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HB0027 • 2017

School facility property insurance.

AN ACT relating to school facilities; requiring property insurance for school facilities; and providing for an effective date.

Education Elections
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Sel Sch Fac
Last action
2017-03-08
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2017

Plain English Breakdown

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Amendments

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HB0027JC001

Conference Committee

H Adopted, S Adopted

Plain English: H Adopted, S Adopted Conference Committee

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HB0027S2001

2nd reading • Scott

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 2nd reading by Scott

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HB0027S2002

2nd reading • Scott

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 2nd reading by Scott

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HB0027S3001

3rd reading • Landen

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 3rd reading by Landen

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Bill History

  1. 2017-03-08 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number

  2. 2017-03-08 Governor

    Governor Signed HEA No. 0104

  3. 2017-03-03 Senate

    S President Signed HEA No. 0104

  4. 2017-03-02 House

    H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0104

  5. 2017-03-01 LSO

    Assigned Number HEA No. 0104

  6. 2017-02-23 Senate

    S Appointed JCC01 Members

  7. 2017-02-22 House

    H Appointed JCC01 Members

  8. 2017-02-22 House

    H Concur:Failed 4-56-0-0-0

  9. 2017-02-21 House

    H Received for Concurrence

  10. 2017-02-16 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-0-1-0-0

  11. 2017-02-15 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  12. 2017-02-14 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  13. 2017-02-07 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  14. 2017-02-07 Senate

    S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0

  15. 2017-01-31 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations

  16. 2017-01-19 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  17. 2017-01-19 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 58-0-2-0-0

  18. 2017-01-18 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  19. 2017-01-17 House

    H COW:Passed

  20. 2017-01-17 House

    H Placed on General File

  21. 2017-01-17 House

    H04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0

  22. 2017-01-11 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education

  23. 2017-01-09 House

    H Received for Introduction

  24. 2016-12-12 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary

Bill No.:
HB0027
Effective
:
7/1/2017

LSO No.:
17LSO-0149

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA No. 0104

Chapter No.:
[Chapter Number_RO]

Prime Sponsor:
Select Committee on School Facilities

Catch Title:
School facility property insurance.

Subject:
Requiring school districts to secure insurance policies for school

facilities
.

Summary/Major Elements:

This
act
requires the board of trustees of each school district in the state to procure property insurance
policies
for all education, administration and transportation buildings owned or maintained by the district.

The
act
allows the board of trustees to
opt out of
insur
ing
buildings valued at $50,000 or less if the board determines
that
the cost of insurance is disproportionate to the value of the building to the district.

School districts with property insurance coverage through a joint powers board
,
as of
February 1, 201
7
,
may continue th
is
coverage through July 1, 2018
,
to satisfy the
insurance
requirements of this act.

The
act requires the I
nsurance
D
epartment
to

study
school district joint powers board
s
operating
school risk retention program
s to
determine if these boards are
backed by sufficient reserves, reinsurance and other factors to safely satisfy the insurance requirement
imposed by
this act.

Comments:

This act r
equires
the Insurance Department to submit a report with the results of
its
study on school risk retention programs operated by joint powers boards to the Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Committee no later than
December 1, 2017.

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

Read the full stored bill text 
ORIGINAL
House
ENGROSSED
Bill No
.
HB0027

ENROLLED ACT NO. 104,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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

AN ACT relating to school facilities; requiring property insurance for school facilities; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section
1
.

W.S. 21
‑
3
‑
129
by creating
new
subsection
s
(d
)
and (e)
is
amended to read
:

21
‑
3
‑
129
.

Comprehensive liability insurance; waiver of governmental immunity; property insurance.

(
d
)

The board of trustees of each school district within the state shall
procure a policy or policies for
property insurance

covering
all education, administrative
and
transportation facilities

owned or maintained by the school district
in
an
amount adequate to cover
against loss or damage
to those facilities
, and against loss consequential upon that loss or damage, other than noncontractual legal liability for that loss or damage.

The board of trustees of a school district may elect not to provide property insurance coverage for any facility valued at fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) or less upon a per facility determination that the cost of insurance for the facility is disproportionately high when compared to the value of the facility to the school district. Coverage provided by a school district joint powers board as of February 1, 2017, shall satisfy the insurance requirement of this subsection until July 1, 2018, if kept in force. The coverage may be modified as needed.

(e)

The insurance department shall undertake an examination of the school district joint powers board operating a school risk retention program. The department
shall report whether the school risk retention program operated by the school district joint powers board is backed by sufficient reserves, reinsurance and other factors to safely satisfy the insurance requirement provided in subsection (d) of this section. The department shall report the results of the examination and recommend any steps needed to protect the solvency of the school district joint powers board to the joint corporations, elections and political subdivisions interim committee and the joint education interim committee no later than December 1, 2017.

Section

2
.

This
act is effective
July 1, 2017
.

(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

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