Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation
Chapter NR 47 - Forestry Grant And State Aid Administration
Subchapter XIII - Weed Management Area Private Forest Grant Program
Section NR 47.969 - Enforcement

(1) If any WMG or assignee uses any scheme or device to unjustly benefit from this program, the cost-share grants shall be withheld or a refund of all or part of any program payments otherwise due or paid that person shall be secured. A scheme or device includes, but is not limited to, coercion, fraud or misrepresentation, false claims, or any business dissolution, reorganization, revival, or other legal mechanism designed for or having the effect of evading the requirements of this subchapter.

(2) If any WMG takes any action or fails to take reasonable action as determined by the department which results in the failure, non-completion, destruction, or impairment of a practice for the duration of the approved grant period, cost-share grants shall be withheld or a refund of all or part of any program payments otherwise due or paid shall be secured.

(3) Nothing in this subchapter requiring the withholding or refunding of cost-share grants shall preclude any other penalty or liability otherwise imposed by law.

(4) If the applicant has not utilized grant money appropriately as determined by the department, additional pending cost-share grants under this subchapter shall be withheld or a refund of all or part of any program payments otherwise due or paid shall be secured.