State veterans' museum.

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE

BILL

NO.
0006

ENROLLED ACT NO. 32, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FIFTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2008 BUDGET SESSION

AN ACT relating to the state veterans' museum; transferring oversight of the state veterans' memorial museum to the military department; repealing museum designation as a state park; providing for the
disposition of
unexpended funds
and other property
; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

W.S. 19
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7
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107 is created to read:

19
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7
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107.

Description and declaration of
Wyoming

v
eterans'
m
emorial
m
useum.

The lands in Natrona county described as follows are hereby declared to be the Wyoming veterans' memorial museum to be managed by the military department: a parcel of land situate in the NE¼ of the SE¼ and the SE¼ of the NE¼ of Section 20, Township 34 North, Range 80 West, 6th P.M., Natrona County, Wyoming, said parcel being more particularly described as follows: commencing at the southeast corner of said Section 20, monumented by a brass cap; thence N01

27'16"W, a distance of 2597.39 feet to the southeast corner of the parcel monumented by a nail and being the point of beginning; thence S43

17'47"W, a distance of 163.93 feet to the southwest corner of the parcel, monumented by a nail; thence N46

42'21"W, a distance of 359.92 feet to the northwest corner of the parcel, monumented by a nail; thence N43
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17'47"E, a distance of 163.93 feet to the northeast corner of the parcel, monumented by a nail; thence S46

42'21"E, a distance of 359.92 feet to the point of beginning, containing 1.35 acres, more or less.

Section 2.

W.S. 36
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4
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121(p) and 36
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8
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1301 are repealed.

Section 3.

(a)

It is the intention and direction of the legislature that:

(i)

All duties of the department of state parks and cultural resources with respect to the
Wyoming
veterans' memorial museum be transferred to the
Wyoming
military department. All duties of the department of state parks and cultural resources with respect to the
Wyoming
veterans' memorial museum not assumed by the military department are terminated;

(ii)

All
unexpended funds not otherwise obligated and any other property, if any, of the department of state parks and cultural resources exclusively dedicated to the Wyoming veterans' memorial museum be transferred to the military department;

(iii)

Any contract, agreement or obligation entered into or assumed by the department of state parks and cultural resources with respect to the Wyoming veterans' memorial museum, if the execution or assumption was within the lawful powers of the department of state parks and cultural resources, be assumed by the military department, except that the military department shall enter into a new lease agreement with the Natrona County Board of County Commissioners for the lease of the building where the museum is located;

(iv)

Any policy adopted by the department of state parks and cultural resources with respect to the Wyoming veterans' memorial museum remain in effect unaltered as policy of the military department until amended or repealed by the military department.

Section 4.

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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