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SF0127

Transportation and Education Revenue Distribution

Last scannedOct 18, 2026, 2:19 AM

In one sentence

This bill proposed changes to how Wyoming distributes vehicle registration fees and severance taxes to fund county and municipal roads and school accounts.

Creates a grant program for the Department of Transportation to fund county and municipal road maintenance and construction.
Directs 50% of specific registration fees to the Department of Transportation for grants to counties for roads previously owned by the state.
Directs the other 50% of those registration fees to the highway fund.
Directs two-thirds of specific severance tax collections to be split equally among the permanent Wyoming mineral trust fund, a backfill for transportation funds, and the common school account.
Allows the Department of Transportation to create rules for how counties and municipalities apply for these grants.

The bill did not pass in the 2015 session and was not considered by the Senate Committee on Whole.
The specific amounts of money involved depend on future tax and fee collections, which are not fixed in the text.
The bill sets an effective date of July 1, 2016, but it never became law.

Plain language

Severance tax: A tax on the extraction of natural resources like oil, gas, or minerals.
Highway fund: A state fund used to pay for road and highway projects.
School foundation program account: A state fund that provides basic funding for public schools.

Official record

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Public statements

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Wyoming roll calls

2 roll calls

Appropriations:Do Pass Failed 0-4-1-0-02015-02-04 · Senate0 yes 4 no

Transportation:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-02015-02-03 · Senate5 yes 0 no

Official activity

Changes

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SF0127SS001

Corrected Standing Committee by STransportation