Legislative budget.

ORIGINAL
Senate
ENGROSSED
File No
.
SF0002

ENROLLED ACT NO. 18,

SENATE

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

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

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

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, 20
20
:

SALARIES
LSO Staff Permanent/Temporary
....................
$
6,
277
,
168
Legislators – Session
..............................
1,081,704
Legislators – Interim

.............................
1,9
2
4,
448
Session Staff
........................................
672
,
192
Employer Paid Benefits
............................
3,
060
,
282

IN-STATE TRAVEL
Mileage and Per Diem – Session
...................
974
,
936
Mileage and Per Diem – Interim
...................
774
,
082

OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL
Travel Expenses
.....................................
1
2
0
,800
Per Diem
..............................................
1
35
,800

ANNUAL DUES
National Conference of State Legislatures
......
2
11
,
923
The Energy Council
..................................
76,800
Council of State Governments
......................
1
62
,
675
Other
................................................
10,
52
0

REGISTRATION FEES
...................................
65
,
6
00

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
..................................
60
,000

ITD SERVICES (Network connections & backup)
....
1
0
,000

GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT [1.]
...............
497
,
866
(Information technology, copying,
supplies and equipment, furniture,
contract services, special projects, etc.)

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

TOTAL
.................................................

............
$
1
6
,
1
7
1
,
796

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 2.

[Standard Provision-Flex]. The Management Council may transfer funds from one expense category to another under
S
ection 1 of this act as the activities of the legislature may require.

Section 3
.

[Standard Provision-Travel]. The appropriation for out-of-state travel under this act shall be used to reimburse legislators for documented legislative travel and
per diem
expenses to
attend out-of-state
meetings including, but not limited to, the National Conference of State Legislatures, the Council of State
Governments
, the Education Commission of the States,
the State Legislative Leaders Foundation

and the Energy Council. Travel authorization and reimbursements shall be in accordance with policies of the Management Council.

Section 4.

[Carry Forward of Prior Appropriations].

(a)

Notwithstanding W.S. 9
‑
2
‑
1008, 9
‑
2
‑
1012(e) and 9
‑
4
‑
207(a), the unobligated portions of the following appropriations shall not revert on June 30, 201
8
, and are hereby reappropriated to the legislative service office for the following purposes:

(i
)

Any
unexpended, unobligated amounts reappropriated for expenditure by the legislative service office under
201
6
Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter
79
, Section
s
4(a)
(i) and
7
,
are reappropriated for expenditure by the legislative service office for the period commencing July 1, 201
8
and ending June 30, 20
20
.
Expenditures of amounts reappropriated under this paragraph shall be for professional consulting
expertise and other support necessary to carry out and execute work of the legislature pertaining to required K-12 education responsibilities, issues and studies. Professional consulting expertise may be retained by the legislative service office only upon approval of the Management Council, and the unexpended, unobligated amounts may be expended for contractual agreements between the Council and professional consultants
;

(ii)

Any balance remaining on June 30, 201
8
, resulting from the sale of legislative laptop computers prior to that date is appropriated to the legislative service office to be used for the purchase of replacement laptop computers and support systems for the period July 1,
201
8
through June 30, 20
20;

(iii)

Any
un
expended, unobligated amounts
appropriated for expenditure under
2016 Wyoming Session Laws Chapter 79, as amended by 2017 Wyoming Session Laws Chapter 42,
are reappropriated for expenditure by the legislative service office
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,
for the period commencing July 1, 201
8
and ending June 30, 20
20
.

(b)

This section is effective immediately.

Section
5
.

[
Technology Project
].

(a)

There is appropriated
one
hundred
twenty-five
thousand dollars ($
1
25,000.00)
from the general fund to the legislative service office
for continued development and support of the legislative management system.

(b)

This section is effective immediately.

Section
6
.

[New Legislator
Training
Compensation].

(a
)

F
rom and after the date the state canvassing board certifies the results of
the 2018
general election in accordance with W.S. 22
‑
16
‑
118, legislators elect and newly appointed legislators may, to the extent authorized by the Management Council, receive mileage and per diem at the same rate as members of the legislature plus an amount equal to the daily salary paid to legislators for each day spent at a legislative training function or at a meeting of an interim committee to which they will be assigned.

(b)

T
here is appropriated from the general fund to the legislative service office
thirty-four
thousand dollars ($
34
,000.00)

or as much thereof as may be necessary for purposes of this section.

(
c
)

As used in this section:

(i)

"
Legislator elect
"
means a person elected to the legislature during the
2018
general election who is not a current member of
the
legislature and before the person is duly sworn in;

(ii)

"
Newly appointed legislator
"
means a person appointed after the
2018
general election to fill a vacancy in the House or Senate and before the person is duly sworn in.

Section
7
.

[
Reappropriation of School Foundation Program Account Funds
].

(a)

Notwithstanding W.S. 9
‑
2
‑
1008, 9
‑
2
‑
1012(e) and 9
‑
4
‑
207(a), a
ny unexpended, unobligated monies
appropriated from the school foundation program account to the attorney general under 201
6
Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter
31
, Section 2, Section 015,
as amended by 2017 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 120, Section 2, Section 015,
for purposes of the school finance litigation law office
shall not revert on June 30, 201
8
, and are reappropriated for expenditure by the legislative service office for the period commencing July 1, 201
8
and ending June 30, 20
20
.
Expenditures of amounts reappropriated under this subsection shall be for professional consulting expertise and other support necessary to carry out and execute work of the legislature pertaining to required K-12 education responsibilities, issues and studies. Professional consulting expertise may
be retained by the legislative service office only upon approval of the Management Council, and the unexpended, unobligated amounts may be expended for contractual agreements between the Council and professional consultants.

(b)

This section is effective immediately.

Section
8
.
[Special Contingency].

(a)

There is appropriated
two hundred fifty
thousand dollars ($
250
,000.00) 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
.

(b)

This section is effective immediately.

Section 9.

[
Economic Development Authorized Travel
].

(a)

There is appropriated thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00)

from

the

general

f
u
nd

to

the

legisl
a
t
i
ve

service office for legislative travel expenses as authorized in this
section.

(b)

Subject to available appropriation, le
g
islators traveling ou
t
-of-state, including internationally, in connection

with

executive

branch

or

legislatively

approved efforts to ex
p
and and diver
s
ify Wyoming's energy and industrial economy or to attract new business enterprises to the state or to imp
r
ove access to and growth in domestic and
international

markets,

are

authorized

reimbursement

of

actual
travel expenses, including travel, lodging, meals and
necessary incidentals, provided:

(i)

Reimbursement

of

travel

expenses

for

members of

the

legisla
t
ure

to

participate

in

economic

d
evelopment

efforts under this section shall require the approval of the
Management Council;

(ii)

In designating members authorized to receive

travel reimbursement under this section, preference shall be

given to members w
h
o have expressed an intention to seek r
e
-election

to,

or

if

mi
d
-term

to

continue

to

serve

in,

the

Wyoming legislature during the 2019 and 2020
l
egislative
sessions.

(
c
)

This section is effective immediately.

Section 10.

[Wyoming State Treasurer's Investment Conference].
There is appropriated twenty th
o
usand

dollars

($20,000
.
00)

from

the

g
e
n
e
ral

fund

to

the

l
egislative

service

office

f
or

payment

of

r
e
gistration,

mil
e
age

and

per

diem for legislators attending the Wyoming state treasurer
'
s

investment conference in the 2018 or 20
1
9 interim.
Registration

p
a
yments

shall

not

exceed

three

hundred

fifty dollars ($350.00) per legislator.

Section
11
.

[Effective Dates].

(a)

As used in this act,
"
effective immediately
"
means 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. Any appropriation contained in this act that is effective immediately shall not lapse until June 30,
20
20
, unless otherwise specified.

(b)

Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective
July 1,
20
18
.

(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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