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STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-00521HB0138
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0138
Wyoming gaming commission amendments.
Sponsored by: Joint Appropriations Committee
A BILL
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1 AN ACT relating to the Wyoming gaming commission; amending
2 the composition, qualifications, salaries, officers, duties
3 and powers of the Wyoming gaming commission; continuing the
4 liaisons to the commission; making conforming amendments;
5 repealing provisions; providing for appointments and
6 terminating terms of existing appointments; providing an
7 appropriation; and providing for an effective date.
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11W.S. 11-25-101, 11-25-104(a) and (b) and
12 11-25-201(d) are amended to read:
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14 (a) The commission
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16 director who has a working knowledge of
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20 both. The director may be retained on a yearly basis or for
21 the racing season only as determined by the commission.
22 Salary for the director or executive secretary shall be
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18 quorum and a majority vote of a quorum may act for the
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14 members of the governing body of the commission for
15 purposes of attending executive sessions held pursuant to
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22 except contributions from permittees to the breeder award
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1 this section, fines and penalties shall be credited to the
2 pari-mutuel account which shall be used by the commission
3 for the payment of all expenses incurred in enforcing this
4 act. On a quarterly basis, the commission shall transfer
5 amounts within the account in excess of one million five
6 hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00) to the state
7 treasurer for credit to the legislative stabilization
8 reserve account. All fines and penalties collected under
9 this act shall be paid to the state treasurer and credited
10 as provided in W.S. 8-1-109. The state treasurer shall pay
11 out of the account all warrants drawn by the state auditor,
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15 keep an accurate and true account of all funds received and
16 all vouchers issued by the commission. All funds received
17 and all vouchers issued by the commission shall be audited
18 at least biennially by the director of the state department
19 of audit or his designee and a copy of the audit shall be
20 delivered within thirty (30) days after completion to the
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7W.S. 11-25-103 and 11-25-104(c) and (d)
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12 (a) The president of the Wyoming gaming commission
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15 of this act, or their successors in the event of a vacancy
16 or the expiration of a member's term, shall comprise the
17 Wyoming gaming commission until February 28, 2026.
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19 (b) Except as provided for the members specified in
20 subsection (a) of this section, the terms of the Wyoming
21 gaming commission members appointed under W.S. 11-25-103
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2 (c) The governor shall submit appointments or
3 reappointments to the Wyoming gaming commission by the date
4 specified in W.S. 28-12-101(a)(ii) during the 2026 budget
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7 (d) Notwithstanding W.S. 11-25-101(e), as created in
8 section 1 of this act, the terms of appointments to the
9 Wyoming gaming commission specified by subsection (c) of
10 this section shall commence on March 1, 2026, with one (1)
11 of the appointments appointed to a term of two (2) years,
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19 There is appropriated nine hundred sixty-five thousand
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21 Wyoming gaming commission for purposes of providing
22 salaries and benefits to the members of the Wyoming gaming
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2 beginning with the effective date of this act and ending
3 June 30, 2026. This appropriation shall not be transferred
4 or expended for any other purpose and any unexpended,
5 unobligated funds remaining from this appropriation shall
6 revert as provided by law on June 30, 2026. It is the
7 intent of the legislature that this appropriation be
8 doubled and included in the Wyoming gaming commission's
9 standard budget for the immediately succeeding fiscal
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12. This act is effective July 1, 2025
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