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STATE OF WYOMING
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0281
Local government approval for historic site designations.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Storer
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to state historic sites; requiring the
2 board of land commissioners to provide notice and to obtain
3 consent from counties, cities or towns before making a
4 historic site designation as specified; providing
5 requirements; and providing for an effective date.
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7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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9 Section 1. W.S. 36-8-108 is created to read:
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11 36-8-108. Designation of state historic sites;
12 requirements.
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14 After designation by the legislature but before any
15 official designation is made for a state historical site
16 when the property to be designated belongs to a county,
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1 city or town, the board of land commissioners shall obtain
2 consent from the board of county commissioners or the local
3 governing body of the city or town where the proposed state
4 historical site is located. The board of county
5 commissioners or the local governing body of a city or town
6 shall be given not less than thirty (30) days written
7 notice before the site is designated as a state historic
8 site. After notice is given and the notice period has
9 passed, if no objection is made, consent to the designation
10 of the historic site shall be presumed.
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12 Section 2. This act is effective immediately upon
13 completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
14 as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
15 Constitution.
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17 (END)
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