(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 1993, ch. 89, § 4a.)
(b) Project - Big Horn Canal Improvement Project:
(i) Project sponsor: Big Horn Canal Irrigation
District;
(ii) Project purposes: Irrigation water supply;
(iii) Project description: Improvements to the
Crooked S spillway on the main canal and appurtenances necessary
to make the project complete and function in the manner
intended;
(iv) Total project budget: One hundred twenty
thousand dollars ($120,000.00);
(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 sixty thousand dollars
($60,000.00) or fifty percent (50%) of the actual rehabilitation
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 sixty thousand dollars
($60,000.00) or fifty percent (50%) of the actual rehabilitation
costs, whichever is less;
(vii) Appropriation: There is appropriated from
water development account II to the commission one hundred
twenty thousand dollars ($120,000.00) 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 (b): (Laws 1993, ch. 89, § 4b.)
(c) Project - Cheyenne Stage I Pipeline Project:
(i) Project sponsor: City of Cheyenne;
(ii) Project purpose: Municipal and domestic water
supply;
(iii) Project description: Repair of the existing
Stage I pipeline and collector system and appurtenances
necessary to make the project complete and function in the
manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: Thirteen million seven
hundred thousand dollars ($13,700,000.00);
(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 six million eight hundred fifty
thousand dollars ($6,850,000.00) or fifty percent (50%) of the
actual rehabilitation 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 six million eight hundred fifty
thousand dollars ($6,850,000.00) or fifty percent (50%) of the
actual rehabilitation costs, whichever is less;
(vii) Appropriation: There is appropriated from
water development account II to the commission thirteen million
seven hundred thousand dollars ($13,700,000.00) 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, 1999.
Source notes for subsection (c): (Laws 1993, ch. 89, § 4c;
1995, ch. 206, § 9; 1996, ch. 59, § 11.)
(d) Project - Cheyenne Well Rehabilitation Project-Phase
II:
(i) Project sponsor: City of Cheyenne;
(ii) Project purpose: Municipal and domestic water
supply;
(iii) Project description: Rehabilitation of not
more than ten (10) wells including redrilling, casing, pumps,
electrical facilities, meters, piping, well houses and
appurtenances necessary to make the project complete and
function in the manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: One million two hundred
fifty thousand dollars ($1,250,000.00);
(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, well testing, construction engineering and
construction of the project an amount not to exceed six hundred
twenty-five thousand dollars ($625,000.00) or fifty percent
(50%) of the actual rehabilitation costs, whichever is less, for
a term of fifteen (15) 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, well testing, construction engineering and
construction of the project an amount not to exceed six hundred
twenty-five thousand dollars ($625,000.00) or fifty percent
(50%) of the actual rehabilitation costs, whichever is less;
(vii) Appropriation: There is appropriated from
water development account II to the commission one million two
hundred fifty thousand dollars ($1,250,000.00) 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 (d): (Laws 1993, ch. 89, § 4d.)
(e) Project - Goshen Canal Improvement Project:
(i) Project sponsor: Goshen Irrigation District;
(ii) Project purpose: Irrigation water supply;
(iii) Project description: Rehabilitation of
spillways on the main canal and appurtenances necessary to make
the project complete and function in the manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: Fifty thousand dollars
($50,000.00);
(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 twelve thousand two hundred
fifty dollars ($12,250.00) or twenty-four and one-half percent
(24.5%) of the actual rehabilitation costs, whichever is less,
for a term of ten (10) 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 twelve thousand two hundred
fifty dollars ($12,250.00) or twenty-four and one-half percent
(24.5%) of the actual rehabilitation costs, whichever is less;
(vii) Appropriation: There is appropriated from
water development account II to the commission twenty-four
thousand five hundred dollars ($24,500.00) 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;
(viii) Special conditions: The sponsor is
responsible for acquiring fifty-one percent (51%) of the total
project budget from other sources.
Source notes for subsection (e): (Laws 1993, ch. 89, § 4e.)
(f) Project - Little Snake Rehabilitation Project:
(i) Project sponsor: Little Snake River Conservancy
District;
(ii) Project purpose: Irrigation water supply;
(iii) Project description: Replacement of diversion
structures and rehabilitation of two canals and appurtenances
necessary to make the project complete and function in the
manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: Two million seven hundred
thousand dollars ($2,700,000.00);
(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 six hundred seventy-five
thousand dollars ($675,000.00) or twenty-five percent (25%) of
the actual rehabilitation costs, whichever is less, for a term
of thirty-five (35) 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 million twenty-five thousand
dollars ($2,025,000.00) or seventy-five percent (75%) of the
actual rehabilitation costs, whichever is less;
(vii) Appropriation: There is appropriated from
water development account II to the commission two million seven
hundred thousand dollars ($2,700,000.00) 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 1993, ch. 89, § 4f.)
(g) [Project - Riverton Valley Canal Improvement Project]
Source notes for subsection (g): (Laws 1993, ch. 89, § 4g;
Repealed by Laws 1994, ch. 28, § 17.)
(h) Project - Sinnard Dam Project:
(i) Project sponsor: Horse Creek Conservation
District;
(ii) Project purpose: Irrigation water supply;
(iii) Project description: Rehabilitation of an
existing dam and appurtenances necessary to make the project
complete and function in the manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: One million one hundred
thousand dollars ($1,100,000.00);
(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 two hundred seventy-five
thousand dollars ($275,000.00) or twenty-five percent (25%) of
the actual rehabilitation costs, whichever is less, for a term
of fifty (50) 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 eight hundred twenty-five
thousand dollars ($825,000.00) or seventy-five percent (75%) of
the actual rehabilitation costs, whichever is less;
(vii) Appropriation: There is appropriated from
water development account II to the commission one million one
hundred thousand dollars ($1,100,000.00) 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;
(viii) Special conditions: Project conditions for
the Hawk Springs project authorized by W.S.
41-2-218(a)(ii)(intro) and 1985 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter
224, Section 1(c)(intro) shall be modified to decrease the
interest rate on funds loaned to the sponsor to four percent
(4%).
Source notes for subsection (h): (Laws 1993, ch. 89, § 4h.)