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HB0011 • 2024

State land lease amendments.

AN ACT relating to state lands; removing specific types of payments for land lease payments; amending the process for how state land lease payments are made; providing that state land lease renewals and rental payments are considered filed on the date the renewal or rental is postmarked; and providing for an effective date.

Agriculture Housing
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Agriculture
Last action
2024-03-04
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2024

Plain English Breakdown

The official bill text does not provide specific details on which payment methods will be acceptable after changes, leaving this as an unknown.

Amendments to State Land Leases

This law changes how state land lease renewals and rental payments are handled, making them effective on the postmark date of mailing.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes specific types of accepted payment methods for state land leases.
  • Changes when a renewal application or rental payment is considered filed: it's now the postmark date instead of the receipt date.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who lease state lands for agricultural and grazing purposes.
  • The Office of State Lands and Investments, which manages these leases.

Terms To Know

Postmark
A stamp on a mailed item showing the date and location where it was sent.
Director of State Lands and Investments
The person in charge of managing state lands and deciding how they are leased or used.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify which payment methods will be acceptable after the changes.
  • Only applies to leases for agricultural and grazing purposes, not other types of land use.
  • Effective July 1, 2024.

Amendments

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

HB0011HS001

Standing Committee • House Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment changes how lease payments for state lands are accepted by allowing the director of the relevant department to determine what forms of payment are acceptable.

  • Adds language that allows the director to decide which types of payments are acceptable for leasing state land.
  • The amendment does not specify what kinds of payments will be considered 'acceptable' by the director, leaving this detail open to interpretation and future determination.

Bill History

  1. 2024-03-04 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number 14

  2. 2024-03-04 Governor

    Governor Signed HEA No. 0011

  3. 2024-02-29 Senate

    S President Signed HEA No. 0011

  4. 2024-02-28 House

    H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0011

  5. 2024-02-28 LSO

    Assigned Number HEA No. 0011

  6. 2024-02-28 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-0-0-0-2

  7. 2024-02-27 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  8. 2024-02-26 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  9. 2024-02-22 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  10. 2024-02-22 Senate

    S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-1-0-0

  11. 2024-02-20 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture

  12. 2024-02-19 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  13. 2024-02-16 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 61-0-1-0-0

  14. 2024-02-15 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  15. 2024-02-14 House

    H COW:Passed

  16. 2024-02-13 House

    H Placed on General File

  17. 2024-02-13 House

    H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0

  18. 2024-02-12 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture 61-0-1-0-0

  19. 2024-01-24 House

    H Received for Introduction

  20. 2023-12-05 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 24LSO-0070

Bill No.:

HB0011

Effective:

7/1/2024

LSO No.:

24LSO-0070

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0011

Chapter No.:

14

Prime Sponsor:

Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Interim Committee

Catch Title:

State land lease amendments.

Has Report:

No

Subject:

All state land lease renewal applications and rental payments filed on date of postmark.

Summary/Major Elements:

This bill specifies that all state land lease renewal applications and rental payments are deemed filed on the date of the postmark stamped on the envelope in which they are mailed.

The bill also removes specific types of payment methods that were accepted for rental payments and applications and authorizes the Director of the Office of State Lands and Investments to determine appropriate payment methods.

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

Read the full stored bill text 
24LSO-0070

ORIGINAL House

Bill No
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HB0011

ENROLLED ACT NO. 11,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2024 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to state lands; removing specific types of payments for land lease payments; amending the process for how state land lease payments are made; providing that state land lease renewals and rental payments are considered filed on the date the renewal or rental is postmarked; 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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5
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118 is created to read:

36
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5
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118.

Renewal of state land leases and rental payments.

All state land lease renewal applications and rental payments required under this act that are submitted using a mail service shall be deemed filed on the date of the postmark stamped on the envelope in which the renewal application or rental payment is mailed.

Section 2
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W.S. 36
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5
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103 is amended to read:

36
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5
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103.

Application for lease; cancellation of application.

Any person, firm, association or corporation desiring to lease state lands for agricultural and grazing purposes shall file with the director an application on the form approved by the board, which must be accompanied by the regular filing fee
,
and
a certified check, bank draft, cashier's check, post office or express money order, cash or personal check
payment
acceptable to the director for the full amount of the first year's rental offered
.
; and
If there are improvements owned by another located upon said lands, the applicant must also transmit in the manner above provided, the estimated amount of the value of the improvements as listed in his application, and in the event the successful applicant fails, refuses or neglects to complete the lease awarded, or otherwise fails, refuses, or neglects to comply with the provisions of this act, or the rules and regulations of the board, after having been given thirty (30) days notice by registered mail, the application shall be cancelled and the sum remitted as rentals and twenty
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five percent (25%) of the sum remitted for improvements shall be retained by the board as liquidated damages; and the sum paid as rental shall be paid by the director to the state treasurer and credited by him to the proper permanent land income fund account, and the sum paid for improvements shall be credited to the general fund.

Section 3
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This act is effective July 1, 2024
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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 House.

Chief Clerk

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