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HB0112 • 2006

Multiple county-district attorneys.

AN ACT relating to district attorneys; authorizing the majority of county commissioners from any three or more counties within a judicial district to create an office of district attorney within those counties; specifying appointment and election procedures for a district attorney in a multi-county office of district attorney; and providing for an effective date.

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Harvey
Last action
2006-03-11
Official status
inactive
Effective date
Not listed

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Amendments

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HB0112H2001

2nd reading • HARVEY

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 2nd reading by HARVEY

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HB0112H3001

3rd reading • HAMMONS

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 3rd reading by HAMMONS

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HB0112HS001

Standing Committee • H01

Adopted, Corrected

Plain English: Adopted, Corrected Standing Committee by H01

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Bill History

  1. 2006-03-11 Wyoming Legislature

    Died In Committee

  2. 2006-03-01 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S01; No Report Prior to CoW Cutoff

  3. 2006-03-01 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  4. 2006-02-28 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  5. 2006-02-28 House

    Amendment Adopted

  6. 2006-02-27 House

    H Laid Back Pursuant to HR 9-3

  7. 2006-02-24 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  8. 2006-02-24 House

    Amendment Adopted

  9. 2006-02-23 House

    H Passed CoW

  10. 2006-02-23 House

    Amendment Adopted

  11. 2006-02-23 House

    H Amendments Adopted

  12. 2006-02-22 House

    H Placed on General File

  13. 2006-02-22 House

    H01 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

  14. 2006-02-15 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H01

  15. 2006-02-13 House

    H Received for Introduction

  16. 2006-02-08 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT
2006
STATE OF
WYOMING
06LSO-0386.E1

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0112

Multiple county
-
district attorneys.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Harvey, Hammons, Jones, Petersen, Quarberg and Simpson and Senator(s) Coe, Geis and Peterson

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to district attorneys; authorizing the majority of county commissioners from a majority of the counties within a judicial district to create an office of district attorney within those counties; specifying appointment and election procedures for a district attorney in a multi-county office of district attorney; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

W.S. 9
‑
1
‑
801 is amended to read:

9
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1
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801.

Office created; mandatory and permissive establishment.

(a)

There shall be in each judicial district in which any one (1) county has reached a population of sixty thousand (60,000) or more the office of district attorney. In each of the remaining judicial districts there shall be the office of district attorney whenever a majority of the county commissioners in
each county
a majority of the counties
within the judicial district shall resolve that such an office of district attorney should be created in that judicial district
.

subject to the following
:

(i)

A majority of the counties within a judicial district may resolve to create the office of district attorney in that portion of the judicial district and notify the secretary of state on or before April 15 of any even numbered year;

(ii)

Those counties shall on or before July 1 of that year enter into a joint powers agreement under which the primary location of the office and any other matters pertaining to the future operations of the district attorney within the counties shall be specified and the agreement shall be filed with the secretary of state;

(iii)

Candidates for the office of district attorney in those counties shall file applications for the office in each county participating within the time frames required by the
Wyoming

E
lection
C
ode. The results of the election shall be canvassed and the winner declared by the state canvassing board based on which candidate received a cumulative majority vote from the participating counties. Otherwise, the election shall be governed by the
Wyoming

E
lection
C
ode as if the district attorney were to represent only one (1) county.

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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