HB0217 • 2011

Production states agreement.

AN ACT relating to the legislature; providing for legislative participation to develop an energy producing state agreement; specifying goals of the agreement; providing an appropriation and for a report; and providing for an effective date.

Energy

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Representative Lubnau
Last action: 2011-03-02
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 3/2/2011

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HB0217HW001

Committee of the Whole • LUBNAU

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Committee of the Whole by LUBNAU

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HB0217SS001

Standing Committee • NICHOLAS,P

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by NICHOLAS,P

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Bill History

2011-03-02 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number
2011-03-02 Governor
Governor Signed HEA0058
2011-02-24 Senate
S President Signed HEA No. 0058
2011-02-24 House
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0058
2011-02-24 LSO
Assigned Number HEA0058
2011-02-24 House
H Did Concur
2011-02-22 House
H Received for Concurrence
2011-02-22 Senate
S Passed 3rd Reading
2011-02-18 Senate
S Passed 2nd Reading
2011-02-17 Senate
S Passed CoW
2011-02-17 Senate
S Amendments Adopted
2011-02-17 Senate
Amendment Adopted
2011-02-14 Senate
S Placed on General File
2011-02-14 Senate
S02 Recommended Amend and Do Pass
2011-02-09 Senate
S Rereferred to S02
2011-02-09 Senate
S Placed on General File
2011-02-09 Senate
S09 Recommended Do Pass
2011-02-08 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S09
2011-02-08 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2011-02-07 House
H Passed 3rd Reading
2011-02-04 House
H Passed 2nd Reading
2011-02-03 House
H Passed CoW
2011-02-03 House
H Amendments Adopted
2011-02-03 House
Amendment Adopted
2011-02-01 House
H Placed on General File
2011-02-01 House
H02 Recommended Do Pass
2011-01-31 House
H Rereferred to H02
2011-01-31 House
H Placed on General File
2011-01-31 House
H09 Recommended Do Pass
2011-01-25 House
H Introduced and Referred to H09
2011-01-25 House
H Received for Introduction
2011-01-24 LSO
Bill Number Assigned
2011-01-24 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

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

Bill No.:
HB0217
Drafter:

DKG

LSO No.:
11LSO-0177
Effective Date:

3/2/2011

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA0058

Chapter No.:
92

Prime Sponsor:
Representative
Lubnau

Catch Title:
Production
states agreement.

Subject:
Energy
producer state agreement study.

Summary/Major Elements:

This act requires two members
of the house and two members of the senate, appointed by the presiding officers,
to study and work with legislative members of other energy producing states to
develop an energy producer state agreement.

The study and potential agreement
have the goals to:

Encourage domestic
development of energy;

Deliver a strong, unified
voice to the federal government from states that produce energy; and

Eliminate or reduce
overreaching federal legislation and identify and address consequences that
result from delays and cancellations of economically viable energy projects.

Comments:

Report
Required: The legislators appointed to do the study shall provide a single
report to Management Council by September 1, 2011.

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE
BILL

NO.
0217

ENROLLED ACT NO. 59, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2011 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to
the legislature; providing for legislative participation to develop an energy producing state
agreement
; specifying goals of the
agreement
; providing an appropriation and for a report;
and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

(a)

Two (2) members of the
Wyoming
house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house, and two (2) members of the
Wyoming
senate appointed by the president of the senate, shall
be appointed to
study and work with legislative members of other energy producing states to develop an Energy Producer State
Agreement
with the following goals:

(i)

To encour
age domestic development of
energy in the
United States
, and to ensure continued development
o
f each state's domestic natural resources;

(ii)

To deliver a strong, unified voice to the federal government from the states that produce the energy that powers the nation’s economy,
by providing input on and participating in the development of
e
xisting and proposed federal legislation and f
ederal regulatory processes,
including
the
National Environmental
Policy
Act
and
the
Endangered Species Act
,
and
federal
land access issues
affecting the produ
c
tion of energy in the concerned
states
;

(iii)

T
o eliminate or reduce
overreaching federal legislation
and identify and address
consequences that
result from
delays
and
cancellation
s
of economically viable
energy

projects.

(b)

Legislators
appointed pursuant to this act shall be authorized by Management Council to attend meeting
s
as the Council determines necessary to accomplish the
purposes
of this act, and s
hall receive
salary
,
per diem and
mileage for
the performance of their duties
under this act
as
provided in W.S. 28
‑
5
‑
101
.
Appointed legislators shall provide a single report to the Council not later than September 1, 2011, including any suggested legislation for referral to the appropriate legislative committee for consideration.

Section 2.
For purposes of this act, there is appropriated from the general fund
twenty-four
thousand
five hundred
dollars ($
24,500
.00) to the
legislative service office.

This appropriation shall be

for the period beginning with the effective date of this

act and ending
June 30, 2012
.

Section 3.
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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