Bill > S1431

This bill appropriates additional funds to the Department of Water Resources for fiscal year 2027, transfers funds for aquifer management, and provides reappropriation authority for existing funds. * The Department of Water Resources receives $390,000 from the General Fund for fiscal year 2027, covering trustee and personnel benefit costs for Planning and Technical Services ($195,000), Northern Idaho Adjudication ($97,500), and Bear River Basin Adjudication ($97,500). * $716,000 is transferred from the Revolving Development Fund to the Aquifer Planning and Management Fund for fiscal year 2027 to support aquifer monitoring, measurement, and modeling. * Any unexpended and unencumbered balances from the ARPA State Fiscal Recovery Fund for fiscal year 2026, appropriated to the Department of Water Resources for the Planning and Technical Services Program, are reappropriated for nonrecurring expenditures related to water infrastructure projects for fiscal year 2027. * Moneys appropriated from the General Fund for general stream adjudications will count towards filing fees for water right claims filed by the Idaho Water Resource Board and the Governor for instream flow, public lake level maintenance, or recreation. Any excess will count towards future fees, and shortfalls will result in extensions and carryover appropriations.

Budget and Finance, Justice

Finance Committee (Senate)

https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1431/