ORIGINAL HOUSE
BILL NO. 0177
ENROLLED ACT NO.
45, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FIFTY-SIXTH
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2001
GENERAL SESSION
AN ACT relating to mines and
minerals; providing for
membership on the
state mining council as specified; and
providing for an
effective date.
Be It Enacted
by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1. W.S. 30-2-301(a)(intro),
(i) and (ii) is
amended to read:
30-2-301. Board of mines renamed
mining council;
created;
composition; qualifications, appointment and term
of members;
removal; officers; rules; quorum; vacancies;
compensation.
(a) There is
created a state board of mines which is
renamed the state
mining council within the department of
employment which shall
consist of eleven (11) members. Ten
(10) members shall be
appointed equally from among the
management and hourly
employees of the mining industry,
including surface and underground coal mining, and shall
serve for a term of
four (4) years and until their
successors are
appointed and qualified except for the
inspector who is a
member of the council and entitled to
vote in case of a tie.
Each member of the council, except
the inspector, shall
be a qualified elector of the state
and shall have at
least five (5) years experience in the
mining industry
immediately preceding his appointment. The
members shall be
appointed by the governor by and with the
advice and consent of
the senate and from among the
management and
employees of the mining industry. The tenure
of the members of the
council shall be so arranged that the
terms of not more than
five (5) of the members shall expire
in any one (1) year
period. The governor may remove any
council member as
provided in W.S. 9-1-202. The council
shall have among its
appointed members:
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(i) An
underground coal and gassy mine operator or
an underground coal and gassy
mine operating management
official;
(ii) A practical
underground coal and or gassy
mine member; and
Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2001.
(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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