HF24 Summary

• Establishes a grant program administered by the Public Facilities Authority to replace lead drinking water service lines, with grants available to community water suppliers, municipalities, and other eligible entities.

• Grants must pay 100 percent of privately owned lead service line replacement costs and up to 50 percent of publicly owned portions, with program structured to maximize federal funding.

• Eligible grant uses include removing and replacing lead service lines, repaying debt for such projects, providing resident education, and associated construction activities.

• Requires applicants serving 15,000+ service connections to submit workforce plans maximizing registered apprentices and underrepresented construction workers; all work subject to prevailing wage requirements.

• Appropriates $240,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 to the Public Facilities Authority for grants, available through June 30, 2033, with a state goal to remove all lead service lines in public drinking water systems by 2033.