HB0117

Authorizes construction of designated water development projects, provides grants and loans for project funding, transfers funds between water development accounts, and amends appropriations for prior water projects.

• Creates new Article 30 establishing authorization and funding for seven Level III new development water projects, including Big Horn Regional JPB South Transmission, cloud seeding programs for two mountain ranges, Hoback Junction Public Water System, SAWS JPB Upper Road Transmission, and Small Water Development Projects, with state grants covering 25-50% of costs and sponsors responsible for remaining funding. (W.S. 99-3-3003, Sec. 1)
• Authorizes eleven Level III rehabilitation water projects including CAID Lateral 256, Casper Tank Replacement, Cottonwood Irrigation District Pipeline, Eden Valley Irrigation District projects, Goshen Irrigation District, Kirby Creek Spillway, Meeteetse Trails Estates, Rawlins Sage Creek Pipeline, Sidon ID Canal Crossing, Upper Bluff Pump Plant, West Afton ID Phase I, Willwood ID Willwood Chute, and Small Water Development Projects rehabilitation, with grants and loans funded from water development account II. (W.S. 99-3-3004, Sec. 1)
• Amends the Aladdin Water Supply Project to authorize the Wyoming Water Development Commission to transfer all rights, title and interest in the project to Aladdin Water District upon expiration of water service contracts and mutual agreement. (W.S. 99-3-303(b)(iv)(F), Sec. 2)
• Increases the Sponsor's Contingency Fund-Rehabilitation total project budget from $5.7 million to $8.6 million, increases the loan authorization from 33% to 50% of the difference between original and actual project costs, extends the reversion date from July 1, 2027 to July 1, 2028, and makes appropriations contingent on fund transfers. (W.S. 99-3-1106(b), Sec. 2)
• Updates various prior year water projects' budgets, appropriation amounts, grant percentages, and reversion dates, including Broken Wheel Ranch, Gillette Regional Extensions, Middle Piney Reservoir, Alkali Creek Reservoir, GR/RS/SC JPWB Pump Station, Eden Valley Irrigation District System Improvements, Lander Well and Transmission Pipeline, South End Water Users ISD Pipeline, Goshen Irrigation District Tunnels, and LaPrele Dam Rehabilitation. (W.S. 99-3-2203, W.S. 99-3-2205, W.S. 99-3-2303, W.S. 99-3-2404, W.S. 99-3-2406, W.S. 99-3-2503, W.S. 99-3-2504, W.S. 99-3-2603, W.S. 99-3-2803, W.S. 99-3-2904, Sec. 2)