Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 129 - Chief Information Officer, Office of The › Title II - Events › Chapter 22 - Broadband Grants Program › Rule 129-22.6 - Administration of Award

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Grant
				agreement required.
The office may require a grantee to enter into a
				grant agreement with the office in accordance with the terms, conditions, and
				requirements of the NOFA. Such grant agreement may include, but not be limited
				to, the total amount of the grant funds awarded to the grantee; a description
				of the project to be completed by the grantee and specifications related
				thereto; a description of allowable expenditures; conditions related to the
				disbursement of grant funds; default and termination procedures; performance,
				certification, and verification requirements/criteria necessary to confirm
				project success/completion; and repayment requirements in the event the grantee
				does not fulfill its obligations under the agreement, these rules, or Iowa Code
				chapter 8B. In addition to any terms, conditions, or requirements specifically
				set forth in such agreement, any and all requirements established by Iowa Code
				chapter 8B, these rules, other applicable law, rule, or regulation, or the NOFA
				shall be deemed incorporated by reference into such grant agreement as if fully
				set forth therein.
(2)
Mapping data required.
Upon project completion, a grantee must
				supply the office with geographic information system (GIS) data in a form
				acceptable to the office demonstrating specifically where broadband
				infrastructure for which grant funds have been utilized, in whole or in part,
				has been installed, regardless of whether such infrastructure actually serves
				any customers in targeted service area(s) forming a basis of the application at
				the time such mapping data is supplied to the office. Such GIS data must enable
				the office to determine which specific broadband units within each targeted
				service area forming the basis of the project have access to broadband service
				at or above the download and upload speeds specified in Iowa Code section 8B.11 as a result of the project.
(3)
Reimbursements, record keeping/audits, performance/certification, and
				repayment.
In the absence of more specific provisions in an agreement
				executed between a grantee and the office in accordance with these rules
				establishing conflicting or inconsistent terms and conditions, the following
				terms and conditions shall apply by default to any award of grant funds made by
				the office under Iowa Code section 8B.11 and these rules:
a.
Reimbursement.
(1) General. A grantee shall only be
				reimbursed by the office for:
1. Allowable and
				not disallowed expenditures actually and previously incurred by the grantee.
				What constitutes allowable or disallowable expenditures shall be further
				specified in the NOFA or grant agreement;
2. Expenditures for broadband infrastructure
				solely to the extent such broadband infrastructure facilitates broadband
				service at or above the download and upload speeds specified in Iowa Code
				section 8B.11 within targeted service areas forming the basis of the project;
				and
3. Expenditures for which the
				grantee is able to supply sufficient and appropriate documentation. What
				constitutes sufficient or appropriate documentation shall be further specified
				in the NOFA or grant agreement.