61ST WYOMING LEGISLATURE

INTERIM COMMITTEE STUDIES

2011 INTERIM

 

JOINT JUDICIARY INTERIM COMMITTEE

 

Standard Budget:     $45,500.00

Priority #: 1     Access to Courts and Uniform Prosecution of Offenses

 

The Committee will consider the need for full time circuit court magistrates, affordable and efficient access to the courts and the uniform prosecution of offenses.

 

Priority #: 2     Wyoming Governmental Claims Act

 

The Committee will examine the application of the savings statute to actions brought under the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act as suggested by the Wyoming Supreme Court in Hall v. Park County, 2010 WY 124, 238 P.3d 580, 2010 Wyo. LEXIS (2010).

 

Priority #: 3     Juvenile Justice

 

The Committee will study juvenile justice issues with an emphasis on circuit court jurisdiction.  The study will include the applicability of the model juvenile code in circuit court and enhancement of the single point of entry.

 

Priority #: 7 4    Public Records and Open Meeting Statutes [Changed from Priority 7 to Priority 4 by Management Council]

 

 Public Records and Open Meeting Statutes

 Public Records and Open Meeting Statutes

 Public Records and Open Meeting Statutes

 

The Committee will consider issues involving the Public Records Act and the open meeting statutes.

 

Priority #: 5     Wrongful Death Actions

 

The Committee will review the appointment, purpose and powers of a personal representative in wrongful death cases.

 

Priority #: 6     Property Exempt  Exemptions from Execution and Attachments

 

The Committee will review property exempt exemptions from execution and attachments and the interplay of the exemptions with respect to bankruptcy law. [Modified by Management Council]

 

 

Priority #: 8  7   Appeal time involving clandestine laboratory remediation

 

The Committee will review W.S. 35-9-159(e) relating to clandestine laboratories and time limits for appeals.  Management Council assigned this topic to the Committee pursuant to Administrative Rule Review Report 10-45.

 

Priority #:  8    Prisoner Litigation [Changed from Priority 4 to Priority 8 by Management Council]

 

The Committee will review possible abuse of the judicial process by incarcerated individuals.

 

Priority #: 9     Tentative Meeting Schedule

 

April 21-22, 2011:       Worland

August 30-31, 2011:     Newcastle

October 13-14, 2011:   Evanston

 

 

 

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