82a-1349. Water supply storage assurance fund established; receipts; use of moneys. (a) There is hereby created in the state treasury the water supply storage assurance fund. The director of the Kansas water office may accept or receive moneys from water assurance districts for the purposes for which expenditures may be made from the water supply storage assurance district fund. The director shall remit all moneys so received to the state treasurer at least monthly. Upon receipt of any such remittance the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury and credit such amount to the water supply storage assurance fund. Moneys deposited to the credit of the water supply storage assurance fund which are received from a water assurance district shall be credited to a separate subaccount.

(b) Moneys in such subaccounts may be expended for the following purposes:

(1) Payment to the federal government of annual capital costs of water supply storage in federal reservoirs under the water assurance program act;

(2) payment and reimbursement to the water marketing fund for water supply storage space previously paid for with revenue from the water marketing fund, if such storage space has been transferred to the water assurance program;

(3) payment and reimbursement to the state general fund for water supply storage space previously paid for with revenue from the state general fund, if such storage space has been transferred to the water assurance program;

(4) payment and reimbursement to the state water plan fund for water supply storage space previously paid for with revenue from the state water plan fund, if such storage space has been transferred to the water assurance program;

(5) payment to the federal government of annual operation, maintenance and repair costs associated with the water supply storage space dedicated for the use of water assurance districts; and

(6) payment and reimbursement to the water marketing fund and the state general fund for costs incurred by the state for the administration and enforcement of applicable state laws governing the operations and management of the water assurance program as provided in contracts with water assurance districts.

(c) All expenditures from the water supply storage assurance fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the director of the Kansas water office or by a person designated by the director.

History: L. 2006, ch. 198, § 1; July 1.