FIFTY-SEVENTH WYOMING LEGISLATURE

APPROVED INTERIM COMMITTEE STUDIES

2003 INTERIM

 SELECT COMMITTEE ON TRIBAL RELATIONS

Initial Budget Approved $5,000

Topic 1:            Tribal Taxation Issues

Both the tribes and the state assess oil and gas severance taxes.  A comparison may be needed between the taxes paid and the services received by the tribes.

Topic 2:            Tribal Entities

--Water project applications

--Other agency interactions

Water projects would move through the Select Water Committee and the Joint Agriculture Committee.

Topic 3:            Wyoming's Role in Tribal Gaming

The matter of tribal gaming is in the hands of the Secretary of Interior; the state's role is to be determined.

Topic 4:            Miscellaneous

Monitor tribal liaison

Monitor St. Stephen's school funding