SECTION 16.305. Reporting and Compliance

(a) A grant recipient shall submit a compliance report certifying compliance and detailing expenditures of grant funds using the comptroller's electronic form. The comptroller may request supporting documentation regarding expenditures and any other information required to substantiate that grant funds are being used for the intended purpose and that the grant recipient has complied with the terms, conditions, and requirements of the applicable statute, the grant agreement and this subchapter. Any information requested by the comptroller must be submitted by the grant recipient within 14 calendar days of the request.

(b) Grant recipients must comply with:

(1) the terms and conditions of the grant agreement;

(2) the requirements of Local Government Code, §§130.911, 130.912, or 130.913, as applicable;

(3) the relevant provisions of the Texas Grant Management Standards and the State of Texas Procurement and Contract Management Guide, or their successors, adopted in accordance with Texas law; and

(4) all applicable state or federal statutes, rules, regulations, or guidance applicable to the grant award, including this subchapter.

(c) If the comptroller finds that a grant recipient has failed to comply with any requirement described in subsection (b) of this section, the comptroller may:

(1) require the grant recipient to return the grant award or a portion of the grant award;

(2) withhold grant award amounts from the current grant or future grants to be received by a grant recipient pending correction of the deficiency;

(3) disallow all or part of the cost of the activity or action that is not in compliance;

(4) terminate the grant award in whole or in part;

(5) bar the grant recipient from future consideration for grant funds under this subchapter; or

(6) exercise any other legal remedies available at law.

Source Note: The provisions of this §16.305 adopted to be effective January 11, 2024, 49 TexReg 141