Reduction of state government through attrition.

WORKING DRAFT
2008
STATE OF
WYOMING
08LSO-0373

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0139

Reduction of state government
through attrition
.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Zwonitzer, Dn., Berger, Cohee, Miller, Semlek, Shepperson, Teeters and Wallis and Senator(s) Aullman and Von Flatern

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
administration
of government; requiring state agencies to
reduce the number of positions
when employees are lost through attrition
as specified
;
and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

W.S. 9
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2
‑
1011 by creating a new subsection (d) is amended to read:

9
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2
‑
1011.

Duties of budget division; preparation of standard budget estimates; entities to prepare expanded and exception budgets; form; required information; base budgets.

(d)

During the period July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2012, in any agency
with
a total of
sixty (60) or more
authorized full or part-time permanent positions, if any permanent position becomes vacant the agency shall eliminate that position or a corresponding full or part-time position until
two
percent (
2
%) of the agency's authorized permanent positions as of July 1, 2008 have been eliminated. No position eliminated pursuant to this subsection shall appear in the agency's standard or exception budget requests for any period until after July 30, 2012
. Position elimination pursuant to this subsection
shall not require layoffs due to reduction in force as defined in W.S. 9
‑
3
‑
105(a)
and funds appropriated for such positions shall not revert
.
For purposes of this subsection "agency" means any executive branch agency excluding the
U
niversity
of
Wyoming
and community colleges.

Section
2
.

This act is effective July 1, 2008.

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