Read the full stored bill text
25LSO-0198
ORIGINAL House
Bill No
.
HB0014
ENROLLED ACT NO. 4,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2025 General Session
AN ACT relating to the prioritization of cease and transfer projects for municipal solid waste facilities; authorizing expenditure of previously appropriated funds; establishing a prioritized list of projects; establishing a maximum amount to be expended on projects; granting the department of environmental quality limited discretionary authority to modify the prioritized list; specifying expenditures for a carcass management project; providing definitions; requiring reports; repealing a prior priority list of cease and transfer projects; and providing for an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1
.
(a)
As used in this section:
(i)
"(C)" means closure project;
(ii)
"Maximum amount" means the total amount to be expended on the listed project and reflects one hundred percent (100%) of the project cost, including any award by the state loan and investment board under W.S. 35
‑
11
‑
528;
(iii)
"SWDD" means solid waste disposal district;
(iv)
"(T)" means transfer project.
(b)
From amounts appropriated by 2013 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 194, Section 2(a) and (b), 2014 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 26, Section 333(a) and (b), 2015 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 142, Section 345 (priority 2), 2016 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 31, Section 316(a), 2018 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 134, Section 323(a), (c) and (d), as amended by 2019 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 80, Section 323, 2019 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 67, Section 1, 2024 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 118, Section 2, Section 020, footnote 2 and other funds appropriated and authorized for program expenses, the following amounts and prioritized projects are authorized pursuant to the municipal solid waste facilities cease and transfer program created by W.S. 35
‑
11
‑
528:
Priority Index
Project
Maximum Amount
1
Carcass management project
$
77,303
2
Newcastle, City of
(T)
$1,200,000
3
Moorcroft, Town of –
Moorcroft #3
(T)
$1,500,000
4
Thermopolis, Town of (T)
$2,000,000
5
Rawlins, City of
(T)
$
780,000
6
Thermopolis, Town of (C)
$2,500,000
7
Baggs SWDD
(C)
$2,250,000
8
Big Horn County SWDD –
North #2 (C)
$2,800,000
9
Newcastle, City of (C)
$3,700,000
10
Lincoln County –
Cokeville (C)
$1,000,000
11
Uinta County Solid Waste –
Bridger Valley (C)
$4,000,000
12
LaGrange, Town of (C)
$1,400,000
13
Upton, Town of (C)
$2,900,000
14
Park County Landfills –
TS Rolling Stock (T)
$
351,000
(c)
Any municipal solid waste facility operator may apply for the funds associated with the carcass management project listed as priority 1 in subsection (b) of this section. Funds for the carcass management project shall be expended only for infrastructure necessary to haul, bury or compost dead animals. Funds expended under this subsection shall not exceed the amount listed in priority 1 in subsection (b) of this section.
(d)
The department of environmental quality may modify the authorized funds and the order of the projects listed in the prioritized list contained in subsection (b) of this section for any of the following reasons:
(i)
To optimize efficiency;
(ii)
Based on project readiness;
(iii)
Based on compliance with grant or loan qualifications or conditions;
(iv)
To address emergency or immediate environmental concerns.
(e)
Not later than October 15 of each year, the department of environmental quality shall report:
(i)
Any modification of the prioritized list contained in subsection (b) of this section to the joint minerals, business and economic development interim committee and the joint appropriations committee;
(ii)
The names of recipients and amounts expended for the carcass management project established by priority 1 in subsections (b) and (c) of this section to the joint minerals, business and economic development interim committee.
Section 2.
2024 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 32 is repealed.
Section 3
.
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
1