Bill No.: SF0094 Drafter: MQ

LSO No.: 06LSO-0335 Effective Date:

Enrolled Act No.: SEA0055

Chapter No.: 105

Prime Sponsor: Select Water Committee

Catch Title: Omnibus water bill-construction.

Subject: Provides authorization and funding for water development projects approved for final construction.

Summary/Major Elements:

2006 New Development Projects:

· Afton 2006 Well

· Bear River/Evanston Regional Pipeline Project

· Dubois Well No. Eleven Supply

· Eight Mile/High Plains Well

· Glenrock 2006 Water Storage Tank

· Hyattville Water Supply

· Kaycee Storage and Transmission

· Northwest Rural Water Storage II

· Pine Bluffs Lance, Fox Hills Well

· Pine Haven Transmission 2006 Project

· Squaw Creek Well Field

· Wardwell Water Supply Improvements

Rehabilitation Construction Projects

· Alpine Wells

· Big Valley and Crossed Arrows Water Supply

· Frannie Raw Water Supply

· Hopkins Producers Supply

· Laramie Water Management Project

· Midvale Irrigation District Conservation/Automation

· Shoshone Eagle Nest Creek

· Thermopolis Storage Replacement and Rehabilitation

· Wamsutter Water Supply Rehabilitation

· Wheatland Irrigation District Re-regulation Reservoirs

· Worland Eastside Transmission Line

Dam and Reservoir Modification Project

· Pathfinder Modification Project

Amendments to Prior Projects

· Chugwater Water Supply

· Little Snake River Small Dams and Reservoirs Phase II

· Washakie Rural Water Supply

· Small Water Development Projects (freezes small water development projects on or after July 1, 2006)

· Buffalo Water Storage Tank

· Fayette Irrigation Ditch Rehabilitation

· Casper Alcova Rehabilitation Project

· Heart Mountain Pipe Conversion

· Hidden Valley Pipelines

· Rafter J Rehabilitation

· Turnerville Water Supply

· Albin 2005 Well

· Canyon Water Supply

· Gillette Fort Union Well Field, Phase I

· Gillette Madison Pipeline Joint Bonding

· Meade Creek Ditch Rehabilitation

Also creates the Sponsor's Inflation Fund to provide supplemental funding for sponsors' existing Level III new development construction and rehabilitation projects where construction budgets have been rendered insufficient due to inflation and the rapid increase in material costs.

Also provides for a study of coalbed natural gas water use and creates a task force (15 members, 4 of which are legislators) to do so. Task force is to report to governor, agriculture and minerals committees. Task force is to be staffed by the governor's office and $250,000 is appropriated to the governor's office for the task force.

Comments:

· See also the companion water bill, HB 145, Omnibus water bill-planning.