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(8) Restoration. Means the act or process of accurately de-
picting the form, features, and character of a property as it appeared at a
particular period of time by means of the removal of features from other
periods in its history and reconstruction of missing features from the re-
stored period. (As defined by the Secretary of the Interior's Standards
for the Treatment of Historic Properties (1995 edition, or as revised)).
(9) Reconstruction. Means the act or process of depicting,
by means of new construction, the form, features, and detailing of a
non-surviving site, landscape, building, structure, or object for the pur-
pose of replicating its appearance at a specific period of time and in its
historic location. (As defined by the Secretary of the Interior's Stan-
dards for the Treatment of Historic Properties (1995 edition, or as re-
vised)).
(10) Preservation. Means the act or process of applying
measures necessary to sustain the existing form, integrity, and materials
of a historic property. (As defined by the Secretary of the Interior's
Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties (1995 edition, or as
revised)).
(11) Rehabilitation. Means the act or process of making
possible a compatible use for a property through repair, alterations, and
additions while preserving those portions or features which convey its
historical, cultural, or architectural values. (As defined by the Secre-
tary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties
(1995 edition, or as revised)).
(12) Match requirement. Means the percentage of the total
project cost that must be provided by a county or municipality.
(13) Current cash match. Means monies to be paid by a
county or municipality as part of the preservation project described in
a current request for grant or loan funding.
C(4) Gurrent in-kind match. Materials and labor to be d-
nated as part of the preservation project described in a current request
for grant or loan funding-}
(14) [(4-5)] Planning match. Means county or municipal
monies spent on an approved master preservation plan or approved con-
struction plans and specifications.
12.7. Grant or Loan Program.
(a) Property Eligibility. In order to be eligible for grants or
loans under the courthouse program, a [eounty's] historic courthouse
owned by either a county or municipality must be determined a historic
courthouse structure as defined in 12.5 of this chapter.
(b) Master plan requirement. In order to be eligible for fund-
ing, a county or municipality must have completed a current master
preservation plan approved by the commission. The Commission may
require an outdated master plan be updated prior to the date of appli-
cation or a before a grant or loan is approved.
(c) Types of Assistance. The commission may provide finan-
cial assistance in the form of grants or loans. Grant or loan recipients
shall be required to follow the terms and conditions of the Texas His-
toric Courthouse Preservation Program and other terms and conditions
imposed by the commission at the time of the grant award or loan.
(d) Match for grant or loan assistance. Applicants eligible to
receive grant or loan assistance must provide a minimum of 15% of
the total project cost or other match requirements as determined by the
commission. Credit toward match may be given for county's or mu-
nicipality's prior planning costs, such as those involved with preparing
an approved master plan or approved construction plans and specifi-
cations for the project. Not less than one half of the match must be
derived from current cash match and/or planning match.(e) Allowable use of grant or loan monies.
(1) A county or municipality that receives money under the
courthouse program must use the money only for preservation, recon-
struction, rehabilitation, restoration or other expenses that the commis-
sion determines eligible.
(2) All work must comply with the Secretary of the Inte-
rior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties (1995 edition,
or as revised).
(3) Individual grants or loans may not exceed $6 (six) mil-
lion and the cumulative total may not exceed $6 million to any one
county or municipality.
(4) The commission may grant a different amount than re-
quested in a courthouse grant application.
(f) Administration. The courthouse program shall be adminis-
tered by the commission.
(g) Advisory Committee.
(1) The Commission may appoint Advisory Committees or
other working groups to advise the commission on matters related to the
Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program including courthouse
maintenance.
(2) The Commission should [may] consider the following
when selecting members of an advisory committee or working group:
(A) geographic diversity;
(B) population;
(C) area of expertise; and/or
(D) representation of the public interest.
(h) Procedures. The commission shall adopt procedures, and
revise them as necessary, to implement the Texas Historic Courthouse
Preservation Program.
(i) Compliance with current program grant manual and all
other rules, statutes, policies, procedures and directives is mandatory
for all historic courthouse projects unless written exception is provided
by the Texas Historical Commission due to unforeseen circumstances
beyond the control of grantee or grantor.
(j) Grants for Construction Plans and Specifications:
(1) The Commission may make grants [to counties] for the
purpose of completing construction plans and specifications for court-
house construction projects.
(2) A county or municipality receiving a grant for complet-
ing plans and specifications must apply for a construction grant from
this program at the next grant program funding opportunity following
THC acceptance of the complete plans and specifications. In the subse-
quent grant application, the [The] county or municipality must provide
at least an equal level of commitment to program components as pro-
vided in their previous funding applications. If a construction grant is
awarded, the county or municipality must go forward with construc-
tion of the courthouse project so funded. If a grant is not awarded, the
county or municipality must continue to apply for construction grants
and make a good-faith effort to receive the grant when subsequent op-
portunities arise.
(3) A county or municipality that does not apply for a con-
struction grant in accordance with this section at each grant funding
opportunity during the following six years or does not complete the
courthouse project by other means within these six years following thePROPOSED RULES November 22, 2013 38 TexReg 8335
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