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| 2 | 2 | | STATE OF WYOMING |
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| 3 | 3 | | 25LSO-01131SF0041 |
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| 4 | 4 | | SENATE FILE NO. SF0041 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Federal acts-legal actions authorized. |
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| 6 | 6 | | Sponsored by: Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands & |
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| 7 | 7 | | Water Resources 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 the legislature; authorizing the |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2 legislature to prosecute actions involving the proper |
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| 12 | 12 | | 3 administration and interpretation of federal acts; making |
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| 13 | 13 | | 4 conforming amendments; authorizing the management council |
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| 14 | 14 | | 5 to initiate litigation upon a majority vote; providing |
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| 15 | 15 | | 6 legislative findings; providing for the use of funds for |
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| 16 | 16 | | 7 litigation purposes; and providing for an effective date. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 11. W.S. 28-8-114 by creating a new subsection |
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| 21 | 21 | | 12 (b), by amending and renumbering (b) as (c), by renumbering |
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| 22 | 22 | | 13 (c) as (d), by amending and renumbering (d) as (e) and by a |
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| 23 | 23 | | 14 creating new subsection (f) is amended to read: |
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| 46 | 46 | | 23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-01133SF00411 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2 (c) The legislature by a majority vote of the |
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| 48 | 48 | | 3 members of both houses when in session, or the management |
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| 49 | 49 | | 4 council by the affirmative vote of |
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| 50 | 50 | | 5 of the members of the council during the interim, |
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| 51 | 51 | | 6 is authorized to commence and prosecute an action for |
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| 52 | 52 | | 7 declaratory judgment in the courts of this state, or of the |
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| 53 | 53 | | 8 United States, when such action is deemed necessary or |
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| 54 | 54 | | 9 advisable to protect the rights, powers and interests of |
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| 55 | 55 | | 10 the legislature or assure proper interpretation or |
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| 56 | 56 | | 11 administration of the constitution, statutes, |
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| 57 | 57 | | 12 administrative rules |
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| 58 | 58 | | 13 of Wyoming. |
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| 63 | 63 | | 18 (d) The legislature may by resolution direct the |
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| 64 | 64 | | 19 management council to prosecute an action. The management |
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| 65 | 65 | | 20 council may commence an action upon its own motion. |
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| 67 | 67 | | 22 (e) The legislature or the management council may |
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| 68 | 68 | | 23 direct the legal staff of the legislative service office to 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-01134SF0041 |
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| 69 | 69 | | 1 commence and prosecute action, or it may employ |
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| 70 | 70 | | 2 private counsel for such purposes, as it deems advisable. |
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| 81 | 81 | | 13This act is effective July 1, 2025. |
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| 83 | 83 | | 15 (END) |
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