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Committee advances bill letting conservation-district supervisors finish terms, sets residency rules
Summary
The Agriculture Committee unanimously advanced House Bill 133, which standardizes conservation district board composition and requires supervisors to reside in-district and have one year of Wyoming residency; sponsor and conservation-district representatives said the change helps fill voluntary boards and preserves rural representation.
Representative John Davis brought House Bill 133 to the Agriculture, State & Public Lands & Water Resources Committee, saying the measure responds to conservation districts’ requests to modernize how supervisors are selected and to ease board continuity.
The bill requires five supervisors who reside within the conservation district and directs nonpartisan, at-large elections; it also sets minimum rural-representation criteria to preserve agricultural intent, Davis said. "It's a good…
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