{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-159g-33","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 159G-33","heading":"Loans and grants available from Wastewater Reserve.","body":"(a)\tTypes. - 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.\n(1)\tLoan. - A loan is available for a project authorized in G.S. 159G-32(b).\n(2)\tProject 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).\n(3)\tMerger/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.\n(3a)\tAsset 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.\n(4)\tEmergency 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.\n(5)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2019-241, s. 11(a), effective November 6, 2019.\n(b)\tInteraccount 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).)","path":["Chapter 159G. Water Infrastructure.","Article 2. Water Infrastructure Loans and Grants Administered by Department."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_159G/GS_159G-33.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:25:27Z","sha256":"c8437b0520bfb5acecc43fe5cc97f6bd579aafa4f7689cdb1c7b187629e1377a","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-159g-32","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-159g-34"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}