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| 2 | 2 | | STATE OF WYOMING |
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| 3 | 3 | | 25LSO-00781SF0027 |
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| 4 | 4 | | SENATE FILE NO. SF0027 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Wyoming national guard member referral-amendments. |
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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 defense forces and affairs; expanding |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2 eligibility for the Wyoming national guard member referral |
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| 12 | 12 | | 3 incentive program; providing a definition; and providing |
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| 13 | 13 | | 4 for an effective date. |
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| 14 | 14 | | 5 |
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| 17 | 17 | | 8. W.S. 19-9-403(e)(intro), (i), (ii), (iv) |
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| 18 | 18 | | 9 by creating a new subparagraph (C) and by renumbering (C) |
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| 19 | 19 | | 10 as (D) is amended to read: |
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| 24 | 24 | | 15 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-00782SF0027 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 2 (e) There is created the Wyoming national guard |
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| 27 | 27 | | 3 member referral incentive program. The purpose of the |
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| 28 | 28 | | 4 program shall be to incentivize and maximize peer-to-peer |
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| 29 | 29 | | 5 recruiting that results in a completed accession to the |
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| 30 | 30 | | 6 Wyoming national guard by providing a referral bonus to |
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| 31 | 31 | | 7 Wyoming national guard members, retired military service |
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| 32 | 32 | | 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | 10 who make a successful referral. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 11 Administration of this program shall require that: |
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| 36 | 36 | | 12 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 13 (i) A Wyoming national guard member, retired |
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| 40 | 40 | | 16 may provide the identity and |
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| 41 | 41 | | 17 contact information of a person who the member believes |
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| 42 | 42 | | 18 would be an appropriate recruitment prospect using a form |
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| 43 | 43 | | 19 provided by the Wyoming national guard, which includes the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 20 person's name, contact information and any other |
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| 45 | 45 | | 21 information required by the military department; |
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| 46 | 46 | | 22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-00783SF00271 (ii) The military department shall keep a record |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2 of all forms submitted under paragraph (i) of this |
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| 48 | 48 | | 3 subsection. Upon the completed accession of a referred |
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| 49 | 49 | | 4 person and to the extent sufficient funds are available, |
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| 50 | 50 | | 5 the military department shall distribute a referral bonus |
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| 51 | 51 | | 6 to the member, retired military service member or employee |
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| 52 | 52 | | 7 who provided the successful referral. The military |
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| 55 | 55 | | 10; |
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| 57 | 57 | | 12 (iv) As used in this subsection: |
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| 64 | 64 | | 19 (D) "Successful referral" means |
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| 65 | 65 | | 20 providing the identity and contact information pursuant to |
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| 66 | 66 | | 21 paragraph (e)(i) of this subsection of any person not |
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| 67 | 67 | | 22 already a member of the Wyoming national guard that results |
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| 68 | 68 | | 23 in a completed accession to the Wyoming national guard. 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-00784SF00271 |
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| 69 | 69 | | 2. This act is effective July 1, 2025. |
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| 70 | 70 | | 3 |
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| 71 | 71 | | 4 (END) |
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