Sec. 34.03.03.08. Periods of Certification and Recertification

A. Certification. The certification of a county program made under Regulation .06 of this chapter shall be effective to the end of the third full fiscal year that follows the date of notification under Regulation .06C of this chapter that the county’s application for certification is approved or approved with conditions.

B. Recertification.

(1) Excepted as provided in §B(2) of this regulation, a recertification of a county program made under Regulation .07 of this chapter shall be effective to the end of the third full fiscal year that follows the date of the notification under Regulation .07D of this chapter that the county’s recertification is approved or approved with conditions.

(2) If, at the time of a recertification made under Regulation .07 of this chapter, a county program is determined to be consistently effective in achieving preservation goals, the recertification of the county program shall be effective to the end of the fifth full fiscal year that follows the notification under Regulation .07D of this chapter that the county’s recertification is approved or approved with conditions.

(3) For purposes of §B(2) of this regulation, a county program shall be considered consistently effective in achieving preservation goals if the county’s program has previously been certified and recertified by the Department and the Foundation with no gap in time between the certification and recertification.

C. If a county has submitted the annual report under Regulation .10 of this chapter that serves as the county’s application under Regulation .07 of this chapter for recertification of the county program, the certification or recertification of the county program shall remain in effect until the date of notification under Regulation .07D of this chapter that the recertification is approved, approved with conditions, or denied.