Section 83.605. Payments by the Commission to districts

(a) State funds apportioned to districts under this Program will be utilized solely for implementing a county level Program.

(b) The Commission will provide apportioned funds to a participating district through an agreement between the Commission and each participating district.

(c) The Commission may withhold funds until the Commission has received any overdue Program reports and audit statements as required by the Commission.

(d) For purposes of disbursing funds to participating conservation districts, the Commission may process an advanced working capital payment as follows:

(1) Upon the full execution of the grant agreement, the Commission may process up to 50% of the approved grant amount. Subsequent payments to the districts will be made on an ‘‘actual cash expended’’ basis to replenish the working capital advance.

(2) Advance payments by a conservation district to an eligible project participant under a project agreement shall be considered ‘‘actual cash expended’’ when the advance is paid by the conservation district.

(3) The district shall request the payments to replenish working capital in writing to the Commission in a format and time frame as prescribed by the Commission. The Commission may set a minimum payment level or time frequency, or both, for each request for payment.

(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), (2) or (3), grant awards apportioned by the Commission to a conservation district and any advanced working capital payments made to conservation districts which will be $25,000 or less for any 1 fiscal year may be advanced in total to the district.