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	Wyoming Legislature - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Wyoming State Legislature is the legislative branch of the U.S. State of Wyoming.
		It is a bicameral state legislature, conisting of a 60 member Wyoming House of Representatives, and a 30 member Wyoming Senate.
		The move by the legislature was motivated by a number of factors, including bringing Eastern women to the territory to increase its population, to publicize the new territory, to bring more voters into the fold for existing political elites, and by genuine concerns that women should be allowed the vote.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wyoming_Legislature (464 words)

	Wyoming Outdoor Council Newsletter: Wyoming Legislature Convenes 2002 Session
		Wyoming citizens believed that yellow stripes were priceless during snowstorms, but the federal highway administrator advised the governor to comply with federal standards and use white paint instead.
		In Wyoming, mineral taxpayers report the volume of production and its value, and calculate their own taxes - the "honor system." Severance taxes are paid to the state for the privilege of extracting a finite, non-renewable resource, and property taxes are paid to the county where the production occurred.
		Wyoming water law dates back to territorial days and is based on the doctrine of "prior appropriation." Under this doctrine, the first person to put water to beneficial use secures the "senior right" to that water.
	wyomingoutdoorcouncil.org /news/newsletter/docs/2002a/legislature.php (914 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		WYOMING, one of the Mountain states of the U.S., bounded on the N by Montana; on the E by South Dakota and Nebraska; on the S by Colorado and Utah; and on the W by Utah, Idaho, and Montana.
		Wyoming, with an area of 253,349 sq km (97,818 sq mi), is the tenth largest state in the U.S.; 46.5% of the land area is owned by the federal government.
		According to the 2000 census, Wyoming had 493,782 inhabitant, an increase of 8.9% over 1990; however, the previous census showed a decrease of 3.4% from 1980, while during the 1970s Wyoming was one of the fastest-growing states in the country.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/states/wyoming.html (3138 words)

	Wyoming
		Wyoming’s initiative and referendum pioneer was State Rep. L.
		The Wyoming legislature waited 19 years before finally taking favorable action on an IandR bill in 1912, after all the surrounding states had already put IandR into their constitutions.
		But the procedures, specified by the legislature, included the most difficult petition requirement for initiatives of any state law in the nation: 15 percent of the number of ballots cast in the preceding gubernatorial election.
	www.iandrinstitute.org /Wyoming.htm (371 words)

	Wyoming Outdoor Council Newsletter: Wyoming Legislature Convenes 2003 Session
		The 2003 General Session of the Wyoming Legislature convened on January 14 and is tentatively scheduled to adjourn on March 6.
		New faces and ideas in the legislature and the governor's office are spicing up this winter's legislative session.
		The Wyoming Regulatory Takings Act requires the state Attorney General to develop guidelines and a checklist to help individual agencies identify "actions that have constitutional implications that may result in a taking." The act acknowledges that regulatory agencies must observe constitutional limits on their authority.
	wyomingoutdoorcouncil.org /news/newsletter/docs/2003a/legisintro.php (1149 words)

	Welcome to the Equality State Policy Center
		Wyoming’s law requires little reporting by the battalion of lobbyists, some 365 of them in the recent budget session, who worked hard to inform and influence the state’s 90 legislators.
		Wyoming’s Legislature made positive strides this year in public education, higher education, quality child care, the wildlife trust fund and other areas.
		Wyoming is the only state in the country that does not require pre-election campaign finance reporting by candidates for state elective offices.
	www.equalitystate.org (911 words)

	Wyoming Tribune-Eagle Online - Cheyenne, Wyoming News and Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		As he did the last time he spoke to the Legislature, the vice president spent most of his prepared remarks reminiscing about his days in the Wyoming House of Representatives and his ongoing relationship with past and present political figures in the state.
		Wyoming's five elected officials and the state's U.S. congressional delegation also were among the audience, as were Wyoming Supreme Court Justice William Hill and Cheyenne Mayor Jack Spiker.
		Cheney said the Wyoming Legislature still is home to the political respect that now is absent in Washington, D.C. "Out there, we could learn a thing or two from the tone and spirit of the Wyoming Legislature," he said.
	www.wyomingnews.com /news/more.asp?StoryID=107118 (1123 words)

	WCV: Legislature
		Wyoming Conservation Voters was concerned that HB 100 would have slowed the wildlife trust board's ability to begin approving projects on the ground which would address habitat loss and degradation already underway due to the energy development boom.
		Wyoming landowners are allowed in some cases to seek damage payments from the Game and Fish Department for the value of forage eaten by game animals on their property.
		Wyoming Conservation Voters strongly supported a re-evaluation of the excessive administrative and legal barriers to beneficial use of the state's water to care for its fisheries and riparian habitats.
	www.wyovoters.org /Legislature/Legislature.htm (5857 words)

	AMA (Policy) Wyoming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Wyoming Ob-gyns, family physicians who deliver babies, neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons pay at least $20,000 to $30,000 more than their counterparts in Colorado, which has a $250,000 cap on non-economic damages.
		The legislature's failure to act means voters will not have a chance to voice their opinion on the issue when they cast their ballot in November.
		Wyoming's physician/population ratio ranks 47th out of 50 states, which makes every physician incredibly valuable-yet between 1999 and 2002, the number of Ob-gyns and neurosurgeons remained stagnant, and the number of general surgeons increased by only one.
	www.ama-assn.org /ama/pub/category/12400.html (594 words)

	Wyoming Legislature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Salmo clarki, commonly known as the cutthroat trout, is the state fish of Wyoming.
		The eastern short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma douglassi brevirostre (Girad)) commonly known as the horned toad, is the state reptile of Wyoming.
		The legislature shall by appropriation authorize expenditures from the account as necessary to defray administrative expenses associated with licensing of the trademark and expenditures required to protect, preserve and promote the "Bucking Horse and Rider" and related trademarks on behalf of the state.
	www.stateanimals.com /wyleg.html (775 words)

	2000 State of the State Address
		Wyoming's workforce will need to upgrade its skills and knowledge base in order to be competitive, in our region, in our nation and in the global economy.
		Wyoming covers only the basic mandated set of health services with the exception of prescription drugs, which is optional under federal law, but of high priority in Wyoming.
		Wyoming used that newly found wealth to build several new programs and to upgrade state and local infrastructure, from water development to school buildings to university classrooms to utility improvements in our towns.
	wyoming.gov /governor/press_releases/speeches/sos2000.html (10867 words)

	NRDC: America's Animal Factories - Wyoming
		Currently, Wyoming's Department of Agriculture has a long-range plan to bring large confined swine feeding operations into southeast Wyoming and has invited several companies to consider Wyoming's wide open spaces and small population as an asset to this type of operation.
		Most of Wyoming's cattle feedlots are concentrated in the southeastern corner of the state because of its proximity to grain supplies in neighboring Nebraska and a favorable climate.
		Wyoming's swine permits are more stringent than federal Clean Water Act permits -- known as National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits -- because the state allows no pollution to state waters -- a prohibition that applies not only to rivers and streams but also to groundwater.
	www.nrdc.org /water/pollution/factor/stwyo.asp (2589 words)

	2005 Wyoming Legislature General Session Information
		Tentative Schedule for the 2005 General Session of the Wyoming Legislature Wyoming remains one of the few states having a true part-time citizen legislature.
		While this may keep Wyoming legislators in closer touch with their constituents, it also means that they do not enjoy the same accommodations provided to full- time legislators in larger states.
		While in session, the "office" of a typical Wyoming legislator consists of the legislator's desk on the floor of the House or Senate and one or two file cabinet drawers in a committee meeting room.
	www.wyomingdemocrats.com /ht/display/ArticleDetails/i/202668 (270 words)

	2004 General Election
		The legislature may authorize boards of trustees of school districts to levy a special tax on the property of the district.
		The Wyoming Association of Municipalities supports Amendment B as a way for cities and towns to support themselves and for the state to gain from a stronger, diversified economy.
		However, the Legislature may by general law limit the amount to be recovered from a health care provider for damages for non-economic loss resulting from the death or injury.
	www.lariat.org /LWV/Issues2004ProCon.html (3780 words)

	Wyoming Legislature considers law against obesity lawsuits North County Times - North San Diego and Southwest Riverside ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Last week, the Wyoming House passed a bill that would shield restaurants, advertisers, ranchers and others from lawsuits by obese people claiming their weight and health problems were caused by the long-term consumption of food or drink.
		Wyoming is one of 18 additional states considering such legislation.
		Wyoming has not seen any obesity lawsuits, but Hammons said the New York case and others in the works were reason enough to enact legislation.
	www.nctimes.com /articles/2005/02/11/business/news/22_10_432_10_05.txt (681 words)

	Wyoming Juvenile Justice
		In Wyoming, state statutes allow juvenile felony offenders as young as fourteen to be charged directly as adult felony offenders for first time violent felony offenses; and under more restrictive circumstances, repeat juvenile felony property offenders can be charged as adult offenders at fourteen as well.
		The Wyoming Juvenile Code is the standard of treatment for juvenile offenders as passed by the Wyoming Legislature.
		The Wyoming Juvenile Justice system should not limit services, protections and treatment for the more serious, disturbed, or violent juvenile offenders; but rather once they are assessed, minor offenders may be in as great of need of these services, and should at least have equal access to them through the Wyoming Juvenile Code.
	www.wyjuvenilejustice.com /strategic_plan.html (8227 words)

	Legislative Summary - 2005 Wyoming Legislature
		Water theft penalizes the senior water right holder who is in compliance with the law and this year's change to our penalty statutes will hopefully dissuade the illegal use of water in the state.
		The electronic permitting bill that passed the legislature will allow the State Engineer's Office to make better use of technology and enable us to more efficiently serve the water users of this state.
		Both the Wyoming State Library and the Water Resources Data Systems (WRDS) program at the University of Wyoming have impressive water resource collections and it was no longer cost effective for the State Engineers Office to also maintain a similar set of information.
	seo.state.wy.us /Press/2005/040105.aspx (812 words)

	Letters react to WY legislature plan to charge federal government for elk eaten by wolves.
		The Wyoming legislature, in its infinite wisdom, has cobbled together a bill that requests the federal government reimburse the state for elk killed by wolves, which the feds re-introduced to Yellowstone National Park in 1995.
		Wyoming bureaucrats believe wolves are costing the state $1,320,000 a year in lost revenue, which is the dollar amount requested of the feds.
		It is preposterous for the Wyoming legislature to charge the federal government for wolf-killed elk.
	www.forwolves.org /ralph/wy-pay-for-wolves-let.htm (1353 words)

	Wyoming legislature may seek federal reimbursement for dollar value of elk killed by wolves
		Wyoming legislature may seek federal reimbursement for dollar value of elk killed by wolves.
		Should the federal government pay Wyoming such a fee, perhaps it should charge Wyoming in return for federal grass the elk eat and for the tourist dollars wolf watchers bring to Wyoming.
		Good point, but then I thought Wyoming Department of Transportation builds lots of high speed highways right though key wildlife areas, so a special court should be set up to help motorists sue WDOT for damages in the several thousand collisions with wildlife each year.
	www.forwolves.org /ralph/wyoming-elk-res.htm (573 words)

	A BILL BEFORE THE WYOMING STATE LEGISLATURE JANUARY 2001
		Wyoming House Representative Dr. Harry Tipton is introducing House Bill 0153, which specifically exempts “Medical Assistants” from the licensing requirements of the Wyoming Radiologic Technologist Licensing Act.
		Our State currently provides for a limited practice license for individuals focusing in one area of the human body and this license is well suited for individual medical practices desiring the use of minimally, yet competently trained individuals.
		Wyoming led the nation by voluntarily complying with these federal guidelines years ago by enacting the Wyoming Radiologic Technologists Licensing Act.
	www.wsrt.org /HB0153.htm (984 words)

	Silver-Haired Legislature 2002
		In addition, the Silver-Haired Legislature may encourage the State Legislature to consider issue - specific legislation for the betterment of Wyoming residents of all ages.
		It is a unicameral, consisting of one chamber, legislature.
		A Wyoming Silver-Haired Legislator is non-partisan representatives, 60 years of age or older and a resident of the county or area they represent.
	wdhfs.state.wy.us /aging/Articles/silver2002.htm (367 words)

	Wyoming Healthcare Commission, examining health care issues in Wyoming and making recommendations to the Wyoming ...
		Created by House Bill 46 during the 2003 legislative session, the Wyoming Healthcare Commission is charged with examining a wide range of healthcare issues and drafting specific recommendations designed to improve access to, and quality of, healthcare in Wyoming communities.
		Wyoming professionals committed to improving health care in their state have accepted appointment to this Commission.
		Barb Rea was the Wyoming Association of Nonprofit Organizations founding chair, served on the Wyoming Medical Center Ethics Forum, and was instrumental in developing several community health improvement programs in Casper, including the Children's Advocacy Project.
	www.wyominghealthcarecommission.org (606 words)

	Wyoming Legislature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Wyoming State Legislature conducts among the shortest legislative sessions in the country.
		Even with public policy demands that have become greater in recent years, including substantial increases in the state budget, number of bills considered and frequency of special sessions, it has been decades since the number of days the Wyoming Legislature meets in session have been increased.
		As a result, the Legislature has increased the volume and importance of its interim work.
	www.equalitystate.org /legislature02/interim.html (152 words)

	Wyoming Department of Revenue
		House Enrolled Act 11, Section 325(d) was passed by the Wyoming Legislature and signed into law by Governor Freudenthal.
		Wyoming does not impose a tax on intangible assets such as bank accounts, stocks, or bonds, either.
		In addition, Wyoming does not assess any tax on retirement income earned and received from another state.
	revenue.state.wy.us (434 words)

	The Body: Wyoming Legislature to Help Fund Health Department's HIV/AIDS/Hepatitis Program Following Financial Crisis
		In order to prevent another financial crisis for the Wyoming Department of Health's HIV/AIDS Care and AIDS Drug Assistance Program, the Wyoming Legislature for the first time has agreed to fund the health department's HIV/AIDS/Hepatitis Program, the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle reports (Fashek, Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, 3/29).
		The HIV/AIDS Care and ADAP Program, which is part of the health department's HIV/AIDS/Hepatitis Program and is funded by the same $340,000 annual HHS grant, in 2002 ran out of funding that was supposed to last through March 2003 (Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, 11/22/02).
		In addition, the state health department and other groups next week are scheduled to meet in Cheyenne to hold the first statewide conference on the connection between drug use, AIDS and hepatitis, among other issues (AP/Billings Gazette, 3/30).
	www.thebody.com /kaiser/2004/mar31_04/wyoming_hiv.html (452 words)

	Wyoming Liberty Index - Overview
		The Wyoming Liberty Index is emailed or mailed to all legislative candidates prior to elections for this purpose.
		An explanation of how we decide what is liberty and what’s not, with examples from recent Wyoming legislative sessions.
		August 9, 2004: Wyoming Liberty Index cited in the Casper Star-Tribune.
	www.wyominglibertyindex.info (469 words)

	Wyoming Public Television \| Wyoming Legislative Report :: VICE PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS TO THE WYOMING LEGISLATURE
		Airs Friday, February 17 at 11:00 AM Vice President Cheney's Address to the Wyoming State Legislature to be Broadcast on Wyoming Public Television
		Vice President Cheney's address to the Joint Session of the Wyoming Legislature will be broadcast live on Wyoming Public Television tomorrow, February 17 at 11 a.m.
		Wyoming Public Television will also provide the only pool feed to local and national media outlets.
	www.wyoptv.org /programming/viewprogram.php?id=204 (106 words)

	OCIS Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		An error in the information submitted to Wyoming State Law Library has been detected.
		Usually, this error means that you have left something blank which cannot be blank, or you have asked for something which does not exist.
		Report Generated by Wyoming State Law Library at August 19, 2006 16:54:19.
	wyomcases.courts.state.wy.us /applications/oscn/deliverdocument.asp?... (60 words)

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