ADOPTED HOUSE AMENDMENTS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2003
HB0001H3003/A
Budget(s): 049. Department of Family Services
[CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION]
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Page 32-line 3 After "048," insert "049,".
Page 35-after line 19 Insert:
"Section 049. Department of Family Services
PROGRAM
Boys' School - Irrigation Pond Repair 15,000T1 15,000
Boys' School - Wall Repair 15,000T1 15,000
Boys' School - ADA Compliance 32,935T1 32,935
Girl's School – Cooling System – Mountain View Dorm 8,000T1 8,000
___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
TOTALS 0 0 62,935
62,935
70,935 70,935".
To the extent required by this amendment: adjust totals; and renumber as necessary. LANDON, IEKEL, BERGER
HB0001H3004/A
[BUDGET AFFECTED]
Budget(s): Addition to 300 Sections
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Page 50-After line 10 Insert the following new section and renumber as necessary:
"[Legislative Service Office]
Section 327.
There is appropriated from the general fund to the legislative service office one hundred sixty thousand dollars ($160,000.00) to fund two (2) full-time positions in the legislative service office to provide additional staff support for budget and fiscal analysis and program evaluation. Allocation of these positions shall be subject to approval of the management council.".
To the extent required by this amendment: adjust totals; and renumber as necessary. PARADY, BOSWELL
HB0001H3005/A
[BUDGET AFFECTED]
Budget(s): Section 003. State Auditor [Payroll Checkoff]
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Page 7-line 4 After "Administration" insert "1.".
Page 7-after line 13 Insert:
"1. The state auditor is authorized to continue the practice of payroll check-off programs for nonprofit charitable organizations and employee organizations.".
To the extent required by this amendment: adjust totals; and renumber as necessary. ROSS
HB0001H3006/A
[BUDGET AFFECTED]
Budget(s): Section 024. Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources [State Parks & Historic Sites]
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Page 15-line 30 After "site." insert "The joint travel, recreation and cultural resources interim committee shall review the department's master plan for the development of state parks and historical sites and report its findings regarding that plan to the legislature prior to the 2004 budget session. No agreement shall be entered into or executed prior to the adjournment of the 2004 legislative budget session by the department, the Wyoming parks and cultural resources commission or the single management group for the Wyoming territorial prison state park and historical site park, which provides for further commercial development of any of the lands comprising the state park and historical site.". NICHOLAS, JORGENSEN
HB0001H3008/AC CORRECTED
(CORRECTED COPY)
[BUDGET AFFECTED]
Budget(s): Addition to 300 Sections
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Page 50-After line 10 Insert the following new section:
"[Department of Environmental Quality Permitting Task Force]
Section 327.
(a) There is created a department of environmental quality permitting task force consisting of eight (8) persons and a chairman appointed by the governor. The nine (9) members shall include individuals with strong managerial skills from industry, trade associations, environmental consultants, academia, government, affected landowners and the environmental community.
(b) The task force shall meet at the call of the chairman to review and evaluate the existing national pollutant discharge elimination system permit process administered by the water quality division pursuant to the Wyoming Environmental Quality Act.
(c) The task force shall issue a report to the governor and the joint appropriations interim committee no later than September 1, 2003, that includes recommendations on the following:
(i) How to effectively and efficiently streamline the permitting and compliance process;
(ii) Modifications to other state agency requirements that impact the permitting process;
(iii) Necessary information technology support;
(iv) Personnel required to implement proposed modifications;
(v) Draft legislation and proposed rules and regulations necessary to implement the recommendations of the task force.
(d) The task force shall have the ability to hire or contract for administrative services to aid in preparation of the task force report.
(e) The task force shall exist until September 30, 2003. Members of the task force shall not receive a salary but shall receive reimbursement for necessary travel and per diem expenses in the manner and amount provided for state employees under W.S. 9-3-102 and 9-3-103.
(f) There is appropriated fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) from the general fund to the department of environmental quality for expenses incurred pursuant to this section.
(g) There is appropriated one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) from the general fund to the department of environmental quality to develop and implement software and necessary equipment for the purpose of expediting the reporting and processing of discharge monitoring information associated with national pollutant discharge elimination system permits.
(h) The state engineer, the director of the state oil and gas commission and the director of the department of environmental quality shall serve as advisors to the task force established in this section. Nothing in this section shall prevent any agency from proceeding with streamlining the permitting and compliance process during the work of the task force.".
To the extent required by this amendment: adjust totals; and renumber as necessary. NICHOLAS, BOSWELL, CHILDERS, PARADY
HB0001H3010/A
[BUDGET AFFECTED]
Budget(s): Section 085. Wyoming Business Council
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Page 27-line 4 After "2." insert ",3.".
Page 27-line 5 Under GENERAL FUND increase amount by "5,000,000"; Under OTHER FUNDS increase amount by "3,400,000S4".
Page 27-after line 26 Insert:
3. (a) There is created within the special revenue fund, the business ready community account. Funds appropriated with this footnote shall be deposited to the account and used by the council as provided in this footnote. It is the purpose of this footnote to promote economic development at the city, town and county level in order to create additional economic health and a stronger state economy.
(b) The council shall establish and administer a Wyoming business ready community program. Any city, town or county may submit an application to the council for a grant under the program on forms prescribed by and subject to rules promulgated by the council. Grants may be applied for by a joint powers board with the approval of all participating agencies to the joint powers agreement. Grants may be made by the council for economic development infrastructure projects, including the purchase of land, telecommunications infrastructure, rights of way, airports, sewer and water projects, roads, or other infrastructure determined by the council to be consistent with the purposes of this footnote. In adopting rules and making grants under this footnote the council shall require all projects to be related to economic development infrastructure, which shall not include rehabilitation or expansion of existing infrastructure unless the applicant demonstrates the rehabilitation or expansion is necessary to retain an existing business or to facilitate the relocation of a business to the locality of the applicant.
(c) Grants shall be matching grants as determined by the council. Grants shall be made under this footnote, only if the applicant demonstrates that upon receipt of the grant all projected project costs will be funded. The application shall identify the source of all funds to be used for the project.
(d) Grants may be used to fund project costs in accordance with approved applications and rules of the council. Grant funds may be used to contract with community development organizations and state development organizations in accordance with the purposes of this footnote and approved applications. As used in this footnote:
(i) "Community development organization" means as defined by W.S. 9‑12‑301(a)(ii);
(ii) "State development organization" means as defined by W.S. 9‑12‑301(a)(iv).
To the extent required by this amendment: adjust totals; and renumber as necessary. LUTHI, BOSWELL, PARADY
HB0001H3013/A
[BUDGET AFFECTED]
Budget(s): Addition to 300 Sections
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Page 50-after line 10 Insert the following new section and renumber as necessary:
"[GOVERNOR'S RESIDENCE]
Section 327.
(a) Notwithstanding 2001 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 139, Section 4 which created Section 336, from any unobligated and unexpended funds appropriated prior to the effective date of this act and available on the effective date of this act from appropriations for the design and construction of the multi-level parking structure for the state capitol office complex, there is appropriated not to exceed three hundred seventy-two thousand dollars ($372,000.00) to the department of administration and information for the purposes of completing the remodeling of the governor's residence.".
To the extent required by this amendment: adjust totals; and renumber as necessary. NICHOLAS, ILLOWAY
HB0001H3015/A
[BUDGET AFFECTED]
Budget(s): Addition to 300 Sections
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Page 50-After line 10 Insert the following new section and renumber as necessary:
"[NATRONA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 PLANNING MONIES]
Section 327. One hundred ten thousand six hundred nine dollars ($110,609.00) is appropriated from the school capital construction account to the school facilities commission for distribution to Natrona county school district no. 1 for reimbursement of schematic design document expenses incurred by the district for a new school building for which funds were not appropriated.".
To the extent required by this amendment: adjust totals; and renumber as necessary. LOCKHART
HB0001H3016/A
[BUDGET AFFECTED]
Budget(s): Addition to 300 Sections
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Delete the Wasserburger, Bucholz, Nicholas Third Reading Amendment (HB0001H3011/A).
Further amend as follows:
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"[HOLD HARMLESS COMPUTATION]
Section 327.
(a) 2002 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 76, Section 12 is amended to read:
Section 12. [HOLD HARMLESS OF FOUNDATION PROGRAM AMOUNT]
(a) Notwithstanding W.S. 21‑13‑309(p),
using computations of district foundation program amounts by the state
department of education based upon reports from districts required by the
department, the foundation program amount computed for a district under W.S. 21‑13‑309(p)
for school years 2002-2003 and year 2003-2004, less
amounts reimbursed under W.S. 21‑13‑320 for transportation, W.S. 21‑13‑321
for special education, W.S. 21‑13‑324 for teacher extra compensation,
W.S. 21‑4‑401 for transportation or maintenance of isolated
students and W.S. 21‑4‑501 through 21‑4‑506 for tuition
payments, shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the
foundation program amount available to that district during the 2001-2002
school year, as computed under W.S. 21‑13‑309(p)
prior to addition of the reimbursement amounts for transportation, special
education, teacher extra compensation, transportation of isolated students and
tuition payments for that school year. A district is not entitled to
additional funding under this section if, but for a decrease in ADM as compared
with the 2001-2002 school year, that district would not have a foundation
program amount that is less that one hundred percent (100%) of the school year
2001-2002 foundation program amount.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, this section shall not apply to any district subject to recapture under W.S. 21‑13‑102(b) whose recapture revenues exceed limitations imposed under W.S. 21‑13‑102(c) during fiscal year 2002-2003, as established by the department for that district.
(b) This section is effective July 1, 2003.".
To the extent required by this amendment: adjust totals; and renumber as necessary. WASSERBURGER, BUCHOLZ, NICHOLAS, ANDERSON, R.
HB0001H3017/A
[BUDGET AFFECTED]
Budget(s): Addition to 300 Sections
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Page 50-after line 10 Insert the following new section and renumber as necessary:
"[SELECT COMMITTEE ON JUVENILES]
Section 327.
(a) There is created a select committee on juveniles consisting of:
(i) Two (2) senators from the Wyoming senate judiciary committee appointed by the president of the senate, each of whom shall be from a different political party. The senate president shall appoint a senate cochairman;
(ii) Three (3) members from the Wyoming house judiciary committee appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, not more than two (2) of whom shall be from the same political party. The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint a house cochairman; and
(iii) The following members appointed by the governor:
(A) The director of the department of family services, or his designee;
(B) The administrator of the mental health division within the department of health, or his designee;
(C) A representative from the department of education who has recent K-12 classroom teaching experience;
(D) The attorney general, or his designee;
(E) A representative from the public defender's office;
(F) A representative nominated by the Wyoming county and prosecuting attorneys' association;
(G) A member from the court improvement project;
(H) A member nominated by the Wyoming association of sheriffs and chiefs; and
(J) A member from the state advisory panel on juvenile justice.
(b) The committee shall be cochaired by the appointed cochairmen. The cochairmen shall set meeting dates and agendas. The cochairmen may appoint subcommittees to study selected issues relating to juvenile issues. State agencies shall cooperate with the committee to the extent necessary for the committee to perform its duties under this section. Staff services shall be provided through the legislative service office.
(c) Legislators shall be paid salary, travel and per diem for the performance of their official duties as members of the committee as provided in W.S. 28-5-101. State employees shall be paid salary and travel expenses out of their agency's budget in the performance of their duties on the select committee. The members of the select committee who are not legislators or state employees shall be paid per diem and travel expenses in the same manner as state employees.
(d) The select committee shall review the report submitted by the Title 14 Committee to the joint judiciary interim committee on May 1, 2002 and any revisions to that report. Additionally, the select committee shall meet regularly to consider and recommend changes to Title 14 of the Wyoming Statutes.
(e) The select committee shall report its recommendations to the joint judiciary interim committee no later than September 1, 2003.
(f) There is appropriated from the general fund to the legislative service office fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) or as much thereof as is necessary to be expended for purposes of this section.". SIMPSON
HB0001H3021/A
[BUDGET AFFECTED]
Budget(s): Addition to 300 Sections
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Page 50-After line 10 Insert the following new section and renumber as necessary:
"[CAPITOL BUILDING AND HERSCHLER PLAZA RESTORATION]
Section 327.
(a) The following amounts are appropriated to the department of administration and information to be deposited in a capitol building restoration account. Funds within the account shall be expended by the department as authorized by the state loan and investment board under this section for the purposes of capitol building and Herschler plaza repair:
(i) Notwithstanding 2001 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 139, Section 4 which created Section 336, any unobligated and unexpended funds appropriated prior to the effective date of this act and available on the effective date of this act from appropriations for the design and construction of the multi-level parking structure for the state capitol office complex, not to exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000.00). Any other appropriation of the funds referenced in this paragraph by any other act of the 2003 general legislative session shall be made prior to the appropriation of funds under this paragraph;
(ii) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any unobligated and unexpended funds appropriated prior to the effective date of this act and available on the effective date of this act from appropriations to the general services division of the department of administration and information for capital construction projects, deferred or critical maintenance and contingencies, not to exceed one million three hundred thousand dollars ($1,300,000.00);
(iii) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) of the amounts made available under Section 325 of this act for major maintenance needs of the state;
(iv) During the 1994 legislative session, the legislature appropriated funds for capital construction projects and authorized that those projects could be financed under W.S. 9-4-605 through the issuance of revenue bonds. Interest has accumulated in excess of the amounts necessary to fund the projects in an amount of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00). There is appropriated from this excess interest one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00) from this account for the purposes of this section;
(v) One hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00) from the public buildings account created by W.S. 9-4-310(a)(ii) within the permanent land fund;
(vi) Not to exceed six million dollars ($6,000,000.00) in revenue bond proceeds which may be issued by the state loan and investment board under W.S. 9-4-605. If House Bill 134 as enacted into law prohibits bonding by the state loan and investment board under W.S. 9-4-605, the state capital financing commission may issue bonds in accordance with House Bill 134 and as requested by the state loan and investment board under this footnote.
(b) The appropriations under this footnote, including the appropriation of bond proceeds and bonding authority, shall be subject to a determination by the state building commission made under W.S. 9-5-107 for calendar year 2003, that the repairs authorized under this footnote are within the first ten (10) priority construction and renovation needs of the state.".
To the extent required by this amendment: adjust totals; and renumber as necessary. NICHOLAS, HINCKLEY, ILLOWAY, LUTHI
HB0001H3022/AC CORRECTED
(CORRECTED COPY)
[BUDGET AFFECTED]
Budget(s): Addition to 300 Sections
[SELECT COMMITTEE ON JUVENILES]
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Page 50-After line 10 In the Simpson third reading amendment (HB0001H3017/A) to this line which created Section 327, after subparagraph (a)(iii)(B) as created by that amendment, insert:
"(C) The administrator of the substance abuse division of the department of health;".
Renumber as necessary. OSBORN
SF0029HS001/AE
That Substitute No. 1 for SF0029ENG DO PASS. SIMPSON, CHAIRMAN
SF0084HW001/AE
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Page 3-line 6 After "historic sites" insert "without payment of any daily use, overnight or other fee authorized to be charged pursuant to this section". ROBINSON, BRECHTEL, WALSH