58:11B-21.1 Submission of financial plan to Legislature.

25. On or before May 15 of each year, the trust shall submit to the Legislature a financial plan designed to implement the financing of the water supply projects either on the Interim Drinking Water Financing Program Project Priority List, hereinafter referred to as the "drinking water project priority list," or the drinking water project eligibility list, approved pursuant to section 24 of P.L.1997, c.224 (C.58:11B-20.1) or as otherwise approved by the Legislature. The financial plan shall contain an enumeration of the bonds, notes or other obligations of the trust which the trust intends to issue, including the amounts thereof and the terms and conditions thereof, a list of loans to be made to local government units, public water utilities, or to any other person or local government unit on behalf of a public water utility, including the terms and conditions thereof and the anticipated rate of interest per annum and repayment schedule therefor, and a list of loan guarantees or contracts to guarantee the payment of all or a portion of the principal and interest on bonds, notes or other obligations issued by a local government unit to finance the cost of a water supply project, and the terms and conditions thereof.

The financial plan shall also set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering its proposed operations during the forthcoming fiscal year, including amounts of income from all sources, and the uniform schedule of fees and charges established by the trust pursuant to subsection o. of section 5 of P.L.1985, c.334 (C.58:11B-5), and the amounts to be derived therefrom, and shall summarize the status of each water supply project for which loans or guarantees have been made by the trust, and shall describe major impediments to the accomplishment of the planned water supply projects.

The financial plan shall identify the water supply projects financed during the prior fiscal year through the Disaster Relief Emergency Financing Program established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2013, c.93 (C.58:11B-9.5), including a project description, the amount of the Disaster Relief Emergency Financing Program loan for each project, and the duration of such Disaster Relief Emergency Financing Program loan.

The financial plan shall also identify the water supply projects financed during the prior fiscal year by the Interim Financing Program established pursuant to subsection d. of section 9 of P.L.1985, c.224 (C.58:11B-9) including a project description, the amount of the loan provided for each project, and the duration of each loan.

L.1997, c.224, s.25; amended 2001, c.223, s.8; 2013, c.93, s.5; 2014, c.28, s.3; 2016, c.30, s.6; 2017, c.144, s.12.