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Message Page 7 of 7 (Sec. 11.4). The budget contains level funding for fhe Clean Water Management Trust Fund at $100 million. A general special provision, effective October 1, 2008, limits any new parking lot surface to 80% impervious (Sec. 6.22). The budget extends and establishes some economic development activities such as film industry recruitment, viticulture promotion, home furnishing marketing, and the NC Green Business. The One NC Fund -for economic development incentives -would receive $14 million, and $4.8 million is set aside for matching federal program funds for small business development. The Rural Center receives an additional $19 million to establish and implement the rural economic transition program, a grants program to "carry out transformative economic development and agricultural enhancement projects...with priority to applicants in tier one areas" (Sec. 13.14). One hundred million is made available to the Rural Center to distribute grants for water ($50 million) and wastewater ($50 million) improvements (Sec. 13.13). Sec. 13.17 directs the state's regional economic development authorities to seek supplemental funding from local governments. Natural and Economic Resources Ex ansion 2007-OS • Levy $2 per ton tipping fee to assess & correct unlined landfills & inactive hazardous waste sites via H1492 • Continue private well water safety program's incentive grants to counties $300k nr • Expand state enforcement of sediment and erosion control and rovide local overnment incentives to artici ate in ro ram $473k supported by fees • Improve municipal wastewater compliance and review and update of water standards • Increases water quality fees by 20 ercent • Fund 20 percent state match for federal wastewater and drinking water rant match re uirements • $9.4 million nr • Increase A . Devel. & Farmland Preservation Trust $8 million nr • Fund biofuels center • $5 million nr • • Provide recurring funding for One NC fund Match federal small business innovation ro rams $14 million nr $4.8 million nr • Ex and Rural Center's economic infrastructure fund • $19 million nr • Increase council of governments funding by $10,000 per COG NCACC le islative oal • $170k nr • Land for Tomorrow; waterfront access $120 million via COPS nr • Fund water & wastewater capital improvements through Rural Center $100 million nr General Government 2007-08 • Fund the NC Housing Trust Fund (NCACC goal) $5 million • Fund the home rotection ilot ro ram •. $1.5 million nr •. Expand arts funding $1 million basic • $1 million grassroots • $1 million Garin & sharing nr • Increase aid to public libraries (NCACC legislative goal to make $475k nr new funds recurrin • Rea last installment to retirements stem $45 million nr The budget allocates an additional $200,000 or $425,000 from each disposal tax program -scrap tire and white goods - to the Department of Revenue for administrative expenses (Secs. 24.1 and 24.2). It also changes the allocation of the "Grassroots Arts Program," distributing 20 percent of the total equally among counties, with the remaining 80 percent allocated based on county population (Sec. 21.1). Section 22.1 directs the NC Housing Finance Agency to continue its development of a pilot "Home Protection" program, directed at residents in counties with greater than 7% unemployment, same as the House provision. Once a homeowner qualifies under the program, the mortgage holder cannot begin foreclosure or other legal action. A special provision in the transportation category, Section 27.12, states the General Assembly's intent to phase out general fund transfers from the Highway Fund and the Highway Trust Fund, 2009 - 2013. 8/28/2007