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HB0197 • 2007

Environmental quality council hearing examiner.

AN ACT relating to the environmental quality council; authorizing the council to appoint a hearing officer as specified; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

Budget
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Representative Throne
Last action
2007-02-28
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
2/28/2007

Plain English Breakdown

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Amendments

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HB0197HW001

Committee of the Whole • THRONE

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Committee of the Whole by THRONE

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HB0197HS001

Standing Committee • H09

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by H09

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HB0197HS002

Standing Committee • H02

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by H02

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HB0197S3001

3rd reading • LARSON

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 3rd reading by LARSON

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HB0197SW001

Committee of the Whole • LARSON

Withdrawn

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HB0197SS001

Standing Committee • LARSON

Adopted

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Bill History

  1. 2007-02-28 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number - 143

  2. 2007-02-28 Governor

    Governor Signed HEA0082

  3. 2007-02-26 Senate

    S President Signed HEA No. 0082

  4. 2007-02-26 House

    H Speaker Signed HEA No. 82

  5. 2007-02-23 LSO

    Assigned Number HEA0082

  6. 2007-02-23 House

    H Did Concur

  7. 2007-02-22 House

    H Received for Concurrence

  8. 2007-02-22 Senate

    S Passed 3rd Reading

  9. 2007-02-22 Senate

    Amendment Adopted

  10. 2007-02-21 Senate

    S Passed 2nd Reading

  11. 2007-02-20 Senate

    S Passed CoW

  12. 2007-02-20 Senate

    Amendment Adopted

  13. 2007-02-20 Senate

    S Amendments Adopted

  14. 2007-02-16 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  15. 2007-02-16 Senate

    S02 Recommended Do Pass

  16. 2007-02-12 Senate

    S Rereferred to S02

  17. 2007-02-12 Senate

    S09 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

  18. 2007-02-06 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S09

  19. 2007-02-05 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  20. 2007-02-02 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  21. 2007-02-01 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  22. 2007-01-31 House

    H Passed CoW

  23. 2007-01-31 House

    Amendment Adopted

  24. 2007-01-31 House

    Amendment Adopted

  25. 2007-01-31 House

    Amendment Adopted

  26. 2007-01-31 House

    H Amendments Adopted

  27. 2007-01-30 House

    H Placed on General File

  28. 2007-01-30 House

    H02 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

  29. 2007-01-26 House

    H Rereferred to H02

  30. 2007-01-26 House

    H Placed on General File

  31. 2007-01-26 House

    H09 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

  32. 2007-01-15 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H09

  33. 2007-01-12 House

    H Received for Introduction

  34. 2007-01-11 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

2007 General Session Summary for HB0197

Bill No.:
HB0197
Drafter:

MRW

LSO No.:
07LSO-0516
Effective Date:

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA0082

Chapter No.:
143

Prime Sponsor:
Representative
Throne

Catch Title:
Environmental quality council hearing
examiner.

Subject:
Hearing
examiners for Environmental quality council.

Summary/Major Elements:

Authorizes the environmental quality council to request the
office of administrative hearings to provide a hearing officer for any
rulemaking or contested case hearing before the council.

Allows the hearing officer to provide recommendations on
procedural matters when requested by the council.

Provides an appropriation of $50,000.00 from the general fund to
the environmental quality council.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE

BILL

NO.
0197

ENROLLED ACT NO. 82, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FIFTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2007 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to the environmental quality council; authorizing the council to appoint a hearing officer as specified; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

W.S. 35
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11
‑
112(a)(intro) is amended to read:

35
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11
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112.

Powers and duties of the environmental quality council.

(a)

The council shall act as the hearing examiner for the department and shall hear and determine all cases or issues arising under the laws, rules, regulations, standards or orders issued or administered by the department or its air quality, land quality, solid and hazardous waste management or water quality divisions.
At the council's request the office of administrative hearings may provide a hearing officer for any rulemaking or contested case hearing before the council, and the hearing officer may provide recommendations on procedural matters
when requested by the council
.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, including this section, the council shall have no authority to promulgate rules or to hear or determine any case or issue arising under the laws, rules, regulations, standards or orders issued or administered by the industrial siting or abandoned mine land divisions of the department. The council shall:

Section 2.

There is appropriated fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) from the general fund to the environmental quality council to carry out the purposes of this act.
This general fund appropriation is for the period beginning with the effective date of this act and ending June 30, 2008. A request shall be included in the environmental quality council's 2009
‑
2010 biennium standard budget request for purposes of continuing funding of hearing examiners.

Section 3.

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 House.

Chief Clerk

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