HB0070 • 2020

State employee-moving expenses.

AN ACT relating to administration of the government; authorizing payment of moving expenses for state officers and employees; and providing for effective dates.

Labor

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor: Transportation
Last action: 2020-02-11
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2020

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass in the session it was introduced, so sections that would have been implemented are not applicable.

State Employee Moving Expenses

This act allows state agencies to pay moving expenses for officers and employees who are transferred within Wyoming or recruited from outside.

What This Bill Does

Allows state agencies to cover the cost of moving household items when an officer or employee is moved to a new job location inside Wyoming, provided it benefits the state.
Gives agency leaders the choice to help with moving costs if they recruit someone from another place for a new position in Wyoming.

Who It Names or Affects

State officers and employees who are transferred within Wyoming or recruited from outside.
The Department of Administration and Information which must create rules based on this act.

Terms To Know

Official station: A specific job location where a state officer or employee works.
Administrative head: The leader of an agency who makes decisions about policies and rules.

Limits and Unknowns

This bill did not pass in the session it was introduced.
It is unclear how many state employees will benefit from this act if passed.

Bill History

2020-02-11 House
H Failed Introduction 37-22-1-0-0
2020-02-07 House
H Received for Introduction
2020-01-24 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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20LSO-0046
2020
STATE OF WYOMING
20LSO-0046
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HOUSE BILL NO. HB0070

State employee-moving expenses.

Sponsored by: Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Interim Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to administration of the government; authorizing payment of moving expenses for state officers and employees; and providing for effective dates.

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

Section 1.

W.S. 9
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104(a) is amended to read:

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104.

Moving expenses.

(a)

When any state officer or employee
is transferred
transfers
from one (1) official station to another within the
state of Wyoming for permanent duty
, when the transfer is made at the request of and for the benefit of the state of Wyoming,
the employing agency
:

(i)

S
hall pay the actual expenses of transporting the household goods and effects of the officer or employee
when the transfer is made as a requirement of employment and for the benefit of the state of Wyoming;
.

(ii)

At the discretion of the administrative head of the employing agency, may pay an amount not to exceed the amount allowed by department of administration and information rules for the actual expenses or a portion of the actual expenses of transporting the household goods and effects of the officer or employee when the transfer results from the employing agency's recruitment of the officer or employee to a new official station for employment.

Section 2.

On or before July 1, 2020, the department of administration and information shall promulgate rules under W.S.

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Section 3.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective July

2020.

(b) Sections 2 and 3 of this act are 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.

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