Integrated test center-governance.
Establish governance rules for the integrated test center, including oversight, budget procedures, and reporting requirements.
Full legal title
AN ACT relating to the administration of the government; codifying and continuing the integrated test center; specifying oversight and powers of the integrated test center; requiring reports; specifying budget procedures for the center; making conforming amendments; providing for the transfer and assumption of obligations, funds and duties; and providing for an effective date.
Transfers the integrated test center to the University of Wyoming school of energy resources and establishes statutory governance, operational duties, and reporting requirements.
- Transfers all property, implements, fixtures, facilities, equipment, obligations, rights, and unexpended funds of the integrated test center from the state to the University of Wyoming school of energy resources effective on the bill's effective date. (Sec. 1(a))
- Requires the governor's office, Wyoming energy authority, and school of energy resources to transfer existing agreements and contracts of the integrated test center to the school of energy resources to the greatest extent possible. (Sec. 1(b))
- Codifies and continues the integrated test center as a statutory entity under the University of Wyoming school of energy resources, with oversight by the energy resources council. (Sec. 2(a), Sec. 2(b), W.S. 21-17-117.1)
- Authorizes the school of energy resources to design, construct, and operate a facility for studying carbon dioxide and other emissions capture, sequestration, utilization, and management, and to provide testing and research opportunities at the facility. (Sec. 2(d)(i), Sec. 2(d)(ii))
- Authorizes the school of energy resources to enter into leases with real property owners, including provisions granting owners a right of first refusal to purchase the state's ownership interest in the physical plant at fair market value after test center activities conclude. (Sec. 2(d)(iii)(A))
- Requires agreements between all partners, research tenants, and lessors to include provisions retaining sovereign immunity for Wyoming and the University of Wyoming and indemnifying them from liability, damages, and legal fees arising from use of the integrated test center. (Sec. 2(d)(iii)(C))
- Directs the school of energy resources and energy resources council to prioritize facility space and resources to projects with high commercial success likelihood, that increase Wyoming's knowledge base on emissions management, enhance Wyoming's national and international exposure for energy innovation, add value to Wyoming products, or advance use of Wyoming's natural resources.
