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SF0051 • 2017

Approval of water funds transfer.

AN ACT relating to water; requiring additional reporting; requiring legislative approval for transfer of funds; and providing for an effective date.

Budget
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Appropriations
Last action
2017-03-06
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2017

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2017-03-06 Governor

    Governor Signed SEA No. 0035

  2. 2017-03-06 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number

  3. 2017-02-24 House

    H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0035

  4. 2017-02-23 Senate

    S President Signed SEA No. 0035

  5. 2017-02-22 LSO

    Assigned Number SEA No. 0035

  6. 2017-02-22 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 59-0-1-0-0

  7. 2017-02-21 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  8. 2017-02-16 House

    H COW:Passed

  9. 2017-02-14 House

    H Placed on General File

  10. 2017-02-14 House

    H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0

  11. 2017-02-06 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations

  12. 2017-01-25 House

    H Received for Introduction

  13. 2017-01-25 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0

  14. 2017-01-24 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  15. 2017-01-23 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  16. 2017-01-23 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  17. 2017-01-23 Senate

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

  18. 2017-01-11 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations

  19. 2017-01-09 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  20. 2016-12-28 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary

Bill No.:
SF0051
Effective
:
7/1/2017

LSO No.:
17LSO-0394

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA No. 0035

Chapter No.:
[Chapter Number_RO]

Prime Sponsor:
Joint Appropriations Committee

Catch Title:
Approval of water funds transfer.

Subject:
Water Development Commission reports and legislative approval for transfers
.

Summary/Major Elements:

This
bill requires the Water Development C
ommission to
submit its
report on accounts related to dams and reservoirs to the Joint Appropriations Committee
. Previously, the report was submitted only to
the Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands and Water Resources I
nterim C
ommittee
.

The bil
l requires the approval of the L
egislature prior to the transfer of funds from specified dam and reservoir accounts to water development account I.

Comments:

Requires a report.
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
Senate
File No
.
SF0051

ENROLLED ACT NO. 35,

SENATE

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

AN ACT relating to water; requiring additional reporting; requiring legislative approval for transfer of funds; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

W.S. 99
‑
99
‑
1001(c) is amended to read:

99
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99
‑
1001
.

Creation; use of funds; interest.

(c)

The Wyoming water development commission shall annually review the accounts created by subsection (a) of this section and report to the
joint appropriations committee, and to the

joint agriculture, state and public lands and water resources interim committee in the report required under W.S. 41
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2
‑
118(
a)
,
the amount of funds in any account which are in excess of that amount needed to meet obligations specified in subsections (d) through (j) of this section.
After approval by the legislature, f
unds in excess of the amount needed to meet obligations specified in subsections (d) through (j) of this section shall be deposited in water development account I created by W.S. 41
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2
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124(
a)(i).

Section
2
.

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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