ORIGINAL HOUSE

BILL NO. 0072

ENROLLED ACT NO. 95, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FIFTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING

2001 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to the attorney general; requiring senate
confirmation of the attorney general; making conforming and
clarifying amendments; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1. W.S. 9-1-601(a), 9-1-602 and 28-12-103 are
amended to read:

9-1-601. Appointment; term; removal; special
assistant for legislative affairs; qualifications.

(a) The attorney general of the state of Wyoming
shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and
consent of the senate in accordance with W.S. 28-12-101
through 28-12-103 and may be removed by the governor as
provided in W.S. 9-1-202.

9-1-602. Vacancy in office.

In case of a vacancy in the office of attorney general the
governor shall appoint a qualified person to fill the
vacancy in accordance with the provisions of W.S.
28-12-101(b).

28-12-103. Expiration date of appointees' terms.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective July
1, 1979, after the expiration of the current term of office
of each person appointed by the governor and required to be
confirmed by the senate, the next term of that office
expires on March 1 during the year of regular expiration.
Thereafter, each term, as specified in this section, and
each term of office on any board, commission or committee
created by the laws of this state after July 1, 1979, and

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for which senate confirmation is required, expires on March
1 during the year of regular expiration. Notwithstanding
the provisions of this section, the term of an attorney
general serving pursuant to W.S. 9-1-601(b) shall terminate
as provided by that subsection.

Section 2. This act is effective immediately upon
completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
Constitution.

(END)

Speaker of the House President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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