Relating to industrial access roads

Increased the cap on unmatched funds per county from $400,000 to $800,000 per fiscal year.

Increased the cap on matched funds from $150,000 to $300,000 per fiscal year.

Explicitly authorized the use of funds for signage, signalization, and safety-related upgrades connected to industrial access roads.

Added a provision exempting grants approved prior to the current program rules from the requirement to post a surety bond.

The entire document structure changed from a clean text file to a raw HTML web page containing navigation menus, footer links, and contact forms, removing all original legislative headers and page breaks.

The text of the law sections (§17-3A-1, §17-3A-2, §17-3A-4) was retained but lost its line numbers and paragraph indentation.

Section §17-3A-4(c) contains contradictory funding figures ($400,000 and $800,000) and conflicting dollar amounts for matching funds ($150,000/$300,000), suggesting a data entry error in the HTML source rather than a deliberate legislative amendment.

Increased the annual unmatched funding cap per county from $400,000 to $800,000.

Increased the maximum matched funds per county from $150,000 to $300,000.

Added an exemption from the surety requirement for grants awarded prior to being approved as part of the Business Ready Sites Program.

Explicitly authorized the use of funds for safety-related upgrades, including signage and signalization.

Established a specific effective date of July 1, 2026.

Increased the annual funding allocation from $3 million to $6 million and raised the maximum per-county allocation from $400,000 to $800,000.

Added a new requirement that funds cannot be used for storm sewers, curbs, gutters, or extra pavement width unless these items are essential to connecting to an existing road.

Clarified that funds cannot be used to construct access roads on private property.