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HB0172 • 2005

Emergency fire suppression account.

AN ACT relating to public lands; increasing the amount of the emergency fire suppression account as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Semlek
Last action
2005-02-22
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2005

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2005-02-22 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number - 76

  2. 2005-02-22 Governor

    Governor Signed HEA0043

  3. 2005-02-18 Senate

    S President Signed HEA No. 0043

  4. 2005-02-16 House

    H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0043

  5. 2005-02-16 LSO

    Assigned Number HEA0043

  6. 2005-02-16 Senate

    S Passed 3rd Reading

  7. 2005-02-15 Senate

    S Passed 2nd Reading

  8. 2005-02-14 Senate

    S Passed CoW

  9. 2005-02-07 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  10. 2005-02-07 Senate

    S02 Recommended Do Pass

  11. 2005-01-28 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S02

  12. 2005-01-24 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  13. 2005-01-24 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  14. 2005-01-21 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  15. 2005-01-20 House

    H Passed CoW

  16. 2005-01-20 House

    H Placed on General File

  17. 2005-01-20 House

    H05 Recommended Do Pass

  18. 2005-01-13 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H05

  19. 2005-01-12 House

    H Received for Introduction

  20. 2005-01-10 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

2005 General Session Summary for HB0172

Bill
No.:
HB0172
Drafter:

MQ

LSO
No.:
05LSO-0468
Effective Date:

7/1/2005

Enrolled
Act No.:
HEA0043

Chapter
No.:
76

Prime
Sponsor:
Representative Semlek

Catch
Title:
Emergency fire suppression account.

Subject:
Increases the amount of the
emergency fire suppression account.

Summary/Major
Elements:

Old law provided that if the balance of the emergency fire suppression
account exceeded $3,000,000, then there was no assessment charged to
participating counties for that fiscal year until the balance in the account
was reduced to $2,400,000.

New law changes the above amounts to $5,000,000 and $4,000,000
respectively.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE

BILL

NO.
0172

ENROLLED ACT NO. 43, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FIFTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2005 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to public lands; increasing the amount of the emergency fire suppression account as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.
W.S. 36
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404(d) is amended to read:

36
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404.

Participation by counties; assessments; withdrawal from participation; forfeiture of assessments for failure to pay assessments.

(d)

In the event the balance in the account exceeds
three million dollars ($3,000,000.00)
five million dollars ($5,000,000.00)
on July 1 in any year, no assessment shall be charged to participating counties for that fiscal year or for any subsequent year until the balance in the account is reduced to an amount less than
two million four hundred thousand dollars ($2,400,000.00)
four million dollars ($4,000,000.00)
in which event assessments shall again be charged to participating counties beginning in the following fiscal year.

Section 2.
This act is effective July 1, 2005.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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