Oklahoma § 62-2007 - Eligibility to obtain funding

§ 62-2007. Eligibility to obtain funding

A. A voluntary association of Oklahoma local governmental

jurisdictions or another legal entity, including a public trust or a

nonprofit corporation or other entity which performs functions for

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the benefit of or which exists for the primary benefit of Oklahoma

local governmental jurisdictions and which is not described in

subsection B of this section, shall be eligible to obtain funding

for rural economic development projects as authorized by Section

2004 of this title or as authorized by subsection B of Section 2006

of this title.

B. A voluntary association of Oklahoma local governmental

jurisdictions containing at least one municipality with a population

in excess of three hundred fifty thousand (350,000) persons

according to the latest Federal Decennial Census, shall be eligible

to obtain funding as authorized by Section 2004 of this title or as

authorized by subsection C of Section 2006 of this title.

C. The entities described in subsection A or B of this section

and which are eligible for any funds authorized by Section 2006 of

this title shall be prohibited from making expenditures on behalf of

or from making payment directly to any city or town with a

population in excess of seven thousand (7,000) persons using any

funds deposited to the Rural Economic Action Plan Fund created by

Section 2006 of this title. Funds may also be expended for any city

or town with a population below seven thousand (7,000) persons based

upon the current population estimate according to the U.S. Census

Bureau. Funds may be expended for such cities and towns until the

next following Federal Decennial Census.

D. An organization described in subsection A or B of this

section shall be authorized to make payment of funds obtained

pursuant to Section 2006 of this title directly to a county if the

funds are used for the benefit of an unincorporated area located

within the county to which payment is made if the area benefited

does not contain a population in excess of seven thousand (7,000)

persons. After the county has provided a request to an organization

described in subsection A or B of this section for funds to benefit

an unincorporated area of the county, together with a statement that

the county has conducted a review of the needs of unincorporated

areas located within the county and that the funding requested is

consistent with the evaluation of priorities for funds by the

county, the funds requested may be paid to the county. Any funds

paid to a county pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall

be expended by the county exclusively for the purpose identified in

the request.

E. No county to which funds are paid pursuant to the provisions

of subsection D of this section shall be liable to any person or

other legal entity for damages arising out of any condition, act,

omission or other cause alleged to have arisen as a result of a

project upon which funds expended pursuant to the authority of

subsection D of this section were paid to the county.

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Added by Laws 1996, c. 193, § 7, eff. July 1, 1996. Amended by Laws

1997, c. 236, § 1, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2007, c. 194, § 3, eff.

July 1, 2007; Laws 2010, c. 378, § 2.