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HOUSE BILL NO.

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Government continuity. Sponsored by: Representative(s) Miller, Burkhart, Davison, Edmonds, Jaggi, Kroeker, McKim, Peasley, Quarberg and Teeters and Senator(s) Jennings and Peterson

A BILL for 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 (i) of the senate; Two (2) senators appointed by the president (a) There is created a government continuity task Section 1. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming: AN ACT relating to governmental studies; providing for a task force to study governmental continuity in case of a disruption in federal government operations; providing for a report; providing appropriations; and providing for an effective date.

force consisting of the following members:

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 (b) Wyoming The task force shall study potential impacts on of, and preparation of the government and the (vii) The director of the oil and gas (vi) The director of the department of (v) The adjutant general or his designee; (iv) The attorney general or his designee; (iii) The director of the department of homeland (ii) Two (2) representatives appointed by the

speaker of the house;

security or his designee;

agriculture or his designee; and

conservation commission or his designee.

people of Wyoming for, a potential disruption of the United States federal government including, but not limited to:

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 (c) crisis;

(i)

Potential

effects

of

the

rapid

decline

of

the United States dollar and the ability to quickly provide an alternative currency;

(ii)

Potential effects of a situation in which

the federal government has no effective power or authority over the people of the United States;

(iii)

Potential

effects

of

constitutional

(iv)

Coordination between the governor's office,

Wyoming national guard and any federal military in Wyoming;

(v) distribution;

Potential

effects

of

disruption

in

food

(vi) distribution.

Potential effects of a disruption in energy

The

task with of

force

shall to

submit the to

report specified and

and in the

recommendations subsection (b)

respect

issues the

this

section

governor

legislature by December 1, 2012. 3 HB0085

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 (ii) Fourteen thousand dollars ($14,000.00) to (i) Eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000.00) to (e) There is appropriated from the general fund: (d) Members of the task force who are legislators

shall be paid salary, per diem and mileage as provided in W.S. 28-5-101 for their official duties as members of the task force. Members of the task force who are state

employees shall not be paid any additional salary for their official duties as members of the task force. The

legislative service office shall staff the task force.

the legislative service office for purposes of this act and payment of salary, per diem and mileage for legislative task force members;

the governor's office for payment of authorized per diem and mileage for nonlegislative task force members.

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Section 2.

This act is effective immediately upon

completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming

Constitution.

(END)

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