Bill > S1411

This bill appropriates funds to the Department of Water Resources for fiscal years 2024 and 2025, totaling over $30 million in new appropriations and transfers, plus reappropriated funds. * **Department of Water Resources Programs:** $663,400 is appropriated for fiscal year 2025 for Management and Support Services, Planning and Technical Services, Water Management, Northern Idaho Adjudication, and Bear River Basin Adjudication. Funding comes from the General Fund, Indirect Cost Recovery Fund, Aquifer Planning and Management Fund, and Federal Grant Fund. * **Aquifer Monitoring:** $716,000 is transferred from the Revolving Development Fund to the Aquifer Planning and Management Fund for fiscal year 2025 to support aquifer monitoring, measurement, and modeling. * **Large Water Projects:** $30,000,000 is transferred from the General Fund to the Water Management Fund for fiscal year 2025, to be used for large water projects as directed by the Idaho Water Resources Board. * **General Stream Adjudications:** For fiscal years 2024 and 2025, appropriations from the General Fund for general stream adjudications will count towards required filing fees for water right claims filed by the Idaho Water Resource Board and the Governor. Any excess funds will be applied to future fees. * **ARPA State Fiscal Recovery Fund:** Up to $75,502,500 in unexpended balances from the ARPA State Fiscal Recovery Fund is reappropriated to the Department of Water Resources for fiscal year 2024 for nonrecurring expenditures related to water infrastructure projects. Additionally, $25,502,500 from the ARPA State Fiscal Recovery Fund is appropriated for large water projects for fiscal year 2023-2024.