Section 1.21. Appeal.

 

(1)  An applicant may appeal the rejection of its application to the board, within 30 days of receipt of a letter of rejection received pursuant to s. AB 1.20 for any of the following conditions:

(a) The board or staff has made a procedural error in handling the application.

(b) A member of the staff, peer review panel, or the board violated the board's conflict of interest policy provided in s. AB 1.15 .

(2)  Appeals shall be made exclusively on the basis of materials submitted at the time of application.

(3)  Evaluations of artistic quality or merit, artistic excellence and leadership, the quality of the artistic activity or artistic work of an individual, the amount of the grant and interpretations or judgments of relevant peer review panels are not subject to appeal.

(4)  The appeal shall be in writing and shall be submitted in accordance with instructions which the board shall include in the application form. Each appeal shall be reviewed to determine whether grounds for an appeal exist. If grounds for an appeal are determined to exist, the executive committee shall review the appeal and shall make a recommendation to the board. The applicant may appear before the executive committee to address the appeal. Statements by an applicant are limited solely to the grounds for appeal.

Cr. Register, August, 1998, No. 512 , eff. 9-1-98.