1. (1) The Director shall review the final funding recommendations and shall make one of the following decisions for each application:

   1. (a) Approve application and award grant for the full amount requested;
   2. (b) Approve application and award grant for a specific proposal component that may be less than the amount requested. In this instance, the Director may elect to fund a portion or phase of the application;
   3. (c) Defer the application for further consideration based upon submission of additional information; or
   4. (d) Deny the application and funding request.
2. (2) The Director retains ultimate authority to determine which projects are funded, and in what amounts. The Director reserves the right to increase existing awards and to approve additional awards in order to distribute unspent funds.

Statutory/Other Authority

HB 2785 (2021), ORS 561.020 & ORS 561.190

Statutes/Other Implemented

HB 2785 (2021)

History

DOA 2-2022, adopt filed 02/04/2022, effective 02/04/2022