{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-159g-71","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 159G-71","heading":"State Water Infrastructure Authority; powers and duties.","body":"The Authority has the following additional duties:\n(1)\tAfter 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.\n(2)\tTo establish priorities for making loans and grants under this Chapter, consistent with federal law.\n(3)\tTo 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.\n(4)\tTo develop guidelines for making loans and grants under this Chapter, consistent with federal law.\n(5)\tTo develop a master plan to meet the State's water infrastructure needs.\n(6)\tTo 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.\n(7)\tTo analyze the adequacy of projected funding to meet projected needs over the next five years.\n(8)\tTo 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.\n(9)\tTo review the application of management practices in wastewater, drinking water, and stormwater utilities and to determine the best practices.\n(10)\tTo assess the role of public-private partnerships in the future provision of utility service.\n(11)\tTo assess the application of the river basin approach to utility planning and management.\n(12)\tTo assess the need for a \"troubled system\" protocol. (2013-360, s. 14.21(b).)","path":["Chapter 159G. Water Infrastructure.","Article 5. State Water Infrastructure Authority."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_159G/GS_159G-71.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:25:27Z","sha256":"8f60266ad5be377df4b09f090151fef8aaa29daca5db654b5be4895d35806f66","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-159g-70","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-159g-72"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}