Grants Program Legislative History
Assembly Bill History | |
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| AB 251 - 1987 Session | Created the Board for Financing Water Projects |
| AB 197 - 1991 Session | Created state loan program & authorized $100,000,000 in revenue bonds to support the purposes of this program |
| AB 198 - 1991 Session | Created state grant program & authorized general obligation bond authority at $25,000,000 |
| AB 535 - 1993 Session | Expanded class of publicly owned water systems eligible for grants |
| AB 237 - 1999 Session | Expanded class of publicly owned water systems eligible for grants to include irrigation/water conservation & increased bond authority from $40,000,000 to $50,000,000 |
| AB 549 - 2001 Session | Increased bond authority from $50,000,000 to $69,000,000 |
| AB 473 - 2003 Session | Moved the Drinking Water SRF Program from the Health Division to NDEP |
| AB 20 - 2005 Session | Increased bond authority to $125,000,000 |
| AB 236 - 2009 Session | Expanded the definition of "eligible recipient" to include nonprofit associations or cooperatives |
Senate Bill History | |
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| SB 141 - 1995 Session | Revised provisions governing eligibility of certain purveyors of water to receive grants |
| SB 302 - 1997 Session | Establishes statutes for SRF; Repealed AB 197 loan program & Increased bond authority for grants program from $25,000,000 to $40,000,000 |
| SB 200 - 2003 Session | Authorized grants to pay certain costs associated with connecting to a community sewer system & Increased bond authority from $69,000,000 to $73,000,000 |
| SB 233 - 2003 Session | Increased bond authority from $69,000,000 to $86,000,000 |
| SB 18 - 2005 Session | Authorized grants to pay certain costs associated with connecting to municipal water systems |
| SB 62 - 2005 Session | Created a $1,000,000 water rights technical support fund |
| SB 147 - 2005 Session | Increased bond authority to $125,000,000 (revolving) |
| SB 395 - 2005 Session | Transferred responsibility of the safe drinking water program from Health to NDEP |
| SB 105 - 2009 Session | Changed NRS 349.983 to make the amount of matching funds required from the recipient based on the total project cost |