SB245 HFIN AMT 3-9                                         McO

    Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for Senate Bill No. 245 – “A BILL to amend and reenact §22C-1-27 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §29-22-18d; to amend and reenact §31-15A-9 of said code; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §31-15A-17b, all relating to protection of the watersheds of the Chesapeake Bay and the Greenbrier River; increasing the bonding authority of the Water Development Authority for limited purposes; directing an annual amount of excess lottery revenue to newly created debt service fund to pay costs of and debt service on bonds; providing for the issuance of bonds when watershed compliance projects have been approved; establishing deadline for certain publicly owned wastewater facilities to submit ten-year projected capital funding plan to the West Virginia Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council for review and approval; providing eligibility for funding; requiring Water Development Authority to report to Joint Committee on Government and Finance; establishing distribution guidelines for grants to eligible projects; making eligible projects with funding approved before a certain date eligible for grant funding to the extent permitted by law and bond covenants; and limiting eligibility of grant funding.”.