Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION
Part XXI - Granting Unserved Municipalities Broadband Opportunities
Chapter 5 - Awards, Protests, and Grant Agreements
Section XXI-505 - Grant Agreements [Formerly Section 603]

A. Following the close of the protest period, the office may issue grant agreements to eligible awardees not subject to an ongoing protest. An awardee shall have 30 days, from official issuance of the grant agreement, to negotiate, sign, and return the agreement. If the grant agreement is not signed by the awardee and returned to the office within 30 days from official issuance of the grant agreement, the office shall reserve the right to rescind the award and proceed to official issuance of a grant agreement to the next highest scored applicant with priority status for the awarding of a grant.

B. Construction start and completion dates shall be calculated for scoring, compliance, and failure to perform purposes and evaluations, beginning with the date the grant agreement is received by the office (following successful negotiation, if any, and with proper and legal signature affixed).