SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board from any monies not otherwise appropriated from the Statewide Recovery Fund created pursuant to Enrolled House Bill No. 3349 of the 2nd Session of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature, the sum of Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00) or so much thereof as may be necessary to establish grant programs that facilitate the design, construction, and maintenance of water and wastewater infrastructure, and to improve the condition of publicly owned, deficient dams regulated by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board.

SECTION 2. From the funds appropriated by Section 1 of this act, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board is hereby authorized to expend Twenty-five Million Dollars ($25,000,000.00) for a grant program for communities with a population of seven thousand (7,000) or less as reported in the most recent decennial census published by the United States Bureau of the Census or to rural water districts with less than 2,300 non-pasture taps for projects that meet the federal eligibility requirements of the U.S. Treasury's Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Final Rule for water and wastewater investments. The Board may reserve not more than four percent (4%) from this expenditure authority for purposes of administering the program.

SECTION 3. From the funds appropriated by Section 1 of this act, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board is hereby authorized to expend Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) for a grant program for communities with a population greater than seven thousand (7,000) as reported in the most recent decennial census published by the United States Bureau of the Census or to rural water districts with more than 2,300 non-pasture taps for projects that meet the federal eligibility requirements of the U.S. Treasury's Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Final Rule for water and wastewater investments. The Board may reserve not more than four percent (4%) from this expenditure authority for purposes of administering the program.

SECTION 4. From the funds appropriated by Section 1 of this act, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board is hereby authorized to expend Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) for a grant program for communities that own dams with the latest condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory. Priority for funding shall be given to communities that have a population of less than seven thousand (7,000) as reported in the most recent decennial census published by the United States Bureau of the Census. Projects funded by the grant program shall be limited to up to One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) per community and must meet the federal eligibility requirements of the U.S. Treasury's Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Final Rule. The Board may reserve not more than seven and one-half percent (7.5%) from this expenditure authority for purposes of administering the program.

SECTION 5. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall promulgate rules and establish procedures for evaluating and awarding grant applications for grant programs provided for in Sections 2, 3, and 4 of this act.

SECTION 7. There is hereby appropriated to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board from any monies not otherwise appropriated from the Statewide Recovery Fund created pursuant to Enrolled House Bill No. 3349 of the 2nd Session of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature, the sum of Twenty-five Million Dollars ($25,000,000.00) or so much thereof as may be necessary to promote water conservation, encourage economic longevity, and ensure reliable food supply by converting portions of an open ditch irrigation system to pipe within the Lugert–Altus Irrigation District. Projects funded shall meet the federal eligibility requirements of the U.S. Treasury's Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Final Rule.