North Carolina § 143-215 - 71. Purposes for which grants may be requested.

§ 143-215. 71. Purposes for which grants may be requested.

Applications for grants may be made for the nonfederal share of water resources development projects for the following purposes in amounts not to exceed the percentage of the nonfederal costs indicated: General navigation projects that are sponsored by local governments - eighty percent (80%); Recreational navigation projects - twenty-five percent (25%); Construction costs for water management (flood control and drainage) purposes, including utility and road relocations not funded by the State Department of Transportation - sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%), but only of that portion of the project specifically allocated for such flood control or drainage purposes; Stream restoration - sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%); Protection of privately owned beaches where public access is allowed and provided for - seventy-five percent (75%); Land acquisition and facility development for water-based recreation sites operated by local governments - fifty percent (50%); Aquatic weed control projects sponsored by local governments - fifty percent (50%); Projects that are part of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program - one hundred percent (100%). Notwithstanding subdivision (8) of subsection (a) of this section, projects that are part of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program are ineligible for funding under this Part if they receive funding from the Clean Water Management Trust Fund established in G.S. 143B-135.234. History (1979, c. 1046, s. 1; 1983, c. 450; 1987, c. 781, s. 1; 2016-94, s. 37.2(h); 2020-18, s. 12(a).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2017-57, s. 36.3( l ), provides: "In addition to the permissible uses for water resources grants provided in Part 8 of Article 21 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes, basin construction shall be a permissible use for water resource grants issued for the Perquimans Marine Industrial Park project." Session Laws 2017-57, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2017.'" Session Laws 2017-57, s. 39.4, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2017-2019 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2017-2019 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2017-57, s. 39.6, is a severability clause. Session Laws 2020-18, s. 16(a), is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2016-94, s. 37.2(h), effective July 1, 2016, added subdivision (8). Session Laws 2020-18, s. 12(a), effective June 12, 2020, designated the existing provisions as subsection (a); and added subsection (b).