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HB0264 • 2023

Mining mural.

AN ACT relating to the legislature; authorizing the painting of a mural in the state capitol house chamber; providing an appropriation; providing requirements; creating a selection committee; and providing for an effective date.

Budget
Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Conrad
Last action
2023-02-06
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2023

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass, and there's no information about future attempts or specific selection criteria.

Mining Mural Act

The bill allows for the creation and funding of a mural in the Wyoming state capitol house chamber that depicts mining history, with specific requirements and a selection committee.

What This Bill Does

  • Authorizes painting a mural in the Wyoming State Capitol House Chamber to depict the history of mining in Wyoming.
  • Allocates $520,000 from the general fund for planning, design, and painting the mural.
  • Establishes a selection committee with legislative members and non-legislative members to choose an artist or artists for the mural.
  • Requires approval by the state building commission before any changes are made to the house chamber wall.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Wyoming State Legislature
  • Artists who may apply to paint the mural
  • Visitors and residents of Wyoming who view the mural

Terms To Know

Selection Committee
A group chosen by the legislature to pick an artist for the mural.
General Fund
The main fund used by the state government to pay for various expenses and projects.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass in its session.
  • It is unclear if a similar mural project will be attempted in the future.
  • Details about the specific criteria for selecting an artist are not provided in the summary text.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HB0264HS001

Standing Committee • House Appropriations Committee

Filed

Plain English: The amendment proposes to pass a previous version of the bill that relates to painting a mural in the state capitol house chamber.

  • Passes substitute No. 1 for HB0264, which likely includes details about authorizing and funding the creation of a mural.
  • The exact changes made by substitute No. 1 are not provided in the amendment text.
  • It is unclear what specific requirements or committee selections were included in the previous version of the bill.

Bill History

  1. 2023-02-06 House

    H COW:H Did not consider for COW

  2. 2023-02-06 House

    H COW:H Did not consider for COW

  3. 2023-02-01 House

    H Placed on General File

  4. 2023-02-01 House

    H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0

  5. 2023-01-26 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations

  6. 2023-01-26 House

    H Received for Introduction

  7. 2023-01-25 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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23LSO-0672
2023
STATE OF WYOMING
23LSO-0672
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0264

Mining mural.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Conrad, Berger, Larson, JT and Sommers

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to the legislature; authorizing the painting of a mural in the state capitol house chamber; providing an appropriation; providing requirements; creating a selection committee; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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(a)

Five hundred twenty thousand dollars ($520,000.00) is appropriated from the general fund to the legislative service office. These funds shall be used only for the purpose of the planning, design and painting of a mural in the house chamber at the Wyoming state capitol building. The mural shall depict the history of mining in Wyoming and shall match historically and artistically with the Allen True murals that are currently in the house chamber.

(b)

The legislative service office, with assistance from the Wyoming arts council, shall issue a request for qualifications to commission an artist or artists to paint the mural specified in subsection (a) of this section.

(c)

A selection committee consisting of the five (5) members of the management council who belong to the house of representatives and three (3) other non-legislative members as determined by the speaker of the house, with assistance from the legislative service office, shall select an artist or artists to paint the mural using criteria established by the selection committee. Members of the selection committee who are not members of the legislature shall receive the same per diem and mileage as members of the legislature traveling to and from meetings or while in actual attendance of meetings of the selection committee and during the performance of their duties relative thereto. The state building commission shall approve of the process to affix the mural required under subsection (a) of this section to the house chamber wall, pursuant to W.S. 9-5-106(e), before any alteration is made to the house chamber under this section.

(d)

The funds appropriated in subsection (a) of this section shall not be transferred or expended for any purpose other than for the planning, design and painting of the mural required by subsection (a) of this section. Notwithstanding W.S. 9-2-1008, 9-2-1012(e), 9-4-207(a) or any other provision of law, the funds appropriated in subsection (a) of this section shall not lapse or revert until the mural required by subsection (a) of this section is complete.

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2023.

(END)

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