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HB0030

Wyoming HB0030: Expanding Property Acquisition Authority for Road Safety Structures

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In one sentence

This bill would allow the Wyoming Department of Transportation to acquire property immediately adjacent to highways to build structures that maintain safe road conditions.

What it does

  • Amends state law regarding the powers of the Department of Transportation.
  • Allows the department to acquire property for the erection and preservation of structures reasonably necessary to maintain the safe condition of a highway.
  • Specifies that property acquired for these safety structures must be immediately adjacent to the highway right-of-way.
  • Limits the use of eminent domain to highway rights-of-way and adjacent safety structures.
  • Sets the bill to take effect immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law.

Who it affects

  • The Wyoming Department of Transportation.
  • The Wyoming Transportation Commission.
  • Property owners whose land is immediately adjacent to highway rights-of-way.

Limits and unknowns

  • The bill did not pass and failed introduction in the House on February 8, 2010.
  • The source text does not specify the exact types of structures considered 'reasonably necessary' for safety.
  • The source does not provide details on how compensation for acquired property would be calculated.

Plain language

Terms to know

Eminent domain
The government's power to take private property for public use, usually with compensation.
Right-of-way
The strip of land owned or controlled by the government for building and maintaining roads.
Highway
A public road used for vehicular traffic.

Official record

Sources

Source checked
Official bill pageIntroduced textOfficial digestCurrent bill text

Public statements

Why lawmakers voted

Last checked Aug 8, 6:36 AM

Voted No

Why they voted this way

The speaker opposes the bill because its wording allows for 'any structures' rather than just snow fences, which they view as an expansion of government and a threat to private property rights.

Public statementFloor statement at 1:22:17 Watch the statement
Voted Yes

Why they voted this way

The speaker supports the bill by arguing it does not grant unlimited power to remove agricultural land, expressing confidence in the state agency's ability to act responsibly.

Public statementFloor statement at 1:23:01 Watch the statement

If a lawmaker is not listed, we couldn't find a published reason.

Wyoming roll calls

Recorded votes

1 roll call

H Failed Introduction 19-38-3-0-02010-02-08 · House19 yes 38 no
Yes
19
No
38
Absent
0
Excused
3
Conflict
0

Yes 19

Amy L EdmondsH12Bernadine CraftH17Catherine R ConnollyH13Dv.Gregory R BlikreH53Jack D Landon Jr.H30John D Bonner Jr.H25John W PattonH29Joseph M BarbutoH48Mary W HalesH36Michael K MaddenH40Owen PetersenH19Robert M McKimH21Rodney "Pete" AndersonH10Rosie M BergerH51Roy CoheeH35Seth A CarsonH45Terry L KimbleH49W. Patrick P GogglesH33

No 38

Allen M JaggiH18Bill ThompsonH60Bryan K PedersenH07Colin SimpsonH24David R MillerH55Debbie HammonsH27Del McOmieH54Dn.Edward BuchananH04Elaine HarveyH26Frank D PeasleyH03George BagbyH15Glenn W MonizH46James A RoscoeH22James W ByrdH44Kathleen DavisonH20Keith M GingeryH23Ken A EsquibelH41Kermit C BrownH14Lisa A SheppersonH58Lori A MillinH08Lorraine K QuarbergH28Mark SemlekH01Mary A ThroneH11Matt TeetersH05Michael A GilmoreH59Pat ChildersH50Peter S IllowayH42Richard L CannadyH06Robert A BrechtelH38Ross DiercksH02Stanley L BlakeH39Steve HarshmanR · H37Sue E WallisH52Thomas A LockhartH57Timothy M StubsonH56Tom Lubnau IIH31William "Jeb" StewardH47

Excused 3

Frank PhilpH34Pete JorgensenH16Timothy P HallinanH32

Official activity

Bill history

  1. H Failed IntroductionHouse
  2. H Received for IntroductionHouse
  3. Bill Number AssignedLSO