NRS445A.280. Administration: Limitations on expenditures; imposition and collection of fees to defray costs.

      1.  The Administrator shall not:

      (a) Spend more than 4 percent of the federal grant for a set-aside program for administration pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 300j-12(g)(2) of the Safe Drinking Water Act;

      (b) Spend more than 10 percent of the federal grant for a set-aside program for activities authorized pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 300j-12(g)(2) of the Safe Drinking Water Act if matched equally by the State;

      (c) Spend more than 2 percent of the federal grant for a set-aside program for technical assistance to small water systems pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 300j-12(g)(2) of the Safe Drinking Water Act; or

      (d) Spend more than 15 percent of the federal grant for a set-aside program for activities authorized pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 300j-12(k) of the Safe Drinking Water Act.

      2.  The Administrator may impose and collect a fee from each public water system that receives a loan or other financial assistance from the Account for the Revolving Fund or the Account for Set-Aside Programs. The fee must be used to defray the costs of administering the Account for the Revolving Fund or the Account for Set-Aside Programs.

      3.  If the Administrator imposes a fee pursuant to subsection 2, the Commission shall adopt regulations establishing the amount of the fee to be collected.

      (Added to NRS by 1997, 1825; A 2003, 3061)