SF0054 • 2018

Water development project requirements.

AN ACT relating to water development; establishing requirements related to operations and maintenance of water projects; and providing for an effective date.

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Water
Last action: 2018-03-12
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 7/1/2018

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

2018-03-12 Governor
Governor Signed SEA No. 0006
2018-03-12 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number 17
2018-03-06 House
H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0006
2018-03-05 Senate
S President Signed SEA No. 0006
2018-03-05 LSO
Assigned Number SEA No. 0006
2018-03-05 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 58-0-2-0-0
2018-03-02 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2018-03-01 House
H COW:Passed
2018-02-27 House
H Placed on General File
2018-02-27 House
H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0
2018-02-23 House
H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture
2018-02-19 House
H Received for Introduction
2018-02-19 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0
2018-02-16 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2018-02-15 Senate
S COW:Passed
2018-02-14 Senate
S Placed on General File
2018-02-14 Senate
S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0
2018-02-12 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture 29-0-1-0-0
2018-02-09 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2018-01-23 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary

Bill No.:
SF0054
Effective
:
7/1/2018

LSO No.:
18LSO-0297

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA No. 0006

Chapter No.:
17

Prime Sponsor:
Select Water Committee

Catch Title:
Water development project requirements.

Subject:
Water development project operations and maintenance.

Summary/Major Elements:

This bill requires the Water Development Commission to require each water project sponsor to demonstrate that the sponsor has the authority to adequately assess fees or collect funds to cover project operation and maintenance expenses.

If the spo
nsor cannot assess adequate fees, the Commission may require the sponsor to establish an operations and maintenance account for expenses related to the project.

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
Senate
File No
.
SF0054

ENROLLED ACT NO. 6,

SENATE

SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2018 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to water development; establishing requirements related to operations and maintenance of water projects; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1
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W.S. 4
1
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2
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121
by creating
a
new sub
section (e) is
amended to read:

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2
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121
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Criteria for water development projects; disclosure of personal interests by commission.

(e)

Prior to authorizing a water development project, t
he commission shall require each project sponsor to demonstrate that the entity has
the authority
to adequately assess fees or
collect
funds to cover operation
and maintenance expenses related to the water development project.
Any
entity
that does not have the authority or ability
to collect sufficient funds for the operation and maintenance of
the project may be required by the commission
to establish an operations and maintenance account as provided in this section. The commission shall develop criteria related to the establishment of an operations and maintenance account
which
shall include:

(i)

An operations and maintenance account shall only be required for
project
sponsors that have taken out a loan for any portion of the project expense and shall not be required after the loan has been repaid;

(
ii)

The funds required in any operations and maintenance account shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the project cost.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 201
8
.

(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