Wyo. Stat. § 16-9-207 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Section 16-9-207
§ 16-9-207. Gifts and grants
Status: in_force

The committee may accept contributions, gifts and grants, in money or otherwise, to the program established in W.S. 16-9-205 . Monetary contributions, gifts and grants must be deposited in the fund created by W.S. 16-9-208 .
Wyo. Stat. § 16-3-112 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Section 16-3-112
§ 16-3-112. Contested cases; presiding officers; qualifications; powers; outside personnel; hearing officers
Status: in_force

(a) If not otherwise authorized by law there shall preside at the taking of evidence in all contested cases the statutory agency, one (1) or more members of the body which comprises the agency, or an employee of the agency or an employee of another agency designated by the agency to act as presiding officer. The functions of all those presiding in contested cases shall be conducted in an impartial manner. Any officer shall at any time withdraw if he deems himself disqualified provided there are other qualified presiding officers available to act.

(b) Officers presiding at hearings shall have authority, subject to the published rules of the agency and within its power to:

(i) Administer oaths and affirmations;

(ii) Issue subpoenas;

(iii) Rule upon offers of proof and receive relevant evidence;

(iv) Take or cause depositions to be taken in accordance with the provisions of this act and the rules of the agency;

(v) Regulate the course of the hearing;

(vi) Hold conferences for the settlement or simplification of the issues;

(vii) Dispose of procedural requests or similar matters;

(viii) Make recommended decisions when directed to do so by the agency; and

(ix) Take any other action authorized by agency rules consistent with this act.

(c) In all contested cases to the extent that it is necessary in order to obtain compliance with W.S. 16-3-111 the agency (excepting county and municipal agencies and political subdivisions on the county and local level) may request the office of the attorney general to furnish to the agency such personnel as may be necessary in order for the agency to properly investigate, prepare, present and prosecute the contested case before the agency. The attorney general upon the receipt of the request shall promptly comply with same with no charge being made against the requesting agency's appropriation other than for travel and per diem expenses.

(d) To the extent an agency utilizes an employee of another agency (other than the staff of the attorney general) to preside at a hearing or otherwise the salary of the employee during the period of the employment and the expenses incurred by the employee shall be charged against the appropriation of the using agency.

(e) When required by law an agency shall adopt rules and regulations providing a procedure for the use and the selection of an administrative hearing officer. An agency shall not delegate the authority to make final decisions to an independent administrative hearing officer unless required by law.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-3-108 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Section 16-3-108
§ 16-3-108. Contested cases; admissible evidence; cross-examination; judicial notice
Status: in_force

(a) In contested cases irrelevant, immaterial or unduly repetitious evidence shall be excluded and no sanction shall be imposed or order issued except upon consideration of the whole record or such portion thereof as may be cited by any party and unless supported by the type of evidence commonly relied upon by reasonably prudent men in the conduct of their serious affairs. Agencies shall give effect to the rules of privilege recognized by law. Subject to these requirements and agency rule if the interests of the parties will not be prejudiced substantially testimony may be received in written form subject to the right of cross-examination as provided in subsection (c) of this section.

(b) Documentary evidence may be received in the form of copies or excerpts, if the original is not readily available. Upon request, parties shall be given opportunity to compare the copy with the original.

(c) A party may conduct cross-examinations required for a full and true disclosure of the facts and a party is entitled to confront all opposing witnesses.

(d) Notice may be taken of judicially cognizable facts. In addition notice may be taken of technical or scientific facts within the agency's specialized knowledge or of information, data and material included within the agency's files. The parties shall be notified either before or during the hearing or after the hearing but before the agency decision of material facts noticed, and they shall be afforded an opportunity to contest the facts noticed.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-5-202 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-202
§ 16-5-202. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this act:

(i) “Public body” of the state means any state educational institution or other state institution, its board of trustees or other governing body constituting a body corporate, any county, city or town, whether incorporated or governed under a general act, special charter, or otherwise, any school district, high school district, community college district, sanitary and improvement district, hospital district, power district, irrigation district, drainage district, water conservancy district, water district, sewer district, water and sewer district, cemetery district, fire protection district, any other corporate district, any corporate commission or any other political subdivision of the state constituting a body corporate;

(ii) “Public security” means a bond, note, certificate of indebtedness, coupon or other similar obligation for the payment of money, issued by this state or by any public body thereof;

(iii) “State” means the state of Wyoming and any board, commission, department, corporation, instrumentality or agency thereof;

(iv) “This act” means W.S. 16-5-201 through 16-5-204 .
Wyo. Stat. § 16-9-107 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Section 16-9-107
§ 16-9-107. Confidentiality of information
Status: in_force

The information obtained through a 911 system shall be considered a public record under W.S. 16-4-201(a)(v) and access to the information may be denied according to law.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-111 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-111
§ 16-6-111. Penalty for violating work hours provisions
Status: in_force

Any person who violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00).
Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-115 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 16-4-115
§ 16-4-115. Appropriations lapse; prior claims
Status: in_force

All appropriations excluding appropriations for capital projects shall lapse following the close of the budget year to the extent they are not expended or encumbered. All claims incurred prior to the close of any fiscal year shall be treated as if properly encumbered.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-5-109 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-109
§ 16-5-109. Costs of refunding
Status: in_force

The incidental costs of the refunding of public securities may be paid by the purchaser of the refunding public securities or defrayed from the general fund of the public body or from the proceeds of the refunding public securities or from the interest or other yield derived from the investment of the proceeds or from other sources legally available therefor.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-10-102 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 10 / Section 16-10-102
§ 16-10-102. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this act:

(i) “Governing body” means the board of county commissioners of a county, the governing body of a city or town or a joint powers board;

(ii) “Surface water drainage system” means all natural and man-made elements used to convey surface water from the first point of impact with the surface of the earth to a suitable area of disposal or controlled drainage. A surface water drainage system may include, but is not limited to, all pipes, curbs, gutters, treatment facilities, channels, streams, ditches, wetlands, detention and retention basins, ponds and other surface water conveyances and facilities for surface water conveyances, management and treatment, whether public or private;

(iii) “Surface water drainage utility” means an enterprise fund function by which a governing body provides for public needs in the area of surface water drainage management and charges user fees to finance all or a portion of its operations;

(iv) “Surface water drainage management” means the planning, designing, construction, reconstruction, acquisition, operation, improvement, extension or maintenance of a surface water drainage system;

(v) “Surface water drainage area” means the land area of a city, town or county, including any federal flood plain insurance area, served by a surface water drainage system which is under surface water drainage management;

(vi) “This act” means W.S. 16-10-101 through 16-10-110 .
Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-108 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 16-4-108
§ 16-4-108. Limitation on expenditures or encumbrances; documentation of expenditures
Status: in_force

(a) No officer or employee of a municipality shall make any expenditure or encumbrance in excess of the total appropriation for any department. The budget officer shall report to the governing body any expenditure or encumbrance made in violation of this subsection.

(b) The expenditure of municipality monies, other than employee contract payments, may be authorized by the governing body when the payee has provided the municipality with an invoice or other document identifying the quantity and total cost per item or for the services rendered included on the invoice or other document and the claim is certified under penalty of perjury by the vendor or by an authorized person employed by the municipality receiving the items or for whom the services were rendered.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-8-101 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 8 / Section 16-8-101
§ 16-8-101. Removal of off-premise outdoor advertising prohibited without compensation; definitions
Status: in_force

(a) No governmental entity, including the state, or any municipality, county or other political subdivision shall remove or cause to be removed any legally placed off-premise outdoor advertising without paying due compensation in cash or other method of payment mutually agreed upon, to the owner of the off-premise outdoor advertising based upon the fair market value of the off-premise outdoor advertising removed or proposed to be removed.

(b) As used in this section:

(i) “Off-premise outdoor advertising” means any outdoor sign, display, light, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, plaque, poster, billboard or other thing which is designed, intended or used to advertise or inform and which is situated in order to be visible from any street, road or highway and which is located on property which is separate from the premise or property on which the advertised activity is carried out;

(ii) “Fair market value of the off-premise outdoor advertising” means the value of the off-premise outdoor advertising determined in the same manner as provided by W.S. 1-26-704 .
Wyo. Stat. § 16-10-103 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 10 / Section 16-10-103
§ 16-10-103. Powers
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to all other powers provided by law, any governing body may establish a surface water drainage utility to design, plan, construct, reconstruct, acquire, operate, improve, extend or maintain a surface water drainage system, sometimes referred to as a storm water drainage system. To carry out this duty, any city or town may go beyond its corporate limits to hold and acquire property by agreement. To carry out this duty, a county may go beyond its boundaries to hold and acquire property by agreement.

(b) No construction relating to a surface water drainage system shall be undertaken on property within the boundaries of a governing body other than the governing body establishing the surface water drainage system unless both bodies agree to the construction.

(c) In addition to other methods provided by law or ordinance, and subject to voter approval as provided by W.S. 16-10-105(d) , a governing body may issue revenue bonds and may levy and collect service charges to finance the surface water drainage utility. A surface water drainage utility may be formed by the governing body of any city or town, or by the county in the unincorporated area of the county, as provided by this act, for all or a portion of the respective municipality by its governing body, or for all or a portion of the unincorporated area of a county by its governing body.

(d) No action shall be undertaken which would interfere with historical, appropriated or beneficial use of any Wyoming water right.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-5-411 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-411
§ 16-5-411. Governing body's determination of legality
Status: in_force

The determination of a governing body that all the limitations imposed upon the issuance of anticipation notes have been met shall be conclusive in the absence of fraud or arbitrary and gross abuse of discretion.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-5-104 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-104
§ 16-5-104. Interest; terms and conditions; negotiability
Status: in_force

Refunding public securities shall bear interest, payable semiannually or annually, and evidenced by one (1) or two (2) sets of coupons, if any, except that the first coupon or coupons appertaining to a refunding public security may evidence interest for a period not in excess of one (1) year, and refunding public securities may be in one (1) or more series, may bear a date or dates, may mature in an amount or amounts, serially or otherwise, at a time or times not exceeding thirty (30) years from their respective dates, may be in a denomination or denominations, may be payable in a medium of payment, in a place or places within or without the state, including but not limited to the office of the county treasurer of a county in which the issuer is located wholly or in part, may carry registration privileges, may be subject to terms of prior redemption in advance of maturity in order, or by lot, or otherwise, at a time or times with or without premium, may bear privileges for reissuance in the same or other denominations, may be so reissued (without modification of maturities and interest rates) and may be in a form, either coupon or registered, as may be provided by ordinance of the governing body. Except as the governing body may otherwise provide, the refunding public securities and attached interest coupons shall be fully negotiable within the meaning of and for all purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code--Investment Securities [ §§ 34.1-8-101 through 34.1-8-603 ]. Except as otherwise provided each holder of a refunding public security, by accepting the security, shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed that the refunding public security is and shall be fully negotiable within the meaning and for all purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code--Investment Securities.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-10-109 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 10 / Section 16-10-109
§ 16-10-109. Use of surplus funds
Status: in_force

(a) A governing body may use any surplus funds arising from the service charge for the purchase and cancellation of any bonds or other forms of indebtedness issued pursuant to this act. The purchase price of the bonds shall not be either:

(i) Greater than par, plus a premium not to exceed fifty percent (50%) of the face value of all unearned interest coupons attached to any bond purchased; or

(ii) More than the actual market price of the bonds or other forms of indebtedness at the time of purchase.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-7-119 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7 / Section 16-7-119
§ 16-7-119. Programs with federal financing; buildings, structures and improvements upon acquired property; acquisition of interest; compensation therefor
Status: in_force

(a) If any interest in real property is acquired for a program or project for which federal assistance will be available to pay all or any part of the cost of the program or project, the acquiring agency shall acquire an equal interest in all buildings, structures or other improvements located upon the real property so acquired and which are required to be removed from the real property or which the head of the acquiring agency determines will be adversely affected by the use to which the real property will be put.

(b) For the purpose of determining the just compensation to be paid for any building, structure or other improvement required to be acquired by subsection (a) of this section, the building, structure or other improvement is deemed to be a part of the real property to be acquired notwithstanding the right or obligation of a tenant, as against the owner of any other interest in the real property, to remove the building, structure or improvement at the expiration of his term, and the fair market value which the building, structure or improvement contributes to the fair market value of the real property to be acquired, or the fair market value of the building, structure or improvement for removal from the real property, whichever is greater, shall be paid to the tenant therefor.

(c) Payment for buildings, structure [structures] or improvements as set forth in this section shall not result in duplication of any payments otherwise authorized by state law. No payment shall be made unless the owner of the land involved disclaims all interest in the improvements of the tenant. In consideration for any payment, the tenant shall assign, transfer and release all his right, title and interest in and to the improvements. Nothing in this section shall be construed to deprive the tenant of any rights to reject payment and to obtain payment for the property interests in accordance with other laws of the state.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-12-401 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 12 / Section 16-12-401
§ 16-12-401. Applicability
Status: in_force

This article specifies requirements pertaining to budgeting of the entities listed in W.S. 16-12-202(a) where the principal act is silent or unclear. The specific provisions of a principal act are effective or controlling to the extent they conflict with this article.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-2-102 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 2 / Section 16-2-102
§ 16-2-102. Facsimile signature; authorized use; legal effect
Status: in_force

(a) After filing with the secretary of state his manual signature certified by him under oath, any authorized officer may execute or cause to be executed with a facsimile signature in lieu of his manual signature:

(i) Any public security, provided that at least one (1) signature required or permitted to be placed thereon shall be manually subscribed; and

(ii) Any instrument of payment.

(b) Upon compliance with this act by the authorized officer, his facsimile signature has the same legal effect as his manual signature.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-7-105 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7 / Section 16-7-105
§ 16-7-105. Replacement housing payment; tenants
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to amounts otherwise authorized by this act, a displacing agency shall make a payment to or for any displaced person displaced from any dwelling and not eligible to receive a payment under W.S. 16-7-104 , providing the displaced person actually and lawfully occupied the dwelling for not less than ninety (90) days immediately prior to:

(i) The initiation of negotiations for acquisition of the dwelling; or

(ii) An event as prescribed by the agency in any case in which displacement is not a direct result of acquisition.

(b) The payment under subsection (a) of this section shall consist of the amount necessary to enable the displaced person to lease or rent, for a period not to exceed forty-two (42) months a comparable replacement dwelling not to exceed five thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($5,250.00). At the discretion of the displacing agency, a payment under this subsection may be made in periodic installments. Computation of a payment under this subsection to a low-income displaced person for a comparable replacement dwelling shall take into account the person's income.

(c) Any person eligible for a payment under subsections (a) and (b) of this section may elect to apply the payment to a down payment including incidental expenses on the purchase of a decent, safe and sanitary replacement dwelling. That person may at the discretion of the displacing agency be eligible under this subsection for the maximum payment allowed under subsection (b) of this section, except that in the case of a displaced home owner who has owned and occupied the displacement dwelling for at least ninety (90) days but not more than one hundred eighty (180) days immediately prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of the dwelling, the payment shall not exceed the payment the person would otherwise have received under W.S. 16-7-104(a) of this act had the person owned and occupied the displacement dwelling one hundred eighty (180) days immediately prior to the initiation of the negotiations.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-3-101 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Section 16-3-101
§ 16-3-101. Short title; definitions
Status: in_force

(a) This act may be cited as the “Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act”.

(b) As used in this act:

(i) “ Agency ” means any authority, bureau, board, commission, department, division, officer or employee of the state, a county, city or town or other political subdivision of the state, except the governing body of a city or town, the state legislature, the University of Wyoming, the judiciary, the consensus revenue estimating group as defined in W.S. 9-2-1002 and the investment funds committee created by W.S. 9-4-720 ;

(ii) “ Contested case ” means a proceeding including but not restricted to ratemaking, price fixing and licensing, in which legal rights, duties or privileges of a party are required by law to be determined by an agency after an opportunity for hearing but excludes designations under W.S. 9-2-3207(h)(i) ;

(iii) “License” includes the whole or part of any agency permit, certificate, approval, registration, charter or similar form of permission required by law, but it does not include a license required solely for revenue purposes;

(iv) “Licensing” includes the agency process respecting the grant, denial, renewal, revocation, suspension, annulment, withdrawal or amendment of a license;

(v) “Local agency” means any agency with responsibilities limited to less than statewide jurisdiction, except the governing body of a city or town;

(vi) “Party” means each person or agency named or admitted as a party or properly seeking and entitled as of right to be admitted as a party;

(vii) “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, municipality, governmental subdivision or public or private organization of any character other than an agency;

(viii) “Registrar of rules” for state agency rules means the secretary of state. “Registrar of rules” for local agency rules means the county clerk of the county in which the rule is to be effective;

(ix) “ Rule ” means each agency statement of general applicability that implements, interprets and prescribes law, policy or ordinances of cities and towns, or describes the organization, procedures, or practice requirements of any agency. The term includes the amendment or repeal of a prior rule, but does not include:

(A) Statements concerning only the internal management of an agency and not affecting private rights or procedures available to the public; or

(B) Rulings issued pursuant to W.S. 16-3-106 ; or

(C) Intraagency memoranda; or

(D) Agency decisions and findings in contested cases; or

(E) Rules concerning the use of public roads or facilities which are indicated to the public by means of signs and signals; or

(F) Ordinances of cities and towns; or

(G) Designations under W.S. 9-2-3207(h)(i) ; or

(H) A general permit.

(x) “State agency” means any agency with statewide responsibilities;

(xi) “ General permit ” means a permit issued by the department of environmental quality which authorizes a category or categories of discharges or emissions;

(xii) “ Internet ” means as defined in W.S. 9-2-3219(a)(iii) ;

(xiii) “This act” means W.S. 16-3-101 through 16-3-115 .
Wyo. Stat. § 16-1-306 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-306
§ 16-1-306. Inventory of publicly owned water systems; sanitary surveys
Status: in_force

(a) The department and water development office shall maintain an inventory of publicly owned water systems within the state, which inventory may consist of such information as the department and water development office deem necessary to include information as provided by the environmental protection agency.

(b) The department and water development office shall conduct sanitary surveys of community and nontransient noncommunity water systems within the state. The sanitary surveys shall be conducted no less than every five (5) years and information contained in the surveys shall be used in establishing the priority ranking list for eligible projects as part of this program.

(c) The costs incurred by the department and water development office to maintain the inventory of publicly owned water systems and to conduct sanitary surveys may be reimbursed to the agencies from the administrative account.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-503 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-503
§ 16-6-503. Building plans and specifications; state fire marshal; ruling and determination; filing of written objection
Status: in_force

The state fire marshal shall within five (5) days mail a copy of his ruling and determination to the contracting authority and to any other interested or affected person, as defined under the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act, who has made timely request of the state fire marshal for receipt of copies of all rulings and determinations. All mailings by the state fire marshal made under this section shall be made by certified mail. Any time within ten (10) days after receipt of the ruling or determination made by the state fire marshal the contracting authority or any other interested or affected person may object to the determination, or any part thereof as the contracting authority or any other interested or affected person deems objectionable by filing a written notice with the state fire marshal, stating the specific grounds of the objection. The written objection shall be filed in the records of the state fire marshal and shall be available for inspection by any person who may be affected.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-12-413 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 12 / Section 16-12-413
§ 16-12-413. 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 of the special district or other specified entity shall authorize the transfer of the balance to the fund balance account in the general fund.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-1-101 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-101
§ 16-1-101. Authority to cooperate
Status: in_force

In exercising, performing or carrying out any power, privilege, authority, duty or function legally vested in any one (1) or more of them by Wyoming law, the state of Wyoming, and any one (1) or more of its counties, municipal corporations, school districts, special districts, public institutions, agencies, boards, commissions and political subdivisions, and any officer or legal representative of any one (1) or more of them, may cooperate with and assist each other, and like entities or authorities of other states, the United States and the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes of the Wind River Indian Reservation. Cooperation may be informal or subject to resolution, ordinance or other appropriate action, and may be embodied in a written agreement specifying purposes, duration, means of financing, methods of operations, termination, acquisition and disposition of property, employment of executive and subordinate agents, reciprocation of governmental immunity protections or other limitations of liability pursuant to W.S. 16-1-104(f) and other appropriate provisions.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-3-115 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Section 16-3-115
§ 16-3-115. Judicial review of agency actions; supreme court
Status: in_force

An aggrieved party may obtain a review of any final judgment of the district court under this act by appeal to the supreme court. The appeal shall be taken as in other civil cases.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-1-201 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-201
§ 16-1-201. Definitions
Status: repealed

(a) As used in this article:

(i) “ Account ” means the state water pollution control revolving loan account created by W.S. 16-1-202 ;

(ii) “ Board ” means the state loan and investment board;

(iii) “ Capitalization grant ” means the federal grant made to Wyoming by the federal environmental protection agency for the purpose of establishing a state water pollution control revolving loan account;

(iv) “Corrective action” means as defined by W.S. 35-11-1415(a)(i) ;

(v) “Corrective action account” means as defined by W.S. 35-11-1415(a)(ii) ;

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

(vii) “ Nonpoint source ” means any source of pollution other than a point source as defined by W.S. 35-11-103(a)(x) and includes leaking underground storage tanks and aboveground storage tanks;

(viii) “ Title VI ” means Title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1381 to 1387 as amended;

(ix) “Underground storage tank” means as defined by W.S. 35-11-1415(a)(ix) ;

(x) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 186, § 2, eff. July 1, 2019.

(xi) “Aboveground storage tank” means as defined by W.S. 35-11-1415(a)(xi) .
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-803 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-803
§ 16-6-803. Department of commerce to acquire works of art; advisory panel to consult in acquisition; procedure; public education programs
Status: in_force

(a) In administering this article, the department shall in consultation with the advisory panel selected pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, designate works of art and sites for placement within buildings and shall accordingly and as necessary, select, purchase, commission, review, place, accept, sell, exchange or dispose of works of art.

(b) The acquisition of works of art from funds within the separate account established under W.S. 16-6-802(b) shall not require advertisement for bids.

(c) The department shall select a panel to serve in an advisory capacity to the department in selecting and designating works of art, comprised of representatives of the community in which the building is located, the user agency, the art community and the architect involved in the original construction of the building. Each panel member shall receive reimbursement for travel and per diem in the same amount and manner as by law provided for state employees.

(d) The department shall by rule and regulation establish the jury procedure for works of art acquired under this article, which shall at minimum:

(i) Give preference to Wyoming artists;

(ii) Prohibit consideration of any work of art of any panel member or a member of his immediate family for the project on which the panel member is serving;

(iii) Require cooperation and communication with local and national art agencies;

(iv) Provide a process for the transfer of acquired works of art from one (1) location to another.

(e) The department may, upon request of any agency, authorize the acquisition of works of art through the pooling of funds available from small, multiple new construction projects and through the use of funds within the separate account as matching any funds available from nonstate sources.

(f) In addition to other duties imposed under this article, the department shall develop and implement public education programs on the purpose of this article, the process for selecting works of art for placement in buildings, the state art collection and on the acquired works of art.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-1-108 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-108
§ 16-1-108. Obligations and responsibilities of participating agencies
Status: in_force

(a) No participating agency nor any legal entity created pursuant to this act shall construct, operate or maintain any facility or improvement other than for service to and use by the participating agencies and their resident customers, except for undertakings pursuant to W.S. 16-1-104(c)(xii) .

(b) No agreement pursuant to this act shall relieve any participating agency of any obligation or responsibility imposed upon it by law except to the extent of actual and timely performance thereof by a joint powers board or other legal or administrative entity created by an agreement hereunder, the performance may be offered in satisfaction of the obligation or responsibility.

(c) After April 1, 1998, any legal entity created pursuant to this act or any of its participating agencies, which owns, constructs, operates or maintains a municipal or rural domestic water supply system funded in whole or in part by state grants or loans, shall not assess public entities or individual water users in the cooperating agencies' service area water rate charges which exceed the actual costs of providing and delivering water to the point of connection to the public entities' or individual water users' water system. The governing body of the entity may establish one (1) or more service areas in each of which an average water rate may be used for all customers. A one time connection fee or system investment fee reasonably calculated to permit recovery of a proportionate share of the system infrastructure cost necessary to treat and convey the water may also be charged. A one-time fee may also be charged to recover reasonable expenses incurred by the public entity in determining the actual costs of treating and delivering water to the point of connection. Charges for special services such as customer's line maintenance shall be in addition to the water rate. As used in this subsection, “actual costs of providing and delivering water” shall include a proportionate share of the following costs related to the water system:

(i) Fees, interest charges and principal payments on all bonds issued and other indebtedness incurred to construct, purchase or improve the utility;

(ii) Salaries and wages of employees;

(iii) The cost of materials, supplies, utilities and outside services;

(iv) Other costs directly related to the delivery system;

(v) The cost for providing and maintaining a depreciation fund, a fund for emergencies and a fund for acquisition and development of new water rights and water sources;

(vi) Administrative and overhead expenses; and

(vii) The cost of acquiring, transporting, processing and treating water.

(d) If requested by the party seeking water service who resides outside the public entity's service area and upon approval of the public entity, subsection (c) of this section shall not apply if the ratio of the established rate charged to customers outside the area to the rate within the public entities service area is less than one and one-quarter (1.25) to one (1).
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-118 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-118
§ 16-6-118. Unlawful interest of officeholders in public contracts or works; exception
Status: in_force

(a) It is unlawful for any person, now or hereafter holding any office, either by election or appointment, under the constitution or laws of this state, to become in any manner interested, either directly or indirectly, in his own name or in the name of any other person or corporation, in any contract, or the performance of any work in the making or letting of which the officer may be called upon to act or vote. It is unlawful for any officer to represent, either as agent or otherwise, any person, company or corporation, in respect of any application or bid for any contract or work in regard to which the officer may be called upon to vote or to take or receive, or offer to take or receive, either directly or indirectly, any money or other thing of value, as a gift or bribe, or means of influencing his vote or action in his official character. Any contracts made and procured in violation of this subsection are null and void and the person violating this subsection may be removed from office.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, an act shall not be unlawful under this section if any person who is interested in any public contract or who represents any person, company or corporation interested in any public contract discloses the nature and extent thereof to all the contracting parties concerned therewith, absents himself during the considerations and vote thereon, does not attempt to influence any of the contracting parties and does not act directly or indirectly for the public entity in the inspection, operation, administration or performance of any contract. This section does not apply to the operation, administration, inspection or performance of banking and deposit contracts and relationships after the selection of a depository.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-7-111 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7 / Section 16-7-111
§ 16-7-111. Available funds; state financial assistance for local relocation payments and services
Status: in_force

If an agency of any political subdivision of the state acquires real property, and state financial assistance is available to pay all or part of the cost of the acquisition of that real property, or of the improvement for which the property is acquired, the cost to the agency of providing the payments and services prescribed by this act shall be included as part of the costs of the project for which state financial assistance is available and the agency is eligible for state financial assistance for relocation payments and services in the same manner and to the same extent as other project costs.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-5-106 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-106
§ 16-5-106. Limitations on number of issues
Status: in_force

A public body may issue refunding public securities to refund one (1) or more or any part of one (1) or more or all issues of its public securities which are outstanding, and refunding public securities and public securities authorized for any other purposes may be issued separately or issued in combination in one (1) series or more by any issuer except as hereafter provided. No two (2) or more issues or parts of issues of outstanding public securities shall be refunded by a single issue of refunding public securities unless the taxable property upon which tax levies are being made for payment of the outstanding public securities is identical to the taxable property on which the levies are being made for the payment of all other outstanding public securities proposed to be refunded by the single issue of refunding public securities. No two (2) or more issues or parts of issues of outstanding public securities or refunding public securities and public securities authorized for any other purposes shall be combined in one (1) issue where more than one (1) constitutional or statutory debt limitation is applicable to the combination.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-708 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-708
§ 16-6-708. Responsibilities under alternative delivery contracts
Status: in_force

(a) Any construction manager agent, construction manager at risk or design-builder contract awarded shall comply with any reporting and administrative requirements as required by the public entity of the recipient of a design, bid and build contract, including retained payments, payment and performance bonding and default of contract.

(b) All bids received under this section including subcontractor bids, shall be opened in public following reasonable public notice.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-205 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 16-4-205
§ 16-4-205. Penalties; remedies
Status: in_force

Any person who knowingly or intentionally violates the provisions of this act is liable for a penalty not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00). The penalty may be recovered in a civil action and damages may be assessed by the court.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-7-108 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7 / Section 16-7-108
§ 16-7-108. Assurance of replacement housing; prescription of rules, regulations and procedures by governor
Status: in_force

(a) The governor shall adopt rules and regulations as may be necessary under federal laws and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder to assure that:

(i) The payments and assistance authorized by this act shall be administered in a manner which is fair and reasonable, and as uniform as practicable;

(ii) A displaced person who makes proper application for a payment authorized by this act shall be paid promptly after a move or, in hardship cases, be paid in advance; and

(iii) Any person aggrieved by a determination as to eligibility for a payment authorized by this act, or the amount of a payment, may have his application reviewed in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.

(b) The governor may prescribe other regulations and procedures, consistent with the provisions of this act.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-7-113 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7 / Section 16-7-113
§ 16-7-113. Displacement payments not considered as income for public assistance purposes
Status: in_force

No payment received by a displaced person under this act is considered as income or as a resource for the purpose of determining the eligibility or extent of eligibility of any person for assistance under any state law or for the purposes of the state's personal income tax law, corporation tax law or other tax laws. These payments are not considered as income or resources of any recipient of public assistance, and the payments shall not be deducted from the amount of aid to which the recipient would otherwise be entitled.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-206 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-206
§ 16-6-206. Failure to employ state laborers; penalty
Status: in_force

(a) A person who willfully or intentionally fails to use Wyoming laborers as required in this act shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per nonresident laborer employed per day, not to exceed a total penalty of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the person's contract. Each separate case of failure to employ Wyoming laborers on a public work constitutes a separate offense.

(b) In the event a second offense occurs within a twelve (12) month period from the date of the first offense, the person shall be barred from bidding on any contract subject to the provisions of this act or submitting any request for proposal on any public work subject to the provisions of this act for one (1) year from the date the second violation is corrected.

(c) Before a civil penalty is imposed under this section, the department of workforce services shall notify the person accused of a violation. The notice shall be served in accordance with the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure and contain:

(i) A statement of the grounds for imposing the civil penalty, including a citation to the statute involved;

(ii) A statement of the facts in support of the allegations;

(iii) A statement informing the person of the right to a hearing and that failure to timely request a hearing will result in imposition of the civil penalty stated.

(d) A request for hearing on a proposed civil penalty shall be in writing and shall be submitted to the department no later than seven (7) days after receipt of the notice from the department. The hearing shall be conducted as a contested case before a hearing examiner of the office of administrative hearings. The hearing shall be no later than fifteen (15) days after receipt of the request for hearing, unless the person subject to the proposed civil penalty requests an extension of time for good cause shown. The hearing officer shall recommend a decision to the director of the department. After hearing or upon failure of the accused to request a hearing, the director of the department shall determine the amount of the civil penalty to be imposed in accordance with the limitations in this section. Judicial review, if any, shall be from the decision of the director and in accordance with the provisions of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.

(e) A civil penalty may be recovered in an action brought by the attorney general in the name of the state of Wyoming in any court of appropriate jurisdiction.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-1-203 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-203
§ 16-1-203. Account administration; board powers and duties; department powers and duties; fiscal procedures
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall administer the account including issuing loans and other forms of financial assistance for the purposes authorized in this article. The board shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations necessary to administer the account within the requirements of this article, Title VI and other federal laws.

(b) The board shall:

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

(ii) Receive and review applications for financial assistance from the account from 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 board;

(iii) Administer the account including processing and receiving repayments on all financial assistance; and

(iv) Conduct or allow the federal environmental protection agency to conduct an annual audit.

(c) The department shall:

(i) Annually prepare and submit to the federal environmental protection agency and the joint minerals, business and economic development interim committee of the legislature an intended use plan which has been subject to public comment and which identifies the intended uses of monies available to the account;

(ii) Prepare and submit an annual report required by Title VI; and

(iii) Evaluate engineering designs and studies and evaluate technical and administrative management of contracts for all projects in accordance with Title VI.

(d) The board and all recipients of financial assistance from the account shall establish fiscal controls and accounting procedures required by Title VI.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-7-114 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7 / Section 16-7-114
§ 16-7-114. Appeals by aggrieved persons
Status: in_force

Any person or business concern aggrieved by a final administrative determination pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act concerning eligibility for relocation payments authorized by this act may appeal that determination to the district court in the area in which the land taken for public use is located or in which the building code enforcement activity occurs or the voluntary rehabilitation program is conducted.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-121 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 16-4-121
§ 16-4-121. Required annual audits; conduct; expenses; commencement and completion; additional requirements for school audits
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of each municipality shall cause to be made an annual audit of the financial affairs and transactions of all funds and activities of the municipality for each fiscal year. At the option of the governing body, audits may be made at more frequent intervals.

(b) The governing body shall make available all documents and records required to perform the audit upon request by the independent auditor.

(c) The audits shall be conducted by independent auditors in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards as promulgated by the AICPA in their guidelines for audits of state and local government units. The audit procedures shall be performed in accordance with “Government Auditing Standards”, issued by the comptroller general of the United States. Any audit performed shall comply with the requirements of W.S. 9-1-507 .

(d) The expenses of audits required by this act shall be paid by the municipality for which the audit is made.

(e) The first audit shall commence with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1982 and thereafter at the end of each fiscal year. Except for school audits which shall be completed by November 15 following the end of the audited fiscal year, the audits shall be completed not more than six (6) months after the end of the fiscal year being audited. If within seven (7) months after the end of the fiscal year, a copy of an audit report has not been received by the director of the state department of audit, inquiry shall be made by the director. If the municipality has failed to have an annual audit commenced, the director shall make written demand on the governing body to commence the annual audit within thirty (30) days. If the annual audit report of a municipality is not filed with the director within nine (9) months after the end of the fiscal year, the director shall contract with an independent auditor to conduct the audit and shall reimburse the independent auditor from sufficient state revenues and grants withheld from the municipality when certified by the director to the state treasurer, to pay the expenses of the audit. If there are no state funds which may be withheld, the director shall require the municipality to pay the audit expenses from any funds available and certify the amount to be collected to the attorney general for appropriate legal proceedings.

(f) County memorial hospitals and hospital districts shall have an annual audit conducted by an independent certified public accountant in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards applicable to the district or entity. The audit expense shall be included in the operating budget of the district or entity.

(g) Each year an audit shall be made in accordance with the requirements of subsection (c) of this section and a report filed for the immediately succeeding fiscal year as necessary to determine foundation program guarantees and account expenditures by school districts.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-12-405 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 12 / Section 16-12-405
§ 16-12-405. 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.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-7-120 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7 / Section 16-7-120
§ 16-7-120. Applicability of real property acquisition provisions
Status: in_force

This act applies only to acquisitions of real property by an agency 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, except that if any other provision of state law is applicable to the acquisitions, and the provision of state law requires relocation payments and assistance or prescribes land acquisition policies which are equivalent to or are greater or more stringent than the payments, assistance or policies specified by this act, the other provision of state law applies to the acquisitions.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-705 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-705
§ 16-6-705. Custodian for obligations; collection of interest income--payable to contractor
Status: in_force

The public entity or any depository designated by the contractor to serve as custodian for the obligations pursuant to W.S. 16-6-704 shall collect all interest and income when due on obligations so deposited and shall pay them, when and as collected, to the contractor or as otherwise instructed by the contractor. Any expense incurred for this service shall not be charged to the public entity.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-1-204 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-204
§ 16-1-204. Environmental review process
Status: in_force

(a) Through the department the board shall conduct 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) Include documentation of information, processes and premises that influence decisions;

(iv) Require public notice and participation;

(v) Include evaluation criteria and processes allowing consideration of alternative decisions; and

(vi) Comply with the requirements of Title VI and significant issues pertaining to underground storage tanks as specified in Subtitle I of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6991 et seq.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-5-407 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-407
§ 16-5-407. Security; sources of payment
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever the bonds in anticipation of which notes are issued are to be payable from ad valorem taxes and constitute full general obligations of the municipality, the bond anticipation notes and the interest on them shall be secured by a pledge of the full faith and credit of the municipality in the manner provided in the statutes of the state authorizing their issuance and shall also be made payable from funds derived from the sale of the bonds in anticipation of which the notes are issued.

(b) Whenever the bonds in anticipation of which the anticipation notes are to be issued are to be payable solely from revenues pledged for payment of revenue bonds, as provided in the statutes authorizing their issuance, such anticipation notes and the interest on them shall be secured by a pledge of the income and revenues pledged for payment of the revenue bonds and shall also be made payable from funds derived from the sale of the revenue bonds in anticipation of which the notes are issued.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-113 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-113
§ 16-6-113. Contractor's performance and payment bond or other guarantee; right of action; notice to obligee; intervention by interested parties; pro rata distribution
Status: in_force

Any person entitled to the protection of a bond or other form of guarantee approved by a public entity under W.S. 16-6-112 may maintain an action for the amount due him. He shall notify the obligee named in the bond or other guarantee of the beginning of the action, giving the names of the parties, describing the guarantee and stating the amount and nature of his claim. No judgment shall be entered in the action within thirty (30) days after the giving of the notice. The obligee or any person having a cause of action may on his motion, be admitted as a party to the action. The court shall determine the rights of all parties to the action. If the amount realized on the bond or other guarantee is insufficient to discharge all claims in full, the amount shall be distributed among the parties pro rata.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-5-408 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-408
§ 16-5-408. Signing, countersigning, execution or attestation of notes; facsimile seals and signatures
Status: in_force

Any anticipation notes or interest coupon may be signed, countersigned, executed or attested by the public official or officials who are authorized by law at the time of the issuance of the anticipation notes to sign, countersign, execute or attest bonds or interest coupons of the issuer of the same general character as those bonds in anticipation of which the notes are being issued. In the alternative, the governing body may designate appropriate public officials to sign, countersign, execute or attest any anticipation note or appurtenant coupon, if any. Any officer so authorized or designated may utilize a facsimile signature in lieu of his manual signature in the manner provided by law, provided that compliance with any law other than this act is not a condition of execution with a facsimile signature of any interest coupon. The facsimile seal shall have the same legal effect as the impression of the seal. Anticipation notes and any coupons bearing the signatures of officers in office on the date of the signing thereof shall be valid and binding obligations of the issuer, notwithstanding that before the delivery thereof and payment therefor any or all persons whose signatures appear thereon have ceased to fill their respective offices. Any officer of the issuer authorized or designated to sign, countersign, execute or attest any anticipation note or interest coupon, at the time of its execution or of the execution of a signature certificate, may adopt as and for his or her facsimile signature the facsimile signature of his or her predecessor in office in the event that such facsimile signature appears upon the anticipation note or coupons appertaining thereto, or upon both the anticipation notes and such coupons, after their delivery for value.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-114 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 16-4-114
§ 16-4-114. Emergency expenditures
Status: in_force

If the governing body determines an emergency exists and the expenditure of money in excess of the general fund budget is necessary, it may make the expenditures from revenues available under W.S. 16-4-105(a)(ii) as reasonably necessary to meet the emergency. Notice of the declaration of emergency shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality.
Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-109 — WY Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 16-6-109
§ 16-6-109. Use of insurance for rebuilding state structures
Status: in_force

When buildings belonging to the state are destroyed, the insurance on the buildings shall be collected by the state treasurer. The governing board of the state institution suffering the loss may draw on the state treasurer for the amount of money collected and use the insurance money for the rebuilding of the structure destroyed if, in the opinion of the governing board, the structure should be rebuilt.