SORIGINAL TATE OF W YOMING 26LSO-0153 HOUSE BILL NO.

HB0005 OilENROLLED andACT gasNO. bonding pool-investment and earnings.

Sponsored2, by:HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING BUDGET SESSION AN ACT relating to oil and gas;

Joint Minerals, Business & Economic Development Interim Committee A BILL for AN ACT relating to oil and gas;

6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

8 Section 1.

30-5-104(d)(i)(D) for operators requiring bonds for HB0005 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0153 producing oil or gas in Wyoming.

5 (v) The commission may impose an assessment on each participating operator on the fair cash market value, as provided in W.S.

The state treasurer shall invest funds collected under this paragraph in accordance with law, and all investment earningsORIGINAL shallHOUSE beBILL depositedNO. in the separate account established under W.S.

HB0005 ENROLLED ACT NO.

2, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING BUDGET SESSION earnings shall be deposited in the separate account established under W.S.

Funds collected and investment earnings deposited under this paragraph shall be HB0005 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0153 expended only on the bonding pool established under paragraph (iii) or (iv) of this subsection;

(END) HB0005Speaker of the House President of the Senate Governor TIME APPROVED:

_________ DATE APPROVED:

_________ I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

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