HB0018 • 2018

Nonresident employer bonding.

AN ACT relating to labor and employment; amending the surety bond or other security requirements for nonresident employers; and providing for an effective date.

Labor

Enacted

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Sponsor: Labor
Last action: 2018-03-12
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 7/1/2018

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HB0018HW001

Committee of the Whole • Barlow

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Committee of the Whole by Barlow

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HB0018HS001

Standing Committee • House Labor

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by House Labor

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Bill History

2018-03-12 Governor
Governor Signed HEA No. 0019
2018-03-12 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number 39
2018-03-07 Senate
S President Signed HEA No. 0019
2018-03-07 House
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0019
2018-03-06 LSO
Assigned Number HEA No. 0019
2018-03-06 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0
2018-03-05 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2018-03-02 Senate
S COW:Passed
2018-03-02 Senate
S Placed on General File
2018-03-02 Senate
S10 - Labor:Recommend Do Pass 3-0-2-0-0
2018-02-28 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor
2018-02-28 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2018-02-27 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 56-2-2-0-0
2018-02-23 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2018-02-22 House
H COW:Passed
2018-02-15 House
H Placed on General File
2018-02-15 House
H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0
2018-02-14 House
H10 - Labor:Rerefer to H01 - Appropriations
2018-02-14 House
H10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-2-0-0-0
2018-02-12 House
H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor 58-1-1-0-0
2018-02-09 House
H Received for Introduction
2017-12-18 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary

Bill No.:
HB0018
Effective
:
7/1/2018

LSO No.:
18LSO-0022

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA No. 0019

Chapter No.:
39

Prime Sponsor:
Joint Labor, Health & Social Services Interim Committee

Catch Title:
Nonresident employer bonding.

Subject:
Lowering the threshold for when a
surety
bond is required from a nonresident employer
and amending bond amounts
.

Summary/Major Elements:

This bill lowers the threshold for
when a

nonresident employer operating in Wyoming must provide a
surety bond
or other security.
Before this bill, the threshold for an employer to provide a surety bond was when the employer expected to pay wages exceeding $10,000 monthly or $120,000 annually. This bill
adopts
the requiremen
t to provide a surety bond when expected wages reach
$4,000 in any month.

Th
is
bill
amends
the
required
surety
bond amount
proportionately with the
wages of the employee,
beginning
with a bond of $8,000 and increasing by specified increments for each additional $1,000 of expected monthly wages.

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

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ORIGINAL
House
Bill No
.
HB0018

ENROLLED ACT NO. 19,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2018 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to labor and employment; amending the surety bond or other security requirements for nonresident employers; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

W.S. 27
‑
1
‑
106
(a) and (b)
is amended to read:

27
‑
1
‑
106
.

Certain nonres
ident employers required to post bond; exceptions.

(a)

All firms, corporations or employers of any kind who are nonresident employers and expect to pay wages in the state of Wyoming in excess of
ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00)
monthly

or o
ne hundred twenty thousand dollars ($120,000.00) annually
four thousand dollars ($4,000.00) in any month

as a result of conducting business within Wyoming, are required to file with the director of the department of workforce services a surety bond or other security meeting the requirements of this section, approved by the director
.

and the attorney general
.

(b)

The bond or other security required by subsection (a) of this section shall be in the amount of
twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00)
eight thousand dollars ($8,
0
00.00)

plus an additional two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) for each
one hundred twenty thousand dollars ($120,000.00)
one
thousand dollars ($
1
,000.00)

or fraction thereof that the expected

wages

in any month
exceed
one hundred twenty thousand dollars ($120,000.00)
annually
.

four thousand dollars ($4,000.00)
up to
expected

wages
in any month
of
twenty
thousand dollars ($
20
,000.00)
.
For expected

wages
in any month
that exceed
twenty
thousand dollars ($
20
,000.00), the bond or other security amount
shall
be
one
thousand dollars
($
1
,000.00)
for each additional
one
thousand dollars ($
1
,000.00) or fraction thereof
of expected wages
.

Section 2
.

This act is effective July 1, 201
8
.

(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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