ORIGINAL HOUSE                                   ENGROSSED

BILL   NO.  0081

 

ENROLLED ACT NO. 51,  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

FIFTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING

2001 GENERAL SESSION

 

 

 

 

AN ACT relating to water development projects; authorizing
specified Level I and Level II studies and providing
appropriations; requiring reports; providing for reversion
of unexpended funds; authorizing unobligated funds to be
used to complete other designated project studies under
certain conditions; delaying the reversion of certain
monies appropriated for expenses related to the endangered
species act; providing funding for a position to assist in
water conservation efforts; and providing for an effective
date.

 

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

 

Section 1.  2000 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 36,
Sections 2 through 5 is amended to read:

 

[AUTHORIZED LEVEL I AND LEVEL II STUDIES]

 

Section 2.  LEVEL I RECONNAISSANCE STUDIES -
NEW DEVELOPMENT.
The following sums of money are
appropriated from water development account I to
the 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 expended prior to July 1,
2002, 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 2002 legislative session.

 

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[LEVEL I RECONNAISSANCE STUDIES - NEW DEVELOPMENT]

 

PROJECT                    LOCATION      APPROPRIATION

                                                    

Dayton Master Plan         Sheridan County  $   60,000

Groundwater Recharge and   Green River Basin   100,000

   Alternate Storage

Lodgepole Aquifer Storage

   and Retrieval           Laramie County       50,000

Pine Haven Master Plan     Crook County         35,000

Powell Master Plan         Park County          45,000

Prairie Dog Watershed Plan Sheridan County     100,000

                                              135,000

River Basin Plans          Northeast WY        800,000

Three Horses Watershed     Northeast WY        100,000

University of Wyoming

   Research                Statewide           140,000

Upper Wind River Storage 1.            Fremont County     200,000

Wind River Export Study 1. Fremont County      175,000

Total appropriation for Section 2          $1,655,000

                                           $1,840,000

 

1.  For the Upper Wind River Storage and the Wind River
Export Study, impacts to the Arapahoe and Shoshone Indian
Tribes, existing irrigators and nonIndian users shall be
quantified and included in the Level I Reconnaissance
Studies. Specific conditions of administration of any
facilities and associated water rights shall be identified,
addressed and resolved prior to any further funding
authorization.

 

Section 3.  LEVEL I RECONNAISSANCE STUDIES -
REHABILITATION.
The following sums of money are
appropriated from water development account II to
the 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

 

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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 prior to July 1,
2002, 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 2002 legislative session.

 

[LEVEL I RECONNAISSANCE STUDIES -

REHABILITATION]

 

PROJECT                    LOCATION      APPROPRIATION

 

Granger Master Plan        Sweetwater County   $35,000

Popo Agie Watershed Study                     200,000

Wind/Big Horn and Snake/Salt

   River Basin Plans                       1,550,000

University of Wyoming Research                140,000

Wyoming Geologic Survey – NE Wyoming          400,000

Total appropriation for Section 3             $35,000

                                           $2,325,000

 

Section 4.  LEVEL II FEASIBILITY STUDIES -
NEW DEVELOPMENT.
The following sums of money are
appropriated from water development account I to
the 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 expended prior to July 1, 2002, shall
revert to water development account I. The
commission shall submit a report to the

 

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legislature on each of the following studies
prior to the 2002 legislative session.

 

[LEVEL II FEASIBILITY STUDIES - NEW DEVELOPMENT]

 

PROJECT                    LOCATION      APPROPRIATION

                                                          

Baggs Water Supply         Carbon County    $   50,000

Bairoil Water Supply       Sweetwater County  200,000

Casper Zone II Supply      Natrona County       60,000

Corner Mountain Water Supply  Albany County  130,000

Hot Springs Rural, Worland Hot Springs County,

   Regional Pipeline         Washakie County   160,000

                                              830,000

Moorcroft Well             Crook County        355,000

                                              500,000

North Uinta Water Supply   Uinta County        100,000

Opal Regional Water Supply Lincoln County       30,000

                                              120,000

Riverton East              Fremont County      125,000

Story Fire District Water

   Supply                  Sheridan County      25,000

Hold Projects*             Statewide            15,000

Total appropriation for Section 4          $1,065,000

                                           $2,155,000

 

*Hold projects include Blackwillow, North Alpine, Rock
Springs East, Sinclair, Bridger Valley and Hawk Springs Water
Supply Projects and Corn Creek Irrigation, Crow Creek
Groundwater Recharge, Goshen Reregulating Reservoir, Middle
Fork Dam, North Cheyenne, Smith’s Fork Dam, Bump
Sullivan
Reservoir and Viva Naughton Enlargement Projects.

 

Section 5.  LEVEL II FEASIBILITY STUDIES -
REHABILITATION.
The following sums of money are
appropriated from water development account II to
the 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

 

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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 expended prior to July 1, 2002, 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 2002 legislative session.

 

[LEVEL II FEASIBILITY STUDIES - REHABILITATION]

 

PROJECT                    LOCATION      APPROPRIATION

                                                     

Alpine Spring Irrigation

   Supply                  Lincoln County     $ 40,000

Dayton Water Supply        Sheridan County      50,000

Deaver Irrigation

   Rehabilition            Park/Big Horn County 100,000

Hugus Ditch Rehabilitation Carbon County        30,000

Granger Rehabilitation     Sweetwater County    65,000

Laramie North Side Supply  Albany County        45,000

Riverton Valley

   Rehabilitation #2       Fremont County       40,000

State Stream Gage System   Statewide          200,000

Total appropriation for Section 5            $275,000

                                             $570,000

 

Section 2.  1999 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 81,
Section 5 is amended to read:

 

Section 5.  There is appropriated from water
development account I to the state engineer's
office one million seven hundred thousand dollars
($1,700,000.00) for the state's proportionate
share of the capitalization of components to
recover and remove, from the endangered species

 

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act list, four (4) species of fish that inhabit
the Upper Colorado River basin. The state's
proportionate share shall be two and one-half
percent (2.5%) of the total cost of the capital
construction program for the recovery of the
species or one million seven hundred thousand
dollars ($1,700,000.00), whichever is less. Funds
appropriated shall not be expended until funding
for the participating states and the federal
government has been appropriated and made
available to meet construction costs believed to
be necessary for the recovery of the species.
Funds appropriated in this section that are not
expended prior to July 1, 2001 2005, shall revert
to water development account I.

 

Section 3.  Contingent upon the availability of
United States Bureau of Reclamation matching funds,
there is appropriated fifty thousand dollars
($50,000.00) from water development account I to the
Wyoming water development office to meet the state's
proportionate share of the contract expense for the
conservation staff position for fiscal year 2002.
Contingent upon the availability of United States
Bureau of Reclamation matching funds, the balance of
state funds remaining as of July 1, 2002 may be
applied to the state's proportionate share for the
conservation staff position for fiscal year 2003. Any
unspent funds shall revert to water development
account I on July 1, 2003.

 

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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 House.

 

 

Chief Clerk

 

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