SF0047 State institution revenue accounts. | Wyoming Bill

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Bill Summary
Bill No.:
SF0047
Effective
:
7/1/2017

LSO No.:
17LSO-0205

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA No. 0025

Chapter No.:
[Chapter Number_RO]

Prime Sponsor:
Joint Appropriations Committee

Catch Title:
State institution revenue accounts.

Subject:
A
ddresses use and disposition of revenues generated by certain

s
tate
i
nstitution
s.

Summary/Major Elements:

Previously,
Wyoming S
tatutes provided that all monies collected or received by a state institution would be deposited into the state treasury (essentially the general fund). There were provisions contained in general appropriation bills which created certain state institution revenue accounts.

This a
ct provides the Legislature with the authority to create
revenue accounts for funds received or collected by a state institution.

The a
ct specifically creates special revenue accounts for the Wyoming State Hospital and the Wyoming Retirement Center, and specifies the manner in which funds from the
se
accounts may be expended
.

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
.

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ORIGINAL
Senate
File No
.
SF0047

ENROLLED ACT NO. 25,

SENATE

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

AN ACT relating to state institutions; providing for the deposit of monies and income received or collected by public institutions into accounts to be expended as specified; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section
1
.

W.S. 25
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10
‑
12
9
is created to read:

25
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10
‑
12
9
.

Receipt and disposition of revenues and gifts.

The department is authorized to deposit all monies and income received and collected by the Wyoming state hospital into a special revenue account. The department shall expend this revenue to correct life safety code problems, pay for the cost of emergency detentions pursuant to W.S. 25
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10
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109, pay for the costs of involuntary hospitalizations pursuant to W.S. 25
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10
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110, and remediate conditions
at the
state
hospital
as identified in settlement agreements which are approved by the director and reported to the governor. If any single capital project is anticipated to exceed two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00), it shall be approved by the state building commission. The department shall report to the joint appropriations committee not later than November 1 of each year detailing expenditures under this section.

Section 2
.

W.S. 9
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4
‑
303 and 25
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8
‑
104 are amended to read:

9
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4
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303
.

Payment of monies and income into state treasury.

(a)

Except as otherwise provided by law, all monies and income received or collected by any public institution of this state for the care of patients therein, for the maintenance of prisoners therein, or as compensation for any matter whatsoever, received from the institution, shall be paid into the state treasury as frequently as their procedure and their location will permit and credited to the general fund and shall not be paid out except in pursuance of a lawful appropriation.
The legislature may provide for the deposit of monies and income received or collected by any public institution of this state into other accounts provided those funds shall be expended to further the mission of the public institution as provided by law.

(b)

Except as otherwise provided by law all monies donated to any public institution or organization belonging to the state, whether educational, charitable, military or of other public nature, and any and all monies donated to the state for the use or benefit of the institutions and organizations shall be deposited in the state treasury in the appropriate accounts and shall not be withdrawn except in the manner provided in W.S. 9
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4
‑
304.

The legislature may provide for the deposit of monies donated to any public institution or organization of this state into a separate fund provided those monies shall be expended to further the mission of the public institution or organization as provided by law.

25
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8
‑
104
.

Receipt and disposition of revenues and gifts.

(a)

All revenues received from the operation of the pioneer home
and the Wyoming retirement center

and from gifts given for the general purpose of the pioneer home
and the Wyoming retirement center
shall be paid over to the state treasurer and deposited in the general fund. Gifts
given for a specific purpose shall be kept in a separate account to be expended by the department of health for the specific purpose.

(b)

The department shall deposit all funds received, collected by or donated to the Wyoming retirement center for care of patients into the special revenue fund. The funds collected are appropriated to the department
and
shall only be expended to fund the operation of the Wyoming retirement center and shall be disbursed pursuant to W.S. 9
‑
4
‑
304.

Section 3
.

This
act is effective July 1,
201
7
.

(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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State institution revenue accounts.

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