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SF0109 • 2013
AN ACT relating to highways; assigning a portion of severance tax revenues to streets, roads and highways; and providing for an effective date.
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Standing Committee • COOPER
Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by COOPER
Standing Committee • BEBOUT
Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by BEBOUT
S Failed CoW; Indef Postponed
Amendment Adopted
S Amendments Adopted
Amendment Adopted
S Placed on General File
S02 Recommended Amend and Do Pass
S Rereferred to S02
S Placed on General File
S03 Recommended Amend and Do Pass
S Introduced and Referred to S03
S Received for Introduction
Bill Number Assigned
WORKING DRAFT 2013 STATE OF WYOMING 13LSO-0269 SENATE FILE NO. SF0109 Highway and road funding -severance taxes. Sponsored by: Senator(s) Cooper and Dockstader and Representative(s) Blake, Davison, Goggles, McKim, Sommers, Throne and Watt A BILL for AN ACT relating to highways; assigning a portion of severance tax revenues to streets, roads and highways; and providing for an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming: Section 1. W.S. 39 ‑ 14 ‑ 801 ( b) (intro) is amended to read: 39 ‑ 14 ‑ 801. Severance tax distributions; distribution account created; formula . (b) Before making distributions from the severance tax distribution account under subsections (c) through (e) of this section, an amount equal to two-thirds (2/3) of the amount of tax collected under W.S. 39 ‑ 14 ‑ 104(a)( i ) and (b)( i ) and 39 ‑ 14 ‑ 204(a)( i ) for the same period shall be retained for disposition under this subsection. Fifty percent (50%) of the retained amount shall be deposited into the permanent Wyoming mineral trust fund . , except that for the fiscal year 2010 these funds shall be deposited as follows: The remaining fifty percent (50%) shall be distributed pursuant to the distribution formula stated in W.S. 39 ‑ 17 ‑ 211( d)(ii) and shall not be used as an offset to divert existing funding to other funding priorities. Section 2. W.S. 39 ‑ 14 ‑ 801( b)( i ) and (ii) is repealed. Section 3. This act is effective July 1, 2013. (END) 1 SF0109