§ 99-3-2903 — Level III construction projects – new development

Wyoming § 99-3-2903

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 99: Water Projects
• Ch. 3: AUTHORIZATION FOR WATER DEVELOPMENT CONSTRUCTION
• Art. 29: 2024 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

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(a) Authorization is granted for the Level III new
development construction projects identified in this section
subject to the general conditions specified in W.S. 99-3-103,
provided that W.S. 99-3-103(a)(iii) shall not apply to the
projects identified in this section unless required by W.S. 41-
2-121.
Source Notes for subsection (a): (Laws 2024, Ch. 99, § 1.)
(b) Project – Big Horn Regional JPB Lucerne Tank and Pump
Station 2024:
(i) Project sponsor: Big Horn Regional Joint Powers
Board;
(ii) Project purpose: Municipal and rural domestic
water supply;
(iii) Project description: Design and construction of
water transmission pipelines, storage tanks, pump stations,
structures and appurtenances necessary to make the project
function in the manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: Three million six hundred
six thousand dollars ($3,606,000.00);
(v) Project grants:
(A) The state of Wyoming shall grant to the
sponsor from water development account I through the commission
for the design, permit procurement, project land procurement and
pre-construction engineering of the project an amount not to
exceed one hundred forty-three thousand three hundred dollars
($143,300.00) or fifty percent (50%) of these actual development
costs, whichever is less;
(B) The state of Wyoming shall grant to the
sponsor from water development account I through the commission
for the construction engineering and construction of the project
an amount not to exceed one million six hundred fifty-nine
thousand seven hundred dollars ($1,659,700.00) or fifty percent
(50%) of these actual development costs, whichever is less.
(vi) Appropriations:
(A) There is appropriated from water development
account I to the commission one hundred forty-three thousand
three hundred dollars ($143,300.00) or as much thereof as is
necessary to carry out the purpose of subparagraph (v)(A) of
this subsection. Unexpended funds appropriated under this
subparagraph shall revert to water development account I on July
1, 2029;
(B) There is appropriated from water development
account I to the commission one million six hundred fifty-nine
thousand seven hundred dollars ($1,659,700.00) or as much
thereof as is necessary to carry out the purpose of subparagraph
(v)(B) of this subsection. Unexpended funds appropriated under
this subparagraph shall revert to the general fund on July 1,
2029.
(vii) Special conditions:
(A) The sponsor is responsible for acquiring
fifty percent (50%) of the total project budget from other
sources;
(B) The appropriation of funds for this project
under subparagraph (vi)(B) of this subsection is contingent upon
the transfer of funds to water development account I as
described in section 5 of this act or a transfer from another
funding source.
Source Notes for subsection (b): (Laws 2024, Ch. 99, § 1.)
(c) Project – Cloud Seeding: Wind River and Sierra Madre
mountain ranges 2025 (ground-based):
(i) Project sponsor: The state of Wyoming;
(ii) Project purpose: To enhance the winter snowpack
in the Wind River Mountain and Sierra Madre mountain ranges;
(iii) Project description: Conduct a ground-based
operational winter snowpack augmentation program during the
2024-2025 season;
(iv) Total project budget: Seven hundred ninety-eight
thousand six hundred fifty-one dollars ($798,651.00);
(v) Appropriation: There is appropriated from water
development account I to the Wyoming water development office
two hundred ninety-eight thousand six hundred fifty-one dollars
($298,651.00) 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
I on July 1, 2026;
(vi) Special conditions:
(A) The state of Wyoming shall participate at a
rate up to thirty-seven percent (37%) of actual project
operational costs not to exceed two hundred ninety-eight
thousand six hundred fifty-one dollars ($298,651.00);
(B) Prior to commencing project operations, the
Wyoming water development office shall acquire funding
commitments from other Colorado River basin water users or other
interested parties for a minimum of sixty-three percent (63%) of
actual project operational costs;
(C) If the project is cancelled, the Wyoming
water development office is authorized to use the appropriated
funds to remove weather modification equipment and reclaim
project sites.
Source Notes for subsection (c): (Laws 2024, Ch. 99, § 1.)
(d) Project – Skyline ISD Well Connection 2024:
(i) Project sponsor: Skyline Improvement & Service
District;
(ii) Project purpose: Municipal and rural domestic
water supply;
(iii) Project description: Design and construction of
a well connection, pumping facilities, transmission pipelines,
structures and appurtenances necessary to make the project
function in the manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: Eight hundred ninety-six
thousand dollars ($896,000.00);
(v) Project grant: The state of Wyoming shall grant
to the sponsor from water development account I 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 forty-eight
thousand dollars ($448,000.00) or fifty percent (50%) of these
actual development costs, whichever is less;
(vi) Appropriation: There is appropriated from water
development account I to the commission four hundred forty-eight
thousand dollars ($448,000.00) 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 I on July 1, 2029;
(vii) Special conditions: The sponsor is responsible
for acquiring fifty percent (50%) of the total project budget
from other sources.
Source Notes for subsection (d): (Laws 2024, Ch. 99, § 1.)
(e) Project – Cloud Seeding: Medicine Bow and Sierra Madre
mountain ranges 2025 (aerial):
(i) Project sponsor: The state of Wyoming;
(ii) Project purpose: To enhance the winter snowpack
in the Medicine Bow and Sierra Madre mountain ranges;
(iii) Project description: Conduct an aerial
operational winter snowpack augmentation program during the
2024-2025 season;
(iv) Total project budget: Eight hundred seventy-five
thousand dollars ($875,000.00);
(v) Appropriation: There is appropriated from water
development account I to the Wyoming water development office
eight hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($825,000.00) 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 I on July 1, 2026;
(vi) Special conditions:
(A) The Wyoming water development office shall
acquire funding commitments from Wyoming water users or other
interested parties for operational costs which exceed the
project appropriation;
(B) The Wyoming water development office is
authorized to enter into contracts with Colorado organizations
to extend aerial weather modification efforts into Colorado,
provided that these organizations pay one hundred percent (100%)
of the additional costs associated with operations in Colorado.
Source Notes for subsection (e): (Laws 2024, Ch. 99, § 1.)
(f) Repealed by Laws 2025, ch. 111, § 3.