§ 2783. Eligibility for performance grants
Upon receipt of a proposal for a performance grant, the Secretary shall within 60
days determine whether or not the service provider may be awarded a performance grant
under this chapter. The Secretary shall enter into a performance grant with a service
provider if the Secretary finds:
(1) the service provider serves an economic region generally consistent with one or more
of the State’s regional planning commission regions;
(2) the service provider demonstrates the ability and willingness to provide planning
and resource development services to local communities and to assist communities in
evaluating economic conditions and prepare for economic growth and stability;
(3) the service provider demonstrates an ability to gather economic and demographic information
concerning the area served;
(4) the service provider has, or demonstrates it will be able to secure, letters of support
from the legislative bodies of the affected municipalities;
(5) the service provider demonstrates a capability and willingness to assist existing
business and industry, to encourage the development and growth of small business,
and to attract industry and commerce;
(6) the service provider appears to be the best qualified service provider from the region
to accomplish and promote economic development;
(7) the service provider needs the performance grant and that the performance grant will
be used for the employment of professional persons or expenses consistent with performance
grant provisions, or both;
(8) the service provider presents an operating budget and has adequate funds available
to match the performance grant;
(9) the service provider demonstrates a willingness to involve the public of the region
in its policy-making process by offering membership to representatives of all municipalities
in the economic region which shall elect the directors of the governing board;
(10) the service provider demonstrates a willingness to coordinate its activities with
the planning functions of any regional planning commission located in the same geographic
area as the service provider. (Added 1977, No. 112, § 1; amended 1979, No. 165 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1983, No. 39, § 2; 1989, No. 21, § 4; 1995, No. 46, § 30; 2009, No. 146 (Adj. Sess.), § G3; 2015, No. 157 (Adj. Sess.), § C.1, eff. July 1, 2017.)