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Wyoming Permanent Mineral Trust Fund Earnings Account and Investment Losses Requirement Amendment (2022)

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Wyoming Permanent Mineral Trust Fund Earnings Account and Investment Losses Requirement Amendment
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Election date
November 8, 2022
Topic
State and local government budgets, spending and finance
Status
Proposed
Type
Constitutional amendment		Origin
State legislature

The Wyoming Permanent Mineral Trust Fund Earnings Account and Investment Losses Requirement Amendment may appear on the ballot in Wyoming as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.

The ballot measure would require that earnings from the Permanent Wyoming Mineral Trust Fund are deposited into a special account separate from the General Fund. The ballot measure would also require the Wyoming State Legislature to adopt laws on how and when investment losses are made whole.[1]

Text of measure

Full text

The full text is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Wyoming Constitution

In Wyoming, a constitutional amendment requires a two-thirds vote in each chamber of the Wyoming State Legislature during one legislative session.

The constitutional amendment was introduced into the state Legislature as House Joint Resolution 5 (HJ 5). On February 24, 2022, the Wyoming House of Representatives voted 44 to 14 to approve HJ5.[1]

Vote in the Wyoming House of Representatives
February 24, 2022
Requirement: Two-thirds (66.67 percent) vote of all members in each chamber
Number of yes votes required: 40  Approveda
YesNoNot voting
Total44142
Total percent73.33%23.33%3.33%
Democrat700
Republican35142
Libertarian100
Independent100

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wyoming State Legislature, "HJ0005," accessed February 26, 2022
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