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2005 General Session
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In 2000, the Legislature established caps on the amount of mineral revenue that would automatically flow into earmarked accounts. Each year, the first $200 million received by Wyoming from federal mineral royalties is distributed according to statutory formulas to various accounts including local governments, highways and schools. Any revenue above $200 million is divided between the school foundation account and the budget reserve account (one-third to two-thirds, respectively).
SF 161 would have changed the distribution of federal mineral royalties above the $200 million cap. The school foundation account share would have decreased to 10% of all revenue above the cap, and the budget reserve account's share would have increased to 90%.
The Legislative Service Office estimated that changing the distribution above the $200 million cap would result in about $80 million per year less for the school foundation account and the same amount more for the budget reserve account. Their estimation was projected three years into the future, for fiscal years 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Supporters of SF 161 noted that the school foundation account, which automatically receives deposits from both federal mineral royalties and state mineral severance taxes, is well funded and doesn't need as much automatic distribution as it currently receives. They favored making more federal mineral revenues available to the Legislature for other spending needs through the budget reserve account.
Opponents disliked the idea of reducing funding for the school foundation account, arguing that it would be more prudent to save money for future education needs by maintaining the automatic distributions as they are presently statutorily defined.
The Senate defeated SF 161 on third reading, 14-15 (1 excused).
The votes listed below are the Senate third reading votes
A YES vote means the senator wanted to change the distribution of federal mineral royalties as described above.
A NO vote means the senator did not want to change the distribution of federal mineral royalties.
| Bighorn Basin Legislators | Senate 3rd 2/2/05 |
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| S 18 | Hank Coe (R) | Yes |
| H 24 | Colin Simpson (R) | |
| H 50 | Pat Childers (R) | |
| S 19 | Laness D. Northrup (R) | Excused |
| H 25 | Alan Jones (R) | |
| H 26 | Elaine Harvey (R) | |
| S 20 | Gerald E. Geis (R) | Yes |
| H 27 | Debbie Hammons (D) | |
| H 28 | Lorraine Quarberg (R) | |
| Casper-Area Legislators | Senate 3rd 2/2/05 |
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| S 27 | John Barrasso (R) | No |
| H 35 | Roy Cohee (R) | |
| H 36 | Gerald Gay (R) | |
| S 28 | Kit Jennings (R) | Yes |
| H 56 | Tom Walsh (R) | |
| H 57 | Thomas A. Lockhart (R) | |
| S 29 | Bill Hawks (R) | Yes |
| H 37 | Steve Harshman (R) | |
| H 59 | Mary Gilmore (D) | |
| S 30 | Charles K. Scott (R) | Yes |
| H 38 | Bob Brechtel (R) | |
| H 58 | Ann Robinson (D) | |
| Cheyenne-Area Legislators | Senate 3rd 2/2/05 |
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| S 4 | Tony Ross (R) | No |
| H 7 | Doug Samuelson (R) | |
| H 41 | Becket Hinckley (R) | |
| S 5 | John Hanes (R) | Yes |
| H 8 | Larry Meuli (R) | |
| H 42 | Pete Illoway (R) | |
| S 6 | Wayne H. Johnson (R) | Yes |
| H 9 | Bryan Pedersen (R) | |
| H 10 | Rodney "Pete" Anderson (R) | |
| S 7 | Kathryn Sessions (D) | No |
| H 11 | Wayne Reese (D) | |
| H 43 | Dan Zwonitzer (R) | |
| S 8 | E. Jayne Mockler (D) | Yes |
| H 12 | Layton Morgan (D) | |
| H 44 | Floyd Esquibel (D) | |
| Gillette-Area Legislators | Senate 3rd 2/2/05 |
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| S 23 | John Hines (R) | No |
| H 31 | Thomas E. Lubnau II (R) | |
| H 52 | Burke Jackson (R) | |
| S 24 | Michael Von Flatern (R) | No |
| H 32 | Jeff Wasserburger (R) | |
| H 53 | Frank Latta (R) | |
| Lander/Riverton-Area Legislators | Senate 3rd 2/2/05 |
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| S 25 | Cale Case (R) | Yes |
| H 33 | W. Patrick Goggles (D) | |
| H 54 | Del McOmie (R) | |
| S 26 | Robert A. Peck (R) | No |
| H 34 | Frank Philp (R) | |
| H 55 | David Miller (R) | |
| Northeast/East Central WY Legislators | Senate 3rd 2/2/05 |
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| S 1 | C.L. Townsend (R) | Yes |
| H 1 | Mark Semlek (R) | |
| H 2 | Ross Diercks (D) | |
| S 2 | Jim Anderson (R) | No |
| H 5 | James C. Hageman (R) | |
| H 6 | Dave Edwards (R) | |
| S 3 | Curt Meier (R) | No |
| H 3 | Deborah Alden (R) | |
| H 4 | Edward A. Buchanan (R) | |
| Sheridan-Area Legislators | Senate 3rd 2/2/05 |
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| S 21 | Bruce Burns (R) | Yes |
| H 29 | Jerry Iekel (R) | |
| H 51 | Rosie Berger (R) | |
| S 22 | John Schiffer (R) | Yes |
| H 30 | Jack Landon (R) | |
| H 40 | Doug Osborn (R) | |
| South Central WY Legislators | Senate 3rd 2/2/05 |
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| S 9 | Mike Massie (D) | No |
| H 13 | Jane Warren (D) | |
| H 45 | Kevin A. White (R) | |
| S 10 | Phil Nicholas (R) | No |
| H 14 | Kermit C. Brown (R) | |
| H 46 | James Slater (R) | |
| S 11 | Bill Vasey (D) | Yes |
| H 15 | George Bagby (D) | |
| H 47 | Kurt Bucholz (R) | |
| Southwest WY Legislators | Senate 3rd 2/2/05 |
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| S 12 | Rae Lynn Job (D) | No |
| H 48 | Marty Martin (D) | |
| H 16 | Pete Jorgensen (D) | |
| S 13 | Tex Boggs (D) | No |
| H 17 | Stephen Watt (R) | |
| H 60 | Bill Thompson (D) | |
| S 14 | Stan Cooper (R) | No |
| H 18 | Mick Powers (R) | |
| H 39 | John Hastert (D) | |
| S 15 | Ken Decaria (D) | No |
| H 19 | Owen Petersen (R) | |
| H 49 | Bruce Barnard (R) | |
| West Central WY Legislators | Senate 3rd 2/2/05 |
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| S 16 | Pat Aullman (R) | No |
| H 20 | Kathy Davison (R) | |
| H 21 | Randall Luthi (R) | |
| S 17 | Grant Larson (R) | Yes |
| H 22 | Monte Olsen (R) | |
| H 23 | Keith Gingery (R) | |
See Southwest Region for H 16 and S 12 | ||