HB0024 • 2017

Water commission duties.

AN ACT relating to water; authorizing rulemaking authority to allow the water development commission to delegate duties to the water development office; and providing for an effective date.

Agriculture

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Agriculture
Last action: 2017-02-21
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 2/17/2017

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Amendments

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HB0024H2001

2nd reading • Blake

Withdrawn

Plain English: Withdrawn 2nd reading by Blake

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HB0024H3001

3rd reading • Northrup

Corrected, Adopted

Plain English: Corrected, Adopted 3rd reading by Northrup

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Bill History

2017-02-21 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number
2017-02-21 Governor
Governor Signed HEA No. 0025
2017-02-15 Senate
S President Signed HEA No. 0025
2017-02-14 House
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0025
2017-02-13 LSO
Assigned Number HEA No. 0025
2017-02-13 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-0-1-0-0
2017-02-10 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2017-02-09 Senate
S COW:Passed
2017-02-08 Senate
S Placed on General File
2017-02-08 Senate
S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2017-02-01 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture
2017-01-31 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2017-01-27 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 57-1-2-0-0
2017-01-26 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2017-01-25 House
H COW:Passed
2017-01-24 House
H Placed on General File
2017-01-24 House
H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0
2017-01-11 House
H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture
2017-01-09 House
H Received for Introduction
2016-12-09 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary

Bill No.:
HB0024
Effective
:
Immediately

LSO No.:
17LSO-0047

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA No. 0025

Chapter No.:
34

Prime Sponsor:
Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Interim Committee

Catch Title:
Water commission duties.

Subject:
Water commission delegation of duties.

Summary/Major Elements:

The Water Development Commission has previously delegated some of its duties to the Water Development Office
(Office)
but it was unclear whether the Commission had the authority to delegate duties to the Office.

This bill gives the Water Development Commission the authority to delegate duties to the Water Development Office through rule and regulation of the Commission.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill
.

Current Bill Text

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ORIGINAL
House
Bill No
.
HB0024

ENROLLED ACT NO. 25,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2017 General Session

AN ACT relating to water; authorizing rulemaking authority to allow the water development commission to delegate duties to the water development office; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

W.S. 41
‑
2
‑
118(
a)(xiv), (xv) and by creating a new paragraph (xvi)
is
amended to read:

41
‑
2
‑
118
.

Powers, duties, salaries and expenses of commission.

(a)

The commission shall:

(xiv)

Have authority to temporarily defer the principal amount due on debt service payments for money loaned to an irrigation district, watershed improvement district, conservation district or a conservancy district for construction of water development projects whenever the governor has declared that a drought emergency exists within the affected district's service area. The district shall be eligible for the temporary deferral of the principal amount due, provided the interest payments on the remaining principal amount are paid and current. The commission shall amend the amortization schedule to reflect the length of time from the date the affected district
seeks
the temporary deferral to the date the governor declares the emergency drought condition no longer exists;
and

(xv)

With the approval of the governor, have the authority to enter into contracts and agreements with the United States of America or its duly authorized representative agency to accept federal funds through
grants or matching funds or from other sources for project costs pertaining to the utilization of Wyoming
'
s water resources
;
.

and

(xvi)

H
ave authority to
promulgate rules to
delegate
administrative
duties to the Wyoming water development office to facilitate the effective operation of the commission.

Section 2
.

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