HB0081 - Omnibus water bill-planning.
2001 |
State of Wyoming |
01LSO-0276.E1 ENGROSSED |
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0081
Omnibus water bill-planning.
Sponsored by: Select Water Committee
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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1
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:
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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.
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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.
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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
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