(1) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the office shall make rules establishing the eligibility and reporting criteria for an entity to receive a grant under this part, including:

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Terms Used In Utah Code 63N-4-504

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Coworking and innovation center: means a facility designed to provide individuals with the infrastructure and equipment to participate in the online workforce. See Utah Code 63N-4-502
  • Entity: means a county, city, nonprofit organization, or institution of higher education. See Utah Code 63N-4-502
  • Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Executive director: means the executive director of the office. See Utah Code 63N-1a-102
  • Grant: means a grant awarded as part of the Rural Coworking and Innovation Center Grant Program created in Section 63N-4-503. See Utah Code 63N-4-502
  • Land: includes :
         (18)(a) land;
         (18)(b) a tenement;
         (18)(c) a hereditament;
         (18)(d) a water right;
         (18)(e) a possessory right; and
         (18)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
     (1)(a) the form and process of submitting an application to the office for a grant;
     (1)(b) which entities are eligible to apply for a grant;
     (1)(c) the method and formula for determining grant amounts; and
     (1)(d) the reporting requirements of grant recipients.
(2) In determining the award of a grant, the office may prioritize projects:

     (2)(a) that will serve underprivileged or underserved communities, including communities with high unemployment or low median incomes;
     (2)(b) where an applicant demonstrates comprehensive planning of the project but has limited access to financial resources, including financial resources from local or county government; and
     (2)(c) that maximize economic development opportunities in collaboration with the economic development needs or plans of an educational institution, a county, and a municipality.
(3) Subject to legislative appropriation, a grant may only be awarded by the executive director.
(4) A grant may only be awarded under this part:

     (4)(a) if the grant recipient agrees to provide any combination of funds, land, buildings, or in-kind work in an amount equal to at least 25% of the grant;
     (4)(b) if the grant recipient agrees not to use grant money for the ongoing operation or maintenance of a coworking and innovation center; and
     (4)(c) in an amount no more than $500,000 to a grant applicant.