§ 41-2-119 — Groundwater studies

(a) The Wyoming water development commission may grant not
to exceed eight million eight hundred thousand dollars
($8,800,000.00) to incorporated cities and towns, water and
sewer districts and improvement and service districts in Wyoming
for exploration for and feasibility studies of the use of
underground water for municipal and rural domestic purposes, not
to exceed four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000.00) for any
one (1) exploration or study. The grants shall be made from
revenues from water development account I and those revenues are
hereby so appropriated. Any city or town, water and sewer
district or service and improvement district receiving a grant
pursuant to this section shall provide at least twenty-five
percent (25%) of the cost of the exploration or study from its
own funds. The commission shall adopt rules and regulations
governing application procedures for the grants.
(b) The commission may expend from the funds appropriated
under subsection (a) of this section for exploration and for
feasibility studies of the use of underground water for
municipal and rural domestic purposes subject to the following
conditions:
(i) The exploration or study shall be conducted in
conjunction with an incorporated city or town, water and sewer
district or service and improvement district in Wyoming under an
agreement;
(ii) Not more than four hundred thousand dollars
($400,000.00) in state funds shall be expended for any one (1)
exploration or study under this subsection;
(iii) The incorporated city or town, water and sewer
district or service and improvement district shall provide at
least twenty-five percent (25%) of the cost of the exploration
or study from funds other than under this subsection;
(iv) The incorporated city or town, water and sewer
district, or improvement and service district shall apply for
participation in this program under procedures established by
rules and regulations adopted by the commission.