HB0119 - Local government finances.
2001 |
State of Wyoming |
01LSO-0287.E1 ENGROSSED |
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0119
Local government finances.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Tempest and Senator(s) Coe
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to local
government revenues and
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expenditures; creating a select committee to review local
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government finances; providing for operation of the
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committee; requiring a report; providing an appropriation;
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delaying the effective date of the de-earmarking of certain
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state revenues; limiting distribution of certain funds; and
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providing for an effective date.
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9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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11 Section 1.
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13 (a) There is
created a select committee on local
14 government expenditures and
revenues. The committee shall
15 assess local government expenditures
and revenues and shall
16 use available studies, reports and
budget documents to the
17 extent practicable. The committee
shall make
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1 recommendations,
including recommendations for legislation
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modifying local government revenue and expenditure
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provisions, to the legislature by September 30, 2001. The
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joint revenue interim committee shall review the
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recommendations and develop legislation for introduction in
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the 2002 budget session as the revenue committee determines
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appropriate.
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9 (b) The select
committee on local government
10 expenditures and revenues shall
consist of:
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12 (i) Three (3)
members appointed by the president
13 of the senate, one (1) of whom shall
be a member of the
14 minority party; and
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16 (ii) Four (4)
members appointed by the speaker
17 of the house, one (1) of whom shall
be a member of the
18 minority party.
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20 (c) The select
committee shall be staffed by the
21 legislative service office. All
executive branch agencies
22 and local government entities shall
provide assistance to
23 the committee upon request.
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1 (d) The
committee created by this section shall
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terminate October 1, 2001.
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4 Section 2. There is appropriated from the general
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fund twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) to the
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legislative service office for purposes of this act.
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8 Section 3. 2000
Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 97,
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Section 6(b) is amended to read:
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11 Section 6.
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13 (b) The balance
of this act is effective
14 July 1, 2001
2002.
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16 Section 4.
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18 (a) Notwithstanding
any other provision of law,
19 mineral severance tax distributions
under Wyoming statutes,
20 title 39, article 14, shall not
exceed the following
21 amounts for each of the fiscal years
beginning July 1, 2000
22 and ending June 30, 2001 and
beginning July 1, 2001 and
23 ending June 30, 2002:
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1 (i) To water
development account I under W.S.
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41-2-124(a)(i), twenty-six million four hundred thousand
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dollars ($26,400,000.00);
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5 (ii) To water
development account II under W.S.
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41-2-124(a)(ii), five million two hundred fifty thousand
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dollars ($5,250,000.00);
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9 (iii) To the
highway fund, eleven million seven
10 hundred thousand dollars
($11,700,000.00). Any required
11 distribution to the state park road
account pursuant to
12 W.S. 39-14-211(d)(vii)(B), shall be
included in calculating
13 the maximum distribution pursuant to
this paragraph;
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15 (iv) To
counties, for distributions pursuant to
16 W.S. 39-14-211(d)(ii), seven million
four hundred thousand
17 dollars ($7,400,000.00);
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19 (v) To
counties, for distributions pursuant to
20 W.S. 39-14-111(f)(iii), two million
fifty thousand dollars
21 ($2,050,000.00);
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23 (vi) To the road
construction funds of the
24 various counties for distributions
pursuant to W.S.
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1 39-14-111(f)(ii),
six million one hundred fifty thousand
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dollars ($6,150,000.00);
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4 (vii) To cities
and towns, twenty-three million
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four hundred thousand dollars ($23,400,000.00);
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7 (viii) To the
capital construction account, five
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million seven hundred thousand dollars ($5,700,000.00).
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10 (b) Funds in
excess of any of the maximum amounts
11 specified in subsection (a) of this
section shall be
12 distributed to the local government
capital construction
13 account under W.S. 9-4-604(a). Funds
distributed under W.S.
14 39-14-211(e) shall be adjusted
accordingly. To the extent
15 that funds distributed prior to the
effective date of this
16 section exceed the maximum amounts
specified, the state
17 treasurer shall reduce from
distributions made for the
18 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001
and ending June 30,
19 2002, an amount equal to the excess
amount.
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1 Section 5. This act is effective
immediately upon
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completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
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as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
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Constitution.
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6 (END)
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