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NC Gen Stat § 159G-35 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159G - Water Infrastructure|Article 2 - Water Infrastructure Loans and Grants Administered by Department.|§ 159G-35 - Criteria for loans and grants.

 159G-35. Criteria for loans and grants.(a) CWSRF and DWSRF. - Federal law determines the criteria for awarding a loan or grant from the CWSRF or the DWSRF. An award of a loan or grant from one of these accounts must meet the criteria set under federal law. The Department is directed to establish through negotiation with the United States Environmental Protection Agency the criteria for evaluating applications for loans and grants from the CWSRF and the DWSRF and the priority assigned to the criteria. The Department must incorporate the negotiated criteria and priorities in the Capitalization Grant Operating Agreement between the Department and the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The criteria and priorities incorporated in the Agreement apply to a loan or grant from the CWSRF or the DWSRF. The priority considerations in G.S. 159G-23 do not apply to a loan or grant from the CWSRF or the DWSRF.(b) Certain Reserves. - The priority considerations in G.S. 159G-23 apply to a loan or grant from the Wastewater Reserve or the Drinking Water Reserve. The Department may establish by rule other criteria that apply to a loan or grant from the Wastewater Reserve or the Drinking Water Reserve.(c) Viable Utility Reserve. - The Local Government Commission and the Authority shall jointly develop evaluation criteria for grants from the Viable Utility Reserve. These evaluation criteria shall be used to review applications and award grants as provided in G.S. 159G-39.  (2005-454, s. 3; 2015-241, s. 14.13(h); 2020-79, s. 1(g).)
NC Gen Stat § 159G-36 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159G - Water Infrastructure|Article 2 - Water Infrastructure Loans and Grants Administered by Department.|§ 159G-36 - Limits on loans and grants.

 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) Certain 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.(b1) Viable Utility Reserve Cost Limit. - The amount of a grant from the Viable Utility Reserve shall not exceed the construction costs of a project. A grant from this Reserve is available only to the extent that other funding sources are not reasonably available to the applicant.(c) Certain Reserve Recipient Limit. - The following limits apply to the loan or grant types 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 project grants awarded for three consecutive fiscal years may not exceed three million dollars ($3,000,000).(4) The amount of merger/regionalization feasibility grants awarded for three consecutive fiscal years may not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).(5) The amount of asset inventory and assessment grants awarded for three consecutive fiscal years may not exceed one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000).(d) Viable Utility Reserve Recipient Limit. - Grants under the Viable Utility Reserve are limited as follows:(1) Grants for the purposes set forth in subdivisions (1) through (5) of G.S. 159-32(d) shall not exceed fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) to any single local government unit. Where two or more local government units are merging into a single utility, the total grant awarded shall not exceed thirty million dollars ($30,000,000).(2) Grants for the purpose set forth in G.S. 159-32(d)(6) to any single local government unit shall not (i) exceed seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) in any fiscal year and (ii) be awarded for more than three consecutive fiscal years.  (2005-454, s. 3; 2015-241, s. 14.13(i); 2019-241, s. 11(g); 2020-79, ss. 1(h), 6(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 159G-37 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159G - Water Infrastructure|Article 2 - Water Infrastructure Loans and Grants Administered by Department.|§ 159G-37 - Application to CWSRF, Wastewater Reserve, DWSRF, Drinking Water Reserve, and Viable Utility Reserve.

 159G-37. Application to CWSRF, Wastewater Reserve, DWSRF, Drinking Water Reserve, and Viable Utility Reserve.(a) Application. - An application for a loan or grant from the CWSRF, the Wastewater Reserve, the DWSRF, or the Drinking Water Reserve, or a grant from the Viable Utility Reserve, must be filed with the Division. An application must be submitted on a form prescribed by the Division and must contain the information required by the Division. An applicant must submit to the Division any additional information requested by the Division to enable the Division to make a determination on the application. An application that does not contain information required on the application or requested by the Division is incomplete and is not eligible for consideration. An applicant may submit an application in as many categories as it is eligible for consideration under this Article.(b) Certification. - The Division shall require all local governments applying for loans or grants for water or wastewater purposes to certify that no funds received from water or wastewater utility operations have been transferred to the local government's general fund for the purpose of supplementing the resources of the general fund. The prohibition in this section shall not be interpreted to include payments made to the local government to reimburse the general fund for expenses paid from that fund that are reasonably allocable to the regular and ongoing operations of the utility, including, but not limited to, rent and shared facility costs, engineering and design work, plan review, and shared personnel costs.  (2005-454, s. 3; 2011-145, s. 13.3(kkk); 2013-360, s. 14.21(i); 2013-413, s. 57(u); 2014-100, s. 14.17; 2014-115, s. 17; 2020-79, s. 1(i).)
NC Gen Stat § 159G-38 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159G - Water Infrastructure|Article 2 - Water Infrastructure Loans and Grants Administered by Department.|§ 159G-38 - Environmental assessment and public hearing.

 159G-38. Environmental assessment and public hearing.(a) Establish Environmental Assessment Process; Required Information. - The Division shall establish an environmental assessment process for projects funded from the CWSRF and DWSRF programs that is sufficient to meet federal environmental assessment requirements for such projects. Projects funded by the CWSRF or DWSRF shall meet the requirements of the environmental assessment process established pursuant to this subsection.(b) Repealed by Session Laws 2015-90, s. 6, effective June 19, 2015.(c) Hearing. - The Division may hold a public hearing on an application for a loan or grant under this Article if it determines that holding a hearing will serve the public interest. An individual who is a resident of any county in which a proposed project is located may submit a written request for a public hearing. The request must set forth each objection to the proposed project or other reason for requesting a hearing and must include the name and address of the individual making the request. The Division may consider all written objections to the proposed project, any statement submitted with the hearing request, and any significant adverse effects the proposed project may have on the environment. The Division's decision on whether to hold a hearing is conclusive. The Division must keep all written requests for a hearing on an application as part of the records pertaining to the application.  (2005-454, s. 3; 2011-145, s. 13.3(lll ), (mmm); 2013-360, s. 14.21(j); 2013-413, s. 57(v); 2014-115, s. 17; 2015-90, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 159G-41 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159G - Water Infrastructure|Article 2 - Water Infrastructure Loans and Grants Administered by Department.|§ 159G-41 - Withdrawal of loan or grant.

 159G-41. Withdrawal of loan or grant.A letter of intent to offer an award for a loan or grant for a project is withdrawn if the applicant fails to enter into a construction contract for the project within two years after the date of the letter, unless the Department finds that the applicant has good cause for the failure. An award for a loan or grant for a project is withdrawn if the applicant fails to enter into a construction contract for the project within one year after the date of the award, unless the Department finds that the applicant has good cause for the failure. If the Department finds good cause for an applicant's failure, the Department must set a date by which the applicant must take action or forfeit the loan or grant. (2005-454, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 159G-42 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159G - Water Infrastructure|Article 2 - Water Infrastructure Loans and Grants Administered by Department.|§ 159G-42 - Disbursement of loan or grant.

 159G-42. Disbursement of loan or grant.The Department must disburse the proceeds of a loan or grant to a recipient in a series of payments based on the progress of the project for which the loan or grant was awarded. To obtain a payment, a loan or grant recipient must submit a request for payment to the Department and document the expenditures for which the payment is requested. (2005-454, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 159G-43 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159G - Water Infrastructure|Article 2 - Water Infrastructure Loans and Grants Administered by Department.|§ 159G-43 - Inspection of project.

 159G-43. Inspection of project.(a) Authority. - The Department may inspect a project for which it awards a loan or grant under this Article to determine the progress made on the project and whether the construction of the project is consistent with the project described in the loan or grant application. The inspection may be performed by personnel of the Department or by a professional engineer licensed under Chapter 89C of the General Statutes.(b) Disqualification. - An individual may not perform an inspection of a project under this section if the individual meets any of the following criteria:(1) Is an officer or employee of the local government unit, nonprofit water corporation, or investor-owned drinking water corporation that received the loan or grant award for the project.(2) Is an owner, officer, employee, or agent of a contractor or subcontractor engaged in the construction of the project for which the loan or grant was made.  (2005-454, s. 3; 2011-145, s. 13.11A(d).)
NC Gen Stat § 159G-44 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159G - Water Infrastructure|Article 2 - Water Infrastructure Loans and Grants Administered by Department.|§ 159G-44 - Rules.

 159G-44. Rules.The Department may adopt rules to implement this Chapter. Chapter 150B of the General Statutes, the Administrative Procedure Act, governs the adoption of rules by the Department. A rule adopted to administer a loan or grant from the CWSRF or the DWSRF must be consistent with federal law. The Department must give a copy of the rules adopted to implement this Article without charge to a person who requests a copy. (2005-454, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 159G-71 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159G - Water Infrastructure|Article 5 - State Water Infrastructure Authority.|§ 159G-71 - State Water Infrastructure Authority; powers and duties.

 159G-71. State Water Infrastructure Authority; powers and duties.The Authority has the following additional duties:(1) After reviewing the recommendations for grants and loans submitted to it by the Division, to determine the rank of applications and to select the applications that are eligible to receive grants and loans, consistent with federal law.(2) To establish priorities for making loans and grants under this Chapter, consistent with federal law.(3) To review the criteria for making loans and grants under G.S. 159G-23 and make recommendations, if any, to the Department for additional criteria or changes to the criteria, consistent with federal law.(4) To develop guidelines for making loans and grants under this Chapter, consistent with federal law.(5) To develop a master plan to meet the State's water infrastructure needs.(6) To assess and make recommendations on the role of the State in the development and funding of wastewater, drinking water, and stormwater infrastructure in the State.(7) To analyze the adequacy of projected funding to meet projected needs over the next five years.(8) To make recommendations on ways to maximize the use of current funding resources, whether federal, State, or local, and to ensure that funds are used in a coordinated manner.(9) To review the application of management practices in wastewater, drinking water, and stormwater utilities and to determine the best practices.(10) To assess the role of public-private partnerships in the future provision of utility service.(11) To assess the application of the river basin approach to utility planning and management.(12) To assess the need for a "troubled system" protocol.  (2013-360, s. 14.21(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 159G-72 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159G - Water Infrastructure|Article 5 - State Water Infrastructure Authority.|§ 159G-72 - State Water Infrastructure Authority; reports.

 159G-72. State Water Infrastructure Authority; reports.No later than November 1 of each year, the Authority shall submit a report of its activity and findings, including any recommendations or legislative proposals, to the Environmental Review Commission, the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources, and the Fiscal Research Division with the report required by G.S. 159G-26(a) as a single report.  (2013-360, s. 14.21(b); 2017-10, s. 4.17(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 1 - Definitions and Statutory Construction.|§ 160A-2 - Effect upon prior laws.

 160A-2. Effect upon prior laws.Nothing in this Chapter shall repeal or amend any city charter in effect as of January 1, 1972, or any portion thereof, unless this Chapter or a subsequent enactment of the General Assembly shall clearly show a legislative intent to repeal or supersede all local acts. The provisions of this Chapter, insofar as they are the same in substance as laws in effect as of December 31, 1971, are intended to continue such laws in effect and not to be new enactments. The enactment of this Chapter shall not require the readoption of any city ordinance enacted pursuant to laws that were in effect before January 1, 1972, and are restated or revised herein. The provisions of this Chapter shall not affect any act heretofore done, any liability incurred, any right accrued or vested, or any suit or prosecution begun or cause of action accrued as of January 1, 1972. (1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 1 - Definitions and Statutory Construction.|§ 160A-3 - General laws supplementary to charters.

 160A-3. General laws supplementary to charters.(a) When a procedure that purports to prescribe all acts necessary for the performance or execution of any power, duty, function, privilege, or immunity is provided by both a general law and a city charter, the two procedures may be used as alternatives, and a city may elect to follow either one.(b) When a procedure for the performance or execution of any power, duty, function, privilege, or immunity is provided by both a general law and a city charter, but the charter procedure does not purport to contain all acts necessary to carry the power, duty, function, privilege, or immunity into execution, the charter procedure shall be supplemented by the general law procedure; but in case of conflict or inconsistency between the two procedures, the charter procedure shall control.(c) When a power, duty, function, privilege, or immunity is conferred on cities by a general law, and a charter enacted earlier than the general law omits or expressly denies or limits the same power, duty, function, privilege or immunity, the general laws shall supersede the charter. (1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 1 - Definitions and Statutory Construction.|§ 160A-4 - Broad construction.

 160A-4. Broad construction.It is the policy of the General Assembly that the cities of this State should have adequate authority to execute the powers, duties, privileges, and immunities conferred upon them by law. To this end, the provisions of this Chapter and of city charters shall be broadly construed and grants of power shall be construed to include any additional and supplementary powers that are reasonably necessary or expedient to carry them into execution and effect: Provided, that the exercise of such additional or supplementary powers shall not be contrary to State or federal law or to the public policy of this State. (1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 1 - Definitions and Statutory Construction.|§ 160A-5 - Statutory references deemed amended to conform to Chapter.

 160A-5. Statutory references deemed amended to conform to Chapter.Whenever a reference is made in another portion of the General Statutes or any local act, or any city ordinance, resolution, or order, to a portion of Chapter 160 of the General Statutes that is repealed or superseded by this Chapter, the reference shall be deemed amended to refer to that portion of this Chapter which most nearly corresponds to the repealed or superseded portion of Chapter 160. (1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1973, c. 426, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 2 - General Corporate Powers.|§ 160A-11 - Corporate powers.

 160A-11. Corporate powers.The inhabitants of each city heretofore or hereafter incorporated by act of the General Assembly or by the Municipal Board of Control shall be and remain a municipal corporation by the name specified in the city charter. Under that name they shall be vested with all of the property and rights in property belonging to the corporation; shall have perpetual succession; may sue and be sued; may contract and be contracted with; may acquire and hold any property, real and personal, devised, sold, or in any manner conveyed, dedicated to, or otherwise acquired by them, and from time to time may hold, invest, sell, or dispose of the same; may have a common seal and alter and renew the same at will; and shall have and may exercise in conformity with the city charter and the general laws of this State all municipal powers, functions, rights, privileges, and immunities of every name and nature whatsoever.All documents required or permitted by law to be executed by municipal corporations will be legally valid and binding in this respect when a legible corporate stamp, which is a facsimile of its seal, is used in lieu of an imprinted or embossed corporate or common seal.  (Code, ss. 704, 3117; 1901, c. 283; 1905, c. 526; Rev., s. 2916; 1907, c. 978; P.L. 1917, c. 223; C.S., s. 2623; Ex. Sess. 1921, c. 58; 1927, c. 14; 1933, c. 69; 1949, c. 938; 1955, c. 77; 1959, c. 391; 1961, c. 308; 1967, c. 100, s. 2; c. 1122, s. 1; 1969, c. 944; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1973, c. 170; c. 426, s. 7; 2011-284, s. 110.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-12 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 2 - General Corporate Powers.|§ 160A-12 - Exercise of corporate power.

 160A-12. Exercise of corporate power.All powers, functions, rights, privileges, and immunities of the corporation shall be exercised by the city council and carried into execution as provided by the charter or the general law. A power, function, right, privilege, or immunity that is conferred or imposed by charter or general law without directions or restrictions as to how it is to be exercised or performed shall be carried into execution as provided by ordinance or resolution of the city council. (Code, s. 703; Rev., s. 2917; C.S., s. 2624; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-16 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 3 - Contracts.|§ 160A-16 - Contracts to be in writing; exception.

 160A-16. Contracts to be in writing; exception.All contracts made by or on behalf of a city shall be in writing. A contract made in violation of this section shall be void and unenforceable unless it is expressly ratified by the council. (1917, c. 136, subch. 13, s. 8; C.S., s. 2831; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-17 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 3 - Contracts.|§ 160A-17 - Continuing contracts.

 160A-17. Continuing contracts.A city is authorized to enter into continuing contracts, some portion or all of which are to be performed in ensuing fiscal years. Sufficient funds shall be appropriated to meet any amount to be paid under the contract in the fiscal year in which it is made, and in each ensuing fiscal year, the council shall appropriate sufficient funds to meet the amounts to be paid during the fiscal year under continuing contracts previously entered into. (1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-17.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 3 - Contracts.|§ 160A-17.1 - Grants from other governments.

 160A-17.1. Grants from other governments.(a) Federal and State. - The governing body of any city or county is hereby authorized to make contracts for and to accept grants-in-aid and loans from the federal and State governments and their agencies for constructing, expanding, maintaining, and operating any project or facility, or performing any function, which such city or county may be authorized by general law or local act to provide or perform.In order to exercise the authority granted by this section, the governing body of any city or county may:(1) Enter into and carry out contracts with the State or federal government or any agency or institution thereof under which such government, agency, or institution grants financial or other assistance to the city or county;(2) Accept such assistance or funds as may be granted or loaned by the State or federal government with or without such a contract;(3) Agree to and comply with any lawful and reasonable conditions which are imposed upon such grants or loans;(3a) Agree to and comply with minimum minority business enterprise participation requirements established by the federal government and its agencies in projects financed by federal grants-in-aid or loans, by including such minimum requirements in the specifications for contracts to perform all or part of such projects and awarding bids pursuant to G.S. 143-129 and 143-131, if applicable, to the lowest responsible bidder or bidders meeting these and any other specifications.(4) Make expenditures from any funds so granted.(b) Expired effective December 31, 2010.  (1971, c. 896, s. 10; c. 937, ss. 1, 1.5; 1973, c. 426, s. 8; 1981, c. 827; 2007-91, s. 1.)