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SF0027 • 2015
AN ACT relating to highways; designating the Wyoming Vietnam Veterans Welcome Home Highway, requiring signage; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.
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Standing Committee • HTransportation
Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by HTransportation
Assigned Chapter Number
Governor Signed SEA No. 0041
H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0041
S President Signed SEA No. 0041
Assigned Number SEA No. 0041
S Concur:Passed 29-0-1-0-0
S Received for Concurrence
H 3rd Reading:Passed 57-1-2-0-0
H 2nd Reading:Passed
H COW:Passed
Amendment Adopted
H Placed on General File
Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0
H COW:Rerefer to H02 - Appropriations
H Placed on General File
Transportation:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0
H Introduced and Referred to H08 - Transportation
H Received for Introduction
S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-0-1-0-0
S 2nd Reading:Passed
S COW:Passed
S Placed on General File
Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 3-2-0-0-0
S COW:Rerefer to S02 - Appropriations
S Placed on General File
Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
S Introduced and Referred to S08 - Transportation
S Received for Introduction
Bill Number Assigned
Summary for LSO115 Bill No.: SF0027 Effective : 3/3/2015 LSO No.: 15LSO-0107 Enrolled Act No.: SEA 41 Chapter No.: 119 Prime Sponsor: Anderson, J.L. (SD28) Catch Title: Vietnam Veterans Welcome Home Highway. Subject: Designates I-25 as the “ Wyoming Vietna m Veterans Welcome Home Highway” Summary/Major Elements: This act enacts W.S. 24-1-135, designating Interstat e Highway 25 in Wyoming as the “ Wyoming Vietnam Veterans Welcome Home Highway.” The act directs WyDOT to install appropriate signage, designed in consult ation with the Wyoming Veterans’ Commission. Comments: Appropriates $10,000 from the general fund to WyDOT to create and install signage. 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.
ORIGINAL Senate File No . SF0027 ENROLLED ACT NO. 41, SENATE SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING 2015 General Session AN ACT relating to highways; designating the Wyoming Vietnam Veterans Welcome Home Highway, requiring signage; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming: Section 1 . W.S. 24 ‑ 1 ‑ 135 is created to read: 24 ‑ 1 ‑ 135 . Vietnam veterans welcome home highway. United States interstate highway 25 between the Colorado/Wyoming border and its terminus at Buffalo, Wyoming shall be known as the " Wyo ming Vietnam Veterans Welcome Home Highway . " Section 2 . The Wyoming department of transportation shall install appropriate signage, designed in consultation with the veterans' commission, in compliance with all federal and state law and regulation, identifying the Wyoming Vietnam Veterans Welcome Home Highway. Section 3 . There is appropriated from the general fund to the Wyoming department of transportation ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00). This appropriation shall be for the period beginning with the effective date of this act and ending June 30, 2016. This appropriation shall only be expended for the purpose of creating signage designed in consultation with the veterans' commission, and installing the signage required by section 2 of this act. 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, 2016. This appropriation shall not be included in the Wyoming department of transportation ' s 2015 ‑ 2016 standard biennial budget request. Section 4 . 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 1