This amendment adds definitions for 'curtailment' and 'involuntary water use regulation,' establishes a notice procedure for conservation project applications, adds public notification requirements, protects applicant information from public disclosure, and adjusts section numbering throughout the bill.
- Adds two new definitions to the definitions section: 'curtailment' (curtailment of water use under the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact terms) and 'involuntary water use regulation' (regulation of water rights by a Wyoming hydrographer or water commissioner as authorized by law). (Page 3, after line 13)
- Renumbers existing definitions (vi) through (ix) to (viii) through (xi) to accommodate the two new definitions added earlier. (Page 3, lines 15-18; Page 4, lines 1, 5)
- Creates a new subsection allowing water right owners and interested persons to request notice of conservation project applications by regular mail or electronic means, with the state engineer maintaining a registry based on water districts and valid contact information. (Page 5, after line 3)
- Renumbers subsections (b) through (h) to (c) through (j) and updates all corresponding references throughout the bill to accommodate the new notice request subsection. (Page 5, line 5; Page 6, lines 9, 22; Page 7, line 16; Page 8, line 4; Page 9, lines 1, 7; Page 10, lines 1, 9; Page 11, lines 2, 21)
- Modifies the existing notice provision to require that notice be provided by both regular mail and electronic means (rather than just electronic), and clarifies that electronic notice applies to those who have requested it. (Page 5, lines 8, 11, 13)
- Renumbers subsequent subsections (m) through (o) to (n) through (q) to accommodate the new notice request subsection inserted earlier. (Page 12, lines 1, 8, 15)
- Adds a new subsection specifying that information provided by applicants or included in conservation projects is not subject to the public records exemption under W.S. 16-4-203(d)(xiv). (Page 12, after line 13)
- Creates a new Section 4 requiring the state engineer to publish notice of the Voluntary Water Conservation Program Act in at least three Wyoming newspapers in the Colorado River basin weekly for three consecutive weeks, in at least two Wyoming agriculture trade publications, and to hold at least three public meetings at different locations within Wyoming's portion of the Colorado River basin, all within specified timeframes after the act's effective date. (Page 16, after line 11)
- Renumbers all subsequent sections of the bill (Sections 4 through 7 become Sections 5 through 8) to accommodate the new Section 4 added above. (Page 16, lines 13, 16; Page 17, line 10)
- Expands the reporting requirement to include the joint agriculture, state and public lands and water resources interim committee as a recipient of the state engineer's annual report. (Page 17, line 2)
- Changes 'the' to 'each' in reference to the committee receiving the state engineer's report. (Page 17, line 6)
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