2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973.
§ 143B-437.04. Community development block grants.

§ 143B‑437.04.  Community development block grants.

(a)        The Department of Commerce shall adopt guidelines for the awarding of Community Development Block Grants to ensure that:

(1)        No local match is required for grants awarded for projects located in counties that have one of the 25 highest rankings under G.S. 143B‑437.08 or counties that have a population of less than 50,000 and more than nineteen percent (19%) of its population below the federal poverty level according to the most recent federal decennial census.

(2)        To the extent practicable, priority consideration for grants is given to projects located in counties that have met the conditions of subdivision (a)(1) of this section or in urban progress zones that have met the conditions of subsection (b) of this section.

(b)        In order to qualify for the benefits of this section, after an area is designated an urban progress zone under G.S. 143B‑437.09, the governing body of the city in which the zone is located must adopt a strategy to improve the zone and establish an urban progress zone committee to oversee the strategy. The strategy and the committee must conform with requirements established by the Secretary of Commerce. (1996, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 13, s. 3.6; 1997‑456, s. 27; 1998‑55, s. 3; 2006‑252, s. 2.5; 2007‑323, s. 13.18(h).)