HOUSE BILL No. 2783

      An Act concerning certain wetlands; approving the department of wildlife and parks' en-
      tering into certain agreements and assuming certain costs related to such wetlands;
      designating an area of such wetlands as the Steve Lloyd Wetlands.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

    Section 1. (a) Pursuant to K.S.A. 32-845 and amendments thereto,
the legislature hereby approves the department of wildlife and parks'
entering into a project cooperative agreement and related lease with the
U.S. department of the army to modify and restore approximately 2,550
acres of permanent and seasonal wetland habitat located on the Repub-
lican River floodplain within the flood control pool of Milford Lake sub-
ject to the following:

    (1) The proposed project shall be developed in the following three
stages and moneys to pay the nonfederal share of project costs for each
stage shall be secured before commencement of such stage: (A) Stage 1,
in the areas of Lower Refuge, Cane Creek, Mall Creek and Smith Bot-
toms, totaling approximately 1,030 acres; (B) stage 2, in the areas of
Quimby Creek, Smith Bottoms addition, Beichter Bottoms, East Brough-
ton 1 and 3 and West Broughton 1 and 2, totaling approximately 895
acres; and (C) stage 3, in the areas of West Broughton 3 and 4, Martin,
East Broughton 2 and 4 and Sugar Bowl, totaling approximately 415 acres.

    (2) Not more than $361,512 of total project costs shall be paid from
the state general fund. The remainder of the nonfederal share of project
costs shall be paid from nonstate moneys.

    (b) The department of wildlife and parks is hereby authorized to as-
sume costs associated with the operation, maintenance, repair, replace-
ment and rehabilitation of the area in each stage of the Milford Lake
wetlands wildlife habitat restoration project after completion of such stage
by the U.S. department of the army. Such costs shall be paid from wild-
life-related fee funds of the department and from any nonstate moneys
available for that purpose.

    Sec. 2. The Cane Creek area within stage 1 of the Milford Lake
wetlands wildlife habitat restoration project, in Clay county, near the city
of Wakefield, is hereby designated as the Steve Lloyd Wetlands. The
secretary of wildlife and parks shall cause placement of suitable signs and
an observation deck to indicate the area is the Steve Lloyd Wetlands. The
secretary may accept and administer gifts and donations for the purpose
of obtaining and installing such signs and observation deck.

    Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the Kansas register.

I hereby certify that the above Bill originated in the House,
and passed that body

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Speaker of the House.

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Chief Clerk of the House.

Passed the Senate __________________________

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President of the Senate

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Secretary of the Senate.

Aproved __________________________________

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Governor.