State parks account-agency expenditure authority.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide details on the previous rule's removal beyond fiscal years 2022 and 2023.

State Parks Account Spending Rules

This law changes how much money can be spent from the state parks account for maintenance and operational costs of outdoor recreation areas.

What This Bill Does

• Increases the expenditure authority to use up to sixty percent (60%) of funds in the state parks account annually, with legislative approval, for maintenance and operational costs of outdoor recreation areas and facilities.
• Removes a previous rule that allowed spending up to 60% of funds in fiscal years 2022 and 2023 only.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources
• Outdoor recreation areas and facilities

Terms To Know

State parks account

A special fund where money from park permits is kept to be used for state parks.

Maintenance and operational costs

Money spent on keeping parks clean, safe, and running properly.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law does not specify how the remaining funds in the account should be used.
• It is unclear if there are other rules about spending from this fund that were not changed by this act.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 23LSO-0013
Bill No.:

SF0059

Effective:

7/1/2023

LSO No.:

23LSO-0013

Enrolled Act No.:

SEA No. 0020

Chapter No.:

34

Prime Sponsor:

Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Interim Committee

Catch Title:

State parks account-agency expenditure authority.

Subject:

Use of funds in the state parks account for maintenance and operational costs of outdoor recreation areas and facilities.

Summary/Major Elements:

The Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources is authorized to use not more than sixty percent (60%) of the funds in the state parks account for the purposes of maintenance and operational costs of outdoor recreation areas and facilities, but no funds may used to hire or increase salaries of full-time employees.

This act removes a prior authorization for the Department to use sixty percent (60%) of the funds in the state parks account for maintenance and operational costs for fiscal years 2022 and 2023 only.
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

23LSO-0013

ORIGINAL Senate

File No
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SF0059

ENROLLED ACT NO. 20,

SENATE

SIXTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2023 General Session

AN ACT relating to state lands; increasing the expenditure authority of the department of state parks and cultural resources for funds in the state parks account; providing conforming amendments; 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. 36
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121(h) is amended to read:

36
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121.

Permits to use state parks, recreation areas and historic sites.

(h)

The funds received by the department from the sale of the permits shall be deposited into an account within the special revenue fund, hereby created as the state parks account, and, except as otherwise provided by this subsection, may be expended by the department for capital construction projects, major maintenance, and site interpretation such as exhibits, signage and displays as approved by the legislature. Interest on funds in the account shall accrue to the account. Not more than
thirty percent (30%)
sixty percent (60%)
of the funds in the account in any fiscal year may also be expended, with legislative approval, for maintenance
and operational costs
of outdoor recreation areas and facilities provided that no amount shall be expended for additional full
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time employees or increases in salaries or overtime pay for full
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time employees.
For fiscal years 2022 and 2023 only, not more than sixty percent (60%) of the funds in the account may be expended, with legislative approval, for maintenance and operational costs associated with outdoor recreation areas and facilities provided that no amount shall be expended for additional full
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time employees or increases in salaries or overtime pay for full
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time employees.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2023
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(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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