17 - Transportation and Public Works (17)

Date of Last Recorded Action: 5/11/2021

HB 0012 Failed IntroSpeeding fines amendments. Judiciary
2/23/2018 Did Not Consider in CoW ---
17 - Transportation and Public Works 3-Failed All WAM Bills Bob House Bills

Bill regulating number of bonds and giving valuation to highway speed limit fines.  Per WAM counsel and AG opinion, this does not preempt local control on fines. 

WAM Action: 2/13/18

The bill was amended to remove the reduction in fines and only to consolidate the number of bonds.   The AG reiterated in the committee that municipal level fines do not fall under this legislation.  
HB 0024 Failed IntroInvestment of public funds-fixed interest bearing deposits. Minerals, Business and Economic Development
2/23/2018 Did Not Consider in CoW ---
11 - Finance and Procurement 17 - Transportation and Public Works 3-Failed All WAM Bills Bob
Dave House Bills
This bill authorizes investments of public funds in fixed interest bearing deposit accounts and creates provisions.
HB 0036 SupportMove over requirement. Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs
3/9/2018 President Signed HEA No. 0048 ---
15 - Public Safety and Corrections 17 - Transportation and Public Works All WAM Bills Bob Dave
House Bills
This bill addresses regulation of traffic on highways, amends requirements for passing parked emergency vehicles, creates requirements for passing parked or slow moving municipal, construction, public utility and maintenance vehicles.
HB 0066 MonitorPurchase of water rights and facilities. Select Water
3/16/2018 Chapter No. 115 Session Laws of Wyoming 2018 ---
07 - Natural Resource/Environment 17 - Transportation and Public Works All WAM Bills Bob Dave
House Bills

This bill relates to water projects, authorizing the Lake DeSmet reservoir project to include municipal water supply, describing and specifying terms and conditions of funding for the project, and provides for an appropriation.
HB 0078 SupportOmnibus water bill-construction. Select Water
3/16/2018 Chapter No. 121 Session Laws of Wyoming 2018 ---
02 - Local Government 1-WAM Priority Bills 17 - Transportation and Public Works All WAM Bills Bob
Dave House Bills

This bill relates to water development, authorizes construction of designated water projects, specifies terms and conditions, provides for appropriations, and includes certain municipal projects.

WAM ACTION: 2/13/18 Ag Committee (Chapter 99) 

WDD Acct I  (costs appropriate, see bill for actual. WWDC grants 67% of project costs and can offer loans for balance). Only listing municipal projects

  1. Gillette Regional extension for main water supply Madison Project.  This project now is bringing in the outlying districts to tie in to the main line. = 2.7M total with $1.8M grant appropriated from WWDC. Condition to successfully redrill 2 wells and resolve certain issues before project will go forward.  
  2. Glenrock Transmission Pipeline - $525K appropriated
  3. Lusk Water System Improvement (replace Well #1, well house) - $546K appropriated
  4. Newcastle Well 2016 - $495K appropriated.  Special conditions the current well belongs to the State and will sell to city at a 1/3 cost ($259K separate transaction to State). 
  5. Sheridan Northside Transmission - $1.7M appropriated 
  6. Sundance Tank (new storage tank) -  $722K appropriated

WWD Acct II

  1. Casper Underground - 416K appropriated
  2. Star Valley (capture water system, replace older lines) - 558K is 67% and town also seeking a loan for the 33% of their share (term is 30 years at 4%) so the total app 834K
  3. Deaver Irrigation District (mentioned since provides to town) - 464K with special conditions that WWD will provide project materials through grant

WWD Acct III

  1. West Fork Reservoir with appropriation of 40M, but also WWDC seeking cost sharing from Colorado or Federal. 
HB 0084 MonitorApproval of bridge designs, plans and specifications. Lloyd Larsen
3/9/2018 President Signed HEA No. 0040 ---
13 - Planning and Zoning 17 - Transportation and Public Works All WAM Bills Bob Dave
House Bills
This bill relates to bridge design and constrution/reconstruction, requires notice to WYDOT of a constructed bridge, eliminates WYDOTS preapproval of bridge designs, and specifies duties for cities and towns. 
HB 0095 Failed IntroPublic works and contracts. Albert Sommers
2/23/2018 No report prior to CoW Cutoff ---
17 - Transportation and Public Works 3-Failed All WAM Bills Bob Dave
House Bills
This bill authorizes specifications of suggested brands and manufacturers in requests for bids and proposals.
HJ 0002 MonitorCommercial driver's license-compact agreement. Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs
3/16/2018 Governor Signed HEJR No. 0001 ---
17 - Transportation and Public Works All WAM Bills Bob Dave Joint Bills
This bill requests Congress to enact legislation permitting western states to enter into a voluntary compact to establish a graduated commercial driver licensing program that would allow commercial drivers between 19 and 21 years of age to operate a commercial motor vehicle in a consenting contiguous state.
SF 0040 SupportCommercial air service improvement. Michael Von Flatern
3/16/2018 Chapter No. 124 Session Laws of Wyoming 2018 ---
04 - Business/Economic Development 1-WAM Priority Bills 17 - Transportation and Public Works All WAM Bills Bob
Dave Senate Bills
This bill relates to aeronautics, including establishing the Wyoming Commercial Air Service Improvement Act, creating the Wyoming commercial air service improvement council, provides a sunset date, authorizes the aeronautics commission to enter into contracts related to commercial air service improvement, requires reporting, and creation of an account.
SF 0053 SupportSmall water projects. Select Water
3/6/2018 Speaker Signed SEA No. 0008 ---
17 - Transportation and Public Works All WAM Bills Bob Dave Senate Bills

This bill relates to water development and eliminates the maximum projects costs limitations on small water projects.
SF 0054 MonitorWater development project requirements. Select Water
3/6/2018 Speaker Signed SEA No. 0006 ---
17 - Transportation and Public Works All WAM Bills Bob Dave Senate Bills

 This bill relates to water development establishing requirements related to operations and maintenance of water projects.

WAM ACTION: 2/13/18

Committee discussed the new requirements for sponsors of water projects.  The project sponsor must demonstrate sufficient fees or rates can be obtained to support operation and maintenance.  O&M account for those sponsors that have taken out a loan.   Passed 4-1
SF 0055 Failed IntroWater development account III. Select Water
2/27/2018 postponed indefinitely ---
17 - Transportation and Public Works 3-Failed All WAM Bills Bob Dave
Senate Bills

 This bill relates to water revises funding criteria for water development account III.

WAM ACTION: 2/27/18 

This bill lowers the threshold for reservoirs that qualify that may add increase water project opportunities that would normally be funded in Water I or II.  Caution from Committee and opponents to not reduce the volume allowed so drastically from 2000 acre feet to 50 acre feet.  Stress to maintain public benefit. Committee commented that they want to keep for larger projects, particularly with the drastic change in volume options.  Rep Gray suggests an interim topic is future of Water Acct III.  Bill failed 8 No, 1 excused.  
SF 0060 SupportWyoming Women's Suffrage Pathway-highway designation. Tara Nethercott
3/8/2018 Speaker Signed SEA No. 0030 ---
17 - Transportation and Public Works All WAM Bills Bob Dave Senate Bills
Bill denoting a section of highway from Fremont county line northeast to the boundary of the Shoshone national forest

 This bill designates a specific portion of Wyoming highways as the Wyoming Women’s Sufferage Pathway with needed signage.
SF 0062 SupportOmnibus water bill-planning. Select Water
3/16/2018 Chapter No. 94 Session Laws of Wyoming 2018 ---
07 - Natural Resource/Environment 1-WAM Priority Bills 17 - Transportation and Public Works All WAM Bills Bob
Dave Senate Bills

This bill relates to water development projects and includes authorization for specific level I and II studies, provides appropriations, authorizes unobligated funds to be used for other projects and includes municipal projects.

WAM ACTION: 3/1/18

Municipal planning projects for Laramie, Sheridan, Cheyenne, Saratoga, Glendo, and Lander.  Other multiple county projects that will impact municipality water supply are in the bill.  Rep Gray reiterated that the entire WWD funds should be holistically evaluated in an interim session.  Bill passed unanimously.   
SF 0064 Failed IntroAppropriation to state engineer. Select Water
3/7/2018 No report prior to CoW Cutoff ---
02 - Local Government 16 - State Budget and Fiscal Affairs 17 - Transportation and Public Works 3-Failed All WAM Bills
Bob Dave Senate Bills
This bill relates to water development, reverts appropriations from the water development account I to the state engineers office, and proposes that the state engineers office be funded from the general fund in the same amount.
SF 0079 SupportVertical takeoff and landing aircraft- regulation. Dan Dockstader
3/16/2018 Chapter No. 104 Session Laws of Wyoming 2018 ---
04 - Business/Economic Development 17 - Transportation and Public Works All WAM Bills Bob Dave
Senate Bills
This bill relates to aeronautics and includes authorizing the Wyoming aeronautics division to promulgate rules regarding vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, amends provisions for unmanned aircraft, authorizes to seek funding from the federal government and other funding a sources, and requires coordinated efforts for marketing and advocacy efforts.   
SF 0113 Failed IntroCommunity development districts. Tara Nethercott
3/7/2018 3rd Reading:Failed 19-40-1-0-0 ---
02 - Local Government 04 - Business/Economic Development 08 - Solid Waste Management 12 - Parks and Recreation 13 - Planning and Zoning
15 - Public Safety and Corrections 17 - Transportation and Public Works 3-Failed All WAM Bills Bob
Dave Senate Bills

This bill relates to cities and towns, authorizes municipalities to create community development districts,  specifies requirements and provides definitions, specifies duties and powers of community development districts and district boards of directors, authorizes assessments, specifies duties of municipalities, and amends definitions.

The concept of this bill may be introduced as an interim topic.   
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