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Plain English: The amendment reduces funding for the University of Wisconsin's College of Law expansion project and removes certain lines from the bill.
- Reduces the amount of funds allocated to expand the University of Wisconsin's College of Law by $12,500,000.
- Deletes specific lines related to the funding details for the law school expansion.
- The exact impact on other parts of the bill or future budget totals is not clear from this amendment text alone.
Plain English: The amendment modifies the conditions for spending money on the Corbett natatorium, requiring that at least 51% of student athletes on the men's and women's swimming and diving teams must be Wyoming residents who graduated from a Wyoming high school.
- Adds a new requirement that funds can only be spent if at least 51% of enrolled student athletes are Wyoming residents who graduated from Wyoming high schools.
- The amendment does not specify what happens if the condition is not met or how it will be enforced.
Plain English: The amendment adds a condition that UW College of Law's legal clinic funding can only be used if all directors are licensed Wyoming lawyers in good standing.
- Adds a requirement for the college of law’s legal clinic directors to hold valid Wyoming law licenses and maintain membership in the Wyoming State Bar.
- The amendment does not specify what happens if the condition is not met, such as whether funding would be withheld or redirected.
- It's unclear how this change will affect existing legal clinics at the college of law.
Plain English: This amendment removes previous funding allocations for certain projects at the University of Wyoming and replaces them with a new $25 million allocation for capital construction projects, specifically for the Corbett natatorium, War Memorial Stadium renovation, and College of Law expansion.
- Removes existing funding allocations from pages 10 to 12 of the bill.
- Inserts a new $25 million appropriation for specific capital construction projects at the University of Wyoming.
- Specifies that each project must be matched with funds in a ratio of 1:1.5, where one part comes from the strategic investments and projects account.
- The exact amounts to be allocated to each project are not specified and will be determined by the university board of trustees.
- Some technical details about adjusting totals and renumbering sections may affect implementation but are not fully explained in this amendment text.
Plain English: The amendment removes previous funding allocations for capital construction projects at the University of Wyoming and replaces them with a new $25 million allocation for specific projects.
- Removes existing funding allocations from pages 10 to 12.
- Inserts a new $25 million appropriation for capital construction projects at the University of Wyoming, including the Corbett natatorium, war memorial stadium renovation, and college of law expansion.
- The exact amounts for each project are not specified in the amendment text.
- Details on how the matching funds will be sourced from other sources are not provided.
Plain English: The amendment changes how money is handled for certain construction projects and removes some sections related to specific funding.
- Removes a section about contingency funds in the capital construction account.
- Reduces the amount of money in another fund by $1,659,450.
- Deletes several other sections that deal with specific appropriations.
- The exact impact on total funding and how it will be renumbered is not fully explained.
Plain English: The amendment reduces the amount of other funds available for capital construction by $6 million.
- Decreases the amount of 'OTHER FUNDS' in Section 4(a)(i) of the bill by $6,000,000.
- The amendment text does not specify how this reduction will affect other parts of the budget or what specific projects might be impacted.
SF0119HS001
Standing Committee • House Appropriations Committee
Adopted
Plain English: The amendment adopts Substitute No. 1 for SF0119 as the new version of the bill.
- Substitute No. 1 for SF0119 is now adopted and will replace the previous version of the bill.
- The specific changes made by Substitute No. 1 are not detailed in this amendment text, so it's unclear what exactly has been modified.
Plain English: The amendment adds a new section that allows the State Fair Board to pursue public-private partnerships for building lodging facilities on state fairgrounds, with conditions and requirements set forth.
- Adds a new section allowing the State Fair Board to seek public-private partnerships for constructing and operating lodging facilities at the state fairgrounds.
- Specifies that the Attorney General's Office will advise on legal issues related to these private facilities.
- Allows the Department of Agriculture to accept up to $12.6 million in private funds for the project, subject to certain agreements and conditions.
- The exact nature and terms of future agreements between the State Fair Board and private parties are not detailed in this amendment.
- It is unclear what specific legal issues might arise that require advice from the Attorney General's Office.
Plain English: The amendment changes who can receive certain funds related to state-funded capital construction, adding chambers of commerce, municipalities, and private donations as eligible recipients.
- Changes the list of entities that can receive funding from 'a local tourism office' to include 'a chamber of commerce', 'a municipality', or 'a private donation'.
- The amendment text does not specify how much funding each entity will receive, only who is eligible to receive it.
Plain English: The amendment modifies funding allocations related to capital construction projects, reducing certain amounts and specifying new uses for funds.
- Reduces the amount of OTHER FUNDS by $24.5 million.
- Changes a specified fund from $25 million to $500,000.
- Modifies language to refer to a single project instead of multiple projects.
- Specifies that funds should be used directly for facilities related to military science and aerospace studies.
- The exact impact on other sections of the bill is not detailed in this amendment text.
Plain English: This amendment to SF0119 removes certain lines from Section 8 of the Department of Transportation Priorities and adjusts numbering in related sections.
- Removes lines 12 through 20 on page 16 of Section 8.
- Changes '(b)' to '(a)' on line 22 of page 16.
- Changes '(c)' to '(b)' on line 4 of page 17.
- The amendment does not provide details about the content removed from lines 12 through 20, so it's unclear what specific priorities or provisions were deleted.
Plain English: The amendment adds a new provision that allows up to $200,000 from an existing appropriation to be used for redesigning the media center and public television studio.
- Adds up to $200,000 of funding to redesign the media center and implement changes in the public television studio.
- The amendment does not specify how the remaining funds in the account will be used after this allocation.
- It is unclear if there are any specific conditions or requirements for using these funds beyond what is stated.
Plain English: The amendment modifies specific sections of a bill related to state-funded capital construction by deleting certain lines and making text changes.
- Deletes line 15 on page 1.
- Removes lines 1 through 9 on page 2.
- Replaces '9-4-226' with '9-4-225' in several places.
- Eliminates pages 4 and 12, as well as specific lines within those pages.
- The exact impact of these deletions and text changes is not fully explained by the amendment text provided.
Plain English: The amendment restricts how funds from a specific capital construction budget can be used, ensuring that any leftover money goes back to a special account for state parks and cultural resources but then gets redirected to the outdoor recreation office.
- Adds language to prevent transferring or spending funds from the State Parks-Maintenance Outdoor Rec budget on anything other than its intended purpose.
- Specifies that unspent funds must go back to the state parks and cultural resources special revenue account by June 30, 2022.
- Re-appropriates any reverted funds specifically for use by the outdoor recreation office and facilities.
- The amendment's text does not provide details on how the re-appropriation process will work or what happens if there are no unexpended funds remaining.
Plain English: The amendment adds new projects for study and design in various state departments and institutions.
- Adds six new projects for study and design: master plan studies for Cheyenne area state buildings, museum expansion, Wyoming girls' school Stolt administration-education building, Wyoming boys' school facility maintenance storage facility, Wyoming women's center main building expansion and maintenance addition, and security electronics integration.
- Includes a new academic center project at Northern Wyoming Community College District in Gillette.
- The amendment does not specify the exact details or costs of these projects.
Plain English: The amendment adds a new provision to allocate funds for facilities related to the departments of military science and aerospace studies.
- Adds a new section (iv) under Section 4(a)(ii) that specifies providing facilities for the departments of military science and aerospace studies.
- The exact amount or details about how these funds will be allocated are not specified in the amendment text.
Plain English: The amendment modifies a section in the bill to include the widening of highways as part of transportation priorities.
- Adds 'widening of the highway' as an additional priority for the Department of Transportation.
- The exact details and implications of adding this new priority are not fully explained in the amendment text provided.
Plain English: The amendment adds a new section that allows the Department of Agriculture to accept up to $40,000 from a local tourism office and distribute it to the State Fair Board for installing an electronic message board at the state fairgrounds.
- Adds a new section allowing the Department of Agriculture to receive up to $40,000 from a local tourism office.
- Requires the Department of Agriculture to give any received funds to the State Fair Board.
- Specifies that the funds are for installing an electronic message board at the state fairgrounds.
- The amendment does not specify how the $40,000 will be used beyond the installation of the electronic message board.
Plain English: This amendment allows the Department of Agriculture to accept up to $12,600,000 in private funds for the State Fair Board to use on building lodging facilities at the state fairgrounds.
- The Department of Agriculture can now receive up to $12.6 million from private sources.
- This money will be given to the State Fair Board to build new places where people can stay during the fair.
- It is unclear what specific approvals or legal actions are required for this funding, which may limit how it can be used.
Plain English: This amendment requests the appointment of a second conference committee because the first one could not reach an agreement.
- Requests the creation of a new conference committee to continue discussions on state funded capital construction.
- The text does not provide details about why the first committee could not agree or what specific issues they were unable to resolve.
Plain English: This amendment removes certain sections from a bill about state-funded capital construction and modifies funding allocations.
- Removes specific sections related to creating accounts, subcommittees, reporting requirements, and other provisions.
- Decreases funding amounts in various categories by specified sums.
- Adds new funding allocation for State Parks-Territorial Prison.
- The exact impact of removing certain sections on the overall bill is not detailed here.
- Some technical adjustments to totals and renumbering are required but not fully explained in this amendment text.