HB0142 - Seed laboratory.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0181

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL NO.  HB0142

 

 

Seed laboratory.

 

Sponsored by:  Representative(s) Jones, Anderson, R.,
Baker, Childers, Eyre, Hessenthaler,
Shivler, Simons, Simpson, Willford and
Wostenberg and Senator(s) Coe, Geis, Meier
and Miller, C.

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

 1  AN ACT relating to agriculture and animals; providing for
 2  the location of the seed analysis laboratory as specified;
 3  providing appropriations; providing for personnel;
 4  requiring a report; and providing for an effective date.

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

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 8         Section 1.  W.S. 11-12-115 is amended to read:

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10         11-12-115.  State seed analyst; seed laboratory.

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12         (a)  The state seed analyst shall be selected by the
13  board. The analyst shall receive a salary fixed by the
14  human resources division of the department of

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 1  administration and information, paid by the state from an
 2  appropriation for that purpose.

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 4         (b)  Any laboratory operated for the purposes of seed
 5  analysis shall be located in Park County.

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 7         Section 2.

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 9         (a)  There is appropriated two hundred fifty thousand
10  dollars ($250,000.00) from the statutory reserve account to
11  the department of agriculture for the purposes of placement
12  of the laboratory in Park County or any costs associated
13  therewith as provided by this act.

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15         (b)  There is appropriated one hundred ninety-eight
16  thousand, five hundred fifty dollars ($198,550.00) from the
17  statutory reserve account to the department of agriculture
18  for the purposes of operation of the laboratory. The
19  department of agriculture is authorized to contract with
20  the University of Wyoming for personnel to operate the
21  laboratory.

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23         Section 3.  The department of agriculture shall
24  provide a report detailing the activities and the overall

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 1  effectiveness of the laboratory to the governor and the
 2  members of the joint agriculture, public lands and water
 3  resources interim committee on or before December 31, 2004.

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

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10                         (END)

 

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