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NC Gen Stat § 159D-51 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159D - The North Carolina Capital Facilities Financing Act|Article 2 - Private Capital Facilities Finance Act.|§ 159D-51 - Bonds or notes eligible for investment.

 159D-51. Bonds or notes eligible for investment.Bonds or notes issued under the provisions of this Article are securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the State and its political subdivisions, and all insurance companies, trust companies, banking associations, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. These bonds or notes are securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any State or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the State for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds, notes or obligations of this State is authorized by law. (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 794, s. 17; 2000-179, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 159D-52 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159D - The North Carolina Capital Facilities Financing Act|Article 2 - Private Capital Facilities Finance Act.|§ 159D-52 - Refunding bonds or notes.

 159D-52. Refunding bonds or notes.(a) The agency is authorized to provide for the issuance of refunding bonds or notes for the purpose of refunding any bonds or notes then outstanding which have been issued under the provisions of this Article, including the payment of any redemption premium and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption of the bonds or notes and, if considered advisable by the agency, for any corporate purpose of the agency, including, without limitation:(1) Constructing improvements, additions, extensions or enlargements of the project in connection with which the bonds or notes to be refunded shall have been issued, and(2) Paying all or any part of the cost of any additional project.(b) The issuance of refunding bonds or notes, their maturities and other details the rights of their holders, and the rights, duties and obligations of the agency are governed by the provisions of this Article which relate to the issuance of bonds or notes, as appropriate.Refunding bonds may be sold or exchanged for outstanding bonds issued under this Article and, if sold, their proceeds, and investment earnings on them, may be applied, with any other available funds, to the purchase, redemption, or payment of the bonds being refunded, to the payment of any interest on the refunding bonds, and to the payment of any expenses in connection with the refunding. The proceeds may be invested in direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and the interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America if the obligations mature or are subject to redemption by the holders, at their option not later than the respective dates when the proceeds, together with the interest accrued thereon, will be required for the purposes intended. (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 794, s. 18; 2000-179, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 159D-53 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159D - The North Carolina Capital Facilities Financing Act|Article 2 - Private Capital Facilities Finance Act.|§ 159D-53 - Annual report.

 159D-53. Annual report.The agency shall, promptly following the close of each fiscal year, submit an annual report of its activities under this Article for the preceding year to the Governor, the State Auditor, the General Assembly, and the Local Government Commission. The agency shall cause an audit of its books and accounts relating to its activities under this Article to be made at least once in each year by an independent certified public accountant and the cost of the audit may be paid from any available moneys of the agency.  (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 794, s. 19; 2000-179, s. 2; 2010-96, s. 34.)
NC Gen Stat § 159D-54 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159D - The North Carolina Capital Facilities Financing Act|Article 2 - Private Capital Facilities Finance Act.|§ 159D-54 - Officers not liable.

 159D-54. Officers not liable.No member or officer of the agency shall be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance or execution of any bonds or notes. (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 794, s. 20; 2000-179, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 159D-55 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159D - The North Carolina Capital Facilities Financing Act|Article 2 - Private Capital Facilities Finance Act.|§ 159D-55 - Tax exemption.

 159D-55. Tax exemption.The exercise of the powers granted by this Article will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the State and will promote their health and welfare.Any bonds or notes issued by the agency under the provisions of this Article are at all times be free from taxation by the State or any local unit or political subdivision or other instrumentality of the State, excepting inheritance or gift taxes, income taxes on the gain from the transfer of the bonds and notes, and franchise taxes. The interest on the bonds and notes is not subject to taxation as income. (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 794, s. 21; 1995, c. 46, s. 5; 2000-179, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 159D-56 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159D - The North Carolina Capital Facilities Financing Act|Article 2 - Private Capital Facilities Finance Act.|§ 159D-56 - Conflict of interest.

 159D-56. Conflict of interest.If any member, officer or employee of the agency is interested either directly or indirectly, or is an officer or employee of or has an ownership interest in any firm or corporation interested directly or indirectly, in any contract with the agency, this interest shall be disclosed to the agency and shall be set forth in the minutes of the agency, and the member, officer or employee having an interest in a contract shall not participate on behalf of the agency in the authorization of the contract. (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 794, s. 22; 2000-179, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 159D-57 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159D - The North Carolina Capital Facilities Financing Act|Article 2 - Private Capital Facilities Finance Act.|§ 159D-57 - Additional method.

 159D-57. Additional method.The foregoing sections of this Article provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized and are supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws. This Article does not derogate any existing powers. The issuance of bonds or notes under the provisions of this Article need not comply with the requirements of any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds or notes. (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 794, s. 23; 2000-179, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 159G-21 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159G - Water Infrastructure|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 159G-21 - Revenue for water projects.

 159G-21. Revenue for water projects.This Chapter governs the use of the following revenue:(1) Revenue appropriated to the Department to match federal funds received for loans and grants for wastewater and drinking water projects and revenue received by the Department from the repayment of loans made with the use of the federal funds.(2) Revenue appropriated to the Department to provide a source of State funds to make loans and grants for wastewater and drinking water projects and revenue received by the Department from the repayment of loans made with the use of these funds. (2005-454, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 159G-24 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159G - Water Infrastructure|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 159G-24 - Fee imposed on a loan or grant from Water Infrastructure Fund.

 159G-24. Fee imposed on a loan or grant from Water Infrastructure Fund.(a) A loan awarded from the Water Infrastructure Fund is subject to a fee of two percent (2%) of the loan. A grant awarded from the Water Infrastructure Fund is subject to a fee of one and one-half percent (1 1/2%) of the grant. The fee is payable when a loan or grant is awarded.(b) Departmental Receipt. - The fee on a loan from the Water Infrastructure Fund is a departmental receipt and must be applied to the Department's and the Local Government Commission's costs in administering loans from these Reserves. The Department and the Local Government Commission must determine how to allocate the fee receipts between their agencies. The fee on a grant from the Water Infrastructure Fund is a departmental receipt of the Department and must be applied to the Department's costs in administering grants from these Reserves.  (2005-454, s. 3; 2012-142, s. 12.01.)
NC Gen Stat § 159G-25 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159G - Water Infrastructure|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 159G-25 - Expenditure for emergency corrective action at a wastewater treatment works.

 159G-25. Expenditure for emergency corrective action at a wastewater treatment works.(a) The Department may use revenue in any account of the Wastewater Reserve to provide funds for emergency corrective action at a wastewater treatment works under the circumstances set out in this section. The amount expended in a fiscal year for corrective action under this section may not exceed two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000). An expenditure for emergency corrective action is authorized only under the following circumstances:(1) A person holding a wastewater discharge or nondischarge permit issued under Article 21 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes is violating the terms of the permit.(2) The wastewater treatment works operated under the permit has a design flow capacity of no more than 100,000 gallons a day.(3) The Department has given the permit holder written notice of the violation.(4) The permit holder refuses to take the action required to comply with the permit.(5) The inaction by the permit holder poses a threat to public health.(6) The Department has informed the permit holder in writing that the Department plans to take emergency corrective action and then bring a civil action against the permit holder to recover the cost of the emergency corrective action.(b) The Department may bring a civil action against the holder of the permit for the wastewater treatment works to recover the amount expended from the Wastewater Reserve for the emergency corrective action. The amount recovered in a civil action must be credited to the account in the Wastewater Reserve from which the funds were expended. (2005-454, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 159G-26 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159G - Water Infrastructure|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 159G-26 - Annual reports on Water Infrastructure Fund.

 159G-26. Annual reports on Water Infrastructure Fund.(a) Requirement. - The Department shall publish a report each year on the accounts in the Water Infrastructure Fund that are administered by the Division of Water Infrastructure. The report shall be published by November 1 of each year and cover the preceding fiscal year. The Department shall make the report available to the public and shall give a copy of the report 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-72 as a single report.(b) Content. - The report required by this section must contain the following information concerning the accounts of the Water Infrastructure Fund:(1) The beginning and ending balance of the account for the fiscal year.(2) The amount of revenue credited to the account during the fiscal year, by source.(3) The total amount of loans and grants awarded from the account, by type, and the amount of any expenditure for emergency corrective action made from the account.(4) For each loan or grant awarded, the recipient of the award, the amount of the award, the amount of the award that was disbursed, and the amount of the award remaining to be disbursed in a subsequent fiscal year.(5) The amount disbursed for loans and grants awarded but not disbursed in a prior fiscal year and the amount remaining to be disbursed in a subsequent fiscal year.(6) An assessment of the expected impact on water quality and water supply of the projects for which the loans and grants were awarded.  (2005-454, s. 3; 2011-145, s. 13.3(iii); 2013-360, s. 14.21(f); 2013-413, s. 57(s); 2014-115, s. 17; 2017-10, s. 4.17(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 159G-30 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159G - Water Infrastructure|Article 2 - Water Infrastructure Loans and Grants Administered by Department.|§ 159G-30 - Department's responsibility.

 159G-30. Department's responsibility.The Department, through the Division, administers the following:(1) Loans and grants made from the CWSRF, the DWSRF, the Wastewater Reserve, and the Drinking Water Reserve.(2) The award of funds by the Authority from the Community Development Block Grant program to local government units for infrastructure projects.(3) Grants made from the Viable Utility Reserve.  (2005-454, s. 3; 2011-145, s. 13.3(jjj); 2013-360, s. 14.21(g); 2013-413, s. 57(t); 2014-115, s. 17; 2015-241, s. 14.13(c1); 2020-79, s. 1(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 159G-31 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159G - Water Infrastructure|Article 2 - Water Infrastructure Loans and Grants Administered by Department.|§ 159G-31 - Entities eligible to apply for loan or grant.

 159G-31. Entities eligible to apply for loan or grant.(a) A local government unit or a nonprofit water corporation is eligible to apply for a loan or grant from the CWSRF, the DWSRF, the Wastewater Reserve, or the Drinking Water Reserve. An investor-owned drinking water corporation is also eligible to apply for a loan or grant from the DWSRF. Other entities are not eligible for a loan or grant from these accounts.(b) Entities eligible in subsection (a) of this section for grants from the Wastewater Reserve and the Drinking Water Reserve may be limited, based on affordability, to a portion of the total construction costs for the project types defined in G.S. 159G-33(a)(2) and G.S. 159G-34(a)(2).(c) To the extent that funds are available, loans shall be considered for the portion of construction costs not eligible for grant funding.(d) A local government unit is eligible to apply for a grant from the Viable Utility Reserve.(e) The Local Government Commission may submit an application on behalf of a distressed unit for an emergency grant from the Viable Utility Reserve to cover operating deficits of that local government unit's public water system or wastewater system, and any such application shall be deemed approved by the Local Government Commission upon submission.  (2005-454, s. 3; 2011-145, s. 13.11A(b); 2015-241, s. 14.13(c2); 2019-241, s. 11(h); 2020-79, ss. 1(d), 6(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 159G-32 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159G - Water Infrastructure|Article 2 - Water Infrastructure Loans and Grants Administered by Department.|§ 159G-32 - Projects eligible for loan or grant.

 159G-32. Projects eligible for loan or grant.(a) CWSRF and DWSRF. - Federal law determines whether a project is eligible for a loan or grant from the CWSRF and the DWSRF. A project must meet the eligibility requirements set under federal law.(b) Wastewater Reserve. - The Department is authorized to make loans and grants from the Wastewater Reserve for the following types of projects:(1) Wastewater collection system.(2) Wastewater treatment works.(3) Stormwater quality projects, including innovative stormwater management projects and pilot projects.(4) Nonpoint source pollution project.(c) Drinking Water Reserve. - The Department is authorized to make loans and grants from the Drinking Water Reserve for public water system projects.(d) Viable Utility Reserve. - The Department is authorized to make grants from the Viable Utility Reserve to do any of the following:(1) Provide physical interconnection and extension of public water or wastewater infrastructure to provide regional service.(2) Rehabilitate existing public water or wastewater infrastructure.(3) Decentralize an existing public water system or wastewater system into smaller viable parts.(4) Fund a study of any one or more of the following:a. Rates.b. Asset inventory and assessment.c. Merger and regionalization options.(5) Fund other options deemed feasible which result in local government units generating sufficient revenues to adequately fund management and operations, personnel, appropriate levels of maintenance, and reinvestment that facilitate the provision of reliable water or wastewater services.(6) Provide emergency grants for operating deficits in accordance with G.S. 159G-34.5(a)(4).  (2005-454, s. 3; 2013-360, s. 14.21(h); 2019-241, s. 11(e); 2020-79, ss. 1(e), 6(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 159G-33 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159G - Water Infrastructure|Article 2 - Water Infrastructure Loans and Grants Administered by Department.|§ 159G-33 - Loans and grants available from Wastewater Reserve.

 159G-33. Loans and grants available from Wastewater Reserve.(a) Types. - The Department is authorized to make the types of loans and grants listed in this subsection from the Wastewater Reserve. Each type of loan or grant must be administered through a separate account within the Wastewater Reserve.(1) Loan. - A loan is available for a project authorized in G.S. 159G-32(b).(2) Project grant. - A project grant is available for a portion of the construction costs of a wastewater collection system project, a wastewater treatment works project, or a stormwater quality project as authorized in G.S. 159G-32(b).(3) Merger/regionalization feasibility grant. - A merger/regionalization feasibility grant is available to determine the feasibility of consolidating the management of multiple utilities into a single utility operation or to provide regional treatment and the best way of carrying out the consolidation or regionalization. The Department shall not make a loan or grant under this subdivision for a merger or regionalization proposal that would result in a new surface water transfer regulated under G.S. 143-215.22L.(3a) Asset inventory and assessment grant. - An asset inventory and assessment grant is available to inventory the existing water and/or sewer system and document the condition of the inventoried infrastructure.(4) Emergency loan. - An emergency loan is available in the event the Secretary certifies that a serious public health hazard related to the inadequacy of an existing wastewater collection system or wastewater treatment works is present or imminent in a community.(5) Repealed by Session Laws 2019-241, s. 11(a), effective November 6, 2019.(b) Interaccount Transfer. - The Secretary may use revenue in any account in the Wastewater Reserve to provide funds for an emergency loan.  (2005-454, s. 3; 2015-241, s. 14.13(d), (e); 2019-226, s. 2; 2019-241, s. 11(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 159G-34 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159G - Water Infrastructure|Article 2 - Water Infrastructure Loans and Grants Administered by Department.|§ 159G-34 - Loans and grants available from Drinking Water Reserve.

 159G-34. Loans and grants available from Drinking Water Reserve.(a) Types. - The Department is authorized to make the types of loans and grants listed in this section from the Drinking Water Reserve. Each type of loan or grant must be administered through a separate account within the Drinking Water Reserve.(1) Loan. - A loan is available for a project for a public water system.(2) Project grant. - A project grant is available for a portion of the construction costs of a public water system project as defined in G.S. 159G-32(c).(3) Merger/regionalization feasibility grant. - A merger/regionalization grant is available to determine the feasibility of consolidating the management of multiple utilities into a single utility operation or to provide regional water supply and the best way of carrying out the consolidation or regionalization. The Department shall not make a loan or grant under this subdivision for a merger or regionalization proposal that would result in a new surface water transfer regulated under G.S. 143-215.22L.(3a) Asset inventory and assessment grant. - An asset inventory and assessment grant is available to inventory the existing water and/or sewer system and document the condition of the inventoried infrastructure.(4) Emergency loan. - An emergency loan is available to an applicant in the event the Secretary certifies that either a serious public health hazard or a drought emergency related to the water supply system is present or imminent in a community.(5) Repealed by Session Laws 2019-241, s. 11(a), effective November 6, 2019.(b) Interaccount Transfer. - The Secretary may use revenue in any account in the Drinking Water Reserve to provide funds for an emergency loan.  (2005-454, s. 3; 2015-241, s. 14.13(f), (g); 2019-226, s. 3; 2019-241, s. 11(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 159G-34.5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 159G - Water Infrastructure|Article 2 - Water Infrastructure Loans and Grants Administered by Department.|§ 159G-34.5 - Grant types available from Viable Utility Reserve.

 159G-34.5. Grant types available from Viable Utility Reserve.(a) The Department is authorized to make the following types of grants from the Viable Utility Reserve:(1) Asset assessment and rate study grant. - An asset inventory and assessment grant is available to inventory the existing public water or wastewater system, or both, document the condition of the inventoried infrastructure, and conduct a rate study to determine a rate structure sufficient to prevent the local government unit from becoming a distressed unit.(2) Merger/regionalization feasibility grant. - A merger/regionalization grant is available to determine the feasibility of consolidating the management of multiple water or wastewater systems into a single operation or to provide regional treatment or water supply and the best way of carrying out the consolidation or regionalization. The Department shall not make a grant under this subdivision for a merger or regionalization proposal that would result in a new surface water transfer regulated under G.S. 143-215.22L.(3) Project grant. - A project grant is available for a portion of the costs of a public water system or wastewater project as defined in G.S. 159G-32(d).(4) Emergency grant for operating deficit. - An emergency grant for operating deficits is available for distressed units if the Local Government Commission has exercised its powers under G.S. 159-181 to assume full or partial control over the affairs of the public water or wastewater system or of the local government unit or public authority that owns or operates the public water or wastewater system.(b) A grant awarded from the Viable Utility Reserve may be awarded to a regional council of government created under Part 2 of Article 20 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes or to a regional planning commission created under Article 19 of Chapter 153A of the General Statutes, if the Department and the Local Government Commission determine it is in the best interest of the local government unit.(c) Each type of grant must be administered through a separate account within the Viable Utility Reserve.  (2019-241, s. 11(f); 2020-79, ss. 1(f), 6(a).)