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HB0220 • 2020

Uniform statewide payment processing.

AN ACT relating to the administration of government; amending requirements for statewide payment processor services; requiring disclosure of fees; and providing for an effective date.

Taxes
Did Not Pass

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

Sponsor
Representative Brown
Last action
2020-03-09
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2020

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation included claims that were not fully supported by the official source material. The bill text does not provide specific details about which agencies can get special permission to use a different payment processor other than mentioning general exceptions.

Uniform Statewide Payment Processing

This act requires state executive branch agencies to use a single payment processor for handling payments and fees related to taxes, assessments, licenses, permits, fines, and other money owed to the state.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires all executive branch agencies to use a statewide payment processing service unless they get special permission not to.
  • Sets rules about how much it costs to process payments and who pays those fees.
  • Needs agencies to tell people clearly what fees are for processing their payments.

Who It Names or Affects

  • State executive branch agencies
  • People paying taxes, assessments, licenses, permits, fines, and other money owed to the state

Terms To Know

executive branch agency
A part of the government that runs day-to-day operations.
negotiable paper
Money orders, checks, and drafts used to pay money.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass in its session.
  • Details about how fees are calculated or disclosed might be unclear without more information.

Bill History

  1. 2020-03-09 Senate

    S COW:S Did not consider for COW

  2. 2020-03-05 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  3. 2020-03-05 Senate

    S03 - Revenue:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0

  4. 2020-02-28 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S03 - Revenue

  5. 2020-02-27 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  6. 2020-02-27 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 56-2-2-0-0

  7. 2020-02-26 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  8. 2020-02-25 House

    H COW:Passed

  9. 2020-02-24 House

    H Placed on General File

  10. 2020-02-24 House

    H03 - Revenue:Recommend Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0

  11. 2020-02-14 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H03 - Revenue 56-1-3-0-0

  12. 2020-02-12 House

    H Received for Introduction

  13. 2020-02-11 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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20LSO-0296
2020
STATE OF WYOMING
20LSO-0296
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0220

Uniform statewide payment processing.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Brown, Clausen, Duncan and Kinner and Senator(s) Driskill and Kost

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to the administration of government; amending requirements for statewide payment processor services; requiring disclosure of fees; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

W.S. 9
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4
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217(h) is amended to read:

9
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4
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217.

Uniform state accounting system; uniform statewide payment processing.

(h)

The department of enterprise technology services shall contract with a payment processor for
uniform
statewide payment processing services that each
executive branch
agency
as defined by W.S. 9
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2
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1002(a)(i), including the game and fish department and the Wyoming department of transportation,
shall utilize, except as specifically prohibited by law or as otherwise provided in this subsection, to allow any tax, assessment, license, permit, fee, fine, or other money owing to the state or collectible by the state on behalf of another unit of government to be paid by negotiable paper, or in payment of any bail deposit or other trust deposit.
The statewide payment processor contract shall establish a uniform rate or uniform fee for the costs of processing payment transactions for all participating agencies.
If the administrative head of a division within
a department
an agency
determines that it is not feasible to utilize the statewide payment processor contract
,
the administrative head shall request a waiver from the state chief information officer. If the waiver is granted, the
division
agency
may, except as otherwise prohibited by law, contract with a payment processor for the purposes specified in this subsection and as reasonably
limited by the waiver. The University of Wyoming, Wyoming community colleges and the judicial and legislative departments of state government may, except as otherwise prohibited by law, contract with a payment processor or utilize the statewide payment processor contract for the purposes specified in this subsection.
As used in this subsection, "negotiable paper" means money orders, paper arising from the use of a lender credit card as defined in W.S. 40
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14
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140(a)(ix), checks and drafts, including, without limitation, sales drafts and checks and drafts signed by a holder of a lender credit card issued by a bank maintaining a revolving loan account as defined in W.S. 40
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14
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308, for lender credit card holders.
The acceptance of negotiable paper by the state or any of its agencies under this subsection shall be in accordance with and subject to the same terms and conditions provided by W.S. 18
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3
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505
, except as otherwise provided in this subsection
. Any fees assessed for processing a payment under this subsection
may
shall
be borne by the
agency or
person tendering payment. Any fees borne by the person tendering payment pursuant to this subsection
may
shall only
be used by
the state auditor or
the
collecting
agency
responsible
for the collection of such fees
to pay the processing costs of rendering the payment transaction.
The agency shall clearly and conspicuously disclose any fees assessed for processing payment transactions under this subsection at the time the fees are collected, which shall include disclosure on any website used by the agency to accept payments. As used in this subsection:

(i)

"Agency" means as defined by W.S. 9
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2
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1002(a)(i);

(ii)

"Negotiable paper" means money orders, paper arising from the use of a lender credit card as defined in W.S. 40
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14
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140(a)(ix), checks and drafts, including, without limitation, sales drafts and checks and drafts signed by a holder of a lender credit card issued by a bank maintaining a revolving loan account as defined in W.S. 40
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14
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308, for lender credit card holders.

Section 2.

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.

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