| 1 | 1 | | 2025 |
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| 2 | 2 | | STATE OF WYOMING |
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| 3 | 3 | | 25LSO-02941HB0034 |
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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE BILL NO. HB0034 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Department of transportation-efficiency study. |
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| 6 | 6 | | Sponsored by: Joint Transportation, Highways & Military |
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| 7 | 7 | | Affairs Interim Committee |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL |
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| 9 | 9 | | for |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1 AN ACT relating to administration of government; requiring |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2 an efficiency study by an independent third party to |
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| 12 | 12 | | 3 evaluate the department of transportation; requiring |
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| 13 | 13 | | 4 reporting and recommendations; providing an appropriation; |
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| 14 | 14 | | 5 specifying contingencies; and providing for effective |
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| 15 | 15 | | 6 dates. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 10. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 11 |
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| 21 | 21 | | 12 (a) There is appropriated seven hundred fifty |
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| 22 | 22 | | 13 thousand dollars ($750,000.00) from funds deposited in the |
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| 23 | 23 | | 14 highway fund under W.S. 39‑17111(d)(iv) to the governor's |
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| 24 | 24 | | 15 office for purposes of conducting an efficiency study of |
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| 25 | 25 | | 16 the department of transportation in accordance with this 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-02942HB0034 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 1 section. Funds appropriated under this section shall not be |
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| 27 | 27 | | 2 distributed to the governor's office before April 1, 2025 |
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| 28 | 28 | | 3 and only if this bill becomes effective under section 2 of |
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| 29 | 29 | | 4 this act. The study funded by this appropriation shall: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 6 (i) Be conducted by an independent third party; |
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| 32 | 32 | | 7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 8 (ii) Be conducted in consultation with the joint |
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| 34 | 34 | | 9 transportation, highways and military affairs interim |
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| 35 | 35 | | 10 committee; |
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| 36 | 36 | | 11 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 12 (iii) Evaluate the department of |
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| 38 | 38 | | 13 transportation's rules, policies and procedures; |
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| 39 | 39 | | 14 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 15 (iv) Review the department of transportation's |
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| 41 | 41 | | 16 staffing and resources and the distribution and number of |
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| 42 | 42 | | 17 staff and resources around the state of Wyoming; |
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| 43 | 43 | | 18 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 19 (v) Review the department of transportation's |
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| 45 | 45 | | 20 design and construction practices and technologies, |
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| 46 | 46 | | 21 including the department's standard specifications for |
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| 47 | 47 | | 22 engineering; |
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| 48 | 48 | | 23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-02943HB00341 (vi) Conduct an anonymous survey of all |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2 employees of the department of transportation asking for |
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| 50 | 50 | | 3 employees to identify areas for increasing efficiencies |
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| 51 | 51 | | 4 within the department; |
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| 52 | 52 | | 5 |
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| 53 | 53 | | 6 (vii) Determine whether efficiencies or cost |
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| 54 | 54 | | 7 savings can be gained; |
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| 55 | 55 | | 8 |
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| 56 | 56 | | 9 (viii) Provide recommendations for the |
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| 57 | 57 | | 10 department of transportation to achieve the efficiencies |
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| 58 | 58 | | 11 identified in paragraphs (vi) and (vii) of this subsection; |
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| 59 | 59 | | 12 |
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| 60 | 60 | | 13 (ix) Include a final report, containing the |
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| 61 | 61 | | 14 potential efficiencies identified, recommendations to |
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| 62 | 62 | | 15 achieve those efficiencies and any recommendations for |
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| 63 | 63 | | 16 changes to statute, rule, policy or procedure to the |
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| 64 | 64 | | 17 governor, the department of transportation and the joint |
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| 65 | 65 | | 18 transportation, highways and military affairs interim |
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| 66 | 66 | | 19 committee not later than July 1, 2026. |
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| 67 | 67 | | 20 |
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| 68 | 68 | | 21 |
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| 69 | 69 | | 22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-02944HB00341 (a) |
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| 70 | 70 | | 2 act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts |
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| 71 | 71 | | 3 necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article |
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| 72 | 72 | | 4 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution. |
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| 73 | 73 | | 5 |
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| 74 | 74 | | 6 (b) This act shall only be effective if: |
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| 75 | 75 | | 7 |
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| 76 | 76 | | 8 (i) 2025 House Bill 0029 is enacted into law; |
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| 77 | 77 | | 9 and |
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| 79 | 79 | | 11 (ii) 2025 House Bill 0033 is enacted into law. |
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| 80 | 80 | | 12 |
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| 81 | 81 | | 13 (END) |
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