Vermont § 5601 - Building communities grants

§ 5601. Building communities grants

• (a) The purpose of this chapter is to establish one-for-one matching grants to help communities,
  nonprofit organizations, or, as applicable under section 5603 of this chapter, barn
  owners preserve important historic buildings and enhance community facilities. Therefore,
  in order to make it easy for communities, nonprofit organizations, or barn owners
  to apply, the entity which administers a grant program under this chapter shall work
  with other administrators of building communities grants to develop a standard application
  form which: (1) describes the application process and includes clear instructions and examples to
  help applicants complete the form; (2) includes an opportunity for a community, nonprofit organization, or barn owner to
  demonstrate its ability to generate one-for-one matching funds from local fundraising
  or other efforts; (3) includes a summary of each of the other grants, their deadlines, and a statement that
  no community, nonprofit organization, or barn owner shall apply for more than one
  grant under this chapter for the same project in the same calendar year; and (4) may include supplements specific to an individual grant. (b) Each entity which administers a grants program under this chapter shall establish
  a selection process which ensures equitable selection of grant recipients and ensures
  accountability by grant recipients. (c) Before it notifies an applicant of an award under this chapter, the entity which administers
  the grant shall provide notice of the award and time and location of any award presentation
  to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Institutions and the House Committee on Corrections
  and Institutions, and those members of the General Assembly who represent the area
  in which a successful applicant resides. (d) Notwithstanding 32 V.S.A. § 701a, if, after an entity awards grant funds under this chapter, the funds remain unexpended
  and not subject to a grant agreement, the entity may reallocate the unexpended funds
  within its grant program within three years of the original award date. Any unexpended
  funds remaining after this three-year period that are not subject to a grant agreement
  shall be reallocated in future acts relating to capital construction and State bonding. (Added 2007, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 41, eff. June 9, 2008; amended 2009, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 29, eff. June 4, 2010; 2011, No. 104 (Adj. Sess.), § 28, eff. May 7, 2012.)