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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