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SF0066 • 2013

State funded conservation easements-restrictions.

AN ACT relating to state funded conservation easements; imposing requirements on recipients of state funds; specifying terms of the agreement between the state and fund recipients; prohibiting specified conditions for the receipt of funds; specifying applicability of the act; and providing for an effective date.

Agriculture
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Nat Res Fund
Last action
2013-03-14
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
3/13/2013

Plain English Breakdown

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Amendments

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SF0066S2001

2nd reading • SCOTT

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 2nd reading by SCOTT

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SF0066S2002

2nd reading • SCOTT

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 2nd reading by SCOTT

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SF0066S2003

2nd reading • HICKS

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 2nd reading by HICKS

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SF0066S2004

2nd reading • HICKS

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 2nd reading by HICKS

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SF0066SS001

Standing Committee • GEIS

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by GEIS

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Bill History

  1. 2013-03-14 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number

  2. 2013-03-13 Governor

    Governor Signed SEA No. 0075

  3. 2013-02-27 House

    H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0075

  4. 2013-02-27 Senate

    S President Signed SEA No. 0075

  5. 2013-02-26 LSO

    Assigned Number SEA0075

  6. 2013-02-26 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  7. 2013-02-25 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  8. 2013-02-22 House

    H Passed CoW

  9. 2013-02-21 House

    H Placed on General File

  10. 2013-02-21 House

    H05 Recommended Do Pass

  11. 2013-01-28 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H05

  12. 2013-01-22 House

    H Received for Introduction

  13. 2013-01-21 Senate

    S Passed 3rd Reading

  14. 2013-01-18 Senate

    S Passed 2nd Reading

  15. 2013-01-18 Senate

    Amendment Adopted

  16. 2013-01-18 Senate

    Amendment Adopted

  17. 2013-01-18 Senate

    Amendment Adopted

  18. 2013-01-18 Senate

    Amendment Adopted

  19. 2013-01-17 Senate

    S Passed CoW

  20. 2013-01-17 Senate

    S Amendments Adopted

  21. 2013-01-17 Senate

    Amendment Adopted

  22. 2013-01-16 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  23. 2013-01-16 Senate

    S05 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

  24. 2013-01-09 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S05

  25. 2013-01-08 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  26. 2013-01-02 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

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

Bill No.:
SF0066
Drafter:

IDS

LSO No.:
13LSO-0268
Effective Date:

Immediate

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA0075

Chapter No.:
CH0148

Prime Sponsor:
Select Natural Resource Funding Committee

Catch Title:
State funded conservation easements-restrictions.

Subject:
Restrictions on state funded conservation
easements.

Summary/Major
Elements:

Through the Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust,
the state of Wyoming helps fund conservation easements.

This legislation
prohibits certain provisions in
conservation easements which are funded or partially funded through the
Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust
.

These
prohibited provisions include no hunting, fishing or trapping provisions,
provisions which mandate specific livestock and crop management practices and
provisions which prohibit ranching or farming.

The
legislation also requires that the state receive certain contractual
protections and remedies, when state funds are used to purchase a conservation
easement, upon a breach or transfer of the easement.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE
FILE

NO.
0066

ENROLLED ACT NO. 75, SENATE

SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2013 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to state funded conservation easements; imposing requirements on recipients of state funds; specifying terms of the agreement between the state and fund recipients; prohibiting specified conditions for the receipt of funds; specifying applicability of the act; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

W.S. 9
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15
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103 by creating new subsections (n) through (q) is amended to read:

9
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15
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103.

Wyoming wildlife and natural resource trust account created; income account created; expenditures; purposes
.

(n)

Every conservation easement funded in whole or in part with monies made available by this act shall bind the parties thereto to an agreement which provides that the state of Wyoming is a third party beneficiary to the easement solely with the contingent right to enforce the terms of the easement if the grantee fails to enforce any of the terms of the easement. The agreement shall provide that if the easement is transferred for value, sold or extinguished without the consent of the board, the state of Wyoming shall have the right to either take legal action to enforce the terms of the easement or to recover from the proceeds of the transfer for value, sale or extinguishment, the state's pro rata share of the proceeds based on the funds the state provided for the creation of the easement.

(o)

No funds shall be disbursed under this act for the purchase of easements which mandate specific livestock or crop management practices.

(p)

No funds shall be disbursed under this act for the purchase of easements which prohibit the use of land
for ranching or farming if the ranching or farming could be conducted, using current or future technologies and techniques, without infringing on the underlying purpose of the easement.

(q)

No funds shall be disbursed under this act for the purchase of easements which prohibit hunting, fishing or trapping.

Section 2.

This act shall not expand or diminish the rights and obligations imposed on any party who received funds under W.S. 9
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15
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101 through 9
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15
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107 prior to December 31, 2013.

Section 3.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(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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