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HB0121JC01 |
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Adopt the following Senate amendments:
HB0121S2002/AE
HB0121S3003/AE
Delete the following Senate amendments:
HB0121SS001/AE
HB0121SW001/AE
HB0121SW002/AE
HB0121S2001/AE
HB0121S3002/AE
HB0121S3005/AE
HB0121S3006/ACE
HB0121S3007.01/ACE
HB0121S3007.02/ACE
Further amend the ENGROSSED COPY as follows:
Page 1-line 5 After "funds;" insert "providing for an abandoned mine land funds balancing account;".
Page 2-line 13 Before "account" insert "reserve"; After "35-11-1210" insert "(a)".
Page 3-line 22 Delete “Nine million dollars ($9,000,000.00)” insert “Ten million dollars ($10,000,000.00)”.
Page 4-line 5 Delete "footnote" insert "paragraph".
Page 4-line 17 Delete "in" insert "to".
Page 5-lines 12 through 23 Delete entirely and insert:
"(iv) Six million dollars ($6,000,000.00) to the Wyoming wildlife and natural resources trust income account for project funding, except that that no funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be used to purchase or acquire conservation easements or other development rights;".
Page 9-After line 3 Insert:
"(iii) One million dollars ($1,000,000.00) to the department of transportation for a compressed natural gas fueling station and conversion of existing vehicles or purchase of new vehicles for the department or the University of Wyoming powered by compressed natural gas, subject to the following conditions:
(A) The construction and operation shall be subject to oversight by the department of administration and information;
(B) To the extent permissible under Wyoming law, the station shall be constructed by Wyoming residents as defined in W.S. 16-6-101(a)(i);
(C) The station shall be available to the university, the department of transportation, school districts, local governments and private payers using credit cards and shall be located to enhance usage by the public and private sectors;
(D) No expenditure for a natural gas fueling station shall be made unless authorized by the governor after the department of transportation and university explore the possibility of constructing and operating the station in conjunction with the private sector. After construction the station may be sold at any time;
(E) Any non-gifted proceeds from the sale of the station shall be deposited in the general fund.".
Page 9-line 5 Delete “(iii)” insert “(iv)”.
Page 9-line 8 Delete "this section" insert "section 1 of this act".
Page 9-line 10 Delete “(iv)” insert “(v)”.
Page 9-line 15 Delete “(v)” insert “(vi)”.
Page 12-line 10 Delete “Seven million dollars ($7,000,000.00)” insert “Nine million dollars ($9,000,000.00)”.
Page 13-line 10 Delete “utilized by the state of Wyoming” insert “transferred to the state of Wyoming upon abandonment of the project by the grantee”.
Page 13-line 21 Delete “(vi)” insert “(vii)”.
Page 14-line 5 Delete “(vii)” insert “(viii)”.
Page 14-line 12 Delete entirely and insert “(ix) Seven hundred thousand dollars ($700,000.00) to”.
Page 14-line 22 Delete entirely.
Page 14-line 23 Delete “($750,000.00)” insert “(x) One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00)”.
Page 15-line 11 Delete entirely and insert “(xi) Two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00) to”.
Page 16-line 11 Delete “(b)(iv)” insert “(b)(v)”.
Page 16-line 14 Delete “(b)(v)(C)” insert “(b)(vi)(C)”.
Page 16-line 17 Delete “(b)(vi)” insert “(b)(vii)”.
Page 16-line 20 Delete “(b)(vii)” insert “(b)(viii)”.
Page 17-lines 10 and 11 Delete entirely and insert "(c)(i),(ii), (iii) and (v) and section 2, paragraphs (b)(i), (ii), (iv), (v), (vi)(A), (viii), (ix) and (x) of this act".
Page 17-after line 11 Insert:
"Section 4. The governor may substitute funds from the 2012 Senate File 0001, section 2, section 045, department of transportation general fund appropriation to the commission, for any project funded with abandoned mine land funds in this act in order to expedite expenditure of abandoned mine land funds as the governor determines necessary or convenient. Abandoned mine land funds received for a project for which general funds were substituted pursuant to this section shall be distributed to the transportation commission upon receipt. Any substitution of funds pursuant to this section shall be in accordance with the b-11 process authorized by W.S. 9-2-1005(b)(ii) and shall be reported by the governor to the joint appropriations committee in the monthly report provided by W.S. 9-2-1005(o).
Section 5.
(a) From funds within the abandoned mine land funds balancing account created as W.S. 35-11-1210(e) under section 6 of this act, there is appropriated, as available:
(i) Fourteen million two hundred thousand dollars ($14,200,000.00) to the University of Wyoming for the performing arts building. The University of Wyoming may raise private funds and issue revenue bonds pursuant to W.S. 21-17-402 through 21-17-450 for amounts up to fourteen million two hundred thousand dollars ($14,200,000.00) for renovation and construction associated with the performing arts building. Any bonds issued shall be eligible for supplemental coverage in accordance with W.S. 9-4-1003. To the extent practicable, bond counsel used on the issuance of the revenue bonds for this project shall be resident to Wyoming;
(ii) Fifteen million eight hundred thousand dollars ($15,800,000.00) to an account which shall be held by the state treasurer for distribution to the University of Wyoming for construction costs of the engineering building as provided in this paragraph. The funds shall be available to be matched by qualifying contributions meeting the provisions of W.S. 21-16-1401 through 21-16-1403, including valuation of matching funds. Funds under this paragraph shall only be available for expenditure as specifically authorized by the legislature.
Section 6. W.S. 35-11-1210 by creating a new subsection (e) is amended to read:
35‑11‑1210. Abandoned mine land funds reserve account.
(e) There is created the abandoned mine land funds balancing account. Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, the legislature may deposit into the balancing account and appropriate therefrom funds as it determines appropriate to substitute for or supplement abandoned mine land funds received from the federal government, from the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments of 2006, Section 411(h)(1), pursuant to 2007 H.R. 6111.".
Page 17-line 13 Delete "Section 4." Insert "Section 7.".
Page 18-line 9 Delete "Section 5." Insert "Section 8.". BERGER, TEETERS, WALLIS, NICHOLAS, P., BEBOUT, ROSS