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2001 Wyoming Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (2001)

handle is hein.sag/sagwy0028 and id is 1 raw text is: May 7, 2001

FORMAL OPINION NO. 2001 -001
TO:       Cynthia Lummis
Wyoming State Treasurer
FROM:     Gay Woodhouse
Attorney General
Michael L. Hubbard
Deputy Attorney General
QUESTION PRESENTED:      Will a new town incorporated under Wyoming law on
or before July 1, 2001 participate in the distribution of
the Municipal Mineral Trust Fund under subparagraph
(b) of Section 6 of Senate Enrolled Act No. 74 of the
2001 General Session?
SHORT ANSWER:       Yes, please see discussion.
DISCUSSION
As you know, Section 6 of Senate Enrolled Act No. 74 provides as follows:
Section 6. The municipal mineral trust fund is repealed
effective July 1, 2001. Not later than December 31, 2001, the
state treasurer shall distribute all funds within the municipal
mineral trust fund to cities and towns in Wyoming as follows:
(a) Twenty-five percent (25%) shall be distributed
equally among all cities and towns in Wyoming;
(b) Seventy-five percent (75%) shall be distributed to
cities and towns in the proportion which the population of the
city or town bears to the population of all cities and towns in
Wyoming, based upon the most recent federal decennial
census. (emphasis added)
Senate Enrolled Act No. 74 modifies the plan adopted last year for the de-
earmarking of federal mineral royalties and severance taxes. As part of the new plan, the

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