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SF0005 • 2018
AN ACT relating to state parks and archaeological sites; providing for additional state lands to be managed by the department of state parks and cultural resources for Medicine Lodge state archaeological site; retaining land ownership in state entities as specified; requiring updated legal descriptions of lands to be managed; and providing for an effective date.
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Governor Signed SEA No. 0007
Assigned Chapter Number 15
H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0007
S President Signed SEA No. 0007
Assigned Number SEA No. 0007
H 3rd Reading:Passed 51-7-2-0-0
H 2nd Reading:Passed
H COW:Passed
H Placed on General File
H06 - Travel:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
H Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel
H Received for Introduction
S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-0-1-0-0
S 2nd Reading:Passed
S COW:Passed
S Placed on General File
S06 - Travel:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
S Introduced and Referred to S06 - Travel 29-0-1-0-0
S Received for Introduction
Bill Number Assigned
Bill Summary Bill No.: SF0005 Effective : 7/1/2018 LSO No.: 18LSO-0184 Enrolled Act No.: SEA No. 0007 Chapter No.: 15 Prime Sponsor: Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Interim Committee Catch Title: Medicine Lodge state archaeological site. Subject: Inclusion of additional lands to the Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Site. Summary/Major Elements: This act provides that, subject to a management agreement between the Game and Fish Department and the Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources, three (3) parcels of land would become part of the Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Site. The three (3) parcels of land are: Approximately ten ( 10 ) acres in Dry Fork Canyon Approximately fourteen (14) acres in Hay Meadow Approximately twenty-eight ( 28 ) acres of land west of the Site Headquarters This act also provides that ownership of the land will not transfer between the two (2) departments. 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 .
ORIGINAL Senate File No . SF0005 ENROLLED ACT NO. 7, SENATE SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING 2018 Budget Session AN ACT relating to state parks and archaeological sites; providing for additional state lands to be managed by the department of state parks and cultural resources for Medicine Lodge state archaeological site; retaining land ownership in state entities as specified; requiring updated legal descriptions of lands to be managed; and providing for an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming: Section 1 . W.S. 36 ‑ 8 ‑ 1501(c)(ii) is amended to read : 36 ‑ 8 ‑ 1501 . State park designation; state historic site designation; state archeological site designation; state recreation area designation. (c) In addition to state archaeological sites designated in other statutes, the following lands are designated as state archaeological sites and the department shall by rule specify the legal description of the sites: (ii) The lands in Big Horn County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 2018 as Medicine Lodge state archaeological site . including upon mutual written agreement with the Wyoming game and fish department the following adjacent state lands to be managed by the department of state parks and cultural resources : (A) A parcel of land of approximately ten (10) acres in D ry F ork canyon; (B) A parcel of land of approximately fourteen (14) acres of the pasture parcel in the hay meadow; (C) A parcel of land of approximately twenty ‑ eight (28) acres west of park headquarters . Section 2 . Nothing in this act shall be construed or interpreted to require transfer of ownership of the lands specified in W.S. 36 ‑ 8 ‑ 1501(c)(ii), as amended by this act. Section 3 . As required by W.S. 36 ‑ 8 ‑ 1501(c), the department of state parks and cultural resources shall update its rules to include the lands specified in W.S. 36 ‑ 8 ‑ 1501(c)(ii), as amended by this act, in the legal description of the Medicine Lodge state archaeological site upon entering a mutual written agreement with the Wyoming game and fish department to manage the lands . Section 4 . 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 Senate . Chief Clerk 1