A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to establish a task force to develop Recommendations regarding a statewide water and wastewater infrastructure resource and funding database, as recommended by the legislative study commission on water and wastewater infrastructure.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  The Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the Department of Commerce, the Department of State Treasurer, the Clean Water Management Trust Fund, the State Water Infrastructure Commission, the Office of Information Technology Services, the North Carolina League of Municipalities, the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, the Rural Economic Development Center, and the Environmental Finance Center at the School of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shall establish a task force to recommend a plan for the establishment and maintenance of a statewide water and wastewater infrastructure resource and funding database, or alternative information systems or processes that are capable of consolidating and integrating statewide information on water and wastewater infrastructure needs, resources, and funding and making this information more accessible to applicants, government agencies, and policymakers.  The Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall be the lead agency for the task force.  The task force may also work with other interested stakeholders in its discretion.
SECTION 1.(b)  The task force shall consider the relative merits of a database and any proposed alternatives, taking into account estimated costs and the ability of each to meet the goals outlined in subsection (a) of this section.  In analyzing a database, the task force shall identify options for database system design and structure and delineate the categories of information to be compiled and indexed.
SECTION 1.(c)  The task force shall present its proposed plan and report its findings and recommendations to the Legislative Study Commission on Water and Wastewater Infrastructure no later than November 1, 2010.  The report shall include any legislative changes that may be needed to implement the proposed plan.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.