FIFTY-EIGHTH WYOMING LEGISLATURE

APPROVED INTERIM COMMITTEE STUDIES

2005 INTERIM

 

 

JOINT TRANSPORTATION, HIGHWAYS AND MILITARY AFFAIRS INTERIM COMMITTEE

Initial Approved Budget: $22,000

 

Topic #1:            Uninsured Motorists.

 

A large number of residents purchase automobile insurance to register a vehicle, then promptly cancel the insurance or allow it to lapse.  When these people are involved in motor vehicle accidents, the result is frequently an inability to compensate their victims and uncompensated medical trauma care, forcing hospitals to absorb or cost-shift millions of dollars per year.  The Committee will investigate a system whereby the uninsured can be discovered at an earlier date and action taken to prevent uninsured drivers and vehicles.

 

Topic #2:            Multi-lane highways.

 

The Committee will revisit recommendations and funding sources, in light of anticipated federal action on highway act reauthorization, for improving selected major two-lane highways in the state to multi-lane configuration.  Management Council directed the Committee to coordinate this study with the related study by the Revenue Committee.  The focus of the Transportation Committee's study will be on the justification for and location of proposed multi-lane highways.

 

Topic #3:            Driver's education.

 

The 2005 legislature passed a graduated driver's license bill that includes a provision relating driver's education to the length of the restricted license period.  The Committee will study the advisability of additional certification of school-related or private driver's education courses.

 

Topic #4:            Military Affairs

 

The Military Department has expressed serious concern about the deteriorating condition of the state's National Guard armories.  The Committee will conduct a general study of the armories' status and consider possible solutions, but will not duplicate the armory assessment being conducted at the direction of the JAC.  In addition, the Committee will receive and prioritize other legislative recommendations from the Military Department.

 

Topic #5:            Specialty License Plates

 

There are several existing statutory provisions regarding specialty license plates and a number of organizations have expressed a desire to authorize additional specialty plates, either to commemorate specific groups/activities or as a fund raising mechanism for groups such as the University alumni association.  The Committee will investigate coordination of existing provisions and the feasibility of selling additional specialty plates.


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