BOARD01726

• Board Meeting Date: 3/22/2005
• Description: Current State Legislative Issues
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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of this section.
(7) (a) By July 1,2005, the board shall adopt guidelines for the
office to review water conservation plans submitted by covered entities.
The guidelines shall define the method for submitting plans to the office,
how the office will prioritize the distribution of moneys, INCLUDING ANY
ADDmONAL MONEYS MADE A V AILABLE THROUGH THE GRANT PROGRAi\1,
and the interest rate surcharge provided for in pll1A5-'ilph (d) PARAGRAPH
(a) of subsection (9) of this section.
(b) IF NO OTHER APPLICABLE GUIDELINES EXIST AS OF THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PARAGRAPH (b), THE BOARD SHALL ADOPT
GUIDELINES BY AUGUST 14, 200S, FOR THE OFFICE TO USE IN REVIEWING
APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BY COVERED ENTITlES AND AGENCIES FOR
GRANTS FROM THE GRANT PROGRAM. THE GUIDELINES SHALL ESTABLISH
DEADLINES AND PROCEDURES FOR COVERED ENTITIES AND AGENCIES TO
FOLLOW IN APPLYING FOR GRANTS AND THE CRITERIA TO BE USED BY THE
OFFICE AND THE BOARD IN PRIORITIZING AND AWARDING GRANTS.
(l2) (a) THERE IS HEREBY CREATED THE WATER EFFICIENCY GRANT
PROGRAM FOR PURPOSES OF PROVIDING STATE FUNDING OVER A
THREE-YEAR PERIOD TO AID IN ACHIEVING THE WATER EFFICIENCY GOALS
OUTLINED IN LOCALLY ADOPTED WATER CONSERVATION PLANS AND TO
PROMOTE THE BENEFITS OF WATER EFFICIENCY. THE BOARD IS
AUTHORIZED TO DISTRIBUTE GRANTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS
SUBSECTION (12) TO COVERED ENTITIES AND AGENCIES FROM THE MONEYS
TRANSFERRED TO AND APPROPRIATED FROM THE WATER EFFICIENCY
GRANT PROGRAM CASH FUND, WHICH IS HEREBY CREATED IN THE STATE
TREASURY. FOR THE 2005-06, 2006-07, AND 2007 -08 FISCAL YEARS, THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL APPROPRIATE FROM THE FUND TO THE BOARD

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