Bill > HB7

This bill appropriates funds for the Reclamation and Development Grants Program for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027. * $750,000 is appropriated from the natural resources projects state special revenue account to the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation for grants for planning reclamation and development projects. * $5,523,260 is appropriated from the natural resources projects state special revenue account to the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation for grants to political subdivisions and local governments. These funds are allocated to specific projects with prioritized amounts, including watershed mine reclamation, water treatment plant upgrades, mine land remediation, wastewater system improvements, habitat rehabilitation, dam rehabilitation, flood mitigation, and flood preparedness. * Grant recipients must meet specific conditions, including having an approved scope of work, schedule, and budget, documenting committed matching funds, submitting a project management plan, complying with auditing and reporting requirements, and executing a grant agreement. * Grant recipients cannot receive funds from both the reclamation and development grants program and the renewable resource grant and loan program for the same project during the same biennium.