2006 Minnesota Statutes

136A.131 ACCOUNTING AND RECORDS.
    Subdivision 1. Accounts. The office shall establish and maintain appropriate accounts and
related records of each recipient of a grant.
    Subd. 2. Rules, payment and accounting. The office shall provide by rule the method of
payment of the grant awarded and prescribe a system of accounting to be kept by the institution
selected by a recipient.
    Subd. 3. Certification to commissioner of finance. Upon proper verification for payment
of a grant, the office shall certify to the commissioner of finance the amount of the current
payment to be made to the grant recipient in conformance with the rule of the office governing the
method of payment.
    Subd. 4. Recovery of overpayments. A recipient of a grant must reimburse the office for
overpayment. The amount of reimbursement is the difference between the amount received and
the amount of actual entitlement as calculated by the office after it makes its final findings under
section 136A.121 and rules implemented under that section. The amount of reimbursement may
include any costs or expenses, including reasonable attorney fees, incurred by the agency in
collecting the debt. The reimbursement is recoverable from the recipient or the recipient's estate.
The agency may institute a civil action, if necessary for recovery.
The recipient must not receive additional awards until the overpayment is recovered or the
recipient is making payments under an approved plan. Additional awards for which the recipient
is eligible may be used to recover an unreimbursed overpayment.
History: 1971 c 862 s 5; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1989 c 293 s 30; 1995 c 212
art 3 s 59