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HB0332 • 2025

Government membership and cooperation with associations.

AN ACT relating to counties; prohibiting the payment of association fees from public funds; prohibiting the payment of expenses for association activities as specified; specifying association-related documents and other materials as public records; requiring the reporting of activities with associations; and providing for an effective date.

Inactive

Wyoming marks this bill as inactive, which usually means it is no longer moving in the current session.

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

Plain English Breakdown

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Law on County Associations

The bill stops counties from using public money to pay for association fees or related expenses and makes documents about these associations public records.

What This Bill Does

  • Stops county boards of commissioners and elected officials from paying membership fees for associations with public funds.
  • Does not allow counties to reimburse costs like room, board, or travel for activities with associations unless there is a specific law that says otherwise.
  • Makes all documents related to working with associations public records.
  • Requires county commissioner members and elected officials to report their work time and nature when dealing with association business.

Who It Names or Affects

  • County boards of commissioners
  • Elected county officials

Terms To Know

Public records
Documents that must be made available to the public and can be accessed by anyone.
Association fees
Money paid for membership in an association or organization.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if a county violates these rules.
  • It is unclear how the reporting requirements will be enforced.
  • This bill was marked as inactive, meaning it did not move forward in its current session.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-03 House

    H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4

  2. 2025-02-07 House

    H No report prior to CoW Cutoff

  3. 2025-02-03 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations

  4. 2025-01-30 House

    H Received for Introduction

  5. 2025-01-29 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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25LSO-0754
2025
STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-0754
Introduced
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0332

Government membership and cooperation with associations.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Brady

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to counties; prohibiting the payment of association fees from public funds; prohibiting the payment of expenses for association activities as specified; specifying association-related documents and other materials as public records; requiring the reporting of activities with associations; 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. 18
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3
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522 is amended to read:

18
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3
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522.

Membership in organizations for furtherance of good government
.

Each board of county commissioners
and any elected county official
may take out a county membership and cooperate with associations and organizations of other counties or county officials within or without this state for the furtherance of good government and the protection of county interests. The cost of membership
may
shall not
be paid with county funds.

Unless otherwise provided by law, no county shall reimburse the costs of room, board or travel that are related to a county's activity with an association or organization with whom the county is cooperating or has a membership. All agendas, correspondence, communications, financial statements, minutes, reports, presentations and training materials created by a county and related to the county's activity with an association or organization with whom the county is cooperating or has a membership shall be public records. County commissioner members and any elected county official who conducts association or organization business while acting in their official capacity or while using county resources shall document the time and nature of the work performed each week and shall submit a monthly report to their board of county commissioners at their monthly meeting.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2025
.

(END)

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