Fiscal information in legislation.

2016
State of Wyoming
16LSO-0029
Introduced
1.2

HOUSE BILL

NO.

HB0065

Fiscal information in legislation.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Steinmetz, Allen, Edwards, Hunt, Jaggi, Jennings, Loucks, Petroff and Reeder and Senator(s) Cooper, Driskill and Meier

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to the legislature; providing for an estimate of local government fiscal impact in legislation containing fiscal notes as specified; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

W.S. 28
‑
8
‑
105(
d) is amended to read:

28
‑
8
‑
105
.

Duties of director and staff; prefiling bills; fiscal notes.

(d)

The legislative service office shall provide fiscal notes for all proposed legislation having a fiscal impact, indicating fiscal and personnel impact and revenue generated or required by the proposed legislation, in such form and under such conditions as specified by
joint rule of the legislature.
F
iscal notes shall
only

quantify impact at the state level
but

and
shall also reflect any changes to the total amount of revenue distributed from the state to local governments un
der a statutory formula.
The legislative service office
,

or appropriate state agency
at the request of the legislative service office,

shall
estimate
impact
s

from proposed legislation
to cities, towns and counties
and include those estimates in fiscal notes
in such form and under such conditions as specified by joint rule of the legislature
.

Fiscal notes shall be submitted to the sponsor of the bill for review and approval prior to attachment to the bill.

Section
2
.

This
act is effective July 1,
201
6
.

(END)

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