12-5-38.1. Administration of funds; water pollution control and drinking water revolving funds.

The director is authorized to administer funds granted to the state by the administrator of the federal Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to Title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as now or hereafter amended, for the purpose of providing assistance to municipalities or counties or any combination thereof or to any public authority, agency, commission, or institution for construction of treatment works as that term is defined in Section 212 of the federal Clean Water Act of 1977, P.L. 95-217, which are publicly owned. The director is further authorized to administer funds granted to the state by the administrator of the federal Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to Title XIV of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, as now or hereafter amended, for the purpose of providing assistance to municipalities or counties or any combination thereof or any public or, if authorized by law, any private authority, agency, commission, or institution for the construction of public drinking water works as such term is defined in Section 1401 of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1986, P.L. 99-339. The director shall administer all funds as provided in this Code section granted to the division prior to federal fiscal year 1994 until such grants are final and complete. All such grants made in or after federal fiscal year 1994 shall be administered by the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority. At the end of federal fiscal year 1994, the administration of the water pollution control revolving fund provided for in subsection (b) of this Code section, and the fund balance, assets, liabilities, and retained earnings shall be transferred to the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority.#

Any such funds received from the administrator of the federal Environmental Protection Agency shall be deposited in one or more water pollution control and drinking water revolving funds established by the director. In addition to such federal funds, other nonfederal funds may be deposited in such revolving funds as they become available to the authority. The forms of revolving fund assistance and the manner of administering such funds shall be determined in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the Board of Natural Resources. Such funds shall be transferred to the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority as provided in subsection (a) of this Code section.#

The director is authorized to contract with any other state agency, authority, board, or commission for the purpose of providing for the management, investment, and disbursement of all funds deposited in the water pollution control and drinking water revolving funds.#