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WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE

BILL

NO.
0100

ENROLLED ACT NO. 43, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTIETH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2009 GENERAL 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; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

2008 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter
33
, Sections 1 through
5
and by creating a new Section 6
is
amended to read:

[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
‑
2
‑
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
2010

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

600,000
Burns Water Supply

Laramie
County

85,000
Douglas
Master Plan

Converse County

200,000
Glenrock Master Plan

Converse County

150,000
Green River
DSS

Feasibility Study

Sublette, Lincoln,

Sweetwater Counties

250,000
Kirby Creek Watershed Study

Hot Springs
County

150,000
Lance

Creek
Water Supply

Niobrara
County

100,000
Platte

River Basin
Plan

South
east
Wyoming

250,000
Powell

Airport
Water Supply

Park County

50,000
Sweetwater Water Supply

Weston County

100,000
Wheatland Master Plan

Platte
County

150,000
Total appropriation for Section 1

$2,105,000

$3,
8
90,000

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
‑
2
‑
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
2010

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
Arapaho Water Supply

Fremont
County

500,000
Big Horn Regional

Groundwater

Big Horn, Washakie,

Hot Springs Counties

850,000
Cheyenne
Belvoir Ranch

Groundwater

Laramie
County

2,000,000
GR-RS-SC JPB Water Supply

Sweetwater County

350,000
Laramie
Water Management Study

Albany
County

100,000
Poison Spider Pipelines

Natrona County

100,000
Yoder Groundwater

Goshen
County

400,000
Total appropriation for Section 2

$2,395,000

$
6,695
,000

Section 3.

L
EVEL I RECONNAISSANCE STUDIES – STORAGE
. The following sums of money are appropriated from water development account III, as created by W.S. 41
‑
2
‑
124(a)(iii), to the commission to be expended to conduct the following reconnaissance studies as defined in W.S. 41
‑
2
‑
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
2010

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
Big
Sandy
Enlargement

Sweetwater County

100,000
Clear Creek Watershed

Johnson, Sheridan

Counties

300,000
Total appropriation for Section 3

$600,000

$
1,0
00,000

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
‑
2
‑
124(a)(iii), to the commission to be expended to conduct the following feasibility studies as defined in W.S. 41
‑
2
‑
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
2010

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

250,000
Middle Piney Reservoir

Sublette County

500,000
Sheridan
Supplement Storage

Sheridan
County

350,000
Sublette Creek Reservoir

Lincoln
County

375,000
Viva Naughton Enlargement

Lincoln
County

150,000
Total appropriation for Section 4

$500,000

$1,
8
75,000

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
‑
2
‑
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
2010

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
Pioneer Rehabilitation

Natrona County

75,000
Total appropriation for Section
5

$500,000

$575,000

Section 6.

LEVEL I RECONNAISSANCE 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
‑
2
‑
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 2010 legislative session.

[LEVEL I RECONNAISSANCE STUDIES - REHABILITATION]

PROJECT

LOCATION

APPROPRIATION

Austin
and Wall

Rehabilitation

Uinta

County

$110,000
Red Lane
Master Plan

Hot Springs
County

65,000
Wheatland ID Master Plan

Platte
County

300,000
Total appropriation for Section 5

$475,000

Section
2
.

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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