Legislative appropriations.

ORIGINAL
Senate
File No
.
SF0002

ENROLLED ACT NO. 13,

SENATE

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

AN ACT relating to appropriations for the legislature; modifying appropriations for the operation of the legislative branch of state government; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

2016 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 79, sections 1, 6(b), 8(a)
,
10(a)
and 11
are amended
to read
:

Section 1
.

There is appropriated from the general fund to the legislative service office the following specified amounts, or as much thereof as may be necessary, to pay the costs and expenses of the Wyoming legislature through June 30, 2018:

SALARIES
LSO Staff Permanent/Temporary
....................
$
6,834,598
6,051,330
Legislators – Session
..............................
1,162,740
1,081,704
Legislators – Interim
.............................
1,948,352
1,924,652
Session Staff
........................................
745,229
661,899
Employer Paid Benefits
............................
3,270,853
2,943,412

IN
‑
STATE TRAVEL
Mileage and Per Diem – Session
...................
1,038,796
934,768
Mileage and Per Diem – Interim
...................
922,306
887,876

OUT
‑
OF
‑
STATE TRAVEL
Travel Expenses
.....................................
118,800
83,300
Per Diem
..............................................
165,800
116,700

ANNUAL DUES
National Conference of State Legislatures
......
242,562
213,062
The Energy Council
..................................
76,800
Council of State Governments
......................
185,736
163,436
Other
................................................
10,600

REGISTRATION FEES
...................................
81,000
58,400

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
..................................
90,000

ITD SERVICES (Network connections & backup)
....
13,000

GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT [1.]
.............
984,566
.......................................................
630,471
(Information technology, copying,

supplies
and equipment, furniture,

contract
services, special projects, etc.)

STATUTES, SESSION LAWS AND DIGESTS
..............
380,000
55,000

TOTAL
.................................................
$
18,271,738
15,996,410

Footnotes to Section 1:

1.

Legislative laptop computers being replaced shall be sold in accordance with Management Council directives.
Any proceeds received from the sale of any laptop computer shall be deposited into the general fund and are hereby reappropriated to the legislative service office to be used for the purchase of replacement laptop computers
and support systems
.

Section 6
.

[New Legislator Training Compensation].

(b)

There is appropriated from the general fund to the legislative service office
sixty
‑
two thousand dollars ($62,000.00)
twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00)
or as much thereof as may be necessary for purposes of this section.

Section 8
.

[Special Contingency].

(a)

There is appropriated
one hundred twenty
‑
five thousand dollars ($125,000.00)
two hundred seventy
‑
four thousand seven hundred nineteen dollars ($274,719.00)
from the general fund to the legislative service office to be expended at the direction of the Management Council for extraordinary expenses of the legislature and as necessary to supplement any expense category under section 1 of this act.

Section 1
0
.

[Economic Development Authorized Travel].

(a)

There is appropriated
fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00)
forty-six
thousand dollars
($
46
,000.00)
from the general fund to the legislative service office for legislative travel expenses as authorized in this section.

Section 11.

There is appropriated
forty
‑
two thousand dollars ($42,000.00)

twenty-one thousand dollars ($21,000.00)
from the general fund to the legislative service office for payment of registration, mileage and per diem for legislators attending the Wyoming state treasurer's investment conference in the 2016 or 2017 interim. Registration payments shall not exceed three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) per legislator.

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
Senate
.

Chief Clerk

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