2005 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. 

    HIST: 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