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HB0296 • 2005

Low income energy assistance program.

AN ACT relating to low income energy assistance; specifying eligibility; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

Energy
Inactive

Wyoming marks this bill as inactive, which usually means it is no longer moving in the current session.

Sponsor
Representative Reese
Last action
2005-03-02
Official status
inactive
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2005-03-02 House

    H Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 4-3(b)

  2. 2005-01-24 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H02; No Report Prior to CoW Cutoff

  3. 2005-01-24 House

    H Received for Introduction

  4. 2005-01-21 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT
2005
STATE OF WYOMING
05LSO-0623

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0296

Low income energy assistance program.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Reese, Bucholz, Goggles, Harshman, Hastert, Luthi, Pedersen, Robinson, Thompson, Warren and Zwonitzer and Senator(s) Decaria, Johnson, Massie, Townsend and Vasey

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to low income energy assistance; specifying eligibility; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

Appropriation.

(a)

For the remainder of the fiscal biennium, ending July 1, 2006, there is appropriated from the general fund to the department of family services one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00) for the low income energy assistance program. This appropriation shall be used to fund this program at a level of two hundred fifty percent (250%) of the federal poverty level. All available federal funds allocated for the program shall be expended first. After all federal funds have been expended, the department may expend the appropriation from the state general fund to the extent necessary to provide the assistance authorized by this act. Any unobligated, unexpended funds remaining on June 30, 2006 shall revert to the budget reserve account.

(b)

The department of family services shall include a request for funds in the 2007-2008 standard budget request to continue with funding for the low income energy assistance program at a level of two hundred fifty percent (250%) of the federal poverty level.

Section 2.
This act is effective immediately upon co
m
pletion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constit
u
tion.

(END)

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