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Subcommittee tables bill to require appropriations before DEQ enters Water Quality Improvement Fund grant commitments
Summary
House Bill 2247 would remove the statutory requirement that the DEQ director enter WQIF grant agreements regardless of available funds, instead requiring that obligations be covered by General Assembly appropriations; the subcommittee laid the bill on the table 8‑2.
Delegate Runyon told the subcommittee that the Water Quality Improvement Fund (WQIF) currently requires the DEQ director to enter into grant agreements with eligible treatment works even when funds are not available, creating a risk of obligations that exceed available balances. He said DEQ projects WQIF point‑source obligations could exceed the current fund…
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