Legislation
SECTION 899
Comprehensive grant information
Executive (EXC) CHAPTER 18, ARTICLE 41
* § 899. Comprehensive grant information. 1. The office shall request
such specific information as the director determines to be necessary
concerning assistance programs and grants administered by federal,
state, and local agencies designed to enhance the revitalization of
distressed urban areas. Such information shall be provided, upon
request, to local agencies for the purpose of maximizing the
coordination of program and grant participation by such agencies.
2. Not later than March first, nineteen hundred eighty, the office
shall report to the governor and the legislature upon the availability
of grants, financial assistance and technical assistance for the
purposes of the revitalization of distressed urban areas. Such report
shall comment upon the adequacy of current methods for the dissemination
of information to local agencies and governmental units and shall
contain recommendations for the improvement of the dissemination of such
information.
3. Any applicant, located in distressed urban areas, for program
grants to improve the physical or economic condition of such areas may
confer with the office to obtain assistance in the prompt and efficient
processing and review of application.
4. The office shall, so far as possible, render such assistance; and
the director may designate an officer or employee of the office to act
as an expeditor for the purpose of:
(a) Facilitating contacts for the applicant with state, federal or
local agencies responsible for processing and reviewing grant
applications;
(b) Arranging conferences to clarify the interest and requirements of
any such agency with respect to grant applications;
(c) Considering with the agencies the feasibility of consolidating
hearings and data required of the applicant;
(d) Assisting the applicant in the resolution of outstanding issues
identified by the agencies, including delays experienced in application
review; and
(e) Coordinating federal, state, and local grant application review
actions and assistance programs to the extent practicable.
* NB Expired March 31, 1985
such specific information as the director determines to be necessary
concerning assistance programs and grants administered by federal,
state, and local agencies designed to enhance the revitalization of
distressed urban areas. Such information shall be provided, upon
request, to local agencies for the purpose of maximizing the
coordination of program and grant participation by such agencies.
2. Not later than March first, nineteen hundred eighty, the office
shall report to the governor and the legislature upon the availability
of grants, financial assistance and technical assistance for the
purposes of the revitalization of distressed urban areas. Such report
shall comment upon the adequacy of current methods for the dissemination
of information to local agencies and governmental units and shall
contain recommendations for the improvement of the dissemination of such
information.
3. Any applicant, located in distressed urban areas, for program
grants to improve the physical or economic condition of such areas may
confer with the office to obtain assistance in the prompt and efficient
processing and review of application.
4. The office shall, so far as possible, render such assistance; and
the director may designate an officer or employee of the office to act
as an expeditor for the purpose of:
(a) Facilitating contacts for the applicant with state, federal or
local agencies responsible for processing and reviewing grant
applications;
(b) Arranging conferences to clarify the interest and requirements of
any such agency with respect to grant applications;
(c) Considering with the agencies the feasibility of consolidating
hearings and data required of the applicant;
(d) Assisting the applicant in the resolution of outstanding issues
identified by the agencies, including delays experienced in application
review; and
(e) Coordinating federal, state, and local grant application review
actions and assistance programs to the extent practicable.
* NB Expired March 31, 1985