As used in this chapter:
(a) "Board" means the State Loan and Investment Board.
(b) "Consensus List" means a county-wide priority ranking of capital construction projects from highest to lowest for grant funding. This list must be agreed to by the board of county commissioners and the governing bodies of the cities and towns within that county that comprise at least seventy percent (70%) of the incorporated population.
(c) "Director" means the Director of the Office of State Lands and Investments.
(d) "Eight (8) Counties Directly Impacted by Natural Gas Development" means the following counties that the Board previously determined are impacted by natural gas development on a countywide basis and applicants located within that county that are eligible to submit local consensus list applications under this chapter: Carbon, Campbell, Fremont, Johnson, Natrona, Sheridan, Sublette and Sweetwater.
(e) "Eligible Applicant" means a county and its incorporated cities and towns, eligible special districts and joint powers boards. The county must certify to the Board that the county board of commissioners and the councils of the cities and towns that comprise seventy percent (70%) of the incorporated population within that county have reached agreement on the project(s) for which the grants will be used.
(f) "Eligible Project Costs" means total project cost, less ineligible project costs.
(g) "Office" means the Office of State Lands and Investments.
(h) "Projects Outside the Eight (8) Impacted Counties" means capital construction projects needed to mitigate the impact of natural gas development in the following fifteen (15) counties: Albany, Big Horn, Converse, Crook, Goshen, Hot Springs, Laramie, Lincoln, Niobrara, Park, Platte, Teton, Uinta, Washakie and Weston. Eligible applicants for capital construction grants within these counties are required to submit certified consensus lists for Board consideration per the rules in Section 6 of this chapter.
(i) "Special District" means hospital, fire protection, sanitary and improvement, solid waste disposal, improvement and service, and water and sewer districts.
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