GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 725

HOUSE BILL 899

 

AN ACT TO ALLOW CITIES, TOWNS, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT UNITS ADDITIONAL TIME TO COMMIT WATER AND SEWER GRANT FUNDS AND TO REVERT FUNDS NOT COMMITTED.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.   Section 5.12(i) of Chapter 480 of the 1985 Session Laws reads as rewritten:

"(i) If any city, county, or government unit that has a suballocation has not by December 31, 1986, June 30, 1988,  committed some or all of its suballocation to a project by submitting it to an appropriate State agency for approval as provided by law for water or sewer projects, the amounts not committed may no longer be available to the city, county, or government unit. shall revert to the General Fund.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, no local match is required for amounts committed after December 31, 1986."

Sec. 2.   Section 5.12(m) of Chapter 480 of the 1985 Session Laws reads as rewritten:

"(m)     The State Budget Office, and the Departments of Human Resources and Natural Resources and Community Development shall jointly submit a report that specifies projects funded under this section, the amount and sources of funding where non-State funds are used, the population served by the project, and the purpose and need addressed by the project.  The report shall be submitted to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations by January 15, 1986, and to the Fiscal Research Division, with supplemental reports on May 15, 1986, and February 15, 1987. 1987, October 15, 1987, and May 15, 1988."

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 4th day of August, 1987.