Earlier this month, the Wyoming State Legislature passed SF60 that clarified some unresolved issues relating to ad valorem taxation of the state’ mineral production, specifying that the monthly payments begin January 1st of next year.
Johnson County Commissioner has been involved in the efforts to change the tax collection from an 18-month process to monthly which has taken years…
Both Johnson and Campbell Counties have dealt numerous times in recent years with mineral producers filing bankruptcies and failing to pay taxes due on the production that was taken from the land.
According to Novotny, the involvement of the mineral producers themselves was crucial in resolving the issue…
The initial legislation was passed a year ago, but more work was needed by the 66th State Legislature to fill holes in last year’s legislation.
