2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses › Article 13 - Water Storage › 82a-1315b Same; acquisition of conservation storage water supply capacity; establishment of state conservation storage water supply fund; deposits and expenditures.

82a-1315b.
Same; acquisition of conservation storage water supply capacity; establishment of state conservation storage water supply fund; deposits and expenditures.
(a) The director, subject to approval of the authority, shall acquire or develop conservation storage water supply capacity in impoundments deemed necessary to implement the state water plan.
(b) That portion of all moneys received by the state treasurer pursuant to K.S.A. 82a-1315a, and amendments thereto, which is not attributable to: (1) The annual repayment on water storage costs in federal reservoirs as computed under subsection (a)(1) of K.S.A. 82a-1308a, and amendments thereto; (2) the operation, maintenance and repair costs associated with the state's conservation water supply capacity; and (3) the costs in administering and enforcing the provisions of this act, shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the state conservation storage water supply fund which is hereby established. The director shall provide the treasurer with an accounting of the total remittances and shall deposit money only to the credit of the state conservation storage water supply fund after the full amount of the costs attributable to the water marketing fund from the preceding calendar year have been repaid. For purposes of calculating the rate in K.S.A. 82a-1308a, and amendments thereto, effective beginning calendar year 1986, all moneys received pursuant to this act since 1975 shall be credited for repayment of the components in the following order: paragraphs (1), (4), (3), (2), (5) of subsection (a) of K.S.A. 82a-1308a, and amendments thereto.
(c) The state conservation storage water supply fund shall serve in part as a savings fund to further the purpose of this act and the fund shall be credited amounts for interest earned thereon in accordance with subsection (e). The director may accept or receive moneys from any source, governmental or private, for the purposes for which expenditures may be made from this fund. The director shall remit all such moneys to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the state conservation storage water supply fund.
(d) All expenditures from the state conservation storage water supply fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the director of the Kansas water office or by a person or persons designated by the director and shall be used solely for the purpose of acquisition, development or maintenance of conservation storage water supply in impoundments deemed necessary to implement the state water plan, including expenditures related to the issuance of revenue bonds for such purposes and nonwater supply benefits associated with such purposes.
(e) On or before the 10th of each month, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer from the state general fund to the conservation storage water supply fund interest earnings based on:
(1) The average daily balance of moneys in the conservation storage water supply fund for the preceding month; and
(2) the net earnings rate of the pooled money investment portfolio for the preceding month.
History:
L. 1983, ch. 343, § 14; L. 1986, ch. 396, § 12; L. 1991, ch. 290, § 3; L. 1998, ch. 123, § 7; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 477; L. 2005, ch. 180, § 2; July 1.