House amendment to the 1st edition makes the following changes.

Part II.

Amends the use of the $76,250,000 appropriated from the Helene Fund to OSBM, so that the use of the $5 million allocated to the Office of State Budget and Management (OSBM), for grants to the NC League of Municipalities (NCLM) and NC Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) is amended as follows. Allocates grants of $2 million each to NCLM and NCACC and adds the NC Association of Regional Councils of Government as a recipient of a grant of $1 million. Specifies that the grants are for technical assistance on the specified topics to local governments that are in the affected area; also expands upon those topics to include disaster recovery funding. Adds that a local government that has received a separate allocation of federal aid through HUD for Hurricane Helene is not eligible for this funding.

Subpart II-B.

Changes the entity responsible for administering the Hurricane Helene Economic Recovery Grant Program from the Department of Commerce to the Department of Revenue; makes conforming changes. No longer requires that qualifying businesses under the grant program be in the affected area; instead, adds the requirement that the business be located in a county that qualifies for FEMA Public Assistance Categories C through G.

Part III.

Adds that the following are eligible for a loan or grant from funds appropriated in this act to the Clean Water State Revolving Fund for decentralized wastewater treatment systems: (1) local government unit or a nonprofit water corporation; (2) a Community Development Finance Institution or a nonprofit that provides financing assistance to homeowners to repair or replace decentralized wastewater systems in the State; and (3) a district health department.