ADOPTED HOUSE AMENDMENTS

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2005

Delete the following Senate amendments:

HB0165S2001.01/ACE

HB0165S3001/AE

HB0165SS001/AE

Further amend the ENGROSSED COPY as follows:

Page 1-line 2After "penalty;" insert "providing a limitation on executive sessions; providing for minutes of executive sessions as specified;".

Page 1-line 13Delete ", and" insert "shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.".

Page 1-line 15     After "meeting" insert "where an action is taken"; delete "governing body" insert "action".

Page 1-line 16     After "misdemeanor" insert "unless minutes were taken during the meeting and the parts thereof recording the member's objections are made public or at the next regular public meeting the member objects to the meeting where the violation occurred and asks that the objection be recorded in the minutes.".

Page 2-line 1      Before "punishable" insert "Either misdemeanor violation under this subsection is".

Page 2-line 13     Before "16-10-107(c)" insert "16-4-405 by creating new subsections (b) and (c),".

Page 4-After line 22    Insert:

"16-4-405.  Executive sessions.

(b)  Minutes shall be maintained of any executive session.  Except for those parts of minutes of an executive session reflecting a members' objection to the executive session as being in violation of this act, minutes and proceedings of executive sessions shall be confidential and produced only in response to a valid court order.

(c)  Unless a different procedure or vote is otherwise specified by law, an executive session may be held only pursuant to a motion that is duly seconded and carried by majority vote of the members of the governing body in attendance when the motion is made.”.SIMPSON, LUBNAU, POWERS, MEIER, ANDERSON, J., VASEY

SF0018H3001/AE

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Page 1-line 7      After "penalties;" insert "amending elements of criminal offenses regarding conversion of stored grain;".

Page 20-line 12    Strike "five hundred".

Page 20-line 13    Strike "dollars ($500.00)" insert "one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)". 

Page 20-line 17    Strike "five hundred dollars ($500.00)" insert "one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)".  SIMPSON, BROWN, HINCKLEY

SF0064HS001/AE

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Page 1-line 6      After "officers;" insert "providing for denial, suspension or revocation of certification; granting rulemaking authority;".

Page 3-line 2      After "annulled" delete "," insert "or".

Page 3-line 3      After "pardon" delete balance of the line and insert ";".

page 3-line 4      Delete entirely.

Page 4-line 20     Delete "peace" insert "correctional".

Page 8-line 8      Delete "ten (10)" insert "five (5)".

Page 8-line 13     Delete "(d)" insert "(e)".

Page 10-line 11    After "shall" insert "adopt rules and regulations to:  (i)".

Page 10-line 13    Delete "." insert "; and".

Page 10-after line 13   Insert:

"(ii)  Establish procedures and criteria for the issuance, denial, renewal, suspension and revocation of correctional officer certification.  Grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of certification shall include the substantial failure to comply with this act or the rules of the commission.  Proceedings regarding a denial, suspension or revocation of certification shall be subject to the contested case procedures of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.".  LANDON, CHAIRMAN

SF0099HS001/A

Page 1-line 4      After "recipients;" insert "transferring administration of the program from the higher education assistance authority to the community college commission;".

Page 1-line 9      Delete "9-2-123(c)(ii)" insert "9-2-123(a), (c)(i), (ii) and (iii),"; after "(e)(intro)" insert ", (g)(iii), (j)(intro), (k), (n)".

Page 1-after line 13    Insert:

"(a)  There is created the Wyoming investment in nursing program administered by the Wyoming higher education assistance authority community college commission created under W.S. 21-16-703 21-18-201. The program shall be known as the WYIN program. Applicants shall be residents of this state or graduates of a Wyoming high school and may apply for loans from the WYIN program in accordance with this section.".

Page 2-after line 2     Insert:

"(i)  An applicant who is accepted into a Wyoming licensed practical nurse or registered nursing education program or a baccalaureate degree program in nursing may be eligible for a loan to pay the unmet need, as determined by the Wyoming higher education assistance authority community college commission or its designee, of attendance at the licensed practical nursing education program or the registered nursing education program leading to an associate's or baccalaureate degree;".

Page 2-line 15     Strike "higher".

Page 2-line 16     Strike "education assistance authority" insert "community college commission".

Page 2-line 22     Delete "authority" insert "Wyoming community college commission". 

Page 3-after line 3     Insert:

"(iii)  A registered nurse with a master's degree in nursing who holds an unencumbered license with the Wyoming board of nursing, has the equivalent of at least one (1) year of full-time service teaching in a nursing education program in Wyoming as a registered nurse with a master's degree in nursing and is accepted into a nursing education program at an institution providing the required nursing education courses under contract with the western interstate commission for higher education or in a distance nursing education program at a university that is regionally accredited leading to a doctorate level degree in nursing may be eligible for a loan to pay the unmet need of attendance, as determined by the Wyoming higher education assistance authority community college commission or its designee, provided that in order to receive a loan for a doctorate level degree program, the applicant shall agree to repay the loan by teaching at the University of Wyoming.".

Page 3-after line 13         Insert:

"(g)  Any recipient of a WYIN loan who fails:

(iii)  The appropriate certification or licensure examination on the first attempt may retake the examination at the next available opportunity before commencing repayment of the loan. The recipient shall notify the Wyoming higher education assistance authority community college commission or its contractor of the intent to retake the examination and the date the examination will be taken. Any recipient of a WYIN loan who fails the examination after the second attempt shall commence cash repayment of the loan within forty-five (45) days after receipt of notification of the second failure by the board of nursing. If the recipient of a WYIN loan who fails the examination on the first attempt does not retake the examination at the next available opportunity, cash repayment shall commence within forty-five (45) days after the next available examination is conducted.

(j)  The Wyoming higher education assistance authority community college commission shall have the powers and duties specified in W.S. 21-16-705 21-18-202 to implement this section and shall establish terms and conditions of loans issued under this section, including:

(k)  Funding of the loan program established under this section shall be by appropriation of the legislature. The authority Wyoming community college commission shall transfer approved loan amounts to the University of Wyoming and to Wyoming community colleges at which loan recipients are enrolled. In consultation with the university and affected community colleges, the authority commission shall establish procedures for transferring loan amounts and for reporting requirements on the expenditure of transferred loan amounts.

(n)  The authority Wyoming community college commission shall annually review the loan program established under this section and report to the governor and the legislature in accordance with W.S. 9-2-1014, regarding program results, funds received and loans issued during the preceding academic year, together with the status of all outstanding loan commitments and repayments under the program.".

Page 4-after line 7     Insert:

"Section 2.  The Wyoming investment in nursing program is hereby transferred to the Wyoming community college commission by a Type 1 transfer as provided by W.S. 9-2-1707(b)(i) and all positions, personnel, property and appropriated funds shall be transferred to the commission for the purposes of administering the Wyoming investment in nursing program.".

Page 4-line 9      Delete "Section 2." insert "Section 3".  OSBORN, CHAIRMAN

SF0132HS001/AE

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Page 1-line 3      Delete "on prospective employees to" insert "about applicants for employment and current members of".

Page 1-line 5      After ";" insert "expanding respite care providers subject to background checks as specified;"; after "applicants" insert "and members".

Page 2-line 9      Delete "prospective".

Page 2-line 10     Delete "employees" insert "applicants for employment and current members"; delete "or" insert ",".

Page 2-line 11     After "volunteer" insert "or member".

Page 3-line 19     After "care" strike balance of line.

Page 3-line 20     Strike "employees".

Page 3-line 22     Delete "After June 30, 2005,"; after "employee" insert ",".

Page 3-line 23     Delete the first "or"; after "volunteer" insert "or membership".  LANDON, CHAIRMAN

SF0155H2001/A

Page 1-line 3      After ";" insert "requiring reports;".

Page 1-line 9      After "(C)" delete "and" insert ","; after "(F)" insert "and by creating a new subsection (k)".

Page 4-After line 7     Insert:

"(k)  Each elected state official shall report annually by October 31, to the joint appropriations interim committee a list of all contracts entered into by the elected state official during the previous fiscal year for supplies or services, if the contract was not awarded by competitive sealed bidding and the administrator did not determine in writing that the use of competitive sealed bidding was not feasible or practical. The report shall also include a list of all contracts entered into by the elected state official for contractual services, consulting services or special projects and services if the contract was not approved by the governor or his designee.".  WARREN

SF0173HS001/AE

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Page 3-line 22     Before "life" insert "contagious".

Page 4-line 16     Delete "on a full-time basis".

Page 4-line 23     Delete "or".

Page 4-line 24     Delete the line through "services".

Page 5-line 2      Delete "or department of family services".

Page 5-line 3      Delete "or youth offenders".

Page 5-line 9      Delete "or youth offenders".  LANDON, CHAIRMAN

SF0173HW001/ACE CORRECTED

 (CORRECTED COPY)

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Page 3-line 22     After "disease" insert "and who commits the violation with the intent to infect a corrections officer, detention officer or staff member with the contagious life threatening disease".  LANDON

SJ0002HS001/AE

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Page 1-line 1      After "RESOLUTION" insert "proposing to amend the Wyoming Constitution;". 

Page 3-line 8      Delete "twenty percent (20%)" insert "five percent (5%)". 

Page 4-line 5      Delete "twenty percent (20%)" insert "five percent (5%)".  PHILP, CHAIRMAN