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PUBLIC LAW 89-240-OCT. 7, 1965

(b) The Act of July 1, 1944 (58 Stat. 682), as amended, is further amended by renumbernig title IX (as in effect prior to the enactment of this Act) as title X, and by renumbering sections 901 through 914 (as in effect prior to the enactment of this Act), and references thereto, as sections 1001 through 1014, respectively. Approved October 6, 1965, 10:15 a.m.

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Public Law 89-240 AN ACT

October 7, 1965

To amend the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make or insure loans to public and quasi-public agencies and corporations not operated for profit with respect to water supply, water systems, and waste disposal systems serving rural areas and to make grants to aid in rural community development planning and in connection with the construction of such community facilities, to increase the annual aggregate of insured loans thereunder, and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 306(a) p^mersHlTme'^ of the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act is amended to Administration read as follows:

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"(1) The Secretary is also authorized to make or insure loans to ^'75"st'^r."3o'8. associations, including corporations not operated for profit, and public 7 USC 1926. and quasi-public agencies to provide for the application or establish- citt°ons *co«orL ment of soil conservation practices, shifts in land use, the conservation, tions, etc. development, use, and control of water, and the installation or improvement of drainage or waste disposal facilities, and recreational developments, all primarily serving farmers, ranchers, farm tenants, farm laborers, and other rural residents, and to furnish financial assistance or other aid in planning projects for such purposes. "(2) The Secretary is authorized to make grants aggregating not Limitation, to exceed $50,000,000 in any fiscal year to such associations to finance specific projects tor works for the development, storage, treatment, purification, or distribution of water or the collection, treatment, or disposal of waste in rural areas. The amount of any grant made under the authority of this paragraph shall not exceed 50 per centum of the development cost of the project to serve the area which the association determines can be feasibly served by the facility and to adequately serve the reasonably foreseeable growth needs of the area. "(3) No grant shall be made under paragraph 2 of this subsection conditions, in connection with any facility unless the Secretary determines that the project (i) will serve a rural area which is not likely to decline in population below that for which the facility was designed, (ii) is designed and constructed so that adequate capacity will be or can be made available to serve the present population of the area to the extent feasible and to serve the reasonably foreseeable growth needs of the area, or (iii) is necessary for orderly community development consistent with a comprehensive community water or sewer development plan of the rural area and not inconsistent with any planned development under State, countyj or municipal plans approved as official plans by competent authority for the area in which the rural community is located and the Secretary shall establish regulations requiring the submission of all applications for financial assistance under this Act to the county or municipal government in which the proposed project is to be located for review and comment by such agency within a designated period of time. Until October 1, 1968, the Secretary may make grants prior to the completion of the comprehensive plan, if the preparation of such plan has been undertaken for the area.

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