HB0165 • 2024

Access points on state lands-study.

AN ACT relating to state lands; requiring a study on the feasibility of an access point permitting system for commercial fishing activities; requiring a report; requiring the joint travel, recreation, wildlife and cultural resources interim committee to review the report and sponsor legislation as necessary; and providing for an effective date.

Did Not Pass

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

Sponsor: Representative Byron
Last action: 2024-02-23
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2024

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material did not provide specific details about the committee's ability to sponsor legislation, only that it may review and act upon the report as necessary.

Study on Access Points for Commercial Fishing

This act requires the state lands office to study the feasibility of an access point permitting system for commercial fishing and report findings to a committee.

What This Bill Does

Requires the Office of State Lands and Investments to conduct a study on creating an access point permitting program for commercial fishing activities by October 1, 2024.
The study must look at benefits, costs, funding needs, current use of access points, examples from other states, enforcement challenges, and necessary rules or regulations.
Requires the Office of State Lands to report its findings to the joint travel, recreation, wildlife and cultural resources interim committee by October 1, 2024.

Who It Names or Affects

Commercial fishing outfitters using state lands in Wyoming
The Office of State Lands and Investments
The joint travel, recreation, wildlife and cultural resources interim committee

Terms To Know

Access point permitting system: A program that requires permits for commercial fishing activities to use specific access points on state lands.
Feasibility study: An investigation into the practicality of a proposed project or plan, including costs and benefits.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass in its session.
It does not specify what happens if the committee decides against implementing an access point permitting system.

Amendments

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

HB0165HS001

Standing Committee • House Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Re

Filed

Plain English: The amendment adds funding for a study on commercial fishing access points and changes how the study is coordinated with other departments.

Adds $75,000 from the general fund to support the required study on commercial fishing activities.
Requires coordination of the study with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
Changes 'department' to 'office of state lands and investments' in certain sections.

The amendment does not specify what happens if the funds are not fully used by June 30, 2025.

HB0165HS002

Standing Committee • House Appropriations Committee

Filed

Plain English: The amendment removes specific changes made by a previous amendment related to the study on access points for commercial fishing activities.

Removes the first House standing committee amendment (HB0165HS001/A) from page 1, line 6 of the bill.
Deletes the same previous amendment from page 4, after line 23.
Eliminates the previous amendment from page 5, line 2.

The exact nature and content of the removed amendments are not specified in this text, making it unclear what specific changes were being undone.

Bill History

2024-02-23 House
H COW:H Did not consider for COW
2024-02-21 House
H Placed on General File
2024-02-21 House
H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0
2024-02-20 House
:Rerefer to H02 - Appropriations
2024-02-20 House
H06 - Travel:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0
2024-02-14 House
H Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel 51-10-1-0-0
2024-02-13 House
H Received for Introduction
2024-02-12 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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24LSO-0410
2024
STATE OF WYOMING
24LSO-0410
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0165

Access points on state lands-study.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Byron, Newsome, Sommers, Western and Winter and Senator(s) Gierau

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to state lands; requiring a study on the feasibility of an access point permitting system for commercial fishing activities; requiring a report; requiring the joint travel, recreation, wildlife and cultural resources interim committee to review the report and sponsor legislation as necessary; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

(a)

Not later than October 1, 2024, the office of state lands and investments shall complete a study on the feasibility of establishing an access point permitting program for commercial fishing activities on state lands in Wyoming. As part of this study, the department shall consider the following:

(i)

The potential benefit to Wyoming residents and to the state land trust beneficiaries from the implementation of an access point permitting program;

(ii)

Any administrative costs, impacts and savings to the office of state lands and investments associated with the implementation and supervision of an access point permitting program in Wyoming, including the need for additional personnel to implement and operate the program;

(iii)

Any funding, spending or borrowing authorization

necessary to maintain a month to month cash flow of funds necessary for administering an access point permitting program;

(iv)

The number of current access points located on state lands, the number of commercial fishing outfitters currently using these access points on state lands, the potential for the construction of new access points and the ability for outfitters engaging in commercial fishing activities to reach those access points;

(v)

A review of other states that have implemented access point permitting programs for commercial fishing activity and whether those programs were successfully implemented and maintained;

(vi)

A review of other agencies, both state and federal, that have implemented access point permitting programs for commercial fishing activity and whether those programs were successfully implemented and maintained;

(vii)

Whether agreements with other state or federal agencies would be necessary in the implementation of the access point permitting program;

(viii)

The comparative costs for similar permitting programs from other states and federal agencies in consideration of the creation of an access point permitting program;

(ix)

The ability to enforce the access point permitting program;

(x)

What, if any, rules or regulation would be necessary to implement and operate the access point permitting program.

(b)

Not later than October 1, 2024, the office of state lands and investments shall report to the joint travel, recreation, wildlife and cultural resources interim committee on the results of the study required by subsection (a) of this section. As part of this report, the office of state lands and investments shall recommend whether it is feasible to implement an access point permitting program for commercial fishing activity on state lands in Wyoming, including recommendations for legislation to authorize a program, if necessary.

(c)

The joint travel, recreation, wildlife and cultural resources interim committee may sponsor any legislation necessary to implement the recommendations the office of state lands makes as part of the study required under subsection (a) of this section.

Section 2.

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.

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