Section 9-2-1014.3 - Appropriation for public welfare emergencies; notification to legislature; legislative action(a) Beginning July 1, 2021, as of the first day of each fiscal year, there is appropriated ten million dollars ($10,000,000.00) from the legislative stabilization reserve account. The appropriation may be allocated by the governor and shall only be expended as authorized by the governor for public welfare emergencies as defined in W.S. 9-2-1002(a)(xxv). The governor's office shall provide the notice required under W.S. 9-2-1005(b)(ii)(A) and (B) for any expenditure under this section in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00).(b) Requests by a state department or agency for the allocation and expenditure of money appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be made by the administrative head of the department or agency in writing to the governor specifying the circumstances which are deemed necessary to require the requested allocation and expenditure by the governor.(c) Expenditures pursuant to this section shall be through a program with an approved budget, but expenditures shall not be limited to the purposes of a program with an approved budget. No amount allocated to be expended pursuant to this section shall increase the standard budget of any program for a subsequent fiscal biennium.(d) Expenditures pursuant to this section shall not be subject to the provisions of W.S. 9-2-1014.2.Added by Laws 2021 , ch. 124, § 1, eff. 4/6/2021.