| (a) If the council has reason to believe that a grant
recipient has violated any term or condition of the grant recipient's
grant agreement or any applicable laws, rules, regulations, or guidance
relating to the grant award, the director shall provide written notice
of the allegations to the grant recipient and provide the grant recipient
with an opportunity to respond to the allegations.
(b) If the council finds that a grant recipient has
failed to comply with any term or condition of a grant agreement,
or any applicable laws, rules, regulations, or guidance relating to
the grant award, the council may:
(1) require the grant recipient to refund the grant
award or a portion of the grant award;
(2) withhold grant award amounts to a grant recipient
pending correction of the deficiency;
(3) disallow all or part of the cost of the activity
or action that is not in compliance;
(4) terminate the grant award in whole or in part;
(5) bar the grant recipient from future consideration
for grant funds under this subchapter; or
(6) exercise any other legal remedies available at
law.
(c) A grant recipient shall not be required to forfeit
grant funds received if it fails to perform due to acts of war, terrorism,
natural disaster declared by the governor of this state, an act of
God, force majeure, a catastrophe, or such other occurrence over which
the grant recipient has no control.
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