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25LSO-0451
ORIGINAL Senate
File No
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SF0082
ENROLLED ACT NO. 26,
SENATE
SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2025 General Session
AN ACT relating to water development projects; authorizing specified level I and level II studies; providing appropriations; requiring reports; providing for the reversion of unexpended funds; authorizing unobligated funds to be used to complete other designated projects as specified; and providing for an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
[2025-2026 WATER PROGRAM]
[AUTHORIZED LEVEL I AND LEVEL II STUDIES]
Section 1
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LEVEL I RECONNAISSANCE STUDIES – NEW DEVELOPMENT
. The following sums of money are appropriated from water development account I, as created by W.S. 41
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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 that are in excess of the actual amount necessary to complete the study may, subject to the review and recommendation 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 expended or obligated prior to July 1, 2028 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 2027 legislative session:
[LEVEL I RECONNAISSANCE STUDIES - NEW DEVELOPMENT]
Project
Location
Appropriation
Hulett Water Master Plan
Crook County
$166,000
UW Water Research Program
Statewide
$368,998
Total appropriation for Section 1
$534,998
Section 2.
LEVEL I RECONNAISSANCE STUDIES – REHABILITATION
. The following sums of money are appropriated from water development account II, as created by W.S. 41
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124(a)(ii), to the water development commission to be expended to conduct the following reconnaissance studies as defined in W.S. 41
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114. Funds appropriated under this section for a particular project that are in excess of the actual amount necessary to complete the study may, subject to the review and recommendation 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 expended or obligated prior to July 1, 2028 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 2027 legislative session.
[LEVEL I RECONNAISSANCE STUDIES - REHABILITATION]
Project
Location
Appropriation
Pioneer Canal Lake Hattie
Irrigation District Master Plan
Albany County
$236,000
Smith's Fork Irrigation District
Master Plan
Lincoln County
$272,000
Wheatland Irrigation District
Albany, Carbon,
Master Plan
Platte Counties
$472,000
Total appropriation for Section 2
$980,000
Section 3.
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
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124(a)(iii), to the water development commission to be expended to conduct the following feasibility studies as defined in W.S. 41
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114. Appropriated funds not expended or obligated prior to July 1, 2028 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 2027 legislative session.
[LEVEL II FEASIBILITY STUDIES – DAMS AND RESERVOIRS]
Project
Location
Appropriation
Middle Popo Agie River
Storage Study
Fremont County
$551,000
Total appropriation for Section 3
$551,000
Section 4.
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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