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1		-	ORIGINAL HOUSE
2		-	BILL NO. HB0014
3		-	ENROLLED ACT NO. 4, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
4		-	SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
5		-	2025 GENERAL SESSION
	1	+	2025
	2	+	STATE OF WYOMING
	3	+	25LSO-01981HB0014
	4	+	HOUSE BILL NO. HB0014
	5	+	Solid waste municipal cease and transfer funding.
	6	+	Sponsored by: Joint Minerals, Business & Economic
	7	+	Development Interim Committee
	8	+	A BILL
	9	+	for
	10	+	1 AN ACT relating to the prioritization of cease and transfer
	11	+	2 projects for municipal solid waste facilities; authorizing
	12	+	3 expenditure of previously appropriated funds; establishing
	13	+	4 a prioritized list of projects; establishing a maximum
	14	+	5 amount to be expended on projects; granting the department
	15	+	6 of environmental quality limited discretionary authority to
	16	+	7 modify the prioritized list; specifying expenditures for a
	17	+	8 carcass management project; providing definitions;
	18	+	9 requiring reports; repealing a prior priority list of cease
	19	+	10 and transfer projects; and providing for an effective date.
	20	+	11
	21	+	12
	22	+	13.
	23	+	14
	24	+	15 (a) As used in this section: 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-01982HB0014
6	25		1
7		-	AN ACT relating to the prioritization of cease and transfer
8		-	projects for municipal solid waste facilities; authorizing
9		-	expenditure of previously appropriated funds; establishing
10		-	a prioritized list of projects; establishing a maximum
11		-	amount to be expended on projects; granting the department
12		-	of environmental quality limited discretionary authority to
13		-	modify the prioritized list; specifying expenditures for a
14		-	carcass management project; providing definitions;
15		-	requiring reports; repealing a prior priority list of cease
16		-	and transfer projects; and providing for an effective date.
17		-	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
18		-	Section 1.
19		-	(a) As used in this section:
20		-	(i) "(C)" means closure project;
21		-	(ii) "Maximum amount" means the total amount to
22		-	be expended on the listed project and reflects one hundred
23		-	percent (100%) of the project cost, including any award by
24		-	the state loan and investment board under W.S. 35-11-528;
25		-	(iii) "SWDD" means solid waste disposal
26		-	district;
27		-	(iv) "(T)" means transfer project.
28		-	(b) From amounts appropriated by 2013 Wyoming Session
29		-	Laws, Chapter 194, Section 2(a) and (b), 2014 Wyoming
30		-	Session Laws, Chapter 26, Section 333(a) and (b), 2015
31		-	Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 142, Section 345 (priority
32		-	2), 2016 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 31, Section 316(a),
33		-	2018 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 134, Section 323(a), (c) ORIGINAL HOUSE
34		-	BILL NO. HB0014
35		-	ENROLLED ACT NO. 4, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
36		-	SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
37		-	2025 GENERAL SESSION
38		-	2
39		-	and (d), as amended by 2019 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter
40		-	80, Section 323, 2019 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 67,
41		-	Section 1, 2024 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 118, Section
42		-	2, Section 020, footnote 2 and other funds appropriated and
43		-	authorized for program expenses, the following amounts and
44		-	prioritized projects are authorized pursuant to the
45		-	municipal solid waste facilities cease and transfer program
46		-	created by W.S. 35-11-528:
47		-	Priority Index Project Maximum Amount
48		-	1 Carcass management project $ 77,303
49		-	2 Newcastle, City of (T) $1,200,000
50		-	3 Moorcroft, Town of –
51		-	Moorcroft #3 (T) $1,500,000
52		-	4 Thermopolis, Town of (T) $2,000,000
53		-	5 Rawlins, City of (T) $ 780,000
54		-	6 Thermopolis, Town of (C) $2,500,000
55		-	7 Baggs SWDD (C) $2,250,000
56		-	8 Big Horn County SWDD –
57		-	North #2 (C) $2,800,000
58		-	9 Newcastle, City of (C) $3,700,000
59		-	10 Lincoln County –
60		-	Cokeville (C) $1,000,000
61		-	11 Uinta County Solid Waste –
62		-	Bridger Valley (C) $4,000,000
63		-	12 LaGrange, Town of (C) $1,400,000
64		-	13 Upton, Town of (C) $2,900,000
65		-	14 Park County Landfills –
66		-	TS Rolling Stock (T) $ 351,000
67		-	(c) Any municipal solid waste facility operator may
68		-	apply for the funds associated with the carcass management
69		-	project listed as priority 1 in subsection (b) of this
70		-	section. Funds for the carcass management project shall be ORIGINAL HOUSE
71		-	BILL NO. HB0014
72		-	ENROLLED ACT NO. 4, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
73		-	SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
74		-	2025 GENERAL SESSION
	26	+	2 (i) "(C)" means closure project;
75	27		3
76		-	expended only for infrastructure necessary to haul, bury or
77		-	compost dead animals. Funds expended under this subsection
78		-	shall not exceed the amount listed in priority 1 in
79		-	subsection (b) of this section.
80		-	(d) The department of environmental quality may
81		-	modify the authorized funds and the order of the projects
82		-	listed in the prioritized list contained in subsection (b)
83		-	of this section for any of the following reasons:
84		-	(i) To optimize efficiency;
85		-	(ii) Based on project readiness;
86		-	(iii) Based on compliance with grant or loan
87		-	qualifications or conditions;
88		-	(iv) To address emergency or immediate
89		-	environmental concerns.
90		-	(e) Not later than October 15 of each year, the
91		-	department of environmental quality shall report:
92		-	(i) Any modification of the prioritized list
93		-	contained in subsection (b) of this section to the joint
94		-	minerals, business and economic development interim
95		-	committee and the joint appropriations committee;
96		-	(ii) The names of recipients and amounts
97		-	expended for the carcass management project established by
98		-	priority 1 in subsections (b) and (c) of this section to
99		-	the joint minerals, business and economic development
100		-	interim committee. ORIGINAL HOUSE
101		-	BILL NO. HB0014
102		-	ENROLLED ACT NO. 4, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
103		-	SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
104		-	2025 GENERAL SESSION
105		-	4Section 2.
106		-	repealed.
107		-	Section 3. This act is effective immediately upon
108		-	completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
109		-	as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
110		-	Constitution.
111		-	(END)
112		-	Speaker of the HousePresident of the SenateGovernorTIME APPROVED: _________DATE APPROVED: _________
113		-	I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.
114		-	Chief Clerk
	28	+	4 (ii) "Maximum amount" means the total amount to
	29	+	5 be expended on the listed project and reflects one hundred
	30	+	6 percent (100%) of the project cost, including any award by
	31	+	7 the state loan and investment board under W.S. 35-11-528;
	32	+	8
	33	+	9 (iii) "SWDD" means solid waste disposal
	34	+	10 district;
	35	+	11
	36	+	12 (iv) "(T)" means transfer project.
	37	+	13
	38	+	14 (b) From amounts appropriated by 2013 Wyoming Session
	39	+	15 Laws, Chapter 194, Section 2(a) and (b), 2014 Wyoming
	40	+	16 Session Laws, Chapter 26, Section 333(a) and (b), 2015
	41	+	17 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 142, Section 345 (priority
	42	+	18 2), 2016 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 31, Section 316(a),
	43	+	19 2018 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 134, Section 323(a), (c)
	44	+	20 and (d), as amended by 2019 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter
	45	+	21 80, Section 323, 2019 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 67,
	46	+	22 Section 1, 2024 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 118, Section
	47	+	23 2, Section 020, footnote 2 and other funds appropriated and 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-01983HB0014
	48	+	1 authorized for program expenses, the following amounts and
	49	+	2 prioritized projects are authorized pursuant to the
	50	+	3 municipal solid waste facilities cease and transfer program
	51	+	4 created by W.S. 35-11-528:
	52	+	5
	53	+	6 Priority Index Project Maximum Amount
	54	+	7
	55	+	8 1 Carcass management project $ 77,303
	56	+	9 2 Newcastle, City of (T) $1,200,000
	57	+	10 3 Moorcroft, Town of –
	58	+	11 Moorcroft #3 (T) $1,500,000
	59	+	12 4 Thermopolis, Town of (T) $2,000,000
	60	+	13 5 Rawlins, City of (T) $ 780,000
	61	+	14 6 Thermopolis, Town of (C) $2,500,000
	62	+	15 7 Baggs SWDD (C) $2,250,000
	63	+	16 8 Big Horn County SWDD –
	64	+	17 North #2 (C) $2,800,000
	65	+	18 9 Newcastle, City of (C) $3,700,000
	66	+	19 10 Lincoln County –
	67	+	20 Cokeville (C) $1,000,000
	68	+	21 11 Uinta County Solid Waste –
	69	+	22 Bridger Valley (C) $4,000,000
	70	+	23 12 LaGrange, Town of (C) $1,400,000 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-01984HB00141 13 Upton, Town of (C) $2,900,000
	71	+	2 14 Park County Landfills –
	72	+	3 TS Rolling Stock (T) $ 351,000
	73	+	4
	74	+	5 (c) Any municipal solid waste facility operator may
	75	+	6 apply for the funds associated with the carcass management
	76	+	7 project listed as priority 1 in subsection (b) of this
	77	+	8 section. Funds for the carcass management project shall be
	78	+	9 expended only for infrastructure necessary to haul, bury or
	79	+	10 compost dead animals. Funds expended under this subsection
	80	+	11 shall not exceed the amount listed in priority 1 in
	81	+	12 subsection (b) of this section.
	82	+	13
	83	+	14 (d) The department of environmental quality may
	84	+	15 modify the authorized funds and the order of the projects
	85	+	16 listed in the prioritized list contained in subsection (b)
	86	+	17 of this section for any of the following reasons:
	87	+	18
	88	+	19 (i) To optimize efficiency;
	89	+	20
	90	+	21 (ii) Based on project readiness;
	91	+	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-01985HB00141 (iii) Based on compliance with grant or loan
	92	+	2 qualifications or conditions;
	93	+	3
	94	+	4 (iv) To address emergency or immediate
	95	+	5 environmental concerns.
	96	+	6
	97	+	7 (e) Not later than October 15 of each year, the
	98	+	8 department of environmental quality shall report:
	99	+	9
	100	+	10 (i) Any modification of the prioritized list
	101	+	11 contained in subsection (b) of this section to the joint
	102	+	12 minerals, business and economic development interim
	103	+	13 committee and the joint appropriations committee;
	104	+	14
	105	+	15 (ii) The names of recipients and amounts
	106	+	16 expended for the carcass management project established by
	107	+	17 priority 1 in subsections (b) and (c) of this section to
	108	+	18 the joint minerals, business and economic development
	109	+	19 interim committee.
	110	+	20
	111	+	212024 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 32 is
	112	+	22 repealed. 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-01986HB0014
	113	+	1
	114	+	2. This act is effective immediately upon
	115	+	3 completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
	116	+	4 as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
	117	+	5 Constitution.
	118	+	6
	119	+	7 (END)