Idaho Bills

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Water Resources for fiscal year 2020.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Water Resources for fiscal year 2019.

This is an FY 2019 trailer and supplemental appropriation bill in two parts for the Department of Water Resources. The first portion provides a $20,000,000 General Fund transfer to address the fiscal impact of HJM004, which urges the completion of the federal feasibility study and the NEPA analysis required for expanding Anderson Ranch Dam through provisions in the federal Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act. This bill also allows for funding to be used for the Mountain Home Air Force Base water delivery system, should those projects be authorized. The second portion provides a $1,000,000 General Fund transfer for the second year of the Flood Management Program, which provides funding for flood damage mitigation, prevention, and stream channel correction on a merit basis as determined by the Board of Water Resources.