Military assistance trust fund-authorized uses.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how much money will be allocated for these new uses, leaving room for uncertainty.

Expanding Uses for Military Assistance Trust Fund

This law allows the military assistance trust fund to help pay for dependent care expenses when needed.

What This Bill Does

• Adds a new use of the military assistance trust fund: helping members of the Wyoming National Guard with dependent care costs directly related to their service, if other funds are not available.

Who It Names or Affects

• Members of the Wyoming National Guard
• Immediate family members of those eligible under the bill

Terms To Know

Military Assistance Trust Fund

A fund that helps military personnel and their families with financial hardships.

Immediate Family

Includes spouse, children, parents, grandparents, siblings, stepchildren, and adult children of the member of the military.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law only allows the trust fund to be used as a last resort when other funds are not available.
• It is unclear how much money will be allocated for these new uses from the trust fund.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 22LSO-0034
Bill No.:

HB0016

Effective:

7/1/2022 12:00:00 AM

LSO No.:

22LSO-0034

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0027

Chapter No.:

42

Prime Sponsor:

Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Interim Committee

Catch Title:

Military assistance trust fund-authorized uses.

Subject:

Expanding authorized uses of the military assistance trust fund.

Summary/Major Elements:

This act expands the authorized uses of the Military Assistance Trust Fund to include paying for dependent care expenses in certain circumstances.

The Military Assistance Trust Fund is to be used as a last resort to assist eligible military personnel and their families in dealing with financial hardship resulting from the military member's required duty.
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

22LSO-0034

ORIGINAL House

Bill No
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HB0016

ENROLLED ACT NO. 27,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2022 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to defense forces and affairs; expanding authorized uses of the military assistance trust fund; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

W.S. 19
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402(a)(intro), (i), (iii), (iv), by creating a new paragraph (v) and (b) is amended to read:

19
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7
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402.

Wyoming military assistance trust fund; uses of trust fund; administration; rulemaking.

(a)

The investment income from the military assistance trust fund created by W.S. 19
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401 shall be administered by the adjutant general only to alleviate financial hardships faced by
any of the following
:

(i)

Any member of the Wyoming national guard or a
military
reserve unit that is based in Wyoming who has been called to active duty or active state service;

(iii)

Any other Wyoming resident performing service in the uniformed services as defined in W.S. 19
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103(a)(ix) for any branch of the military of the United States;
and

(iv)

Members of the immediate family of those personnel identified in paragraphs (i) through (iii) of this subsection. For purposes of this
paragraph
subsection
, "immediate family" means spouse and each child as defined by W.S. 2
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301(a)(v) and, if they are dependents of the member of the military, the parents, grandparents, siblings, stepchildren and adult children of the member of the military
;
.

(v)

Any member of the Wyoming national guard

who requires assistance in meeting dependent care responsibilities directly related to their service in the Wyoming National Guard to enable participation without financial hardship to the member or member's immediate family.

(b)

The
interest income earned
earnings
from the military assistance trust fund shall only be used as a last resort to assist eligible military personnel and families deal with financial hardship resulting from the military member's active duty status
or other required military duty
and shall not be used to supplant any other private or public funds to the extent such funds are available.

Section 2
.

This act is effective July 1, 2022
.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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