A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THAT THE HIGH‑UNIT‑COST THRESHOLD DOES NOT APPLY TO PLANNING GRANTS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS MADE BY THE CLEAN WATER MANAGEMENT TRUST FUND FOR WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEMS AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 113A‑254(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Wastewater Limits. – A wastewater collection system project or a wastewater treatment works project is eligible for a grant under this Article only if it is a high‑unit‑cost project, as defined in G.S. 159G‑20. A planning grant or a technical assistance grant for a regional wastewater collection system or a regional wastewater treatment works is not subject to the high‑unit‑cost threshold. A grant made under this Article for a wastewater collection system project or a wastewater treatment works project is subject to the cost limits and recipient limits set in G.S. 159G‑36 for a grant awarded from the Wastewater Reserve."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to applications for planning grants and technical assistance grants received by the Clean Water Management Trust Fund in 2007.