SF0045 - Industrial road program-amendments.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0369.E1 ENGROSSED

 

 

 

SENATE FILE NO.  SF0045

 

 

Industrial road program-amendments.

 

Sponsored by:  Joint Transportation and Highways Interim
Committee

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

 1  AN ACT relating to the industrial road program; increasing
 2  the amount set aside for the program by the transportation
 3  commission as specified; increasing the cap on county match
 4  for the program as specified; and providing for an
 5  effective date.

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

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 9         Section 1.  W.S. 24-5-118 and 24-5-119 are amended to
10  read:

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12         24-5-118.  Industrial road program account.

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14  The transportation commission shall set aside and
15  appropriate out of funds in their possession or under their
16  control, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one million

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 1  dollars ($1,000,000.00) four million dollars
 2  ($4,000,000.00) at the beginning of each biennium to be
 3  placed in an account known as the industrial road program
 4  account within the highway fund. All funds not used during
 5  each biennium shall lapse and be returned to the general
 6  account of the highway fund.

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 8         24-5-119.  Counties to match state funds; maximum
 9  amount of county expenditures; exception; acquisition of
10  right-of-way.

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12  Any county participating in the industrial road program
13  shall match money equally with money set aside pursuant to
14  W.S. 24-5-118. These funds may be derived from any funds in
15  the respective county budget now available or any monies
16  which may subsequently be budgeted for this program,
17  provided, however, no county shall expend on this program
18  in excess of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00) one
19  million dollars ($1,000,000.00) each and every biennium.
20  This act shall not apply to any project having a total cost
21  of less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) total. The
22  board of the county commissioners of each county shall
23  acquire the right-of-way for any industrial road, the

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 1  expense of which shall be charged against the industrial
 2  road program.

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 4         Section 2.  This act is effective July 1, 2001.

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 6                         (END)

 

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