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STATE OF WYOMING
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0264
Mining mural.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Conrad, Berger, Larson, JT
and Sommers
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to the legislature; authorizing the
2 painting of a mural in the state capitol house chamber;
3 providing an appropriation; providing requirements;
4 creating a selection committee; and providing for an
5 effective date.
6
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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9 Section 1.
10
11 (a) Five hundred twenty thousand dollars
12 ($520,000.00) is appropriated from the general fund to the
13 legislative service office. These funds shall be used only
14 for the purpose of the planning, design and painting of a
15 mural in the house chamber at the Wyoming state capitol
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1 building. The mural shall depict the history of mining in
2 Wyoming and shall match historically and artistically with
3 the Allen True murals that are currently in the house
4 chamber.
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6 (b) The legislative service office, with assistance
7 from the Wyoming arts council, shall issue a request for
8 qualifications to commission an artist or artists to paint
9 the mural specified in subsection (a) of this section.
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11 (c) A selection committee consisting of the five (5)
12 members of the management council who belong to the house
13 of representatives and three (3) other non-legislative
14 members as determined by the speaker of the house, with
15 assistance from the legislative service office, shall
16 select an artist or artists to paint the mural using
17 criteria established by the selection committee. Members of
18 the selection committee who are not members of the
19 legislature shall receive the same per diem and mileage as
20 members of the legislature traveling to and from meetings
21 or while in actual attendance of meetings of the selection
22 committee and during the performance of their duties
23 relative thereto. The state building commission shall
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1 approve of the process to affix the mural required under
2 subsection (a) of this section to the house chamber wall,
3 pursuant to W.S. 9-5-106(e), before any alteration is made
4 to the house chamber under this section.
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6 (d) The funds appropriated in subsection (a) of this
7 section shall not be transferred or expended for any
8 purpose other than for the planning, design and painting of
9 the mural required by subsection (a) of this section.
10 Notwithstanding W.S. 9-2-1008, 9-2-1012(e), 9-4-207(a) or
11 any other provision of law, the funds appropriated in
12 subsection (a) of this section shall not lapse or revert
13 until the mural required by subsection (a) of this section
14 is complete.
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16 Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2023.
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18 (END)
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