SF0116 • 2021

Wyoming business council directors-reduction.

AN ACT relating to administration of the government; reducing the number of voting directors of the Wyoming business council as specified; and providing for effective dates.

Elections

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Senator Ellis
Last action: 2021-04-01
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 7/1/2022

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on changes to director appointments or term lengths beyond the reduction in number of voting directors.

Reducing Directors on Wyoming Business Council

This law reduces the number of voting directors on the Wyoming Business Council from fifteen to thirteen, with some immediate effects and a delayed effective date for the main change.

What This Bill Does

Reduces the number of voting directors on the Wyoming Business Council from fifteen (15) to thirteen (13) starting March 1, 2022.
Requires the governor to appoint successors for three out of five director positions that become vacant on March 1, 2022. The other two positions will not be filled.
Sets an effective date of July 1, 2022, for the main change in the number of voting directors.

Who It Names or Affects

The Wyoming Business Council
Governor of Wyoming

Terms To Know

Voting Directors: Members who have a vote on decisions made by the Wyoming Business Council.
Successors: People appointed to fill positions that become vacant.

Limits and Unknowns

The main change in reducing voting directors takes effect July 1, 2022.
Some parts of the law take immediate effect upon completion of all necessary actions for it to become a law.

Bill History

2021-04-01 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number 68
2021-04-01 Governor
Governor Signed SEA No. 0031
2021-03-30 House
H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0031
2021-03-30 Senate
S President Signed SEA No. 0031
2021-03-30 LSO
Assigned Number SEA No. 0031
2021-03-30 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 58-2-0-0-0
2021-03-29 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2021-03-26 House
H COW:Passed
2021-03-23 House
H Placed on General File
2021-03-23 House
H09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
2021-03-18 House
H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals
2021-03-17 House
H Received for Introduction
2021-03-17 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0
2021-03-12 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2021-03-11 Senate
S COW:Passed
2021-03-09 Senate
S Placed on General File
2021-03-09 Senate
S09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2021-03-02 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S09 - Minerals
2021-03-01 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2021-02-26 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 21LSO-0612
Bill No.:

SF0116

Effective:

Multiple Dates

LSO No.:

21LSO-0612

Enrolled Act No.:

SEA No. 0031

Chapter No.:

68

Prime Sponsor:

Ellis

Catch Title:

Wyoming business council directors-reduction.

Subject:

Reduction of Wyoming Business Council voting directors.

Summary/Major Elements:

Beginning March 1, 2022, the bill reduces the number of Wyoming Business Council (Council) voting directors from fifteen (15) to thirteen (13).

The bill includes a non-codified section indicating that of the five (5) voting director vacancies occurring on the Council on March 1, 2022, only three (3) successors shall be appointed, and the remaining two (2) positions will cease on that date.

Comments:

Delayed and Split Effective Date:

The bill has both a delayed effective date and a split effective date. The effective date and the noncodified section relating to the reappointed directors and vacant positions are immediately effective, and Section 1, which amends substantive law by reducing the number of voting directors, is effective July 1, 2022.

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

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21LSO-0612

ORIGINAL Senate

File No
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SF0116

ENROLLED ACT NO. 31,

SENATE

SIXTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2021 General Session

AN ACT relating to administration of the government; reducing the number of voting directors of the Wyoming business council as specified; and providing for effective dates.

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

Section 1
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W.S. 9
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12
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103(a) is amended to read:

9
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12
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103.

Wyoming business council; creation; composition; compensation; termination; meetings; surety bonds; fiscal control.

(a)

There is created the Wyoming business council.

The council is a body corporate operating as a state instrumentality operated solely for the public benefit. As such it shall have, and is hereby vested with, the powers and duties conferred in this chapter.

Beginning March 1, 2022, i
t shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of
fifteen (15)
thirteen (13)
voting directors, appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The governor shall be a member and cochairman of the board, but shall not vote.

The appointed directors shall have demonstrated leadership and business expertise.

An equal number of directors shall be appointed to initial terms of one (1), two (2) and three (3) years. Thereafter, directors shall serve for terms of three (3) years. No appointed director shall serve more than two (2) successive three (3) year terms. If a vacancy occurs, the governor shall appoint a successor in accordance with W.S. 28
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12
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101. The governor may remove any board member he appoints for cause and shall remove any director who fails to attend three (3) consecutive regular meetings of the council.

No appointed council member shall send a designee to attend a council meeting nor vote by proxy.

The board
shall select one (1) of its members to act as cochairman of the board.

The board shall retain a chief executive officer.

The chief executive officer serves at the pleasure of the board.

All of the appointed directors shall be appointed at large and at least twelve (12) of the appointed directors shall be residents of Wyoming.

Section 2
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Of the five (5) vacancies of appointed director positions for the Wyoming business council board of directors occurring on March 1, 2022, the governor shall appoint successors for three (3) director positions in accordance with W.S. 9-12-103(a) and 28
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12
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101, as amended by section 1 of this act. The remaining two (2) vacant director positions shall cease on March 1, 2022.

Section 3.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective July 1, 2022.

(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)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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