The State Soil and Water Conservation Commission is authorized to accept applications for grants for nonfederal costs relating to small watershed projects authorized under Public Law 566 (83rd Congress as amended) from local sponsors of such projects properly organized under the provisions of either Chapter 156 of the General Statutes of North Carolina or Chapter 139 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, or from county service districts authorized by G.S. 153A-301, or from municipal service districts authorized by G.S. 160A-536. Applications shall be made on forms prescribed by the Commission.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 139-53