HJ0001 • 2020

State lands mineral royalties-constitutional amendment.

A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to amend the Wyoming Constitution to provide that for six years two-thirds (2/3) of state mineral royalties earned from the lease of state school lands may be appropriated by the legislature for the support of the public schools and providing a ballot statement.

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Inactive

Wyoming marks this bill as inactive, which usually means it is no longer moving in the current session.

Sponsor: Representative Hallinan
Last action: 2020-03-11
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2020

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not specify that the Secretary of State must provide additional voter education beyond endorsing the ballot statement.

Amending Wyoming Constitution to Increase School Funding from Mineral Royalties

This resolution proposes changing the Wyoming Constitution to allow up to two-thirds (2/3) of mineral royalties earned from leasing state school lands to be used for public schools during a six-year period starting July 1, 2021.

What This Bill Does

Proposes an amendment to Article 7, Section 2 of the Wyoming Constitution.
Allows up to two-thirds (2/3) of mineral royalties from state school lands leases to be spent on public schools during a six-year period starting July 1, 2021 and ending June 30, 2027.
Requires voter approval for this constitutional change.

Who It Names or Affects

The Wyoming Legislature
Public schools in Wyoming
Voters who will decide on the constitutional change

Terms To Know

Mineral royalties: Money paid to landowners or governments for minerals found and extracted from their property.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill is marked as inactive and was not passed into law.
It affects a specific period from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2027.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HJ0001H2001

2nd reading • Representative Zwonitzer

Failed

Plain English: The amendment changes how much of the mineral royalties from school lands can be used by the legislature for public schools during a two-year period.

Removes the time limit of six years and instead allows up to two-thirds (2/3) of mineral royalties to be appropriated for public schools for the duration of each legislative session, when approved by a two-thirds vote in both houses.

The exact impact on state finances and school funding is not detailed in the amendment text.

HJ0001H3001

3rd reading • Representative Brown

Failed

Plain English: The amendment changes the percentage of state mineral royalties that can be used for public schools and removes some specific language about timing.

Changes 'thirty-three and one-third (33 1/3)' to 'sixty-six and two-thirds (66 2/3)' in the bill, increasing the percentage of state mineral royalties that can be appropriated for public schools.
Removes specific language about a six-year period from the bill.

The amendment removes some new language on page 3 lines 2 through 5 but does not specify what this removed text was, so its exact impact is unclear.

Bill History

2020-03-11 Senate
S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4
2020-03-11 Senate
S No report prior to CoW Cutoff
2020-03-03 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education
2020-03-02 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2020-03-02 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 41-19-0-0-0
2020-02-28 House
H 3rd Reading:Laid Back
2020-02-27 House
H 3rd Reading:Laid Back
2020-02-26 House
H 3rd Reading:Laid Back
2020-02-25 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2020-02-24 House
H COW:Passed
2020-02-20 House
H Placed on General File
2020-02-20 House
Recalled from Committee Pursuant to House Rule 5-6: 39-21-0-0-0
2020-02-18 House
H02 - Appropriations:Do Pass Failed 2-5-0-0-0
2020-02-12 House
H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations 40-20-0-0-0
2020-02-07 House
H Received for Introduction
2019-12-30 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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20LSO-0373
2020
STATE OF WYOMING
20LSO-0373
Introduced
2.0

House Joint Resolution NO. HJ0001

State lands mineral royalties-constitutional amendment.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Hallinan

A JOINT RESOLUTION

for

A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to amend the Wyoming Constitution to provide that for six years two-thirds (2/3) of state mineral royalties earned from the lease of state school lands may be appropriated by the legislature for the support of the public schools and providing a ballot statement.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING,
two-thirds of all the members of the two houses, voting separately, concurring therein:

Section 1.

The following proposal to amend Wyoming Constitution, Article 7, Section 2 is proposed for submission
to the electors of the State of Wyoming at the next general election for approval or rejection to become valid as a part of the Constitution if ratified by a majority of the electors at the election:

Article 7, Section 2.

School revenues.

The following are declared to be perpetual funds for school purposes, of which the annual income only can be appropriated, to wit: Such per centum as has been or may hereafter be granted by congress on the sale of lands in this state; all moneys arising from the sale or lease of sections number sixteen and thirty-six in each township in the state, and the lands selected or that may be selected in lieu thereof; the proceeds of all lands that have been or may hereafter be granted to this state, where by the terms and conditions of the grant, the same are not to be otherwise appropriated; the net proceeds of lands and other property and effects that may come to the state by escheat or forfeiture, or from unclaimed dividends or distributive shares of the estates of deceased persons; all moneys, stocks, bonds, lands and other property now belonging to the common school funds. Provided, that the
rents for the ordinary use of said lands shall be applied to the support of public schools and, when authorized by general law, not to exceed thirty-three and one-third (33 1/3) per centum of oil, gas, coal, or other mineral royalties arising from the lease of any said school lands may be so applied
, except for the period from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2027, during which time up to sixty-six and two-thirds (66 2/3) per centum of mineral royalties may be so applied
.

Section 2.
That the Secretary of State shall endorse the following statement on the proposed amendment:

This amendment provides that from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2027 up to two-thirds (2/3) of state mineral royalties earned from the lease of state school lands may be available for appropriation by the legislature for the support of the public schools. Currently, one-third (1/3) of the mineral royalties are available for appropriation by the legislature for the support of the public schools and the remaining two-thirds (2/3) of mineral royalties become permanent funds of the state.

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