Section 324.5312 - Termination of assistance; determination; causes; notice; repayment of outstanding loan balance; requirements under state or federal law. - Michigan Statutes

NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 451 of 1994

324.5312 Termination of assistance; determination; causes; notice; repayment of outstanding loan balance; requirements under state or federal law.

Sec. 5312.

(1) The department may make a determination that assistance should be terminated and may issue an order recommending that the authority take appropriate action to terminate assistance.

(2) Cause for making a determination under subsection (1) includes, but is not limited to, 1 or more of the following:

(a) Substantial failure to comply with the terms and conditions of the agreement providing assistance.

(b) A legal finding or determination that the assistance was obtained by fraud.

(c) Practices in the administration of the project that are illegal or that may impair the successful completion or organization of the project.

(d) Misappropriation of assistance for uses other than those set forth in the agreement providing assistance.

(3) The department shall give written notice to the municipality by certified letter of the intent to issue an order recommending that assistance be terminated. This notification must be issued not less than 30 days before the department forwards the order recommending that the authority take appropriate action to terminate assistance.

(4) The termination of assistance by the authority shall not excuse or otherwise affect the municipality's requirement for repayment of the outstanding loan balance to the fund.

(5) Termination of assistance under this section does not relieve the municipality of any requirements that may exist under state or federal law to construct the project.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Popular Name: Act 451
Popular Name: NREPA