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HB0260 • 2023

Wyoming firearms research institute oversight commission.

AN ACT relating to the University of Wyoming; creating the Wyoming firearms research center oversight commission; specifying membership and duties of the commission; providing appropriations; and providing for an effective date.

Firearms
Inactive

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

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

Plain English Breakdown

The bill is marked as inactive and did not pass during its current session, so it has no legal effect.

Wyoming Firearms Research Center Oversight Commission

The bill creates an oversight commission for the University of Wyoming's firearms research center and provides funding for its operations.

What This Bill Does

  • Creates an oversight commission for the University of Wyoming's firearms research center.
  • Specifies that the commission will have eight members, including representatives from hunting or sportsman's organizations, recreational shooting organizations, second amendment support groups, firearms industry manufacturers, firearms retail businesses, law enforcement officials, and county attorneys.
  • Requires the commission to review the center’s mission and provide recommendations on funding and agreements with stakeholders.
  • Provides $2,500 for a legislative member's salary and travel expenses, and $17,500 for non-legislative members' travel expenses.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The University of Wyoming
  • Residents involved in hunting or recreational shooting organizations
  • Law enforcement officials in Wyoming

Terms To Know

Oversight Commission
A group appointed to monitor and provide guidance on a specific project or institution.
Stakeholders
People or organizations that have an interest in the outcome of a particular issue, such as funding for research centers.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill is marked as inactive and did not pass during its current session.
  • Details on how the commission will operate day-to-day are not specified beyond annual meetings.

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. 2023-01-31 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education

  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-0679
2023
STATE OF WYOMING
23LSO-0679
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0260

Wyoming firearms research institute oversight commission.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Pendergraft, Allemand, Neiman, Tarver and Winter and Senator(s) Hicks, Kolb and McKeown

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to the University of Wyoming; creating the Wyoming firearms research center oversight commission; specifying membership and duties of the commission; providing appropriations; 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. 21
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127 is created to read:

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127.

Wyoming firearms research center oversight commission created; membership; duties; compensation.

(a)

The Wyoming firearms research center oversight commission is hereby created. The commission shall consist of eight (8) members appointed as follows:

(i)

One (1) legislative member selected by dual appointment of the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives which member shall serve as an ex officio member of the commission;

(ii)

The remaining members of the commission shall be appointed by a majority vote of the governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, superintendent of public instruction and state auditor to include:

(A)

One (1) Wyoming resident from a hunting or sportsman's organization affiliated with Wyoming;

(B)

One (1) Wyoming resident from a recreational shooting organization affiliated with Wyoming;

(C)

One (1) Wyoming resident from an organization that supports the second amendment to the United States constitution and that is affiliated with Wyoming;

(D)

One (1) Wyoming resident employed by a firearms industry manufacturer located in Wyoming;

(E)

One (1) Wyoming resident employed by a firearms retail business located in Wyoming;

(F)

One (1) Wyoming resident employed as a law enforcement official in Wyoming;

(G)

One (1) Wyoming county attorney nominated by the Wyoming county attorneys association.

(b)

The appointments made under paragraph (a)(ii) of this section shall be confirmed by the senate. Appointed members shall serve three (3) year terms. The governor may remove any appointed member as provided by W.S. 9
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202. Except for the legislative member, any vacancy occurring shall be filled by a majority vote of the five (5) statewide elected officials.

(c)

The commission, in conjunction with the University of Wyoming firearms research center, shall:

(i)

Review and provide oversight regarding the center's mission to become a scholarly center for firearms and firearms law, history, technology, social sciences, economic development and recreation. The commission shall provide recommendations to the center to ensure that the center focuses on and facilitates a meaningful and measurable impact on the firearms culture and traditions cherished by residents of Wyoming;

(ii)

Facilitate the development of formal agreements between the University of Wyoming firearms research center and Wyoming stakeholders;

(iii)

Make recommendations to the legislature regarding funding for the University of Wyoming firearms research center.

(d)

The commission shall be staffed by the governor's office.

(e)

The commission shall meet at least one (1) time per year.

(f)

Nonlegislative members of the commission shall receive no compensation, but shall be reimbursed at the same rate as state officers or employees under W.S. 9
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103 for per diem and travel expenses incurred in the performance of their duties on the commission.

(g)

The legislative member of the commission shall receive salary and reimbursement for per diem and travel expenses incurred in the performance of their duties on the commission pursuant to W.S. 28
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Section 2.

(a)

There is appropriated two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) from the general fund to the legislative service office for the period beginning with the effective date of this act and ending June 30, 2024 to be expended only on salary, per diem and mileage for the legislative member of the Wyoming firearms research center oversight commission for attendance at meetings of the commission. This appropriation shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose and any unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from this appropriation shall revert as provided by law on June 30, 2024.

(b)

There is appropriated seventeen thousand five hundred dollars ($17,500.00) from the general fund to the governor's office for the period beginning with the effective date of this act and ending June 30, 2024 to be expended only on per diem and mileage for the nonlegislative members of the Wyoming firearms research center oversight commission for attendance at meetings of the commission. This appropriation shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose and any unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from this appropriation shall revert as provided by law on June 30, 2024.

Section 3.

This act is effective July 1, 2023
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