NO. 153. AN ACT RELATING TO ALLOWING STATE GRANTS TO PAY FOR A GREATER PROPORTION OF COSTS INVOLVED IN RECURRING AQUATIC NUISANCE MAINTENANCE PROJECTS.

(H.143)

It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont:

Sec. 1. 10 V.S.A. § 922(b) is amended to read:

(b) When the department finds that a proposed aquatic nuisance control program is suitable to control or minimize the effect an aquatic nuisance has on water quality and water use, it may award a grant of 75 percent or less of the project costs as determined by the department. Recurring maintenance projects may be awarded grants of *[25]* 75 percent or less of the annual project cost. In approving requests and determining the amount of any grant, the department shall consider the following:

(1) the use of the waters by persons outside the municipality in which the waters are located;

(2) the long-range effect of the control project;

(3) the recreational use of the waters; and

(4) the effectiveness of municipal shoreland zoning and other controls in minimizing or preventing existing or new development from having any adverse effects on the waters subject to the control program.

Approved: May 8, 1996