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Meeting Minutes) Is Prepared by the Legislative Service Office (LSO) and Is the Official Record of the Proceedings of a Legislative Committee Meeting D r a f t O n l y A p p r o v a l P e n d i n g SUMMARY of PROCEEDINGS J O I N T A G R I C U L T U R E , S T A T E A N D P U B L I C L A N D S & W A T E R R E S O U R C E S C O M M I T T E E COMMITTEE MEETING INFORMATION May 24-25, 2021 | 8:30 AM Gillette College Technical Education Center, Room 136 3251 South 4-J Road Gillette, Wyoming COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT Senator Brian Boner, Co-chairman Representative John Eklund, Co-chairman Senator Anthony Bouchard Senator Tim French Senator R. J. Kost Senator Jeff Wasserburger Representative Jim Blackburn Representative Aaron Clausen Representative Bill Fortner Representative Scott Heiner Representative Dan Laursen Representative Cyrus Western Representative Robert Wharff Representative John Winter LEGISLATIVE SERVICE OFFICE STAFF Heather Jarvis, Staff Attorney Katie Talbott, Legislative Editor Heather Kammerman, Executive and Fiscal Assistant Joe Peterson, Information Technology Specialist OTHERS PRESENT AT MEETING Please refer to Appendix 1-02 to review the Committee Sign-in Sheet for a list of other individuals who attended the meeting. The Committee Meeting Summary of Proceedings (meeting minutes) is prepared by the Legislative Service Office (LSO) and is the official record of the proceedings of a legislative committee meeting. This document does not represent a transcript of the meeting; it is a digest of the meeting and provides a record of official actions taken by the Committee. All meeting materials and handouts provided to the Committee by the Legislative Service Office, public officials, lobbyists, and the public are on file at the Legislative Service Office and are part of the official record of the meeting. An index of these materials is provided at the end of this document and these materials are on file at the Legislative Service Office. For more information or to review meeting materials, please contact the Legislative Service Office at (307) 777-7881 or by e-mail at [email protected]. The Summary of Proceedings for each legislative committee meeting can be found on the Wyoming Legislature’s website at www.wyoleg.gov. PAGE 2 OF 18 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands and Water Resources Interim Committee met for two days in Gillette. The Committee began their work on interim topics by receiving testimony from State and local agencies including the Wyoming Energy Authority, Wyoming Community Development Authority, and the Wyoming Business Council concerning quasi-governmental entity organizations and bonding. The Wyoming Department of Agriculture, Wyoming Livestock Board, Office of State Lands and Investments and the Wyoming Business Council provided information regarding the organization and history of those agencies. The Committee received agency updates and reports from Office of State Lands and Investments, Wyoming Department of Agriculture, Wyoming Livestock Board, Wyoming State Fair and the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Predator management, trespass of wild, feral and estray horses, livestock water rights on federal lands and perfecting land exchanges with the federal government all brought numerous state and federal agencies and partners to the discussion including the Bureau of Land Management, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant Health Inspections Service, Wildlife Services, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Wyoming Department of Agriculture, Wyoming State Engineer, and numerous stakeholder groups. The meeting can be viewed on YouTube – Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands and Water Resources Interim Committee, May 24, 2021 AM, PM, May 25, 2021 AM, PM. The next Committee meeting is scheduled for September 9-10, 2021. CALL TO ORDER (MAY 24, 2021) Co-chairman John Eklund called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. The following sections summarize the Committee proceedings by topic. Please refer to Appendix 1-01 to review the Committee Meeting Agenda. ADOPTION OF INTERIM COMMITTEE MEETING RULES The Committee voted to adopt the proposed Interim Committee Rules at Appendix 1-03, as amended by deleting the last sentence of the first page regarding polling members and further amended by requiring a majority of members of the Committee from each house to sponsor legislation. AUTHORITIES/QUASI-GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES IN WYOMING – OVERVIEW/HISTORY AND EMPIRICAL EXPERIENCES Information on revenue bonding Donna Shippen, Research Deputy Administrator, Legislative Service Office (LSO), provided slides, Appendix 2-05, summarizing her research memo outlining Industrial Revenue Bonds (IRB), Appendix 2- 01. IRBs are bonds issued by state and local governments to finance the acquisition, construction, or expansion of capital facility projects for private, for-profit businesses. Wyoming is using 50% of the statutorily set $300 million tax-exempt volume cap each year. Ms. Shippen explained that it may not be feasible to use IRBs as matching funds for a Wyoming meat processing expansion grant program due to the small amount, $1 million, of the grant, because banking and legal fees may be as much at $60-70,000. She responded that there is no limit on the dollar amount of taxable bonds that could be issued, except that when using taxable bonds in combination with tax-exempt bonds, the total cost of a project is limited to $20 million. Wyoming Energy Authority Glen Murrell, Wyoming Energy Authority, provided the background of the Wyoming Energy Authority, which was created July 1, 2020 by merging the Infrastructure Authority and the Pipeline Authority to create JOINT AGRICULTURE, STATE AND PUBLIC LANDS & WATER RESOURCES COMMITTEE Summary of Proceedings WYOMING LEGISLATIVE SERVICE OFFICE • 200 West 24th Street • Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002 TELEPHONE (307) 777-7881 • FAX 307-777-5466 • E-MAIL [email protected] • WEBSITE www.wyoleg.gov PAGE 3 OF 18 a unified entity to support the energy industry in the state. Their mission is to secure and sustain the energy economy in Wyoming, which is the third largest state energy economy in the country. The Wyoming Energy Authority has an IRB cap of $3 billion, which can be deployed for infrastructure facility build outs related to the energy sector. The State Treasurer may invest in the IRBs but is under no obligation to do so. While this bonding authority has existed for approximately eighteen years, bonds have been used twice. Wyoming Community Development Authority Scott Hoversland, Executive Director, Wyoming Community Development Authority (WCDA), provided a brief history of the WCDA, created in 1975, Appendix 2-03. No substantial changes have occurred to the Wyoming Community Development Act since 1988. The WCDA issues mortgage revenue bonds to finance the purchase of first-time homebuyer loans for the citizens of the State of Wyoming. The bonds are tax- exempt and subject to the private activity volume cap of the State. Projects eligible for financing through private activity bonds include funding and refinancing loans for students, airports, private universities, hospitals, affordable rental housing and first-time lower-income home buyers. The WCDA will be adding the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program on July 1, 2021. The federal CDBG Program provides annual grants on a formula basis to states, cities, and counties to develop viable urban communities by providing decent housing and a suitable living environment, and by expanding economic opportunities, principally for low-and moderate-income persons. Wyoming Business Council Josh Dorrell, CEO, Ron Gullberg, and Jill Tregemba, Wyoming Business Council (WBC), provided information and slides found in Appendix 4-05 and Appendix 4-06. The WBC is tasked with developing not only a diverse economy, but also a resilient economy for Wyoming. Ms. Tregemba highlighted a few areas of success within the agricultural sector including the expansion of eight additional small United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) meat processing plants in three years. The Committee requested a report from the WBC regarding the audits following the distribution of CARES Act funds. The funds distributed are publicly available on wyopen.gov. The Committee asked about the amount of funds distributed to agricultural related businesses through business ready grants and would like to have that information available at the next meeting. The Committee voted to request a bill draft to clarify the use of IRBs for agricultural and agricultural- related businesses. The request was to specifically look at modifying statutes W.S. 15-1-701 et seq. AGRICULTURE RELATED AGENCIES AND ROLES – CURRENT ORGANIZATION (AND 5-10 YEAR HISTORY) Wyoming Department of Agriculture Doug Miyamoto, Director, Wyoming Department of Agriculture (WDA) provided an overview and background on the WDA and the services they provide. The WDA's biggest focus is consumer protection. The WDA has five divisions: Administration, Analytical Services, Consumer Health Services, Natural Resources and Technical Services and eighty-six employees, Appendix 4-02. Mr. Miyamoto emphasized the WDA did not hire additional employees with CARES Act funds due to the one-time nature of those funds. The Committee discussed the challenges of hiring qualified meat inspectors in the state. JOINT AGRICULTURE, STATE AND PUBLIC LANDS & WATER RESOURCES COMMITTEE Summary of Proceedings WYOMING LEGISLATIVE SERVICE OFFICE • 200 West 24th Street • Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002 TELEPHONE (307) 777-7881 • FAX 307-777-5466 • E-MAIL [email protected] • WEBSITE www.wyoleg.gov PAGE 4 OF 18 Wyoming Livestock Board Steve True, Director, Wyoming Livestock Board (WLSB) and Shaun Sims, Board President, provided an update as well as an organizational chart of the WLSB, Appendix 4-03. The WLSB is tasked with the regulation, enforcement, and protection of the livestock industry in Wyoming. The WLSB oversees animal health, brand recording and inspections. The Committee discussed the memorandum of understanding (MOU) program the WLSB has in place for law enforcement purposes after law enforcement positions were eliminated from the WLSB.
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