HB0225 • 2015

Highway patrol security duties.

AN ACT relating to law enforcement; amending duties of the state highway patrol in providing security for state officials and buildings as specified; assigning duties for security during the capitol building renovation and restoration project; requiring a report; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

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Enacted

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

Sponsor: Representative Berger
Last action: 2015-03-03
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 3/2/2015

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HB0225HS001

Standing Committee • HAC

Adopted

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HB0225SS001

Standing Committee • SAppropriations

Adopted

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Bill History

2015-03-03 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number
2015-03-03 Governor
Governor Signed HEA No. 0062
2015-02-26 Senate
S President Signed HEA No. 0062
2015-02-26 House
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0062
2015-02-25 LSO
Assigned Number HEA No. 0062
2015-02-25 House
H Concur:Passed 58-1-1-0-0
2015-02-24 House
H Received for Concurrence
2015-02-24 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0
2015-02-23 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2015-02-20 Senate
S COW:Passed
2015-02-20 Senate
Amendment Adopted
2015-02-18 Senate
S Placed on General File
2015-02-18 Senate
Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2015-02-10 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations
2015-02-09 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2015-02-06 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 59-0-1-0-0
2015-02-05 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2015-02-04 House
H COW:Passed
2015-02-04 House
Amendment Adopted
2015-02-03 House
H Placed on General File
2015-02-03 House
Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0
2015-02-02 House
H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations
2015-02-02 House
H Received for Introduction
2015-01-30 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Summary for LSO115
Bill No.:
HB0225
Effective
:
3/2/2015

LSO No.:
15LSO-0319

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA 62

Chapter No.:
91

Prime Sponsor:
Berger

Catch Title:
Highway patrol security duties.

Subject:
Clarifies duties of the Highway Patrol in Providing Security in the Capitol Building and the Herschler Office Building.

Summary/Major Elements:

Currently in statut
e, the Wyoming Highway Patrol (
WHP) is tasked with providing
S
tate
T
roopers for law enforcement services for
S
tate personnel and
S
tate property in Laramie County and security in certain specified locations and instances.

This Act specifies the WHP shall provide security in the Capitol Building, the Herschler Office Building and the Governor’s Residence, and security for the
G
overnor.

Specifies the security provided by the WHP is intended to provide protection for the statewide elected officials while in offices in the
C
apitol
B
uilding or Herschler
O
ffice
B
uilding and members of the Legislature during the legislative session or at an interim committee meeting held in the Capitol Building or Herschler State Office Building.

Directs the WHP to provide security during the Capitol Square Renovation Project in the buildings in which the
G
overnor’s official office is located and the building in which the legislative session is held, but only during the session or at the request of legislative staff during an interim committee meeting.

Comments:
Appropriates $200,000, for the remainder of the biennium, to the WHP to cont
ract for “competent and capable”
security services for the buildings housing the offices of the
S
ecretary of
S
tate, the
S
tate
A
uditor and the
S
tate
T
reasurer statewide during the
C
apitol
R
enovation
P
roject.
The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

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ORIGINAL
House
Bill No
.
HB0225

ENROLLED ACT NO.
62
,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2015 General Session

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

Section 1
.

W.S. 24
‑
12
‑
102(
b)

is amended to read:

24
‑
12
‑
102
.

Duties generally; emergencies.

(b)

T
he administrator of the state highway patrol shall provide state troopers for
law enforcement services for state personnel and state property in Laramie
county
, Wyoming.
s
ecurity

for personnel
in the capitol building,

Herschler
state office building
as provided in this subsection
and

governor
'
s residence
,

other state buildings
and security

which may require travel outside Laramie county
shall be provided as directed.

for
the governor.
Security provided pursuant to this section is intended to provide protection for the
statewide elected officials while in
offices in the capitol building or
Herschler
state office building and members of the legislature during the legislative session or
at the request of legislative staff
when an interim committee meeting open to the public
is held in the capitol building or
Herschler
state office building
.

Section 2
.

During the
capitol building rehabilitation and restoration project conducted pursuant to W.S. 9
‑
5
‑
110 through 9
‑
5
‑
113, when all officials and personnel are relocated from the capitol building
to other buildings
, the state highway patrol shall provide security to any building in which the governor
'
s official office is located and to
the
building in which the legislative session is held
, but only
during the legislative session or
at the request of legislative staff
when an interim committee meeting open to the public is held in that building.
Security shall be provided in t
he
building or buildings housing the offices of the
remaining statewide elected officials
relocated from the capitol building,
during the pendency of the capitol building rehabilitation and restoration project by competent and capable personnel contracted to provide such service.

Section 3
.

There is appropriated from the
capitol building rehabilitation and restoration account
to the
Wyoming
department of transportation

two
hundred thousand dollars ($
2
00,000.00) to provide
, from the effective date of this act through June 30, 2016,
contract security services for statewide elected off
icials as provided in
this act
.
All unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from this appropriation shall revert to the capitol building rehabilitation and restoration account on July 1, 2016.

T
he
Wyoming
department of transportation shall report to the joint appropriations committee on the expenditure of funds under this section and
shall include a
separate unit
for funds to provide contract security services pursuant to this
act
in its 2017
‑
2018 standard budget request.

Section
4
.

This act is effective immediately upon the 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
House
.

Chief Clerk