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SF0083 • 2020

Budget and financial data reporting.

AN ACT relating to the administration of government; amending requirements for the Wyoming public finance and expenditure of funds website; and providing for an effective date.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Judiciary
Last action
2020-03-10
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
3/10/2020

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide detailed instructions on how the public can access the data, only that it must be available via the website.

Budget and Financial Data Reporting Act

The Budget and Financial Data Reporting Act requires local government entities in Wyoming to submit financial information for publication on a public website.

What This Bill Does

  • Expands the requirements of the Wyoming Public Finance and Expenditure of Funds Website to include local government entities, such as counties and municipalities.
  • Requires local governments to provide their financial data starting from fiscal year 2020 (beginning July 1, 2019) for publication on the website.
  • Directs the Department of Administration and Information to create rules that define what public financial information should be included for both state entities and local government entities.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Local government entities in Wyoming
  • The Department of Administration and Information

Terms To Know

Participating state entity
Includes the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Wyoming state government.
Local government entity
Refers to counties, municipalities, joint powers boards, airport boards, community college districts, school districts, special districts, and other political subdivisions in Wyoming.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify the exact details of how local governments will submit their financial data.
  • It is unclear what specific actions local government entities must take to comply with these new requirements.

Amendments

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

SF0083SS001

Standing Committee • Senate Judiciary Committee

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment removes specific language about exceptions and deadlines from the bill text.

  • Removes the phrase 'Except as provided in this subsection,' from page 4, line 21 of the original bill.
  • Deletes the words 'Until July 1, 2022, a' from page 5, line 2 of the original bill.
  • Eliminates lines 3 through 8 on page 5 entirely.
  • The amendment text does not provide details about what was in lines 3 through 8 that were deleted, so their content is unknown.

Bill History

  1. 2020-03-10 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number 37

  2. 2020-03-10 Governor

    Governor Signed SEA No. 0017

  3. 2020-03-06 House

    H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0017

  4. 2020-03-05 Senate

    S President Signed SEA No. 0017

  5. 2020-03-05 LSO

    Assigned Number SEA No. 0017

  6. 2020-03-05 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-0-0-0-0

  7. 2020-03-04 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  8. 2020-03-03 House

    H COW:Passed

  9. 2020-02-28 House

    H Placed on General File

  10. 2020-02-28 House

    H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0

  11. 2020-02-25 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary

  12. 2020-02-25 House

    H Received for Introduction

  13. 2020-02-24 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0

  14. 2020-02-21 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  15. 2020-02-20 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  16. 2020-02-17 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  17. 2020-02-17 Senate

    S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0

  18. 2020-02-11 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary 28-1-1-0-0

  19. 2020-02-10 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  20. 2020-02-05 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 20LSO-0125
Bill No.:

SF0083

Effective:

Immediately

LSO No.:

20LSO-0125

Enrolled Act No.:

SEA No. 0017

Chapter No.:

37

Prime Sponsor:

Joint Judiciary Interim Committee

Catch Title:

Budget and financial data reporting.

Subject:

Requiring local governments to submit data for publication on the Wyoming Public Finance and Expenditure of Funds Website.

Summary/Major Elements:

Under current law, the Department of Administration and Information must maintain the Wyoming Public Finance and Expenditure of Funds Website, where state entities must submit certain public financial information for publication.

The act expands the reporting requirements to the University of Wyoming and to local government entities.

By July 1, 2020, the Department of Administration and Information must provide access via the website to the public financial information of local government entities beginning with those entities' financial information for fiscal year 2020 (beginning July 1, 2019).

The act requires the Department of Administration and Information to promulgate necessary rules to implement this act.

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.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
20LSO-0125

ORIGINAL Senate

File No
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SF0083

ENROLLED ACT NO. 17,

SENATE

SIXTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2020 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to the administration of government; amending requirements for the Wyoming public finance and expenditure of funds website; 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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2
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1035(a)(iv) and (vi), 9
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1036(b)(i), (c)(iii), (d)(ii)(intro), (A)(III), (f), (g)(ii), (iii) and by creating a new subsection (h) and 9
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2
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1037(a)(ii) are amended to read:

9
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1035.

Definitions.

(a)

As used in this act:

(iv)

"Participating state entity" or "state entity" means the state of Wyoming government including the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government
, the University of Wyoming
and any department, division, agency, board, commission or other instrumentality of those branches
;
. For purposes of W.S. 9
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2
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1036(b)(viii), "state entity" shall also include the University of Wyoming;

(vi)

"Local government entity" means any county, municipality, joint powers board
,

or
airport board, community college district, school district,
special district
and any other political subdivision
of Wyoming;

9
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2
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1036.

Wyoming public finance and expenditure of funds website.

(b)

The purpose of the Wyoming public finance and expenditure of funds website is to:

(i)

Permit Wyoming taxpayers to view and track the use of taxpayer dollars by making participating state entities'
and local government entities'
public financial information available on the internet;

(c)

The department shall:

(iii)

Coordinate and process the receipt and posting of public financial information from participating state entities
and local government entities
.

(d)

The department may:

(ii)

Determine what public financial information shall be provided by participating state entities
and local government entities
, provided that the public financial information:

(A)

Only includes records that:

(III)

Are owned, held or administered by the participating state entity
or local government entity
that is required to provide the record.

(f)

Not later than January 1, 2010, the website shall be operational and permit access to the public financial information of participating state entities. Not later
than June 30, 2012 the website shall incorporate features implementing the provisions of paragraph (b)(viii) of this section.
Not later than July 1, 2020 the website shall permit access to the public financial information of local government entities.

(g)

The state chief information officer shall provide an annual report to the committee on all initiatives, projects and expenditures under this act. Beginning July 1, 2013, the annual report shall include:

(ii)

For each
state and local
government entity subject to a lodged concern, the number of concerns lodged and number of citizens lodging concerns;

(iii)

For each state
and local government
entity which is the subject of a concern, a summary of the complaint and any action the entity reports to the department that was taken in response to the complaint.

(h)

A local government entity shall permit the public to view the public financial information of the local
government entity via the website, beginning with information that is generated on or after July 1, 2019.

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2
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1037.

Rulemaking authority.

(a)

The department shall adopt rules to:

(ii)

Define the term "public financial information" as it applies to participating state entities
and local government entities
in accordance with the provisions of this act; and

Section 2.

The department of administration and information shall promulgate any rules necessary to implement the provisions of this act.

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)

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