27—10.54 (161A) Mandatory program. The division of soil conservation and water quality maintains the funds that are distributed to the mandatory cost-share program. These funds are used to provide cost sharing to landowners who are required to establish permanent soil and water conservation practices as the result of a district’s administrative order or a court order.
	   10.54(1) Applications and agreements. Applications and maintenance/performance agreements for 50 percent cost sharing under this program will be handled by the districts as described in Part 7 of these rules except as follows:
	      a.    	 When the district commissioners have decided that cost-share assistance is to be approved for a landowner, a copy of the application and a copy of the cost estimate proposed by the technician will be sent to the division with a request for funding obligation. The division will review the application, allocate funds for the specific application to the district and notify the district of the approval. If funds are not available, the division will not allocate funds to the specific application, but will write a letter of explanation to the district. The district will notify the landowner of the status by issuing a supplementary administrative order.
	      b.    	 Prior approval of the amendment must be obtained from the division should the commissioners desire to amend the application to change the amount of work or the cost.
	   10.54(2) Redistribution of program funds. Any unobligated program funds remaining at the end of the fiscal year will be redistributed to the voluntary cost-share program. These funds may be included with the supplemental allocation to districts or may be disbursed with the original allocation.
[ARC 2192C, IAB 10/14/15, effective 11/18/15]