HB0026 • 2017

Bark beetle-program funding.

AN ACT relating to state lands; authorizing expenditures for bark beetle mitigation projects; specifying requirements for the expenditure of funds; providing a repeal date; and providing for an effective date.

Agriculture

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Agriculture
Last action: 2017-03-06
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 3/1/2017

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HB0026HW001

Committee of the Whole • Steinmetz

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Committee of the Whole by Steinmetz

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Bill History

2017-03-06 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number
2017-03-06 Governor
Governor Signed HEA No. 0051
2017-02-23 Senate
S President Signed HEA No. 0051
2017-02-23 House
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0051
2017-02-22 LSO
Assigned Number HEA No. 0051
2017-02-22 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 22-8-0-0-0
2017-02-21 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2017-02-16 Senate
S COW:Passed
2017-02-15 Senate
S Placed on General File
2017-02-15 Senate
S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2017-02-09 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture
2017-01-23 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2017-01-19 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 38-20-2-0-0
2017-01-18 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2017-01-17 House
H COW:Passed
2017-01-17 House
H Placed on General File
2017-01-17 House
H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 6-1-0-0-0
2017-01-12 House
H COW:Rerefer to H02 - Appropriations
2017-01-12 House
H Placed on General File
2017-01-12 House
H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 7-2-0-0-0
2017-01-10 House
H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture
2017-01-09 House
H Received for Introduction
2016-12-09 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary

Bill No.:
HB0026
Effective
:
Immediately

LSO No.:
17LSO-0071

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA No. 0051

Chapter No.:
[Chapter Number_RO]

Prime Sponsor:
Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Interim Committee

Catch Title:
Bark beetle-program funding.

Subject:
Expenditure of emergency fire suppression account funds for bark

beetle mitigation projects.

Summary/Major Elements:

The
emergency fire suppression account is administered by the
S
tate
F
orester for the purpose of reimbursing
certain
costs
incurred by the Wyoming State Forestry Division and participating counties while suppressing emergency fires
in rural areas
.

This bill allows the State Forester to expend up to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) from the account annually for the purpose of funding bark beetle mitigation projects.
Expenditures for bark beetle mitigation projects are subject to the availability of fun
ds and must be approved by the G
overnor.
Comments:

The
statutory
subsection created by this bill contains a sunset p
rovision and will be repealed effective
June 30, 2020.
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
.
HB0026

ENROLLED ACT NO. 51,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2017 General Session

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

Section 1
.

W.S. 36
‑
1
‑
402 by creating a new subsection (e) is amended to read:

36
‑
1
‑
402
.

Emergency fire suppression account; creation; investment of funds; authorized expenditures.

(e)

In addition to expenditures made out of the emergency fire suppression account pursuant to subsection (c) of this section
,
up to
five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000
.00
)
may
be
expended
from the account
by
the division each
fis
cal
year for bark beetle mitigation projects.
Any
expenditures
under this subsection are
subject to the availability of funds in the account and
shall
only be expended on or after
July
1 of
each fiscal
year and upon approval of the governor. These funds may be expended for bark beetle mitigation on private, state or federal lands pursuant to memoranda of agreement entered into by the division and any
appropriate
local, state or federal agency.
This subsection is repealed effective June 30, 2020.

Section 2
.

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
House
.

Chief Clerk