Wyo. Stat. § 16-5-303 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-303
§ 16-5-303. Redemption of bonds owned by state
Status: in_force

Any bond issued by any county, municipality, school district or other political subdivision of the state and which bond the state owns on any interest payment date, upon thirty (30) days written notice to the state treasurer of the state is subject to redemption on the date by the payment of the principal and interest then due on the bond to the treasurer. Redemption shall be made only from sinking funds of the political subdivisions and not from funds obtained by its refunding of the bonds.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-302 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 16-4-302
§ 16-4-302. Competent evidence of delivery
Status: in_force

If any report, claim, tax return, statement or other document or payment is sent by United States mail and either registered or certified, a record authenticated by the United States post office of the registration or certification is competent evidence that the report, claim, tax return, statement or other document or payment was delivered to the state officer or state agency or officer or agency of the political subdivision to which addressed, and the date of registration or certification is deemed the postmarked date.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-5-301 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-301
§ 16-5-301. Voidness of excessive indebtedness; liability of officer and sureties
Status: in_force

Any indebtedness created by any county, city, town or other subdivision of the state in any current year in excess of that authorized by the constitution of the state and for which there are no revenues available for payment during the current year, shall as against the county, city, town or other subdivision of the state, be void and of no effect. Any officer who participates in creating the indebtedness, and the sureties on his official bond, is personally liable to the holder, or holders, of the indebtedness as fully as if the indebtedness had been contracted for his individual benefit. As used in this section, “current year” means from the first Monday in January of a year to the first Monday in January of the next year.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-11-103 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Section 16-11-103
§ 16-11-103. Regulation of location and construction
Status: in_force

This act does not prohibit a local government from regulating the location and construction of a sport shooting range after the effective date of this act.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-1-303 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-303
§ 16-1-303. Account administration; board powers and duties; department powers and duties; water development office powers and duties; fiscal procedures
Status: in_force

(a) The board, the department and commission are designated as the implementing and administrative agencies for the drinking water state revolving account and shall jointly develop a memorandum of understanding describing the duties and responsibilities of each agency.

(b) The board, subject to select water committee review and recommendation of projects, shall administer the account including issuing loans and other forms of financial assistance for purposes authorized in this article on the basis of a priority listing of eligible projects. The board shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations necessary to administer the account within the requirements of this article, the Safe Drinking Water Act and other federal and state laws, including the content of applications, priority listing for use of funds in accordance with requirements established in section 1452(b)(3) of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. § 300j-12(b) ), criteria for awarding, security, and terms and conditions for making loans and providing financial assistance.

(c) The office of state lands and investments shall:

(i) Enter into an agreement with the federal environmental protection agency regional administrator to receive capitalization grants for the account;

(ii) Receive, review and make recommendations to the board and the select water committee for approval of applications for financial assistance from the account in accordance with requirements established by the board for publicly owned water systems of municipalities, counties, joint powers boards, state agencies, and other entities constituting a political subdivision under the laws of the state on forms supplied by the office of state lands and investments;

(iii) Administer the account and administrative account including processing and receiving capitalization grants, the state match, financial assistance agreements, repayments on all financial assistance and all other account revenues;

(iv) Conduct and allow the federal environmental protection agency to conduct an annual audit;

(v) Ensure that all publicly owned water systems which are recipients of financial assistance from the account demonstrate capacity development capabilities in compliance with section 1420 of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. § 300g-9 ). The department and the water development office shall assist the office of state lands and investments by reviewing and making determinations on the adequacy of water system capacity development capabilities; and

(vi) Following public input and recommendations from the water development office and department and upon review and recommendation of the intended use plan and the project priority list by the select water committee, the state loan and investment board shall give final authorization and adoption of the annual intended use plans and the final priority listing of eligible projects.

(d) The board, as a condition to making a loan or other financial assistance, may impose a reasonable administrative fee or application fee that may be paid from the proceeds of the loan or financial assistance or other available funds of the applicant. These fees may be deposited into the administrative account for purposes of payment of administrative costs of the program.

(e) The department shall:

(i) Assist the office of state lands and investment and the commission annually with the preparation and submission to the federal environmental protection agency an intended use plan and the priority listing of projects eligible to receive assistance from the account which have been subject to public comment and which identifies the intended uses of monies available to the account;

(ii) Assist in the preparation and submission of a biennial report required by the Safe Drinking Water Act;

(iii) Assist with the preparation and submission of capitalization grant applications;

(iv) Provide input and assistance in the evaluations on capacity development for water systems in accordance with procedures adopted pursuant to this article;

(v) Provide operator certification and technical competency for water systems in accordance with W.S. 35-11-302(a)(iv) to include all applicants for financial assistance from the program; and

(vi) Ensure that all new or modified community water systems and new or modified nontransient noncommunity water systems commencing operation after October 1, 1999, demonstrate capacity development capabilities and by October 1, 2001, develop a strategy to assist all community and noncommunity water systems in acquiring and maintaining capacity development by adopting procedures governing capacity development in compliance with section 1420 of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. § 300g-9 ). The department shall adopt procedures to accomplish this task and shall have the authority to require new systems in noncompliance of capacity development capabilities to take steps to correct inadequacies or cease water system operations. The water development office shall assist the department in the review and adequacy determinations of water system capacity development capabilities.

(f) The commission shall:

(i) Evaluate engineering designs and studies and provide the technical and administrative management of contracts for all projects in accordance with requirements of this article, state program, and the Safe Drinking Water Act;

(ii) Assist the office of state lands and investments and the department annually with the preparation and submission to the federal environmental protection agency an intended use plan and the priority listing of projects eligible to receive assistance from the account which have been subject to public comment and which identifies the intended uses of monies available to the account;

(iii) Provide input and assistance in the evaluations of capacity development for water systems in accordance with procedures developed as authorized by this article; and

(iv) Include in the commission's annual report to the legislature, a report on the status of the drinking water state revolving loan fund.

(g) The office of state lands and investments and all recipients of financial assistance from the account shall establish fiscal controls and accounting procedures in compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act.

(h) The office of state lands and investments shall require as part of the application and approval process, that all financial assistance applicants obtain or ensure the certification of the operators of the publicly owned water systems in accordance with department rules and regulations prior to obtaining financial assistance approval.

(j) The select water committee shall review and recommend for approval project applications submitted to the committee pursuant to subsection (c)(ii) of this section.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-104 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-104
§ 16-6-104. Preference for Wyoming materials required in contracts
Status: in_force

Wyoming made materials and products, and Wyoming suppliers of products and materials of equal quality and desirability shall have preference over materials or products produced or supplied outside the state and any contract let shall so provide. The preference created by this section shall be applied in a manner identical to the preference for residence contractors in W.S. 16-6-102 .
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-102 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-102
§ 16-6-102. Resident contractors; preference limitation with reference to lowest bid or qualified response; decertification; denial of application for residency
Status: repealed

(a) If a contract is let by a public entity for a public work, the contract shall be let, if advertisement for bids or request for proposal is not required, to a resident of the state. If advertisement for bids is required, the contract shall be let to the responsible certified resident making the lowest bid if the certified resident's bid is not more than five percent (5%) higher than that of the lowest responsible nonresident bidder.

(b) If any person who is certified as a resident contractor for any reason loses that certification, that person may not be recertified as a resident for a period of one (1) year from the date of decertification.

(c) If any person who applies for certification as a resident contractor is denied certification because of not meeting the residency requirements, that person may not reapply for certification for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days from the date certification is denied. No person shall be denied certification because of inadvertent omission of information, as determined by the department of workforce services, on an application for resident certification.

(d) Repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 163, § 2.

(i) Repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 163, § 2.

(A) Repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 163, § 2.

(B) Repealed by Laws 1999, ch. 152, § 2.

(e) The department shall make investigations as necessary to determine whether any person is eligible to receive or continue to hold a certificate of residency. The department may require or permit any person to file a statement in writing at any time, under oath or otherwise as to all the facts and circumstances concerning the matter to be investigated. For the purpose of any investigation under this section, the director of the department or any person designated by him may administer oaths and affirmations, subpoena witnesses, and compel their attendance, take evidence and require the production of any books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, agreements or other documents or records, which the director or designated person deems relevant or material to the inquiry. In case of refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, any Wyoming district court, upon application by the director, may issue to the person an order requiring him to appear before the director or the officer designated by him, to produce documentary evidence if so ordered, or to give evidence touching the matter under investigation or in question. Failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by the court as contempt of court. The burden of proof regarding the status of the residency is on the person whose residency is in question.

(f) If, after investigation, the department believes that a certificate of residency should be denied or revoked, it shall provide notice to the applicant or certificate holder of its intent to deny or revoke the certificate and of the applicant or certificate holder's opportunity for a hearing if requested. Any hearing conducted under this subsection shall be conducted in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-7-118 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7 / Section 16-7-118
§ 16-7-118. Programs with federal financing; real property acquisition policies
Status: in_force

(a) Any agency which acquires real property for a program or project for which federal financial assistance will be available to pay all or any part of the cost of the program or project shall comply with the following policies:

(i) Every reasonable effort shall be made to acquire expeditiously real property by negotiation;

(ii) Real property shall be appraised before the initiation of negotiations, and the owner or his designated representative shall be given an opportunity to accompany the appraiser during his inspection of the property. The agency may prescribe a procedure to waive the appraisal in cases involving the acquisition by sale or donation of property with a low fair market value;

(iii) Before the initiation of negotiations for real property, an amount shall be established which is reasonably believed to be just compensation therefor, and that amount shall be offered for the property. In no event shall the amount be less than the approved appraisal of the fair market value of the property. Any decrease or increase in the fair market value of real property, prior to the date of valuation caused by the public improvement for which the property is acquired, or by the likelihood that the property would be acquired for the improvement, other than that due to physical deterioration within the reasonable control of the owner, shall be disregarded in determining the compensation for the property. The owner of the real property to be acquired shall be provided with a written statement of, and summary of the basis for, the amount established as just compensation. If appropriate, the just compensation for the real property acquired and for damages to remaining real property shall be separately stated;

(iv) No owner is required to surrender possession of real property before the agreed purchase price is paid or before there is deposited with the court, in accordance with applicable law, for the benefit of the owner, an amount not less than the approved appraisal of the fair market value of the property, or the amount of the award of compensation in the condemnation proceeding of the property;

(v) The construction or development of a program or project for which federal financial assistance will be available to pay all or any part of the cost of the program or project shall be so scheduled that, to the greatest extent practicable, no person lawfully occupying real property shall be required to move from a dwelling (assuming a replacement dwelling will be available) or to move his business or farm operation without at least ninety (90) days written notice of the date by which the move is required;

(vi) If an owner or tenant is permitted to occupy the real property acquired on a rental basis for a short term or for a period subject to termination by the acquiring agency on short notice, the amount of rent required shall not exceed the fair rental value of the property to a short-term occupier;

(vii) In no event shall the time of condemnation be advanced, or negotiations or condemnation and the deposit of funds in court for the use of the owner be deferred, or any other action coercive in nature be taken to compel an agreement on the price to be paid for the property;

(viii) If an interest in real property is to be acquired by exercise of the power of eminent domain, formal condemnation proceedings shall be instituted. The acquiring agency shall not intentionally make it necessary for an owner to institute legal proceedings to prove the fact of the taking of his real property;

(ix) If the acquisition of only a portion of the property would leave the owner with an uneconomic remnant, the agency shall offer to acquire the remnant;

(x) A person whose real property is being acquired in accordance with this section may, after the person has been fully informed of his right to receive just compensation for the property, donate the property, any part of the property, any interest in the property, or any compensation paid for the property to an agency, as the person shall determine;

(xi) For purposes of this section:

(A) “Acquiring agency” means:

(I) An agency as defined in W.S. 16-7-102(a)(i) which has the authority to acquire property by eminent domain under state law; or

(II) An agency or person which does not have the authority to acquire property by eminent domain under state law, to the extent provided by the governor by rules and regulations.

(B) “Appraisal” means a written statement independently and impartially prepared by a qualified appraiser setting forth an opinion of defined value of adequately described property as of a specific date supported by the presentation and analysis of relevant market information;

(C) “Uneconomic remnant” means a parcel of real property in which the owner is left with an interest after the partial acquisition of the owner's property and which the agency has determined has little or no value or utility to the owner.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-12-304 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 12 / Section 16-12-304
§ 16-12-304. Public meetings
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the requirements of W.S. 16-4-401 through 16-4-408 , all public meetings of special districts and specified entities shall be held in a location accessible to the general public or made accessible to the public for purposes of the meeting.

(b) Notice of any meeting of a special district or specified entity shall be made in compliance with W.S. 16-4-404 .
Wyo. Stat. § 16-9-206 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Section 16-9-206
§ 16-9-206. Message relay system; requirements
Status: in_force

(a) The division, after consultation with the committee, shall contract with a qualified provider to design and implement a message relay system that fulfills the purpose described in W.S. 16-9-205 . The division shall award the contract for this service to the provider based upon price, the interests of the communications impaired community in having access to a high-quality and technologically advanced telecommunications system, and all other factors listed in the committee's request for proposal including proposals for a specialized telecommunications equipment distribution program.

(b) Except in cases of willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith, neither the committee nor the provider of the message relay system, nor the employees of the provider of the message relay system, shall be liable for any claims, actions, damages or causes of action arising out of or resulting from the establishment, participation in, or operation of the message relay system.

(c) The division shall require, under the terms of the contract, that:

(i) The system be available statewide for operation seven (7) days a week, twenty-four (24) hours per day, including holidays, for both interstate and intrastate calls;

(ii) The system relay all messages promptly and accurately;

(iii) The system maintain the privacy of persons using the system;

(iv) The provider preserve the confidentiality of all telephone communications; and

(v) The system conform to any standards established by applicable state or federal laws or regulations.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-106 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-106
§ 16-6-106. Statement of Wyoming materials preference in requests for bids and proposals
Status: in_force

All requests by a public entity for bids and proposals for materials, supplies, agricultural products, equipment, machinery and public works shall contain the words “preference is hereby given to materials, supplies, agricultural products, equipment, machinery and provisions produced, manufactured or grown in Wyoming, or supplied by a resident of the state, quality being equal to articles offered by the competitors outside of the state”.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-5-108 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-108
§ 16-5-108. Sale or exchange; price
Status: in_force

Any refunding public securities may be delivered in exchange for the outstanding public securities being refunded or may be publicly or privately sold in the manner determined by the governing body. Refunding public securities may be publicly or privately sold at, above, or below the par value thereof.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-5-404 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-404
§ 16-5-404. Authorizing instrument
Status: in_force

(a) Anticipation notes issued pursuant to this act shall be authorized by instrument of the issuer which shall:

(i) Describe the bonds in anticipation of which the notes are to be issued;

(ii) Declare the results of the election authorizing the issuance of the bonds wherein the qualified electors of the issuer have approved their issuance in the manner required by law;

(iii) Specify the principal amount of the anticipation notes, the rate of interest and maturity date or dates of the anticipation notes, which maturity date or dates shall not exceed three (3) years from the date of issue of the anticipation notes.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-9-109 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Section 16-9-109
§ 16-9-109. State-wide imposition of tax; prepaid wireless; collection; distribution; immunity
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, on and after July 1, 2016, there is imposed a 911 emergency tax of one and five-tenths percent (1.5%) on every retail sale of prepaid wireless communications access in Wyoming. The tax shall not be imposed on sales of prepaid wireless communications access intended for resale or upon any state or local governmental entity.

(b) A service supplier who sells prepaid wireless communications access shall collect the tax imposed by subsection (a) of this section from each purchaser of prepaid wireless communications access, which purchaser shall be considered a service user. The amount of the tax shall be either separately stated on an invoice, receipt or other similar document that is provided to the service user by the service supplier or shall be otherwise disclosed to the service user.

(c) For purposes of this section, a retail sale of prepaid wireless communications access occurs in Wyoming if the transaction would be sourced to Wyoming under W.S. 39-15-104(f)(xi)(C) .

(d) The tax imposed by subsection (a) of this section is the liability of the service user and the service supplier. The service supplier shall be liable to remit all taxes due or collected as provided in subsection (g) of this section.

(e) If the tax collected pursuant to this section is separately stated on an invoice, receipt or similar document provided to the service user by the service supplier, the tax shall not be included in the base for calculating any other tax, fee, surcharge or other charge imposed by this state, any political subdivision of the state or any intergovernmental agency.

(f) When prepaid wireless communication access is sold with one (1) or more other products or services for a single, nonitemized price, the tax authorized by subsection (a) of this section shall not be applied to a retail sale of prepaid wireless communications access of ten (10) or fewer minutes or which has a value of five dollars ($5.00) or less.

(g) All taxes collected under subsection (a) of this section shall be remitted by the service supplier who collected them to the department of revenue as follows:

(i) A service supplier shall remit to the department of revenue all monies collected at the times and in the manner provided by W.S. 39-15-107(a) . The department of revenue may establish by rule procedures reasonably necessary to facilitate the transfer of these monies. The service supplier shall be subject to the penalty and enforcement provisions provided by W.S. 39-15-108 for any failure to collect or remit funds;

(ii) A service supplier remitting collected taxes may deduct and retain three percent (3%) of the taxes collected as the cost of administration for collecting the taxes;

(iii) The audit and appeal procedures applicable to the collection of state sales taxes shall apply to the collection and remittance of taxes authorized by this section;

(iv) Pursuant to rules adopted for this purpose, the department of revenue shall establish a procedure by which service suppliers shall document that a transaction is not a retail sale subject to the tax imposed by this section. The procedure shall be substantially similar to the procedure used to document a sale for resale transaction for purposes of sales tax.

(h) The monies collected by the department of revenue under this section shall not be general revenues of the state and shall be held by the department in a separate account for distribution as follows:

(i) The department shall deduct one percent (1%) of the total monies collected to cover its administrative expenses and costs, which amount shall be remitted to the treasurer for credit to the general fund;

(ii) After deduction of the amount authorized by paragraph (i) of this subsection, the department shall pay all remaining amounts collected to each county that imposes and collects the 911 emergency tax authorized by W.S. 16-9-103 ;

(iii) The payment authorized by paragraph (ii) of this subsection shall be remitted to the county no later than fifteen (15) days after the close of the calendar quarter and is subject to the requirements of paragraph (iv) of this subsection;

(iv) Each county receiving payment pursuant to paragraph (ii) of this subsection shall receive three percent (3%) of the total amount distributed pursuant to paragraph (ii) of this subsection. Each county shall receive the remaining balance of the amount distributed under paragraph (ii) of this subsection in proportion to the percentage that the county's total population relates to the state's total population;

(v) If a governing body other than a county imposes a 911 emergency tax pursuant to W.S. 16-9-103 , the county in which that governing body is located shall divide all monies received by the county pursuant to paragraph (iv) of this subsection equally between the county and the governing body;

(vi) All funds received by any governing body pursuant to this subsection shall be expended only for the purposes authorized by W.S. 16-9-105 ;

(vii) Amounts collected by any governing body pursuant to this subsection in excess of necessary expenditures within any fiscal year shall be carried forward to subsequent years and shall be used only for the purposes authorized by W.S. 16-9-105 ;

(viii) The department of revenue may promulgate rules necessary to implement this subsection.

(j) The department of revenue and the Wyoming public service commission shall jointly report to the joint corporations, elections and political subdivisions committee on or before July 1, 2019 and every four (4) years thereafter. The report required by this subsection shall contain an analysis of the tax rate imposed by subsection (a) of this section and shall determine whether that tax rate places a tax burden on purchasers of prepaid wireless communication access which is substantially equivalent to the tax burden imposed by W.S. 16-9-103(b) . If the tax burden imposed by this section is not substantially equivalent to the tax burden imposed by W.S. 16-9-103(b) , the department and the commission shall advise the committee on the tax rate that would make the burden imposed by the two (2) taxes equivalent. The department of revenue and the Wyoming public service commission may adopt rules requiring the reporting of sales data or other information necessary to complete the analysis required by this subsection.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-501 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 16-4-501
§ 16-4-501. Definition
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Laws 1987, ch. 123, § 2.

(b) As used in this section and W.S. 16-4-502 , “entity” means a city, town, county, school district, community college district and special taxing district.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-105 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 16-4-105
§ 16-4-105. Accumulated retained earnings or fund surplus; capital improvements reserve
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may accumulate retained earnings in any enterprise or intragovernmental service fund or accumulate a fund surplus in any other fund. With respect to the general fund the accumulated fund balance may be used to meet any legal obligation of the municipality or to:

(i) Provide cash to finance expenditures from the beginning of the budget year until general property taxes and other revenues are collected;

(ii) Provide a reserve to meet emergency expenditures; or

(iii) Provide a reserve by the carryover from one (1) biennium to another of any surplus generated by community service and continuing education programs operated by community colleges.

(b) A municipality may appropriate funds from estimated revenue in any budget year to a reserve for capital improvements and for depreciation within any capital improvements fund, and for the purpose of purchasing or replacing specified equipment or a depreciation reserve for equipment, which has been duly established by ordinance. Money in the reserves may be allowed to accumulate from year to year until the accumulated total is sufficient to permit economical expenditure for the specified purposes. Disbursements from reserves shall be made only by transfer to a revenue account within a capital improvements fund pursuant to an appropriation for the fund. The amount appropriated to reserves under this subsection in any budget year shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the municipality's total revenues for that budget year.

(c) Expenditures from capital improvement or equipment budget accounts shall conform to all requirements of this act as it relates to the execution and control of budgets.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-1-103 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-103
§ 16-1-103. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this act:

(i) “ Agencies ” means Wyoming counties, municipal corporations, school districts, community college districts, the cooperative tribal governing body, the business council of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, the business council of the Northern Arapaho Tribe, joint powers boards formed pursuant to this act or special districts specifically involved in providing facilities or functions enumerated in W.S. 16-1-104(c) ;

(ii) “ This act ” means W.S. 16-1-102 through 16-1-110 .
Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-101 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 16-4-101
§ 16-4-101. Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures Act”.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-5-410 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-410
§ 16-5-410. Endorsement
Status: in_force

The clerk of the issuer shall endorse a certificate upon every anticipation note that the same is issued pursuant to law and is within the debt limit of the issuer if the notes are issued in anticipation of the issuance of general obligation bonds, or, as to notes issued in anticipation of revenue bonds, that they do not constitute a debt of the issuer within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision or limitation.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-1-205 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-205
§ 16-1-205. Authorized projects; authorized financial assistance
Status: in_force

(a) The account may be used for financial assistance for the following types of projects:

(i) Construction of wastewater treatment works as allowed by Title VI;

(ii) Implementation of nonpoint source pollution control management programs as allowed by Title VI;

(iii) Other projects as allowed by Title VI.

(b) Financial assistance for the projects authorized in subsection (a) of this section may take the forms provided in Title VI including:

(i) Loans at or below market interest rates or for zero interest. Loans may be awarded only if:

(A) All principal and interest payments on loans are credited directly to the account;

(B) The annual repayment of principal and payment of interest begins not later than one (1) year after project completion;

(C) The loan is fully amortized not later than the useful life of the project or thirty (30) years after project completion, whichever is less; and

(D) Each loan recipient establishes a dedicated source of revenue for repayment of the loan.

(ii) Refinancing existing debt obligations of municipalities, counties, joint powers boards and state agencies for wastewater treatment works for which debt was incurred and building began after March 7, 1985;

(iii) Purchasing insurance for or guaranteeing local debt obligations to improve credit market access or reduce interest rates;

(iv) Security or a source of revenue for the payment of principal and interest on revenue or general obligation bonds issued by the state provided that the net proceeds of the sale of such bonds shall be deposited in the account;

(v) Loan guarantees for similar revolving accounts established by municipalities, counties or joint powers boards; and

(vi) Grants and other forms of financial assistance.

(c) Each fiscal year, an amount of up to four percent (4%) of the capitalization grant, four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000.00) or two-tenths of one percent (0.2%) of the current valuation of the account, which ever amount is greatest, may be used for costs of administering the account. The monies and fees provided by subsection (d) of this section, used to administer the account are not forms of financial assistance which are prioritized under W.S. 16-1-206 .

(d) The board, as a condition to making a loan or other financial assistance, may impose a reasonable administrative fee or application fee not to exceed one percent (1%) of the loan amount, that may be paid from the proceeds of the loan or financial assistance or other available funds of the applicant. These fees shall be deposited into the account for purposes of payment of administrative costs of the program.

(e) The board may authorize the use of any amount of the allowable percentage of the capitalization grant for any set-aside authorized by Title VI.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-1-110 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-110
§ 16-1-110. Loss reserve account created; deposits; disposition of funds
Status: in_force

(a) Revenues received by the state loan and investment board for deposit in the loss reserve account pursuant to W.S. 16-1-109(a) shall be transmitted to the state treasurer for deposit to the credit of the loss reserve account. Funds in the account shall be used for the purposes specified in subsection (b) of this section and to pay the administrative and legal expenses of the board in making collections and foreclosing on loans made pursuant to W.S. 16-1-109 . If at the end of any fiscal year, the amount in the loss reserve account exceeds five percent (5%) of the total amount of permanent funds invested by the state in loans pursuant to W.S. 16-1-109 , the amount in excess of the five percent (5%) shall be transferred and credited to the general fund.

(b) If, as a result of default in the payment of any loan made pursuant to W.S. 16-1-109 , there occurs a nonrecoverable loss either to the corpus of, or interest due to, any permanent fund of the state, the state loan and investment board shall restore the loss to the permanent fund account entitled thereto using any funds available in the loss reserve account created by subsection (a) of this section. If the funds in the loss reserve account are insufficient to restore the full amount of the loss, the board shall submit a detailed report of the loss to the legislature and shall request an appropriation to restore the balance of the loss to the permanent fund account entitled thereto.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-402 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-402
§ 16-6-402. Computation of life-cycle costs
Status: in_force

(a) Life-cycle costs shall be the sum of:

(i) Initial cost;

(ii) The reasonably expected fuel costs over the life of the building based on the energy consumption analysis; and

(iii) The reasonable costs of maintenance and operation as they pertain to energy systems.

(b) Life-cycle costs shall be computed for two (2) or more alternatives for construction of the facility.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-5-203 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-203
§ 16-5-203. Outstanding securities
Status: in_force

All public securities of the state and of all public bodies outstanding on February 17, 1965, the right to the payment of which has not been barred by any pertinent statute of limitations, and all acts and proceedings taken, or purportedly taken by or on behalf of the state or any public body under law or under color of law preliminary to and in the authorization, execution, sale, issuance and payment (or any combination thereof) of all such public securities, are hereby validated, ratified, approved and confirmed, including but not necessarily limited to the terms, provisions, conditions and covenants of any resolution or ordinance appertaining thereto, the redemption of public securities before maturity and provisions therefor, the levy and collection of rates, tolls and charges, special assessments, and general and other taxes, and the acquisition and application of other revenues, the pledge and use of the proceeds thereof, and the establishment of liens thereon and funds therefor, appertaining to such public securities, except as hereinafter provided, notwithstanding any lack of power, authority, or otherwise, and notwithstanding any defects and irregularities in such public securities, acts and proceedings, and in such authorization, execution, sale, issuance and payment. Outstanding public securities are and shall be binding, legal, valid and enforceable obligations of the state or the public body issuing them in accordance with their terms and their authorizing proceedings.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-3-113 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Section 16-3-113
§ 16-3-113. License hearings
Status: repealed

(a) When the grant, denial, suspension or renewal of a license is required by law to be preceded by notice and an opportunity for hearing the provisions of this act concerning contested cases apply.

(b) When a licensee has made timely and sufficient application for the renewal of a license or a new license with reference to any activity of a continuing nature, the existing license does not expire until the application has been finally determined by the agency, and, in case the application is denied or the terms of the new license limited, until the last day for seeking review of the agency order or a later date fixed by order of the reviewing court.

(c) No revocation, suspension, annulment or withdrawal of any license is lawful unless, prior to the institution of agency proceedings, the agency gave notice by mail to the licensee of facts or conduct which warrant the intended action, and the licensee was given an opportunity to show compliance with all lawful requirements for the retention of the license. If the agency finds that public health, safety or welfare imperatively requires emergency action, and incorporates a finding to that effect in its order, summary suspension of a license may be ordered pending proceedings for revocation or other action. A cancellation of a driver's license pursuant to W.S. 31-7-121(c) [repealed] shall not be valid until the department of transportation gives notice by mail to the licensee of the facts which warrant the intended action and provides the licensee with an opportunity to provide additional evidence or information with respect to the condition at issue within fifteen (15) days of the mailing of the notice. These proceedings shall be promptly instituted and determined.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-12-412 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 12 / Section 16-12-412
§ 16-12-412. Appropriations lapse; prior claims and obligations
Status: in_force

All appropriations shall lapse following the close of the budget year to the extent they are not expended or encumbered. All claims and obligations incurred prior to the close of any fiscal year shall be treated as if properly encumbered.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-5-110 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-110
§ 16-5-110. Disposition of proceeds; escrowed proceeds
Status: in_force

The proceeds of refunding public securities shall either be immediately applied to the retirement of the public securities to be refunded or be placed in escrow in any state or national bank within the state which is a member of the federal deposit insurance corporation and which has trust powers, to be applied to the payment of the public securities being refunded upon their presentation. Any accrued interest and any premium appertaining to a sale of refunding public securities may be applied to the payment of the principal and interest, or both may be deposited in a reserve account, or may be used to defray incidental costs, as the governing body may determine. Any escrow shall not be limited to proceeds of refunding public securities, but may include other monies available for its purpose. Any escrowed proceeds, may be invested or reinvested in federal securities. Escrowed proceeds and investments, together with any interest or other yield to be derived from any investment, shall be in an amount at all times sufficient to cover principal, interest, any prior redemption premium due, and any charges of the escrow agent, to pay the public securities being refunded as they become due at their respective maturities or due at designated prior redemption dates in connection with which the governing body of the issuer shall exercise a prior redemption option. The computations made in determining sufficiency shall be verified by a certified public accountant certificated to practice in this state or in any other state. Any purchaser of any refunding public security is not responsible for the application of the proceeds thereof by the issuer or any of its officers, agents or employees.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-3-106 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Section 16-3-106
§ 16-3-106. Petition for promulgation, amendment or repeal of rules
Status: in_force

Any interested person may petition an agency requesting the promulgation, amendment or repeal of any rule and may accompany his petition with relevant data, views and arguments. Each agency may prescribe by rule the form of the petition and the procedure for its submission, consideration and disposition. Upon submission of a petition, the agency as soon as practicable either shall deny the petition in writing (stating its reasons for the denials) or initiate rulemaking proceedings in accordance with W.S. 16-3-103 . The action of the agency in denying a petition is final and not subject to review.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-3-110 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Section 16-3-110
§ 16-3-110. Contested cases; final decision; contents; notification
Status: in_force

A final decision or order adverse to a party in a contested case shall be in writing or dictated into the record. The final decision shall include findings of fact and conclusions of law separately stated. Findings of fact if set forth in statutory language, shall be accompanied by a concise and explicit statement of the underlying facts supporting the findings. Parties shall be notified either personally or by mail of any decision or order. A copy of the decision and order shall be delivered or mailed forthwith to each party or to his attorney of record.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-1-107 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-107
§ 16-1-107. Financing of joint projects
Status: in_force

(a) Any joint project consisting of property or improvements or an interest therein to be owned by participating agencies or a joint powers board undertaken pursuant to this act may be financed:

(i) By the contribution of funds from one (1) or more participating agencies which would be available to each agency if proceeding individually;

(ii) By bond issues by one (1) or more participating agencies to construct, improve or acquire an interest in any facility in the same manner as bonds may be issued by the agency for its individual construction, improvement or acquisition of such a facility;

(iii) By revenue bonds issued by a joint powers board to be repaid solely from revenues provided by this section or any revenue received by a joint powers board from the ownership, lease or operation of property or interest in property owned, leased or controlled by the board. Revenue securities may be issued upon majority approval of the members of a joint powers board and may be executed and delivered at any time, in the form, denominations and amounts, and may be redeemed or repurchased prior to maturity with or without premium, and may bear interest as provided by resolution of a joint powers board authorizing the issue. These securities shall meet the procedural requirements and provisions of W.S. 35-2-425 through 35-2-428 as provided for the issuance of bonds by hospital districts;

(iv) By facilities privately owned and leased to two (2) or more agencies or a joint powers board if the lease agreement provides that upon termination of the lease agreement title to the facilities vests in the participating agencies;

(v) By gifts, donations or grants of federal money;

(vi) By industrial development project bonds issued pursuant to W.S. 15-1-701 et seq.

(b) The state treasurer with the approval of the governor may if fiscally prudent invest any permanent state funds in bonds or securities issued pursuant to this act.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-116 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-116
§ 16-6-116. Payment to contractor; substantial completion; final completion; required notices
Status: in_force

(a) When any public work is let by contract, the public entity under whose direction or supervision the work is being carried on and conducted shall:

(i) Issue a certificate of substantial completion after determination that the public work, or designated portion thereof the public entity agrees to accept separately, is substantially complete;

(ii) Upon issuance of a certificate of substantial completion, cause notice to be published in a newspaper of general circulation, published nearest the point at which the work is being carried on, once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks, and posted on the state procurement website or the public entity's official website. The notice shall set forth in substance that the public entity has accepted the work, or designated portion thereof, as substantially complete according to the contract and associated documents and that the general contractor is entitled to payment as provided in paragraph (iii) of this subsection upon the forty-first day (and the notice shall specify the exact date) after the notice was first published and posted. If the contract provides for multiple substantial completions, this paragraph shall apply to each substantial completion designated in the contract;

(iii) Upon the forty-first day after the notice required under paragraph (ii) of this subsection was first published and posted, the public entity under whose direction or supervision the work has been carried on shall pay to the general contractor any payment retained by the public entity under W.S. 16-6-702(b) together with any other amount due under the contract, less any amount withheld for the portion of the public work that is incomplete or not completed in accordance with the contract and associated documents;

(iv) Issue a certificate of final completion after determination that the contract is fully performed and all portions of the public work are acceptable under the contract and associated documents. Any amounts withheld under paragraph (iii) of this subsection for the portion of the public work that was determined incomplete or not in accordance with the contract and associated documents and due under the contract shall be paid to the general contractor. The public entity shall post the date of final completion for the public work on the state procurement website or the public entity's official website.

(b) This section does not relieve the general contractor and the sureties on his bond from any claims for work or labor done or materials or supplies furnished in the execution of the contract.

(c) The public entity shall provide written notice of the requirements of this section in the project specifications.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-12-406 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 12 / Section 16-12-406
§ 16-12-406. Budget hearings
Status: in_force

(a) At the request of the board of county commissioners and prior to adopting a budget, special districts or other specified entities shall hold a prehearing with the county commissioners. The special district or other specified entity shall hold a budget hearing in accordance with this section. Notice of the budget hearing shall be provided pursuant to the requirements of W.S. 16-12-304(b) .

(b) At the request of the board of county commissioners and prior to July 1, the governing board of the special district or other specified entity shall present to the county commissioners:

(i) A proposed budget;

(ii) Verification of elections, public meetings and board member training; and

(iii) The minutes from any meetings the district or other specified entity has held that year.

(c) Hearings for special district or other specified entity budgets shall be conducted not later than the third Thursday in July except as hereafter provided. The governing board of any special district or other specified entity may choose to hold the budget hearing in conjunction with the county budget hearings and so advertise. Copies of publications of hearings shall be furnished to the director of the state department of audit.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-1-207 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-207
§ 16-1-207. Department loans; repayment
Status: in_force

Principal payments on loans made to the department for taking corrective actions at leaking underground and aboveground storage tank and solid waste landfill remediation sites shall be paid from the corrective action account directly to the state water pollution control revolving loan account.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-5-114 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-114
§ 16-5-114. Governing body's determination of legality
Status: in_force

The determination of a governing body that all the limitations hereunder imposed upon the issuance of refunding public securities have been met is conclusive in the absence of fraud or arbitrary and gross abuse of discretion.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-2-101 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 2 / Section 16-2-101
§ 16-2-101. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this act:

(i) “Authorized officer” means any official of this state or any of its departments, agencies or other instrumentalities or any of its political subdivisions whose signature to a public security or instrument of payment is required or permitted;

(ii) “Facsimile signature” means the reproduction by engraving, imprinting, stamping or other means of the manual signature of an authorized officer;

(iii) “Instrument of payment” means a check, draft, warrant or order for the payment, delivery or transfer of funds;

(iv) “Public security” means a bond, note, certificate of indebtedness or other obligation for the payment of money, issued by this state or by any of its departments, agencies or other instrumentalities or by any of its political subdivisions;

(v) “ This act ” means W.S. 16-2-101 through 16-2-103 .
Wyo. Stat. § 16-5-501 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-501
§ 16-5-501. Applicability
Status: in_force

This article applies to bonds, notes, warrants, certificates or other securities evidencing loans or the advancement of monies, heretofore or hereafter authorized to be issued by or on behalf of the state or any political subdivision, district, public board, agency, commission, authority or other public body corporate in the state pursuant to any general or special act or pursuant to any lawful legislative or home rule provision.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-12-414 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 12 / Section 16-12-414
§ 16-12-414. Interfund loans
Status: in_force

The governing body of the special district or other specified entity may authorize by resolution interfund loans from one (1) fund to another at interest rates and terms for repayment as it may prescribe and may invest available cash in any fund as provided by law. Where required by the principal act, the special district or other specified entity shall receive approval by the county commissioners prior to the interfund loan.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-3-107 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Section 16-3-107
§ 16-3-107. Contested cases; general procedure
Status: in_force

(a) In any contested case, all parties shall be afforded an opportunity for hearing after reasonable notice served personally or by mail. Where the indispensable and necessary parties are composed of a large class, the notice shall be served upon a reasonable number thereof as representatives of the class or by giving notice by publication in the manner specified by the rules or an order of the agency.

(b) The notice shall include a statement of:

(i) The time, place and nature of the hearing;

(ii) The legal authority and jurisdiction under which the hearing is to be held;

(iii) The particular sections of the statutes and rules involved;

(iv) A short and plain statement of the matters asserted. If the agency or other party is unable to state the matters in detail at the time the notice is served, the initial notice may be limited to a statement of the issues involved, and thereafter upon application a more definite and detailed statement shall be furnished.

(c) In all contested cases, depositions and discovery relating thereto, agencies shall have the authority to administer oaths and affirmations, subpoena witnesses and require the production of any books, papers or other documents relevant or material to the inquiry. In case of refusal to obey a subpoena issued by the agency in a contested case, deposition or discovery relating thereto, to any person, the district court for the district in which the hearing or deposition or other proceeding is being conducted, or for the district where the person may be served, may upon application by the agency issue to the person refusing to obey the subpoena an order requiring the person to show cause for the refusal or to appear before the agency or other person designated by it there to produce documentary evidence if so ordered or there to give evidence touching the matter in question. Any failure to show cause or obey the order of court may be punished by the court as a contempt thereof.

(d) In all contested cases the agency shall as part of its rules of practice provide that the agency or one (1) of its presiding officers designated by it upon application of any party shall issue a subpoena requiring the appearance of witnesses for the purpose of taking evidence or requiring the production of any books, papers or other documents relevant or material to the inquiry.

(e) The agency upon motion made promptly and in any event at or before the time specified in the subpoena for compliance therewith, may quash or modify the subpoena if it is unreasonable and oppressive, or in the event issued pursuant to subsection (g) of this section may condition denial of the motion upon the advancement by the person in whose behalf the subpoena is issued of the reasonable cost of producing the books, papers, documents or tangible things.

(f) If a subpoena issued pursuant to this section is disobeyed and if the agency fails to apply pursuant to subsection (c) of this section for enforcement any party may apply to the district court for the district having venue under subsection (c) of this section for enforcement pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.

(g) In all contested cases the taking of depositions and discovery shall be available to the parties in accordance with the provisions of Rules 26, 28 through 37 (excepting Rule 37(b)(1) and 37(b)(2)(A)(vii) therefrom) of the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure in effect on the date of the enactment of this act and any subsequent rule amendments thereto. All references therein to the “court” shall be deemed to refer to the appropriate “agency”; all references to the use of the subpoena power shall be references to subsection (c) of this section; all references to “trial” shall be deemed references to “hearing”; all references to “plaintiff” shall be deemed references to “a party”. If a party or other witness refuses to be sworn or refuses to answer any question after being directed to do so by the agency in which the action is pending, the refusal to obey the agency order shall be enforced in the same manner as is provided in subsection (c) of this section.

(h) Any agency which is a party to the contested case is subject to the discovery provisions of this section but neither the agency, nor any member, officer or employee shall be required to disclose information which is confidential or privileged under the law and no member of the presiding agency shall be compelled to testify or give a deposition in a contested case. Discovery sought from the agency initially shall be by written application. If the agency refuses to allow discovery in whole or in part the aggrieved party may apply to the presiding officer for an order compelling discovery. If the presiding officer fails or refuses to compel discovery, the aggrieved party may apply to the district court for the district in which the hearing, deposition or other proceeding is being or is to be conducted for an order directed to the agency compelling discovery. The presiding officer or district court shall enter such order as may be appropriate.

(j) Opportunity shall be afforded all parties to respond and present evidence and argument on all issues involved. Any person compelled to appear in person before any agency or representative thereof shall be accorded the right to be accompanied, represented and advised by counsel or, if permitted by the agency, by other qualified representative.

(k) Every party shall be accorded the right to appear in person or by or with counsel or other duly qualified representative in any agency proceeding in accordance with such rules as the agency prescribes and the pertinent rules of the supreme court of Wyoming. So far as the orderly conduct of public business permits, any interested person may appear before any agency or its responsible officers or employees for the presentation, adjustment or determination of any issue, request or controversy in any proceeding (interlocutory, summary or otherwise) or in connection with any agency function. Every agency shall proceed with reasonable dispatch to conclude any matter presented to it except that due regard shall be had for the convenience and necessity of the parties or their representatives. Any person representing an agency at a hearing in a contested case in which the agency is a party shall not in the same case serve as presiding officer or provide ex parte advice regarding the case to the presiding officer or to the body or any member of the body comprising the decision makers.

(m) No process, requirement of a report, inspection, or other investigative act or demand shall be issued, made or enforced in any manner or for any purpose except as authorized by law. Every person compelled to submit data or evidence is entitled to retain or, on payment of lawfully prescribed costs, procure a copy of a transcript thereof, except that in a nonpublic investigatory proceeding the witness may for good cause be limited to inspection of the official transcript of his testimony.

(n) Unless precluded by law, informal disposition may be made of any contested case by stipulation, agreed settlement, consent order or default.

(o) The record in a contested case must include:

(i) All formal or informal notices, pleadings, motions and intermediate rulings;

(ii) Evidence received or considered including matters officially noticed;

(iii) Questions and offers of proof, objections and rulings thereon;

(iv) Any proposed findings and exceptions thereto;

(v) Any opinion, findings, decision or order of the agency and any report by the officer presiding at the hearing.

(p) In all contested cases the proceeding including all testimony shall be reported verbatim stenographically or by any other appropriate means determined by the agency or the officer presiding at the hearing.

(q) Oral proceedings or any part thereof shall be transcribed on request of any party upon payment of the cost thereof.

(r) Findings of fact shall be based exclusively on the evidence and matters officially noticed.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-9-205 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Section 16-9-205
§ 16-9-205. Program established; purpose; responsibilities of the division of vocational rehabilitation
Status: in_force

(a) The division in consultation with the committee, shall establish and administer a program to provide specialized telecommunications equipment and message relay services to persons who are communications impaired. The purpose of the program shall be to:

(i) Furnish specialized telecommunications equipment to meet the needs of persons who are communications impaired and who might be otherwise disadvantaged in their ability to obtain such equipment; and

(ii) Provide a message relay system to allow persons who are communications impaired to communicate via the telecommunications network with noncommunications impaired persons.

(b) In carrying out its responsibilities, the division shall:

(i) Develop rules, policies and procedures, as may be necessary, to govern administration of the program and ensure the program is in compliance with any applicable state and federal laws or regulations;

(ii) As part of its request for proposals, include provision for an equipment distribution program and utilize a preexisting state agency means test, if available, to determine eligibility for participation in the specialized telecommunications equipment program;

(iii) Implement the message relay system as described in subsection (a)(ii) of this section within one (1) year following the effective date of this act and, to the extent funds generated by the special fee specified in W.S. 16-9-209 are available, implement the specialized telecommunications equipment distribution program described in subsection (a)(i) of this section within two (2) years following the effective date of this act;

(iv) Perform any other duties necessary to properly oversee administration of the program.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-3-109 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Section 16-3-109
§ 16-3-109. Contested cases; consideration of record; exceptions to decision; briefs and oral argument
Status: in_force

The agency shall consider the whole record or any portion stipulated to by the parties. In the event a recommended decision is rendered all parties shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to file exceptions thereto which shall be deemed a part of the record. All parties as a matter of right shall be permitted to file a brief with the agency and oral argument shall be allowed in the discretion of the agency.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-114 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-114
§ 16-6-114. Contractor's performance and payment bond or other guarantee; requiring new or additional bond or other guarantee; failure to furnish
Status: in_force

If in its judgment any of the sureties on a bond or other form of guarantee approved by the public entity under W.S. 16-6-112 are insolvent or for any cause are no longer proper or sufficient sureties, the obligee may within ten (10) days require the contractor to furnish a new or additional bond or other approved guarantee. If ordered by the obligee, all work on the contract shall cease until a new or additional bond or other guarantee is furnished. If the guarantee is not furnished within ten (10) days, the obligee may at its option terminate the contract and complete the contract as the agent and at the expense of the contractor and his sureties.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-7-109 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7 / Section 16-7-109
§ 16-7-109. Assurance of replacement housing; administration of relocation programs
Status: in_force

In order to prevent unnecessary expense and duplication of functions, and to promote uniform and effective administration of relocation assistance programs for displaced persons, with the approval of the governor the agency may enter into contracts with any person for services in connection with those programs, or may carry out its functions under this act through any federal agency or any department or instrumentality of the state or its political subdivisions having an established organization for conducting relocation assistance programs.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-204 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 16-4-204
§ 16-4-204. Right of inspection; copies, printouts or photographs; fees
Status: in_force

(a) In all cases in which a person has the right to inspect and copy any public records he may request that he be furnished copies, printouts or photographs for a reasonable fee to be set by the official custodian. Where fees for certified copies or other copies, printouts or photographs of the record are specifically prescribed by law, the specific fees shall apply. Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing a fee to be charged as a condition of making a public record available for inspection.

(b) If the custodian does not have the facilities for making copies, printouts or photographs of records which the applicant has the right to inspect, then the applicant shall be granted access to the records for the purpose of making copies, printouts or photographs. The copies, printouts or photographs shall be made while the records are in the possession, custody and control of the custodian thereof and are subject to the supervision of the custodian. When practical the copy work shall be made in the place where the records are kept, but if it is impractical to do so, the custodian may allow arrangements to be made for this purpose. If other facilities are necessary the cost of providing them shall be paid by the person desiring a copy, printout or photograph of the records. The official custodian may establish a reasonable schedule of time for making copies, printouts or photographs and may charge a reasonable fee for the services rendered by him or his deputy in supervising the copying, printing out or photographing as he may charge for furnishing copies under this section.

(c) After July 1, 2003, any fees or charges assessed by a custodian of a public record shall first be authorized by duly enacted or adopted statute, rule, resolution, ordinance, executive order or other like authority.

(d) All state agencies may adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act establishing reasonable fees and charges that may be assessed for the costs and services set forth in this section.

(e) The department of administration and information shall adopt uniform rules for the use of state agencies establishing procedures, fees, costs and charges for inspection, copies and production of public records under W.S. 16-4-202(d)(i) , 16-4-203(h)(i) and 16-4-204 .
Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-110 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 16-4-110
§ 16-4-110. Limitation on appropriations
Status: in_force

The governing body of a municipality shall not make any appropriation in the final budget of any fund in excess of the estimated expendable revenue of the fund for the budget year.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-9-209 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Section 16-9-209
§ 16-9-209. Special fee
Status: in_force

(a) The committee shall annually determine the amount of a special fee, not to exceed twenty-five cents ($.25) per access line per month, based upon available cost data and other information, that will cover the costs of providing intrastate message relay service as provided in Section 401 of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, including the cost of implementing and administering this act. Funding for the interstate portion of the Wyoming relay system shall be provided in a manner consistent with rules and orders adopted by the federal communications commission in implementing the Americans With Disabilities Act.

(b) The committee shall notify the public service commission, in writing, of the amount of the monthly access line special fee determined by the committee. The public service commission shall provide for the inclusion and identification of the special fee on each monthly billing for service from each local exchange company and radio communications service provider.

(c) Each customer of a local exchange company or radio communications service provider shall be liable for payment to the local exchange company or radio communications service provider of any special fee imposed pursuant to this act. In the case of a customer of a radio communications service provider, any fee imposed by this act shall be imposed only if the customer's place of primary use is in this state as provided by the Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act, 4 U.S.C. §§ 116 through 126 . The provisions of the Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act shall apply to this subsection. The local exchange company or radio communications service provider shall not be liable for any uncollected charge, nor shall the company have an obligation to take any legal action to enforce the collection of any charge that is unpaid by its customers.

(d) No customer of a local exchange company shall be required to pay the special fee on more than one hundred (100) access lines per account and no customer of a radio communications service provider shall be required to pay the special fee on more than one hundred (100) radio communication service numbers per account in Wyoming.

(e) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, all special fees billed and collected by a local exchange company or radio communications service provider shall be transmitted to the public service commission not later than the last day of the month following the end of the month in which the special fee is collected. All special fees received by the public service commission shall be deposited in the account established by W.S. 16-9-208 with receipt and acknowledgement submitted to the state treasurer.

(f) All special fees billed and collected by a local exchange company or radio communications service provider shall not be considered revenues of the local exchange company or radio communications service provider and are not subject to tax under W.S. 39-15-101 through 39-16-311 .

(g) Each local exchange company or radio communications service provider may deduct and retain one percent (1%) of the total charges billed and collected each month to cover administrative expenses in complying with the requirements of subsections (b) through (e) of this section.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-1-104 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-104
§ 16-1-104. Joint powers, functions and facilities; city-county airport board; eligible senior citizen centers; cooperative public transportation programs
Status: in_force

(a) Any power, privilege or authority exercised or capable of being exercised by an agency may be exercised and enjoyed jointly with any other agency having a similar power, privilege or authority. No cost shall be incurred, debt accrued, nor money expended by any contracting party, which will be in excess of limits prescribed by law. If the cooperative tribal governing body, the business council of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe or the business council of the Northern Arapaho Tribe participates in a joint powers board under this act with political subdivisions and special districts of Wyoming, the powers of the cooperative tribal governing body, the powers of the business council of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, the powers of the business council of the Northern Arapaho Tribe, Wyoming political subdivisions and Wyoming special districts are neither increased nor decreased by that participation. Rather the participation of the cooperative tribal governing body, the business council of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe or the business council of the Northern Arapaho Tribe is intended to facilitate implementation of programs and projects designed to more effectively benefit Wyoming's citizens.

(b) A county may enter into and operate under a joint powers agreement with one (1) or more counties, cities, school districts or community college districts for the performance of any function that the county, city, school district or community college district is authorized to perform, except the planning, expansion, creation, financing or operation of municipally owned electrical facilities.

(c) Specifically, without limiting but subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, two (2) or more agencies may jointly plan, own, lease, assign, sell, create, expand, finance and operate:

(i) Water including surface water drainage, sewerage, water and soil conservation or solid waste facilities;

(ii) Recreational facilities;

(iii) Police protection agency facilities;

(iv) Fire protection agency facilities;

(v) Transportation systems facilities, including airports;

(vi) Public school facilities;

(vii) Community college facilities;

(viii) Hospital and related medical facilities;

(ix) Courthouse and jail or administrative office facilities;

(x) Public health facilities;

(xi) Electrical systems owned by municipalities prior to March 1, 1975;

(xii) Rights-of-way for electric transmission systems, oil and natural gas pipelines, telecommunications and utilities. Any right-of-way acquired under the provisions of this subsection shall follow an existing utility corridor whenever practical;

(xiii) Municipal natural gas facilities and systems.

(d) Any city-county airport board heretofore organized and operating pursuant to W.S. 10-5-101 through 10-5-204 shall be deemed a joint powers board, and shall not be required to reorganize as provided for by W.S. 16-1-106(a) but is subject to all other provisions of this act.

(e) A governing body of an eligible senior citizen center may enter into a joint powers agreement under this act in order to participate in the local government self-insurance program as provided in W.S. 1-42-201 through 1-42-206 . An eligible senior citizen center which enters into a joint powers agreement pursuant to this subsection shall be bound by all provisions of the agreement, but shall not be entitled to participate as a member of the joint powers board.

(f) An agency may enter into an agreement with any governmental entity of another state, as defined in W.S. 1-39-103(a)(viii) , for purposes of operating a cooperative public transportation program to transport passengers on one (1) or more routes beginning in, ending in or passing through Wyoming. Any agreement entered into under this subsection shall only apply to the operation of a cooperative public transportation program and shall be conditioned upon the other state extending or agreeing to extend its governmental immunity or other limitations of liability to any governmental entity of Wyoming while operating a cooperative public transportation program. As used in this subsection, “ cooperative public transportation program ” means a not-for-profit program designed to transport passengers to and from work or to another location on a regularly scheduled basis using vehicles operated by an agency or a governmental entity of another state.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-12-409 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 12 / Section 16-12-409
§ 16-12-409. Transfer of unencumbered or unexpended appropriation balances
Status: in_force

The governing body of a special district or other specified entity may by resolution transfer any unencumbered or unexpended appropriation balance or part thereof from one (1) fund or account to another. Notice under this section shall be provided pursuant to the requirements of W.S. 16-4-404 .
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-119 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-119
§ 16-6-119. Contracts for public works; right to reject bids or responses; qualifications of bidders and respondents
Status: in_force

Every public entity shall be authorized to determine the qualifications and responsibilities of bidders or respondents on contracts for public works and may reject any or all bids or responses for which it solicits based on the qualifications and responsibilities of bidders and respondents and readvertise for bids or responses.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-5-119 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-119
§ 16-5-119. Scope, authority and effect of provisions
Status: in_force

This act, without reference to other statutes of the state, except as herein otherwise specifically provided, is full authority for the authorization and issuance of refunding public securities. No other act or law with regard to the authorization or issuance of securities that in any way impedes or restricts the carrying out of the acts herein authorized shall be construed as applying to any proceedings taken or acts pursuant hereto except as otherwise provided. The powers conferred and the limitations imposed by this act are in addition and supplemental to, and not in substitution for, and shall not affect the powers conferred by any other law except as otherwise provided herein.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-805 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-805
§ 16-6-805. Application
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article shall limit the acquisition or placement of works of art acquired from other nonstate sources nor shall this article limit the use of architectural, functional or structural detailing or garnishing in the construction, remodeling, renovation or restoration of any building.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-704 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-704
§ 16-6-704. Interest bearing deposit agreement; option to enter into
Status: in_force

If requested by the general contractor, a public entity shall enter into an interest bearing deposit agreement with any depository designated by the general contractor, after notice to the surety, to provide an agent for the custodial care and servicing of any deposits placed with him pursuant to this act on any contract of more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00). The services shall include the safekeeping of the obligations and the rendering of all services required to effectuate the purposes of this act.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-5-107 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-107
§ 16-5-107. Maximum allowable indebtedness
Status: in_force

In no event shall the aggregate amount of indebtedness of any issuer exceed the maximum allowable amount as determined pursuant to the constitutional and statutory provisions, if any, applicable to the issuer. In determining and computing the aggregate amount of indebtedness of any issuer, public securities which have been refunded, as provided in this act, by immediate payment or prior redemption and retirement or by the placement of the proceeds of refunding public securities or investments thereof in escrow, shall not be deemed outstanding indebtedness from and after the date on which sufficient monies are placed with the paying agent of the outstanding public securities for the purpose of immediately paying, or redeeming and retiring the bonds, or from and after the date on which the proceeds of the refunding public securities or investments thereof are placed in escrow.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-301 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-301
§ 16-6-301. Preference for resident bidders; exception; “resident” defined; violation
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever a contract is let by the state or any department thereof, or any of its subdivisions, for public printing, including reports of officers and boards, pamphlets, blanks, letterheads, envelopes and printed and lithographed matter of every kind and description whatsoever, the contract shall be let to the responsible resident making the lowest bid if the resident's bid is not more than ten percent (10%) higher than that of the lowest responsible nonresident bidder. Any successful resident bidder shall perform at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the contract within the state of Wyoming. This section shall not apply to any contract for the compilation, codification, revision, or digest of the statutes or case law of the state.

(b) As used in this section, “ resident ” means any person or business entity who has been a bona fide resident of this state as defined in W.S. 16-6-101(a)(i) , for one (1) year or more immediately prior to bidding upon a contract, and who has an established printing plant in actual operation in the state of Wyoming immediately prior to bidding upon a contract.

(c) Any contract let or performed in violation of this section shall be null and void and no funds shall be paid for the performance thereof.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-404 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 16-4-404
§ 16-4-404. Types of meetings; notice; recess
Status: in_force

(a) In the absence of a statutory requirement, the governing body of an agency shall provide by ordinance, resolution, bylaws or rule for holding regular meetings unless the agency's normal business does not require regular meetings in which case the agency shall provide notice of its next meeting to any person who requests notice. A request for notice may be made for future meetings of an agency. The request shall be in writing and renewed annually to the agency.

(b) Special meetings may be called by the presiding officer of a governing body by giving verbal, electronic or written notice of the meeting to each member of the governing body and to each newspaper of general circulation, radio or television station requesting the notice. The notice shall specify the time and place of the special meeting and the business to be transacted and shall be issued at least eight (8) hours prior to the commencement of the meeting. No other business shall be considered at a special meeting. Proof of delivery of verbal notice to the newspaper of general circulation, radio or television station may be made by affidavit of the clerk or other employee or officer of the agency charged or responsible for distribution of the notice of the meeting.

(c) The governing body of an agency may recess any regular, special, or recessed regular or special meeting to a place and at a time specified in an order of recess. A copy of the order of recess shall be conspicuously posted on or near the door of the place where the meeting or recessed meeting was held.

(d) The governing body of an agency may hold an emergency meeting on matters of serious immediate concern to take temporary action without notice. Reasonable effort shall be made to offer public notice. All action taken at an emergency meeting is of a temporary nature and in order to become permanent shall be reconsidered and acted upon at an open public meeting within forty-eight (48) hours, excluding weekends and holidays, unless the event constituting the emergency continues to exist after forty-eight (48) hours. In such case the governing body may reconsider and act upon the temporary action at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the agency, but in no event later than thirty (30) days from the date of the emergency action.

(e) Day-to-day administrative activities of an agency, its officers and its employees shall not be subject to the notice requirements of this section.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-3-102 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Section 16-3-102
§ 16-3-102. General rulemaking requirements; assistance and authority of attorney general
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to other rulemaking requirements imposed by law, each agency shall:

(i) Adopt rules of practice setting forth the nature and requirements of all formal and informal procedures available in connection with contested cases;

(ii) Make available for public inspection all rules and all other written statements of policy or interpretations formulated, adopted or used by the agency in the discharge of its functions;

(iii) Make available for public inspection all final orders, decisions and opinions.

(b) No agency rule, order or decision is valid or effective against any person or party, nor may it be invoked by the agency for any purpose, until it has been filed with the registrar of rules and made available for public inspection as required by this act. This subsection does not apply to orders or decisions in favor of any person or party with actual knowledge of the rule, order or decision.

(c) In formulating rules of practice as required by this section, each agency may request the assistance of the attorney general and upon request the attorney general shall assist the agency or agencies in the preparation of rules of practice.

(d) The office of administrative hearings shall adopt uniform rules for the use of state agencies setting forth the nature and requirements of all formal and informal procedures available in connection with contested cases.

(e) The attorney general may repeal administrative rules of a state agency in accordance with this act if the rules have become obsolete and no other existing agency has authority to repeal the rules.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-703 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-703
§ 16-6-703. Public work; completion by public entity; partial payments
Status: in_force

If it becomes necessary for a public entity to take over the completion of any public work, all of the amounts owing the contractor, including any payment retained under W.S. 16-6-702(b) , shall first be applied toward the cost of completion of the public work. Any balance of the retained payment remaining after completion of the public work by the public entity shall be payable to the contractor or the contractor's creditors. The retained payment which may be due any contractor shall be due and payable as prescribed by W.S. 16-6-116(a) .
Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-408 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 16-4-408
§ 16-4-408. Penalty
Status: in_force

(a) Any member or members of an agency who knowingly or intentionally violate the provisions of this act shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) except as provided in this subsection. Any member of the governing body of an agency who attends or remains at a meeting knowing the meeting is in violation of this act shall be liable under this subsection unless minutes were taken during the meeting and the parts thereof recording the member's objections are made public or at the next regular public meeting the member objects to the meeting where the violation occurred and asks that the objection be recorded in the minutes.

(b) If any action is prohibited both by this act and any provision of title 6, the provisions of this act shall not apply and the provisions of title 6 shall apply.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-9-102 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Section 16-9-102
§ 16-9-102. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this act:

(i) “ Governing body ” means the board of county commissioners of a county, city council or other governing body of a city, town or county, the board of directors of a special district or a joint powers board established pursuant to W.S. 16-4-101 through 16-4-110 ;

(ii) “Local exchange access company” means a franchised telephone company engaged in providing telecommunications services between points within a local calling area;

(iii) “ Local exchange access line ” means any land line telephone line that connects a telephone subscriber to the local switching office and has the capability of reaching local public safety service agencies by voice communication;

(iv) “ 911 emergency reporting system ” or “ 911 system ” means a telephone system consisting of network, database, services and equipment, including operating and personnel costs as specified in W.S. 16-9-105 , using the single three-digit number 911 for reporting police, fire, medical or other emergency situations and enabling the users of a public telephone system, other technology or wireless telecommunications system to reach a public safety answering point to report emergencies by dialing 911. 911 emergency reporting systems may include systems consisting of network, database, services and equipment, including operating and personnel costs as specified in W.S. 16-9-105 , using 911 databases and public safety answering points to disseminate warnings to the public of impending hazards, including storms, floods, hazardous materials incidents or other emergencies that could compromise the public safety. For any 911 emergency reporting system that operates a reverse 911 warning system, a quarterly test on the warning system will be conducted by calling random numbers. The level of technology for provision of the 911 emergency reporting system is to be determined by the governing body and may include enhanced wireless 911 services, however, the 911 system shall include a device for telecommunications for the deaf;

(v) “ 911 emergency tax ” is the state-wide tax authorized by W.S. 16-9-109 and a tax on service users within the governing body's designated 911 service area set by the governing body in accordance with this act and assessed on each service user's local exchange access lines and wireless communications access to pay the directly related costs of a 911 system as authorized in accordance with W.S. 16-9-105 ;

(vi) “ Public agency ” means any city, town, county, special district, a joint powers board established pursuant to W.S. 16-4-101 through 16-4-110 or other political subdivision of the state located in whole or in part within this state providing or having the authority to provide fire fighting, law enforcement, ambulance, emergency medical or other emergency services;

(vii) “ Public safety answering point ” means a twenty-four (24) hour local jurisdiction communications facility receiving 911 service calls and directly dispatching emergency response services or relaying calls to the appropriate public or private safety agency or disseminating warnings to the public of impending hazards, including storms, floods, hazardous materials incidents or other emergencies that could compromise the public safety;

(viii) “ Service supplier ” means any utility, person or entity providing or offering to provide 911 system equipment, database installation, maintenance or local exchange access, wireless communication access or other technological device that under normal operation is designed or routinely used to access 911 services within the 911 service access area, including, for purposes of W.S. 16-9-108 and 16-9-109 , a seller of prepaid wireless communications access;

(ix) “ Service user ” means any person within the local government's designated 911 service area who is provided local exchange access telephone service, wireless communication access service or other technological device that under normal operation is designed or routinely used to access 911;

(x) “This act” means W.S. 16-9-101 through 16-9-111 ;

(xi) “ Enhanced wireless 911 service ” means any enhanced 911 service so designated by the Federal Communications Commission, including wireless automatic location identification and automatic number identification;

(xii) “ Wireless automatic location identification ” means the definition supplied by the Federal Communication Commission regulation that provides for the automatic display on equipment at the public safety answering point of the location of the wireless service user initiating a 911 call to the public safety answering point;

(xiii) “ Wireless automatic number identification ” means the definition supplied by the Federal Communication Commission regulation that allows the mobile identification number of the wireless service user initiating a 911 call to the public safety answering point;

(xiv) “ Wireless carrier ” means a provider of commercial mobile services or any other radio communication service that the Federal Communications Commission requires to provide wireless 911 service;

(xv) “ Wireless communications access ” means the radio equipment and assigned mobile identification number used to connect a wireless customer to a wireless carrier for two-way interactive voice or voice capable services;

(xvi) “ Wireless 911 service ” means any 911 service provided by a wireless carrier, including enhanced wireless 911 service;

(xvii) “ Prepaid wireless communications access ” means wireless communications access which requires advance payment that is sold in predetermined units or dollars of which the number declines with use in a known amount.

(xviii) “Law enforcement agency” means as defined in W.S. 7-3-902(a)(i) .
Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-109 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 16-4-109
§ 16-4-109. Budget hearings
Status: repealed

(a) A summary of the proposed budget shall be entered into the minutes and the governing body shall publish the summary at least one (1) week before the hearing date in a newspaper having general circulation in which the municipality is located, if there is one, otherwise by posting the notice in three (3) conspicuous places within the municipality.

(b) Hearings for county budgets shall be held not later than the third Monday in July, for city and town budgets not later than the third Tuesday in June, for school districts and community college districts not later than the third Wednesday in July. The governing board of each municipality shall arrange for and hold the hearings and provide accommodations for interested persons. Copies of publications of hearings shall be furnished to the director of the state department of audit and school districts shall also furnish copies to the state department of education. This section also applies to entities described in W.S. 16-4-125(c) excluding incorporated towns not subject to this act.

(c), (d) Repealed by Laws 2000, ch. 7, § 1.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-5-406 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-406
§ 16-5-406. Payment, surrender and cancellation
Status: in_force

Contemporaneously with the issuance of the bonds in anticipation of which anticipation notes have been issued, all anticipation notes issued, even though they may not then have matured, shall be paid, both as to principal and interest to date of payment, and all such notes shall be surrendered and cancelled by the issuer.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-117 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 16-4-117
§ 16-4-117. Interfund loans
Status: in_force

The governing body may authorize interfund loans from one (1) fund to another at interest rates and terms for repayment as it may prescribe and may invest available cash in any fund as provided by law.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-701 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-701
§ 16-6-701. Definitions
Status: repealed

(a) As used in this act:

(i) “Acceptable depository” means a state or national bank or a savings and loan association or credit union in which deposits are insured;

(ii) “ Contractor ” means any person who is a party to a contract with a public entity for a public work;

(iii) “ Public entity ” means as defined in W.S. 16-6-101(a)(viii) ;

(iv) Repealed by Laws 2020, ch. 31, § 2, e ff. July 1 2020.

(v) “ Alternate design and construction delivery method ” means the delivery method described by any qualifications based procurement of design and construction services, including all procedures, actions, events, contractual relationships, obligations and forms of agreement for the successful completion of any public work, other than by design, bid and build. Alternate design and construction delivery methods available to a public entity include construction manager agent, construction manager at risk or design-builder;

(vi) “ Construction manager agent ” means a type of construction management delivery where the professional service is procured under existing statutes for professional services. The construction manager agent is a construction consultant providing administrative and management services to the public entity throughout the design and construction phases of a public work. Under this delivery method, the construction manager agent is not the contracting agent and is not responsible for purchase orders;

(vii) “ Construction manager at-risk ” means a type of construction management delivery in which the construction manager at-risk is an advocate for the public entity as determined by the contracts throughout the preconstruction phase of a project. In the construction phase of a public work, the construction manager at-risk is responsible for all project subcontracts and purchase orders and may conduct all or a portion of the public work. Under this delivery method, the construction manager at-risk is responsible for providing a guaranteed maximum price for the public work to the public entity prior to commencing the public work and the construction manager at-risk shall be required to bond any project in accordance with W.S. 16-6-112 ;

(viii) “ This act ” means W.S. 16-6-701 through 16-6-708 ;

(ix) “ Design-build ” means a type of construction delivery method in which there is a single contract between the public entity and a design-builder who furnishes architectural, engineering and other related design services as required for the public work, as well as labor, materials and other construction services necessary for the public work. A design-builder may be selected by the public entity based on evaluation of responses to a request for qualifications, fixed scope request for proposal or fixed price request for proposal. The following shall apply:

(A) A design-builder may be selected based solely on a response to a request for qualification for public works with an estimated construction cost of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) or less provided there are not less than two (2) respondents;

(B) Responses to a fixed scope request for proposal or a fixed price request for proposal shall be used as the bases for selection for a public work with an estimated construction cost of more than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00);

(C) Interested parties shall first respond to a request for qualification. Based on responses to the request for qualification a minimum of two (2) and maximum of five (5) respondents may be selected to respond to a fixed scope request for proposal or a fixed price request for proposal;

(D) The respondent chosen by evaluation to provide the best overall value for the public work shall be selected in response to a fixed scope request for proposal or a fixed price request for proposal. The best overall value shall be determined based on criteria set forth by the public entity letting the public work and may include, but is not limited to, qualifications, price, quality of materials and products, past experience and schedule;

(E) All unsuccessful respondents to a response for a fixed scope request for proposal or fixed price request for proposal may be compensated at the discretion of the public entity based upon a percentage of the price of the public work as proposed by the successful respondent in the respondent's original proposal. Any compensation provided pursuant to this subparagraph shall be clearly specified in the request for proposal.

(x) “ Design-builder ” means an entity that provides design-build services as described under paragraph (ix) of this subsection whether by itself or through subcontractual arrangements with other entities;

(xi) “ Fixed price request for proposal ” means a request for an oral and written presentation of all qualifications deemed pertinent to the public work by the public entity in addition to a schematic design and detailed description of all materials and products proposed to accommodate a preliminary project program prepared by the public entity and provided in the fixed price request for proposal. The successful respondent shall construct the public work described in their design and material and product description for a fixed price prepared by the public entity and provided in the fixed price request for proposal. The final guaranteed maximum price and scope for the public work may be altered from the request for proposal and negotiated with the successful respondent at the discretion of the public entity;

(xii) “ Fixed scope request for proposal ” means a request for an oral and written presentation of all qualifications deemed pertinent to the public work by the public entity in addition to a guaranteed maximum price for a preliminary design prepared by the design builder incorporating all elements of a fixed scope for the public work prepared by the public entity and provided in the fixed scope request for proposal. The final guaranteed maximum price and scope for the public work may be altered from the request for proposal and negotiated with the successful respondent at the discretion of the public entity;

(xiii) “ Request for qualification ” means a request for an oral or written presentation of all qualifications deemed pertinent to the public work by the public entity. The request for qualification shall include not less than all the provisions contained in W.S. 16-6-707(b) ;

(xiv) “Public work” means as described in W.S. 16-6-101(a)(ix) .
Wyo. Stat. § 16-7-110 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7 / Section 16-7-110
§ 16-7-110. Available funds
Status: in_force

(a) Funds appropriated or otherwise available to any state agency or unit of local government for the acquisition of real property or any interest therein for a particular program or project shall also be available to carry out the provisions of this act as applied to that program or project.

(b) No payment or assistance under this act shall be required to be made to any person or included as a program or project cost under this section, if the person receives a payment required by federal, state or local law which is determined by the agency to have substantially the same purpose and effect as the payment under this act.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-102 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 16-4-102
§ 16-4-102. Definitions
Status: reserved

(a) As used in this act:

(i) “AICPA” means the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants;

(ii) “Appropriation” means an allocation of money to be expended for a specific purpose;

(iii) “ Budget ” means a plan of financial operations for a fiscal year or two (2) fiscal years, embodying estimates of all proposed expenditures for given purposes, the proposed means of financing them and what the work or service is to accomplish. “ Budget ” includes the budget of each fund for which a budget is required by law and the collective budgets for all the funds based upon the functions, activities and projects;

(iv) “Budget officer” means any official appointed by the governing body of a municipality and the county clerk in the case of counties;

(v) “ Budget year ” means the fiscal year or years for which a budget is prepared;

(vi) “Current year” means the fiscal year in which a budget is prepared and adopted for the ensuing budget year;

(vii) “Department” means a functional unit within a fund which carries on a specific activity, such as a police department within a city general fund, the office of an elected county official or a major program category such as “instruction” in a school district fund;

(viii) “Estimated revenue” means the amount of revenues estimated to be received during the budget year in each fund;

(ix) “Financial and compliance audit” means the determination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards:

(A) Whether financial operations are properly conducted;

(B) Whether the financial reports of an audited entity are presented fairly; and

(C) Whether the entity has complied with applicable laws and regulations.

(x) “Fiscal year” means the annual period for recording fiscal operations beginning July 1 and ending June 30;

(xi) “Fund balance” means the excess of the assets over liabilities, reserves and contributions, as reflected by a municipality's books of account;

(xii) “Fund deficit” means the excess of liabilities, reserves and contributions over fund assets, as reflected by a municipality's books of account;

(xiii) “Independent auditors” means independent public accountants who have no personal interest in the financial affairs of the entity or in affairs of the officers of the entity being audited and who audit under the standards promulgated by the AICPA for state and local governments;

(xiv) “Municipality” means:

(A) All incorporated first class cities, towns having a population in excess of four thousand (4,000) inhabitants and all towns operating under the city manager form of government;

(B) Counties;

(C) School districts;

(D) Community colleges.

(xv) “ Proposed budget ” means the budget presented for public hearing as required by W.S. 16-4-109 and formatted as required by W.S. 16-4-104(b) ;

(xvi) “ Requested budget ” means a budget presented by the budget officer to the governing body on or before May 15;

(xvii) “ Unanticipated income ” means income which is received during the budget year which could not reasonably have been expected to be available during the current budget year;

(xviii) “ Unappropriated surplus ” means the portion of the fund balance of a budgetary fund which has not been appropriated or reserved in an ensuing budget year;

(xix) “ Uniform chart of accounts ” means the chart of accounts designed for municipalities which have been approved by the director of the state department of audit;

(xx) “ This act ” means W.S. 16-4-101 through 16-4-125 .
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-501 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-501
§ 16-6-501. Building plans and specifications; required facilities; elevators; curb ramps; inspections; exceptions
Status: repealed

(a) The plans and specifications for the construction of or additions to all buildings for general public use built by the state or any governmental subdivision, school district or other public administrative body within the state, shall provide facilities and features conforming with the specifications set forth in the accessibility and supplemental accessibility requirements of the 2012 edition of the International Building Code.

(i) to (v) Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 158, § 2, eff. July 1, 2015.

(b) Every curb or sidewalk to be constructed or reconstructed in Wyoming, where both are provided and intended for public use, whether constructed with public or private funds, shall provide a ramp at points of intersection between pedestrian and motorized lines of travel and no less than two (2) curb ramps per lineal block. Design for curb ramps shall be designed in accordance with the current Americans With Disabilities Act accessibility guidelines.

(c) Except as provided in this subsection, the state fire marshal or city engineer, or their designee, shall inspect any structure described in subsection (a) of this section at the request of any person. Curb ramps shall be inspected by the city at the request of any person and shall be modified or reconstructed by the contracting authority to meet the requirements of W.S. 16-6-501 through 16-6-504 .

(d) Exceptions for good cause may be granted by the state fire marshal for any structure described in subsection (a) of this section or by the city for curb ramps.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-1-109 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-109
§ 16-1-109. State loan and investment board loans; amount; interest; security; conditions
Status: in_force

(a) Before April 1, 2023, the state loan and investment board may negotiate and make loans to one (1) or more agencies, the University of Wyoming, or joint powers boards presently existing, permitted or created pursuant to the statutes, from the permanent mineral trust funds and other permanent funds of Wyoming not otherwise obligated, not to exceed sixty million dollars ($60,000,000.00) including all loans previously made and outstanding, and not to exceed a term of forty (40) years for repayment. The board shall set rates of interest on all such loans according to the current rates of interest for similar securities on the commercial market upon a basis which will not be less than the average rate of return realized on all permanent mineral trust fund investments as determined by the state treasurer for the five (5) calendar years immediately preceding the year in which the loan is made. For all loans under this section approved after July 1, 1996, a loan origination fee of one percent (1%) of the loan shall be paid to the state loan and investment board by the borrowing agency, university or joint powers board. The revenue produced by this fee shall be credited to the loss reserve account as provided by W.S. 16-1-110 . The state loan and investment board shall not issue any new loan under this section on and after April 1, 2023.

(b) In making loans pursuant to this act, the state loan and investment board shall establish requirements and standards which it determines to be necessary and advisable.

(c) Upon approval of a loan, an agency, the university, participating agencies, or a joint powers board shall transfer title or its interest to the property upon which facilities are to be constructed, including later improvements, to the state loan and investment board, or the state loan and investment board may require the security it deems necessary. The recipient of the loan shall make reasonable annual rental charges or loan payments as specified by the state loan and investment board. Upon repayment of the loan, title to or interest in the property and improvements shall be reconveyed to the appropriate agency, university, participating agencies or joint powers board. Where the transfer of title or interest in the property would preclude the obtaining of federal grants or where transfer of title or interest is prohibited by or would be in violation of existing grant-in-aid agreements, the state loan and investment board may waive the requirements of transfer of title or transfer of any interest in the property, and substitute other security of sufficient value as it deems necessary.

(d) Loans under this section shall be made only under the following conditions:

(i) Loans shall be made only for facilities generating user fees only to the extent that the user fees will repay the loan such that the loan can be considered a reasonable and prudent investment of state permanent funds. Any portion of the revenue generating facility unable to be financed by user fees may be financed by a grant under W.S. 9-4-604(g) and (h) to agencies and joint powers boards otherwise authorized to receive grants under those provisions;

(ii) No security other than a lien on the facilities used to generate user fees to repay the loan and pledges of user fees shall be taken to secure the loan except that the entity or joint powers board receiving the loan may also be required to issue revenue bonds to the state to evidence the loan if statutory authority exists for the entity to issue revenue bonds for the facility. No property shall be taken as security unless the property is owned by the entity to which the loan will be made. Upon repayment of the loan, liens against the property and revenue shall be released by the state loan and investment board;

(iii) Loans shall be made to the governmental entity or entities whose inhabitants receive a direct service or benefit from the revenue generating facility;

(iv) The state loan and investment board shall receive annual financial statements from entities receiving loans under this subsection;

(v) No loan shall be made without the written opinion of the attorney general certifying the legality of the transaction and all documents connected therewith;

(vi) The board shall request a review and recommendation from the aeronautics commission on all applications for loans for the construction, development and improvement of airport facilities generating user fees and shall make any loan recommended by the aeronautics commission unless, based upon the credit worthiness of the project, the board determines the loan would not be a prudent investment.

(e) The board, whenever it deems necessary for the better protection of permanent funds of the state invested in loans under this section, may refinance any delinquent loan and reamortize the loan over not more than thirty (30) years from the date of refinancing. All costs of refinancing the loan shall be paid by the borrowing entity and no loan shall be refinanced where it appears refinancing will jeopardize the collection of the loan. An additional fee of one percent (1%) of the amount of the reamortized loan shall be paid by the borrowing entity to the board to be credited to the loss reserve account created by W.S. 16-1-110 as provided by subsection (a) of this section.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-9-210 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Section 16-9-210
§ 16-9-210. Records; audit
Status: in_force

(a) Each local exchange company or radio communications service provider shall maintain a record of the special fees billed and collected pursuant to W.S. 16-9-209 for a period of three (3) years from the date of billing or collection, respectively.

(b) The committee may require an audit, at division expense, of the records of each local exchange company or radio communications service provider to assure proper accounting of all special fees billed and collected pursuant to W.S. 16-9-209 .
Wyo. Stat. § 16-10-110 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 10 / Section 16-10-110
§ 16-10-110. Recovery of unpaid charges
Status: in_force

If any service charge is not paid within thirty (30) days after it is due, the amount of the service charge, plus a penalty of ten percent (10%) and a reasonable attorney's and collection agency's fee shall constitute a lien against the land served and may be recovered in a civil action against the landowner by the governing body.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-110 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-110
§ 16-6-110. Limitation on work hours; overtime; exceptions
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall require laborers, workmen or mechanics to work more than eight (8) hours in any one (1) calendar day or forty (40) hours in any one (1) week upon any public works of a public entity except as hereafter authorized. A laborer, workman or mechanic may agree to work more than eight (8) hours per day or more than forty (40) hours in any week, provided the laborer, workman or mechanic shall be paid at the rate of one and one-half (1 1/2) times the regularly established hourly rate for all work in excess of forty (40) hours in any one (1) week. This section does not apply:

(i) In case of emergency caused by fire, flood or danger to life or property; or

(ii) To work upon public or military works or defenses in time of war.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-203 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 16-4-203
§ 16-4-203. Right of inspection; grounds for denial; access of news media; order permitting or restricting disclosure; exceptions
Status: in_force

(a) The custodian of any public records shall allow any person the right of inspection of the records or any portion thereof except on one (1) or more of the following grounds or as provided in subsection (b) or (d) of this section:

(i) The inspection would be contrary to any state statute;

(ii) The inspection would be contrary to any federal statute or regulation issued thereunder having the force and effect of law; or

(iii) The inspection is prohibited by rules promulgated by the supreme court or by the order of any court of record.

(b) The custodian may deny the right of inspection of the following records, unless otherwise provided by law, on the ground that disclosure to the applicant would be contrary to the public interest:

(i) Records of investigations conducted by, or of intelligence information or security procedures of, any sheriff, county attorney, city attorney, the attorney general, the state auditor, police department or any investigatory files compiled for any other law enforcement or prosecution purposes;

(ii) Test questions, scoring keys and other examination data pertaining to administration of a licensing examination and examination for employment or academic examination. Written promotional examinations and the scores or results thereof shall be available for inspection, but not copying or reproduction, by the person in interest after the examination has been conducted and graded;

(iii) The specific details of bona fide research projects being conducted by a governmental entity or any other person;

(iv) Except as otherwise provided by Wyoming statutes or for the owner of the property, the contents of real estate appraisals made for the governmental entity, relative to the acquisition of property or any interest in property for public use, until such time as title of the property or property interest has passed to the governmental entity. The contents of the appraisal shall be available to the owner of the property or property interest at any time;

(v) Interagency or intraagency memoranda or letters which would not be available by law to a private party in litigation with the agency;

(vi) To the extent that the inspection would jeopardize the security of any structure owned, leased or operated by a governmental entity, facilitate the planning of a terrorist attack or endanger the life or physical safety of an individual, including:

(A) Vulnerability assessments, specific tactics, emergency procedures or security procedures contained in plans or procedures designed to prevent or respond to terrorist attacks or other security threats;

(B) Building plans, blueprints, schematic drawings, diagrams, operational manuals or other records that reveal the building's or structure's internal layout, specific location, life and safety and support systems, structural elements, surveillance techniques, alarms, security systems or technologies, operational and transportation plans or protocols, personnel deployments for airports and other mass transit facilities, bridges, tunnels, emergency response facilities or structures, buildings where hazardous materials are stored, arenas, stadiums and waste and water systems;

(C) Records of any other building or structure owned, leased or operated by a governmental entity that reveal the building's or structure's life and safety systems, surveillance techniques, alarm or security systems or technologies, operational and evacuation plans or protocols or personnel deployments; and

(D) Records prepared to prevent or respond to terrorist attacks or other security threats identifying or describing the name, location, pharmaceutical cache, contents, capacity, equipment, physical features, or capabilities of individual medical facilities, storage facilities or laboratories established, maintained, or regulated by a governmental entity.

(vii) An application for the position of president of an institution of higher education, letters of recommendation or references concerning the applicant and records or information relating to the process of searching for and selecting the president of an institution of higher education, if the records or information could be used to identify a candidate for the position. As used in this paragraph “ institution of higher education ” means the University of Wyoming and any community college in this state;

(viii) Sensitive wildlife location data in the custody of the game and fish department which could be used to determine the specific location of an individual animal or a group of animals.

(c) If the right of inspection of any record falling within any of the classifications listed in this section is allowed to any officer or employee of any newspaper, radio station, television station or other person or agency in the business of public dissemination of news or current events, it may be allowed to all news media.

(d) The custodian shall deny the right of inspection of the following records, unless otherwise provided by law:

(i) Medical, psychological and sociological data on individual persons, exclusive of coroners' verdicts and written dockets as provided in W.S. 7-4-105(a) ;

(ii) Adoption records or welfare records on individual persons;

(iii) Personnel files except those files shall be available to the duly elected and appointed officials who supervise the work of the person in interest. Applications, performance ratings and scholastic achievement data shall be available only to the person in interest and to the duly elected and appointed officials who supervise his work. Employment contracts, working agreements or other documents setting forth the terms and conditions of employment of public officials and employees are not considered part of a personnel file and shall be available for public inspection;

(iv) Letters of reference;

(v) Trade secrets, privileged information and confidential commercial, financial, geological or geophysical data furnished by or obtained from any person;

(vi) Library, archives and museum material contributed by private persons, to the extent of any limitations placed thereon as conditions of the contributions;

(vii) Hospital records relating to medical administration, medical staff, personnel, medical care and other medical information, whether on individual persons or groups, or whether of a general or specific classification;

(viii) School district records containing information relating to the biography, family, physiology, religion, academic achievement and physical or mental ability of any student except to the person in interest or to the officials duly elected and appointed to supervise him;

(ix) Library patron transaction and registration records except as required for administration of the library or except as requested by a custodial parent or guardian to inspect the records of his minor child;

(x) Information obtained through a 911 emergency telephone system or through a verification system for motor vehicle insurance or bond as provided under W.S. 31-4-103(e) except to law enforcement personnel or public agencies for the purpose of conducting official business, to the person in interest, or pursuant to a court order;

(xi) Records or information compiled solely for purposes of investigating violations of, and enforcing, internal personnel rules or personnel policies the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy;

(xii) Information regarding the design, elements and components, and location of state information technology security systems and physical security systems;

(xiii) Records or information relating to individual diagnoses of contagious, infectious, communicable, toxic and genetic diseases maintained or collected by the Wyoming state veterinary laboratory as provided in W.S. 21-17-308(e) ;

(xiv) Information concerning an agricultural operation, farming or conservation practice, a surface or subsurface resource or the land itself, if the information was provided by an agricultural producer or owner of agricultural land in order to participate in a program of a governmental entity. The custodian shall also deny the right of inspection to geospatial information maintained about the agricultural land or operations. Provided, however, that if otherwise permitted by law, the inspection of the information described in this paragraph shall be allowed in accordance with the following:

(A) The custodian may allow the right of inspection when responding to a disease or pest threat to agricultural operations, if the custodian determines that a threat to agricultural operations exists and the disclosure of information is necessary to assist in responding to the disease or pest threat as authorized by law;

(B) The custodian shall allow the right of inspection of payment information under a program of a governmental entity, including the names and addresses of recipients of payments;

(C) The custodian shall allow the right of inspection if the information has been transformed into a statistical or aggregate form without naming:

(I) Any individual owner, operator or producer; or

(II) A specific data gathering site.

(D) The custodian shall allow the right of inspection if the disclosure of information is pursuant to the consent of the agricultural producer or owner of the agricultural land;

(E) As used in this paragraph:

(I) “ Agricultural operation ” means the production and marketing of agricultural products or livestock;

(II) “ Agricultural producer ” means any producer of livestock, crops or dairy products from an agricultural operation.

(xv) Within any record held by a governmental entity, any income tax return or any individual information derived by the governmental entity from an income tax return, however information derived from these documents may be released if sufficiently aggregated or redacted so that the persons or entities involved cannot be identified individually;

(xvi) Except as required in a contested case hearing, any individual records involved in any workers' compensation claim, however information derived from these documents may be released if sufficiently aggregated or redacted so that the persons or entities involved cannot be identified individually;

(xvii) Any records of the consensus revenue estimating group as defined in W.S. 9-2-1002 , that discloses information considered by, or deliberations or tentative decisions of, the group;

(xviii) Information obtained through a peace officer recording provided that:

(A) The custodian shall allow the right of inspection to law enforcement personnel or public agencies for the purpose of conducting official business or pursuant to a court order;

(B) The custodian may allow the right of inspection:

(I) To the person in interest;

(II) If the information involves an incident of deadly force or serious bodily injury as defined in W.S. 6-1-104(a)(x) ;

(III) In response to a complaint against a law enforcement personnel and the custodian of the information determines inspection is not contrary to the public interest;

(IV) In the interest of public safety.

(xix) Any records of the investment funds committee, created by W.S. 9-4-720 , that disclose information considered by the committee, committee deliberations or tentative decisions of the committee;

(xx) Information related to legally taking wildlife as provided in W.S. 23-1-302(r) .

(e) If the custodian denies access to any public record, the applicant may request a written statement of the grounds for the denial. The statement shall cite the law or regulation under which access is denied and shall be furnished to the applicant.

(f) Any person aggrieved by the failure of a governmental entity to release records on the specified date mutually agreed upon pursuant to W.S. 16-4-202(c)(iv) or by the failure of a governmental entity to comply with an order of the ombudsman pursuant to W.S. 16-4-202(c)(v) may:

(i) Apply to the district court of the district wherein the record is found for an order to direct the custodian of the record to show cause why he should not permit the inspection of the record and to compel production of the record if applicable. An order issued by the district court under this paragraph may waive any fees charged by the state governmental entity;

(ii) File a complaint with the ombudsman who may:

(A) Mediate disputes between the governmental entity and the person;

(B) Prescribe timelines for release of the records;

(C) Waive any fees charged by the governmental entity.

(g) If, in the opinion of the official custodian of any public record, disclosure of the contents of the record would do substantial injury to the public interest, notwithstanding the fact that the record might otherwise be available to public inspection, he may apply to the district court of the district in which the record is located for an order permitting him to restrict disclosure. After hearing, the court may issue an order upon a finding that disclosure would cause substantial injury to the public interest. The person seeking permission to examine the record shall have notice of the hearing served upon him in the manner provided for service of process by the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure and has the right to appear and be heard.

(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the following applies to the Wyoming natural diversity database located at the University of Wyoming and any report prepared by the custodian from that database:

(i) The custodian may charge a reasonable fee for searching the database and preparing a report from that database information. The interpretation of the database in a report shall not contain recommendations for restrictions on any public or private land use;

(ii) The custodian shall allow the inspection of all records in the database at a level of spatial precision equal to the township, but at no more precise level;

(iii) Research reports prepared by the custodian funded completely from nonstate sources are subject to paragraph (b)(iii) of this section;

(iv) Any record contained in the database pertaining to private land shall not be released by the University of Wyoming without the prior written consent of the landowner. Nothing in this paragraph prohibits the release of any information which would otherwise be available from any other information source available to the public if the original source is cited.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-7-117 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7 / Section 16-7-117
§ 16-7-117. Programs with federal financing; inverse condemnation proceedings
Status: in_force

If an inverse condemnation proceeding is instituted by the owner of any right, title or interest in real property because of the alleged taking of his property for any program or project for which federal financial assistance will be available to pay all or any part of the cost of the program or project, the court, rendering a judgment for the plaintiff in the proceeding and awarding compensation for the taking of property, or attorney for the acquiring agency effecting a settlement of any proceeding, determines and awards or allows to the plaintiff, as a part of the judgment or settlement, a sum which will, in the opinion of the court or the attorney, reimburse the plaintiff for his reasonable costs, disbursements and expenses, including reasonable attorney, appraisal and engineering fees, actually incurred because of the proceeding.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-11-102 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Section 16-11-102
§ 16-11-102. Operation of shooting ranges; liability
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who operates or uses a sport shooting range in this state shall not be subject to civil liability or criminal prosecution in any matter relating to noise or noise pollution resulting from the operation or use of the range if the range is in compliance with any noise control laws or ordinances that applied to the range and its operation at the time construction or operation of the range was approved by a local government.

(b) Any person who operates or uses a sport shooting range is not subject to an action for nuisance, and a court of this state shall not enjoin the use or operation of a range on the basis of noise or noise pollution, if the range is in compliance with any noise control laws or ordinances that applied to the range and its operation at the time construction or operation of the range was approved by a local government.

(c) Rules or regulations adopted by any state department or agency for limiting levels of noise in terms of decibel level which may occur in the outdoor atmosphere shall not apply to a sport shooting range exempted from liability under this act.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-120 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-120
§ 16-6-120. Rulemaking; penalties; enforcement
Status: in_force

(a) The department of workforce services shall promulgate rules and regulations as the department determines necessary or convenient to enforce this act.

(b) Unless punishable under subsection (c) of this section, an individual or a business entity and any officer or member thereof that intentionally falsifies information under this act shall be:

(i) Fined seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) for each violation for each day during which the violation continues;

(ii) Barred from bidding on any contract subject to the provisions of this act or submitting any request for proposal on any project subject to the provisions of this act for one (1) year from the date the violation is corrected.

(c) Any person who signs an affidavit submitted to the department pursuant to W.S. 16-1-101(a) , knowing any information contained therein is false, shall be guilty of false swearing punishable as a felony in accordance with W.S. 6-5-303(a) .

(d) The department of workforce services is authorized and directed to enforce W.S. 16-6-101 through 16-6-206 .

(e) In the event a contractor fails to comply with an order from the department, the director shall refer the matter to the appropriate district or county attorney for enforcement of the department's order.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-1-304 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-304
§ 16-1-304. Environmental review process
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall conduct and make available to the office of state lands and investments a review of potential environmental impacts of projects receiving assistance from the account. The environmental review process shall:

(i) Contain mechanisms requiring implementation of mitigation measures to ensure the project is environmentally sound;

(ii) Allow the public an opportunity to challenge environmental review determinations and enforcement actions;

(iii) Employ an interdisciplinary approach to identify and mitigate adverse environmental effects including all pertinent state and federal authorities;

(iv) Include documentation of information, processes and premises that influence decisions;

(v) Require public notice and participation;

(vi) Include evaluation criteria and a process allowing consideration of alternative decisions; and

(vii) Comply with the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-5-112 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-112
§ 16-5-112. Recitals in securities imparting legality
Status: in_force

Any ordinance authorizing, or any other instrument appertaining to, any refunding public securities may provide that each refunding public security authorized shall recite that it is issued under the authority of this act. The recital shall conclusively impart full compliance with all of the provisions and all public securities issued containing the recital are incontestable for any cause whatsoever after their delivery for value.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-1001 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-1001
§ 16-6-1001. Capital construction projects restrictions; preference requirements; waivers
Status: repealed

(a) Unless otherwise prohibited by federal law, any funds appropriated to or authorized for expenditure by a public entity for capital construction projects shall be subject to the restrictions of this section which shall be construed where possible as complimentary and consistent with other statutory requirements relating to competitive bidding and contractor preferences. To the extent the restrictions in this section are inconsistent with other state statutes, this section shall supersede all such inconsistent provisions and shall govern. This section shall be applied as follows:

(i) This paragraph shall apply to any alternate design and construction delivery method as defined in W.S. 16-6-701(a)(v) :

(A) All contracts shall require the construction manager at risk or design builder to conduct an open bid process in compliance with Wyoming contractor preference laws before awarding any subcontracts for work covered under the contract;

(B) Unless exempted pursuant to subparagraph (C) of this paragraph the construction manager at risk or design builder shall award to responsible Wyoming resident contractors not less than seventy percent (70%) of the work covered by the manager's or builder's contract. As used in this subparagraph “work covered” shall be calculated using the total contract price and the total of payments made to all subcontractors under the contract, including materials but excluding from both amounts the price for any part of the contract for which a waiver is provided under subparagraph (C) of this paragraph;

(C) The requirement of subparagraph (B) of this paragraph may be waived for any part of the subcontract work to be performed under the contract. If waived in part, the remaining value of the total subcontract work to be performed under the contract is subject to and shall be used to calculate compliance with the requirement of subparagraph (B) of this paragraph. A waiver shall require a written determination that:

(I) The work to be performed is specialized or of such a scale that it can be more suitably performed by out-of-state contractors;

(II) The bid amounts submitted by responsible Wyoming subcontractors exceed one hundred five percent (105%) of the costs of out-of-state providers for equivalent quality of work or services;

(III) The enforcement of the requirement would unreasonably delay completion of construction; or

(IV) There were insufficient responsible Wyoming contractors submitting bids to make the seventy percent (70%) requirement.

(V) Repealed by Laws 2012, ch. 106, § 2, eff. March 21, 2012.

(D) Any waiver shall be approved in writing by the following persons:

(I) For projects to be completed by the state of Wyoming, by the director of the state construction department;

(II) For projects to be completed by the University of Wyoming, by the president of the university and the chairman of the board of trustees;

(III) For projects subject to review by the state construction department under title 21 of Wyoming statutes , by the director of the state construction department and the chairman of the board of the school facilities commission;

(IV) For projects completed by a community college, by the community college president and its chairman of the board of trustees;

(V) For all other projects, by the respective governing body.

(E) Any approved waiver shall be documented in writing and provided to the governor. Notice of all approved waivers shall also be published on a website maintained by the state construction department, including a statement of the grounds for the waiver.

(ii) Unless exempted pursuant to subparagraph (D) of this paragraph, this paragraph shall apply to all construction delivery methods:

(A) The procurement of furniture and movable equipment shall be done by competitive bid based upon:

(I) Specifications written for products that are available from Wyoming resident suppliers; or

(II) If specified products are not available from any Wyoming resident supplier, specifications addressing performance standards and functional requirements determined by the public entity. The public entity may specify suggested individual brands or manufacturers, provided that similar products that meet or exceed specifications shall be accepted as substitute products. Specified products that are not available to any responsible Wyoming resident suppliers shall not be used in any group or package within the bid documents which would exclude responsible Wyoming resident suppliers from submitting a bid on the final bid package.

(B) No person who was employed by the public entity to prepare the bid documents, whether with or without compensation, shall be eligible to bid on the final bid package;

(C) A five percent (5%) preference shall be granted to responsible Wyoming resident suppliers for procurements by public entities and that are used in and incorporated into a capital construction project;

(D) The requirements of subparagraph (A) of this paragraph may be waived by a political subdivision of the state for furniture or movable equipment upon a written determination that the furniture or movable equipment requirements of the project are so specialized or that an item or type of furniture or movable equipment is so unique or uncommon that failure to waive the requirements would materially impair the functionality of the project. Waivers under this subparagraph shall be approved by the governing body of the political subdivision.

(iii) All bids shall be opened in public at a location designated by the public entity soliciting the bid. This paragraph shall apply to all construction delivery methods;

(iv) Contractor progress payments shall be made only in accordance with this paragraph. If a public entity determines that a general contractor in good standing on a project requires a progress payment due for work completed in a workmanlike manner in order to pay a materialman, subcontractor or laborer for their work performed to date, the entity may issue the progress payment upon verification that all materialmen, subcontractors and laborers have been paid for completed work through the date of the most recent previous progress payment, less any contracted amounts lawfully held for retainage. If a progress payment has been withheld by a general contractor due to a reasonable dispute between a general contractor and a materialman or subcontractor, the claimant may present a claim in the disputed amount against the general contractor's surety bond under the provisions of W.S. 16-6-117 . A person submitting false information regarding a progress payment subject to this paragraph shall be subject to the provisions of W.S. 16-6-120 .

(b) to (d) Repealed by Laws 2020, ch. 31, § 2, eff. July 1, 2020.

(e) Repealed by Laws 2013, ch. 134, § 2.

(f) As used in this section:

(i) “ Capital construction project ” means new construction, demolition, renovation and capital renewal of or to any public building or facility and any other public improvement necessary for the public building or facility, major maintenance as defined in W.S. 16-6-101(a)(v) and major building and facility repair and replacement as defined in W.S. 21-15-109(a)(iii) ;

(ii) “Public entity” means as defined in W.S. 16-6-101(a)(viii) .
Wyo. Stat. § 16-7-103 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7 / Section 16-7-103
§ 16-7-103. Relocation payments to displaced persons
Status: repealed

(a) Whenever a program or project to be undertaken by a displacing agency will result in the displacement of any person, the displacing agency shall provide for the payment to the displaced person of:

(i) Actual reasonable expenses in moving himself, his family, business, farm operation or other personal property;

(ii) Actual direct losses of tangible personal property as a result of moving or discontinuing a business or farm operation, but not to exceed an amount equal to the reasonable expenses that would have been required to relocate the property, as determined by the agency;

(iii) Actual reasonable expenses in searching for a replacement business or farm; and

(iv) Actual reasonable expenses necessary to reestablish a displaced farm, nonprofit organization or small business at its new site, in accordance with criteria to be established by the agency.

(b) Any displaced person eligible for payments under subsection (a) of this section who is displaced from a dwelling and who elects to accept the payments authorized by this subsection in lieu of the payments authorized by subsection (a) of this section may receive an expense and dislocation allowance, determined according to a schedule established by the agency.

(c) Any displaced person eligible under criteria established by the agency for payments under subsection (a) of this section who is displaced from his place of business or from his farm operation may elect to accept a fixed payment authorized by this subsection in lieu of the payment authorized by subsection (a) of this section. The fixed payment shall be determined by the agency and shall not be less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00). A person whose sole business at the displacement dwelling is the rental of the property to others shall not qualify for a payment under this subsection.

(i), (ii) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 241, § 2.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-405 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 16-4-405
§ 16-4-405. Executive sessions
Status: in_force

(a) A governing body of an agency may hold executive sessions not open to the public:

(i) With the attorney general, county attorney, district attorney, city attorney, sheriff, chief of police or their respective deputies, or other officers of the law, on matters posing a threat to the security of public or private property, or a threat to the public's right of access;

(ii) To consider the appointment, employment, right to practice or dismissal of a public officer, professional person or employee, or to hear complaints or charges brought against an employee, professional person or officer, unless the employee, professional person or officer requests a public hearing. The governing body may exclude from any public or private hearing during the examination of a witness, any or all other witnesses in the matter being investigated. Following the hearing or executive session, the governing body may deliberate on its decision in executive sessions;

(iii) On matters concerning litigation to which the governing body is a party or proposed litigation to which the governing body may be a party;

(iv) On matters of national security;

(v) When the agency is a licensing agency while preparing, administering or grading examinations;

(vi) When considering and acting upon the determination of the term, parole or release of an individual from a correctional or penal institution;

(vii) To consider the selection of a site or the purchase of real estate when the publicity regarding the consideration would cause a likelihood of an increase in price;

(viii) To consider acceptance of gifts, donations and bequests which the donor has requested in writing be kept confidential;

(ix) To consider or receive any information classified as confidential by law;

(x) To consider accepting or tendering offers concerning wages, salaries, benefits and terms of employment during all negotiations including meetings of the state loan and investment board to receive education regarding and to interview investment managers;

(xi) To consider suspensions, expulsions or other disciplinary action in connection with any student as provided by law;

(xii) To consider, discuss and conduct safety and security planning that, if disclosed, would pose a threat to the safety of life or property;

(xiii) To consider an individual student's eligibility to participate in an interscholastic activity, including the school activity eligibility commission's determinative vote on the student's eligibility, pursuant to W.S. 21-25-204 , if the commission is in effect pursuant to W.S. 21-25-202 .

(b) Minutes shall be maintained of any executive session. Except for those parts of minutes of an executive session reflecting a members' objection to the executive session as being in violation of this act, minutes and proceedings of executive sessions shall be confidential and produced only in response to a valid court order.

(c) Unless a different procedure or vote is otherwise specified by law, an executive session may be held only pursuant to a motion that is duly seconded and carried by majority vote of the members of the governing body in attendance when the motion is made. A motion to hold an executive session which specifies any of the reasons set forth in paragraphs (a)(i) through (xii) of this section shall be sufficient notice of the issue to be considered in an executive session.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-702 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-702
§ 16-6-702. Public entity; contracts; partial payments; retainage; alternate delivery methods authorized
Status: in_force

(a) A public entity awarding a contract for a public work shall authorize partial payments of the amount due under the contract as stipulated in the contract document or as soon thereafter as practicable, to the contractor if the contractor is satisfactorily performing the contract.

(b) In all contracts with a public entity for a public work, the public entity may retain no more than five percent (5%) of the calculated value of any work completed as retainage. The retained payment shall be due and payable as prescribed by W.S. 16-6-116(a) . The retained payment shall be held in an account in the name of the contractor which account has been assigned to the public entity. If the public entity finds that satisfactory progress is being made in all phases of the contract it may, upon written request by the contractor, authorize payment from the withheld percentage. Before the payment is made, the public entity shall determine that satisfactory and substantial reasons exist for the payment and shall require written approval from any surety furnishing bonds for the contract work.

(c) Alternate design and construction delivery methods may be used by a public entity for a public work.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-303 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 16-4-303
§ 16-4-303. Filing date falling on Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday
Status: in_force

If the date for filing any report, claim, tax return, statement or other document or making any payment falls upon a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the acts shall be considered timely if performed on the next business day.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-5-201 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-201
§ 16-5-201. Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known as the “1965 Public Securities Validation Act”.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-7-104 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7 / Section 16-7-104
§ 16-7-104. Replacement housing payments; home owners
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to payments otherwise authorized by this act, the displacing agency shall make a payment not in excess of twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($22,500.00) to any displaced person who is displaced from a dwelling actually owned and occupied by the displaced person for not less than one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of the property. The additional payment shall include:

(i) The amount, if any, which when added to the acquisition cost of the dwelling acquired by the displacing agency, equals the reasonable cost of a comparable replacement dwelling;

(ii) The amount, if any, which will compensate the displaced person for any increased interest costs and other debt service costs which the person is required to pay for financing the acquisition of a comparable replacement dwelling. The amount shall be paid only if the dwelling acquired by the displacing agency was encumbered by a bona fide mortgage which was a valid lien on the dwelling for not less than one hundred eighty (180) days immediately prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of the dwelling; and

(iii) Reasonable expenses incurred by the displaced person for evidence of title, recording fees and other closing costs incident to the purchase of the replacement dwelling, but not including prepaid expenses.

(b) The additional payment authorized by this section shall be made only to a displaced person who purchases and occupies a replacement dwelling which is decent, safe and sanitary within one (1) year after the date on which he receives final payment from the displacing agent for the acquired dwelling or the date on which the obligation of the displacing agency under W.S. 16-7-107 is met, whichever is later, except that the displacing agency may extend the period for good cause. If the period is extended, the payment under this section shall be based on the costs of relocating the person to a comparable replacement dwelling within one (1) year of such date.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-12-201 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 12 / Section 16-12-201
§ 16-12-201. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this chapter:

(i) “ Director ” or “ district director ” means a voting member of the governing body of a special district or other specified entity, regardless of what title is used in the principal act;

(ii) “ Principal act ” means the statutes under which a special district or other specified entity listed under W.S. 16-12-202(a) is formed or is operating;

(iii) “ Special district or other specified entity ” means an entity listed under W.S. 16-12-202(a) .
Wyo. Stat. § 16-1-308 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-308
§ 16-1-308. Emergency financial assistance
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of W.S. 16-1-303(b) or (j) or 16-1-305(a) , the board may, without further select water committee review and recommendation, authorize loans or other forms of financial assistance from the account for purposes authorized in this article, if the board determines:

(i) An emergency exists which significantly threatens the continued operation of a public water system; and

(ii) There is insufficient time to obtain select water committee review and recommendation of the project in order to effectively address the emergency situation.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-1-301 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-301
§ 16-1-301. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this article:

(i) “ Account ” means the state drinking water revolving loan account created by W.S. 16-1-302 ;

(ii) “ Administrative account ” means the account which may receive up to four percent (4%) of the federal capitalization funds, loan administration and loan application fees which are used to reimburse costs incurred by state agencies in the administration of the program, including but not limited to costs of servicing loans and issuing debt, program start-up costs, financial, management, and legal consulting fees, and costs for support services by state agencies;

(iii) “ Board ” means the state loan and investment board to include the office of state lands and investments;

(iv) “ Capitalization grant ” means the federal grant made to Wyoming by the federal environmental protection agency for the purpose of establishing and funding a state drinking water revolving loan account;

(v) “ Capacity development ” means that a community water system or nontransient noncommunity water system can adequately demonstrate that it has technical, managerial and financial capabilities to ensure current and future operations of the water system in accordance with all drinking water regulations in effect;

(vi) “ Commission ” means the Wyoming water development commission and includes the water development office;

(vii) “ Community water system ” means a public water supply which has at least fifteen (15) service connections used year-round by residents, or that regularly provides water to at least twenty-five (25) residents year-round, including, but not limited to, municipalities and water districts;

(viii) “ Department ” means the department of environmental quality;

(ix) “ Noncommunity water system ” means a public water supply which is not a community water system, including, but not limited to, public schools, state park recreational areas and state highway public rest areas;

(x) “ Nontransient noncommunity water system ” means a public water supply which is not a community system and which regularly provides service to at least twenty-five (25) of the same persons for more than six (6) months of the year who are not full-time residents, including, but not limited to, factories, industrial facilities and office buildings;

(xi) “ Office of state lands and investments (OSLI) ” means the office which provides administrative and operational management of programs of the state loan and investment board;

(xii) “ Operator ” means the person who is directly responsible and in charge of the operation of a water treatment plant or water distribution system;

(xiii) “ Private ” means that pertaining to an individual, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity which is not a political subdivision of the state, county or local government;

(xiv) “ Program ” means the drinking water state revolving fund program pursuant to section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. § 300j-12 );

(xv) “ Publicly owned water system ” means a water system which is owned, operated, managed and maintained by an entity of the state, county, city, township, town, school district, water district, improvement district, joint powers board or any other entity constituting a political subdivision under the laws of this state which provides water for use and consumption of the general public through pipes and other constructed conveyances, and which is not owned, operated, managed or maintained by a private individual, association or corporation;

(xvi) “ Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) ” means the federal Safe Drinking Water Act including the 1996 amendments ( Public Law 104-182 , 42 U.S.C. § 300f et seq. );

(xvii) “ Source water assessment ” means the delineation of the boundaries of an area from which one (1) or more public water supplies receive drinking water, identifying the existence of actual and potential contaminants which may present a threat to public health within the delineated area to determine the susceptibility of the public water supply in the delineated area to such contaminants;

(xviii) “ Water supply system ” means a system from the water source to the consumer premises consisting of pipes, structures and facilities through which water is obtained, treated, stored, distributed or otherwise offered to the public for household use or use by humans and which is part of a community water system or a noncommunity water system;

(xix) “ Wyoming water development office (WWDO) ” means the office which provides administrative and operational management of the programs administered by the Wyoming water development commission;

(xx) “Corrective action account” means as defined by W.S. 35-11-1415(a)(ii) .
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-117 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-117
§ 16-6-117. Payment to contractor; prerequisite filing of contractor's statement of payment; disputed claims
Status: in_force

In all contracts entered into by any person with a public entity for a public work, no payments under W.S. 16-6-116(a) shall be made until the person files with the public entity with which the contract has been made, a sworn statement setting forth that all claims for material, supplies and labor performed under the contract have been and are paid for the entire period of time for which the payment is to be made. If any claim for material, supplies or labor is disputed the sworn statement shall so state, and the amount claimed to be due the subcontractor or materialmen may be filed by the claimant as a claim against the general contractor's surety bond. Payment to the general contractor under W.S. 16-6-116(a) shall be paid without regard to any pending claims against the general contractor's surety bond unless the public entity has actual knowledge that the surety bond is deficient to settle known present claims, in which case an amount equal to the disputed claims may be withheld.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-5-402 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-402
§ 16-5-402. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this act:

(i) “Anticipation note” means notes of the issuer, evidencing short-term borrowings, issued in anticipation of the issuance of bonds which a governing body is authorized to issue;

(ii) “Authorizing instrument” means an ordinance, resolution, instrument or other written evidence of a proceeding by which a governing body takes formal action and adopts legislative provisions on matters of some permanency;

(iii) “Bonds” means general obligation bonds or revenue bonds of an issuer;

(iv) “General obligation bonds” means bonds authorized to be issued by a governing body or any successor thereto which are payable or which may be paid from ad valorem taxes or which constitute a debt or an indebtedness of the issuer within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation, which mature one (1) or more years after the date of their issuance and delivery;

(v) “Governing body” means the city council, town council, commission, board of commissioners, board of trustees, board of directors or other legislative body of an issuer in which the legislative powers of the issuer are vested;

(vi) “Issuer” means any Wyoming county, school district, municipal corporation, community college, hospital district, sanitary and improvement district, water district, sewer district, water and sewer district, county improvement and service district or other political subdivision of the state specifically authorized by law to issue any general obligation bond or revenue bond;

(vii) “Revenue bond” means bonds authorized to be issued by a governing body or any successor thereto which are payable from a pledge of designated revenues other than ad valorem taxes or special assessments which mature one (1) or more years after the date of their issuance.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-2-103 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 2 / Section 16-2-103
§ 16-2-103. Facsimile seal of state; authorized use; legal effect
Status: in_force

When the seal of this state or any of its departments, agencies, or other instrumentalities or of any of its political subdivisions is required in the execution of a public security or instrument of payment, the authorized officer may cause the seal to be printed, engraved, stamped or otherwise placed in facsimile thereon. The facsimile seal has the same legal effect as the impression of the seal.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-111 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 16-4-111
§ 16-4-111. Adoption of budget
Status: in_force

(a) Within twenty-four (24) hours of the conclusion of the public hearing under W.S. 16-4-109(b) , the governing body of each municipality shall, by resolution or ordinance, make the necessary appropriations and adopt the budget, which, subject to future amendment, shall be in effect for the next fiscal year or two (2) fiscal years pursuant to W.S. 16-4-104(h) .

(b) Prior to adopting the budget, the county commissioners may veto, in whole or in part, line items of budgets presented by boards which were totally appointed by the county commissioners.

(c) Boards, the members of which are appointed by the county commissioners, shall expend funds only as authorized by the approved budget unless a departure from the budget is authorized by the board of county commissioners.

(d) As provided by W.S. 39-13-104(k) , a copy of the adopted budget, certified by the budget officer, shall be furnished the county commissioners for the necessary property tax levies. Certified copies of the adopted budget shall be on file in the office of the budget officer for public inspection. Copies of school district budgets shall be furnished to the state department of education and copies of community college budgets shall be furnished to the community college commission. This section also applies to entities described in W.S. 16-4-125(c) excluding incorporated cities and towns under four thousand (4,000) inhabitants.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-107 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 16-4-107
§ 16-4-107. Authorized purchases or encumbrances
Status: in_force

All purchases or all encumbrances on behalf of any municipality shall be made or incurred only upon an order or approval of the person duly authorized to make such purchases except encumbrances or expenditures directly investigated and reported and approved by the governing body.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-504 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-504
§ 16-6-504. Building plans and specifications; hearing on objection; final administrative determination; judicial review
Status: in_force

(a) Within five (5) days of the receipt of the objection, the state fire marshal shall notify the department of fire prevention and electrical safety of the objection. That department shall set a date for a hearing on the objection to be held not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days following receipt of the objection notice from the state fire marshal. Written notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given by the department to the contracting authority and any other interested and affected persons at least ten (10) days prior to the date set for the hearing.

(b) The procedure before the department of fire prevention and electrical safety for hearing of objections shall be as provided in the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.

(c) Within ten (10) days of the conclusion of the hearing, the department shall rule on the written objections and make the final determination it determines that the evidence warrants. Immediately upon its final determination, the department shall serve a certified copy thereof on the contracting authority and all other interested and affected persons who may have appeared at the hearing, by personal service or by registered or certified mail.

(d) The final decision of the department of fire prevention and electrical safety is subject to review in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. All proceedings in any district court affecting a determination of the department of fire prevention and electrical safety shall have priority in hearing and determination over all other civil proceedings pending in the court, except election contests.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-5-105 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-105
§ 16-5-105. General prerequisites and limitations
Status: in_force

No public securities may be refunded hereunder unless the holders voluntarily surrender them for exchange or payment, or unless they either mature or are callable for prior redemption under their terms within twenty-five (25) years from the date of issuance of the refunding public securities. Provision shall be made for paying the public securities being refunded within the stated period of time. No maturity of public security being refunded may be extended over twenty-five (25) years. No public security may be refunded hereunder unless the public security has been outstanding for at least one (1) year since the date of its delivery. The principal amount of the refunding public securities may not exceed the original authorized principal amount of the public securities being refunded. The principal amount of the refunding public securities may be less than or the same as the principal amount of the public securities being refunded so long as provision is duly and sufficiently made for the payment of the public securities being refunded.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-112 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-112
§ 16-6-112. Contractor's performance and payment bond or other guarantee; when required; conditions; amount; approval; filing; enforcement upon default
Status: in_force

(a) Any contract entered into with a public entity for a public work where the contract price exceeds one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00), shall require any contractor before beginning work under the contract to furnish the public entity a bond. If the contract price is one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00) or less, the public entity may require the contractor to furnish any other form of guarantee approved by the public entity. The bond or other form of guarantee shall be:

(i) Available and with such conditions that allow for the payment of all taxes, excises, licenses, assessments, contributions, penalties and interest lawfully due the state or any political subdivision;

(ii) For the use and benefit of any person performing any work or labor or furnishing any material or goods of any kind which were used in the execution of the contract, conditioned for the performance and completion of the contract according to its terms, compliance with all the requirements of law and payment as due of all just claims for work or labor performed and materials furnished in the execution of the contract;

(iii) In an amount not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price unless the price is one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00) or less, in which case the public entity may fix a sufficient amount;

(iv) Approved by and filed with the appropriate officer, agent, governing body or other designee of the public entity.

(b) A bond or other guarantee satisfactory to the public entity shall include the obligations specified under subsection (a) of this section even though not expressly written into the guarantee.

(c) In default of the prompt payment of all obligations under the guarantee, a direct proceeding may be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction by the authorized officer or agency to enforce payment. The right to proceed in this matter is cumulative and in addition to other remedies provided by law.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-601 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 16-4-601
§ 16-4-601. Audit requirements relating to federal aid; frequency of audits
Status: in_force

Any federal audit requirement for state agencies that receive federal aid shall be made in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards on a biennial basis or as the agency may request.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-7-107 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7 / Section 16-7-107
§ 16-7-107. Assurance of replacement housing; waiver
Status: in_force

(a) If a program or project undertaken by a displacing agency cannot proceed on a timely basis because comparable replacement dwellings are not available and the displacing agency determines that the dwellings cannot otherwise be made available, the displacing agency may take action as necessary or appropriate to provide dwellings by use of funds authorized for the project. The displacing agency may use this section to exceed the maximum amounts which may be paid under W.S. 16-7-104 and 16-7-105 on a case-by-case basis for good cause as determined in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the agency. Regulations issued pursuant to W.S. 16-7-108 may prescribe situations when these assurances may be waived.

(b) No person shall be required to move from a dwelling due to any program or project undertaken by a displacing agency unless the displacing agency is satisfied that comparable replacement housing is available to the person.

(c) The displacing agency shall assure that a person shall not be required to move from a dwelling unless the person has had a reasonable opportunity to relocate to a comparable replacement dwelling, except in the case of:

(i) A major disaster as defined in the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. § 5122 ;

(ii) Any other emergency which requires the person to move immediately from the dwelling because continued occupancy of the dwelling by the person constitutes a substantial danger to the health or safety of the person.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-1-102 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-102
§ 16-1-102. Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Wyoming Joint Powers Act”.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-1-307 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-307
§ 16-1-307. Transfer of funds
Status: in_force

The governor may transfer capitalization grant funds from the water pollution control revolving loan account established by W.S. 16-1-202 to the drinking water state revolving fund account created by W.S. 16-1-302 and from the drinking water state revolving fund account to the water pollution control revolving loan account, as authorized by the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-9-104 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Section 16-9-104
§ 16-9-104. Remittance of tax to the governing body; administrative fee; establishment of rate of tax
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in W.S. 16-9-109 , any tax imposed under this act and the amounts collected are to be remitted quarterly to the governing body. The amount of the tax collected in one (1) calendar quarter by the service supplier shall be remitted to the governing body no later than fifteen (15) days after the close of the calendar quarter. On or before the sixteenth day of each month following the preceding calendar quarter, a return for the preceding quarter shall be filed with the governing body in a form the governing body and service supplier agree upon. The service supplier required to file the return shall deliver the return together with the remittance of the amount of the tax payable to the governing body. The service supplier shall maintain a record of the amount of each tax collected pursuant to this act. The record shall be maintained for a period of one (1) year after the time the tax was collected.

(b) Except as provided by W.S. 16-9-109 , the service supplier remitting the taxes collected under this act may deduct and retain one percent (1%) of the taxes collected as the cost of administration for collecting the taxes.

(c) At least once each calendar year, the governing body shall establish a rate of tax not to exceed the amount authorized. Amounts collected in excess of necessary expenditures within any fiscal year shall be carried forward to subsequent years and shall only be used for the purposes set forth in W.S. 16-9-105 . The governing body shall fix the rate, publish notice of its new rate and notify by mail every local exchange access company at least ninety (90) days before the new rate becomes effective. The governing body may at its own expense require an annual audit of the service supplier's books and records concerning the collection and remittance of the taxes authorized by this act.

(d) This section does not apply to the taxes authorized and collected for prepaid wireless communication access under W.S. 16-9-109 .
Wyo. Stat. § 16-7-115 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7 / Section 16-7-115
§ 16-7-115. Programs with federal financing; reimbursable expenses of displaced property owner
Status: in_force

(a) Any agency acquiring real property for a program or project for which federal financial assistance will be available to pay all or any part of the cost of the program or project shall, as soon as practicable after the date of payment of the purchase price or the date of deposit into court of funds to satisfy the award of compensation in a condemnation proceeding to acquire real property, whichever is earlier, reimburse the owner, to the extent the acquiring agency deems fair and reasonable, for expenses he necessarily incurred for:

(i) Recording fees, transfer taxes and similar expenses incidental to conveying such real property to the acquiring agency;

(ii) Penalty costs for prepayment for any preexisting recorded mortgage entered into in good faith encumbering such real property; and

(iii) The pro rata portion of real property taxes paid which are allocable to a period subsequent to the date of vesting title in the acquiring agency, or the effective date of possession of the real property by the acquiring agency, whichever is earlier.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-12-301 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 12 / Section 16-12-301
§ 16-12-301. Short title
Status: in_force

This article may be cited as the “Special District Public Records and Meetings Act.”
Wyo. Stat. § 16-5-403 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-403
§ 16-5-403. Authority to issue notes; election thereon
Status: in_force

(a) If the qualified electors of an issuer authorize the issuance of bonds or the issuance of anticipation notes at an election held pursuant to W.S. 22-21-101 through 22-21-112 and the governing body of the issuer considers it advisable and in the interests of the issuer, to anticipate the issuance of the bonds, the governing body may from time to time and pursuant to an appropriate authorizing instrument issue its bond anticipation notes.

(b) At the election to authorize the issuance of bond anticipation notes, the question shall state the maximum principal amount for which the notes may be issued, which may not exceed the principal amount of the bonds authorized, and the maximum rate of interest that may be paid on the notes.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-502 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-502
§ 16-6-502. Building plans and specifications; state fire marshal; review and approval
Status: in_force

All plans and specifications for the construction of or additions to buildings for general public use, built by the state or any governmental subdivision, school district or other public administrative body within this state, shall be submitted for review and approval by the state fire marshal, who shall approve if he finds the plans provide facilities which conform to the specifications set forth in the accessibility and supplemental accessibility requirements of the 2012 edition of the International Building Code.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-106 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 16-4-106
§ 16-4-106. Property tax levy
Status: in_force

The amount of estimated revenue from property tax required by the budget shall constitute the basis for determination of the property tax to be levied for the corresponding tax years subject to legal limitations. The amount of tax shrinkage allowed shall not exceed the actual percentage of uncollected taxes to the total taxes levied for the preceding fiscal year or preceding two (2) fiscal years pursuant to W.S. 16-4-104(h) . This section also applies to entities described in W.S. 16-4-125(c) .
Wyo. Stat. § 16-9-110 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Section 16-9-110
§ 16-9-110. Statewide 911 coordinator
Status: in_force

The governor shall designate an individual within the department of transportation as the statewide 911 coordinator, who shall be a qualified elector of the state and whose duties may be removed by the governor. The coordinator shall be responsible for coordinating with 911 local and state stakeholders to develop a statewide 911 plan and ensuring compliance with federal grant regulations.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-707 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-707
§ 16-6-707. Construction management alternate delivery method
Status: in_force

(a) Excluding contracts for professional services, construction management and design-build delivery negotiations by public entities and construction managers shall be in accordance with residency and preference requirements imposed under W.S. 16-6-101 through 16-6-107 .

(b) Formal requests for proposal for preconstruction or construction services by a construction manager or a design-builder submitted by a public entity shall require at least the following information:

(i) The location of the primary place of business;

(ii) The name and identification of individuals to be assigned to the project;

(iii) Experience with similar projects;

(iv) Qualifications;

(v) Ability to protect the interests of the public entity during the project;

(vi) Ability to meet project budget and time schedule requirements;

(vii) Excluding contracts for professional services, compliance with W.S. 16-6-101 through 16-6-107 ; and

(viii) For design-build alternative construction delivery methods, the names of the prime consultants used for architectural and engineering design services.

(c) Negotiations between a public entity and a construction manager at-risk shall require that the construction manager at-risk comply with the residency and preference requirements imposed under W.S. 16-6-101 through 16-6-107 in the procurement of subcontractors and materials.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-7-116 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7 / Section 16-7-116
§ 16-7-116. Programs with federal financing; condemnation proceedings; winning owner's reimbursable litigation expenses
Status: in_force

If a condemnation proceeding is instituted by an agency to acquire real property for a purpose as set forth in W.S. 16-7-115 , and the final judgment is that the real property cannot be acquired by condemnation or that the proceeding is abandoned, the owner of any right, title or interest in the real property shall be paid a sum which will, in the opinion of the court, reimburse the owner for his reasonable attorney, appraisal and engineering fees actually incurred because of the condemnation proceedings. The award of the sums will be paid by the agency which sought to condemn the property.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-116 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 16-4-116
§ 16-4-116. Transfer of special fund balances
Status: in_force

If the necessity to maintain any special revenue or assessment fund ceases and there is a balance in the fund, the governing body shall authorize the transfer of the balance to the fund balance account in the general fund. Any balance which remains in a capital improvements or capital projects fund shall be transferred to the appropriate debt service fund or other fund as the bond ordinance requires or to the general fund balance account.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-706 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-706
§ 16-6-706. Applicability of provisions
Status: in_force

This act does not apply in the case of a contract made or awarded by any public entity if a part of the contract price is to be paid with funds from the federal government or from some other source and if the federal government or the other source has requirements concerning retention or payment of funds which are applicable to the contract and which are inconsistent with this act.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-1-202 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-202
§ 16-1-202. Account established; state match
Status: in_force

(a) There is established the state water pollution control revolving loan account. All monies received from federal capitalization grants, excluding any set-aside authorized by Title VI, and all state matching funds shall be deposited in the account and shall be used only to provide financial assistance as authorized in this article.

(b) The twenty percent (20%) state matching funds for each federal capitalization grant payment to the account shall be paid from the corrective action account. If the available funds from the corrective action account are insufficient to provide the full twenty percent (20%) state match amount, the board may authorize additional match funding to be paid from the mineral royalty capital construction account created by W.S. 9-4-604 . Funding received from the corrective action account and the mineral royalty capital construction account for state matching funds shall be reimbursed from eligible program funds to the account from which they were paid.

(c) Payments of principal and interest on all financial assistance made under this article shall be deposited in the account. All funds in the account may be used for and are continuously appropriated for financial assistance as authorized in this article.

(d) Any unexpended balance in the account shall be invested by the state treasurer and the interest earned shall be credited to the account.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-12-402 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 12 / Section 16-12-402
§ 16-12-402. Definitions
Status: reserved

(a) As used in this article:

(i) “ Appropriation ” means an allocation of money to be expended for a specific purpose;

(ii) “ Budget ” means a plan of financial operations for a fiscal year embodying estimates of all proposed expenditures, the proposed means of financing them and what the work or service is to accomplish;

(iii) “ Budget year ” means the fiscal year or years for which a budget is prepared;

(iv) “ Department ” means the state department of audit;

(v) “ Estimated revenue ” means the amount of revenues estimated to be received during the budget year in each fund;

(vi) “ Fiscal year ” means the annual period for recording fiscal operations beginning July 1 and ending June 30;

(vii) “ Fund balance ” means the excess of the assets over liabilities, reserves and contributions, as reflected by an entity's books of account;

(viii) “ Proposed budget ” means the budget presented for public hearing as required by W.S. 16-12-406 and formatted as required by W.S. 9-1-507(a)(viii) and 16-12-403 ;

(ix) “ Unappropriated surplus ” means the portion of the fund balance of a budgetary fund which has not been appropriated or reserved in an ensuing budget year.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-10-101 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 10 / Section 16-10-101
§ 16-10-101. Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Surface Water Drainage Utility Act.”
Wyo. Stat. § 16-9-103 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Section 16-9-103
§ 16-9-103. Imposition of tax; liability of user for tax; collection; uncollected amounts; discontinuing service prohibited
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any other powers for the protection of the public health, a governing body may incur any nonrecurring or recurring costs for the installation, maintenance or operation of a 911 system and may pay these costs by imposing a 911 emergency tax for this service in those portions of the governing body's jurisdiction for which 911 service is to be provided.

(b) In accordance with the provisions of this subsection, and after a public hearing the governing body may, by ordinance in the case of cities and by resolution in the case of counties or special districts, impose a monthly uniform tax on service users within its designated 911 service area in an amount not to exceed seventy-five cents ($.75) per month on each local exchange access line, per wireless communications access or other technological device that under normal operation is designed or routinely used to access 911. Only one (1) governing body may impose a 911 emergency tax for each 911 system. Except as provided by W.S. 16-9-109 for prepaid wireless communication access and regardless of the level at which the tax is set, if an assessment is made on both local exchange access facilities and wireless communications access, the amount of the tax imposed per local exchange access facility and the amount of the tax imposed per wireless communications access or access by other technological device that under normal operation is designed or routinely used to access 911, shall be equal. Except as provided by W.S. 16-9-109 , the proceeds of the 911 emergency tax shall be set aside in an enterprise fund or other separate accounts from which the receipts shall be used to pay for the 911 system costs authorized in W.S. 16-9-105 , and may be imposed at any time following the execution of an agreement with the provider of the service at the discretion of the governing body.

(c) No 911 emergency tax shall be imposed upon more than one hundred (100) local exchange access lines or their equivalent per customer billing.

(d) Collection of any 911 emergency tax from a service user pursuant to this act shall commence at the time specified by the governing body in accordance with this act. Taxes imposed under this act and required to be collected by the service supplier shall be added to and stated separately in the billings to the service user.

(e) Every billed service user shall be liable for any 911 emergency tax imposed under this act until it has been paid to the service supplier or governing body.

(f) An action to collect taxes under subsection (d) of this section may be brought by or on behalf of the public agency imposing the tax. The service supplier shall annually provide the governing body a list of the amounts uncollected along with the names and addresses of delinquent service users. The service supplier is not liable for uncollected amounts.

(g) Any 911 emergency tax imposed under this act shall be collected at the time charges for the telecommunications are collected under the regular billing practice of the service supplier.

(h) Service shall not be discontinued to any service user by any service supplier for the nonpayment of any tax under this act.

(j) The 911 emergency tax imposed pursuant to this section shall only be imposed upon service users whose address is in those portions of the governing body's jurisdiction for which emergency telephone service shall be provided; however, such 911 emergency tax shall not be imposed upon any state or local governmental entity.

(k) Effective January 1, 2015, and every fiscal year through June 30, 2019, the governing body primarily responsible for the expenditure of revenues collected pursuant to this act shall file with the Wyoming public service commission a statement of its gross receipts and expenditures authorized by this act for the prior fiscal year. The Wyoming public service commission is authorized to promulgate rules in consultation with the governing bodies to develop a statement of revenues and expenditures that, to the maximum extent possible, is uniform across governing bodies.

(m) Except as provided in subsection (k) of this section, this section shall not apply to the 911 emergency tax imposed on prepaid wireless communication access by W.S. 16-9-109 .
Wyo. Stat. § 16-5-503 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-503
§ 16-5-503. Determination by resolution or ordinance
Status: in_force

The determination of the body authorized or empowered to issue securities required by W.S. 16-5-502 shall be made in the resolution or ordinance authorizing the issuance of the securities or in any supplemental ordinance, resolution or other instrument.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-1-111 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-111
§ 16-1-111. Loans to political subdivisions; requirements; limitations; rulemaking
Status: repealed

(a) The state loan and investment board may negotiate and make loans from the permanent Wyoming mineral trust fund to political subdivisions of this state as provided in this section. The aggregate sum of all outstanding loans made under this section shall not exceed one hundred seventy-five million dollars ($175,000,000.00). Loans may be made for infrastructure projects and street and road projects as provided in this section. The board shall adopt rules and procedures as it deems advisable or necessary to administer the program. The rules shall include requirements and standards which the board determines to be necessary or advisable in accordance with the following:

(i) To qualify for a loan an applicant shall demonstrate:

(A) A commitment to adequately maintain the project for which the loan is requested during a reasonable period of time;

(B) That all project costs will be funded at the time of receipt of the loan, with funding sources specified within the project application;

(C) Compliance with any other criteria developed by the board consistent with this section.

(ii) The determination of whether to make a loan shall include consideration of:

(A) The contribution of the project to health, safety and welfare;

(B) The applicant's need for the project and financial needs of the applicant in relation to the project;

(C) The ability of the applicant to repay the loan.

(b) Loans may be made to cities, towns, counties, special districts specifically involved in providing facilities or functions enumerated in W.S. 16-1-104(c) , school districts and community college districts for infrastructure projects and to airport boards and joint powers boards for projects for the construction, development and improvement of airport facilities generating user fees. A loan under this subsection shall be at an interest rate equal to the yield on a United States treasury security of the same duration of the loan. The board may add an additional percentage not to exceed two percent (2%) as a risk premium to the interest rate established under this subsection. The rate of interest for all loans issued under this subsection shall not be less than three percent (3%). In the event of prepayment of a loan, the interest rate shall be calculated at the actual loan period, but no refund of interest payment shall be made to the borrowing entity. Any loan made under this subsection shall be for a term of not fewer than five (5) years and not greater than twenty-five (25) years for repayment. Adequate security for loans shall be required and may include:

(i) A pledge of the revenues from the project for which the loan was granted;

(ii) A pledge of other revenues available to the entity receiving the loan;

(iii) A mortgage covering all or any part of the project or by a pledge of the lease of the project;

(iv) Any other security device or requirement deemed advantageous or necessary by the board.

(c) Loans may be made to cities, towns and counties for road or street projects. To qualify for a road or street project loan, in addition to the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, an applicant shall demonstrate that all related infrastructure including water and sewer is or will be in place at the time of receipt of the loan. No loan shall be provided under this subsection to any city, town or county that has any outstanding or unpaid loan under this subsection. Any loan under this subsection shall be at an interest rate equal to the yield on a United States treasury security of the same duration of the loan. The board may add an additional percentage not to exceed two percent (2%) as a risk premium to the interest rate established under this subsection. The rate of interest for all loans issued under this subsection shall not be less than three percent (3%). In the event of prepayment of a loan, the interest rate shall be calculated at the actual loan period, but no refund of interest payment shall be made to the borrowing entity. Any loan made under this subsection shall be for a term of not fewer than five (5) years and not greater than twenty-five (25) years for repayment.

(i)-(iii) Repealed by Laws 2023, ch. 135, § 2, eff. March 1, 2023.

(d) Loans may be made to irrigation or water conservancy districts for replacement or major maintenance projects of storage, diversion, transmission, and distribution systems. A loan under this subsection shall be at an interest rate equal to yield of a United States treasury security of the same duration of the loan. The board may add an additional percentage not to exceed two percent (2%) as a risk premium to the interest rate established under this subsection. The rate of interest for all loans issued under this subsection shall not be less than three percent (3%). In the event of prepayment of a loan, the interest rate shall be calculated at the actual loan period, but no refund of interest payment shall be made to the borrowing entity. Any loan made under this subsection shall be for a term of not fewer than five (5) years and not greater than twenty-five (25) years for repayment. The board shall require an irrigation or a water conservancy district to apply for other grant or loan programs prior to authorizing a loan under this subsection. Adequate security for loans shall be required and may include:

(i) A pledge of the revenues from the project for which the loan was granted;

(ii) A pledge of other revenues available to the irrigation or water conservancy district receiving the loan;

(iii) A mortgage covering all or any part of the project or by a pledge of the lease of the project;

(iv) Any other security device or requirement deemed advantageous or necessary by the board.

(e) No loan shall be made without the written opinion of the attorney general certifying the legality of the transaction and all documents connected therewith. An election approving the project and borrowing for the project by the qualified electors of the borrowing entity shall be required only if the attorney general determines such an election is otherwise required by law.

(f) There is created a loss reserve account for loans made under this section. A loan origination fee of one-half of one percent (0.5%) of the loan shall be paid by the loan applicant and deposited to the loss reserve account for any loan approved under this section. If, as a result of default in the payment of any loan made under this section, there occurs a nonrecoverable loss either to the corpus of, or interest due to the permanent Wyoming mineral trust fund, the board shall restore the loss to the permanent fund using any funds available in the loss reserve account. If the funds in the loss reserve account are insufficient to restore the full amount of the loss, the board shall submit a detailed report of the loss to the legislature and shall request an appropriation to restore the balance of the loss to the permanent fund.

(g) As used in this section:

(i) “ Board ” means the state loan and investment board to include the office of state lands and investments;

(ii) “ Infrastructure project ” means a capital construction project which may lawfully be undertaken within the powers of the political subdivision authorized to receive a loan under this section;

(iii) “ Road or street project ” means the construction, maintenance or improvement of a public street, road or alley within a city, town or county.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-5-401 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-401
§ 16-5-401. Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Bond Anticipation Note Act of 1981”.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-403 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-403
§ 16-6-403. Life-cycle cost analyses
Status: in_force

Public agencies shall, prior to the construction or renovation of any major facility, include in the design phase a provision requiring that life-cycle cost analyses be prepared for two (2) or more alternatives for the construction of the facility. These life-cycle cost analyses shall be available to the public. The life-cycle costs shall be a consideration in the selection of a building design by a public agency.