Omnibus water bill-planning.

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE

BILL

NO.
0088

ENROLLED ACT NO. 22, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FIFTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2008 BUDGET SESSION

AN ACT relating to water development projects; authorizing specified Level I and Level II studies and providing appropriations; requiring reports; providing for reversion of unexpended funds; authorizing unobligated funds to be used to complete other designated project studies under certain conditions;
providing funding for the office of water programs; amending provision regarding the reversion of funds for a specified study;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

[2008-2009 WATER PROGRAM]

[AUTHORIZED LEVEL I AND LEVEL II STUDIES]

Section 1.

LEVEL I RECONNAISSANCE STUDIES – NEW DEVELOPMENT
. The following sums of money are appropriated from water development account I to the commission to be expended to conduct the following reconnaissance studies as defined in W.S. 41
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114. Funds appropriated under this section for a particular project which are in excess of the actual amount necessary to complete the study may, subject to the review of the select water committee, be expended by the commission to complete the reconnaissance study for any other project listed in this section. Appropriated funds not expended prior to July 1, 2010, shall revert to water development account I. The commission shall submit a report to the legislature on each of the following studies prior to the 2009 legislative session.

[LEVEL I RECONNAISSANCE STUDIES - NEW DEVELOPMENT]

Project

Location

Appropriation

Cody Master Plan

Park

County

$ 100,000
Evansville Master Plan

Natrona County

150,000
Gillette Regional Master Plan

Campbell
County

350,000
Kemmerer-Diamondville

Master Plan

Lincoln
County

100,000
Lander Master Plan

Fremont
County

100,000
Laramie

County

Aquifer

Laramie
County

25,000
Pine Bluffs Master Plan

Laramie
County

80,000
Pine Haven Master Plan

Crook County

100,000
Rawlins Master Plan

Carbon County

150,000
South Circle
Master Plan

Washakie County

50,000
Wind/Bighorn River Basin Plan

Wind/Bighorn Basin

500,000
Wright Master Plan

Campbell

100,000
Statewide Water Research

Statewide

300,000
Total appropriation for Section 1

$2,105,000

Section 2.

LEVEL II FEASIBILITY STUDIES – NEW DEVELOPMENT
. The following sums of money are appropriated from water development account I to the commission to be expended to conduct the following feasibility studies as defined in W.S. 41
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114. Funds appropriated under this section for a particular project which are in excess of the actual amount necessary to complete the study may, subject to the review of the select water committee, be expended by the commission to complete the feasibility study for any other project listed in this section. Appropriated funds not expended prior to July 1, 2010, shall revert to water development account I. The commission shall submit a report to the legislature on each of the following studies prior to the 2009 legislative session.

[LEVEL II FEASIBILITY STUDIES - NEW DEVELOPMENT]

PROJECT

LOCATION

APPROPRIATION

Alpine Master Plan Update,

Phase II

Lincoln

County

$ 85,000
Farview Water Supply

Fremont
County

375,000
Glendo Water Supply

Platte
County

150,000
Jamestown/Rio
Vista

Water Supply

Sweetwater County

75,000
Mile-Hi Water Supply

Natrona County

75,000
Northern Arapaho

Groundwater

Fremont
County

685,000
Owl Creek Water Supply

Hot Springs
County

75,000
South Thermopolis

Water Supply

Hot Springs
County

75,000
Wamsutter Groundwater

Sweetwater County

800,000
Total appropriation for Section 2

$2,395,000

Section 3.

LE
VEL I RECONNAISSANCE STUDIES – STORAGE
. The following sums of money are appropriated from water development account III, as created by W.S. 41
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124(a)(iii), to the commission to be expended to conduct the following reconnaissance studies as defined in W.S. 41
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114. Funds appropriated under this section for a particular project which are in excess of the actual amount necessary to complete the study may, subject to the review of the select water committee, be expended by the commission to complete the reconnaissance study for any other project listed in this section. Appropriated funds not expended prior to July 1, 2010, shall revert to water development account III. The commission shall submit a report to the legislature on each of the following studies prior to the 2009 legislative session.

[LEVEL I RECONNAISSANCE STUDIES - STORAGE]

PROJECT

LOCATION

APPROPRIATION

Nowood

River
Watershed

Washakie

County

$300,000
Thunder

Basin
Watershed

East
Central Wyoming

300,000
Total appropriation for Section 3

$600,000

Section 4.

LE
VEL II FEASIBILITY STUDIES – STORAGE
. The following sums of money are appropriated from water development account III, as created by W.S. 41
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124(a)(iii), to the commission to be expended to conduct the following feasibility studies as defined in W.S. 41
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114. Funds appropriated under this section for a particular project which are in excess of the actual amount necessary to complete the study may, subject to the review of the select water committee, be expended by the commission to complete the feasibility study for any other project listed in this section. Appropriated funds not expended prior to July 1, 2010, shall revert to water development account III. The commission shall submit a report to the legislature on each of the following studies prior to the 2009 legislative session.

[LEVEL II FEASIBILITY STUDIES - STORAGE]

PROJECT

LOCATION

APPROPRIATION

Cottonwood/Grass Creek CRM

Hot Springs County

$250,000
Little Snake Supplemental

Storage

Carbon County

2
5
0,000
Total appropriation for Section 4

$
50
0,000

Section 5.

LEVEL II FEASIBILITY STUDIES - REHABILITATION
. The following sums of money are appropriated from water development account II to the commission to be expended to conduct the following feasibility studies as defined in W.S. 41
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114. Funds appropriated under this section for a particular project which are in excess of the actual amount necessary to complete the study may, subject to the review of the select water committee, be expended by the commission to complete the feasibility study for any other project listed in this section. Appropriated funds not expended prior to July 1, 2010, shall revert to water development account II. The commission shall submit a report to the legislature on each of the following studies prior to the 2009 legislative session.

[LEVEL II FEASIBILITY STUDIES - REHABILITATION]

PROJECT

LOCATION

APPROPRIATION

Cody

Canal
Rehab, GIS

Park

County

$200,000
Greybull

Valley
Rehab, GIS

Bighorn County

150,000
Willwood Rehab, GIS

Park County

150,000
Total appropriation for Section 5

$500,000

Section 6.
W.S. 41
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119(a) is amended to read:

41
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119.

Groundwater studies.

(a)

The Wyoming water development commission may grant not to exceed
five million five hundred thousand dollars ($5,500,000.00)

six million dollars ($6,000,000.00)
to incorporated cities and towns, water and sewer districts and improvement and service districts in Wyoming for exploration for and feasibility studies of the use of underground water for municipal and rural domestic purposes, not to exceed four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000.00) for any one (1) exploration or study. The grants shall be made from revenues from water development account I and those revenues are hereby so appropriated. Any city or town, water and sewer district or service and improvement
district
receiving a grant pursuant to this section shall provide at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the cost of the exploration or study from its own funds. The commission shall adopt rules and regulations governing application procedures for the grants.

Section 7.
The Wyoming Water Development Commission is authorized to contract with the
University
of
Wyoming
in an amount not to exceed one hundred sixty-five thousand dollars ($165,000.00) from water development account I to fund the Office of Water Programs established under W.S. 41
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125 from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2010.

Section 8.
2007 Wyoming Session Laws,

Chapter 85,
Section 6(c) is amended to read:

Section 6.

Part II.
LEVEL I FEASIBILITY STUDY – MITIGATION
NORTH PLATTE
DRAINAGE SYSTEM
.

(c)

Any balance of funds remaining after completion of the level I feasibility study
may be used for the acquisition of replacement water as described in paragraph (a)(i) of this section

shall revert to water development account I
.

Section
9
.

This act is effective immediately upon co
m
pletion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constit
u
tion.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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