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ORIGINAL House Bill No. HB0005 ENROLLED ACT NO. 2, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING 2026 Budget Session AN ACT relating to oil and gas; providing for the investment of bonding pool assessment proceeds; specifying the disposition of investment earnings; and providing for an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming: Section 1. W.S. 30‑5‑129(a)(v) is amended to read: 30‑5‑129. Oil and gas bonding; rules for operators; requirements; reports; assessments. (a) The commission shall promulgate rules to establish bonding options in addition to those specified in W.S. 30‑5‑104(d)(i)(D) for operators requiring bonds for producing oil or gas in Wyoming. The program required under this subsection shall be in accordance with all of the following: (v) The commission may impose an assessment on each participating operator on the fair cash market value, as provided in W.S. 39‑14‑203, of all oil and gas produced, sold or transported from the operator's wells in Wyoming that are covered under this subsection in accordance with this paragraph. Beginning on July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030, the assessment shall be zero (0) mills on the dollar. Beginning July 1, 2030, the commission may impose an assessment under this paragraph in an amount not to exceed five‑tenths of one (1) mill ($0.0005) on the dollar. All funds collected under this paragraph shall be deposited in the separate account established under W.S. 30‑5‑116(b). For purposes of accounting and investing, funds collected under this paragraph shall be accounted for separately. The state treasurer shall invest funds collected under this paragraph in accordance with law, and all investment earnings shall be deposited in the separate account established under W.S. 30‑5‑116(b). Funds collected and investment earnings deposited under this paragraph shall be expended only on the bonding pool established under paragraph (iii) or (iv) of this subsection; Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2026. (END) Speaker of the House President of the Senate Governor TIME APPROVED: _________ DATE APPROVED: _________ I hereby certify that this act originated in the House. Chief Clerk 1
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