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Committee backs $10 million Cowboy State Agricultural Trust Fund, adds oversight and accounting fixes
Summary
Senate File 109 would seed a Cowboy State Agricultural Trust Fund with $10 million, create a nine‑member oversight committee, require 1‑for‑1 matching for non‑state funds, and build in reporting and committee membership; the TRW Committee passed amendments including an administrative appropriation and removal of a reporting sunset before voting to advance the bill.
Senate File 109, the Cowboy State Agricultural Trust Fund bill, was advanced out of the Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Committee after sponsor testimony, agency briefings and broad stakeholder support. The bill seeds a perpetual trust intended to support agriculture research, workforce development, value‑added processing and other grants directed toward sustaining Wyoming producers.
Sponsor Senator Bonner described the bill as part of the governor’s agricultural initiative and said it would establish a nine‑member Cowboy State Agriculture Initiative Committee, seed the fund with $10,000,000 and allow the state…
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