(a) Authorization is granted for the Level III
rehabilitation construction projects identified in this section,
subject to the general conditions specified in W.S. 99-3-104.
Source notes for subsection (a): (Laws 2002, Ch. 88, § 1.)
(b) Project – Lingle Water Supply Phase II:
(i) Project sponsor: Town of Lingle;
(ii) Project purpose: Municipal and domestic water
supply;
(iii) Project description: Design and construction
of a transmission pipeline and storage facility needed to
replace aged, inadequate infrastructure and miscellaneous
appurtenances necessary to make the project function in the
manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: Seven hundred eleven
thousand dollars ($711,000.00);
(v) Project loan: The state of Wyoming shall loan to
the sponsor from water development account I through the
commission for the design, permit procurement, construction
engineering, project land procurement and construction of the
project an amount not to exceed three hundred fifty-five
thousand five hundred dollars ($355,500.00) 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 seven and one-quarter percent (7.25%);
(vi) Project grant: The state of Wyoming shall grant
to the sponsor from water development account I through the
commission for design, permit procurement, construction
engineering, project land procurement and construction of the
project an amount not to exceed three hundred fifty-five
thousand five hundred dollars ($355,500.00) or fifty percent
(50%) of the actual development costs, whichever is less; and
(vii) Appropriation: There is appropriated from water
development account II to the commission seven hundred eleven
thousand dollars ($711,000.00) 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, 2007.
Source notes for subsection (b): (Laws 2002, Ch. 88, § 1.)
(c) Project – Riverton Valley Phase II Project:
(i) Project sponsor: Riverton Valley Irrigation
District;
(ii) Project purpose: Irrigation;
(iii) Project description: Replacing open ditches
with piped laterals, miscellaneous structures and other
appurtenances necessary to make the project function in the
manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: Six hundred seventy
thousand dollars ($670,000.00);
(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 hundred thirty-five thousand dollars ($335,000.00)
or one hundred percent (100%) of the materials cost, whichever
is less;
(vi) Appropriation: There is appropriated from water
development account II to the commission three hundred thirty-
five thousand dollars ($335,000.00) 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, 2007; and
(vii) Special condition: The sponsor is responsible
for acquiring fifty percent (50%) of the total project budget
from other sources.
Source notes for subsection (c): (Laws 2002, Ch. 88, § 1.)
(d) Project – Shoshone Drop Structures Project:
(i) Project sponsor: Shoshone Irrigation District;
(ii) Project purpose: Irrigation;
(iii) Project description: Replacing and
rehabilitating drop structures in the Garland Canal and other
miscellaneous appurtenances necessary to make the project
function in the manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: One million one hundred
forty thousand dollars ($1,140,000.00);
(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 five hundred seventy thousand dollars ($570,000.00) or
one hundred percent (100%) of the materials cost, whichever is
less;
(vi) Appropriation: There is appropriated from water
development account II to the commission five hundred seventy
thousand dollars ($570,000.00) 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, 2007; and
(vii) Special condition: The sponsor is responsible
for acquiring fifty percent (50%) of the total project budget
from other sources.
Source notes for subsection (d): (Laws 2002, Ch. 88, § 1.)
(e) Project – Sidon Bitter Creek Crossing Rehabilitation
Project:
(i) Project sponsor: Sidon Irrigation District;
(ii) Project purpose: Irrigation;
(iii) Project description: Rehabilitation of the
Bitter Creek crossing structure to assure the delivery of the
water supply to district members and appurtenances necessary to
make the project function in the manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: Two hundred seventeen
thousand dollars ($217,000.00);
(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, construction
engineering, project land procurement and construction of the
project an amount not to exceed one hundred eight thousand five
hundred dollars ($108,500.00) 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 six percent
(6%);
(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, construction
engineering, project land procurement and construction of the
project an amount not to exceed one hundred eight thousand five
hundred dollars ($108,500.00) 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 two hundred seventeen
thousand dollars ($217,000.00) 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, 2007.
Source notes for subsection (e): (Laws 2002, Ch. 88, § 1.)
(f) Project – Sleepy Hollow Tank Rehabilitation Project:
(i) Project sponsor: Central Campbell County
Improvement and Service District;
(ii) Project purpose: Municipal and domestic water
supply;
(iii) Project description: To stabilize tank
settlement and modify pipeline connections, and to rehabilitate
the Sleepy Hollow tank control house and miscellaneous
appurtenances necessary to make the project function in the
manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: One hundred thousand
dollars ($100,000.00);
(v) Project grant: The state of Wyoming shall grant
to the sponsor from water development account II through the
commission for design, permit procurement, project land
procurement and construction of the project an amount not to
exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) 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 fifty thousand dollars
($50,000.00) 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, 2007; and
(vii) Special condition: The sponsor is responsible
for acquiring fifty percent (50%) of the total project budget
from other sources.
Source notes for subsection (f): (Laws 2002, Ch. 88, § 1.)
(g) Project - Small Water Development Projects:
(i) Project sponsors: Eligible public entities;
(ii) Project purpose: Multi-purpose - agriculture,
recreation, environmental;
(iii) Project description: Rehabilitation and
replacement of small dams, windmills, spring rehabilitation,
pipeline rehabilitation, etc., to impound, develop and convey
water for livestock, wildlife, environmental and recreational
purposes;
(iv) Total project budget: Three million one hundred
thousand dollars ($3,100,000.00);
(v) Project grant: The state of Wyoming shall grant
to sponsors 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 five hundred fifty
thousand dollars ($1,550,000.00) 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 five
hundred fifty thousand dollars ($1,550,000.00) or as much
thereof as is necessary to carry out the purpose of this
subsection;
(vii) Definition: "Small project" means a project
where estimated rehabilitation costs, permit procurement, and
project land procurement are one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000.00) or less, and where the maximum financial
contribution from the commission is twenty-five thousand dollars
($25,000.00) or less;
(viii) Special conditions:
(A) Repealed By Laws 2004, Ch. 118, § 12.
(B) The commission shall establish eligibility
criteria and administration procedures for development of small
projects;
(C) The commission may grant a sponsor fifty
percent (50%) of the construction cost of a project with a
maximum grant awarded limited to twenty-five thousand dollars
($25,000.00);
(D) The project sponsors must substantiate the
public benefit that will be derived from proposed projects;
(E) The commission may make monthly progress
payments for no more than fifty percent (50%) of eligible
monthly project expenses;
(F) An appropriate land management or resource
management entity must certify that the proposed project will
meet expectations and that appropriate engineering standards, as
approved by the commission, will be adhered to;
(G) The establishment of criteria and
administrative procedures for the development of small projects
under this subsection and decisions of the commission relating
to the recommendations, prioritization or disqualification of
small projects are specifically exempt from the provisions of
the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act including judicial
review under W.S. 16-3-114 and 16-3-115.
(ix) No new project shall be authorized under this
subsection on or after July 1, 2014;
(x) As of July 1, 2017, all remaining funds in this
appropriation shall revert to water development account II.
Source notes for subsection (g): (Laws 2002, Ch. 88, § 1; 2003,
Ch. 69, § 11; 2004, Ch. 118, § 11 and 12; 2005, ch. 147, § 7;
2006, ch. 105, § 7; 2007, Ch. 121, § 3; 2010, ch. 68, § 2, 2012,
Ch. 14, §2, 2015, Ch. 23, § 2.)
(h) Project – Upton Water Tank Replacement Project:
(i) Project sponsor: Town of Upton;
(ii) Project purpose: Municipal and domestic water
supply;
(iii) Project description: Replacement of a failing
water storage tank, pipeline and miscellaneous appurtenances
necessary to make the project function in the manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: Three hundred seventeen
thousand six hundred dollars ($317,600.00);
(v) Project grant: The state of Wyoming shall grant
to the sponsor from water development account II through the
commission for the final design, plans and specifications for
the project an amount not to exceed one hundred fifty-eight
thousand eight hundred dollars ($158,800.00) 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 hundred fifty-eight
thousand eight hundred dollars ($158,800.00) 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, 2006;
(vii) Special condition: The sponsor is responsible
for acquiring fifty percent (50%) of the total project budget
from other sources.
Source notes for subsection (h): (Laws 2002, Ch. 88, § 1.)