New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 18 - TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS
Chapter 11 - AIRPORTS
Part 10 - RURAL AIR SERVICE ENHANCEMENT GRANT PROGRAM
Section 18.11.10.11 - Application FOR GRANT

A. In any fiscal year in which funds will be available for distribution from the rural service enhancement fund the director will request applications from eligible recipients interested in receiving a rural air service enhancement grant.

B. Two or more communities may enter into a shared or common services arrangements, memorandum of understanding, intergovernmental agreement, joint powers agreements, or other similar agreement to provide air service over a linear route, e.g., community A to community B. The applicant shall submit a fully executed letter of intent together with its application defining the respective responsibilities of the communities in implementing the project and to define the requirements, terms, conditions, type of funds, and considerations attendant upon each party to the agreement. If awarded a grant, prior to the disbursement of any funds by the division, the communities shall execute the agreement in a manner provided by law for entering into binding contractual agreements. Two or more communities entering into such an agreement need to make their own determination of the legality of such a relationship and the form and the content of the agreement.

C. Eligible recipients shall submit a single application to the division in a format provided by the division. An applicant shall comply with deadlines and guidelines published by the director. The director shall reject any application that is not submitted by the deadline. Each applicant is solely responsible for soliciting, reviewing and selecting an air carrier for inclusion in the application.

D. A grant application shall include the items listed in Section 64-6-4 NMSA 1978.