Omnibus water bill-planning.

ORIGINAL
Senate
ENGROSSED
File No
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SF0056

ENROLLED ACT NO. 32,

SENATE

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

AN ACT relating to water development projects; authorizing specified level I and level II studies; providing appropriations; requiring reports; providing for reversion of unexpended funds; authorizing unobligated funds to be used to complete other designated projects as specified; providing priority for unfunded projects as specified; and providing for an effective date.

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

[2017-2018 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 water development 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.
Funds appropriated under this section for watershed studies shall be expended by the commission in the order of a prioritized list established by the commission and approved by the select water committee consisting of (1) or more of the following watershed studies, the Beaver Creek watershed study, the Bitter Creek/East Flaming Gorge watershed study, the Greybull River watershed study, the Horse Creek watershed study, the Lower Laramie River watershed study, the Middle Big Horn River watershed study and the Niobrara/Lower North Platte Rivers watershed study, provided that not more than three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) shall be
expended on any one (1) watershed study.

Appropriated funds not obligated prior to July 1, 2020 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 2019 legislative session:

[LEVEL I RECONNAISSANCE STUDIES - NEW DEVELOPMENT]

Project
Location
Appropriation

Hog Island Water Master Plan
Teton County
$165,000
Statewide Water Research
Statewide
$384,529
Watershed Studies
Statewide
$1,087,500
Total appropriation for Section 1

$
1
,
637
,
029

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 water development 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 prior to July 1, 2020 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 2019 legislative session:

[LEVEL II FEASIBILITY STUDIES - NEW DEVELOPMENT]

PROJECT
LOCATION
APPROPRIATION

Big Horn Regional Southern
Hot Springs County
$180,000
Water Supply
Buffalo Groundwater Supply
Johnson County
$180,000
Douglas Test Well Study
Converse County
$1,205,000
GR/RS/SC JPWB Wind River
Sweetwater Coun
ty
$180,000
Zone
Study
Lake DeSmet Facilities
Johnson County
$200,000
Acquisition
Rolling Hills Groundwater Supply
Converse County

$750,000
Total appropriation for Section 2
$2,
695
,000

Section 3.

LEVEL I RECONNAISSANCE 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 water development 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 prior to July 1, 2020 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 2019 legislative session:

[LEVEL I RECONNAISSANCE STUDIES - REHABILITATION]

PROJECT
LOCATION
APPROPRIATION

Hanover ID Master Plan
Washakie County
$120,000
Phase II
LaPrele Irrigation District
Converse County
$190,000
Master Plan
Total appropriation for Section 3
$310,000

Section 4.

LEVEL II 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 water development 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 prior to July 1, 2020 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 2019 legislative session:

[LEVEL II FEASIBILITY STUDIES - REHABILITATION]

PROJECT
LOCATION
APPROPRIATION

Cody Canal Laterals
Park County
$180,000
Kirby Ditch Rehabilitation
Hot Springs County
$100,000
Wheatland ID Tunnel Dam
Albany County
$150,000
Rehabilitation
Total appropriation for Section 4
$430,000

Section 5.

LEVEL II FEASIBILITY STUDIES – DAMS AND RESERVOIRS
.
The following sums of money are appropriated from water development account III, as created by W.S. 41
‑
2
‑
124(
a)(iii), to the water development 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 prior to July 1, 2022 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 2021 legislative session:

[LEVEL II FEASIBILITY STUDIES – DAMS AND RESERVOIRS]

Project
Location
Appropriation

Big Wind River
Storage Study,
Fremont County
$475,000
Phase II
Greybull Valley ID Storage
Big Horn and Park Counties
$500,000
Enlargement, Phase II
Little Wind River Storage Study,
Fremont County
$475,000
Phase II
New Fork Lake Dam Enlargement,
Sublette County
$450,000
Phase II
Stateline Dam Enlargement,
Uinta County
$300,000
a
Phase II
West Fork Reservoir, Phase III
Carbon County
$6,220,000
Total appropriation for Section 5
$8,420,000

Footnotes:
(a)

Funds from this appropriation shall not be expended until the water development commission has accepted the Level II, Phase I Meeks Cabin Dam Enlargement study.

Section 6.
If the sums of money appropriated by this act are insufficient to fund the Level I and Level II studies described herein, the water development commission shall prioritize recommendations for funding for those projects over other future applications for funding for a Level I or Level II study.

Section
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
Senate
.

Chief Clerk

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