N.M. Admin. Code § 2.110.6.19 - GRANTEE SANCTIONS

A. If a grantee materially fails to comply with the terms and conditions of an award, whether stated in a federal statute, regulation, assurance, application or notice of award, the division director, may in addition to imposing any specific conditions upon the award, take one or more of the following actions:

(1) temporarily withhold cash payments pending correction of the deficiency by the recipient, or the division may enforce more severe penalties;

(2) deny both use of funds and any applicable matching credit for all or part of the cost of the activity or action not in compliance;

(3) wholly or partly suspend or terminate the current award;

(4) withhold further awards for the project or program;

(5) take other remedies that may be legally available.

B. In taking an enforcement action, the division director shall provide the grantee with notice and an opportunity for hearing as allowed under the Act, and 34 CFR Parts 74 through 80.

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N.M. Admin. Code § 2.110.6.19

6/30/98; Recompiled 10/01/01