H.B. No. 0307

State agency funding.

 

Sponsored By:                              Representative(s) Luthi and Senator(s) Kunz

 

AN ACT relating to public funds; specifying procedures for modifying agency budgets in certain circumstances; specifying public funds to be used to account for monies received by the attorney general; authorizing fees for specified services; specifying the disposition of certain fees; providing continuous appropriations of specified funds; and providing for an effective date.

 

2/3/2003          Bill Number Assigned

2/3/2003          H Received for Introduction

2/3/2003          H Introduced and Referred to H02

2/6/2003          H02 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Jones, Jorgensen, Meuli, Nicholas, Reese and Tipton

Excused:  Representative(s) Philp

Ayes 6    Nays 0    Excused 1    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/6/2003          H Placed on General File

 

2/10/2003         H Amendments Considered

HB0307HS001/A     ADOPTED

Page 2-line 7                                          After "agent" insert "or attorney in fact".

Page 2-line 13                                        After "All" insert "recoveries, including".

Page 2-line 14                                        After "recoveries" insert ",".

Page 7-line 20                                        Strike "and" insert "or".

Page 8-line 2                                          Delete "(b)(i) and".

                                                                NICHOLAS, CHAIRMAN

 

2/10/2003         H Passed CoW

2/11/2003         H Laid Back Pursuant to HR 9-3

 

2/12/2003         H Amendments Considered

HB0307H2001/A     ADOPTED

Page 1-line 4                                          After ";" insert "imposing reporting requirements;".

Page 1-line 7                                          After ";" insert "authorizing certain expenditures;".

Page 1-line 13                                        After "accounting" insert "; reporting requirements".

Page 3-After line 3 insert:

                "(d)  Monies deposited into the trust and agency fund under subsection (a) of this section and not otherwise expended under subsection (c) of this section may be expended by the attorney general in accordance with the purposes for which the monies were received.  Monies received by the attorney general for reimbursement of litigation expenses under subsection (b) of this section are continuously appropriated to the attorney general to be expended for the costs of providing the litigation services rendered to collect the recovered monies.

                (e)  Not later than November 1 of each year, the attorney general shall report to the joint appropriations interim committee on the expenditure of monies received pursuant to this section, W.S. 9‑1‑633, 9‑1‑635, 9‑1‑702 and 9‑2‑1005.  The report shall include an account of the monies in the trust and agency account and the enterprise account for the last fiscal year.".

Page 6-line 16                                        After "(b)" reinsert stricken language through "section" and insert ",".

Page 7-line 20                                        Delete the standing committee amendment (HB0307HS001/A) to this line.

Page 8-After line 3                                               Insert:

                "Section 4.  Any funds received by the attorney general's office prior to the effective date of this act as a result of any class action or consumer recoveries, the use of which is not otherwise specified by law and which have been obligated for expenditure by the governor or the attorney general, are hereby appropriated to the attorney general's office to be expended as obligated.".

Renumber as necessary.  NICHOLAS

 

2/12/2003         H Passed 2nd Reading

2/13/2003         H Passed 3rd Reading

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Alden, Anderson, R., Bagby, Baker, Berger, Boswell, Brechtel, Buchanan, Bucholz, Childers, Cohee, Cooper, Diercks, Edwards, Esquibel, Gentile, Gilmore, Hageman, Harshman, Harvey, Hinckley, Iekel, Illoway, Jansen, Johnson, L., Johnson, W., Jones, Jorgensen, Landon, Latta, Law, Lockhart, Luthi, Martin, McMurtrey, McOmie, Meuli, Meyer, Miller, D., Morgan, Nicholas, Olsen, Osborn, Parady, Petersen, Philp, Powers, Prosser, Reese, Robinson, Ross, Semlek, Simpson, Slater, Thompson, Tipton, Walsh, Warren, Wasserburger and Wostenberg.

Ayes 60    Nays 0    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/14/2003         S Received for Introduction

2/18/2003         S Introduced and Referred to S02

2/20/2003         S02 Recommended Do Pass

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Cathcart, Devin, Hines, Job and Schiffer

Ayes 5    Nays 0    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/20/2003         S Placed on General File

2/26/2003         S Passed CoW

2/27/2003         S Passed 2nd Reading

2/28/2003         S Passed 3rd Reading

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Anderson, J., Barrasso, Barton, Boggs, Burns, Caller, Case, Cathcart, Coe, Decaria, Devin, Erb, Geis, Goodenough, Hanes, Hawks, Hines, Job, Kunz, Larson, Massie, Meier, Mockler, Northrup, Peck, Roberts, Schiffer, Scott, Sessions and Vasey.

Ayes 30    Nays 0    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/28/2003         Assigned Number HEA 0070

3/1/2003          H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0070

3/1/2003          S President Signed HEA No. 0070

3/4/2003          Governor Signed HEA No. 0070

 

Chapter No. 0120  Session Laws of Wyoming 2003.