Tribal liaisons.

ORIGINAL
Senate
File No
.
SF0050

ENROLLED ACT NO. 74,

SENATE

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

AN ACT relating to administration of the government; amending provisions relating to tribal liaisons; repealing and conforming provisions; 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
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1
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22
1

is amended to read:

9
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221
.

Tribal liaison
program
; qualifications
of liaisons
; removal; duties.

(a)

There is created a tribal liaison program. The purpose of the program shall be to encourage mutual respect, understanding and leadership between the state and the Northern Arapaho
t
ribe and the Eastern Shoshone
t
ribe.

(b)

The governor
may employ a tribal liaison,
who

shall select
and employ
two (2)
persons to serve as
tribal liaisons
and to administer the tribal liaison program
as provided in this section
. B
efore making a
selection, the governor shall solicit a list of nominations from the
Easter
n
Shoshone
b
usiness
c
ouncil and the Northern Arapaho
b
usiness

c
ouncil. The selection
of the liaisons
shall be with the advice and consent of the senate in accordance
with W.S. 28
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12
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101 through 28
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12
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103
.
If the legislature has adjourned, the governor may make

temporary
selections

in the manner
provided
for
in W.S. 28
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12
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101(b). Each
liaison
shall be a qualified elector of the state and
who
may be removed by the governor as provided in W.S. 9
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1
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202. The
liaison

liaison
s
s
hall
:

(i)

A
id, assist and advise the governor on state
‑
tribal relations including the coordination of
programs and other activities between the
state and tribal governments.
The tribal
liaison

liaisons
may maintain offices within the state as directed by the governor
;
.

(ii)

Facilitate communication between the tribes and the office of the governor, executive branch agencies, the select committee on tribal relations and the legislature;

(
ii
i)

Stand for reappointment one (1) time every two (2) years unless sooner removed by the governor pursuant to W.S. 9
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1
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202 after consultation with the tribes.

(c)

The governor's office, in conjunction with the tribal liaisons, shall report to the select committee on tribal relations on the successes, opportunities and future issues of the tribal liaison program on or before December 1 of each year.

Section 2
.

2005 Wyoming Session Laws
, Chapter
144
, Sections 1 and 2
is
repealed
.

Section 3
.

Of the amounts appropriated to the office of the governor by 2014 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 26, Section 2, Section 001 and pursuant to footnote 3 of that section, the office of the governor is authorized to expend two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00). These funds shall be expended for the purpose of employing two (2) tribal liaisons and funding the tribal liaison program required by this act. This appropriation shall be for the period beginning July 1, 2015 an
d ending June 30, 2016. A
request to continue funding for the program and the tribal liaison positions in the amount of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000.00) shall be included in the governor's 2017
‑
2018 exception budget request and shall not be included in the governor's 2017
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2018 standard biennial budget request.

Section 4
.

For the period beginning July 1, 2015 and ending June 30, 2016, the office of the governor is authorized two (2) at
‑
will employee contract positions to fill the two (2) tribal liaison positions required by this act.

Section
5
.

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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