AN ACT relating to weed and pest control; providing that the department of agriculture shall administer weed and pest control functions on state lands; transferring related functions from the office of state lands and investments; making conforming statutory changes; providing appropriations; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.
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Enacted
This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.
Sponsor
Agriculture
Last action
2022-03-17
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2022
Plain English Breakdown
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Reorganizing Weed and Pest Control on State Lands
This law changes how weed and pest control is managed on state lands by moving these responsibilities from the Office of State Lands and Investments to the Department of Agriculture.
What This Bill Does
Moves weed and pest control duties for state lands from the Office of State Lands and Investments to the Department of Agriculture.
Requires the Office of State Lands and Investments to coordinate with the Department of Agriculture regarding weed and pest control needs and efforts.
Provides $258,000 from school funds and $42,000 from general funds for grants to help manage weeds and pests on state lands.
Requires grant applicants to match funding unless they are the Office of State Lands and Investments.
Who It Names or Affects
The Department of Agriculture
The Office of State Lands and Investments
Terms To Know
Weed and Pest Control
Managing plants and animals that can harm crops, land, or the environment.
Grant
Money given by a government agency to support projects or activities.
Limits and Unknowns
The law does not specify how much funding will be available beyond the initial appropriations.
It is unclear if there are any specific rules about how the Department of Agriculture must manage weed and pest control on state lands.
Amendments
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Standing Committee • House Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water
Adopted
Plain English: The amendment changes the wording to specify that the board of land commissioners will handle weed and pest control functions instead of the state of Wyoming.
Replaces 'or' with 'the state of Wyoming and' on page 2, line 16.
Changes 'state of Wyoming' to 'board of land commissioners' on page 2, line 17.
The amendment text does not explain the full implications or reasons for these changes beyond the specific wording alterations.
Plain English: The amendment removes references to funding and adds specific appropriations for weed and pest control grants on state lands, including both school and non-school lands.
Removes the phrase 'and funding' from the bill's text.
Adds new language providing $258,000 for matching funds for weed and pest control grants on state school lands from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2024.
Adds new language providing $42,000 for matching funds for weed and pest control grants on non-school state lands during the same period.
The amendment does not specify how the appropriations will be used beyond the matching fund requirement.
Plain English: The amendment changes the amount of money allocated for weed and pest control on state lands and adds a new section for additional funding.
Changes 'an appropriation' to 'appropriations' in the bill's text.
Reduces the grant amount from $300,000 to $258,000 for weed and pest control on state lands.
Adds a new section that appropriates an additional $42,000 for matching funds for grants on non-school state lands.
The amendment text does not provide details about how the changes will affect existing programs or operations.
Plain English: The amendment removes references to 'property, equipment' and deletes specific lines from the bill related to a previous Senate standing committee amendment.
Removes the words 'property, equipment' from page 3, line 4 of the bill.
Deletes the word 'and' at page 3, line 5 of the bill.
Eliminates lines 1 through 5 on page 4 that were previously added by another amendment.
The exact impact and context of these deletions are not fully explained in the provided text.
Plain English: The amendment changes the bill to include a specific appropriation of $300,000 for weed and pest control on state lands from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2024.
Adds an appropriation of $300,000 from the school foundation program account to the department of agriculture for matching funds for grants related to weed and pest control on state lands.
Specifies that this funding is available only if grant applicants provide a match of at least one dollar for every dollar requested, except when the applicant is the office of state lands and investments.
The amendment text does not specify how the deleted references to 'funding' will affect other parts of the bill.
It's unclear if there are additional requirements or impacts beyond what is stated in the amendment.
Bill History
2022-03-17LSO
Assigned Chapter Number 95
2022-03-17Governor
Governor Signed SEA No. 0039
2022-03-10House
H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0039
2022-03-10Senate
S President Signed SEA No. 0039
2022-03-09LSO
Assigned Number SEA No. 0039
2022-03-09Senate
S Concur:Passed 29-0-0-0-1
2022-03-09Senate
S Received for Concurrence
2022-03-09House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 57-1-2-0-0
2022-03-08House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2022-03-07House
H COW:Passed
2022-03-04House
H Placed on General File
2022-03-04House
H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0
2022-03-02House
:Rerefer to H02 - Appropriations
2022-03-02House
H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-2-0-0
2022-02-23House
H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture
2022-02-21House
H Received for Introduction
2022-02-21Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-0-0-0-1
2022-02-18Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2022-02-17Senate
S COW:Passed
2022-02-17Senate
S Placed on General File
2022-02-17Senate
S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2022-02-16Senate
:Rerefer to S02 - Appropriations
2022-02-16Senate
S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2022-02-15Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture 30-0-0-0-0
2022-01-19Senate
S Received for Introduction
2021-12-20LSO
Bill Number Assigned
Official Summary Text
Bill Summary - 22LSO-0042
Bill No.:
SF0008
Effective:
Multiple Dates
LSO No.:
22LSO-0042
Enrolled Act No.:
SEA No. 0039
Chapter No.:
95
Prime Sponsor:
Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Interim Committee
Catch Title:
Weed and pest-reorganization.
Subject:
Providing for the Department of Agriculture to administer weed and pest control functions on state lands and transferring related functions from the Office of State Lands and Investments.
Summary/Major Elements:
This act provides that the Department of Agriculture shall administer weed and pest control functions on state lands. In so doing, the act transfers related functions and funding from the Office of State Lands and Investments and requires the Office of State Lands and Investments to coordinate with the Department of Agriculture regarding weed and pest control needs and control efforts.
The act has two appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for grants for weed and pest control on state lands, one from the
School Foundation Program account for
control efforts on school lands and one from the General Fund for control efforts on other state lands. If the grant applicant is not the Office of State Lands and Investments, a condition of the appropriations is a $1 to $1 match from the grant applicant from any other funding source.
Comments:
Amends a major program: management of state lands is a major program, and responsibility for weed and pest control on those lands is amended by this act.
The act appropriates funds from the School Foundation Program account and from the General Fund to the Department of Agriculture and requires a 1:1 match from any other funding source in certain circumstances.
This act provides for transfer of the weed and pest control functions, appropriations, and promulgation of rules to be effective immediately and for statutory changes to take effect 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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22LSO-0042
ORIGINAL Senate
ENGROSSED
File No
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SF0008
ENROLLED ACT NO. 39,
SENATE
SIXTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2022 Budget Session
AN ACT relating to weed and pest control; providing that the department of agriculture shall administer weed and pest control functions on state lands; transferring related functions from the office of state lands and investments; making conforming statutory changes; providing appropriations; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1.
W.S. 36
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107(a) and 36
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102 by creating a new subsection (d) are amended to read:
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107.
Rules and regulations; general penalty for violations; enforcement.
(a)
The board shall have the power and authority to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of the state, as it may from time to time deem necessary in the direction, control, disposition and care of all state lands, and to preserve the value of the land and to recognize the fiduciary duties of the state land office.
Rules adopted under this subsection shall provide that weed and pest control on all state lands be coordinated with and managed by the department of agriculture pursuant to the Wyoming Weed and Pest Control Act.
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102.
Duties generally.
(d)
For any lands belonging to the state of Wyoming and under the control of the board of land commissioners, the director shall coordinate with the department of agriculture regarding weed and pest control needs and
control efforts, which the department of agriculture shall manage pursuant to the Wyoming Weed and Pest Control Act.
Section 2.
(a)
On July 1, 2022, the functions within the office of state lands and investments that administer weed and pest control programs shall be transferred to the department of agriculture. The authority in programs transferred to the department of agriculture by this act shall be under the control of the department of agriculture.
For lands under the management of the office of state lands and investments, the department of agriculture shall coordinate with the office of state lands and investments regarding weed and pest control needs and control efforts.
(b)
There is appropriated two hundred fifty-eight thousand dollars ($258,000.00) from the school foundation program account to the department of agriculture for the period beginning July 1, 2022 and ending June 30, 2024 to be expended only for matching funds for grants for weed and pest control on state school lands. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, funds from this appropriation shall only be expended after each grant applicant provides a match of at least one dollar ($1.00) from any source for every one dollar ($1.00) requested from this appropriation. The matching requirement of this subsection shall not be required if the applicant is the office of state lands and investments for weed and pest control on state school lands. It is the intent of the legislature that this appropriation be included in the department of agriculture's standard budget request for the immediately succeeding fiscal biennium.
(c)
There is appropriated forty-two thousand dollars ($42,000.00) from the general fund to the department of agriculture for the period beginning July 1, 2022 and ending June 30, 2024 to be expended only for matching funds for grants for weed and pest control on state lands that are not state school lands. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, funds from this appropriation shall only be expended after each grant applicant provides a match of at least one dollar ($1.00) from any source for every one dollar ($1.00) requested from this appropriation. The matching requirement of this subsection shall not be required if the applicant is the office of state lands and investments for weed and pest control on state lands that are not state school lands. It is the intent of the legislature that this appropriation be included in the department of agriculture's standard budget request for the immediately succeeding fiscal biennium.
Section 3.
(a)
The office of state lands and investments shall amend any administrative rules and regulations as necessary to provide that weed and pest control on all state lands shall be managed by the department of agriculture.
(b)
The department of agriculture shall promulgate any rules or regulations necessary to implement this act.
Section 4.
(a)
Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective July 1, 2022.
(b)
Sections 2 through 4 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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