S.F. No. 0051

Elected officials-legal representation.

Sponsored By: Management Council

AN ACT relating to administration of government; authorizing state elected officials to employ their own legal counsel; specifying duties of the legal counsel; modifying duties of the office of the attorney general accordingly; providing a definition; conforming provisions; and providing for an effective date.

02/06/2004 Bill Number Assigned

02/09/2004 S Received for Introduction

02/09/2004 S Introduced and Referred to S12

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Senator(s) Anderson, J., Barrasso, Burns, Case, Coe, Devin, Erb, Geis, Hanes, Hawks, Hines, Kunz, Larson, Meier, Northrup, Peck, Roberts, Schiffer, Scott and Townsend.

Nays: Senator(s) Boggs, Caller, Cathcart, Decaria, Goodenough, Job, Massie, Mockler, Sessions and Vasey.

Ayes 20 Nays 10 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

02/19/2004 S12 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Senator(s) Kunz, Larson, Mockler, Schiffer and Vasey

Ayes 5 Nays 0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

02/19/2004 S Placed on General File

SF0051SS001/ADOPTED

Page 1-line 5 Delete "accordingly".

Page 1-line 16 Delete "and approve".

Page 2-line 6 Delete "(b)(v) and".

Page 2-line 8 Before "9-1-608(b)" insert "9-1-603(a) by creating a new paragraph (viii),".

Page 3-line 22 Delete.

Page 4-lines 1 through 19 Delete.

Page 4-line 23 After "review" delete "and".

Page 4-line 24 Delete "approve".

Page 5-line 10 Delete "and approve".

Page 5-after line 14 Insert and renumber:

"9‑1‑603. Duties generally; retention of qualified practicing attorneys; matters in which county or state is party or has interest; assistance to county and district attorneys in felony trials.

(a) The attorney general shall:

(viii) Approve or disapprove any contract submitted to him for review within thirty (30) days of submission.".

Page 7-line 5 After "review" delete "and".

Page 7-line 6 Delete "approve". KUNZ, CHAIRMAN

02/20/2004 S Passed CoW

02/23/2004 S Laid Back Pursuant to SR 10-4A

02/24/2004 S Passed 2nd Reading

02/25/2004 S Passed 3rd Reading

ROLL CALL

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

Nays: Senator(s) Cathcart, Decaria and Goodenough.

Ayes 27 Nays 3 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

02/26/2004 H Received for Introduction

03/01/2004 H Placed on General File

03/01/2004 H07 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Representative(s) Illoway, Jansen, McOmie, Petersen, Prosser and Ross

Nays: Representative(s) Johnson, L. and Martin

Excused: Representative(s) Latta

Ayes 6 Nays 2 Excused 1 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

03/01/2004 H Placed on General File

SF0051HS001/ADOPTED (TO ENGROSSED COPY)

Page 1-line 4 After "general" insert "accordingly".

Page 1-line 15 After "review" insert "and approve".

Page 2-line 6 After "9-1-403" insert "(b)(v) and".

Page 2-line 8 Delete the line through ",".

Page 3-After line 21 Insert:

"(b)  The state auditor shall not draw warrants:

(v)  For payment on a contract for professional consultant or other services unless the agency has certified that the contract for the services has been reduced to writing before the services are performed, and that the contract is in compliance with procedures of the attorney general, is approved by the attorney general, and is filed with and approved by the department of administration and information. For payment on a contract for professional or other services entered into by the department of transportation, filing of the contract with and approval by the department of administration and information and approval by the attorney general is not required, however the attorney general shall first review the contract if the contract is over twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00). For payment on a contract for professional or other services entered into by an elected state official, approval by the attorney general is not required if the contract has been approved by legal counsel employed by the elected state official;".

Page 4-line 1 After "review" insert "and approve".

Page 4-line 11 After "review" insert "and approve".

Page 4-lines 17 through 22 Delete entirely.

Page 5-lines 1 through 3 Delete entirely.

Page 6-line 18 After "review" insert "and approve". ROSS, CHAIRMAN

03/01/2004 H Passed CoW

03/02/2004 H Passed 2nd Reading

03/03/2004 H Passed 3rd Reading

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Representative(s) Alden, Anderson, R., Baker, Berger, Brechtel, Buchanan, Bucholz, Childers, Cohee, Cooper, Edwards, Hageman, Harshman, Harvey, Hinckley, Iekel, Illoway, Jansen, Johnson, W., Jones, Landon, Law, Lockhart, McMurtrey, McOmie, Meuli, Miller, D., Nicholas, Olsen, Osborn, Parady, Petersen, Philp, Powers, Prosser, Ross, Semlek, Simpson, Slater, Walsh, Wasserburger and Wostenberg.

Nays: Representative(s) Bagby, Diercks, Esquibel, Gentile, Gilmore, Hastert, Johnson, L., Jorgensen, Latta, Martin, Meyer, Morgan, Reese, Robinson, Thompson and Warren.

Excused: Representative(s) Luthi and Tipton.

Ayes 42 Nays 16 Excused 2 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

03/03/2004 S Did Not Concur

ROLL CALL

Nays: Senator(s) Anderson, J., Barrasso, Boggs, Burns, Caller, Case, Coe, Decaria, Erb, Geis, Goodenough, Hanes, Hawks, Kunz, Larson, Massie, Meier, Mockler, Northrup, Peck, Roberts, Scott, Sessions, Townsend and Vasey.

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

Ayes 0 Nays 25 Excused 5 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

03/03/2004 S Appointed JCC01 Members

Larson, Coe and Cathcart

03/03/2004 H Appointed JCC01 Members

Luthi, Johnson, L., and Wostenberg

SF0051JC01/AA ADOPTED

SF0051

Elected officials-legal representation.

Reference House Message No. 274

SF0051JC01/A

TO ENGROSSED COPY

Delete the following House amendments:

SF0051HS001/AE

LARSON, COE, CATHCART, LUTHI, L. JOHNSON, WOSTENBERG

03/05/2004 S Adopted SF0051JC01

ROLL CALL

AYES: Senator(s) Anderson, J., Barrasso, 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, Townsend and Vasey.

Ayes 30 Nays 0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflict 0

03/05/2004 H Adopted SF0051JC01

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Representative(s) Alden, Anderson, R., Bagby, Baker, Berger, Brechtel, Buchanan, Bucholz, Childers, Cohee, Cooper, Edwards, Esquibel, Gentile, Gilmore, Hageman, Harshman, Harvey, Hastert, 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, Walsh, Warren, Wasserburger and Wostenberg.

Nays: Representative(s) Diercks

Excused: Representative(s) Tipton

Ayes 58 Nays 1 Excused 1 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

03/05/2004 Assigned Number SEA No. 0051

03/05/2004 S President Signed SEA No. 0051

03/05/2004 H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0051

03/19/2004 Governor Signed SEA No. 0051

03/19/2004 Assigned Chapter Number

Chapter No. 0132 Session Laws of Wyoming 2004.