LEG00236

• Bill Number: SB83-15
• Year: 1983
• Title: Concerning Reservoirs and Relating to the Inspection and Regulation Thereof and the Provision of Liability Insurance Therefor and Making an Appropriation Therefor
• Legislation - Doc Type: Other CWCB Related Bills - Killed

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including all enlargements thereto, substantially completed by
or in operation on June 30, 1983, and on June 30 of each

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succeeding year.

The annual fee shall be fifty dollars plus

4 one dollar per foot of height of the dam.

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(b) For purposes of this subsection (1), "height of the

dam" means the vertical distance, to the nearest ifoot, from

the natural bed of the stream or watercourse at the downstream

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toe of the barrier, as determined by the state engineer, or

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from the lowest elevation of the outside limit of the barrier,

as deter~ined by the state engineer, if it is not across a
stream channel or watercourse, to the maximum possible water

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storage elevation.

(2) All moneys collected under subsection (1) of this
section and section 37-80-110 (1) (e) (I) shall be transmitted

to the state treasurer who shall credit the same to the dam

inspection fund, which fund is hereby created.

All moneys'

17 credited to said fund and all interest earned on such moneys

18 shall be used for paying the expenses of the dam safety

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program as appropriated by the general assembly.

Any

20 unexpended balance remaining in the dam inspection fund at the
21 end of each fiscal year shall remain in the fund and become
22 available for appropriation during the following fiscal year.
23 The controller, upon presentation of vouchers properly drawn
24 and signed by the state engineer, or an authorized employee of

25 the division of water resources, shall issue warrants drawn on

26 said fund, in accordance with any appropriation made by the

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