North Carolina General Statutes § 159G-36 Limits on loans and grants

(a) CWSRF and DWSRF. - Federal law governs loans and grants from the CWSRF and the DWSRF. An award of a loan or grant from one of these accounts must be consistent with federal law.

(b) Reserve Cost Limit. - The amount of a loan or grant from the Wastewater Reserve or the Drinking Water Reserve may not exceed the construction costs of a project. A loan or grant from one of these Reserves is available only to the extent that other funding sources are not reasonably available to the applicant.

(c) Reserve Recipient Limit. - The following limits apply to a loan or grant made from the Wastewater Reserve or the Drinking Water Reserve to the same local government unit or nonprofit water corporation:

(1) The amount of loans awarded for a fiscal year may not exceed three million dollars ($3,000,000).

(2) The amount of loans awarded for three consecutive fiscal years for targeted interest rate projects may not exceed three million dollars ($3,000,000).

(3) The amount of high-unit-cost grants awarded for three consecutive fiscal years may not exceed three million dollars ($3,000,000).

(4) The amount of technical assistance grants awarded for three consecutive fiscal years may not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). (2005-454, s. 3.)

Sections:  Previous  159G-26  159G-30  159G-31  159G-32  159G-33  159G-34  159G-35  159G-36  159G-37  159G-38  159G-39  159G-40  159G-41  159G-42  159G-43  Next

Last modified: March 23, 2014