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STATE OF WYOMING
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0012
Public safety communications funding.
Sponsored by: Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Interim Committee
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to public safety communications; providing
2 an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.
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4 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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6 Section 1.
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8 (a) There is appropriated to the department of
9 transportation eighty-nine million three hundred ninety
10 thousand dollars ($89,390,000.00) from any unexpended,
11 unobligated American Rescue Plan Act funds that were
12 appropriated in 2021 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 166,
13 Section 5(b). This appropriation is for purposes of
14 infrastructure, development, expansion, operations and
15 maintenance for the statewide interoperable public safety
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1 communications system, commonly referred to as WyoLink, and
2 that are consistent with the terms of the American Rescue
3 Plan Act, excluding the provision of government services
4 related to a reduction in revenue. Any unobligated,
5 unexpended funds remaining from this appropriation on
6 October 1, 2024, may be transferred and expended upon
7 approval by the governor for any other purposes authorized
8 by the legislature and consistent with the terms of the
9 American Rescue Plan Act. Transfers and expenditures under
10 this section shall be reported to the legislature through
11 the B-11 process as authorized by W.S. 9-2-1005(b)(ii) and
12 reported pursuant to W.S. 9-2-1013(b).
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14 (b) As used in this section, "American Rescue Plan
15 Act funds" means funds appropriated or disbursed to the
16 state of Wyoming through the Coronavirus State Fiscal
17 Recovery Fund established under section 602 of title VI of
18 the federal Social Security Act and the Coronavirus Capital
19 Projects Fund established under section 604 of title VI of
20 the federal Social Security Act, as created by section 9901
21 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 117-2.
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1 Section 2. This act is effective immediately upon
2 completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
3 as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
4 Constitution.
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6 (END)
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