La. Admin. Code tit. 7 § XXXIX-1321

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XXXIX-1321 - Competitive Research and Cooperative Extension Grants

A. A competitive grant process is hereby created, subject to the following provisions, in order to provide for research and cooperative extension activities to enhance reforestation, increase productivity, and to further knowledge regarding the proper application of forestry principles.

B. Each fiscal year the commissioner may set aside a portion of the monies in the fund to be used for competitive grants.

C. All competitive grants shall be awarded on a matching fund basis, with no more than 50 percent of the cost of the program being funded to be paid by the fund.

D. No grant shall be awarded under this program for any purposes other than research or cooperative extension activities intended to enhance reforestation, increase productivity, or to further knowledge regarding the proper application of forestry principles.

E. All grant proposals must be submitted, in writing, to the department no later than May 1 of each year. Each grant proposal must state in detail the purpose, goals, procedures, completion date and budget of the project as well as any additional information requested by the department.

F. The commissioner may award grants, no later than July 1 of each year, if the commission determines that an award of a grant will fulfill the purposes of the program. Upon the award of a grant the department and the grant recipient will enter into a written cooperative agreement detailing the terms and conditions of the grant.

G. Any grant that is awarded for a project that extends beyond the fiscal year in which the initial grant award is made may be renewed for the following fiscal year but any payment of monies by the department under the extended grant shall be subject to the availability of grant money in the fund.

La. Admin. Code tit. 7, § XXXIX-1321

Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of the Commissioner, LR 24:1681 (September 1998), Amended by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Forestry, LR 412103 (10/1/2015).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:4413 and R.S. 3:4416.