1. (a) The director may require repayment from a library of

   1. (1) repealed 4/2/99;
   2. (2) the portion of money paid as a grant that the library does not spend or encumber by the end of the fiscal year for which the grant was received; and

   3. (3) the full amount of a grant

      1. (A) if the proceeds of the grant have been used for purposes other than those allowed by the grant application and grant agreement;
      2. (B) if the library fails to file the annual report of library operations required by 4 AAC 57.020 or the financial report for the grant required by 4 AAC 57.091; or
      3. (C) if the library fails to spend the local matching money as required in AS 14.56.330.
2. (b) Subject to appropriation, the director shall deposit amounts recovered under (a) of this section into the library assistance grant account.
3. (c) To enforce repayment of an amount that the director determines is due from a library under (a) of this section, the director may withhold payment in the second succeeding and subsequent fiscal years of all or any portion of a grant based on an approved application from the library.
4. (d) The director may not pay a grant to a library that has failed to file the annual report of library operations required by 4 AAC 57.020 or the financial report for a grant required by 4 AAC 57.091 until the report has been filed.

(Eff. 2/11/89, Register 109; am 4/2/99, Register 149)

Authority: AS 14.07.060, AS 14.56.030, AS 14.56.330, AS 14.56.020, AS 14.56.300, AS 14.56.340