(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided, each Level
III rehabilitation construction project identified in this
section shall be subject to the following general conditions:
(i) Each sponsor shall offer security for the project
loan as deemed adequate and acceptable to the attorney general;
(ii) The commission shall establish repayment
schedules for project loans in accordance with the conditions
prescribed in this section;
(iii) Each sponsor shall establish a sinking fund for
repair and maintenance of the project as deemed appropriate by
the commission;
(iv) Each sponsor shall supervise design and
construction of the project and submit all requests for payment
to the commission for approval;
(v) Sponsors shall not make construction funding
commitments until after the commission has reviewed and approved
construction budgets and construction plans;
(vi) The commission shall make payments directly to
the sponsors;
(vii) The sponsor shall be responsible for operation
and maintenance of the project;
(viii) The sponsor is responsible for all project
expenditures in excess of the total project budget;
(ix) If the commission determines that any sponsor
has, without good cause, abandoned completion of the project,
that sponsor, in addition to being required to repay the loan,
shall be obligated to immediately repay the full amount of all
grant funds actually expended plus interest as established by
the state auditor in an amount equal to the interest that would
have accrued on the expended grant funds in the water
development account from the date of expenditure;
(x) Principal and interest payments made in repayment
of loans shall be deposited in water development account II.
Source notes for subsection (a): (Laws 1992, ch. 28, § 4a.)
(b) [Project - Bench Canal Rehabilitation Project]
Source notes for subsection (b): (Laws 1992, ch. 28, § 4b;
Repealed by Laws 1994, ch. 28, § 16.)
(c) Project - Edgerton-Midwest Water Supply Project:
(i) Project sponsor: Salt Creek Joint Powers Board;
(ii) Project purpose: Municipal and domestic water
supply;
(iii) Project description:
(A) North Platte option-Replace or repair
diversion facilities, transmission pipelines, booster pumps,
storage facilities and appurtenances necessary to make the
project complete and function in the manner intended; or
(B) Groundwater option-construction of
groundwater wells, transmission pipelines, booster pumps,
storage facilities and appurtenances necessary to make the
project complete and function in the manner intended.
(iv) Project grant:
(A) If it is determined through the review of
the commission and the select water committee that the North
Platte option is the most viable water supply alternative, the
state of Wyoming shall grant to the sponsor from water
development account II through the commission for the design,
permit procurement, project land procurement, construction
engineering and construction of the project an amount not to
exceed three million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars
($3,750,000.00) or fifty percent (50%) of the actual development
costs, whichever is less; or
(B) If it is determined through the review of
the commission and the select water committee that the
groundwater option is the most viable water supply alternative,
the state of Wyoming shall grant to the sponsor from the water
development account II through the commission for the design,
permit procurement, project land procurement, construction
engineering and construction of the project an amount not to
exceed three million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars
($3,750,000.00).
(v) Appropriation: There is appropriated from water
development account II to the commission three million seven
hundred fifty thousand dollars ($3,750,000.00) or as much
thereof as is necessary to carry out the purpose of this
subsection. Unexpended funds appropriated under this subsection
shall revert to water development account II on July 1, 1997.
Source notes for subsection (c): (Laws 1992, ch. 28, § 4c;
1993, ch. 89, § 6.)
(d) Project - Goshen Pump Station:
(i) Project sponsor: Goshen Irrigation District;
(ii) Project purpose: Agricultural water supply;
(iii) Project description: Replace existing pump
station and appurtenances necessary to make the project complete
and function in the manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: Three hundred thirty
thousand dollars ($330,000.00);
(v) Project loan: The state of Wyoming shall loan to
the sponsor from water development account II through the
commission for the design, permit procurement, project land
procurement, construction engineering and construction of the
project an amount not to exceed one hundred eight thousand nine
hundred dollars ($108,900.00) or thirty-three percent (33%) of
the actual development costs, whichever is less, for a term of
twenty (20) years from the date the commission determines
project benefits accrue to the sponsor, at an annual interest
rate of four percent (4%);
(vi) Project grant: The state of Wyoming shall grant
to the sponsor from water development account II through the
commission for the design, permit procurement, project land
procurement, construction engineering and construction of the
project an amount not to exceed two hundred twenty-one thousand
one hundred dollars ($221,100.00) or sixty-seven percent (67%)
of the actual development costs, whichever is less;
(vii) Appropriation: There is appropriated from
water development account II to the commission three hundred
thirty thousand dollars ($330,000.00) or as much thereof as is
necessary to carry out the purpose of this subsection.
Unexpended funds appropriated under this subsection shall revert
to water development account II on July 1, 1997.
Source notes for subsection (d): (Laws 1992, ch. 28, § 4d; 1994,
ch. 28, § 14; 1995, ch. 206, § 8; 1996, ch. 59, § 10.)
(e) Project - North Fork Crazy Woman Rehabilitation
Project:
(i) Project sponsor: Crazy Woman Watershed
Improvement District;
(ii) Project purpose: Agricultural water supply;
(iii) Project description: Irrigation pipelines,
canal improvements, structure improvements, riprap repair, and
appurtenances necessary to make the project complete and
function in the manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: One million three hundred
thousand dollars ($1,300,000.00);
(v) Project grant: The state of Wyoming shall grant
to the sponsor from water development account II through the
commission for the design, permit procurement, project land
procurement, construction engineering and construction of the
project an amount not to exceed six hundred fifty thousand
dollars ($650,000.00) or fifty percent (50%) of the actual
development costs, whichever is less;
(vi) Appropriation: There is appropriated from water
development account II to the commission six hundred fifty
thousand dollars ($650,000.00) or as much thereof as is
necessary to carry out the purpose of this subsection.
Unexpended funds appropriated under this subsection shall revert
to water development account II on July 1, 1995;
(vii) Special conditions: The sponsor is responsible
for acquiring fifty percent (50%) of the total project budget
from other sources.
Source notes for subsection (e): (Laws 1992, ch. 28, § 4e.)
(f) Project - Sahara Rehabilitation Project:
(i) Project sponsor: Powder River Irrigation
District;
(ii) Project purpose: Agricultural water supply;
(iii) Project description: Diversion structure,
canal improvements, siphons and appurtenances necessary to make
the project complete and function in the manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: nine hundred thousand
dollars ($900,000.00);
(v) Project loan: The state of Wyoming shall loan to
the sponsor from water development account II through the
commission for the design, permit procurement, project land
procurement, construction engineering and construction of the
project an amount not to exceed four hundred fifty thousand
dollars ($450,000.00) or fifty percent (50%) of the actual
development costs, whichever is less, for a term of forty (40)
years from the date the commission determines project benefits
accrue to the sponsor, at an annual interest rate of four
percent (4%);
(vi) Project grant: The state of Wyoming shall grant
to the sponsor from water development account II through the
commission for the design, permit procurement, project land
procurement, construction engineering and construction of the
project an amount not to exceed four hundred fifty thousand
dollars ($450,000.00) or fifty percent (50%) of the actual
development costs, whichever is less;
(vii) Appropriation: There is appropriated from
water development account II to the commission nine hundred
thousand dollars ($900,000.00) or as much thereof as is
necessary to carry out the purpose of this subsection.
Unexpended funds appropriated under this subsection shall revert
to water development account II on July 1, 1996.
Source notes for subsection (f): (Laws 1992, ch. 28, § 4f;
1993, ch. 89, § 7.)
(g) Project - Shoshone Rehabilitation Project:
(i) Project sponsor: Shoshone Joint Powers Board;
(ii) Project purpose: Agricultural water supply;
(iii) Project description: Improvements to major
canals and laterals, repair or replace major irrigation
structures, and appurtenances necessary to make the project
complete and function in the manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: Fifteen million dollars
($15,000,000.00);
(v) Project grant: The state of Wyoming shall grant
to the sponsor from water development account II through the
commission for the design, permit procurement, project land
procurement, construction engineering and construction of the
project an amount not to exceed seven million five hundred
thousand dollars ($7,500,000.00) or fifty percent (50%) of the
actual development costs, whichever is less;
(vi) Appropriation: There is appropriated from water
development account II to the commission seven million five
hundred thousand dollars ($7,500,000.00) or as much thereof as
is necessary to carry out the purpose of this subsection.
Unexpended funds appropriated under this subsection shall revert
to water development account II on July 1, 2000;
(vii) Special conditions: The sponsor is responsible
for acquiring fifty percent (50%) of the total project budget
from other sources.
Source notes for subsection (g): (Laws 1992, ch. 28, § 4g;
1997, ch. 45, § 8.)
(h) Project - Wheatland Reservoir No. 1:
(i) Project sponsor: Wheatland Irrigation District;
(ii) Project purpose: Agricultural water supply;
(iii) Project description: Dam safety improvements
to Wheatland Dam No. 1 and appurtenances necessary to make the
project complete and function in the manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: Three hundred ninety-two
thousand dollars ($392,000.00);
(v) Project loan: The state of Wyoming shall loan to
the sponsor from water development account II through the
commission for the design, permit procurement, project land
procurement, construction engineering and construction of the
project an amount not to exceed one hundred ninety-six thousand
dollars ($196,000.00) or fifty percent (50%) of the actual
development costs, whichever is less, for a term of twenty-five
(25) years from the date the commission determines project
benefits accrue to the sponsor, at an annual interest rate of
four percent (4%);
(vi) Project grant: The state of Wyoming shall grant
to the sponsor from water development account II through the
commission for the design, permit procurement, project land
procurement, construction engineering and construction of the
project an amount not to exceed one hundred ninety-six thousand
dollars ($196,000.00) or fifty percent (50%) of the actual
development costs, whichever is less;
(vii) Appropriation: There is appropriated from
water development account II to the commission three hundred
ninety-two thousand dollars ($392,000.00) or as much thereof as
is necessary to carry out the purpose of this subsection.
Unexpended funds appropriated under this subsection shall revert
to water development account II on July 1, 1995.
Source notes for subsection (h): (Laws 1992, ch. 28, § 4h.)