§ 1070 Grant Part Conflict Resolution

• •When parts of a grant conflict, the earlier part wins.
• •Only applies to grants, not to regular contracts or laws.
• •Helps avoid confusion when a grant has overlapping or contradictory language.

A city receives a grant with two different rules about how money can be spent, and one rule says the money must go to schools while another says it must go to parks.

Because the rules clash, the city follows the rule that was added earlier in the grant, even if the later rule seems more important.