Sec. 03.20.070. - Funds to be returned if unexpended or if no fair held.

(a) If an association has received state operation and maintenance funds under this chapter and fails to hold a fair in accordance with its program, or does not disburse all of the state funds paid to it for that purpose, the association shall return those funds, or the unexpended portions, to the department within 60 days after the date set for the fair. If an association fails to comply with this section the attorney general shall institute proceedings to recover the funds.

(b) If an association has received state capital improvement funds under this chapter and fails to expend them within five years for capital improvements designated in its long-term capital improvement plan in effect at the time of the grant, the commissioner may, after investigation, require that the unexpended funds be returned to the department.