(1) Occasionally during the course of the annual grant cycle the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program identifies additional funds available for County Courthouse Restoration Grants.
(2) These funds usually result from a grantee's decision to decline a grant award.
(b)
(1) The Historic Preservation Grant Selection Committee will meet to determine the reassignment of any unused grant funds previously awarded.
(2) The funds may be:
(A) Awarded to another qualified applicant with a current grant proposal on file; or
(B) Applied to an emergency grant in a case where a historic courthouse is in imminent danger due to storm damage or other unforeseen disaster.
(c) The committee will use the same criteria to reassign these midterm funds that are used to award the initial grants.