1 Department of Environmental Services; Appropriation. There is hereby appropriated to the department of environmental services the sum of $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and the sum of $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, which shall be nonlapsing, for the purpose of making payments to communities for projects that have previously been awarded state aid grant funding for eligible and completed wastewater infrastructure projects per RSA 486 as approved by the governor and executive council. Any remaining funds not used for making payments on existing grants may be used to award new grants. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sums out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.

1 Department of Environmental Services; Appropriation. There is hereby appropriated to the department of environmental services the sum of $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and the sum of $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, which shall be nonlapsing, for the purpose of making payments to communities for projects that have previously been awarded state aid grant funding for eligible and completed wastewater infrastructure projects per RSA 486 as approved by the governor and executive council. Any remaining funds not used for making payments on existing grants may be used to award new grants. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sums out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.