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SF0009 • 2021
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.
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Did Not Pass
The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.
- Sponsor
- Transportation
- Last action
- 2021-04-01
- Official status
- inactive
- Effective date
- 3/1/2021
Plain English Breakdown
The bill did not pass and was not considered for further action by the House Committee of the Whole (COW).
State Employee Moving Expenses
This act allows state agencies to pay moving expenses for officers and employees who are transferred within Wyoming for permanent duty or recruited by an agency.
What This Bill Does
- Allows state agencies to cover the cost of moving household goods when a state officer or employee transfers from one official station to another within Wyoming for permanent duty.
- Gives the administrative head of an employing agency discretion to pay up to the allowed amount for actual expenses if the transfer results from recruitment by the agency.
- Requires the department of administration and information to develop policies under W.S. 9-2-1022 necessary to implement this act by July 1, 2021.
Who It Names or Affects
- State officers and employees who transfer from one official station to another within Wyoming for permanent duty or are recruited by an agency.
- Employing agencies that have to pay moving expenses under certain conditions.
- The department of administration and information which must develop policies to implement the act.
Terms To Know
- Official station
- A specific location where a state officer or employee is assigned to work.
- Administrative head
- The top official in charge of an employing agency who can make decisions about paying moving expenses.
Limits and Unknowns
- This bill did not pass and was not considered for further action by the House Committee of the Whole (COW).
Amendments
These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.
Plain English: The amendment changes the language in the bill to allow for the development of policies instead of rule-making when it comes to moving expenses for state officers and employees.
- Replaces 'promulgate rules' with 'develop policies' in the section about managing moving expenses for state officials and workers.
- The amendment does not provide details on what specific policies will be developed or how they differ from rules.
- It is unclear what impact this change will have on the actual implementation of moving expense management.
SF0009SS001
Standing Committee • Senate Transportation, Highways and Military Affai
Adopted
Plain English: The amendment changes the word 'rules' to 'policies' in a section of the bill about state employee moving expenses.
- Replaces the term 'rules' with 'policies' in the relevant part of the bill.
- The amendment does not provide additional context or details on how this change affects the overall meaning or implementation of the bill's provisions.
Bill History
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2021-04-01
House
H COW:H Did not consider for COW
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2021-03-19
House
H Placed on General File
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2021-03-19
House
H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0
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2021-03-17
House
H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations
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2021-03-04
House
H Received for Introduction
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2021-03-03
Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 18-12-0-0-0
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2021-03-02
Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
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2021-03-01
Senate
S COW:Passed
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2021-02-04
Senate
S Placed on General File
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2021-02-04
Senate
S08 - Transportation:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0
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2021-01-12
Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S08 - Transportation
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2021-01-12
Senate
S Received for Introduction
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2020-12-23
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Current Bill Text
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21LSO-0010
2021
STATE OF WYOMING
21LSO-0010
ENGROSSED
3.0
SENATE FILE NO. SF0009
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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3
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104(a) is amended to read:
9
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3
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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 policies 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, 2021, the department of administration and information shall develop policies under W.S.
9
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2
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1022 necessary to implement this act.
Section 3.
(a)
Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective July 1, 2021.
(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.
(END)
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