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SF0044 • 2018
AN ACT relating to the fire protection revolving account; amending the purpose and use of the fire protection revolving account as specified; reappropriating funds to the fire protection revolving account; and providing for an effective date.
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Standing Committee • HAppropriations
Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by HAppropriations
Governor Signed SEA No. 0017
Assigned Chapter Number 23
H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0017
S President Signed SEA No. 0017
Assigned Number SEA No. 0017
S Concur:Passed 29-0-1-0-0
S Received for Concurrence
H 3rd Reading:Passed 58-0-2-0-0
H 2nd Reading:Passed
H COW:Passed
H Placed on General File
H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0
H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations
H Received for Introduction
S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-0-1-0-0
S 2nd Reading:Passed
S 2nd Reading:Laid Back
S COW:Passed
S Placed on General File
S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture 29-0-1-0-0
S Received for Introduction
Bill Number Assigned
Bill Summary Bill No.: SF0044 Effective : Immediately LSO No.: 18LSO-0195 Enrolled Act No.: SEA No. 0017 Chapter No.: 23 Prime Sponsor: Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Interim Committee Catch Title: Fire protection revolving account. Subject: Depositing payments for billable fire expenses into the fire protection revolving account. Summary/Major Elements: Under current law, funds that the state forester receives from local and county fire-service entities are deposited into the fire protection revolving account. This act provides that other payments that the state forester receives for any billable fire expenses (which include fire protection services or other related activities) would be deposited into the fire protection revolving account. This act also reappropriates $700,000 from a 2016 appropriation to the Office of State Lands and Investments to the fire protection revolving account. 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 ENGROSSED File No . SF0044 ENROLLED ACT NO. 17, SENATE SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING 2018 Budget Session AN ACT relating to the fire protection revolving account; amending the purpose and use of the fire protection revolving account as specified; reappropriating funds to the fire protection revolving account; and providing for an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming: Section 1 . W.S. 36 ‑ 2 ‑ 109 is amended to read: 36 ‑ 2 ‑ 109 . Fire protection revolving account. There is created the fire protection revolving account. Fu nds received by the state forester from local and county fire service entities and other payments received by the state forester for billable fire expense s s hall be deposited into the account. Funds deposited into the account are continuously appropriated to the state forester to be expended only for costs related to fire protection activities and services , the purchase of wildland fire equipment, parts for federal excess property, supplies , and to provide repairs for county and local fire service entities. As used in this section, "billable fire expense s " means any payment received from a federal, state or local entity for fire protection services or other related activities. Section 2 . Notwithstanding W.S. 9-2-1008, 9-2-1012(e) and 9-4-207(a), of unexpended, unobligated monies appropriated from the general fund to the office of state lands and investments, fire division, under 2016 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 31, Section 2, Section 060, as amended by 2017 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 120, Section 2, Section 060, up to seven hundred thousand dollars ($700,000.00) or as much thereof as is available, shall not revert on June 30, 2018 and is hereby reappropriated to the fire protection revolving account. Notwithstanding W.S. 9 ‑ 2 ‑ 1008, 9 ‑ 2 ‑ 1012(e) and 9 ‑ 4 ‑ 207(a), the reappropriation in this section shall not lapse or revert at the end of any fiscal period except upon further legislative action . Section 3 . 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 1