in lieu of funds made by the department to an eligible subgrantee or by the eligible subgrantee to another individual or entity. The term does not include:

   1. (A) procurement purchases;
   2. (B) technical assistance;
   3. (C) assistance in the form of revenue sharing, loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies, or insurance; or
   4. (D) assistance for which no accounting by the subgrantee is required.
5. (5) Subgrantee--An individual or entity to which a subgrant is awarded, including an individual or entity that receives a subgrant from a subgrantee. Subgrantee is synonymous with subrecipient.

Source Note:The provisions of this §9.131 adopted to be effective June 17, 2010, 35 TexReg 5077.