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HB0044 • 2025

Loren "Teense" Willford Memorial Highway.

AN ACT relating to highways; designating the Loren "Teense" Willford Memorial Highway; authorizing the department of transportation to provide appropriate signage; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

Budget Technology
Did Not Pass

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

Sponsor
Representative Davis
Last action
2025-02-03
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2025

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide additional details beyond what is already included in the candidate explanation.

Loren 'Teense' Willford Memorial Highway Act

The bill designates a section of State Highway 230 as the Loren 'Teense' Willford Memorial Highway and requires the Department of Transportation to put up signs, funded by $3,000 from the state budget.

What This Bill Does

  • Designates part of State Highway 230 between the intersection of State Highway 130 and State Highway 230 and the town boundary of Riverside, Wyoming as the Loren 'Teense' Willford Memorial Highway.
  • Requires the Department of Transportation to put up signs for the memorial highway following all relevant laws.
  • Allocates $3,000 from the state budget to cover the cost of installing these signs.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Department of Transportation
  • Drivers and residents in Riverside, Wyoming

Terms To Know

Appropriation
Money set aside by the government for a specific purpose.
Department of Transportation
The state agency responsible for building and maintaining roads, bridges, and other transportation infrastructure.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This bill did not pass in its session.
  • It only applies to a specific section of State Highway 230 near Riverside, Wyoming.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-03 House

    H Did not Consider for Introduction

  2. 2025-01-02 House

    H Received for Introduction

  3. 2024-12-16 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
25LSO-0469
2025
STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-0469
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0044

Loren "Teense" Willford Memorial Highway.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Davis and Harshman and Senator(s) Dockstader

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to highways; designating the Loren "Teense" Willford Memorial Highway; authorizing the department of transportation to provide appropriate signage; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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Loren "Teense" Willford memorial highway.

State highway 230 between the intersection of state highway 130 and state highway 230 and the town boundary of Riverside, Wyoming shall be known as the "Loren 'Teense' Willford Memorial Highway." The department of transportation shall install appropriate signage, in compliance with applicable federal and state law, to identify the Loren "Teense" Willford Memorial Highway.

Section 2.

There is appropriated three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) from the general fund to the department of transportation for purposes of installing the signage required by this act. This appropriation shall be for the period beginning with the effective date of this act and ending June 30, 2026. This appropriation shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose and any unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from this appropriation shall revert as provided by law on June 30, 2026. It is the intent of the legislature that this appropriation not be included in the department of transportation's standard budget for the immediately succeeding fiscal biennium.

Section 3.

This act is effective July 1, 2025
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