§ 701.71 - Division of cost-shares.

(a) The cost-share for a practice shall be credited to the person who carried out the practice. If more than one person contributed to the carrying out of the practice, the cost-share for the practice shall be divided among those persons in the proportion that the county committee determines they contributed to the carrying out of the practice. In making this determination, the county committee shall take into consideration the value of the labor, equipment, or material contributed by each person toward the carrying out of the practice, and shall assume that each contributed equally unless the county committee is satisfied that their respective contributions were not in equal proportion. Any advances made by FSA toward the cost of materials or services under § 701.21, the furnishing of land, and the furnishing of the right to use water, will not be considered as a contribution to the carrying out of any practice.

(b) The allowance by an eligible person of a credit to another eligible person in the form of an adjustment in rental, an exchange of cash, or other consideration, will not be considered as a contribution to the carrying out of any practice, unless the county committee is satisfied that such credit is directly related to the cost or cost-share of the practice. A person will not be considered as having contributed to the carrying out of a practice if the county committee determines that a person has been, or is to be, fully reimbursed for contributions made to the performance of the practice, through an adjustment in rental, an exchange of cash, or other consideration.