Historic mine trail and byway program.

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE

FILE

NO.
0007

ENROLLED ACT NO. 2, SENATE

SIXTIETH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2009 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to
the Wyoming historic mine trail and byway system; transferring authority over system to the department of state parks and cultural resources;
changing the process for submission of grant applications;
repealing the Wyoming historic mine trail and byway commission;
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. 36
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8
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1402(b) is amended to read:

36
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1402.

Wyoming
historic mine trail and byway system; creation; department duties and processes for trail and byway development; advisory groups.

(b)

The Wyoming historic mine trail and byway system shall be established by the
commission created under W.S. 36
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1401

through a process of nominations submitted from among various public and private sectors within Wyoming which are knowledgeable of historic mining activities, and in consultation and coordination with the affected boards of county commissioners and other local governing bodies and agencies

department of state parks and cultural resources
.
The system shall expand upon the first designated historic mine trail and byway as established by this subsection, which shall link the gold mines located in South Pass City, Miners' Delight and Atlantic City, Wyoming, to the iron mines located near Atlantic City, to the uranium mines in the Crooks Gap and Gas Hills mining districts located in Fremont County, Wyoming.

Section 2.
W.S. 36
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8
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1401
, 36
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1402(c) and (d)
and 36
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1403 are repealed.

Section 3.

(a)

It is the intention and direction of the legislature that:

(i)

All duties of the
Wyoming
historic mine trail and
byway
commission with respect to the
Wyoming
historic mine trail and
byway
program be transferred to the department of state parks a
nd cultural resources
;

(ii)

All unexpended funds not otherwise obligated and any other property, if any, of the Wyoming historic mine trail and
byway
commission exclusively dedicated to the
Wyoming
historic mine trail and
byway
program be transferred to the department of state parks and cultural resources;

(iii)

Any contract, agreement or obligation entered into or assumed by the Wyoming historic mine trail and
byway
commission with respect to the
Wyoming
historic mine trail and
byway
program, if the execution or assumption was within the lawful powers of the Wyoming historic mine trail and
byway
commission, be assumed by the department of state parks and cultural resources;

(iv)

Any policy adopted by the Wyoming historic mine trail and
byway
commission with respect to the
Wyoming
historic mine trail and
byway
program remain in effect unaltered as policy of the department of state parks and cultural resources until amended or repealed by the department of state parks and cultural resources.

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 Senate.

Chief Clerk

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