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Conference committee raises eligible town-size for rural catalyst grants to 4,500
Summary
A legislative conference committee agreed to amend Senate Bill 2,390 to raise the population cutoff for eligibility in the Rural Catalyst Grant Program from 3,000 to 4,500 and approved the change by roll call. Lawmakers left final funding decisions for the program to be resolved Monday.
A conference committee on Senate Bill 2,390 on Friday agreed to change the bill’s eligibility threshold for the Rural Catalyst Grant Program, raising the population cutoff for eligible communities from 3,000 to 4,500 and approving the change by roll call.
Representative Longmeer, the House conferee who presented the committee’s revisions, summarized the amendments to the bill and the program’s new requirements. "What we are at for the population was the population of 3,000 or less would be the ones eligible for this, and we're still talking $5,000,000 total," Representative Longmeer said.
The committee’s House-endorsed rewrite also added specific program guidance: the panel inserted language directing the development of guidelines for the Rural Catalyst Grant Program, including eligibility criteria, reporting and matching requirements; set a $1-to-$1 match requirement from non-state sources; allowed matching to be cash or in-kind contributions; and required at…
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