(1) COUNTY GRANT CONTRACTS. The department
shall enter into an annual grant contract with a county land conservation
committee for the payment of grant funds awarded to the county. The county land
conservation committee shall approve the terms of the grant contract and any
amendment before the grant contract or amendment is signed on behalf of the
county. The contract shall include relevant terms required under this section
and ss.
ATCP
50.32,
50.34, and, if applicable, 50.35.
Note: The department may request that a county
provide proof of the authority of the signatory to sign a grant contract or
amendment under this chapter on behalf of the county.
(2) OTHER GRANT CONTRACTS.
(a) The department shall enter into a grant
contract with every grant recipient awarded a grant under s.
92.14(10),
Stats.
Note: See s.
ATCP 50.28(1)
(e). The department normally awards grants
under this chapter only to counties. But under s.
92.14(10),
Stats., the department may also award grants to other persons for information,
education, training, and other services related to the administration of this
chapter.
(b) A grant
contract under par. (a) shall conform to the grant allocation plan under s.
ATCP
50.28. The contract shall specify grant terms and
conditions, including terms required under this chapter. The contract shall
specify the products and services that the grant recipient is expected to
deliver.
(3) BREACH OF
CONTRACT. The department may withhold or demand return of grant payments if the
department finds that the grant recipient has violated this chapter or breached
its grant contract with the department.
(4) CONTRACT CONTINGENT ON LEGISLATIVE
APPROPRIATIONS. Grant payments to a county land conservation committee or other
grant recipient under this chapter are contingent on the continued availability
of legislative appropriations to fund those payments.
Notes
Wis. Admin.
Code Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer
Protection
§
ATCP
50.36
CR 01-090: cr.
Register September 2002 No. 561, eff. 10-1-02; CR 13-016: am. (1), (2) (a)
Register February 2014 No. 698, eff. 5-1-14.
The department may seek other administrative or judicial
sanctions, as appropriate. A grant recipient may appeal an administrative
sanction under this section, to the extent provided under ch. 227,
Stats.
