HB0081 - Omnibus water bill-planning.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0276.E1

ENGROSSED

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL NO.  HB0081

 

 

Omnibus water bill-planning.

 

Sponsored by:

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

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

11 

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

13 

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

16 

17         [AUTHORIZED LEVEL I AND LEVEL II STUDIES]

 

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 2         Section 2.  LEVEL I RECONNAISSANCE STUDIES -
 3  NEW DEVELOPMENT. The following sums of money are
 4  appropriated from water development account I to
 5  the commission to be expended to conduct the
 6  following reconnaissance studies as defined in
 7  W.S. 41-2-114. Funds appropriated under this
 8  section for a particular project which are in
 9  excess of the actual amount necessary to complete
10  the study may, subject to the review of the
11  select water committee, be expended by the
12  commission to complete the reconnaissance study
13  for any other project listed in this section.
14  Appropriated funds not expended prior to July 1,
15  2002, shall revert to water development account
16  I. The commission shall submit a report to the
17  legislature on each of the following studies
18  prior to the 2002 legislative session.

19 

20  [LEVEL I RECONNAISSANCE STUDIES - NEW DEVELOPMENT]

21 

22  PROJECT                     LOCATION      APPROPRIATION

23                                                        

24  Dayton Master Plan          Sheridan County  $   60,000

25  Groundwater Recharge and    Green River Basin   100,000

26     Alternate Storage

27  Lodgepole Aquifer Storage

28     and Retrieval            Laramie County       50,000

29  Pine Haven Master Plan      Crook County         35,000

30  Powell Master Plan          Park County          45,000

31  Prairie Dog Watershed Plan  Sheridan County     100,000

32                                                  135,000

33  River Basin Plans           Northeast WY        800,000

34  Three Horses Watershed      Northeast WY        100,000

35  University of Wyoming

36     Research                 Statewide           140,000

37  Upper Wind River Storage 1.Fremont County      200,000

38  Wind River Export Study 1.  Fremont County      175,000

39  Total appropriation for Section 2            $1,655,000

40                                               $1,840,000

41 

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

50 

51         Section 3.  LEVEL I RECONNAISSANCE STUDIES -
52  REHABILITATION. The following sums of money are

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 1  appropriated from water development account II to
 2  the commission to be expended to conduct the
 3  following reconnaissance studies as defined in
 4  W.S. 41-2-114. Funds appropriated under this
 5  section for a particular project which are in
 6  excess of the actual amount necessary to complete
 7  the study may, subject to the review of the
 8  select water committee, be expended by the
 9  commission to complete the reconnaissance study
10  for any other project listed in this section.
11  Appropriated funds not expended prior to July 1,
12  2002, shall revert to water development account
13  II. The commission shall submit a report to the
14  legislature on each of the following studies
15  prior to the 2002 legislative session.

16 

17  [LEVEL I RECONNAISSANCE STUDIES -

18  REHABILITATION]

19 

20  PROJECT                     LOCATION      APPROPRIATION

21 

22  Granger Master Plan         Sweetwater County   $35,000

23  Popo Agie Watershed Study                       200,000

24  Wind/Big Horn and Snake/Salt

25     River Basin Plans                         1,550,000

26  University of Wyoming Research                  140,000

27  Wyoming Geologic Survey – NE Wyoming            400,000

28  Total appropriation for Section 3                           $35,000

29                                               $2,325,000

30 

31         Section 4.  LEVEL II FEASIBILITY STUDIES -
32  NEW DEVELOPMENT. The following sums of money are
33  appropriated from water development account I to
34  the commission to be expended to conduct the
35  following feasibility studies as defined in W.S.
36  41-2-114. Funds appropriated under this section
37  for a particular project which are in excess of
38  the actual amount necessary to complete the study
39  may, subject to the review of the select water
40  committee, be expended by the commission to
41  complete the feasibility study for any other
42  project listed in this section. Appropriated
43  funds not expended prior to July 1, 2002, shall
44  revert to water development account I. The
45  commission shall submit a report to the
46  legislature on each of the following studies
47  prior to the 2002 legislative session.

48 

49  [LEVEL II FEASIBILITY STUDIES - NEW DEVELOPMENT]

 

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 2  PROJECT                     LOCATION      APPROPRIATION

 3                                                             

 4  Baggs Water Supply          Carbon County    $   50,000

 5  Bairoil Water Supply        Sweetwater County  200,000

 6  Casper Zone II Supply       Natrona County       60,000

 7  Corner Mountain Water Supply              Albany County     130,000

 8  Hot Springs Rural, Worland  Hot Springs County,

 9     Regional Pipeline          Washakie County   160,000

10                                                  830,000

11  Moorcroft Well              Crook County        355,000

12                                                  500,000

13  North Uinta Water Supply    Uinta County        100,000

14  Opal Regional Water Supply  Lincoln County       30,000

15                                                  120,000

16  Riverton East               Fremont County      125,000

17  Story Fire District Water

18     Supply                   Sheridan County      25,000

19  Hold Projects*              Statewide            15,000

20  Total appropriation for Section 4            $1,065,000

21                                               $2,155,000

22 

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

29 

30         Section 5.  LEVEL II FEASIBILITY STUDIES -
31  REHABILITATION.The following sums of money are
32  appropriated from water development account II to
33  the commission to be expended to conduct the
34  following feasibility studies as defined in W.S.
35  41-2-114. Funds appropriated under this section
36  for a particular project which are in excess of
37  the actual amount necessary to complete the study
38  may, subject to the review of the select water
39  committee, be expended by the commission to
40  complete the feasibility study for any other
41  project listed in this section. Appropriated
42  funds not expended prior to July 1, 2002, shall
43  revert to water development account II. The
44  commission shall submit a report to the
45  legislature on each of the following studies
46  prior to the 2002 legislative session.

47 

48  [LEVEL II FEASIBILITY STUDIES - REHABILITATION]

49 

50  PROJECT                     LOCATION      APPROPRIATION

51                                                        

52  Alpine Spring Irrigation

 

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 1     Supply                   Lincoln County     $ 40,000

 2  Dayton Water Supply         Sheridan County      50,000

 3  Deaver Irrigation

 4     Rehabilition             Park/Big Horn County100,000

 5  Hugus Ditch Rehabilitation  Carbon County        30,000

 6  Granger Rehabilitation      Sweetwater County    65,000

 7  Laramie North Side Supply   Albany County        45,000

 8  Riverton Valley

 9     Rehabilitation #2        Fremont County       40,000

10  State Stream Gage System    Statewide          200,000

11  Total appropriation for Section 5              $275,000

12                                                 $570,000

13 

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

16 

17         Section 5.  There is appropriated from water
18  development account I to the
state engineer's
19  office one million seven hundred thousand dollars
20  ($1,700,000.00) for the state's proportionate
21  share of the capitalization of components to
22  recover and remove, from the endangered species
23  act list, four (4) species of fish that inhabit
24  the Upper Colorado River basin. The state's
25  proportionate share shall be two and one-half
26  percent (2.5%) of the total cost of the capital
27  construction program for the recovery of the
28  species or one million seven hundred thousand
29  dollars ($1,700,000.00), whichever is less. Funds
30  appropriated shall not be expended until funding
31  for the participating states and the federal
32  government has been appropriated and made
33  available to meet construction costs believed to
34  be necessary for the recovery of the species.
35  Funds appropriated in this section that are not
36  expended prior to July 1, 2001 2005, shall revert
37  to water development account I.

38 

39         Section 3.  Contingent upon the availability of
40  United States Bureau of Reclamation matching funds,
41  there is appropriated fifty thousand dollars

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 1  ($50,000.00) from water development account I to the
 2  state engineer's office to meet the state's
 3  proportionate share of the contract expense for the
 4  conservation staff position for fiscal year 2002.
 5  Contingent upon the availability of United States
 6  Bureau of Reclamation matching funds, the balance of
 7  state funds remaining as of July 1, 2002 may be
 8  applied to the state's proportionate share for the
 9  conservation staff position for fiscal year 2003. Any
10  unspent funds shall revert to water development
11  account I on July 1, 2003.

12 

13         Section 4.  This act is effective immediately upon
14  completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
15  as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
16  Constitution.

17 

18                         (END)

 

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