Wyoming Court Security Act.

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE

FILE

NO.
0042

ENROLLED ACT NO. 44, SENATE

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

AN ACT relating to courts; creating a
Wyoming
court security commission; specifying membership and duties; requiring a report; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

W.S. 5
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101 is created to read:

ARTICLE 11
WYOMING
COURT SECURITY ACT

5
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101.

Wyoming
court security commission created; membership; powers and duties; compensation; report required.

(a)

The
Wyoming
court security commission is created under the supervision of the
Wyoming
supreme court. The commission shall be composed of the director of the office of homeland security or his designee and
nine (9)
additional members who shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years commencing July 1, 2008, who may be reappointed to serve subsequent terms. The
nine (9)
additional members shall include:

(i)

One (1) justice of the
Wyoming
supreme court, appointed by the chief justice;

(ii)

One (1) district court judge, appointed by the board of judicial policy and administration;

(iii)

One (1) circuit court judge, appointed by the board of judicial policy and administration;

(iv)

One (1) county commissioner, appointed by the governor;

(v)

One (1) county sheriff, appointed by the governor;

(vi)

One (1) representative of the Wyoming peace officer's standards and training commission, appointed by the governor; and

(vii)

Two (2)
legislator
s
,
one (1) from each house,
appointed by the
speaker of the house and president of the senate respectively;

(viii)

One (1) district attorney or county attorney, appointed by the governor.

(b)

Nonlegislative members of the commission shall receive no compensation, but shall be reimbursed under W.S. 9-3-102 and 9-3-103 for per diem and travel expenses incurred in the performance of their duties on the commission.

(c)

The legislative member
s
shall receive salary and reimbursement for per diem and travel expenses incurred in the performance
of
their
duties on the commission, as provided in W.S. 28
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101.

(d)

The commission shall meet at least two (2) times per year.

(e)

The commission shall:

(i)

Establish standards to protect life, property and the judicial process in the
Wyoming
court system
. In establishing the standards, the commission shall recommend proper levels of court security to each county with due consideration of each county's size, use of court facilities and security risks. The standards shall include:

(A)

Requirements concerning equipment, facilities and architecture for court security purposes;

(B)

Basic training requirements for peace officers authorized to act as court security officers;

(C)

Basic protocol and procedures for court security; and

(D)

Requirements for the establishment
of local court security management committees.

(ii)

Visit and inspect any court security program at any appropriate time;

(i
ii
)

Recommend to the legislature the distribution of funds to counties as may from time to time be appropriated by the legislature for the provision of court security;

(
i
v)

Report no later than September 1, 2009, and annually thereafter to the governor, chief justice of the supreme court, joint judiciary interim committee and the joint appropriations interim committee on the status of court security in the state.

(f)

The supreme court shall provide necessary administrative support for the commission.

Section 2.

(a)

There is appropriated from the general fund for the biennium beginning July 1, 2008:

(i)

Twenty
thousand dollars ($
2
0,000.00) to the supreme court to pay expenses incurred under W.S. 5
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101(b), created by this act;

(ii)

Four
thousand
six
hundred dollars ($
4,6
00.00) to the legislative service office to pay expenses incurred under W.S. 5
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101(c), created by this act.

Section 3.

This act is effective July 1, 2008.

(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

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