GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1997 SESSION

S.L. 1997-206

HOUSE BILL 194

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH AN ACCOUNT WITHIN THE CLEAN WATER REVOLVING LOAN AND GRANT FUND SO THAT FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE UNDER THE FEDERAL SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1996 MAY BE USED BY THE STATE, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMMISSION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 159G-5 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 

"(d) The Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Loan Fund is established as a special account within the Clean Water Revolving Loan and Grant Fund.  This account shall be established and managed in accordance with the requirements of section 130 of Title I of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-182; 110 Stat. 1662;  42 U.S.C. § 300j-12), to achieve the purposes and goals of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996.  The funds in the Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Loan Fund may be used only for the purposes of providing revolving construction loans and other assistance as set forth in section 130 of Title I of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 and the regulations promulgated thereunder, including making grants to the extent permitted by these amendments or these regulations."

Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 9th day of June, 1997.

s/   Dennis A. Wicker

President of the Senate

s/   Harold J. Brubaker

Speaker of the House of Representatives

s/   James B. Hunt, Jr.

Governor

Approved 5:16 p.m. this 19th day of June, 1997