(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 appropriation;
(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.
(Laws 1995, ch. 206, § 4a.)
(b) Project-Big Horn Canal Improvements Project:
(i) Project sponsor: Big Horn Irrigation District;
(ii) Project purpose: Irrigation water supply;
(iii) Project description: Canal lining, replacement
or repair of irrigation structures and appurtenances necessary
to make the project function in the manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: Six hundred ninety-three
thousand dollars ($693,000.00);
(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 three hundred forty-six thousand
five hundred dollars ($346,500.00) or fifty percent (50%) 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 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 three hundred forty-six thousand
five hundred dollars ($346,500.00) 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 six hundred
ninety-three thousand dollars ($693,000.00) 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, 1998.
Source notes for subsection (b): (Laws 1995, ch. 206, § 4b.)
(c) Project - Gillette Fort Union Well Field Project:
(i) Project sponsor: City of Gillette;
(ii) Project purpose: Municipal and domestic water
supply;
(iii) Project description: Wells, pipelines and
appurtenances necessary to make the project function in the
manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: Three million four
hundred fifty thousand dollars ($3,450,000.00). Phase I budget:
One million one hundred thousand dollars ($1,100,000.00). Phase
II budget: One million eight hundred fifty thousand dollars
($1,850,000.00). Phase III budget: Five hundred thousand
dollars ($500,000.00);
(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 one million seven hundred
twenty-five thousand dollars ($1,725,000.00) 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 one million seven
hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($1,725,000.00) 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, 2002;
(vii) Special conditions: The sponsor is responsible
for acquiring fifty percent (50%) of the total project budget,
Phase I budget and Phase II from other sources.
Source notes for subsection (c): (Laws 1995, ch. 206, § 4c;
1996, ch. 59, § 18; 1998, ch. 38, § 9.)
(d) Project - Laramie Rehabilitation Project:
(i) Project sponsor: City of Laramie;
(ii) Project purpose: Municipal water supply;
(iii) Project description: Transmission pipeline,
well, repair of storage facilities and appurtenances necessary
to make the project function in the manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: One million seven hundred
fifty thousand dollars ($1,750,000.00);
(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 eight hundred seventy-five
thousand dollars ($875,000.00) or fifty percent (50%) 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 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 seventy-five
thousand dollars ($875,000.00) 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 one million seven
hundred fifty thousand dollars ($1,750,000.00) 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, 1999.
Source notes for subsection (d): (Laws 1995, ch. 206, § 4d;
1996, ch. 59, § 19.)
(e) Project - Midvale Sand Mesa Pipeline Project:
(i) Project sponsor: Midvale Irrigation District;
(ii) Project purpose: Irrigation water supply;
(iii) Project description: Conversion of an open
canal to a pipeline and appurtenances necessary to make the
project function in the manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: Six million dollars
($6,000,000.00);
(v) Project grant: The state of Wyoming shall grant
to the sponsor from water development account II through the
commission for the purchase of project materials as supported by
vendor invoices and approved by the commission an amount not to
exceed three million dollars ($3,000,000.00) or one hundred
percent (100%) of said material costs, whichever is less;
(vi) Appropriation: There is appropriated from water
development account II to the commission three million dollars
($3,000,000.00) 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;
(vii) Special conditions: The sponsor is responsible
for the design, permit procurement, project land procurement,
construction engineering and construction of the project.
Source notes for subsection (e): (Laws 1995, ch. 206, § 4e.)
(f) Project - Natrona County Regional Rehabilitation
Project:
(i) Project sponsor: Natrona County Regional Water
System Joint Powers Board;
(ii) Project purpose: Municipal and domestic water
supply;
(iii) Project description: Well field and storage
facilities rehabilitation and appurtenances necessary to make
the project function in the manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: Five million three
hundred fifty-seven thousand dollars ($5,357,000.00);
(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 million six hundred seventy-
eight thousand five hundred dollars ($2,678,500.00) or fifty
percent (50%) of the actual development costs, whichever is
less, for a term of thirty (30) years from the date the
commission determines project benefits accrue to the sponsor, at
an annual 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 six hundred seventy-
eight thousand five hundred dollars ($2,678,500.00) 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 five million
three hundred fifty-seven thousand dollars ($5,357,000.00) 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, 2002.
Source notes for subsection (f): (Laws 1995, ch. 206, § 4f;
1996, ch. 59, § 20; 1998, ch. 38, § 10.)
(g) Project - Sidon Canal Improvements Project:
(i) Project sponsor: Sidon Irrigation District;
(ii) Project purpose: Irrigation water supply;
(iii) Project description: Diversion structure,
replacement or repair of irrigation structures and appurtenances
necessary to make the project function in the manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: One million sixty
thousand dollars ($1,060,000.00);
(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 five hundred thirty thousand
dollars ($530,000.00) or fifty percent (50%) of the actual
development 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 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 five hundred thirty thousand
dollars ($530,000.00) 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 one million sixty
thousand dollars ($1,060,000.00) 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, 1998.
Source notes for subsection (h): (Laws 1995, ch. 206, § 4g.)