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HB0143 • 2025

LaPrele dam rebuilding.

AN ACT relating to water development projects; increasing the grant provided to the Laprele dam rehabilitation project; transferring funds from the legislative stabilization reserve account to water development account II; and providing for an effective date.

Budget
Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Yin
Last action
2025-02-10
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2025

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass, and there are no details provided on how the increased funds will be used beyond what is stated in the act.

LaPrele Dam Rebuilding Act

This act increases funding for rebuilding the LaPrele dam and moves money from a reserve account to a water development fund.

What This Bill Does

  • Increases the grant amount for the LaPrele dam rehabilitation project from $30 million to $90 million.
  • Transfers $60 million from the legislative stabilization reserve account to the water development account II.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The state of Wyoming and its residents who rely on the dam for water resources.
  • The commission responsible for carrying out the rehabilitation project.

Terms To Know

Legislative Stabilization Reserve Account
A fund used by the legislature to manage financial stability and emergencies.
Water Development Account II
An account that provides funding for water development projects in Wyoming.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass during its session.
  • It is unclear how the increased funds will be used beyond what is stated in the act.

Amendments

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

HB0143HS001

Standing Committee • House Appropriations Committee

Corrected

Plain English: The amendment increases the grant for the LaPrele dam rehabilitation project by specifying a new funding amount of up to $60 million from water development account II.

  • Adds language to specify that up to $60 million or available reversions will be allocated for the LaPrele Dam rehabilitation project starting July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2032.
  • Reduces the initial appropriation by one dollar for each dollar in reappropriated reversions from water development account II.
  • The exact amount of funding available may vary based on reversions from appropriations.
  • If another bill (2025 House Bill 117) is enacted, its provisions will take precedence over this amendment.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-10 House

    H COW:H Did not consider for COW

  2. 2025-01-28 House

    H Placed on General File

  3. 2025-01-28 House

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

  4. 2025-01-27 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations

  5. 2025-01-10 House

    H Received for Introduction

  6. 2025-01-10 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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25LSO-0454
2025
STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-0454
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0143

LaPrele dam rebuilding.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Yin and Senator(s) Gierau

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to water development projects; increasing the grant provided to the Laprele dam rehabilitation project; transferring funds from the legislative stabilization reserve account to water development account II; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

W.S. 99
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3
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2904(j)(iv) through (vi) is amended to read:

99
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3
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2904.

Level III construction projects rehabilitation.

(j)

Project

LaPrele Dam Rehabilitation:

(iv)

Total project budget:
One hundred eighteen million dollars ($118,000,000.00)
One hundred eighty
‑
two million dollars ($182,000,000.00)
;

(v)

Project grant: The state of Wyoming shall grant to the sponsor from water development account II through the commission for the design and construction of the project an amount not to exceed
thirty million dollars ($30,000,000.00)
ninety million dollars ($90,000,000.00)
or one hundred percent (100%) of these actual development costs, whichever is less;

(vi)

Appropriation:

(A)

2022 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 74, Section 1(a)(iii), as amended, appropriated thirty million dollars ($30,000,000.00) to the commission to carry out the purpose of this subsection
;
.

(B)

There is appropriated from water development account II to the commission sixty million dollars ($60,000,000.00) or as much thereof as is necessary to carry out the purpose of this subsection. Unexpended funds appropriated under this subsection shall revert to the legislative stabilization reserve account on July 1, 2032.

Section 2
.

There is appropriated sixty million dollars ($60,000,000.00) from the legislative stabilization reserve account to water development account II, created by W.S. 41
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2
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124(a)(ii).

Section 3
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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)

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