Strategic investments and projects account-repeal.

Plain English: This amendment modifies how funds are distributed from the strategic investments and projects account by changing where certain funds go, adding new rules for transferring money to other accounts, and specifying percentages for these transfers.

• Adds language after 'account;' to include amending fund distribution and investment earnings.
• Inserts new paragraphs (iii) and (iv) under section 9-4-719(b)(intro), detailing specific transfer amounts from the legislative stabilization reserve account to other accounts based on percentages of the permanent Wyoming mineral trust fund's market value.
• Changes 'general fund' to 'legislative stabilization reserve account'.
• Inserts new paragraphs (iii) and (iv) that specify transferring funds from the legislative stabilization reserve account to the public school foundation program account, and from the permanent Wyoming mineral trust fund reserve account to other accounts based on specific percentages.

• The exact impact of these changes on overall financial distributions is not fully explained in the provided text.
• Some technical details about how funds are calculated and transferred may be unclear without additional context.

Plain English: The amendment adds an appropriation of $18 million from the Wyoming state penitentiary capital construction account for integrating the department's security system and adjusts the effective dates of certain sections.

• Adds a new section appropriating $18 million to integrate the Department of Corrections' security system, with funds reverting on June 30, 2026 if not used.
• Modifies the bill's effective date language to make Sections 6 and 7 immediately effective upon becoming law.

• The amendment specifies that the appropriation amount will be reduced based on other appropriations for similar purposes in the same legislative session, which may affect the final amount available.
• Details about how funds are transferred or reverted are not fully explained and could require additional clarification.

Plain English: The amendment adds a new section to allocate $3 million from a specific account for the Wyoming state shooting complex and adjusts the effective dates of certain sections in the bill.

• Appropriates three million dollars ($3,000,000.00) from the strategic investments and projects account to the state shooting complex account.
• Specifies that funds allocated for the Wyoming state shooting complex can be used only for its siting, construction, operation, and maintenance.
• Reduces the appropriation if similar funding is provided by future legislation in 2025.

• The exact impact of reducing the appropriation based on future legislation is unclear without knowing what those future bills might contain.

Plain English: The amendment modifies the bill to allow for specific expenditures from a certain account and includes provisions for transferring funds to another account.

• Adds language allowing expenditures from the strategic investments and projects account.
• Specifies that one dollar or available funds should be transferred from the strategic investments and projects account to the state shooting complex account.
• Authorizes the Wyoming Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources to use these transferred funds for the Wyoming state shooting complex.

• The amendment text does not provide details on how much funding is available or what specific expenditures are authorized beyond the transfer to the state shooting complex account.
• It's unclear from the provided text if there are any other limitations or conditions for these changes that were not explicitly stated.

Plain English: The amendment adds a new section that appropriates $18 million from the Wyoming state penitentiary capital construction account to the Department of Corrections for integrating its security system and sets rules for transferring funds and their effective dates.

• Adds an appropriation of $18 million from the Wyoming state penitentiary capital construction account to the Department of Corrections for integrating its security system, with specific conditions on when it can be used and how any leftover money will be handled.
• Modifies the bill's effective dates by specifying that certain sections take effect immediately upon becoming law while others take effect in July 2026.

• The amendment includes technical language about appropriations and fund transfers which may require further explanation for full understanding.

Plain English: This amendment removes a previous third reading amendment from the bill and adds language about effective dates.

• Removes the Washut et al. third reading amendment that was previously applied to the bill.
• Adds new text stating 'and providing for effective dates.'

• The exact content of the removed Washut et al. amendment is not provided, so its specific details cannot be explained.

Plain English: The amendment adds a new section that appropriates $18 million from the Wyoming state penitentiary capital construction account to integrate the Department of Corrections' security system and adjusts the effective date for certain sections of the act.

• Adds an appropriation of $18 million from the Wyoming state penitentiary capital construction account within the strategic investments and projects account to the Department of Corrections for integrating its security system, with funds reverting on June 30, 2026 if not used.
• Reduces the appropriation by $1 for every dollar appropriated in other bills during the 2025 legislative session for similar purposes.
• Changes the effective date for certain sections of the act to July 1, 2026.

• The amendment text does not specify how funds will be transferred or reverted, which may require additional clarification.

Plain English: The amendment changes a specific line to exclude certain funds from being transferred or reverted when repealing the Strategic Investments and Projects Account.

• Adds an exception for funds in the Wyoming State Penitentiary Capital Construction Account within the Strategic Investments and Projects Account.

• The amendment text does not provide details on how these excluded funds will be handled after the account is repealed, which leaves some uncertainty about their future status.

Plain English: This amendment modifies how funds are distributed from the strategic investments and projects account by changing where certain funds go, adding new rules for transferring money to other accounts, and specifying percentages for these transfers.

• Adds language after 'account;' to include amending fund distribution and investment earnings.
• Inserts new paragraphs (iii) and (iv) under section 9-4-719(b)(intro), detailing specific transfer amounts from the legislative stabilization reserve account to other accounts.
• Changes 'general fund' to 'legislative stabilization reserve account'.
• Specifies that an amount equal to 0.45% of the five-year average market value of the permanent Wyoming mineral trust fund should be transferred from the legislative stabilization reserve account to the public school foundation program account.

• The amendment text does not provide full details on all aspects, such as how exactly 'investment earnings' are affected.
• It is unclear what specific impacts this will have on existing laws and practices beyond the stated changes.

Plain English: The amendment creates a new reserve account called the Permanent Wyoming Mineral Trust Fund Reserve Account, which will hold funds that are intended to be inviolate and constitute a permanent trust fund.

• Adds language creating a new Permanent Wyoming Mineral Trust Fund Reserve Account where certain funds will be invested by the state treasurer.
• Specifies that investment earnings from this account must go back into the reserve account, except for specific exceptions made by the legislature.
• Establishes rules for transferring unobligated funds from the reserve account to the general fund on a quarterly basis.

• The amendment includes complex financial and legal language that may be difficult to fully explain without additional context or definitions.

Plain English: This amendment requests the appointment of a second conference committee because the first one could not agree on a report.

• Requests that a new conference committee be appointed to continue working on the bill SF0169.

• The text does not provide details about why the first committee couldn't reach an agreement or what specific changes the second committee might make.

Plain English: The amendment modifies an act to transfer specific amounts from a strategic investments and projects account to other departments for particular purposes and sets effective dates.

• Adds new sections that require the state auditor to transfer $10 million to the department of state parks and cultural resources for a shooting complex, and $9 million to the department of corrections for security system integration.
• Modifies the effective date provisions to ensure certain sections take effect immediately upon becoming law.

• The amendment text does not provide details on what happens if less than the specified amounts are available in the strategic investments and projects account.