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HB0286 • 2009

Federal natural resources policy account.

AN ACT relating to the federal natural resource policy account; providing for participation by conservation districts; providing for participation in the implementation of environmental impacts statements; providing priority for expenditure of funds; and providing for an effective date.

Vetoed

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Sponsor
Representative Quarberg
Last action
2009-03-12
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
Not listed

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Amendments

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HB0286HS001

Standing Committee • H06

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by H06

  • This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.
  • The official amendment text was available, but an easy plain-English summary could not be produced automatically during the last sync.
HB0286SS001

Standing Committee • BURNS

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by BURNS

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Bill History

  1. 2009-03-12 Governor

    Governor Vetoed HEA No. 0098

  2. 2009-03-04 Senate

    S President Signed HEA No. 0098

  3. 2009-03-03 House

    H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0098

  4. 2009-03-03 LSO

    Assigned Number HEA No. 0098

  5. 2009-03-03 House

    H Did Concur

  6. 2009-03-03 House

    H Received for Concurrence

  7. 2009-03-02 Senate

    S Passed 3rd Reading

  8. 2009-02-27 Senate

    S Passed 2nd Reading

  9. 2009-02-26 Senate

    S Passed CoW

  10. 2009-02-26 Senate

    S Amendments Adopted

  11. 2009-02-26 Senate

    Amendment Adopted

  12. 2009-02-19 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  13. 2009-02-19 Senate

    S06 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

  14. 2009-02-17 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S06

  15. 2009-02-13 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  16. 2009-02-11 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  17. 2009-02-10 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  18. 2009-02-09 House

    H Passed CoW

  19. 2009-02-09 House

    H Amendments Adopted

  20. 2009-02-09 House

    Amendment Adopted

  21. 2009-02-04 House

    H Placed on General File

  22. 2009-02-04 House

    H06 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

  23. 2009-01-30 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H06

  24. 2009-01-29 House

    H Received for Introduction

  25. 2009-01-27 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill No.: <billno> Drafter: <drafterinit>

Bill No.:
HB0286
Drafter:

LGC

LSO No.:
09LSO-0629
Effective Date:

N/A

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA0098

Chapter No.:
N/A

Prime Sponsor:
Representative
Quarberg

Catch Title:
Federal
natural resources policy account.

Subject:
Use of funds in the federal natural resources
policy account.

Summary/Major Elements:

Current law allows use of
funds in the federal natural resources policy account for state, state agency
or county participation in preparation of environmental impact statements. The
act extends this authority to conservation district participation.

The act authorizes use of
funds in the federal natural resource policy account for implementation of
environmental impact statements.

The act places priority for
funding from the account on requests that add to the internal expertise of the
state, a state agency, a county or a conservation district.

Comments: This bill was vetoed by the Governor on March 12, 2009. In
his veto message the Governor noted concern that the bill could open the door
for conservation districts to unilaterally affect federal land allocations,
even if at odds with a position taken by a county. The Governor's action was
taken after the original bill summary was prepared. This summary supplants the
original.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE

BILL

NO.
0286

ENROLLED ACT NO. 98, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTIETH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2009 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to
the federal natural resource policy account; providing for participation
by conservation districts; providing for participation in the implementation of environmental impacts statements; providing priority for expenditure of funds;
and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

W.S. 9
‑
4
‑
218(a)(i), (ii)
(intro)
, by creating a new paragraph (vi) and by creating a new subsection (c)
is
amended to read:

9
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4
‑
218.

Federal natural resource policy account created; purposes.

(a)

There is created an account known as the "federal natural resource policy account."

Funds within the account may be expended by the governor on behalf of the state of Wyoming and its local governments, to take any of the actions specified in this subsection in response to federal land, water, air, mineral and other natural resource policies which may affect the tax base of the state, wildlife management, state species, recreation, private property rights, water rights or leasehold rights. Funds also may be expended for preparing and participating in environmental impact statements and environmental assessments, including analysis of economic or social and natural or physical environmental effects on the human environment.

The governor may expend funds from the federal natural resource policy account for:

(i)

Participation of the state, a state agency
,

o
r
a county

or a conservation district
as a joint lead agency to prepare an environmental impact statement in accordance with regulations promulgated by the federal council on environmental quality;

(ii)

Participation of the state, a state agency
,

or

a county

or a conservation district
as a cooperating agency in accordance with regulations promulgated by the federal council on environmental quality.

Participation may include:

(vi)

Participation in the implementation of environmental impact statements and associated records of decision and other federal management decisions.

(c)

In the expenditure of funds from the federal natural resources policy account pursuant to this section, preference
may
be given to those funding requests that
add to the internal expertise of the state, a state agency, a county or a conservation district

to participate in federal natural resource policy matters.

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2009.

(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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