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WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE
BILL

NO.
0041

ENROLLED ACT NO. 23, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2012 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 as specified; providing for groundwater studies funding;
and providing for an effective date.

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

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12
-20
13
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, as created by W.S. 41
‑
2
‑
124(a)(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,
2015
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
201
4 legislative session:

[LEVEL I RECONNAISSANCE STUDIES - NEW DEVELOPMENT]

Project
Location
Appropriation

Bear River Hydrology Model
Lincoln/Uinta Counties
$
5
0,000
Guernsey
Master Plan
Platte
County
125,000
L
ovell Master Plan

Big Horn
County
11
0,000
Middle North Platte Watershed
Natrona
County
25
0,000
North Platte Water Yield Analysis
Carbon County
75
,000
Statewide Water Research
Statewide
400,000
Sundance Master Plan
Crook
County

150,000

Total appropriation for Section 1

$1,
160
,000

Section 2.

LEVEL II FEASIBILITY STUDIES – NEW DEVELOPMENT
. The following sums of money are appropriated from water development account I, as created by W.S. 41
‑
2
‑
124(a)(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,
2015
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
2014 legislative session:

[LEVEL II FEASIBILITY STUDIES - NEW DEVELOPMENT]

PROJECT
LOCATION
APPROPRIATION

Gillette Regional Connections
Campbell
County
$
500
,000
Greybull Valley Hydropower
Big Horn
County
85
,000
Indian Paintbrush
Water Supply
Te
ton County
37
5,000
Weather Modification Pilot

Program
Albany/Carbon/Fremont/
Sublette
Count
ies

2,4
00,000

Total appropriation for Section 2
$
3
,
360
,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
feasibility
study for any other project listed in this section. Appropriated funds not expended prior to July 1,
2015
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
2014 legislative session:

[LEVEL I
RECONNAISSANCE
STUDIES - STORAGE]

Project
Location
Appropriation

Badwater-Poison Creek Watershed
Fremont/Natrona
Counties
$
25
0,000
Upper Green River Watershed
Sublette/Lincoln/
Teton Counties

30
0,000

Total appropriation for Section 3
$
550
,000

Section
4
.

L
EVEL I
I

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,
2015
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
2014 legislative session:

[LEVEL I
I

FEASIBILITY
STUDIES - STORAGE]

Project
Location
Appropriation

Nowood River Storage
Washakie/Big Horn
Counties
$
35
0,000
Shell Valley
Storage
Big Horn
Count
y
3
50,000
Sheridan Supplemental Storage
Sheridan County

2
50,000

Total appropriation for Section
4
$
950
,000

Section
5
.

L
EVEL I
I

FEASIBILITY
STUDIES –
REHABILITATION
. The following sums of money are appropriated from water development account II, as created by W.S. 41
‑
2
‑
124(a)(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,
2015
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
2014 legislative session:

[LEVEL I
I

FEASIBILITY
STUDIES -
REHABILITATION
]

Project
Location
Appropriation

Austin Wall Canals
Uinta County
$150,000
Basin/Big Horn Canal
Big Horn
Count
y
15
0,000
Hawk Springs Master Plan
Goshen County
200,000
Lakeview Irrigation Master Plan
Park County

250,000

Total appropriation for Section
5
$
7
5
0
,000

Section 6.
The Wyoming water development commission is authorized to contract with the University of Wyoming in an amount not to exceed one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($175,000.00) from water development account I to fund the
o
ffice of
w
ater
p
rograms established under W.S. 41
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2
‑
125 from July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2014.

Section 7.
W.S. 41
‑
2
‑
119(a) is amended to read:

41
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2
‑
119.

Groundwater studies.

(a)

The Wyoming water development commission may grant not to exceed
six million dollars ($6,000,000.00)
six million eight hundred thousand dollars ($6,800,000.00)

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.

S
ection
8.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(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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