2000 State of Wyoming 00LSO-0134
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0042
Tobacco prevention programs.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Bebout
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to administration of government; authorizing
2 programs for the prevention and reduction of tobacco use as
3 specified; requiring a report; and providing for an
4 effective date.
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6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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8 Section 1. W.S. 9-2-121 is created to read:
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10 9-2-121. Tobacco settlement funds; reduction of
11 tobacco use by minors; public awareness campaign; grant
12 program for youth groups.
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14 (a) The department of health shall develop and
15 implement a public awareness campaign designed to reduce
16 tobacco use by minors in this state. The campaign may use
17 advertisements or similar media to provide education
18 information about tobacco use.
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2 (b) The department may contract with a third party to
3 develop and implement the public awareness campaign
4 authorized by subsection (a) of this section. Any contract
5 awarded under this subsection shall be awarded on the basis
6 of competitive bids. Any request for proposal used during
7 the competitive bid process shall include specific
8 requirements relating to outcome-based evaluation of the
9 contractor's performance.
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11 (c) The department of health shall develop and
12 implement a competitive grant program to support efforts to
13 reduce the use of tobacco products by minors in communities
14 in this state. Grant recipients under this subsection may
15 include local governments, community-based organizations and
16 schools. The department shall solicit proposals for grants
17 under this section by publication of a request for
18 proposals. Any request for proposal used during the
19 competitive grant process shall include specific
20 requirements relating to outcome-based evaluation of the
21 grant recipient's performance.
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23 (d) The department of health shall also develop and
24 implement a competitive grant program to support youth
25 groups that include as a part of the group's program
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1 components related to the reduction of tobacco use by the
2 group's members. As used in this subsection, "youth group"
3 means a nonprofit organization that:
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5 (i) Is chartered as a national or statewide
6 organization;
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8 (ii) Has been in existence for not less than one
9 (1) year;
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11 (iii) Has a membership of which at least sixty-
12 five percent (65%) is younger than twenty-two (22) years of
13 age; and
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15 (iv) Is organized and operated exclusively for
16 youth recreational or educational purposes and includes, as
17 part of the group's program, components relating to
18 prevention of drug abuse, character development, citizenship
19 training and physical and mental fitness.
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21 (e) The department shall report its activities under
22 this section including the authorized expenditures of any
23 money from the Wyoming tobacco settlement trust fund income
24 account created by W.S. 9-2-120 to the governor and the
25 legislature not later than January 15 of each year.
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2 Section 2. This act is effective immediately upon
3 completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
4 as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
5 Constitution.
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7 (END)
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