(a) As used in this act: (i) "Colorado River basin" shall have the same meaning as defined in the Colorado River Compact and in the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact; (ii) "Colorado River Compact" means the document signed on November 24, 1922, by representatives from the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, and codified at W.S. 41-12-301; (iii) "Colorado River system" shall have the same meaning as defined in the Colorado River Compact and the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact; (iv) "Conservation project" means a voluntary project approved by the state engineer that reduces consumptive use within Wyoming's portion of the Colorado River basin or that may help satisfy Wyoming's interstate compact obligations through interstate agreements or under a valid court order entered by a court of competent jurisdiction; (v) "Consumptive use" means the depletion of water for domestic and agricultural beneficial uses as those terms are defined and referred to in the Colorado River Compact and the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact. "Consumptive use" also includes the full amount of water: (A) Consumed in association with the production of electrical power other than hydropower; (B) Diverted from the Upper Colorado River system for which there are no return flows to that system, including diversions outside the natural Colorado River watershed. (vi) "Curtailment" means the curtailment of water use under the terms of the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact; (vii) "Involuntary water use regulation" means the regulation of water rights by a Wyoming hydrographer or water commissioner as authorized by law and in accordance with established priorities or as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction; (viii) "Program" means the voluntary water conservation program authorized pursuant to this act; (ix) "Upper Colorado River Basin Compact" means the document signed on October 11, 1948, by representatives from the states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, and codified at W.S. 41-12-401; (x) "Upper Colorado River Commission" means the administrative agency created by article VIII of the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact; (xi) "This act" means W.S. 41-3-117 through 41-3-119. (b) This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Voluntary Water Conservation Program Act".
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