HB0001H3115

This amendment adds a new section authorizing the Wyoming veterans' memorial museum renovation project, creating an advisory task force, and appropriating $5 million from the Wyoming tourism account plus $50,000 from the general fund.

• Authorizes the Wyoming veterans' memorial museum renovation project, allowing the governor and Wyoming military department to enter contracts and retain experts with governor approval. (Page 141-142, lines 8-17)
• Creates a Wyoming veterans' memorial museum renovation task force consisting of four legislative members (appointed by speaker and senate president), two state government members (state construction department director and adjutant general), and one veterans representative appointed by the governor. (Page 142, lines 19-36)
• Establishes the task force's advisory duties including receiving project information, monitoring procurement and progress, making recommendations to the state construction department, and providing annual reports to the joint travel, recreation, wildlife and cultural resources interim committee. (Page 142-143, lines 13-36)
• Requires the state construction department and department of state parks and cultural resources to staff the task force, coordinate meetings, communicate recommendations, and provide regular updates to the task force and state building commission. (Page 143, lines 38-10 (next page))
• Provides that legislative members of the task force receive salary, per diem and travel expenses under W.S. 28-5-101; state government members receive regular pay without additional compensation except for mileage and per diem if not reimbursed by their employer; and other members receive per diem and mileage but not salary. (Page 143-144, lines 12-24)
• Specifies that the task force terminates on June 30 of the year following completion of the museum renovation project and facility occupancy. (Page 144, lines 26-29)
• Appropriates five million dollars from the Wyoming tourism account to the state construction department for the Wyoming veterans' memorial museum renovation project, effective from the bill's effective date until project completion, with funds not to be transferred or expended for any other purpose. (Page 144, lines 31-44)Agency: State Construction Department · $5,000,000 Wyoming Tourism Account
• Appropriates twenty-five thousand dollars from the general fund to the legislative service office for payments to legislative task force members and other authorized task force expenses, effective from the bill's effective date through June 30 of the year following project completion. (Page 144-145, lines 46-13 (next page))Agency: Legislative Service Office · $25,000 General Fund
• Appropriates twenty-five thousand dollars from the general fund to the governor's office for payments to nonlegislative task force members, effective from the bill's effective date through June 30 of the year following project completion. (Page 145, lines 15-27)Agency: Governor's Office · $25,000 General Fund

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