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2003 General Session
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Taxes on gasoline sold in Wyoming are collected statewide, and then distributed to a variety of recipients through a series of formulas. For example, tax collected on gasoline sold for use in aircraft is distributed to cities, towns and counties for airport maintenance.
Tax collected on gasoline for snowmobiles is distributed to the Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources to improve snowmobile trails in the state. Similarly, tax collected on gasoline for motorboats is given to the same department for improvement of motorboat facilities at state parks, state recreation areas, and other public parks and facilities.
SF 31 added a gasoline tax distribution formula for off-road recreational vehicles and provided that the money would go to the Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources to improve off-road recreational vehicle trails in Wyoming.
The bill also extended the sunset date for the motorboat gasoline tax distribution formula. That distribution formula was set to expire in June 2003, but SF 31 extended the sunset date to 2008.
As introduced, SF 31 modified the gasoline tax distribution formula for snowmobiles and motorboats to increase the amount of tax money that would flow to snowmobile trail and motorboat facility improvements. It originally proposed a complete repeal of the sunset date for the motorboat distribution formula.
But legislators learned that modifying the distribution formulas as originally proposed would cost the state $1.3 million in federal highway funds, because federal funds are balanced with the states reported use of off-road motor fuel volumes. This convinced the Senate to amend changes in snowmobile and motorboat distribution formulas out of the bill.
The House added the sunset date of 2008 for the motorboat formula back into the bill, and decreased the amount of gasoline tax that would go to off-road vehicle trail improvements by 64%.
At the reduced level amended into the bill in the House, the distribution formula for off-road recreational vehicles in SF 31 will result in a loss of federal highway funds of about $100,000 a year to the state.
Supporters of SF 31 believed that off-road vehicle trails need to be maintained and improved, and the gasoline tax is a reasonable way to pay for it.
Opponents argued that increasing funding to improve off-road vehicle trails will increase uncontrolled use of public lands by off-road vehicles, and pointed to the difficulty land managers already experience in controlling off-road vehicles. They also objected to the loss of federal highway funds the bill caused.
In its amended form, SF 31 passed the Senate 16-14 and passed the House 59-1.
The votes listed below are Third Reading (final passage) votes in the Senate and House.
A YES vote means the legislator supported adding a gasoline tax distribution formula for off-road recreational vehicles and earmarking the funds for off-road vehicle trail improvement.
A NO vote means the legislator did not support adding this tax formula and distribution for off-road recreational vehicles.
| Bighorn Basin Legislators | Senate 3rd 1/29/03 | House 3rd 2/27/03 |
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| S 18 | Hank Coe (R) | No | |
| H 24 | Colin Simpson (R) | Yes | |
| H 50 | Pat Childers (R) | Yes | |
| S 19 | Laness D. Northrup (R) | No | |
| H 25 | Alan Jones (R) | Yes | |
| H 26 | Elaine Harvey (R) | Yes | |
| S 20 | Gerald E. Geis (R) | No | |
| H 27 | Jane Wostenberg (R) | Yes | |
| H 28 | Micheal Baker (R) | Yes | |
| Casper-Area Legislators | Senate 3rd 1/29/03 | House 3rd 2/27/03 |
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| S 27 | John Barrasso (R) | Yes | |
| H 35 | Roy Cohee (R) | Yes | |
| H 36 | Liz Gentile (D) | Yes | |
| S 28 | Keith Goodenough (D) | Yes | |
| H 56 | Tom Walsh (R) | Yes | |
| H 57 | Thomas A. Lockhart (R) | Yes | |
| S 29 | Bill Hawks (R) | Yes | |
| H 37 | Steve Harshman (R) | Yes | |
| H 59 | Mary Gilmore (D) | Yes | |
| S 30 | Charles K. Scott (R) | No | |
| H 38 | Bob Brechtel (R) | Yes | |
| H 58 | Ann Robinson (D) | Yes | |
| Cheyenne-Area Legislators | Senate 3rd 1/29/03 | House 3rd 2/27/03 |
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| S 4 | April Brimmer Kunz (R) | No | |
| H 7 | Tony Ross (R) | Yes | |
| H 41 | Becket Hinckley (R) | Yes | |
| S 5 | John Hanes (R) | Yes | |
| H 8 | Larry Meuli (R) | Yes | |
| H 42 | Pete Illoway (R) | Yes | |
| S 6 | Rich Cathcart (D) | No | |
| H 9 | Wayne Johnson (R) | Yes | |
| H 10 | Rodney "Pete" Anderson (R) | Yes | |
| S 7 | Kathryn Sessions (D) | No | |
| H 11 | Wayne Reese (D) | Yes | |
| H 43 | Ed Prosser (R) | Yes | |
| S 8 | E. Jayne Mockler (D) | Yes | |
| H 12 | Layton Morgan (D) | Yes | |
| H 44 | Floyd Esquibel (D) | Yes | |
| Gillette-Area Legislators | Senate 3rd 1/29/03 | House 3rd 2/27/03 |
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| S 23 | John Hines (R) | No | |
| H 31 | Jene Jansen (R) | Yes | |
| H 52 | George McMurtrey (R) | Yes | |
| S 24 | Richard A. Erb (R) | No | |
| H 32 | Jeff Wasserburger (R) | Yes | |
| H 53 | Frank Latta (R) | Yes | |
| Lander/Riverton-Area Legislators | Senate 3rd 1/29/03 | House 3rd 2/27/03 |
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| S 25 | Cale Case (R) | Yes | |
| H 33 | Harry Tipton (R) | Yes | |
| H 54 | Del McOmie (R) | Yes | |
| S 26 | Robert A. Peck (R) | Yes | |
| H 34 | Frank Philp (R) | Yes | |
| H 55 | David Miller (R) | Yes | |
| Northeast/East Central WY Legislators | Senate 3rd 1/29/03 | House 3rd 2/27/03 |
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| S 1 | Bill Barton (R) | No | |
| H 1 | Mark Semlek (R) | Yes | |
| H 2 | Ross Diercks (D) | Yes | |
| S 2 | Jim Anderson (R) | Yes | |
| H 5 | James C. Hageman (R) | Yes | |
| H 6 | Dave Edwards (R) | Yes | |
| S 3 | Curt Meier (R) | No | |
| H 3 | Deborah Alden (R) | Yes | |
| H 4 | Edward A. Buchanan (R) | Yes | |
| Sheridan-Area Legislators | Senate 3rd 1/29/03 | House 3rd 2/27/03 |
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| S 21 | Bruce Burns (R) | Yes | |
| H 29 | Jerry Iekel (R) | Yes | |
| H 51 | Rosie Berger (R) | Yes | |
| S 22 | John Schiffer (R) | Yes | |
| H 30 | Jack Landon (R) | Yes | |
| H 40 | Doug Osborn (R) | Yes | |
| South Central WY Legislators | Senate 3rd 1/29/03 | House 3rd 2/27/03 |
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| S 9 | Mike Massie (D) | No | |
| H 13 | Jane Warren (D) | Yes | |
| H 45 | Lorna Johnson (D) | Yes | |
| S 10 | Irene Devin (R) | Yes | |
| H 14 | Phil Nicholas (R) | Yes | |
| H 46 | James Slater (R) | Yes | |
| S 11 | Bill Vasey (D) | No | |
| H 15 | George Bagby (D) | Yes | |
| H 47 | Kurt Bucholz (R) | Yes | |
| Southwest WY Legislators | Senate 3rd 1/29/03 | House 3rd 2/27/03 |
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| S 12 | Rae Lynn Job (D) | Yes | |
| H 48 | Marty Martin (D) | Yes | |
| H 16 | Pete Jorgensen (D) | Yes | |
| S 13 | Tex Boggs (D) | Yes | |
| H 17 | Fred Parady (R) | Yes | |
| H 60 | Bill Thompson (D) | No | |
| S 14 | Larry Caller (D) | Yes | |
| H 18 | Mick Powers (R) | Yes | |
| H 39 | Chris Boswell (D) | Yes | |
| S 15 | Ken Decaria (D) | No | |
| H 19 | Owen Petersen (R) | Yes | |
| H 49 | Saundra Meyer (D) | Yes | |
| West Central WY Legislators | Senate 3rd 1/29/03 | House 3rd 2/27/03 |
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| S 16 | Delaine Roberts (R) | Yes | |
| H 20 | Stan Cooper (R) | Yes | |
| H 21 | Randall Luthi (R) | Yes | |
| S 17 | Grant Larson (R) | Yes | |
| H 22 | Monte Olsen (R) | Yes | |
| H 23 | Clarene Law (R) | Yes | |
See Southwest Region for H 16 and S 12 | |||