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SF0093 • 2015

County road fund-pavement management.

AN ACT relating to gasoline taxes; providing for a distribution to the highway fund for the university technology transfer program as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Taxes Technology
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Senator Anderson, J.D. (SD02)
Last action
2015-03-04
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2015

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2015-03-04 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number

  2. 2015-03-04 Governor

    Governor Signed SEA No. 0040

  3. 2015-02-27 House

    H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0040

  4. 2015-02-27 Senate

    S President Signed SEA No. 0040

  5. 2015-02-27 LSO

    Assigned Number SEA No. 0040

  6. 2015-02-26 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 55-3-2-0-0

  7. 2015-02-25 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  8. 2015-02-24 House

    H COW:Passed

  9. 2015-02-18 House

    H Placed on General File

  10. 2015-02-18 House

    Revenue:Recommend Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0

  11. 2015-02-09 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H03 - Revenue

  12. 2015-02-02 House

    H Received for Introduction

  13. 2015-02-02 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Passed 26-4-0-0-0

  14. 2015-01-30 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  15. 2015-01-29 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  16. 2015-01-29 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  17. 2015-01-29 Senate

    Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0

  18. 2015-01-21 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S08 - Transportation

  19. 2015-01-20 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  20. 2015-01-20 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Summary for LSO115
Bill No.:
SF0093
Effective
:
7/1/2015

LSO No.:
15LSO-0470

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA 40

Chapter No.:
114

Prime Sponsor:
Anderson, J.D. (SD02)

Catch Title:
County road fund-pavement management.

Subject:
Increases gasoline tax distribution for
the
University
T
echnology
T
ransfer
C
enter.

Summary/Major Elements:

W.S. 21-17-115(a)(ii) authorize
s
the University of Wyoming to operate
a
T
echnology
T
ransfer
C
enter
to support municipalities r
egarding current trends in transportation technology
. W.S. 39-17-111(d)(ii) provides a distribution from the gasoline tax for the transfer center.

This bill increases the distribution from the gasoline tax for the
T
echnology
T
ransfer
C
enter by $150,000
per year
.
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
Senate
File No
.
SF0093

ENROLLED ACT NO. 40,

SENATE

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

AN ACT relating to gasoline taxes; providing for a distribution to the highway fund for the university technology transfer program as specified; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

W.S. 39
‑
17
‑
111(d)(ii) is amended to read:

39
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17
‑
111
.

Distribution.

(d)

After certifying the amounts provided by subsection (c) of this section, the department shall certify the balance of taxes collected under this article to the state treasurer who shall distribute the remainder into the accounts within the state highway fund created under this subsection as follows:

(ii)

Fourteen percent (14%) shall be credited by the state treasurer to the counties' road construction account in the highway fund for distribution by the department to the county treasurers of the various counties for their road construction funds, except that an amount equal to the contribution required of the counties for the cost of the university's technology transfer program under W.S. 21
‑
17
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115(a)(ii) or thirty
‑
one thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($31,250.00), whichever is less shall be first distributed to the highway fund
, plus an amount not to exceed one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00) per year shall
first
be distributed to the highway fund for the University of Wyoming technology transfer program’s county road inventory program
. Each county treasurer shall credit the revenues to the road construction fund in that county. The department shall allocate to each county a
share based fifty percent (50%) upon the ratio which the rural population of each county including the population within the cities and towns with less than one thousand four hundred (1,400) bears to the total rural population of the state and fifty percent (50%) based on the ratio which the area of the county bears to the total area of the state. Any interest earned on invested funds allocated to counties shall be retained by each county and shall be used for project costs as provided by W.S. 24
‑
2
‑
110(a);

Section
2
.

This
act is effective July 1,
2015
.

(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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