Section 99-2-204 - Level III construction projects; rehabilitation(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 budget;(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. Source notes for subsection (a): (Laws 1992, ch. 28, § 4a.)
(b) [Project - Bench Canal Rehabilitation Project] Source notes for subsection (b): (Laws 1992, ch. 28, § 4b; Repealed by Laws 1994, ch. 28, § 16.)
(c) Project - Edgerton-Midwest Water Supply Project:(i) Project sponsor: Salt Creek Joint Powers Board;(ii) Project purpose: Municipal and domestic water supply;(iii) Project description: (A) North Platte option-Replace or repair diversion facilities, transmission pipelines, booster pumps, storage facilities and appurtenances necessary to make the project complete and function in the manner intended; or(B) Groundwater option-construction of groundwater wells, transmission pipelines, booster pumps, storage facilities and appurtenances necessary to make the project complete and function in the manner intended.(iv) Project grant: (A) If it is determined through the review of the commission and the select water committee that the North Platte option is the most viable water supply alternative, 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 million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($3,750,000.00) or fifty percent (50%) of the actual development costs, whichever is less; or(B) If it is determined through the review of the commission and the select water committee that the groundwater option is the most viable water supply alternative, the state of Wyoming shall grant to the sponsor from the 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 million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($3,750,000.00).(v) Appropriation: There is appropriated from water development account II to the commission three million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($3,750,000.00) 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, 1997. Source notes for subsection (c): (Laws 1992, ch. 28, § 4c; 1993, ch. 89, § 6.)
(d) Project - Goshen Pump Station: (i) Project sponsor: Goshen Irrigation District;(ii) Project purpose: Agricultural water supply;(iii) Project description: Replace existing pump station and appurtenances necessary to make the project complete and function in the manner intended;(iv) Total project budget: Three hundred thirty thousand dollars ($330,000.00);(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 one hundred eight thousand nine hundred dollars ($108,900.00) or thirty-three percent (33%) 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 interest 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 hundred twenty-one thousand one hundred dollars ($221,100.00) or sixty-seven percent (67%) of the actual development costs, whichever is less;(vii) Appropriation: There is appropriated from water development account II to the commission three hundred thirty thousand dollars ($330,000.00) 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, 1997. Source notes for subsection (d): (Laws 1992, ch. 28, § 4d; 1994, ch. 28, § 14; 1995, ch. 206, § 8; 1996, ch. 59, § 10.)
(e) Project - North Fork Crazy Woman Rehabilitation Project: (i) Project sponsor: Crazy Woman Watershed Improvement District;(ii) Project purpose: Agricultural water supply;(iii) Project description: Irrigation pipelines, canal improvements, structure improvements, riprap repair, and appurtenances necessary to make the project complete and function in the manner intended;(iv) Total project budget: One million three hundred thousand dollars ($1,300,000.00);(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 six hundred fifty thousand dollars ($650,000.00) 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 six hundred fifty thousand dollars ($650,000.00) 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, 1995;(vii) Special conditions: The sponsor is responsible for acquiring fifty percent (50%) of the total project budget from other sources. Source notes for subsection (e): (Laws 1992, ch. 28, § 4e.)
(f) Project - Sahara Rehabilitation Project:(i) Project sponsor: Powder River Irrigation District;(ii) Project purpose: Agricultural water supply;(iii) Project description: Diversion structure, canal improvements, siphons and appurtenances necessary to make the project complete and function in the manner intended;(iv) Total project budget: nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000.00);(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 four hundred fifty thousand dollars ($450,000.00) or fifty percent (50%) of the actual development costs, whichever is less, for a term of forty (40) years from the date the commission determines project benefits accrue to the sponsor, at an annual interest 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 four hundred fifty thousand dollars ($450,000.00) 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 nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000.00) 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, 1996. Source notes for subsection (f): (Laws 1992, ch. 28, § 4f; 1993, ch. 89, § 7.)
(g) Project - Shoshone Rehabilitation Project:(i) Project sponsor: Shoshone Joint Powers Board;(ii) Project purpose: Agricultural water supply;(iii) Project description: Improvements to major canals and laterals, repair or replace major irrigation structures, and appurtenances necessary to make the project complete and function in the manner intended;(iv) Total project budget: Fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000.00);(v) Project grant: The state of Wyoming shall grant to the sponsor from water development account II through the commission for the design, permit procurement, project land procurement, construction engineering and construction of the project an amount not to exceed seven million five hundred thousand dollars ($7,500,000.00) 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 seven million five hundred thousand dollars ($7,500,000.00) 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, 2000;(vii) Special conditions: The sponsor is responsible for acquiring fifty percent (50%) of the total project budget from other sources. Source notes for subsection (g): (Laws 1992, ch. 28, § 4g; 1997, ch. 45, § 8.)
(h) Project - Wheatland Reservoir No. 1: (i) Project sponsor: Wheatland Irrigation District;(ii) Project purpose: Agricultural water supply;(iii) Project description: Dam safety improvements to Wheatland Dam No. 1 and appurtenances necessary to make the project complete and function in the manner intended;(iv) Total project budget: Three hundred ninety-two thousand dollars ($392,000.00);(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 one hundred ninety-six thousand dollars ($196,000.00) or fifty percent (50%) of the actual development costs, whichever is less, for a term of twenty-five (25) years from the date the commission determines project benefits accrue to the sponsor, at an annual interest 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 one hundred ninety-six thousand dollars ($196,000.00) 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 three hundred ninety-two thousand dollars ($392,000.00) 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, 1995. Source notes for subsection (h):