S315 - North Carolina Farm Act of 2019-20. (SL 2020-18)

Overview: Section 12 of S.L. 2020-18 amends existing law to provide that projects that are part of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) are ineligible for State Water Resources Development Grant (WRDG) funding if they receive funding from the Clean Water Management Trust Fund (CWMTF), and are ineligible for CWMTF funding if they receive WRDG funding. This section also required the Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources to report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources no later than September 30, 2020, regarding funding overlaps between water resources development grant funding and CWMTF grants for EQIP funding for the Western Stream Initiative and the efforts of both Departments to improve administration of State grants for that program.

This section became effective June 12, 2020.