2002 House Bill 5892 ↩

House Roll Call 592: Passed

To establish the implementing language for the $1 billion sewer infrastructure bond proposed by House Bill 4625. 90 percent of the borrowed money would go to the state water pollution control revolving fund for disbursement to projects to prevent discharges of untreated or improperly treated sewage. The remaining ten percent would go to into a “Strategic Water Quality Initiative” program administered by Department of Environmental Quality that would make low interest loans to communities for improvements to existing sewer systems, to upgrade failing septic systems, and other similar purposes. See also House Bill 5893.