Citations Affected:
IC 13-18-13.
Synopsis: Funding for septic system replacement. Requires the
department of environmental management, in the priority ranking
system it is required to use in recommending loans and other financial
assistance from the wastewater revolving loan fund, to recognize the
extension of sewer systems to replace failing residential septic systems
as a high priority in the achievement of water quality goals. Annually
appropriates $5,000,000 from the state general fund to the wastewater
revolving loan fund to provide financial assistance for the extension of
sewer systems to replace failing residential septic systems.
Effective: July 1, 2000.
January 10, 2000, read first time and referred to Committee on Finance.
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
environmental law and to make an appropriation.
SECTION 1.
IC 13-18-13-3
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2000]: Sec. 3. (a) Money in the
fund may be used to do the following:
(1) Provide loans or other financial assistance to political
subdivisions for the planning, designing, construction, renovation,
improvement, or expansion of wastewater collection and
treatment systems and other activities necessary or convenient to
complete these tasks.
(2) Pay the cost of administering the fund and the program.
(3) Conduct all other activities that are permitted by the federal
Clean Water Act.
(b) There is annually appropriated to the wastewater revolving
loan fund from the state general fund five million dollars
($5,000,000) to provide financial assistance for the extension of
sewer systems to replace failing residential septic systems. The
funds appropriated under this subsection shall be deposited in a
separate account in the wastewater revolving loan fund.