Constitutional instruction for officials-2.

WORKING DRAFT
2011
STATE OF
WYOMING
11LSO-0291

SENATE FILE
NO.
SF0141

Consti
tutional instruction for officials
-
2.

Sponsored by:
Senator(s)
Jennings
and Representative(s) Brechtel

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
constitutional instruction for
specified officials and
other persons; requiring the
secretary of state to develop
specified constitutional instruction;
requiring the secretary of state to convene a board to develop constitutional instruction;
making the act contingent upon passage of a constitutional amendment as specified;

providing an appropriation;
and providing for
an
effective date.

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

Section 1.
W.S. 9
‑
1
‑
308 is created to read:

9
‑
1
‑
308.

Powers and duties; constitutional instruction for elected and other persons.

The secretary of s
tate shall develop and produce a prerecor
ded, audio-visual presentation, no less than
three (3) hours in length, which shall teach the fundamental principals of the United States and Wyoming constitutions without interpretation and consistent with the plain meaning of the constitutional language drafted
by the founding fathers. The secretary of s
tate shall convene a board composed of technical advisors and constitutional scholars
with equal major political party representation
for the purpose of developing the content of the audio-visual presentation required by this section. The audio-visual presentation shall be completed and distri
but
ed
on or before July 1, 2013
and a copy of the presentation shall be delivered to the
g
overnor and the
l
egislature on or before that date.

Section
2
.
There is appropriat
ed

sixty-six
thousand dollars ($
66
,000.00)
from the general fund to the
s
ecretary of
s
tate. This appropriation shall be expended only for the purpose of costs associated

with developing
and distributing
the constitutional instruction required by
section 1 of
this act and for costs associated with
implementing
the constitutional instruction mandated by
the constitutional amendment provided in
2011 Senate Joint Resolution 1
.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this appropriation shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose and any unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from this appropriation shall revert as
provided by law on June 30, 2014
.
This appropriation shall not be included in the secretary of state's annual 2013-2014 standard biennial budget request.

Section 3.

This
act is effective only if
Wyoming
electors adopt the constitutional amendment provided in
2011 Senate Joint Resolution 1
at the 2012 general election
.

Section 4.
Subject to section 3
of this act, this act is effective upon certification of the election results of the 2012 general election.

(END)

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