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| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. | |
| 4 | 4 | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | - | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | - | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | - | amendment. | |
| 8 | 5 | *sb0770* | |
| 9 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 7 | SENATE BILL 770 | |
| 11 | 8 | C5 2lr1584 | |
| 12 | - | CF | |
| 9 | + | CF 2lr3218 | |
| 13 | 10 | By: Senator Ferguson | |
| 14 | 11 | Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2022 | |
| 15 | 12 | Assigned to: Finance | |
| 16 | - | Committee Report: Favorable with amendments | |
| 17 | - | Senate action: Adopted | |
| 18 | - | Read second time: March 4, 2022 | |
| 19 | 13 | ||
| 20 | - | ||
| 14 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 21 | 15 | ||
| 22 | 16 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 23 | 17 | ||
| 24 | - | Public Utilities Department of Housing and Community Development – 2 | |
| 25 | - | Homeowner Utility Repair Program and Fund – Establishment 3 | |
| 18 | + | Public Utilities – Homeowner Utility Repair Fund – Establishment 2 | |
| 26 | 19 | ||
| 27 | - | FOR the purpose of establishing the Homeowner Utility Repair Program in the Department 4 | |
| 28 | - | of Housing and Community Development to reimburse and provide grants to eligible 5 | |
| 29 | - | customers for costs associated with eligible repairs; establishing the Homeowner 6 | |
| 30 | - | Utility Repair Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to offset the costs a low– to 7 | |
| 31 | - | middle–income residential reimburse and provide grants to eligible customer may 8 | |
| 32 | - | incur customers for costs associated with a utility company’s routine maintenance, 9 | |
| 33 | - | repairs, or upgrades eligible repairs; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be 10 | |
| 34 | - | credited to the Fund; and generally relating to the Homeowner Utility Repair 11 | |
| 35 | - | Program and Fund. 12 | |
| 20 | + | FOR the purpose of establishing the Homeowner Utility Repair Fund as a special, 3 | |
| 21 | + | nonlapsing fund to offset the costs a low– to middle–income residential customer 4 | |
| 22 | + | may incur for costs associated with a utility company’s routine maintenance, repairs, 5 | |
| 23 | + | or upgrades; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; and 6 | |
| 24 | + | generally relating to the Homeowner Utility Repair Fund. 7 | |
| 36 | 25 | ||
| 37 | - | BY adding to 13 | |
| 38 | - | Article – Public Utilities 14 | |
| 39 | - | Section 7–315 15 | |
| 26 | + | BY adding to 8 | |
| 27 | + | Article – Public Utilities 9 | |
| 28 | + | Section 7–315 10 | |
| 29 | + | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 | |
| 30 | + | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 12 | |
| 31 | + | ||
| 32 | + | BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 13 | |
| 33 | + | Article – State Finance and Procurement 14 | |
| 34 | + | Section 6–226(a)(2)(i) 15 | |
| 40 | 35 | Annotated Code of Maryland 16 | |
| 41 | - | ( | |
| 36 | + | (2021 Replacement Volume) 17 | |
| 42 | 37 | ||
| 43 | - | BY adding to 18 | |
| 44 | - | Article – Housing and Community Development 19 | |
| 45 | - | Section 4–2901 through 4–2904 to be under the new subtitle “Subtitle 29. 20 | |
| 46 | - | Homeowner Utility Repair Program” 21 | |
| 47 | - | Annotated Code of Maryland 22 | |
| 48 | - | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 23 2 SENATE BILL 770 | |
| 38 | + | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 18 | |
| 39 | + | Article – State Finance and Procurement 19 | |
| 40 | + | Section 6–226(a)(2)(ii)144. and 145. 20 | |
| 41 | + | Annotated Code of Maryland 21 | |
| 42 | + | (2021 Replacement Volume) 22 | |
| 43 | + | ||
| 44 | + | BY adding to 23 | |
| 45 | + | Article – State Finance and Procurement 24 | |
| 46 | + | Section 6–226(a)(2)(ii)146. 25 | |
| 47 | + | Annotated Code of Maryland 26 | |
| 48 | + | (2021 Replacement Volume) 27 2 SENATE BILL 770 | |
| 49 | 49 | ||
| 50 | 50 | ||
| 51 | 51 | ||
| 52 | - | BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 1 | |
| 53 | - | Article – State Finance and Procurement 2 | |
| 54 | - | Section 6–226(a)(2)(i) 3 | |
| 55 | - | Annotated Code of Maryland 4 | |
| 56 | - | (2021 Replacement Volume) 5 | |
| 52 | + | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 1 | |
| 53 | + | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 2 | |
| 57 | 54 | ||
| 58 | - | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 6 | |
| 59 | - | Article – State Finance and Procurement 7 | |
| 60 | - | Section 6–226(a)(2)(ii)144. and 145. 8 | |
| 61 | - | Annotated Code of Maryland 9 | |
| 62 | - | (2021 Replacement Volume) 10 | |
| 55 | + | Article – Public Utilities 3 | |
| 63 | 56 | ||
| 64 | - | BY adding to 11 | |
| 65 | - | Article – State Finance and Procurement 12 | |
| 66 | - | Section 6–226(a)(2)(ii)146. 13 | |
| 67 | - | Annotated Code of Maryland 14 | |
| 68 | - | (2021 Replacement Volume) 15 | |
| 57 | + | 7–315. 4 | |
| 69 | 58 | ||
| 70 | - | SECTION | |
| 71 | - | ||
| 59 | + | (A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 5 | |
| 60 | + | INDICATED. 6 | |
| 72 | 61 | ||
| 73 | - | ||
| 62 | + | (2) “FUND” MEANS THE HOMEOWNER UTILITY REPAIR FUND. 7 | |
| 74 | 63 | ||
| 75 | - | SUBTITLE 29. HOMEOWNER UTILITY REPAIR PROGRAM. 19 | |
| 64 | + | (3) “UTILITY COMPANY ” MEANS AN ELECTRIC CO MPANY, A GAS 8 | |
| 65 | + | COMPANY, OR A GAS AND ELECTRI C COMPANY. 9 | |
| 76 | 66 | ||
| 77 | - | ||
| 67 | + | (B) THERE IS A HOMEOWNER UTILITY REPAIR FUND. 10 | |
| 78 | 68 | ||
| 79 | - | (A) (1) IN THIS SECTION SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE 21 | |
| 80 | - | MEANINGS INDICATED . 22 | |
| 69 | + | (C) THE PURPOSE OF THE FUND IS TO OFFSET THE COST S A LOW– TO 11 | |
| 70 | + | MIDDLE–INCOME RESIDENTIAL C USTOMER MAY INCUR FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED 12 | |
| 71 | + | WITH A UTILITY COMPANY ’S ROUTINE MAINTENANCE , REPAIRS, OR UPGRADES . 13 | |
| 81 | 72 | ||
| 82 | - | (2) (B) “ELIGIBLE CUSTOMER ” MEANS A RESIDENTIAL UTILITY 23 | |
| 83 | - | CUSTOMER WHOSE HOUSE HOLD INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED 120% OF THE STATE 24 | |
| 84 | - | MEDIAN INCOME . 25 | |
| 73 | + | (D) (1) THE COMMISSION SHALL: 14 | |
| 85 | 74 | ||
| 86 | - | (C) “ELIGIBLE REPAIR ” MEANS THE REPAIR OF DAMAGE TO A WALL , 26 | |
| 87 | - | CEILING, OR FLOOR INSIDE A RE SIDENTIAL STRUCTURE CAUSED BY A REQUIRED 27 | |
| 88 | - | UPGRADE, REPAIR, OR MAINTENANCE ACTIO N CONDUCTED BY A UTI LITY COMPANY 28 | |
| 89 | - | FOR WHICH THE UTILIT Y COMPANY DOES NOT M AKE THE REPAIR OR REIMBURSE 29 | |
| 90 | - | THE CUSTOMER FOR THE REPAIR. 30 | |
| 75 | + | (I) ADMINISTER THE FUND; AND 15 | |
| 91 | 76 | ||
| 92 | - | (D) “FUND” MEANS THE HOMEOWNER UTILITY REPAIR FUND. 31 | |
| 77 | + | (II) DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS TO BE TRANSFERRED 16 | |
| 78 | + | ANNUALLY TO THE FUND FROM FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT 17 | |
| 79 | + | LOW–INCOME WEATHERIZATION AND E NERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT 18 | |
| 80 | + | RETAIN UNUSED FUNDS AT THE END OF A STATE FISCAL YEAR, INCLUDING: 19 | |
| 93 | 81 | ||
| 94 | - | (3) (E) “PROGRAM” MEANS THE HOMEOWNER UTILITY REPAIR 32 | |
| 95 | - | PROGRAM. 33 | |
| 82 | + | 1. THE ELECTRIC UNIVERSAL S ERVICE PROGRAM 20 | |
| 83 | + | ESTABLISHED UNDER § 7–512.1 OF THIS TITLE; 21 | |
| 84 | + | ||
| 85 | + | 2. THE ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED 22 | |
| 86 | + | UNDER TITLE 5, SUBTITLE 5A OF THE HUMAN SERVICES ARTICLE; 23 | |
| 87 | + | ||
| 88 | + | 3. THE WEATHERIZATION P ROGRAM DEVELOPED BY THE 24 | |
| 89 | + | COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION UNDER § 4–211 OF THE HOUSING 25 | |
| 90 | + | AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ARTICLE; 26 | |
| 91 | + | ||
| 92 | + | 4. THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 27 | |
| 93 | + | WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM; AND 28 | |
| 96 | 94 | SENATE BILL 770 3 | |
| 97 | 95 | ||
| 98 | 96 | ||
| 99 | - | (F) “STATE MEDIAN INCOME ” MEANS THE MEDIAN HOU SEHOLD INCOME 1 | |
| 100 | - | FOR THE STATE, AS ADJUSTED FOR HOUS EHOLD SIZE. 2 | |
| 97 | + | 5. ANY OTHER FEDERAL , STATE, OR LOCAL 1 | |
| 98 | + | GOVERNMENT LOW –INCOME PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES WEATHERIZATION AND 2 | |
| 99 | + | ENERGY ASSISTANCE TO LOW– TO MIDDLE–INCOME RESIDENTIAL C USTOMERS. 3 | |
| 101 | 100 | ||
| 102 | - | (G) “UTILITY COMPANY ” MEANS AN ELECTRIC CO MPANY, A GAS COMPANY , 3 | |
| 103 | - | OR A GAS AND ELECTRI C COMPANY. 4 | |
| 101 | + | (2) THE COMMISSION MAY REQUES T A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO 4 | |
| 102 | + | TRANSFER TO THE FUND UNSPENT UNENCUMB ERED MONEY IN THE FU NDS LISTED 5 | |
| 103 | + | IN PARAGRAPH (1)(II) OF THIS SUBSECTION A T THE END OF A GIVEN FISCAL YEAR. 6 | |
| 104 | 104 | ||
| 105 | - | 4–2902. 5 | |
| 105 | + | (E) (1) THE FUND IS A SPECIAL , NONLAPSING FUND THAT IS NOT 7 | |
| 106 | + | SUBJECT TO § 7–302 OF THE STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT ARTICLE. 8 | |
| 106 | 107 | ||
| 107 | - | ( | |
| 108 | - | ||
| 108 | + | (2) THE STATE TREASURER SHALL HOLD THE FUND SEPARATELY , 9 | |
| 109 | + | AND THE COMPTROLLER SHALL ACCOUNT F OR THE FUND. 10 | |
| 109 | 110 | ||
| 110 | - | ( | |
| 111 | + | (F) THE FUND CONSISTS OF : 11 | |
| 111 | 112 | ||
| 112 | - | (1) | |
| 113 | - | ||
| 113 | + | (1) MONEY TRANSFERRED TO THE FUND UNDER SUBSECTION (D) OF 12 | |
| 114 | + | THIS SECTION; 13 | |
| 114 | 115 | ||
| 115 | - | (2) PROVIDE GRANTS TO EL IGIBLE CUSTOMERS TO FUND ELIGIBLE 11 | |
| 116 | - | REPAIRS. 12 | |
| 116 | + | (2) MONEY APPROPRIATED I N THE STATE BUDGET TO THE FUND; 14 | |
| 117 | 117 | ||
| 118 | - | (C) (1) BEGINNING JULY 1, 2023, AN ELIGIBLE CUSTOMER MAY APPLY 13 | |
| 119 | - | FOR REIMBURSEMENT UN DER THE PROGRAM FOR THE ACTUA L COSTS OF AN 14 | |
| 120 | - | ELIGIBLE REPAIR . 15 | |
| 118 | + | (3) INTEREST EARNINGS ; AND 15 | |
| 121 | 119 | ||
| 122 | - | ( | |
| 123 | - | ||
| 120 | + | (4) ANY OTHER MONEY FROM ANY OTHER SOURCE ACCEPTE D FOR 16 | |
| 121 | + | THE BENEFIT OF THE FUND. 17 | |
| 124 | 122 | ||
| 125 | - | ( | |
| 126 | - | FOR | |
| 127 | - | ||
| 123 | + | (G) THE FUND MAY BE USED ONLY TO OFFSET THE COST S A LOW– TO 18 | |
| 124 | + | MIDDLE–INCOME RESIDENTIAL C USTOMER INCURS FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH A 19 | |
| 125 | + | UTILITY COMPANY ’S ROUTINE MAINTENANCE , REPAIRS, OR UPGRADES . 20 | |
| 128 | 126 | ||
| 129 | - | (2) THE MAXIMUM GRANT AWA RDED MAY NOT EXCEED $1,000. 21 | |
| 127 | + | (H) (1) THE STATE TREASURER SHALL INVES T THE MONEY OF THE FUND 21 | |
| 128 | + | IN THE SAME MANNER A S OTHER STATE MONEY MAY BE IN VESTED. 22 | |
| 130 | 129 | ||
| 131 | - | ( | |
| 132 | - | ||
| 130 | + | (2) ANY INTEREST EARNINGS OF THE FUND SHALL BE CREDITE D TO 23 | |
| 131 | + | THE FUND. 24 | |
| 133 | 132 | ||
| 134 | - | (I) | |
| 135 | - | ||
| 133 | + | (I) EXPENDITURES FROM THE FUND MAY BE MADE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE 25 | |
| 134 | + | WITH THE STATE BUDGET . 26 | |
| 136 | 135 | ||
| 137 | - | (II) RETURN TO THE DEPARTMENT ANY UNSPEN T GRANT 26 | |
| 138 | - | FUNDS. 27 | |
| 139 | - | ||
| 140 | - | 4–2903. 28 | |
| 141 | - | ||
| 142 | - | (B) (A) THERE IS A HOMEOWNER UTILITY REPAIR FUND. 29 | |
| 136 | + | (J) MONEY EXPENDED FROM T HE FUND IS SUPPLEMENTAL TO AND IS NOT 27 | |
| 137 | + | INTENDED TO TAKE THE PLACE OF FUNDING THA T OTHERWISE WOULD BE 28 | |
| 138 | + | APPROPRIATED TO THE FUND. 29 | |
| 143 | 139 | 4 SENATE BILL 770 | |
| 144 | 140 | ||
| 145 | 141 | ||
| 146 | - | (C) (B) THE PURPOSE OF THE FUND IS TO OFFSET THE COSTS AN 1 | |
| 147 | - | ELIGIBLE CUSTOMER IN CURS FOR AN ELIGIBLE REPAIR. OFFSET THE COSTS A 2 | |
| 148 | - | LOW– TO MIDDLE–INCOME RESIDENTIAL C USTOMER MAY INCUR FO R COSTS 3 | |
| 149 | - | ASSOCIATED WITH A UTILITY COMPANY ’S ROUTINE MAINTENANC E, REPAIRS, OR 4 | |
| 150 | - | UPGRADES. 5 | |
| 142 | + | Article – State Finance and Procurement 1 | |
| 151 | 143 | ||
| 152 | - | ||
| 144 | + | 6–226. 2 | |
| 153 | 145 | ||
| 154 | - | (I) ADMINISTER THE FUND; AND 7 | |
| 146 | + | (a) (2) (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and unless 3 | |
| 147 | + | inconsistent with a federal law, grant agreement, or other federal requirement or with the 4 | |
| 148 | + | terms of a gift or settlement agreement, net interest on all State money allocated by the 5 | |
| 149 | + | State Treasurer under this section to special funds or accounts, and otherwise entitled to 6 | |
| 150 | + | receive interest earnings, as accounted for by the Comptroller, shall accrue to the General 7 | |
| 151 | + | Fund of the State. 8 | |
| 155 | 152 | ||
| 156 | - | (II) DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS TO BE TRANS FERRED 8 | |
| 157 | - | ANNUALLY TO THE FUND FROM FEDERAL , STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9 | |
| 158 | - | LOW–INCOME WEATHERIZATION AND ENERGY ASSISTANC E PROGRAMS THAT 10 | |
| 159 | - | RETAIN UNUSED FUNDS AT THE END OF A STATE FISCAL YEAR , INCLUDING: 11 | |
| 153 | + | (ii) The provisions of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph do not apply 9 | |
| 154 | + | to the following funds: 10 | |
| 160 | 155 | ||
| 161 | - | | |
| 162 | - | ||
| 156 | + | 144. the Health Equity Resource Community Reserve Fund; 11 | |
| 157 | + | [and] 12 | |
| 163 | 158 | ||
| 164 | - | 2. THE ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED 14 | |
| 165 | - | UNDER TITLE 5, SUBTITLE 5A OF THE HUMAN SERVICES ARTICLE; 15 | |
| 159 | + | 145. the Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund; AND 13 | |
| 166 | 160 | ||
| 167 | - | 3. THE WEATHERIZATION P ROGRAM DEVELOPED BY THE 16 | |
| 168 | - | COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION UNDER § 4–211 OF THE HOUSING 17 | |
| 169 | - | AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ARTICLE; 18 | |
| 161 | + | 146. THE HOMEOWNER UTILITY REPAIR FUND. 14 | |
| 170 | 162 | ||
| 171 | - | 4. THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 19 | |
| 172 | - | WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM; AND 20 | |
| 173 | - | ||
| 174 | - | 5. ANY OTHER FEDERAL , STATE, OR LOCAL 21 | |
| 175 | - | GOVERNMENT LOW –INCOME PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES WEATHERIZAT ION AND 22 | |
| 176 | - | ENERGY ASSISTANCE TO LOW– TO MIDDLE–INCOME RESIDENTIAL C USTOMERS. 23 | |
| 177 | - | ||
| 178 | - | (2) THE COMMISSION MAY REQUES T A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO 24 | |
| 179 | - | TRANSFER TO THE FUND UNSPENT UNENCUMB ERED MONEY IN THE FU NDS LISTED 25 | |
| 180 | - | IN PARAGRAPH (1)(II) OF THIS SUBSECTION A T THE END OF A GIVEN FISCAL YEAR. 26 | |
| 181 | - | ||
| 182 | - | (E) (C) (1) THE FUND IS A SPECIAL , NONLAPSING FUND THAT IS NOT 27 | |
| 183 | - | SUBJECT TO § 7–302 OF THE STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT ARTICLE. 28 | |
| 184 | - | ||
| 185 | - | (2) THE STATE TREASURER SHALL HOLD THE FUND SEPARATELY , 29 | |
| 186 | - | AND THE COMPTROLLER SHALL ACC OUNT FOR THE FUND. 30 | |
| 187 | - | ||
| 188 | - | (F) (D) THE FUND CONSISTS OF : 31 | |
| 189 | - | SENATE BILL 770 5 | |
| 190 | - | ||
| 191 | - | ||
| 192 | - | (1) MONEY TRANSFERRED TO THE FUND UNDER SUBSECTION (D) OF 1 | |
| 193 | - | THIS SECTION; 2 | |
| 194 | - | ||
| 195 | - | (2) MONEY APPROPRIATED I N THE STATE BUDGET TO THE FUND; 3 | |
| 196 | - | ||
| 197 | - | (3) (2) INTEREST EARNINGS ; AND 4 | |
| 198 | - | ||
| 199 | - | (4) (3) ANY OTHER MONEY FROM ANY OTHER SOURCE ACC EPTED 5 | |
| 200 | - | FOR THE BENEFIT OF T HE FUND. 6 | |
| 201 | - | ||
| 202 | - | (G) (E) THE FUND MAY BE USED ONLY TO OFFSET THE COSTS A L OW– TO 7 | |
| 203 | - | MIDDLE–INCOME RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER INCURS FOR COSTS ASS OCIATED WITH A 8 | |
| 204 | - | UTILITY COMPANY ’S ROUTINE MAINTENANC E, REPAIRS, OR UPGRADES : 9 | |
| 205 | - | ||
| 206 | - | (1) REIMBURSE ELIGIBLE C USTOMERS FOR THE COS T OF ELIGIBLE 10 | |
| 207 | - | REPAIRS; AND 11 | |
| 208 | - | ||
| 209 | - | (2) PROVIDE GRANTS TO EL IGIBLE CUSTOMERS TO FUND ELIGIBLE 12 | |
| 210 | - | REPAIRS. 13 | |
| 211 | - | ||
| 212 | - | (H) (F) (1) THE STATE TREASURER SHALL INVES T THE MONEY OF THE 14 | |
| 213 | - | FUND IN THE SAME MANN ER AS OTHER STATE MONEY MAY BE IN VESTED. 15 | |
| 214 | - | ||
| 215 | - | (2) ANY INTEREST EARNINGS OF THE FUND SHALL BE CREDITE D TO 16 | |
| 216 | - | THE FUND. 17 | |
| 217 | - | ||
| 218 | - | (I) (G) EXPENDITURES FROM THE FUND MAY BE MADE ONLY IN 18 | |
| 219 | - | ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE BUDGET . 19 | |
| 220 | - | ||
| 221 | - | (J) (H) MONEY EXPENDED FROM T HE FUND IS SUPPLEMENTAL TO AND IS 20 | |
| 222 | - | NOT INTENDED TO TAKE THE PLACE OF FUNDING THAT OTHERWISE WOULD BE 21 | |
| 223 | - | APPROPRIATED TO THE FUND. 22 | |
| 224 | - | ||
| 225 | - | (I) IN FISCAL YEAR 2024 AND EACH FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER , THE 23 | |
| 226 | - | GOVERNOR SHALL INCLUD E IN THE ANNUAL BUDG ET BILL AN APPROPRIA TION OF 24 | |
| 227 | - | $500,000 FOR THE FUND. 25 | |
| 228 | - | ||
| 229 | - | 4–2904. 26 | |
| 230 | - | ||
| 231 | - | THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOP T REGULATIONS TO ADM INISTER THE FUND, 27 | |
| 232 | - | INCLUDING REGULATION S ESTABLISHING: 28 | |
| 233 | - | ||
| 234 | - | (1) REIMBURSEMENT AND GR ANT ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS ; 29 | |
| 235 | - | 6 SENATE BILL 770 | |
| 236 | - | ||
| 237 | - | ||
| 238 | - | (2) APPLICATION PROCEDUR ES; 1 | |
| 239 | - | ||
| 240 | - | (3) DOCUMENTATION REQUIR EMENTS; AND 2 | |
| 241 | - | ||
| 242 | - | (4) PROCEDURES FOR RETUR NING UNSPENT FUNDS F OLLOWING 3 | |
| 243 | - | RECEIPT OF A GRANT . 4 | |
| 244 | - | ||
| 245 | - | Article – State Finance and Procurement 5 | |
| 246 | - | ||
| 247 | - | 6–226. 6 | |
| 248 | - | ||
| 249 | - | (a) (2) (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and unless 7 | |
| 250 | - | inconsistent with a federal law, grant agreement, or other federal requirement or with the 8 | |
| 251 | - | terms of a gift or settlement agreement, net interest on all State money allocated by the 9 | |
| 252 | - | State Treasurer under this section to special funds or accounts, and otherwise entitled to 10 | |
| 253 | - | receive interest earnings, as accounted for by the Comptroller, shall accrue to the General 11 | |
| 254 | - | Fund of the State. 12 | |
| 255 | - | ||
| 256 | - | (ii) The provisions of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph do not apply 13 | |
| 257 | - | to the following funds: 14 | |
| 258 | - | ||
| 259 | - | 144. the Health Equity Resource Community Reserve Fund; 15 | |
| 260 | - | [and] 16 | |
| 261 | - | ||
| 262 | - | 145. the Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund; AND 17 | |
| 263 | - | ||
| 264 | - | 146. THE HOMEOWNER UTILITY REPAIR FUND. 18 | |
| 265 | - | ||
| 266 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 19 | |
| 267 | - | October 1, 2022. 20 | |
| 268 | - | ||
| 269 | - | ||
| 270 | - | ||
| 271 | - | ||
| 272 | - | Approved: | |
| 273 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 274 | - | Governor. | |
| 275 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 276 | - | President of the Senate. | |
| 277 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 278 | - | Speaker of the House of Delegates. | |
| 163 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 15 | |
| 164 | + | October 1, 2022. 16 |