§ 28-11-301 — Appointment of members; powers and duties; related duties of school facilities commission

(a) Not later than March 31 following each general
session, the president of the senate shall appoint five (5)
members of the senate and the speaker of the house shall appoint
five (5) members of the house to a select committee on school
facilities. Appointments to the committee by each presiding
officer shall reflect as nearly as possible the percentage of
the elected membership of the majority and minority parties of
each house, provided that not more than four (4) members
appointed by each presiding officer shall be from the same
political party.
(b) The select committee shall:
(i) Select from among its members a chairman and
vice-chairman;
(ii) Meet at least quarterly;
(iii) Monitor the assessment of statewide school
facility needs, prioritization of these needs and remediation of
identified needs, as undertaken by the school facilities
commission and the state construction department pursuant to
title 21 of Wyoming statutes;
(iv) Develop knowledge and expertise among its
members regarding issues pertaining to school facilities and
commission and state construction department programs and
procedures to maintain statewide facility adequacy;
(v) Not later than November 1 of each year, prepare
and submit budget recommendations based upon information
reported by the commission and the state construction department
under W.S. 21-15-119 and 21-15-121, addressing statewide
building and facility needs to the joint appropriations
committee and the governor. Based upon reports submitted under
W.S. 21-15-119 and 21-15-121, the select committee may report
recommendations to the legislature including any necessary
implementing legislation;
(vi) Review commission proposals for rules and
regulations and provide recommendations to the commission
concerning the proposed regulations.
(c) The state construction department shall:
(i) Provide the select committee with notice of all
school facilities commission meetings;
(ii) Provide the committee with school facilities
commission and department reports and studies pertaining to
school building and facility remediation projects;
(iii) Provide information to the select committee
upon request to assist the select committee in monitoring
progress under paragraph (b)(iii) of this section and in
reviewing budget recommendations under paragraph (b)(v) of this
section;
(iv) Using accepted accounting standards, account for
all funds appropriated by the legislature for each fiscal period
and not less than four (4) times during each fiscal year, report
expenditures of appropriated amounts and separately identify and
report any expenditures which are modified from those amounts
specified within the proposed budget submitted to the select
committee under W.S. 21-15-119. Any modification of expenditures
of legislative appropriations pursuant to W.S. 21-15-119(c)
shall be separately identified and reported to the select
committee, shall be executed only upon the express approval and
authorization of the school facilities commission, shall be
within the sole authority of the commission and shall not be
delegated by the commission.
(d) The select committee may review the budgets prepared
by the school facilities commission for each separate project
contained within the total budget request submitted under W.S.
21-15-119 and may request additional documentation associated
with the development of the project for inclusion within the
budget request.