SECTION 150:15-7-2. Program violations

  Under any of the following circumstances, the State shall consider a violation of Community Development Block Grant program policies and procedures to have occurred:

(1)   Notice by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce that violations have resulted in substantial non-compliance or nonconformance with regard to unmet benefit to low and moderate income persons as set out in the project application and/or other failures to meet National Program objectives; or,

(2)   Notice by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce that there has been the provision of false information in proposed project applications and/or project reports; or,

(3)   Notice by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce that requirements of federal statute, federal regulations or the rules of the Department have not been met or have been violated; or,

(4)   Notice by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce that there is a significant deviation from the grant agreement; or,

(5)   Notice by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce that finding that significant corrective actions are necessary to protect the integrity of the project funds, and those corrective actions are not or cannot be effected, in the judgment of Department staff within a reasonable time; or,

(6)   Notice by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce that there has been a finding of fraud; waste or mismanagement of any current or prior State or federally funded project; or,

(7)   Notice by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce that one or more of the project activities have not begun within six 6) months after a grant award unless significant justification for the delay exists is fully documented in a timely manner, and in such a form and terms as requested by the Department.