SF0031 Wyoming natural gas pipeline authority-amendments.

Official Summary Text

2005 General Session Summary for SF0031

Bill
No.:
SF0031
Drafter:

MRW

LSO
No.:
05LSO-0255
Effective Date:

2/17/2005

Enrolled
Act No.:
SEA0013

Chapter
No.:
20

Prime
Sponsor:
Senator Hawks

Catch Title:
Wyoming natural gas
pipeline authority-amendments.

Subject:
Amends
qualifications for members of the Wyoming natural gas pipeline authority.

Summary/Major
Elements:

Amends the qualifications of the Wyoming natural gas pipeline authority
by requiring only 3 of the members to be qualified voters of the state of
Wyoming. Current law required all five
members to be Wyoming voters.

Amends the definition of "associated natural resource" to
include coal or coal by-products and synthetic fuels and water related to
energy production. Current law only
allows oil and natural gas to be considered.

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WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE

FILE

NO.
0031

ENROLLED ACT NO. 13, SENATE

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

AN ACT relating to the Wyoming natural gas pipeline authority; modifying the qualifications of the board as specified; amending the definition of "associated natural resource" as specified; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

W.S. 37
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5
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101(b) and 37
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5
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107(a)(i) are amended to read:

37
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5
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101.

Wyoming natural gas pipeline authority.

(b)

The authority shall be governed by a board composed of five (5) members appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. The members of the initial board shall be appointed for staggered terms, two (2) members for terms of one (1) year each and the other members for terms of two (2), three (3) and four (4) years, respectively, as designated at the time of appointment. Thereafter all members shall be appointed for four (4) year terms. The governor may remove any member as provided in W.S. 9
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1
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202. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the governor in accordance with W.S. 28
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12
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101. The members shall elect from the membership a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary. Persons appointed as members shall
be qualified voters of the state of Wyoming with
have
special knowledge, as evidenced by college degrees or courses, or with at least five (5) years experience in managerial positions, in the field of natural gas or associated natural resource production, transportation, marketing or industrial consumption.
At least three (3) of the members shall be qualified voters of the state of Wyoming.
Members of the board may receive the same per diem, expenses and travel allowance as members of the legislature while in actual attendance at meetings of the board and the performance of their duties relative thereto.

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5
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107.

Definitions.

(a)

As used in this act:

(i)

"Associated natural resource" means any substance, element or compound, either gaseous, liquid or solid, associated with the production, refining or processing of crude oil
,

or
natural gas
, coal or coal by-products
. The term includes, but is not limited to, propane, butanes, ethane, methane, carbon dioxide, sulphur, helium, nitrogen
,

and
natural gas liquids
, synthetic fuels and water related to energy production
;

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)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

Wyoming natural gas pipeline authority-amendments.

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