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SF0019

Wyoming State Lands Trust Review Task Force

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In one sentence

This law creates a temporary task force to review how the Office of State Lands and Investments funds its trust programs and requires a report to the legislature by June 1, 2006.

What it does

  • Creates a legislative-executive task force to review funding for the Office of State Lands and Investments' trust programs.
  • Requires the task force to conduct a comprehensive review of the office's budget and expenditures for trust responsibilities.
  • Requires the task force to review the relationship between administrative costs and revenues by source to determine if funding changes are necessary.
  • Mandates that the task force submit a report to the legislature no later than June 1, 2006.
  • Appropriates $30,000 from the general fund to fund interim meetings, activities, and professional contracts for the task force.
  • Sets a termination date of April 1, 2007, for the act.

Who it affects

  • The Office of State Lands and Investments.
  • State elected officials, including the governor, secretary of state, state auditor, state treasurer, and state superintendent of public instruction.
  • Members of the Wyoming State Legislature, including two representatives and two senators appointed by their respective chamber leaders.
  • Representatives from school boards, grazing and agriculture lessees, mineral lessees, public recreational users, parent organizations, and the forest products industry or forestry profession.

Limits and unknowns

  • The act does not change current funding levels; it only requires a review to determine if changes are necessary.
  • The specific recommendations in the final report are not known until the task force submits them.
  • The act terminates on April 1, 2007, regardless of whether the review is complete.

Plain language

Terms to know

Trust responsibilities
Duties the state has to manage land and money held for specific public purposes, such as schools or public use.
General fund
The main pool of money in the state budget used for general government operations.
Per diem
A daily payment given to people to cover expenses like food and lodging while working on official business.

Official record

Sources

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Read the official summary

2005 General Session Summary for SF0019 Bill No.: SF0019 Drafter: MRW LSO No.: 05LSO-0100 Effective Date: 3/15/2005 Enrolled Act No.: SEA0113 Chapter No.: 235 Prime Sponsor: Joint Agriculture, Public Lands and Water Resources Interim Committee Catch Title: State lands trust responsibilities. Subject: Creates a task force to review the trust responsibilities of and funding for the office of state lands and investments. Summary/Major Elements: Creates a legislative-executive task force to review funding for the office of state lands and investments' trust programs. The task force shall be comprised of the five state elected officials; one (1) representative who is an elected school district trustee, one (1) grazing and agriculture lessees, one (1) mineral lessee and one (1) public recreational representative; two (2) State Representatives and two (2) State Senators; one (1) representative to represent parent organizations and one (1) representative from the forestry products industry or profession. The task force shall familiarize itself with the trust responsibilities of the office of state lands and investments in order to conduct a comprehensive review of its budget and expenditures for trust responsibilities to determine if budgeted funding of the office is necessary and review, by source, the relationship of administrative costs to revenues to determine if any change to the budgeted funding is necessary. Thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00) is appropriated from the general fund to the office of state lands and investments to fund interim meetings and activities of the task force. Comments: Report required no later than June 1, 2006 to the legislature. This act is effective immediately and terminates April 1, 2007.

Public statements

Why lawmakers voted

Last checked Aug 8, 9:45 PM

Voted Yes

Why they voted this way

The lawmaker explains that the conference report restores specific state officials to a task force while requiring them to attend personally rather than sending substitutes, and reinstates funding. He concludes by urging members to vote yes on adopting the report.

Public statementFloor statement at 1:28:42 Watch the statement

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Wyoming roll calls

Recorded votes

9 roll calls

H Adopted JCC01 59-0-1-0-02005-03-03 · House59 yes 0 no
S Adopted JCC01 30-0-0-0-02005-03-03 · Senate30 yes 0 no
S Did Not Concur 12-18-0-0-02005-03-01 · Senate12 yes 18 no
H Passed 3rd Reading 58-0-2-0-02005-02-28 · House58 yes 0 no
H02 Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 8-5 7-0-1-0-02005-02-22 · House7 yes 0 no
H05 Recommended Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-02005-02-17 · House9 yes 0 no
S Passed 3rd Reading 16-14-0-0-02005-01-26 · Senate16 yes 14 no
S02 Recommended Amend and Do Pass 4-1-0-0-02005-01-19 · Senate4 yes 1 no
S05 Recommended Amend and Do Pass 4-0-1-0-02005-01-14 · Senate4 yes 0 no

Official activity

Bill history

  1. Assigned Chapter Number - 235LSO
  2. Governor Signed SEA0113Governor
  3. H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0113House
  4. S President Signed SEA No. 0113Senate
  5. Assigned Number SEA0113LSO
  6. H Adopted SF0019JC01House
  7. S Adopted SF0019JC01Senate
  8. S Appointed JCC01 MembersSenate
  9. H Appointed JCC01 MembersHouse
  10. S Did Not ConcurSenate
  11. H Passed 3rd ReadingHouse
  12. H Passed 2nd ReadingHouse
  13. H Passed CoWHouse
  14. Amendment AdoptedHouse
  15. H Amendments AdoptedHouse
  16. H Placed on General FileHouse
  17. H02 Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 8-5House
  18. H Rereferred to H02House
  19. H Placed on General FileHouse
  20. H05 Recommended Amend and Do PassHouse

Changes

Amendments

6 stored

SF0019HS001

Adopted Standing Committee by H05

SF0019S2001

Failed 2nd reading by MOCKLER

SF0019SW001

Adopted Committee of the Whole by GEIS

SF0019SW002

Adopted Committee of the Whole by SCHIFFER

SF0019SS001

Adopted Standing Committee by GEIS

SF0019SS002

Adopted Standing Committee by HINES