Capitol oversight group membership.

ORIGINAL
Senate
ENGROSSED
File No
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SF0077

ENROLLED ACT NO. 90,

SENATE

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

AN ACT relating to state property and buildings; providing for additional members to serve on the state capitol building rehabilitation and restoration project oversight group; providing for terms of appointed members; providing for removal of appointed members; providing for mileage and per diem of appointed members; providing applicability; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

W.S. 9
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5
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111(
a) by creating
new paragraph
s
(v)
and (vi), (b)
and by creating a new subsection (f)
and 9
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5
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112(f) are
amended to read:

9
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5
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111
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State capitol building rehabilitation and restoration project oversight group; creation; duties.

(a)

There is created a state capitol building rehabilitation and restoration oversight group comprised of:

(v)

The state treasurer;

(
v
i
)

Two (2) persons appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate pursuant to W.S. 28
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101,
with experience regarding the project
.
The governor shall appoint members under
this paragraph from a list of four (4) names submitted to him jointly by the president of the senate and the speaker of the
house of representatives
. Members appointed under this section shall be nonvoting members of the oversight group and shall not be included for purposes of determining a quorum of the oversight group.

(b)

A quorum of the oversight group shall consist of the governor and a majority of the
legislative members
other voting members
of the oversight group
which consist of the legislator members and the state treasurer
. Except for approvals under W.S. 9
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5
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112(e) and (f), actions of the oversight group may be taken by vote of
a majority of the legislative members in attendance or by their proxy vote and
the governor
and a majority of the other voting members in attendance or by their proxy
.

(f)

M
embers
appointed
to the oversight group
pursuant to paragraph
(a
)(
v
i
)
of this section
shall serve on the oversight group until
the project is complete
. Appointed members shall receive mileage and per diem in the same manner and amount as state legislators while performing duties of the oversight group. Appointed members to the oversight group may be removed by the governor as provided by W.S. 9
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202.

9
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112
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Capitol building rehabilitation and restoration project; components; oversight.

(f)

The department may expend funds appropriated by the legislature for the project to implement the design, renovation, restoration, rehabilitation, construction and other project components which have been included in the final design plans approved under subsection (e) of this section. Any change order to the approved final design plans in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) or in a cumulative amount in excess of one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) shall require the approval of
a majority of the legislative members of the oversight group and

the governor
and a majority of the other voting members of the oversight group which consist of the legislator members and the state treasurer
.

Section 2
.

2014 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 40,
Section
4(e) is amended to read:

Section 4.

(e)

There is appropriated from the capitol building rehabilitation and restoration account to the legislative service office ninety
‑
five thousand dollars ($95,000.00) for per diem, salary and mileage of legislators
and the per diem and mileage of appointed members
serving on the capitol building rehabilitation and restoration oversight group or advisory task force and for mileage and per diem for advisory task force members appointed under W.S. 9
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5
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109(
m)(iv).

Section 3
.

(a)

Nothing in this act shall be construed to:

(i)

Impair any contracts entered into by the state of Wyoming on the state capitol building renovation and restoration project prior to the effective date of this act;

(ii)

Require the reconsideration of, or otherwise impact in any way, the actions and approvals of the state capitol building renovation and restoration project oversight group made prior to the effective date of this act.

Section

4
.

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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