SDLRC - 2020 House Bill 1035 - SD Legislature make an appropriation from the water and environment fund and its revolving fund subfunds for various water and environmental purposes, to revise the water resources projects list, and to declare an emergency.

ENTITLED An Act to make an appropriation from the water and environment fund and its revolving fund subfunds for various water and environmental purposes, to revise the water resources projects list, and to declare an emergency.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That   46A-1-2.1 be AMENDED:

46A-1-2.1. Legislative finding--Preferred, priority objectives.

The Legislature finds that the following water resources projects are necessary for the general welfare of the people of the State of South Dakota and authorizes the projects pursuant to    46A-1-2 to be included in the state water resources management system to serve as the preferred, priority objectives of the state: Belle Fourche irrigation upgrade project, Big Sioux flood control study, hydrology and water management studies to manage and protect state water resources for current and future generations, Cendak irrigation project, Gregory County pumped storage site, Lake Andes-Wagner/Marty II irrigation unit, Lewis and Clark rural water system, Sioux Falls flood control project, and Vermillion basin flood control project.

Section 2. There is hereby appropriated from the South Dakota water and environment fund established pursuant to    46A-1-60, the sum of eleven million three hundred thousand dollars ($11,300,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the Board of Water and Natural Resources for the purpose of providing grants and loans to project sponsors under the consolidated water facilities construction program established pursuant to    46A-1-63.1. Funds shall be provided according to terms and conditions established by the Board of Water and Natural Resources.

Section 3. There is hereby appropriated from the South Dakota water and environment fund established pursuant to    46A-1-60, the sum of two million two hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($2,225,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the Board of Water and Natural Resources for the purpose of providing grants and loans to project sponsors under the solid waste management program established pursuant to    46A-1-83. Funds shall be provided according to terms and conditions established by the Board of Water and Natural Resources.

Section 4. There is hereby appropriated from administrative expense surcharge fees deposited in the South Dakota state water pollution control revolving fund program subfund established pursuant to    46A-1-60.1, the sum of one million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($1,250,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the Board of Water and Natural Resources for the purpose of providing water quality grants under the state water pollution control revolving fund program established pursuant to    46A-1-60.1. Funds shall be provided according to terms and conditions established by the Board of Water and Natural Resources.

Section 5. There is hereby appropriated from administrative expense surcharge fees deposited in the state water pollution control revolving fund program subfund established pursuant to    46A-1-60.1, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the Board of Water and Natural Resources for the purpose of contracting for the preparation of applications and administration of clean water state revolving fund loans under the state water pollution control revolving fund program established pursuant to    46A-1-60.1. Funds shall be provided according to terms and conditions established by the Board of Water and Natural Resources.

Section 6. There is hereby appropriated from administrative expense surcharge fees deposited in the state drinking water revolving fund program subfund established pursuant to    46A-1-60.1, the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the Board of Water and Natural Resources for the purpose of providing small system technical assistance grants and contracting for the preparation of applications and administration of drinking water state revolving fund loans under the state drinking water revolving fund program established pursuant to    46A-1-60.1. Funds shall be provided according to terms and conditions established by the Board of Water and Natural Resources.

Section 7. There is hereby appropriated from federal funds deposited in the state drinking water revolving fund program subfund established pursuant to    46A-1-60.1, the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the Board of Water and Natural Resources for the purpose of providing small system technical assistance set-aside grants to project sponsors under the state drinking water revolving fund program established pursuant to    46A-1-60.1. Funds shall be provided according to terms and conditions established by the Board of Water and Natural Resources.

Section 8. There is hereby appropriated from federal subsidy payments deposited in the South Dakota state water pollution control revolving fund program subfund established pursuant to    46A-1-60.1, the sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the Board of Water and Natural Resources for the purpose of providing wastewater grants under the state water pollution control revolving fund program established pursuant to    46A-1-60.1. Funds shall be provided according to terms and conditions established by the Board of Water and Natural Resources.

Section 9. There is hereby appropriated from federal subsidy payments deposited in the South Dakota state drinking water revolving fund program subfund established pursuant to    46A-1-60.1, the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the Board of Water and Natural Resources for the purpose of providing grants for the construction of drinking water facilities under the state drinking water revolving fund program established pursuant to    46A-1-60.1. Funds shall be provided according to terms and conditions established by the Board of Water and Natural Resources.

Section 10. The secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall approve vouchers and the state auditor shall draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized by this Act.

Section 11. Any amounts appropriated in this Act not lawfully expended or obligated shall revert in accordance with the procedures prescribed in chapter 4-8.

Section 12. Whereas, this Act is necessary for the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.

An Act to make an appropriation from the water and environment fund and its revolving fund subfunds for various water and environmental purposes, to revise the water resources projects list, and to declare an emergency.

I certify that the attached Act originated in the: House as Bill No. 1035 Chief Clerk Speaker of the House Attest: Chief Clerk President of the Senate Attest: Secretary of the Senate House Bill No. 1035 File No. ____ Chapter No. ______

Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________, 2020 at ____________M. By for the Governor The attached Act is hereby approved this ________ day of ______________, A.D., 2020 Governor STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, ss. Office of the Secretary of State Filed ____________, 2020 at _________ o'clock __M. Secretary of State By Asst. Secretary of State