A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT To provide that funds in the well construction fund may be used to provide grants to local governments to establish local well construction programs, as recommended by the Environmental review Commission.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 87‑98.9(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Fund. – The Well Construction Fund is created as a nonreverting account within the Department. All fees collected pursuant to this Article shall be credited to the Fund. The Fund shall be used for the costs of administering this Article. The Fund may also be used to provide grants to local governments for the development of local well programs pursuant to G.S. 87‑96(c). The Department shall establish application forms and criteria for the grants."
SECTION 2.   This act becomes effective July 1, 2006.