GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 187

Short Title:  Piedmont Triad Water Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Repesentatives Lineberry; Arnold, Bowie, Brubaker, Culp, Decker, Gist, Sizemore, and Wood.
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Referred to:  Infrastructure.
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February 9, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE PIEDMONT TRIAD REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY TO ASSIST IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE RANDLEMAN LAKE RESERVOIR AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PLANNING AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE RECREATIONAL USES OF RANDLEMAN LAKE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Appropriation of funds for the Randleman Lake Project.–There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Office of the Governor, Office of State Budget and Management, the sum of four million dollars ($4,000,000) for the 1989-90 fiscal year, and the sum of three million five hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000) for the 1990-91 fiscal year, to be placed in a reserve for use by the Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority (hereafter "the Authority" ) for acquisition of land for the Randleman Lake Project, provided this land is used for the reservoir, buffer areas surrounding the reservoir, access to the project, and water treatment and distribution facilities.  Funds in the reserve may also be used for the relocation of roads and utilities, for engineering services, and for construction of the Randleman dam and reservoir project.  Funds in the reserve shall not revert at the end of the 1989-90 fiscal year, but shall remain available for use as provided in this act until June 30, 1991.  The funds appropriated in this section shall also be subject to the restrictions set forth in Sections 2 and 3 of this act.
Sec. 2.  Restrictions on release of funds from reserve.–(a) The funds appropriated for the 1989-90 fiscal year shall not be paid to the Authority (i) unless the member governments of the Authority have met all contractual obligations required of them under their agreements with the Authority and each other pertaining to the Randleman Lake Project, up to the time of payment of the funds, and (ii) the Authority has obtained from the Environmental Management Commission the certificates required of it under G.S. 153A-285 and G.S. 162A-7.  
(b)	The funds appropriated for the 1990-91 fiscal year shall be released to the Authority on January 1, 1991, if the requirements for payment of the funds appropriated for the 1989-90 fiscal year have been met and all additional contractual obligations required of the member governments of the Authority pertaining to the Randleman Lake Project, up to the time of the second payment, have also been met.  
(c)	The Authority shall provide the Office of State Budget and Management documentation and other information as the Office of State Budget Management shall require in order to be sure that the requirements for release of the appropriated funds have been met.
Sec. 3.  Late release of funds.–In the event the requirements for the certificates required by G.S. 153A-285 and G.S. 162A-7 have not been met by January 1, 1990, then the funds appropriated for the 1989-90 fiscal year may be released at any time between January 1, 1990, and June 30, 1991, after the certification requirements are met, provided all contractual obligations of the Authority members to the Authority and each other concerning the Randleman Lake Project are current.  In the event the requirements for certificates under G.S. 153A-285 and G.S. 162A-7 have not been met by January 1, 1991, then the funds appropriated for the 1990-91 fiscal year may be released at any time between January 1, 1991, and June 30, 1991, after the requirements for the certificates are met, provided all contractual obligations of Authority members to the Authority and each other relating to the Randleman Lake Project are current.
Sec. 4.  Appropriation for study of recreational facilities at Randleman Lake.–There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Parks and Recreation Division of the Department of Natural Resources and Community Development the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for the 1989-90 fiscal year and the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for the 1990-91 fiscal year for the purpose of making a detailed plan and recommendations for the recreational use of Randleman Lake.  The plan and recommendations shall be made in consultation with the counties of Guilford and Randolph and with the Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority.  The Division shall report the plan and recommendations to the 1993 General Assembly by delivering copies to the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives.  In addition, the Division shall deliver copies to the Governor, and the Cochairmen of the Study Commission on State Parks and Recreation Areas if that Study Commission is in existence at that time.  The plan and recommendations shall be delivered not later than 10 days after the beginning of the 1993 legislative session.
Sec. 5.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1989.