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WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE
BILL

NO.
0071

ENROLLED ACT NO. 39, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2013 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to water development projects; authorizing specified Level I and Level II studies and providing appropriations; requiring reports; provi
ding for reversion of un
contracted
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
:

[20
13
-20
14
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 obligated by contract
prior to July 1,
2016
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
5 legislative session:

[LEVEL I RECONNAISSANCE STUDIES - NEW DEVELOPMENT]

Project
Location
Appropriation
Belle Fourche River Watershed
Crook/Campbell/Weston

Study

Counties
$350,000
Blacks Fork Watershed Study
Lincoln/Sweetwater/Uinta

Counties

350,000
High Meadow Ranch Master Plan
Sublette County
17
5,000
Lusk Master Plan

Niobrara
County
20
0,000
Osmond Pipeline Master Plan
Lincoln
County
75
,000
Statewide Water Research
Statewide

400,000
Total appropriation for Section 1

$1,
55
0
,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 obligated by contract
prior to July 1,
2016
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
2015 legislative session:

[LEVEL II FEASIBILITY STUDIES - NEW DEVELOPMENT]
PROJECT
LOCATION
APPROPRIATION
Eden Valley (Farson) Master Plan
Sweetwater
County
$
90
,000
Hanna Water System
Carbon County
100
,000
Lower Nowood Water Supply
Washakie
County
7
5,000
Pine Haven Tank and Well Study
Crook County
100,000
Squaw Creek Water Supply
Teton County

350,000

Total appropriation for Section 2
$
715
,000

Section 3.

L
EVEL I
RECONNAISSANCE
STUDIES –
REHABILITATION
. The following sums of money are appropriated
from water development account
II, a
s created by W.S. 41
‑
2
‑
124(a)(i
i), to the commission to be expended to conduct the following reconnaissance studies as defined in W.S. 41
‑
2
‑
114.
Appropriated funds not obligated by contract
prior to July 1,
2016
shall rever
t to water development account
II. The commission shall submit a
report to the legislature on each of the following studies prior to the
2015 legislative session:

[LEVEL I
RECONNAISSANCE STUDIES - REHABILITATION
]

Project
Location
Appropriation
Interstate Canal and
Beaver
Meadows Reservoir

Rehabilitation
Sweetwater County
$180,000
Total appropriation for Section 3
$
180
,000

Section
4
.

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 obligated by contract
prior to July 1,
2016
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
2015 legislative session:

[LEVEL I
I

FEASIBILITY
STUDIES -
REHABILITATION
]

Project
Location

Appropriation
Austin-Wall Reservoir

Rehabilitation
Uinta County
$280,000
Heart Mountain Irrigation

District Master Plan
Park County

175,000
Total appropriation for Section
4
$
455
,000

Section 5
.

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.
Appropriated funds not obligated by contract
prior to July 1,
2016
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
2015 legislative session:

[LEVEL I
RECONNAISSANCE
STUDIES - STORAGE]

Project
Location

Appropriation
Probable Maximum Precipitation-

Cool Season Analysis
Statewide
$250,000
T
otal appropriation for Section 5
$
250
,000

Section
6
.

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 obligated by contract
prior to July 1,
2016
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
2015 legislative session:

[LEVEL I
I

FEASIBILITY
STUDIES - STORAGE]

Project
Location

Appropriation
Clear Creek Storage
Johnson/Sheridan Counties
$350,000
Cottonwoo
d/Grass Creek Reservoir
Hot Springs County
70,000
Shell Valley Storage
Big Horn County
150,000
Sublette Creek Reservoir
Lincoln County
252,000
West Fork Reservoir
Carbon
Count
y

7,000,000
Total appropriation for Section
6
$
7,822
,000

S
ection
7.

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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