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HB0255 • 2023

Game and fish-partners.

AN ACT relating to game and fish; allowing for the game and fish commission to designate official nonprofit partners as specified; providing requirements and obligations for official nonprofit partners; requiring rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.

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Inactive

Wyoming marks this bill as inactive, which usually means it is no longer moving in the current session.

Sponsor
Representative Western
Last action
2023-02-07
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2023

Plain English Breakdown

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Game and Fish Nonprofit Partners Act

This act allows the game and fish commission to designate official nonprofit partners that support its priorities and objectives, with specific requirements for these partners.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission to choose one or more nonprofits as official partners.
  • Requires these nonprofits to focus on fundraising and supporting the department's goals.
  • Needs these nonprofits to report annually about donations and spending.
  • Permits these nonprofits to accept gifts, manage accounts for projects, and create positions to help with initiatives.
  • States that the state of Wyoming is not responsible for any actions or debts of these nonprofit partners.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission
  • Nonprofit organizations designated as official partners by the commission

Terms To Know

Official Nonprofit Partner
A nonprofit organization chosen by the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission to support its goals.
501(c)(3) Corporation
A tax-exempt nonprofit corporation under U.S. federal law.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how many nonprofits can be designated as official partners.
  • It is unclear what happens if a designated partner fails to meet the requirements.
  • This act was marked as inactive and did not pass in its current session.

Bill History

  1. 2023-02-07 House

    H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4

  2. 2023-02-07 House

    H No report prior to CoW Cutoff

  3. 2023-01-27 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel

  4. 2023-01-25 House

    H Received for Introduction

  5. 2023-01-25 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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23LSO-0589
2023
STATE OF WYOMING
23LSO-0589
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0255

Game and fish-partners.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Western

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to game and fish; allowing for the game and fish commission to designate official nonprofit partners as specified; providing requirements and obligations for official nonprofit partners; requiring rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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W.S. 23
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306 is created to read:

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306.

Official nonprofit partners; requirements; limitations; liability.

(a)

With the consent of the corporation, the commission may designate one (1) or more corporations exempt from taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code as an official nonprofit partner. The board of directors of any official nonprofit partner designated under this subsection shall include one (1) member of the commission and the director of the department as nonvoting members.

(b)

Any official nonprofit partner designated under this section shall:

(i)

Be dedicated to fundraising and supporting the priorities and objectives of the department;

(ii)

Be dedicated to projects and initiatives consistent with the priorities and objectives of the department;

(iii)

Provide an annual report showing the identity of all donors and the amount each person or entity donated as well as all expenditures or other disposal of money donated.

(c)

Any official nonprofit partner designated under this section may:

(i)

Accept gifts, grants and donations to further the department's objectives, including gifts, grants or donations made in the name of the department;

(ii)

Organize and manage accounts for local nonprofit partners or other organizations to benefit a specific department project or initiative;

(iii)

Create and fund positions and execute contracts to accomplish department projects or initiatives. No public funds shall be expended for this purpose.

(d)

The department shall not be liable for any acts or omissions of any official nonprofit partner. No debts, bonds, notes or other obligations incurred by any official nonprofit partner shall constitute an indebtedness or obligation of the state of Wyoming nor shall any act of any official nonprofit partner constitute or result in the creation of an indebtedness of the state.

(e)

The commission shall not designate any corporation as an official nonprofit partner that is unable to meet all the obligations and requirements of subsection (b) of this section.

(f)

The commission shall promulgate any rules and regulations necessary consistent with the requirements of this section.

Section 2.

W.S. 23
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102(a) by creating a new paragraph (xix) and 23
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302(a) by creating a new paragraph (xxxiii) are amended to read:

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General definitions.

(a)

As used in this act:

(xix)

"Official nonprofit partner" means any corporation designated by the commission as an official nonprofit partner in accordance with W.S. 23
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306.

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Powers and duties.

(a)

The commission is directed and empowered:

(xxxiii)

To designate any corporation exempt from taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code as an official nonprofit partner in accordance with W.S. 23
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Section 3.

The game and fish commission shall promulgate any rules necessary to implement this act.

Section 4
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This act is 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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