Wyoming HB 215: Integrated test center-governance.

Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL NO. HB0215
Integrated test center-governance.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Conrad and Burkhart and
Senator(s) Dockstader
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to the administration of the government;
2 codifying and continuing the integrated test center;
3 specifying oversight and powers of the integrated test
4 center; requiring reports; specifying budget procedures for
5 the center; creating an account; making conforming
6 amendments; providing for the transfer and assumption of
7 obligations, funds and duties; and providing for effective
8 dates.
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10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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12 Section 1.
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14 (a) The integrated test center established in 2014
15 Wyoming session laws, chapter 26, section 334(h)(ii) and

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1 (n), as amended by 2015 Wyoming session laws, chapter 142,
2 section 334(h)(ii) and (o), shall be transferred to the
3 University of Wyoming school of energy resources as of the
4 effective date of this subsection. Except as provided in
5 section 4 of this act, all property, equipment, obligations
6 and unexpended funds of the integrated test center shall be
7 transferred to the University of Wyoming school of energy
8 resources on the effective date of this subsection.
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10 (b) Before October 1, 2024, the joint minerals,
11 business and economic development interim committee is
12 directed to study the impacts this act will have on the
13 duties and responsibilities of the school of energy
14 resources and the integrated test center, including the
15 effect the transfer will have on existing funding and
16 obligations of the integrated test center. The integrated
17 test center and the school of energy resources shall assist
18 the committee in this study as requested. The committee
19 shall sponsor any necessary legislation to correct or
20 improve the outcome of any issue associated with the
21 transfer of the integrated test center or of any other
22 issue identified in this study.
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1 (c) Not later than May 1, 2024, the director of the
2 school of energy resources shall prepare a plan for the
3 transfer of the integrated test center and its programs,
4 assets, obligations and functions to the school of energy
5 resources. The director shall submit the plan to the joint
6 minerals, business and economic development interim
7 committee for consideration during the committee's first
8 interim committee meeting of 2024.
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10 (d) Not later than October 1, 2024 and again on
11 February 1, 2024, the school of energy resources and the
12 integrated test center shall report to the joint minerals,
13 business and economic development interim committee on the
14 status of the plan to transfer duties, property,
15 obligations and responsibilities of the integrated test
16 center to the school of energy resources. The center and
17 the school of energy resources shall recommend to the
18 committee any legislation necessary to correct or improve
19 the outcome of any issue identified in the codification of
20 the integrated test center as provided for by this act.
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22 (e) In anticipation of the transfer of the integrated
23 test center to the school of energy resources, the school

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1 of energy resources may include any necessary exception
2 requests for the integrated test center in the supplemental
3 budget the school submits under W.S. 9-2-1010 through
4 9-2-1014 and 21-17-117(c)(iv) before the 2025 general
5 session.
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7 (f) Beginning with the effective date of this
8 subsection until July 1, 2025, the integrated test center
9 shall consult with the school of energy resources, the
10 energy resources council and the governor regarding any
11 agreement, contract, lease or other obligation the
12 integrated test center seeks to enter into on behalf of the
13 center.
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15 Section 2. W.S. 21-17-117.1 is created to read:
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17 21-17-117.1. Integrated test center; governance;
18 duties; powers.
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20 (a) The integrated test center established in 2014
21 Wyoming session laws, chapter 26, section 334(h)(ii) and
22 (n), as amended by 2015 Wyoming session laws, chapter 142,

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1 section 334(h)(ii) and (o), is hereby codified and
2 continued as the integrated test center.
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4 (b) The school of energy resources, under direction
5 from the energy resources council, shall oversee and
6 operate the integrated test center.
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8 (c) The school of energy resources, under direction
9 from the energy resources council, shall establish the
10 structure and policies for the operation of the integrated
11 test center consistent with the objectives of this section
12 and W.S. 21-17-117, and shall engage as many academic
13 departments and colleges as possible in support of the
14 center.
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16 (d) In operating the center, the school of energy
17 resources shall:
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19 (i) Design, co