Section NR 126.11 - Offer and acceptance(1) GRANT OFFER. (a) No grant offer shall be made for any project unless such project conforms with department requirements and has been determined by the department as entitled to priority over other eligible projects. All grant offers shall be made on forms prepared by the department. The grant offer shall be signed by the authorized administrator of the department and will set forth the terms and conditions of the offer.(b) All grant offers shall be made after bids have been received and the municipality has made tentative contract awards conditional upon state approval and a state grant under s. 281.56, Stats., or an estimated cost in the event of force account work.(c) If a municipality receives grant under s. 281.56, Stats., it cannot receive or retain a grant under s. 281.55, Stats., for that some project.(d) A municipality can receive a grant under s. 281.55, Stats., for one portion of an eligible project and a grant under s. 281.56, Stats., for a different portion of that same eligible project.(e) If a previous grant under s. 281.55, Stats., for a project eligible per s. NR 126.03 is relinquished by the municipality then it can receive a grant under s. 281.56, Stats., for that same project provided that the project is eligible and entitled to priority over other projects under s. 281.56, Stats., and this code.(2) AMOUNT OF GRANT OFFER. No municipality shall receive more than 10% of the funds authorized by the Wisconsin legislature for a given year, nor shall a state grant exceed 50% of the eligible costs of an approved project. The state grant plus funding from other nonlocal sources shall not exceed 80% of the eligible project costs.(3) ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT OFFER. If the recipient of a grant offer agrees to the terms and conditions thereof, acceptance shall be effected by signature of the authorized representative of the municipality in the designated place on all copies of the Offer and Acceptance Form. Two signed copies of the form shall be returned to the department with a certified copy of a resolution by the municipality's governing body authorizing their representative to accept the grant offer. The offer must be accepted within 40 days from the date of offer or it will be withdrawn and the funds will be obligated to another applicant.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 126.11
Cr. Register, March, 1975, No. 231, eff. 4-1-75; corrections in (1) (b) to (e) made under s. 13.93(2m) (b) 7, Stats., Register, May, 2001, No. 545.