41-2-121(a)(ii)(E)(I) for a subsequent water development project

41-2-121(a)(ii)(E)(I) for a subsequent water development project involving the same entity and project components. All emergency water projects account funds awarded under this subsection shall be approved by the state loan and investment board after review and recommendation by the water development commission prior to the release of funds.

(j) The water development commission shall adopt rules authorizing a voluntary pool program within the emergency water projects account. Participant contributions to the voluntary pool program shall be deposited in a subaccount and funds within the subaccount shall be expended only for emergency projects involving a participant in the voluntary pool program. For accounting and investment purposes only, all subaccounts shall be treated as separate accounts. Expenditures from the voluntary pool program may be credited in whole or in part to the twenty- five percent (25%) loan for funding an emergency project of a participant.

(k) As used in this section, "irrigation infrastructure" includes dams, canals, ditches, pipelines, aqueducts, tunnels, pumping stations, drainage and flow regulating structures.

41-2-125. Office of water programs created; duties; annual report.

(a) There is created the office of water programs within the office of research at the University of Wyoming. The office of water programs shall:

(i) Work directly with the director of the Wyoming water development office to identify research needs of state and federal agencies regarding Wyoming's water resources, including funding under the National Institutes of Water Resources (NIWR);

(ii) Serve as a point of coordination for and to encourage research activities by the University of Wyoming to address the research needs identified in paragraph (i) of this subsection;

(iii) In conjunction with the Wyoming water development office, submit a report annually prior to each legislative session to the select water committee and the Wyoming water development commission on the activities of the office.  ARTICLE 2 - PROJECTS

Part 1. City of Gillette

41-2-201. Renumbered as 99-99-201 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

41-2-202. Renumbered as 99-99-202 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

41-2-203. Renumbered as 99-99-203 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

Part 2. City of Cheyenne

41-2-204. Renumbered as 99-99-204 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

41-2-205. Renumbered as 99-99-205 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

41-2-206. Renumbered as 99-99-206 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

41-2-207. Repealed by Laws 1986, ch. 113, § 14; Renumbered as 99-99-207 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

41-2-208. Renumbered as 99-99-208 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

41-2-209. Renumbered as 99-99-209 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

41-2-210. Renumbered as 99-99-210 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

41-2-211. Renumbered as 99-99-211 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

Part 3. Fremont Lake Project

41-2-212. Repealed by Laws 1982, ch. 60, § 16; Renumbered as 99-99-212 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

41-2-213. Repealed by Laws 1982, ch. 60, § 16; Renumbered as 99-99-213 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.  41-2-214. Repealed by Laws 1982, ch. 60, § 16; Renumbered as 99-99-214 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

41-2-215. Repealed by Laws 1982, ch. 60, § 16; Renumbered as 99-99-215 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

Part 4. Hawk Springs

41-2-216. Renumbered as 99-99-216 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

41-2-217. Renumbered as 99-99-217 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

41-2-218. Renumbered as 99-99-218 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

Part 5. Shell Canal

41-2-219. Renumbered as 99-99-219 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

41-2-220. Renumbered as 99-99-220 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

41-2-221. Renumbered as 99-99-221 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

41-2-222. Renumbered as 99-99-222 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

ARTICLE 3 - LITTLE BIGHORN RIVER

41-2-301. Renumbered as 99-99-301 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

ARTICLE 4 - SPLIT ROCK FORMATION

41-2-401. Renumbered as 99-99-401 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

ARTICLE 5 - PARK RESERVOIR DAM

41-2-501. Renumbered as 99-99-501 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.  41-2-502. Renumbered as 99-99-502 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

41-2-503. Renumbered as 99-99-503 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

41-2-504. Renumbered as 99-99-504 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

41-2-505. Renumbered as 99-99-505 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

41-2-506. Renumbered as 99-99-506 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

ARTICLE 6 - GREEN RIVER

41-2-601. Renumbered as 99-99-601 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

ARTICLE 7 - TOWN OF SOUTH SUPERIOR

41-2-701. Renumbered as 99-99-701 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

ARTICLE 8 - RESERVED

ARTICLE 9 - LITTLE BIGHORN RIVER

41-2-901. Repealed by Laws 1988, ch. 79, § 11.

ARTICLE 10 - DEBT SERVICE ACCOUNTS

41-2-1001. Renumbered as 99-99-1001 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

ARTICLE 11 - WIND RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION

41-2-1101. Renumbered as 99-99-1101 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

ARTICLE 12 - LITTLE SNAKE RIVER

41-2-1201. Renumbered as 99-99-1201 by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 401.

ARTICLE 13 - TRANSFER OF WATER  41-2-1301. Transfer of water authorized; conditions.

(a) Pursuant to W.S. 41-3-115, the United States Bureau of Reclamation and the Wyoming water development office are hereby authorized to transfer a maximum of thirty-three thousand four hundred ninety-three (33,493) acre feet of storage water per year from the environmental account in the Pathfinder Modification Project within Pathfinder reservoir to the Wyoming- Nebraska state line for the purpose of providing regulatory certainty under the Endangered Species Act for the use of Wyoming water in the Platte River basin.

(b) Pursuant to W.S. 41-3-115, and the Wyoming water development office is hereby authorized to transfer a maximum of nine thousand six hundred (9,600) acre feet of storage water per year from the Wyoming account in the Pathfinder Modification Project within Pathfinder reservoir to the Wyoming-Nebraska state line through annual temporary water use agreements with the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program in any year the storage water in the Wyoming account is not needed by the state of Wyoming as a municipal water supply or a replacement water supply to meet the state of Wyoming's obligations in the Nebraska v. Wyoming settlement agreement and the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program.

(c) The authorizations granted under subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall terminate if the state of Wyoming withdraws from the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program or any successor programs approved by the governor.

(d) If the director of the Wyoming water development office determines that Wyoming water users are not receiving the regulatory certainty under the endangered species act as provided for in the Platte River recovery implementation program, he shall submit a report to the select water committee outlining the inadequacy of the regulatory certainty.

(e) If the state engineer determines that the transfers authorized under subsections (a) and (b) of this section cause injury to Wyoming water users beyond those identified in the final opinion and recommendations provided to the legislature pursuant to W.S. 41-3-115(q), then the state engineer shall report the injury to the select water committee.

(f) Any revenue generated through the annual temporary water use agreements for storage water from the Wyoming account shall be deposited in the account created by W.S.