Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session
Relating to: bonding for lead service line replacement and granting bonding authority. (FE)
Administration department of — Budget and fiscal issues Housing Loan Public health Water supply Waterworks
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Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the Department of Administration and the Department of
Natural Resources administer the safe drinking water loan program (SDWLP),
which provides financial assistance from the environmental improvement program
to local governmental units and to the private owners of community water systems
that serve local governmental units for projects for the planning, designing,
construction, or modification of public water systems. DNR establishes a funding list
for SDWLP projects, and DOA allocates funding for those projects.
Under current law, the state may contract up to $74,950,000 in public debt for
the SDWLP. This bill increases the bonding authority for the program by
$40,000,000 and requires DOA to allocate up to $40,000,000 of the authorized public
debt to projects involving forgivable loans to private users of public water systems
to cover not more than 50 percent of the cost to replace lead service lines.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs