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SF0082 • 2022

Supplemental water development funding.

AN ACT relating to water development; providing appropriations; and providing for an effective date.

Budget Water
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Water
Last action
2022-03-15
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
3/15/2022

Plain English Breakdown

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Supplemental Water Development Funding

This law appropriates $76.8 million from the legislative stabilization reserve account for specific water development projects.

What This Bill Does

  • Appropriates $76,810,000 from the legislative stabilization reserve account to fund specific water development projects.
  • Allocates funds for purchasing water storage capacity in Fontenelle Reservoir.
  • Provides money for rehabilitating tunnels 1 and 2 of the Goshen Irrigation District.
  • Funds rehabilitation work on LaPrele Dam.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Wyoming Water Development Office, which will negotiate agreements with the Bureau of Reclamation.
  • Goshen Irrigation District, receiving funds for tunnel rehabilitation.
  • LaPrele Dam project, getting funding for dam rehabilitation.

Terms To Know

Legislative Stabilization Reserve Account
A fund used by the Wyoming Legislature to support various state projects and initiatives.
Water Development Program Construction Project
Projects that are officially recognized and funded as part of Wyoming's water development efforts.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Funds must be approved by the legislature before they can be used for specific projects.
  • Unspent funds will return to the legislative stabilization reserve account in 2032.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

SF0082H2001

2nd reading • Representative Simpson

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment changes a sentence to allow the legislature to authorize the purchase of water storage capacity as part of water development projects.

  • Adds language after 'legislature' to include authorization for purchasing water storage capacity.
  • The exact details and implications of how this change will affect future water development projects are not specified in the amendment text.
SF0082H3001

3rd reading • Representative Clausen

Adopted

Plain English: This amendment removes certain lines and replaces specific words in the bill to change funding sources and authorization for water development projects.

  • Removes previous amendments related to specified lines on pages 1 through 3 of the bill.
  • Changes 'general fund' to 'legislative stabilization reserve account' as a funding source.
  • Adds language authorizing the governor to direct up to a certain amount for water development projects.
  • The exact details and impacts of removed lines are not provided in the amendment text, making it unclear what specific changes were made.
SF0082H3002

3rd reading • Representative Duncan

Withdrawn

Plain English: The amendment removes specific lines and sections from the bill related to water development funding.

  • Removes certain lines and amendments on Page 1 that were previously added by other representatives.
  • Eliminates content on Page 2, including a Standing Committee amendment, which relates to water development provisions.
  • Modifies Page 3 by removing an existing amendment and adding the phrase 'on July 1, 2032' after 'revert'.
  • The exact content removed from the bill is not provided in the amendment text.
SF0082HS001

Standing Committee • House Appropriations Committee

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment changes the bill to specify that funding for water development comes from a legislative stabilization reserve account instead of the general fund and modifies how this money is managed.

  • Changes 'appropriations' to 'an appropriation', indicating a singular allocation rather than multiple allocations.
  • Modifies references to 'general fund' to 'legislative stabilization reserve account', changing where the funding comes from.
  • Removes specific language about reverting funds and alters how these funds are directed back into an account.
  • The amendment text does not provide details on why or how this change affects water development projects beyond specifying a new funding source.
SF0082SS001

Standing Committee • Senate Appropriations Committee

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment removes certain sections and lines from the bill related to water development funding.

  • Removes specific phrases and entire sections that mention transferring funds, amending prior appropriations, and other detailed provisions.
  • Reorganizes remaining sections by changing section numbers and deleting unnecessary lines.
  • The exact impact of these deletions on the bill's overall funding and development plans is not clear from this amendment text alone.

Bill History

  1. 2022-03-15 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number 74

  2. 2022-03-15 Governor

    Governor Signed SEA No. 0048

  3. 2022-03-11 House

    H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0048

  4. 2022-03-11 Senate

    S President Signed SEA No. 0048

  5. 2022-03-10 LSO

    Assigned Number SEA No. 0048

  6. 2022-03-10 Senate

    S Concur:Passed 29-0-1-0-0

  7. 2022-03-10 Senate

    S Received for Concurrence

  8. 2022-03-10 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 57-2-1-0-0

  9. 2022-03-09 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  10. 2022-03-08 House

    H COW:Passed

  11. 2022-03-07 House

    H Placed on General File

  12. 2022-03-07 House

    H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0

  13. 2022-03-01 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations

  14. 2022-02-28 House

    H Received for Introduction

  15. 2022-02-28 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0

  16. 2022-02-25 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  17. 2022-02-24 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  18. 2022-02-22 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  19. 2022-02-22 Senate

    S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 3-0-2-0-0

  20. 2022-02-18 Senate

    :Rerefer to S02 - Appropriations

  21. 2022-02-18 Senate

    S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0

  22. 2022-02-16 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture 30-0-0-0-0

  23. 2022-02-14 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  24. 2022-02-11 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 22LSO-0349
Bill No.:

SF0082

Effective:

Immediately

LSO No.:

22LSO-0349

Enrolled Act No.:

SEA No. 0048

Chapter No.:

74

Prime Sponsor:

Select Water Committee

Catch Title:

Supplemental water development funding.

Subject:

Water development funding

Summary/Major Elements:

This act appropriates $76,810,000 from the legislative stabilization reserve account for the following projects:
Fontenelle Reservoir water storage capacity purchase.
Goshen Irrigation District Tunnels 1 and 2
rehabilitation
.
LaPrele
Dam rehabilitation.
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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22LSO-0349

ORIGINAL Senate

ENGROSSED
File No
.
SF0082

ENROLLED ACT NO. 48,

SENATE

SIXTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2022 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to water development; providing appropriations; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

(a)

The following sums of money are appropriated from the legislative stabilization reserve account to the following accounts for the purposes specified. The governor is authorized to direct up to:

(i)

Twenty
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five million dollars ($25,000,000.00) to water development account I created by W.S. 41
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2
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124(a)(i) for the purpose of acquiring water storage capacity in Fontenelle reservoir. The Wyoming water development office is hereby authorized to negotiate a purchase agreement with the bureau of reclamation to acquire water storage capacity in Fontenelle reservoir. No
funds shall be expended from this appropriation until the negotiated purchase agreement is approved by the Wyoming water development commission and the governor and the legislature

authorizes the purchase of water storage capacity as a water development program construction project
;

(ii)

Twenty
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one million eight hundred ten thousand dollars ($21,810,000.00) to water development account II created by W.S. 41
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2
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124(a)(ii) for the Goshen irrigation district tunnels 1 and 2 rehabilitation water development project. No funds shall be expended from this appropriation until the legislature authorizes the project as a water development program construction project;

(iii)

Thirty million dollars ($30,000,000.00) to water development account II created by W.S. 41
‑
2
‑
124(a)(ii)
for the purpose of the
LaPrele
dam rehabilitation water development project. No funds shall be expended from this appropriation until the legislature authorizes the project as a water development program construction project.

(b)

Funds appropriated under subsection (a) of this section shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose. Notwithstanding W.S. 9
‑
2
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1008, 9
‑
2
‑
1012(e) or 9
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4
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207, unexpended, unobligated
legislative stabilization reserve account
funds appropriated under subsection (a) of this section shall revert on July 1, 2032 to the
legislative stabilization reserve account
from which they were appropriated.

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 Senate.

Chief Clerk

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