{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143-215.71","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-215.71","heading":"Purposes for which grants may be requested.","body":"(a)\tApplications 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:\n(1)\tGeneral navigation projects that are sponsored by local governments - eighty percent (80%);\n(2)\tRecreational navigation projects - twenty-five percent (25%);\n(3)\tConstruction 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;\n(4)\tStream restoration - sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%);\n(5)\tProtection of privately owned beaches where public access is allowed and provided for - seventy-five percent (75%);\n(6)\tLand acquisition and facility development for water-based recreation sites operated by local governments - fifty percent (50%);\n(7)\tAquatic weed control projects sponsored by local governments - fifty percent (50%);\n(8)\tProjects that are part of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program - one hundred percent (100%).\n(b)\tNotwithstanding 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 North Carolina Land and Water Fund established in G.S. 143B-135.234. (1979, c. 1046, s. 1; 1983, c. 450; 1987, c. 781, s. 1; 2016-94, s. 37.2(h); 2020-18, s. 12(a); 2023-70, s. 9(c).)","path":["Chapter 143. State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions","Article 21. Water and Air Resources.","Part 8. Grants for Water Resources Development Projects."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_143/GS_143-215.71.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:22:33Z","sha256":"32583c79434951be29925fa21647b4b39fbc6584ef3884b78082d8e6c390eb76","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143-215.70","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143-215.72"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}