Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 100-199 - Environmental Protection General
Chapter NR 193 - Surface Water Grant Program
Subchapter VII - Land Acquisition
Section NR 193.88 - Grant award

(1) The department shall use a grant agreement to award any funds under this subchapter. A grant agreement is not binding until signed by the department and the applicant and returned to the department by the specified deadline. Grant funds shall not be disbursed until the signed grant agreement is returned to the department. A grant application approved for funding by the department becomes part of the grant agreement by reference.

(2) A grant awarded under this subchapter may be terminated by the department for violation of any term or condition of the grant agreement. If the grant is terminated, any interest in or title to the property acquired with a grant under this chapter or property used as a grantee match to a grant awarded under this chapter shall vest in the state.

(3) When a grantee is making either a fee simple or conservation easement land acquisition purchase, the department may distribute 100% of the approved land value at escrow closing, up to the entire grant award amount, to a non-interest-bearing escrow account, subject to a department-approved title insurance commitment, to be released upon completion of an insured closing and conveyance of the property to the grantee. If the closing has not occurred within 15 days from the date when funds were distributed to the escrow account, the escrow agent shall return the grant funds to the department.