Sage grouse implementation-notice to landowners.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide specific details on how public comments will be used or what happens if landowners miss the notice due to incorrect addresses.

Sage Grouse Implementation Team Notice to Landowners

This law requires the Sage Grouse Implementation Team to notify landowners and hold public meetings before making recommendations that could affect them.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Sage Grouse Implementation Team to send written notice by mail at least 45 days before recommending actions to the Governor that may impact surface owners.
• The notice must explain how the proposed recommendations might affect landowners.
• Requires a public meeting in an affected community at least 30 days before making any recommendation, allowing for public comments.

Who It Names or Affects

• Surface owners who may be impacted by recommendations from the Sage Grouse Implementation Team.
• The Sage Grouse Implementation Team members and staff.

Terms To Know

Sage Grouse Implementation Team

A group that makes recommendations to maintain greater sage-grouse populations in Wyoming, including actions and funding needs.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify the exact content of public meetings or how comments will be used.
• It is unclear what happens if landowners do not receive notice due to incorrect mailing addresses.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 24LSO-0147

Bill No.:

HB0116

Effective:

Immediately

LSO No.:

24LSO-0147

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0040

Chapter No.:

61

Prime Sponsor:

Angelos

Catch Title:

Sage grouse implementation-notice to landowners.

Has Report:

No

Subject:

Requiring notice to surface owners before the Sage Grouse Implementation Team makes recommendations on actions for maintaining greater sage-grouse populations.

Summary/Major Elements:

The Sage Grouse Implementation Team is a group consisting of legislators and members that the Governor appoints from various agencies and interests. Under current law, the Implementation Team may make recommendations to the Governor regarding: (1) actions and funding, and (2) regulatory actions to maintain and enhance greater sage-grouse populations in Wyoming.

This act requires that, before the Implementation Team makes any recommendations to the Governor, the Implementation Team must provide notice by first-class mail to all affected surface owners at least forty-five (45) days before making the recommendation. The notice must describe the proposed recommendations and how they may affect the surface owners.

The act requires that, at least thirty (30) days before making a recommendation, the Implementation Team must provide an opportunity for a public meeting for purposes of receiving public comments on the proposed recommendations. The meeting must be in a community where the impacted owners are located.

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

24LSO-0147

ORIGINAL House

ENGROSSED
Bill No
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HB0116

ENROLLED ACT NO. 40,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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

AN ACT relating to the administration of government; specifying landowner notice and public comment requirements for the sage grouse implementation team; 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. 9
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101 by creating a new subsection (h) is amended to read:

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19
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101.

Sage grouse implementation team created; membership; duties.

(h)

Before making any recommendations under subsections (f) or (g) of this section, the implementation team shall:

(i)

Not less than forty
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five (45) days before making a recommendation to the governor that may affect surface owners, send written notice by first
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class mail to all affected surface owners that may be affected by any recommendation of the implementation team. The notice shall describe the proposed recommendations to be made to the governor and how the recommendations may affect the surface owners;

(ii)

Not less than thirty (30) days before making a recommendation to the governor that may affect surface owners, provide an opportunity for a public meeting for the purpose of receiving comments in not less than one (1) community where the impacted owners are located.

Section 2
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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)

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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