41-2-124. Accounts created; unexpended balance.
(a) The following accounts are created:
(i) Water development account I into which shall be deposited revenues pursuant to law;
(ii) Water development account II into which shall be deposited revenues pursuant to law;
(iii) Water development account III into which shall be deposited revenues pursuant to law.
(b) Any unexpended balance in water development accounts I, II and III as defined by subsection (a) of this section shall be invested by the state treasurer and the interest earned shall be credited to the account.
(c) The state treasurer shall transfer such sums of money from water development accounts I and II created by subsection (a) of this section to the state drinking water revolving loan account created by W.S. 16-1-302 to provide not to exceed one-half (1/2) of the twenty percent (20%) state matching funds for each federal capitalization grant to the drinking water state revolving fund program account. The transferred funds shall be proportioned between water development accounts I and II as directed by the water development commission.
(d) No new dam with storage capacity of less than two thousand (2,000) acre-feet of water or expansion of a dam with a storage capacity of less than one thousand (1,000) acre-feet of water shall be funded with funds from water development account III. Without the approval of the legislature, funds deposited into water development account III shall not be diverted from that account, other than for the purpose of financing projects related to dam construction or expansion.
(e) There is transferred to the water development account III created by paragraph (a)(iii) of this section effective July 1, 2005:
(i) Fifty-four million seventy thousand dollars ($54,070,000.00) from water development account I reserved for the Green River/Wind River project development fund established in W.S. 99-3-604. The transfer of money into water development account III shall not eliminate recognition of the water storage potential in the Green River/Wind River basins;
(ii) Ten million dollars ($10,000,000.00) from the budget reserve account.
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