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                            STATE OF WYOMING
                            HOUSE BILL NO. HB0178
     State land parcels-event hosting.
     Sponsored by:     Representative(s) Harshman, Berger, Brown,
                        Chadwick and Northrup and Senator(s) Landen
                                    A BILL
                                     for
 AN ACT relating to state lands; authorizing the office of
 state lands and investments and the department of state
 parks and cultural resources to use specified state land
 parcels for events; specifying requirements for the use of
 state land parcels for events; specifying the disposition
 of revenues generated from events on state land parcels;
 providing an     appropriation;     requiring rulemaking;   and
 providing for an effective date.
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 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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        Section 1.    W.S. 36-4-124 is created to read:
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        36-4-124.    State land parcels;     event hosting;
 requirements; revenues.
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        (a)   The department of    state parks and cultural
 resources is authorized to utilize state land parcels for
 revenue-generating events in accordance with the following:
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              (i)     No state land parcel shall be utilized for
 revenue-generating events under this section without the
 board of land commissioners first granting approval for use
 of the parcel in accordance with this section;
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              (ii)    The department shall utilize only state
 land parcels in     Teton county as      determined by    the
 department, in consultation with the office of state lands
 and investments, that would provide the best opportunity
 for generating the maximum amount of    revenue from each
 parcel through the hosting of revenue-generating events on
 each parcel;
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              (iii)    The department shall use not more than
 five (5) event sites on each parcel identified in paragraph
 (ii) of this subsection;
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              (iv)       The department may hold any
 revenue-generating event on    the parcels identified in
 paragraph     (ii)       of this subsection,          including,         without
 limitation, weddings, concerts, corporate events and other
 social events;
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              (v)    The department may construct or install or
 enter into a contract for the construction or installation
 of temporary structures that are dismantled after use for
 the hosting of    revenue-generating events on    the parcels
 identified in paragraph (ii) of this subsection;
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              (vi)       The department may lease or     enter into
 contracts for concessions or other services associated with
 the revenue-generating events on     state land parcels
 identified in paragraph (ii) of this subsection. Leases or
 contracts entered into under this section shall be   in
 accordance with W.S. 36-4-110.
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        (b)   The department of    state parks and cultural
 resources shall deposit not less than quarterly, less any
 fees or costs associated with implementing this section,
 all revenues generated from all revenue-generating events
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 held on the parcels identified in paragraph (a)(ii) of this
 section in the common school account within the permanent
 land income fund.
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        (c)    The department of        state parks and cultural
 resources, in consultation with the office of state lands
 and investments, shall promulgate all rules necessary to
 implement this section.
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        Section      2.    There is        appropriated three million
 dollars ($3,000,000.00) from the school foundation program
 reserve account created by    W.S.    21-13-306.1         to the
 department of state parks and cultural resources for the
 period beginning on the effective date of    this act and
 ending June 30, 2026. Funds appropriated under this section
 shall be expended only to implement this act, including but
 not limited to conducting due diligence on the state land
 parcels on   which revenue-generating events may be   held
 under this act, developing site criteria for the parcels,
 developing a business plan for holding revenue-generating
 events, securing a concessionaire in accordance with this
 act and any other expenses related to planning and holding
 revenue-generating events on the parcels identified in this
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 act.     Notwithstanding       W.S.        9-2-1008,       9-2-1012(e)       and
 9-4-207,     any unexpended,          unobligated funds from this
 appropriation shall not revert until June 30, 2026.
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        Section 3.       The department of state parks and cultural
 resources, in consultation with the office of state lands
 and investments, shall promulgate all rules necessary to
 implement this act.
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        Section     4.   This act is    effective immediately upon
 completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
 as provided by    Article     4,    Section     8    of the Wyoming
 Constitution.
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                                      (END)
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