Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-1102 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-1102
§ 9-2-1102. Commission; composition; appointment of members; removal; terms; officers; vacancies; meetings
Status: repealed

(a) The commission shall consist of thirteen (13) voting members to be appointed by the governor and who may be removed by the governor as provided in W.S. 9-1-202 . The voting members shall be appointed from each of the following associations and agencies from their membership:

(i) Wyoming police chiefs association;

(ii) Wyoming sheriffs association;

(iii) Division of criminal investigation, office of the attorney general;

(iv) Wyoming game and fish department;

(v) Wyoming department of transportation;

(vi), (vii) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 17, § 2.

(viii) Wyoming fire chiefs' association;

(ix), (x) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 17, § 2.

(xi) The public at large;

(xii) An ambulance and emergency medical services organization;

(xiii) The Wyoming association of municipalities or another municipal government association;

(xiv) The Wyoming county commissioners association or another county government association;

(xv) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 17, § 2.

(xvi) Tribal government or a tribal government association.

(xvii) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 17, § 2.

(xviii) A member of the Wyoming chapter of the association of public safety communications officials or the national emergency number association;

(xix) The Wyoming office of homeland security.

(b) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 121, § 2.

(c) The commission shall elect from its members a chairman, a vice-chairman and a secretary. Vacancies in these offices shall be filled by the commission from its membership. The commission shall meet at least once every three (3) months. Appointments by the governor shall be made within thirty (30) days of expiration of membership terms. Nominee lists shall be furnished within ten (10) days upon expiration of any membership term. Each member shall serve a three (3) year term. A vacancy on the commission shall be filled for the unexpired term by the governor.

(d) The person appointed to the commission pursuant to paragraph (a)(v) of this section shall be the chief technology officer of the Wyoming department of transportation or another employee of the Wyoming department of transportation who oversees information technology or telecommunications systems.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-119 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-119
§ 9-2-119. Allied health care provider loan repayment program
Status: repealed

(a) The department is authorized to enter into agreements with health care providers licensed or certified to provide health care services in this state including, but not limited to, hospital, medical, surgical, dental, vision, nursing, radiology, mental health, speech language pathology and pharmaceutical services. The agreements shall:

(i) Require the health care provider to provide health care services in a community of the state from among a list of communities developed by the department. A health care provider shall agree to provide medical care for the period of the contract in underserved areas of the state and shall accept patients qualified under the Medical Assistance and Services Act, Title XVIII of the federal Social Security Act and the child health insurance program who seek medical care which the health care provider is qualified to provide;

(ii) Provide that the health care provider shall be repaid up to one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of outstanding educational loans the provider has acquired as a direct result of undergraduate or postgraduate educational training directly related to providing medical services, not to exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) per year, in exchange for practicing under the terms of this section;

(iii) Require the health care provider to agree to provide health care services for a minimum of three (3) years under the agreement;

(iv) Repealed by Laws 2005, ch. 148, § 2.

(v) Contain other provisions the department deems necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purposes of this section.

(b) The department, in consultation with the appropriate licensing board and professional association, shall promulgate rules necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. In carrying out this section the department shall assess health care needs of the state by geographic areas and particular health care services required and shall prioritize and enter into agreements under this section accordingly.

(c) The department may vary the terms of each agreement in accordance with this section based upon the community and the number of the health care provider's patients whose cost of care is reimbursed under Title XVIII of the federal Social Security Act, the child health insurance program or the Wyoming Medical Assistance and Services Act.

(d) Repealed by Laws 2006, ch. 118, § 2.

(e) In selecting health care providers for agreements pursuant to this section, the department shall give priority when practical to qualified graduates of the University of Wyoming or a Wyoming community college.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-3219 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-3219
§ 9-2-3219. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this act:

(i) “ Committee ” means the joint appropriations committee;

(ii) “ Department ” means the department of administration and information;

(iii) “ Internet ” means the internet, World Wide Web or a similar proprietary or common carrier electronic system;

(iv) “ Participating state entity ” or “ state entity ” means the state of Wyoming government including the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government, the University of Wyoming and any department, division, agency, board, commission or other instrumentality of those branches;

(v) “ Public financial information ” means official public records as defined in W.S. 16-4-201(a)(vi)(A) that are required to be made available on the Wyoming public finance and expenditure of funds website as required by this act, but shall not include any information:

(A) Provided pursuant to W.S. 26-34-129 , 26-34-130 , 28-8-108 , 35-2-910 or 35-17-105 ;

(B) Relating to benefits paid under the Worker's Compensation Act that would reveal the identity of the recipient;

(C) Relating to services provided to juveniles under title 14 or title 21 of the Wyoming statutes that would reveal the identity of the juvenile or his family;

(D) That would violate the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or the Health Care Quality Improvement Act.

(vi) “ Local government entity ” means any county, municipality, joint powers board, airport board, community college district, school district, special district and any other political subdivision of Wyoming;

(vii) “This act” means W.S. 9-2-3219 through 9-2-3221 .
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-640 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-640
§ 9-1-640. Administrative subpoena authority for investigations of child exploitation
Status: in_force

(a) In any investigation relating to a state offense involving sexual exploitation of children under W.S. 6-4-303 , and upon reasonable cause to believe that an Internet service account has been used in the exploitation or attempted exploitation of children, the attorney general or his chief deputy may issue in writing and cause to be served a subpoena requiring the production and testimony described in subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a subpoena issued under this section may require the production of any records or other documentation relevant to the investigation including:

(i) Electronic mail address;

(ii) Internet username;

(iii) Internet protocol address;

(iv) Name of account holder;

(v) Billing and service address;

(vi) Telephone number;

(vii) Account status;

(viii) Method of access to the Internet;

(ix) Automatic number identification records if access is by modem.

(c) The provider of electronic communication service or remote computing service shall not disclose the following except pursuant to a warrant:

(i) In-transit electronic communications;

(ii) Account memberships related to Internet groups, newsgroups, mailing lists or specific areas of interest;

(iii) Account passwords;

(iv) Account content to include:

(A) Electronic mail in any form;

(B) Address books or contact/“buddy” lists;

(C) Financial records;

(D) Internet proxy content or “Web surfing” history;

(E) Files or other digital documents stored within the account or pursuant to use of the account.

(d) At any time before the return date specified on the subpoena, the person summoned may, in the district court in which the person resides or does business, petition for an order modifying or setting aside the subpoena, or a prohibition of disclosure by a court.

(e) A subpoena under this section shall describe the objects required to be produced and shall prescribe a return date within a reasonable period of time within which the objects can be assembled and made available.

(f) If no case or proceeding arises from the production of records or other documentation pursuant to this section within a reasonable time after those records or documentation are produced, the attorney general shall either destroy the records and documentation or return them to the person who produced them.

(g) A subpoena issued under this section may be served by any person who is at least eighteen (18) years of age and who is designated in the subpoena to serve it. Service upon a natural person may be made by personal delivery of the subpoena to him. Service may be made upon a corporation or partnership or other unincorporated association which is subject to suit under the common name, by delivering the subpoena to an officer, to a managing or general agent, or to any other agent authorized by appointment or by law to receive service of process. The affidavit of the person serving the subpoena together with a true copy thereof shall be proof of service.

(h) The attorney general shall annually report the following information to the joint judiciary interim committee no later than February 1 for the preceding calendar year:

(i) The number of requests for administrative subpoenas made under this section;

(ii) The number of administrative subpoenas issued under this section;

(iii) The number of administrative subpoenas issued under this section that were contested;

(iv) The number of administrative subpoenas issued under this section that were suppressed;

(v) The number of search warrants that were issued as a consequence of the issuance of an administrative subpoena under this section;

(vi) The number of individuals who were prosecuted under W.S. 6-4-303 following the issuance of an administrative subpoena under this section.

(j) Except as provided in subsection (h) of this section any information, records or data reported or obtained pursuant to subpoena under this section shall remain confidential and shall not be further disclosed unless in connection with a criminal case related to the subpoenaed materials.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-6-207 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 6 / Section 9-6-207
§ 9-6-207. Appointment of compact committee member
Status: in_force

The governor shall appoint one (1) member and an alternate to serve as the Wyoming representative on the committee for the Northwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Waste Management [ § 9-6-206 ]. The member and alternate shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and shall receive no compensation, but shall be reimbursed for expenses in the same manner and amount as a state employee to be paid from funds available from the governor's office or from the compact.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-24-106 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 24 / Section 9-24-106
§ 9-24-106. Penalties; compliance
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who knowingly accepts online sports wagers or otherwise operates a business of sports wagering and does not possess a valid permit or license issued by the commission under this chapter shall be subject to the following, in addition to any penalty imposed under W.S. 6-7-102 :

(i) For a first offense, a civil penalty of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00);

(ii) For a second or subsequent offense, a civil penalty of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00).

(b) When a series of similar events result in a violation under this chapter or commission rules, those events that occur within the same month shall be treated as one offense and not separate and distinct offenses.

(c) The commission shall develop a compliance program that includes establishing procedures to review online sports wagering and related activities occurring in the state to ensure compliance with and enforcement of this chapter. The program shall include review and evaluation of the conduct of:

(i) Sports wagering operators, sports wagering vendors, qualified gaming entities, patrons and any other person permitted or authorized to engage in activities under this chapter; and

(ii) Persons operating without a valid permit or license under this chapter, engaging in activities not authorized or regulated under this chapter or pursuing or engaging in activities otherwise in violation of this chapter.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-17-103 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 17 / Section 9-17-103
§ 9-17-103. Definitions
Status: repealed

(a) As used in this chapter:

(i) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 33, § 2, eff. July 1, 2019.

(ii) “ Board ” means the board of directors of the Wyoming lottery corporation;

(iii) “ Central control computer ” means a central site computer controlled by the corporation to which all lottery terminals in the state communicate for purposes established by the corporation;

(iv) “ Chief executive officer ” means the chief executive officer of the Wyoming lottery corporation;

(v) “ Corporation ” means the Wyoming lottery corporation;

(vi) “ Lottery ,” “ lotteries ,” “ lottery game ” or “ lottery games ” means any game of chance approved by the board and operated pursuant to this chapter, specifically limited to a state lottery or multi-state games, and shall not include instant tickets, scratch-off tickets, video lottery terminals or any other electronic game involving direct physical contact between the player and a machine;

(vii) “ Major procurement contract ” means any gaming product or service costing in excess of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000.00) in a fiscal year including, but not limited to, advertising contracts, annuity contracts, prize payment agreements, consulting services, equipment, tickets and other products and services unique to the Wyoming lottery, but not including materials, supplies, equipment and services common to the ordinary operation of a corporate entity;

(viii) “ Member ” or “ members ” means a director or directors of the board of directors of the Wyoming lottery corporation;

(ix) “ Net proceeds ” means all revenue less direct, indirect, operating and nonoperating expenses consistent with generally accepted accounting principles;

(x) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 33, § 2, eff. July 1, 2019.

(xi) “ Retailer ” means a person who sells lottery tickets or shares on behalf of the corporation pursuant to a contract;

(xii) “ Share ” means any intangible evidence of participation in a lottery game;

(xiii) “ Ticket ” means any tangible evidence issued by the lottery to provide participation in a lottery game;

(xiv) “ Vendor ” or “ retailer ” means any person authorized to supply lottery goods or services under this act.

(xv) “ Confidential information ” includes trade secrets, security measures, systems or procedures, security reports, information concerning bids or other contractual data, the disclosure of which would impair the efforts of the corporation to contract for goods or services on favorable terms, employee personnel information unrelated to compensation, duties, qualifications or responsibilities, information related to agreements under multistate governing organizations and information obtained pursuant to investigations which is otherwise confidential.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-3-454 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-3-454
§ 9-3-454. Required determinations for recommended benefit increases
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with the findings specified in W.S. 9-3-453 :

(i) All plans shall be managed to maintain their actuarial funded ratio at or above one hundred percent (100%) throughout the life of the plan. The actual funded ratio recommended by the board shall provide for an appropriate margin above this funding ratio to allow for market fluctuations above the one hundred percent (100%) base;

(ii) No benefit changes, including cost-of-living increases and changes to multipliers, shall be recommended for implementation by the legislature unless the system's actuaries provide an opinion that the funded ratio of the plan will remain above the funding level set out in paragraph (i) of this subsection throughout the life of the benefit change;

(iii) Any analysis upon which a proposed benefit change is proposed shall include a decision matrix which shall include the following minimum elements:

(A) Consideration of the current actuarial value in relation to current market value of assets;

(B) A fully amortized cost over the full applicable term of the benefit increase;

(C) Current and expected actuarial funded ratios with and without the increase;

(D) A review of assumptions made in determining funded ratios and a review of anticipated funded ratios with differing investment return assumptions;

(E) Recognition of potential effects of the increase on plan participants' working and retirement periods;

(F) The potential isolation, by establishment of separate accounts, of the liability incurred as a result of the cost of living or other benefit increase;

(G) The appropriate level of actuarial funding ratio above one hundred percent (100%) needed to buffer the plan from market fluctuations.

(b) Nothing in this section shall affect the authority of the board to grant a cost-of-living adjustment as authorized by W.S. 15-5-204 .
Wyo. Stat. § 9-17-111 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 17 / Section 9-17-111
§ 9-17-111. Disposition of lottery proceeds
Status: repealed

(a) As nearly as practical, at least forty-five percent (45%) of the total revenue from the sale of lottery tickets or shares shall be made available as prize money, provided, however, that this subsection shall be deemed not to create any lien, entitlement, cause of action or other private right and any rights of holders of tickets or shares shall be determined by the corporation in setting the terms of its lottery or lotteries.

(b) On or before the fifteenth day of each quarter, the corporation shall transfer to the treasurer's office, for credit to the lottery account which is hereby created, at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the net proceeds from the preceding quarter. Final reconciliation of the transfer to the state under this subsection shall be determined at the end of each fiscal year based on the audited annual financial statements. Upon their deposit into the account, any monies representing a deposit of net proceeds shall then become the unencumbered property of the state of Wyoming and the corporation shall have no power to agree or undertake otherwise. At least once per fiscal year, these monies shall be paid by the treasurer to the treasurers of the counties, cities and towns for payment into their respective general funds. The percentage of the balance that will be distributed to each county and its cities and towns will be determined by computing the percentage that sales of lottery tickets collected by retailers in each county including its cities and towns bear to total sales of lottery tickets collected by retailers in all counties including their cities and towns. This percentage of the monies shall be distributed within each county as follows:

(i) To each county in the proportion that the population of the county situated outside the corporate limits of its cities and towns bears to the total population of the county including cities and towns;

(ii) To each city and town within the county in the proportion the population of the city or town bears to the population of the county.

(c) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 158, § 2.

(d) No general fund monies or any other state funds or monies in any form shall be used to fund any liability or deficiency in the lottery account under this section. No general fund monies or any other state funds or monies in any form shall be used for any program or project started specifically from lottery proceeds unless specifically appropriated by the legislature.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-210 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-210
§ 9-1-210. State authorized to accept gifts
Status: in_force

The state, through the governor may accept gifts, grants, funds or assistance from any federal, state or local governmental agencies or from any private source.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-2006 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-2006
§ 9-2-2006. Department of family services created; director appointed; structure
Status: repealed

(a) As part of the reorganization of Wyoming state government, there is created the Wyoming department of family services consisting of the agencies, programs and functions specified in this section. The provisions of the Wyoming Government Reorganization Act of 1989, W.S. 9-2-1701 through 9-2-1707 , apply to this section.

(b) The administrative head of the department shall be a director appointed by the governor.

(c) The following agencies are assigned to the department of family services under a Type 1 transfer:

(i) Division of public assistance and social services, department of health and social services, less programs transferred to other departments under a Type 2 transfer as part of the reorganization of Wyoming state government;

(ii) The following state institutions:

(A) Repealed by Laws 1998, Sp. & Bud. Sess., ch. 7, § 2.

(B) Wyoming boys' school;

(C) Wyoming girls' school.

(d) In developing the plan required under W.S. 9-2-1707(a)(iii) , the director shall consider:

(i) A youth services plan ensuring a continuum of care is available for troubled youth;

(ii) Development of case management and management information systems;

(iii) Ensuring independence of the facility inspection function from institutions within the department.

(e) The board of land commissioners shall direct, subject to the limitations contained in the constitution of the state of Wyoming, applicable state and federal law and the conveyance instrument, the control, leasing, exchange, care and disposal of all acquired institutional lands not directly utilized for departmental purposes that are managed or associated with the institutions set forth in W.S. 9-2-2006(c) whether held in the name of the state or in the name of the department. Any amount received from transactions involving these lands shall be credited as directed by state or federal law or the conveyance instrument.

(f) All acquired institutional lands managed by the board of land commissioners subject to subsection (e) of this section shall be managed consistent with:

(i) Consideration of the needs of the institution;

(ii) Consideration of alternative uses of the property which are compatible with the mission of the institution; and

(iii) Limitations contained in the constitution of the state of Wyoming, state and federal law and the conveyance instrument.

(g) The board of land commissioners shall consult with the local officials or governing body having regulatory authority over the acquired institutional lands prior to authorizing the use or transfer of acquired institutional lands managed under subsection (e) of this section to another agency or department of the state of Wyoming.

(h) As used in this section, “ acquired institutional lands ” means state lands acquired by the state for the benefit of state institutions, but shall not include school trust lands or other lands held in trust by the state of Wyoming.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-701 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-701
§ 9-1-701. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this act:

(i) “Commission” means the peace officer standards and training commission;

(ii) “County” means any county which has a law enforcement unit in its jurisdiction;

(iii) “Detention officer” means a person who is employed by a county or municipality on a full-time basis to care for, supervise and control persons detained in a jail or holding facility;

(iv) “Director” means the executive director of the commission;

(v) “Immediate family member” means a spouse, child or parent;

(vi) “Law enforcement unit” means a public agency having police power and charged with enforcing state criminal statutes or municipal ordinances;

(vii) “Municipality” means an incorporated city or town which has a law enforcement unit in its jurisdiction;

(viii) “Part-time or reserve peace officer” means any person having peace officer authority acting less than full time in the service of any county, municipality or state agency, whether compensated or not;

(ix) “Peace officer” means a person as defined by W.S. 7-2-101 ;

(x) “Peace officer training” means an approved school or local peace officer training program authorized by the commission to train peace officers;

(xi) “Permanent basis” means employed full time as a peace officer;

(xii) “This act” means W.S. 9-1-701 through 9-1-711 ;

(xiii) “Dispatcher” means a person who is employed by a state, county or municipal law enforcement agency, fire service or licensed ambulance service on a full or part-time basis, to answer and dispatch calls for emergency and nonemergency situations via designated law enforcement and emergency telecommunications equipment;

(xiv) “ Certified correctional officer ” means a person who is employed by the Wyoming department of corrections on a full-time basis to care for, supervise, control and maintain custody of persons confined in Wyoming department of corrections institutions and who has completed all requirements for certification as a correctional officer under this act;

(xv) “ Correctional officer ” means a person who is employed by the Wyoming department of corrections on a full-time basis to care for, supervise and maintain custody of persons confined in Wyoming department of corrections institutions;

(xvi) “ Correctional officer training ” means an approved Wyoming department of corrections preservice academy or other correctional officer training program authorized by the commission to train correctional officers for the state;

(xvii) “ Part-time correctional officer ” means a person is employed by the Wyoming department of corrections on a part-time basis to care for, supervise and maintain custody of persons confined in Wyoming department of corrections institutions.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-1808 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-1808
§ 9-2-1808. Panel composition; selection; disqualification of panelist; multiple defendants
Status: in_force

(a) The panel for each claim reviewed under this act shall consist of two (2) professionals licensed in this state if required by law to be licensed, and three (3) lay persons who are not professionals or an employee of a professional. All panel members shall be residents of this state. If feasible one (1) member of the panel shall be from the professional's profession or specialty. In those cases where the theory of respondeat superior or some other derivative theory of recovery is employed, if feasible one (1) member shall be from the professional's profession or specialty and one (1) member shall be from the profession or specialty of the professional named as employer, master or principal.

(b) Within five (5) days of receipt, the director shall notify the state licensing agency if any, of the professional involved and the governor of the filing of the claim. Within fourteen (14) days of notification, the state licensing agency shall each provide the director a list of twelve (12) of its members as proposed panelists. Within fourteen (14) days of notification, the governor shall also provide the director with a list of twelve (12) people willing and able to serve as panelists. To the extent possible, the state licensing agency shall include on the list persons specializing in the same field or discipline as the professional against whom the claim is made. The director shall select two (2) from each list to serve as panelists and shall notify the parties and the panel members selected of their selection. The four (4) panelists shall unanimously select and appoint one (1) person as the fifth panelist.

(c) At or prior to the hearing, the panel shall select a chairman from among its members. The chairman shall preside over the panel proceedings.

(d) If, within fifteen (15) days of receipt of the notice of selection of panelists, the claimant or the professional against whom the claim is made files an affidavit stating his belief that a panelist selected by the director cannot be impartial in reviewing the claim, the panel member is disqualified, and the director shall select another from the list. Each party may disqualify not more than three (3) panel members under this subsection.

(e) The director may excuse a panelist from serving if the panelist feels his presence on the panel would be inappropriate under the circumstances of the case.

(f) When a claim is filed against two (2) or more professionals, the claim against each professional shall be consolidated for hearing unless by stipulation of all parties or at the discretion of the panel, the claims are heard separately.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-1006 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-1006
§ 9-2-1006. Revenues or income of state agencies not part of appropriation or budget; exception; additions to appropriation or budget; reports concerning enterprise fund accounts
Status: in_force

(a) Revenues or income from any source collected, received or accruing to any agency shall not become a part of its appropriation or budget unless such revenues or income is specified by law to be used for such purpose and is approved by the governor after notice is provided to the legislature pursuant to W.S. 9-2-1005(b) and the applicable provisions of W.S. 9-2-1005 and 9-4-206 have been complied with. Any amount added to its appropriation or budget constitutes the entire appropriation for the full fiscal period.

(b) Each agency maintaining an account within the enterprise fund shall include a report in the agency's biennial budget request submitted under W.S. 9-2-1013 concerning:

(i) The purpose of the account;

(ii) Whether the original mission of the account has been met;

(iii) Whether the operation of the account needs to be continued; and

(iv) Detailed information concerning revenue to and expenditures from the account for the previous biennium.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-901 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-901
§ 9-1-901. Qualifications
Status: in_force

The state engineer shall have theoretical knowledge and practical and managerial skill and experience which fits him for the position and shall have at least two (2) years of engineering practice and experience in the state and shall be a registered professional engineer.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-12-902 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-902
§ 9-12-902. Wyoming workforce housing infrastructure program; creation; rulemaking
Status: repealed

(a) The council shall establish and administer a Wyoming workforce housing infrastructure program as provided by this article. Any city, town, county, special improvement district or the Eastern Shoshone or Northern Arapaho tribe, or the cooperative tribal governing body, may submit an application to the council for a loan under the program on forms prescribed by and subject to rules promulgated by the council. Loans may be applied for by a joint powers board with the approval of all participating agencies to the joint powers agreement. Loans may be made by the council for workforce housing infrastructure projects and community land trust projects. In adopting rules and making loans under this article the council shall require all projects to be related to workforce housing infrastructure or community land trusts.

(b) Loans may be made at zero interest rate, up to an annual interest rate equal to the average prime interest rate as determined in accordance with subsection (e) of this section. The council shall establish criteria for determining the maximum loan amounts subject to final approval by the state loan and investment board.

(c) Loans shall be made under this article, only if the applicant demonstrates that upon receipt of the loan, all projected project costs will be funded. Loans for one (1) project may not exceed a maximum annual amount established by rule of the council. Multi-year projects may be awarded up to the maximum annual amount each year, for a period not to exceed three (3) years, as approved by the state loan and investment board. The application shall identify the source of all funds to be used for the project.

(d) Loans may be used to fund project costs in accordance with approved applications and rules of the council. Loan funds may be used to contract with community development organizations, state development organizations and nonprofit organizations in accordance with the purposes of this article and approved applications.

(e) Loans provided under this article shall be adequately collateralized as determined by the council. The council shall establish interest rates to be charged for loans under the program, but the interest rate shall not exceed an annual interest rate equal to the average prime interest rate as determined by the state treasurer. To determine the average prime interest rate, the state treasurer shall average the prime interest rate for at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the thirty (30) largest banks in the United States. The interest rate shall be adjusted on January 1 of each year. Interest rates shall be established in recognition of the repayment abilities and needs of the local governmental entity eligible for loans under the program. The council shall establish loan amortization schedules, terms and conditions for each loan approved.

(f) No loans 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.

(g) Loans and loan commitments or any combination thereof shall be made under this article only:

(i) If there are sufficient funds in the workforce housing infrastructure program account to fully fund it and all other outstanding commitments and loans;

(ii) If repayment of any loan provided by the state is adequately collateralized. The adequacy of the collateral shall be determined by the council, subject to final approval by the state loan and investment board.

(h) Repayments of loans under this section shall be credited to the Wyoming workforce housing infrastructure program account.

(j) Repealed by Laws 2022, ch. 1, § 2, eff. July 1, 2022.

(k) After approval of loans, the applicants shall report to the council, as required by the approved application. The report shall include:

(i) The progress of the project until the project is completed;

(ii) Any additional information required by the council to ensure compliance with loan requirements or compliance with this article.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-635 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-635
§ 9-1-635. Dispatcher training course; certificate upon completion; fees
Status: in_force

(a) The director of the Wyoming law enforcement academy or other training agency may provide at the academy or other location within the state a basic dispatcher course. The course shall comply with standards promulgated by the peace officers standards and training commission.

(b) The director of the Wyoming law enforcement academy or other training agency shall issue an appropriate certificate of course completion to any dispatcher who completes the required training.

(c) Fees charged for dispatcher courses held at the Wyoming law enforcement academy shall be the same as those charged for peace officer courses.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-23-107 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 23 / Section 9-23-107
§ 9-23-107. Prohibited acts; civil penalty; initiation of action
Status: in_force

(a) No person, including any agency official or employee, shall:

(i) In any way be involved in any gratuities, kickbacks, or contingent fees in connection with the selection procedure set forth in this act;

(ii) If providing professional services, pay any fee, commission, gift or other consideration contingent upon the award of a contract for professional services pursuant to this act.

(b) Any person violating subsection (a) of this section or W.S. 9-23-106 is liable for a penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00). The penalty may be recovered in a civil action and damages shall be assessed by the court.

(c) Any action pursuant to this section shall be initiated in Laramie county by the attorney general.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-17-120 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 17 / Section 9-17-120
§ 9-17-120. Confidentiality of information; investigations; supervision and inspections; reports of suspected violations; assistance in investigation of violations
Status: in_force

(a) Except as authorized in this chapter, the corporation is subject to the provisions of W.S. 16-4-201 through 16-4-205 and 16-4-401 through 16-4-408 . Confidential information is exempt from the provisions of W.S. 16-4-201 through 16-4-205 and may be discussed during executive session pursuant to W.S. 16-4-405(a) . Meetings or portions of meetings devoted to discussing information deemed confidential pursuant to this subsection are exempt from W.S. 16-4-401 through 16-4-408 .

(b) The corporation shall perform full criminal background investigations on all potential vendors prior to the execution of any vendor contract. The corporation shall be authorized to pay for the actual cost of the investigations and may contract with the division of criminal investigation for the performance of the investigations.

(c) The corporation or its authorized agent shall:

(i) Conduct criminal background investigations and credit investigations on all potential retailers. The corporation shall be authorized to pay for the actual cost of the investigations and may contract with the division of criminal investigation for the performance of the investigations;

(ii) Supervise ticket or share validation and lottery drawings;

(iii) Inspect at times, determined solely by the corporation, the facilities of any vendor or lottery retailer in order to determine the integrity of the vendor's product or the operations of the retailer in order to determine whether the vendor or the retailer is in compliance with its contract;

(iv) Report any suspected violations of this chapter to the appropriate district attorney or the attorney general and to any law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction over the violation; and

(v) Upon request, provide assistance to any district attorney, the attorney general or a law enforcement agency investigating a violation of this chapter.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-4-308 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-4-308
§ 9-4-308. Crediting of federal land grant income; university account
Status: in_force

The income described in W.S. 9-4-305(c) attributable to the lands granted to the state for university purposes under section 8 of the Act of Admission shall be credited to the university account within the permanent land income fund for the University of Wyoming, and shall be paid by the state treasurer to the treasurer of the university upon the request of the board of trustees of the university to be used for the support and maintenance of the University of Wyoming.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-13-106 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 13 / Section 9-13-106
§ 9-13-106. Official decisions and votes
Status: in_force

(a) A public official, public member or public employee shall not make an official decision or vote on an official decision if the public official, public member or public employee has a personal or private interest in the matter. In determining whether he has a personal or private interest in a matter the public official shall recognize the importance of his right to represent his constituency and shall abstain from voting only in clear cases of a personal or private interest as defined in this subsection. A public official or public member shall not vote to give money or any direct financial benefit to himself except for tax reductions affecting the general public. For the purposes of this section, a personal or private interest:

(i) Is, with respect to the public official, public employee or public member, an interest which is direct and immediate as opposed to speculative and remote; and

(ii) Is an interest that provides the public official, public employee or public member, a greater benefit or a lesser detriment than it does for a large or substantial group or class of persons who are similarly situated.

(b) A public official, public member or public employee described by subsection (a) of this section shall abstain from voting on the decision and from making any official decision in the matter. The public official's, public member's or public employee's abstention from voting must be recorded in the governmental entity's official records.

(c) This section shall not be construed to supersede W.S. 15-9-220 , 16-6-118 or 16-9-203(f) . Those provisions shall control to the extent inconsistent with this section.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-3209 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-3209
§ 9-2-3209. Purchasing for legislature and judiciary; approval; requirements
Status: in_force

Purchases of supplies and services for the legislature shall be approved by the management council or its designee. Purchases of supplies and services for the judiciary shall be approved by the judges for their respective courts. Purchases of supplies and services by the offices of state elected officials shall be approved by the respective elected official or his designee and made in accordance with the requirements and guidelines of W.S. 9-2-3204 . Purchases by the legislature or the judiciary shall be made in accordance with the requirements and guidelines for competitive or negotiated purchases or contracts set forth in W.S. 9-2-3204(b)(iv)(A) and (B) .
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-414 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-414
§ 9-2-414. Department of commerce; powers and duties relative to museums, historical sites and parks
Status: in_force

(a) The director may:

(i) Assemble and collect archaeological and ethnological collections, relics of the history of the state and material illustrative of the natural history of the state, and works of art;

(ii) Preserve, repair and display in an orderly and educational manner the materials in the possession of the department;

(iii) Store and maintain these materials in the Wyoming state museum, the Wyoming state art gallery and other facilities.

(b) The department shall:

(i) Supervise, maintain, restore, interpret and control museums or historical sites;

(ii) Prepare and arrange all items, objects, furnishings and information in the museums and historical sites;

(iii) Furnish and supervise employees in the museums and historical sites;

(iv) Approve and perform or supervise restorations, improvements, changes and alterations of museums, historic sites and parks under the control of the department;

(v) Interpret historic sites, museums and parks by arranging and preparing all items, objects, furnishings and information relating to historic sites, museums and parks;

(vi) Assume and exercise responsibilities as the state historic preservation officer (SHPO), including supervising and assisting the Wyoming consulting committee on nominations to the national register of historic places and to implement the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 ( Public Law 89-665 ; 80 Stat. 915; 16 U.S.C. § 470 et seq. ), as amended;

(vii) Research and prepare legends for all historic monuments and markers;

(viii) Consult with the parks and cultural resources commission on archives, museums and historical related activities.

(c) As used in this section, “museums” and “historical sites” includes Trails End, Fort Fetterman, Historic Governor's Mansion, Fort Phil Kearney (including the Wagon Box Fight Site and Fetterman Massacre Site), Wyoming State Museum and Fort Bridger.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-4-406 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-4-406
§ 9-4-406. Grazing board central committee
Status: in_force

(a) State district grazing boards may establish a central committee to act together in matters of common interest which shall be known as the central committee of Wyoming state grazing boards. The central committee consists of two (2) members selected by and from the membership of each of the state district grazing boards. The members shall serve at the pleasure of their respective state district grazing boards.

(b) The central committee shall:

(i) Select its own officers, secretary, advisors, consultants, and have committees it deems necessary;

(ii) Adopt its own rules for the calling and holding of meetings and the carrying out of instructions received from a majority of the state district grazing boards.

(c) State district grazing boards may use the central committee as they deem proper. The central committee shall not engage in any activity or project except when and as authorized by a majority of the state district grazing boards. The central committee shall not incur any expense incident to its duties and activities except as authorized by a majority of the state district grazing boards.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-809 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-809
§ 9-2-809. Geological survey; use of University of Wyoming students for field expeditions; expenses
Status: in_force

The geological survey may organize field expeditions to perform work for the geological survey using University of Wyoming students who are sufficiently advanced in their study of geology to be able to perform the work. Field expedition expenses shall be paid from a general fund appropriation upon authorization by the board.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-4-101 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-4-101
§ 9-4-101. Fiscal year; delivery of state property by treasurer and auditor to successors
Status: in_force

The fiscal year for all agencies, boards, commissions, departments, instrumentalities or institutions of the state government shall commence on July 1 in each year, except as otherwise specifically provided or authorized by law. At the end of their respective terms of office the treasurer and auditor shall deliver to their successors all official books, papers, records and balances of funds in their possession. If either or both successors are not elected or appointed and qualified, the existing incumbent of the office shall retain the state property until the election or appointment and qualification of his successor occurs.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-4-1305 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-4-1305
§ 9-4-1305. Voluntary use of specie as tender
Status: in_force

Unless specifically provided by law or by contract, no person or legal entity shall have the right to compel any other person or legal entity to tender specie or to accept specie as legal tender.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-4-1207 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-4-1207
§ 9-4-1207. Reporting of information; escrow installments
Status: in_force

(a) No later than twenty (20) days after the end of a calendar quarter, and more frequently if directed by the attorney general, each licensed wholesaler shall submit information the attorney general requires to facilitate compliance with this act, including, but not limited to, a list by brand family of the total number of cigarettes or in the case of roll your own cigarettes, the equivalent stick count for which the licensed wholesaler affixed stamps during the previous calendar quarter or otherwise paid the tax due for the cigarettes. The licensed wholesaler shall maintain and make available to the attorney general all invoices and documentation of sales of all nonparticipating manufacturer cigarettes and any other information relied upon in reporting to the attorney general for a period of five (5) years.

(b) The department is authorized to disclose to the attorney general any information received under this act and requested by the attorney general for purposes of determining compliance with and enforcing the provisions of this act, implementing the master settlement agreement as defined in W.S. 9-4-1201(a)(v) or resolving any dispute arising under the master settlement agreement. The director of the department and the attorney general shall share the information received under this act and may share the information with other federal, state or local agencies or with a data clearinghouse or any similar entity or process established under the master settlement agreement or a settlement of any dispute arising under that agreement, only for the purposes of enforcement of this act, W.S. 9-4-1202 , enforcement of corresponding laws of other states or implementation of the master settlement agreement or a settlement of any dispute arising under that agreement.

(c) The attorney general may require at any time from the nonparticipating manufacturer, proof from the financial institution in which the manufacturer has established a qualified escrow fund for the purpose of compliance with W.S. 9-4-1202 of the amount of money in the fund being held on behalf of the state, the dates of deposits and listing the amounts of all withdrawals from the account and the dates of the withdrawals.

(d) In addition to the information required to be submitted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the attorney general may require a licensed wholesaler or tobacco product manufacturer to submit any additional information including, but not limited to, samples of the packaging or labeling of each family brand as is necessary to enable the attorney general to determine whether a tobacco product manufacturer is in compliance with this act.

(e) To promote compliance with this act, the attorney general may promulgate rules and regulations requiring a tobacco product manufacturer subject to the requirements of W.S. 9-4-1205(c) to make the escrow deposits required in installments during the year in which the sales covered by the deposits are made. The attorney general may require production of information sufficient to enable the attorney general to determine the adequacy of the amount of the installment deposit.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-3-207 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-3-207
§ 9-3-207. Eligibility for membership in plan; state employees; 31 day period to elect enrollment; new employees; later enrollment
Status: in_force

(a) Any state employee eligible for membership in the group insurance plan at the time the plan becomes effective shall have thirty-one (31) days to either elect to be enrolled or not be enrolled in the plan. The department shall establish the procedure by which eligible employees shall notify the department of their decision within the prescribed thirty-one (31) day period.

(b) An eligible employee who enters state service or service of a voluntary participating employer has thirty-one (31) days from the initial date of employment to elect to be enrolled or not be enrolled in the group insurance plan.

(c) Employees who elect not to be enrolled within the time prescribed in subsections (a) and (b) of this section may be enrolled at a later date upon conditions the department may impose, such as a physical examination or the exclusion of preexisting conditions from coverage.

(d) A retiree is eligible for coverage under the group insurance plan subject to the provisions of W.S. 9-3-218 .

(e) An eligible employee of a voluntary participating employer shall have thirty-one (31) days from the date the employer becomes a participating employer and the employees thereof are eligible for participation in the state plan, to elect to be enrolled or not be enrolled in the group insurance plan. A voluntary participating employer's employees shall become eligible on the date the employer's election is effective under W.S. 9-3-201(c) .
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-3210 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-3210
§ 9-2-3210. Federal library funds
Status: in_force

(a) The director may accept and receive all funds, monies or library materials made available by the federal government for the improvement and development of public library services in the state.

(b) The state treasurer is custodian of all federal funds allocated to the state for statewide library services. The director shall disburse the funds subject to all provisions of law and submit receipt and acknowledgement to the state treasurer.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-3-617 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-3-617
§ 9-3-617. Refund of contributions upon termination of employment; redeposit of withdrawn contributions; purchase of service credits
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in this subsection and subsection (c) of this section, any employee covered by this article who terminates his employment and elects not to continue to be covered by the retirement program is entitled to a refund of his member account together with the regular rate of interest specified by the retirement board. Commencing July 1, 2019 for an employee who has fewer than six (6) years of service, no interest shall accrue to the member account during any period in which the employee is not employed by a participating employer. Refunds may be made only upon written request to the board. Any employee who withdraws from the retirement program under this subsection shall forfeit all rights to further benefits, employer contributions and service credit under this article.

(b) Any employee who later returns to service covered under this article may redeposit the amount of the contributions withdrawn, in lump sum, together with interest, and upon earning not less than two (2) years service credit, may reestablish his service credits as of the time of withdrawal of his contributions. Any redeposit payment pursuant to this subsection shall be made not later than ten (10) years following the date of reemployment or prior to retirement, whichever first occurs.

(c) No employee is entitled to a refund of any contributions if he is employed for a salary by an employer subject to this article.

(d) Any employee may elect to purchase up to five (5) years of service credit for full-time employment in law enforcement which is performed for another state or political subdivision of another state, the federal government or for any public law enforcement agency in Wyoming as authorized and limited by section 415(c) and 415(n) of the Internal Revenue Code 1 and if the employee does not vest in any retirement plan of the agency for which the prior service being purchased was earned. Any employee electing to purchase service credit shall pay into the account a single lump-sum amount equal to the actuarial equivalent of the benefits to be derived from the service credit computed on the basis of actuarial assumptions approved by the board and the individual's attained age and average salary for the highest three (3) continuous years of covered service. The lump sum may be paid with personal funds or, subject to rules and regulations established by the board, through rollover contributions. Unless received by the retirement program in the form of a direct rollover, the rollover contribution shall be paid to the program on or before sixty (60) days after the date it was received by the member. Service credit purchased under this subsection shall not be used to determine vested eligibility to receive benefits under this article.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-12-1103 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-1103
§ 9-12-1103. Duties of the board
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall:

(i) Assist the council in developing a plan to operate the Wyoming main street program;

(ii) Annually review the program and report findings and recommendations, including recommendations for future legislation, to the governor;

(iii) Provide a comprehensive evaluation of the Wyoming main street program annually to the joint minerals, business and economic development interim committee no later than September 1 of each year. The report shall include findings and recommendations, including recommendations for future legislation.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-1103 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-1103
§ 9-2-1103. Commission; compensation of members
Status: in_force

Members of the commission shall receive mileage and per diem provided state employees.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-12-201 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-201
§ 9-12-201. Assumption of science technology and energy authority functions
Status: in_force

In assuming the functions of the science energy and technology authority the council shall administer the program in accordance with the provisions of this act generally and the specific provisions of this article.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-217 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-217
§ 9-1-217. Appointments to federally-required committees; removal; functions, powers and duties of committees
Status: in_force

The governor may appoint electors of the state to any advisory, planning or action committee which is required by the state's participation in federally supported programs. The functions, powers and duties of the committees shall not be inconsistent with the constitution or laws of this state. The governor may remove any appointee under this section as provided in W.S. 9-1-202 .
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-705 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-705
§ 9-1-705. Peace officer attending authorized school or training program entitled to wages and expenses
Status: in_force

Any peace officer attending any school or training program authorized by the commission for the purpose of meeting the requirements of W.S. 9-1-704 shall be paid his wages as a peace officer by his employer. He shall also receive reimbursement for reasonable expenses as determined by his employer.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-4-402 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-4-402
§ 9-4-402. Money credited to general school fund; allocation thereof
Status: in_force

All money received from the lease and sale of public lands within the county shall be placed to the credit of the general school fund of the county, to be proportionately allocated by the county treasurer to the various school districts, exclusive of high school districts, in which the public lands are located and from which the funds are derived.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-2609 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-2609
§ 9-2-2609. Purpose
Status: in_force

(a) The Wyoming Workforce Development-Priority Economic Sector Partnership Act is created to meet the training needs of existing businesses in the state and to provide incentives to businesses to locate and expand within the state through government assisted new jobs training.

(b) It is the intent of the legislature to provide training funds to train and educate employees, which will result in the production of high wage and high skilled jobs that will increase the earning potential and employment opportunities for Wyoming employees and enhance and diversify the state's economy.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-12-1104 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-1104
§ 9-12-1104. Duties of the council
Status: repealed

(a) The council shall establish and administer a Wyoming main street program to coordinate state and local participation in programs offered by the national main street center, created by the national trust for historic preservation, to assist municipalities in planning, managing and implementing programs for the revitalization of business areas.

(b) In carrying out subsection (a) of this section, the council shall:

(i) Enter into contracts to obtain business area revitalization services;

(ii) Subject to legislative authorization, employ any staff necessary to operate the Wyoming main street program;

(iii) With advice from the board, develop a plan describing the objectives of the Wyoming main street program and methods by which the council shall:

(A) Coordinate the activities of that program with private and public sector revitalizations of business areas;

(B) Solicit and use private sector funding for revitalization of business areas;

(C) Assist municipalities engaged in the revitalization of their business areas.

(iv) Coordinate with other state and local public and private entities that provide services to municipalities undertaking projects for the revitalization of business areas;

(v) Provide training, technical assistance and information on the revitalization of business areas to municipalities which do not participate in the Wyoming main street program;

(vi) Repealed by Laws 2009, ch. 8, § 2.

(c) The council shall promulgate rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-4-104 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-4-104
§ 9-4-104. Withholding salary in case of embezzlement of public funds or failure to pay over fees
Status: in_force

If any officer of the state, or of any county or municipal corporation therein, having the custody of public funds, embezzles the funds, or if any public officer whose duty it is to pay into the treasury of the state, county or municipal corporation, any fees collected by him, fails at the times required by law to pay over the fees into the proper public treasury, the officer whose duty it is to audit and allow claims for salary of any officer or to issue a warrant in payment of the salary, may withhold the salary due to the officer, until the embezzlement, if any, is satisfied, or until the fees unlawfully retained by the officer are properly turned over and paid into the proper public treasury. If the director of the state department of audit determines that any embezzlement exists, or that any fees have been improperly retained by any public officer, the auditing officer or board shall withhold the person's salary until embezzlement is satisfied, or the fees are turned into the proper public treasury, or a court of competent jurisdiction arrives at a different conclusion from that of the director and decrees that no embezzlement or failure to pay over fees existed.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-711 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-711
§ 9-1-711. Certification and hiring of currently certified peace officers, detention officers and dispatchers
Status: in_force

(a) A law enforcement unit may, following verification from the commission that a person is currently certified by the commission as a peace officer, detention officer or dispatcher, appoint that person to a respectively certified position without further investigation or examination.

(b) The commission shall provide in its rules for the certification to a prospective hiring law enforcement unit that a person is currently certified by the commission as a peace officer, detention officer or dispatcher.

(c) It is the sole responsibility of the prospective hiring law enforcement unit to verify that the person is employed in good standing by another law enforcement unit in this state.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-2608 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-2608
§ 9-2-2608. Workplace safety contract program
Status: repealed

(a) The department of workforce services shall administer a program of workplace safety contracts as provided in this section.

(b) Upon application from a public or private employer, the department may contract with an employer to take specific actions to increase and provide for effective participation in workplace safety programs created and administered under title 27, chapter 11 or 14 of Wyoming statutes . Contract recipients under this section shall:

(i) Document the number of employees covered under the workplace safety programs created or enhanced by the contract;

(ii) Document decreases in occupational hazards accomplished through participation in the workplace safety programs.

(c) The department shall promulgate rules and regulations for administration of the contract program provided in this section. Contracts under this section shall be conditioned on the following:

(i) The recipient of the contract initiating or participating in a workplace safety program created and administered under title 27, chapter 11 or 14 of Wyoming statutes ;

(ii) An in-cash cost sharing contribution of at least ten percent (10%) from the employer;

(iii) No contract under this program shall be made to any individual employer in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00);

(iv) Funds expended on contracts under this section shall be used solely for enhancement or implementation of workplace safety programs, including for assistance in the purchase of safety equipment necessary to carry out the programs created and administered under title 27, chapter 11 or 14 of Wyoming statutes .

(d) Repealed by Laws 2018, ch. 29, § 2.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-4-306 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-4-306
§ 9-4-306. University building account
Status: in_force

The state treasurer may create and maintain an account into which he shall place all monies received for the purpose of constructing and maintaining buildings at the University of Wyoming. He shall draw from the account only the sums which have been authorized by the board of trustees of the university and audited by the state auditor as provided in W.S. 9-4-304 .
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-3003 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-3003
§ 9-2-3003. Director and division administrators; appointment; removal
Status: in_force

(a) The governor shall appoint a director of the department with the advice and consent of the senate.

(b) With the approval of the governor, the director may appoint administrators for the divisions established by W.S. 9-2-3002(a)(i) and (ii) . The governor may remove the director and division administrators as provided in W.S. 9-1-202 .

(c) The director's and administrator's salaries shall be determined by the governor.

(d) The director shall be the chief administrative officer of the department with general supervision and control of all activities, functions and employees of the department. He shall devote his entire time to the performance and supervision of the duties conferred on him by law. The director may:

(i) Employ professional, technical and other assistants to work in the department, along with other employees necessary to carry out the purpose of this article;

(ii) Formulate the policies and programs to be carried out by the department through its respective divisions;

(iii) Authorize a designee to carry out any duties assigned, unless specifically precluded from doing so by law.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-1014 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-1014
§ 9-2-1014. Report required with budget request; format and contents of report; compilation of compendium of agency reports; distribution of copies
Status: in_force

(a) An agency's budget request to the department shall be accompanied by a written, comprehensive report of the programs, objectives, activities and condition covering the previous fiscal period. The report shall be in a format developed by the department and the department of administration and information, in conjunction with the agency and the legislative service office. Notice of the format requirements shall be forwarded to each agency no later than July 15 of each year. The report shall detail the fiscal affairs of the reporting agency including receipts and expenditures and make recommendations for improving the agency's programs. The report shall include an annual performance report which provides a means of evaluation of the outcomes included in an agency strategic plan required by W.S. 28-1-115 and 28-1-116 .

(b) Upon the receipt of all agency reports, the department of administration and information shall compile and index the information into a single compendium that will facilitate its use by the governor and the legislature. When preparing the compendium neither the department of administration and information nor the state budget department shall in any manner alter or amend the information received from an agency without that agency's written direction. The report of any agency to the department is available pursuant to the Public Records Act.

(c) Electronic or printed copies of the compendium and the state budget document shall be submitted to the governor and to each legislator. Printed copies of the compendium shall be furnished to the department and the state library division within the department of administration and information, the state auditor, the department of audit, the legislative service office and to any legislator requesting a printed copy.

(d) For each submitted budget the joint appropriations committee shall review any budget shortfall or structural budget deficit identified by the governor or by the committee for the periods specified in W.S. 9-2-1013(d)(v) . The committee shall report to the legislature the governor's recommendations regarding any budget shortfall or structural budget deficit and the committee's recommendations to the legislature to address a shortfall or deficit. The recommendations shall include:

(i) Specific or general budget reductions;

(ii) Immediate contingent appropriations. Any recommendation for a contingent appropriation from the legislative stabilization reserve account shall be limited so that the total of all such contingent appropriations, together with any appropriation under W.S. 9-2-1014.3 , in any fiscal year does not exceed the lesser of one hundred eight million seven hundred thousand dollars ($108,700,000.00) or five percent (5%) of the balance of the account as of the first day of the fiscal year in which the recommendation is made;

(iii) Recommended expenditure of funds from the legislative stabilization reserve account and other expendable funds; and

(iv) Temporary redistribution of revenue streams.

(e) In making its recommendations, the committee shall consider:

(i) The forecasted length and amount of the shortfall or deficit;

(ii) The amount of funds available within the legislative stabilization reserve account and other expendable funds, and limitations on recommended contingent appropriations from the legislative stabilization reserve account under this section and W.S. 9-2-1013(d)(v) ;

(iii) Services which would be affected by the budget shortfall or deficit, including any constitutional requirement or lack of a constitutional requirement to provide the services;

(iv) The ability to restructure programs and available revenues to address the budget shortfall or deficit;

(v) Current and forecasted short term and long term economic conditions of the state;

(vi) Recommended depletion rates of expendable funds based upon:

(A) Prudent short and long term savings policies for state government; and

(B) The state's revenue structure.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-14-103 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 14 / Section 9-14-103
§ 9-14-103. COVID-19 vaccine mandate; prohibitions
Status: repealed

(a) As used in this section:

(i) “ COVID-19 ” means as defined by W.S. 1-1-141(a)(ii) ;

(ii) “ COVID-19 vaccination ” means any vaccine that is marketed to prevent COVID-19 or any vaccine that is marketed to diminish or decrease the symptoms of COVID-19;

(iii) “ Public entity ” means as defined by W.S. 16-6-101(a)(viii) except that “public entity” does not include an entity receiving federal funding that by complying with subsection (b) of this section would lose that federal funding.

(b) No public entity shall enforce any mandate or standard of the federal government, whether emergency, temporary or permanent, that requires an employer to ensure or mandate that an employee shall receive a COVID-19 vaccination.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in this section, to the extent that this section conflicts with a federal law, regulation, rule, standard or order, subsection (b) of this section shall not be enforced after the federal law, regulation, rule, standard or order takes legal effect that requires Wyoming employers to comply with a federal COVID-19 vaccine requirement or mandate.

(d) Notwithstanding subsection (c) of this section, subsection (b) of this section shall be enforceable during any period in which the federal law, regulation, rule, standard or order is subject to a federal judicial stay applicable in Wyoming or is otherwise repealed, withdrawn, superseded or declared by a federal court of competent jurisdiction to be unlawful or unenforceable.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-1003-1 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-1003-1
§ 9-2-1003-1. Director of department; appointment; removal; cooperation with legislature and judiciary
Status: in_force

(a) The administrative head of the department shall be a director appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Appointments for the director of the department shall be in accordance with W.S. 28-12-101 through 28-12-103 .

(b) The governor may remove the director as provided in W.S. 9-1-202 .

(c) The director may:

(i) Employ professional, technical and other assistants to work in the director's office, along with other employees necessary to carry out the purpose of this act;

(ii) Adopt reasonable rules to administer this act pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act;

(iii) Formulate through the director's office the policies and programs to be carried out by the department.

(d) This act shall be construed to provide the governor, through the department, with a more coordinated and responsive system of management of the executive branch of state government, and to preserve and protect the separation of powers mandated by article 2, section 1 of the Wyoming constitution . The department shall cooperate with the legislature and the judiciary which may utilize the services and assistance of the department to achieve economy in government, but procedures affecting the administration of the legislature shall be determined by the legislature and the management council, and procedures affecting the administration of the judiciary shall be determined by the judges for their respective courts, and they shall not be bound by rules and regulations promulgated by the department.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-4-801 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-4-801
§ 9-4-801. Board of deposits; creation; composition; records; meetings; general duties
Status: in_force

The state loan and investment board is established as and shall perform the duties of the board of deposits. The governor is the chairman of the board and the state treasurer is the secretary of the board for the purpose of performing the duties of the board of deposits. The records of the board of deposits kept by the secretary, or a duly certified copy thereof, are prima facie evidence of any action of the board. The board of deposits shall meet quarterly each year, or at any other time, upon the call of the chairman. The board shall designate banks within this state eligible as state depositories for the purpose of receiving on deposit funds of this state.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-3-405 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-3-405
§ 9-3-405. Retirement board duties and powers
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any other duties prescribed by law, the board shall:

(i) File with the legislative service office:

(A) All system actuarial reports;

(B) An annual audit report by an independent audit firm showing the financial status of the retirement system. The report required by this paragraph shall be submitted as part of the annual report required by W.S. 9-2-1014 ;

(C) A statement of any proposed benefit changes and the projected cost of the changes to the system.

(ii) At the request of any city, town or county not covered by the state retirement system, negotiate terms and conditions through which the city, town or county and its employees could become members of the state retirement system in accordance with the following terms and conditions:

(A) Any city, town or county may choose to cover only its full-time employees under the retirement system;

(B) Liabilities for any city, town or county's employees' service rendered prior to affiliation with the retirement system and credited by the local retirement program shall be determined according to procedures the board adopts after consultation with the system actuary;

(C) Excluding law enforcement officers, the service rendered by any city, town or county's employees prior to affiliation with the retirement system and which may be credited toward retirement under the retirement system shall not exceed ten (10) years and shall be the shorter of ten (10) years or the period from July 1, 1971 to the entry date of the political subdivision into the retirement system. Service rendered by any city, town or county law enforcement officer prior to affiliation with the retirement system and which may be credited toward retirement under W.S. 9-3-432 shall include all years served as a law enforcement officer with that city, town or county. Effective July 1, 2002, and ending June 30, 2008, any city, town or county may elect to have its law enforcement officers covered under W.S. 9-3-432 , if such law enforcement officers were not participating in a pension fund pursuant to W.S. 15-5-301 prior to July 1, 2002. Any such election shall be subject to the following:

(I) The city, town or county shall contribute funds in an amount equivalent to one-half (1/2) the cost of each officer's prior service credits with the city, town or county;

(II) The city, town or county may require the officer to contribute the amount specified in subdivision (I) of this subparagraph as a condition of participation in the election to be covered under W.S. 9-3-432 ;

(III) The state shall contribute funds in an amount equivalent to one-half (1/2) the cost of each officer's prior service with the city, town or county.

(D) Affiliation with the retirement system shall be effective as of July 1, following a determination of the city, town or county's liabilities and completion of other reasonable procedures as the board directs.

(iii) Receive and act upon reports relating to the operations and funds of the system;

(iv) Ensure that the system is administered according to law;

(v) Serve as investment trustee of the funds of the system;

(vi) Through the director employed under W.S. 9-3-406(a) , administer the Wyoming deferred compensation program established under W.S. 9-3-501 through 9-3-508 ;

(vii) In collaboration with participating employers, provide information, through a variety of methods including a mandatory education program, to all employees who are members as of July 1, 2012, and to all members initially enrolling after July 1, 2012. The information and program shall review retirement benefits, costs expected to be incurred in retirement and income amounts anticipated to be necessary to maintain the member's preretirement standard of living. The information and program shall:

(A) Emphasize that benefits provided under the plans administered by the Wyoming retirement board should not be expected to provide one hundred percent (100%) of the member's required income in retirement;

(B) Advise that no future cost-of-living increases or other benefit increases are incorporated into the plans as constructed;

(C) Contain citation to and the language of W.S. 9-3-428 providing that nothing in Wyoming statutes title 9, chapter 3, article 4 , shall be construed to acknowledge any past, present or future liability of or obligate the state of Wyoming for contribution except the employer's contributions provided for in that article, to either the Wyoming retirement system provided by that article or any other retirement system previously existing in the state of Wyoming.

(b) The board may establish special pay plans that upon retirement or separation from service, entitle an employee of the state to a contribution to a qualified retirement plan established in the employee's name. Special pay plans established under this paragraph shall be in compliance with section 401(a) of the federal Internal Revenue Code , which reduce the federal tax burden on accumulated vacation, sick or other accumulated leave payments to employees upon retirement or separation from service. In the event an employee elects to withdraw his contribution to the special pay plan prior to reaching age fifty-five (55), the state shall reimburse the employee the difference between any Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) and any Medicare tax savings to the employee and any early withdrawal penalty imposed by the Internal Revenue Service.

(c) For purposes of preparation of the administration and operational budget of the board, the board shall operate on a fiscal year commencing on July 1. The board may operate the state retirement account and any other retirement account under its management upon a calendar year basis or a fiscal year basis as the board determines appropriate.

(d) For purpose of calculating member accounts, the board may establish reporting requirements for any retirement plan, program and system administered by the board to determine the amount or percentage of the employee or member contribution that is paid by a reduction in cash salary of the employee or member.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-2018 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-2018
§ 9-2-2018. Department of workforce services created; director appointed; structure
Status: repealed

(a) As part of the reorganization of Wyoming state government, there is created the Wyoming department of workforce services. The provisions of the Wyoming Government Reorganization Act of 1989, W.S. 9-2-1701 through 9-2-1707 apply to this section, except the requirement under W.S. 9-2-1707(a)(iii) that public hearings regarding the reorganization plan required under subsection (b) of this section be conducted by at least two (2) interim committees of the legislature shall not apply.

(b) The administrative head of the department shall be a director appointed by the governor.

(c) The department reorganization plan shall consider whether the following functions or programs are assigned from or to the agency or department specified under a Type 2 transfer:

PROGRAM; FROM; TO

(i) Displaced worker education and training; Employment; Workforce services

(ii) Division of vocational rehabilitation; Employment; Workforce services

(iii) Public employment offices; Employment; Workforce services

(iv) Veterans' employment services; Employment; Workforce services

(v) Unemployment insurance program; Employment; Workforce services

(vi) Repealed by Laws 2006, ch. 11, § 2.

(vii) Senior community service employment program; Health; Workforce services

(viii) Wyoming school-to-careers program; Employment; Workforce services

(ix) Personal opportunities with employment responsibilities (POWER) program; Family services; Workforce services

(x) Workforce development training fund; Employment; Workforce services

(xi) Supplemental nutrition assistance employment program; Family services; Workforce services

(xii) Other programs that may be identified that may improve customer satisfaction or reduce program delivery costs.

(d) As used in this section:

(i) “ Community college commission ” means the community college commission of Wyoming;

(ii) “ Education ” means the department of education;

(iii) “ Employment ” means the department of employment;

(iv) “ Family services ” means the department of family services;

(v) “ Governor ” means the office of the governor;

(vi) “ Health ” means the department of health;

(vii) “ Workforce services ” means the department of workforce services created by this section.

(e) In developing the plan required under W.S. 9-2-1707(a)(iii) , the director shall consider:

(i) The cost-effectiveness of any recommended transfer;

(ii) Whether the recommended transfer will result in a more efficient provision of service to customers;

(iii) The extent to which the recommended transfer would benefit from involvement by the Wyoming business council;

(iv) Developing a system that will adequately serve customers in both urban and rural areas;

(v) Recommending legislation necessary to allow data sharing for the purpose of evaluating programs and the sharing of a common intake and management information system;

(vi) Identifying outcome-based data for all workforce programs, including those programs not proposed for transfer to the department of workforce services under this section;

(vii) Developing memoranda of understanding for confidentiality of information and data sharing.

(f) To the extent not prohibited by federal law, any agency or program of the state may provide information to the director as necessary to develop the plan required under W.S. 9-2-1707(a)(iii) .

(g) The governor may:

(i) Eliminate any council or commission within the department which is not created under state law if no longer required as a condition to receiving federal funds or if no longer necessary to conform with federal law or regulations;

(ii) Consolidate any council or commission within the department which is required in accordance with federal law, but not created under state law, with any other council or commission if the consolidation does not violate federal law or regulations.

(h) Information obtained by any division in the department may be transferred to other divisions within the department so long as the transfer is not restricted by federal law, rule or contract. Such information shall not be disclosed outside of the department except as otherwise provided by law. Any employee who discloses information outside of the department in violation of federal or state law may be terminated without progressive discipline.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-114 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-114
§ 9-2-114. Division of vocational rehabilitation; services; persons eligible; extent provided at public cost; regulation as to selection of persons to be benefited; right to benefit not transferable
Status: in_force

(a) Vocational rehabilitation services shall be provided to eligible residents with disabilities and to other individuals with disabilities who are eligible under an agreement with another state or the federal government.

(b) Goods or services shall be provided at public cost only to the extent that the individual with disabilities requires financial assistance with respect thereto. However, the following services may be provided at public cost:

(i) Diagnostic and related services, including transportation, required for the determination of eligibility for service and of the nature and scope of the services to be provided;

(ii) Guidance; and

(iii) Job related services, including job search and placement, job retention services and follow-up services.

(c) If vocational rehabilitation services cannot be provided to all eligible individuals with disabilities, the division shall adopt, by regulation, a method for selecting those to whom services will be provided.

(d) The right of any individual to any benefit under this act is not transferable or assignable at law or in equity.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-12-901 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-901
§ 9-12-901. Wyoming workforce housing infrastructure program; purpose; definitions
Status: in_force

(a) The legislature finds and declares that:

(i) There is in this state by reason of the location and expansion of mineral extractive industries and other economic developments, a critical shortage of adequate housing;

(ii) It is in the public interest of the citizens of this state to facilitate the provision of adequate housing in order to promote the economic welfare of the state and its residents by increasing employment, stimulating economic activity, augmenting sources of tax revenue, fostering economic stability, furthering health care and improving the balance of the state's economy;

(iii) It is the purpose of this article to promote and continue economic development by providing adequate housing necessary to create additional economic health and a stronger state economy;

(iv) This article constitutes a valid public purpose, of primary benefit to all citizens of the state of Wyoming.

(b) As used in this article:

(i) “ Community development organization ” means as defined by W.S. 9-12-301(a)(ii) ;

(ii) “ Community land trust ” means land held in trust as a public investment for the long-term benefit of a community to provide secure, affordable access to land and workforce housing for community residents;

(iii) “ State development organization ” means as defined by W.S. 9-12-301(a)(iv) ;

(iv) “ Workforce housing ” means owner-occupied, residential dwellings;

(v) “ Workforce housing infrastructure ” means publicly owned infrastructure to a workforce housing subdivision or development, and if determined by the council to be consistent with the purposes of this article, through a workforce housing subdivision or development. To be considered “workforce housing infrastructure” under this article, the infrastructure shall be for a workforce housing subdivision or development for which the political subdivision making application under this article has required, through zoning or otherwise, the inclusion of a specified percentage or number of housing units at specified maximum initial sale prices or to have a specified initially finished, maximum square footage. In addition, the following shall apply:

(A) “ Workforce housing infrastructure ” includes:

(I) Rights of way;

(II) Sewer and water distribution projects;

(III) Storm water control and drainage facilities;

(IV) Streets, roads and bridges;

(V) Curbs, gutters and sidewalks;

(VI) Lift stations;

(VII) Traffic signals;

(VIII) Street lighting;

(IX) Payment for the additional costs of over-sizing water and sewer distribution lines through or to a subdivision to accommodate future expansion;

(X) The purchase of land as necessary to accommodate infrastructure projects;

(XI) Other infrastructure determined by the council to be consistent with the purposes of this article.

(B) “Workforce housing infrastructure” shall not include:

(I) Projects, the primary purpose of which is to bring public infrastructure to existing housing which is supplied by a well or uses a septic system. Nothing in this subdivision prohibits the use of funding under this article to provide such infrastructure as incidental to an approved project;

(II) Refinancing of existing projects that have been financed previously with other resources;

(III) Financing any project under the Wyoming water development program established by W.S. 41-2-112 through 41-2-124 ;

(IV) Financing any project that does not provide for the construction of additional housing units or that involves rehabilitation or expansion of existing infrastructure unless the council determines the rehabilitation or expansion is necessary to meet the purposes of this article;

(V) Financing any infrastructure project which is not under public ownership.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-4-1304 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-4-1304
§ 9-4-1304. Taxation issues related specie and specie legal tender
Status: in_force

(a) No specie or specie legal tender shall be characterized as personal property for the purposes of property taxation.

(b) The exchange of one (1) type or form of legal tender for another type or form of legal tender shall not give rise to any tax liability of any kind.

(c) The purchase, sale or exchange of any type or form of specie or specie legal tender shall not give rise to any tax liability of any kind.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-12-602 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-602
§ 9-12-602. Wyoming business ready community program account
Status: in_force

There is created the business ready community account. Funds shall be credited to the account as provided by law. Funds in the account are continuously appropriated to the council to be used only for grants or loans authorized to be made under this article.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-3-701 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-3-701
§ 9-3-701. Short title
Status: in_force

This act is known and may be cited as “ The Wyoming Judicial Retirement Act ”.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-20-104 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 20 / Section 9-20-104
§ 9-20-104. Wyoming mineral to value added product program account; purpose; creation; rulemaking
Status: in_force

(a) There is created a minerals to value added products program account. Funds in the account shall be used exclusively to promote minerals to value added products facilities as provided in this act.

(b) Funds appropriated by the legislature for the program shall be deposited into the account. All funds in the account are continuously appropriated for contracts and other expenses authorized under this act. The total principal balance of outstanding contracts shall not exceed the amounts appropriated by the legislature plus revenues accrued and collected less any losses, currently available in the account.

(c) Any unexpended balance in the account shall be invested by the state treasurer and the interest earned shall be credited to the account.

(d) Revenues generated from any contract entered into under this act shall be deposited into the account and continuously appropriated to the Wyoming business council to be expended solely for the purpose of administering this act and contracts authorized hereunder, except as provided in subsection (e) of this section.

(e) The Wyoming business council shall report by November 1 of each year to the joint appropriations committee and the joint minerals, business and economic development interim committee on the status and condition of the program and the account. The report required under this subsection, and all its contents, shall be a public record. In addition to factors listed in this subsection, the Wyoming business council's report shall include the account fund balance and anticipated potential expenditures, including contracts, under the program for the next three (3) fiscal years, respectively. The joint appropriations committee shall then determine whether to introduce legislation to appropriate a portion, or all, of the funds in the account for purposes other than the program. The report shall further include:

(i) A review of rules adopted by the Wyoming business council or state loan and investment board during the reporting period;

(ii) The portfolio of contracts entered into under the program;

(iii) A risk analysis of the portfolio;

(iv) Any other relevant information as determined by the state loan and investment board or the Wyoming business council.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-207 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-207
§ 9-1-207. State planning coordinator; appointment; qualifications; term; removal; powers; duties
Status: in_force

(a) The governor may employ a state planning coordinator, who shall be a qualified elector of the state and who may be removed by the governor as provided in W.S. 9-1-202 .

(b) In fulfilling the provisions of W.S. 9-1-215 , the coordinator may sit as the governor's personal representative on all nonconstitutionally created boards and commissions which are not exclusively licensing in nature. The coordinator shall have the right to speak on behalf of the governor but not to vote. The coordinator shall not sit as the governor's personal representative for purposes of fulfilling the provisions of W.S. 9-1-215 on any boards or commissions on which one (1) or more of the other four (4) elective state officers sit.

(c) The governor personally or through his coordinator may:

(i) Cooperate with other states and the federal government and its agencies, and with all private concerns, to coordinate planning in the state of Wyoming;

(ii) Coordinate the planning activities of all state departments, boards, commissions and agencies in regard to economic, fiscal, educational, social, cultural, recreational and artistic development of the state, for the purpose of creation and implementation of a comprehensive state plan. All plans prepared by state departments, boards, commissions and agencies shall be submitted at least semiannually for review and comment by the coordinator;

(iii) Report to the legislature the comprehensive plan for economic and social development within the state of Wyoming.

(d) The governor through the state planning coordinator shall:

(i) Develop and advocate official state positions on federal land use issues regarding multiple use of federal lands in Wyoming based on each of the beneficial uses contributed to the state and to its people;

(ii) Actively monitor and request federal agencies to include the state government in the early planning stages of various federal land use management decisions;

(iii) Notify various individuals, interest and user groups and solicit from them their views regarding pending federal land management issues;

(iv) Utilize state agency expertise on specific issues, solicit and coordinate appropriate agency comments on pending federal land issues;

(v) Review comments from individuals, interest and user groups and state agencies, as well as other sources of information and prepare, submit and advocate the state of Wyoming's official position to federal land use management issues;

(vi) Prepare a biennial report to include:

(A) Current state positions regarding federal land use management in Wyoming;

(B) Activities of the state planning coordinator regarding federal land use management issues; and

(C) Impacts of the federal land use management issues and decisions on the state of Wyoming.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-3-444 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-3-444
§ 9-3-444. Open meetings and records
Status: in_force

(a) A multimember body having authority to invest or manage assets of a retirement system may deliberate about, or make tentative or final decisions on, investments or other financial matters in executive session if disclosure of the deliberations or decisions would jeopardize the ability to implement a decision or to achieve investment objectives.

(b) A record of a retirement system that discloses deliberations about, or a tentative or final decision on, investments or other financial matters is not a public record under the Wyoming Public Records Act, W.S. 16-4-201 through 16-4-205 to the extent and so long as its disclosure would jeopardize the ability to implement an investment decision or program or to achieve investment objectives.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-203 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-203
§ 9-1-203. Suspension of officer pending impeachment; filling vacancy
Status: in_force

When the house of representatives impeaches a state or judicial officer other than the governor, the governor may suspend the officer from his official functions pending the trial and other proceedings in the impeachment and may designate and appoint a qualified person to fill the office and discharge the duties thereof during the suspension.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-1812 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-1812
§ 9-2-1812. Assessments; funding
Status: in_force

(a) The panel shall be funded from assessments levied against and paid by each professional covered by this act. The director shall promulgate rules and regulations to annually establish appropriate assessments based upon the following guidelines:

(i) The total amount of the panel's proposed annual budget shall be prorated among the professional classification covered under this act based on the number of cases reviewed by the panel during the immediately preceding calendar year involving each professional classification;

(ii) The prorated amount determined for each professional classification shall be divided by the number of practicing professionals within each classification to determine the individual assessment.

(b) The director shall certify the amount of each assessment to the appropriate licensing board, agency or authority and the board, agency or authority shall levy and collect the assessments annually at the time annual license fees are collected. Assessments collected under this subsection shall be remitted to the director not later than thirty (30) days from the date of collection and paid immediately by the director to the state treasurer for deposit into the malpractice review account.

(c) Monies in the malpractice review account shall be expended by the panel to carry out the purposes of this act.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-615 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-615
§ 9-1-615. Division agents; power and authority of agents
Status: in_force

Each agent of the division has the power and authority of any law enforcement officer in this state.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-24-103 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 24 / Section 9-24-103
§ 9-24-103. Permits; licenses; fees; application
Status: in_force

(a) A sports wagering operator shall possess a permit issued by the commission to accept online sports wagers. No person shall accept online sports wagers without holding a valid permit issued by the commission.

(b) A qualified gaming entity applying for a sports wagering operator permit shall do so on a uniform application furnished by the commission. The fee for both an initial application and renewal application shall be two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00). The application shall require an applicant, at a minimum, to provide:

(i) The full name, current address and contact information of the applicant;

(ii) Disclosure of each person who has control of the applicant as described in subsection (g) of this section;

(iii) The applicant's fingerprints and the fingerprints of individuals identified in subsection (g) of this section considered to have control of an applicant or permit holder;

(iv) Allowance for the commission to obtain fingerprints and to conduct a national criminal history record check of the applicant, each individual disclosed under subsection (g) of this section and each person required to be licensed under subsections (p) and (q) of this section in accordance with procedures established by the commission. This subsection shall not require an applicant or individual who has submitted to a criminal background check in this or any other state within the twelve (12) months before submitting the application to resubmit to another criminal background check provided that the applicant or individual submits the results of the previous criminal background check and affirms that there has been no material change in the criminal history since the time of the criminal background check. The cost of the criminal history record background check shall be paid using a portion of the applicant's application fee;

(v) Other information and permissions as requested by the commission;

(vi) For the applicant and each person disclosed under subsection (g) of this section, a record of previous issuances and denials of any gambling related license or application under Wyoming statutes or in any other jurisdiction in the United States;

(vii) Any additional information required by commission rules.

(c) The commission shall charge a permit fee of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) for an initial sports wagering operator permit. An initial permit and any renewal permit shall each be valid for five (5) years. The commission shall charge a fee of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for a sports wagering operator permit renewal.

(d) A sports wagering vendor shall possess a permit issued by the commission to conduct business in the state. No person shall provide vendor services to a sports wagering operator without holding a valid permit issued by the commission.

(e) The commission shall charge a fee of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) for an initial sports wagering vendor permit. An initial permit and any renewal permit shall each be valid for five (5) years. The commission shall charge a fee of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for a sports wagering vendor permit renewal.

(f) Sports wagering operator fees, sports wagering vendor permit fees and license fees charged pursuant to subsections (c), (e), (p) and (q) of this section shall be deposited in the sports wagering account, which is hereby created. Subject to legislative appropriation, amounts within the account may be used by the commission for all expenses incurred in administering this chapter. On a quarterly basis, the commission shall transfer amounts within the account in excess of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) to the state treasurer for credit to the general fund.

(g) The following persons are considered to have control of a sports wagering operator permit applicant or permit holder:

(i) Each holding company, parent company or subsidiary company of the applicant or permit holder;

(ii) Each person, except for a bank or other licensed lending institution that holds a mortgage or other lien acquired in the ordinary course of business, who owns fifteen percent (15%) or more of a corporate applicant or permit holder and has the ability to:

(A) Control the activities of the corporate applicant or permit holder; or

(B) Elect a majority of the board of directors of that corporate applicant or permit holder.

(iii) Each person associated with a noncorporate applicant or permit holder who directly or indirectly holds a beneficial or proprietary interest in the noncorporate applicant's or permit holder's business operations or who the commission otherwise determines has the ability to control the noncorporate applicant or permit holder;

(iv) Key personnel of an applicant or permit holder, including any executive, employee or agent having the power to exercise ultimate decision making authority over the applicant's or permit holder's sports wagering operations in this state.

(h) The commission shall, not more than ninety (90) days after the date of receipt of an application for a permit or license or application for renewal of a permit or license under this section, either:

(i) Issue the permit or license; or

(ii) Deny the application based on the grounds that the applicant failed to qualify as provided by subsection (j) of this section.

(j) The commission shall deny an application under this article upon finding any of the following:

(i) The applicant or permit holder has been convicted of, forfeited bail on or pleaded guilty to:

(A) A crime involving theft, dishonesty or fraud;

(B) Bribery or unlawfully influencing a public official;

(C) A felony crime involving physical harm to a person; or

(D) Any other crime identified by rule of the commission that negatively impacts the applicant's credibility or the security, integrity or fairness of online sports wagering.

(ii) The applicant tampered with submitted documentation or concealed, failed to disclose or otherwise attempted to mislead the commission with respect to any material fact contained in the application or contained in any other information required of or submitted by an applicant to the commission;

(iii) The applicant, license holder or permit holder failed or refused to cooperate in the investigation of a crime related to gambling, corruption of a public official or any organized criminal activity;

(iv) The applicant, license holder or permit holder has intentionally not disclosed the existence or identity of other persons who have control of the applicant or permit holder as required by this section;

(v) The applicant, license holder or permit holder has had a permit or license revoked by any government authority responsible for the regulation of sports wagering;

(vi) The applicant, license holder or permit holder has not demonstrated financial responsibility sufficient to adequately meet the requirements of this chapter, as specified by rule of the commission; or

(vii) The applicant, license holder or permit holder has not met the requirements of this section, any other provision of this chapter, commission rules or any applicable federal laws.

(k) Given a sufficient number of applicants, at any one (1) time the commission shall issue not less than five (5) sports wagering operator permits to applicants that satisfy the requirements under this chapter. If an insufficient number of applicants apply for a sports wagering operator permit, this provision shall not be interpreted to direct the commission to issue a permit to an unqualified applicant.

(m) The commission shall issue a permit to a sports wagering vendor that is currently operating in good standing in a similar role in at least three (3) jurisdictions in the United States under a state regulatory structure and that has paid all required fees under subsection (e) of this section.

(n) Permit holders and license holders under this article shall have an ongoing obligation to disclose in writing any material change in the information provided in the application to the commission, including:

(i) Changes to names and contact information;

(ii) Arrests, convictions, guilty pleas, disciplinary actions or license denials in Wyoming or any other jurisdiction;

(iii) Any civil action brought against the permit holder or license holder; and

(iv) Any other information specified by rule of the commission.

(o) If the commission denies an application or intends to revoke or suspend a permit or license issued under this article, it shall notify the applicant, licensee or permittee in writing, stating the grounds for denial, revocation or suspension and informing the person of a right to submit, within not more than thirty (30) days, any additional documentation relating to the grounds for denial, revocation or suspension. Upon receiving any additional documentation, the commission shall reconsider its decision and inform the applicant of its decision within not more than twenty (20) days of the submission of information for reconsideration. A denial of an application or a revocation or suspension of a permit or license under this article shall be subject to the contested case procedures of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.

(p) Key personnel of an applicant, license holder or permit holder who may exercise ultimate decision making authority over the applicant's, permit holder's or license holder's online sports wagering operations in this state shall be licensed by the commission. The commission shall charge a fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for an initial license and renewal application under this subsection. An initial license and any renewal license issued under this subsection shall each be valid for five (5) years.

(q) Any employee of an applicant, license holder or permit holder who is not subject to licensure under subsection (p) of this section and who is authorized to change and is capable of changing play or outcome of wagers through the deployment of code to production for any critical component of the applicant's, permit holder's or license holder's mobile application or digital platform in this state shall be licensed by the commission. The commission shall charge a fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for an initial license and renewal application under this subsection. An initial license and any renewal license issued under this subsection shall each be valid for five (5) years.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-13-104 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 13 / Section 9-13-104
§ 9-13-104. Nepotism
Status: in_force

(a) No public official, public member or public employee shall advocate or cause the employment, appointment, promotion, transfer or advancement of a family member to an office or position of the state, a county, municipality or a school district. A public official, public member or public employee shall not supervise or manage a family member who is in an office or position of the state, a county, municipality or school district.

(b) A public official, public member or public employee, acting in his official capacity, shall not participate in his official responsibility or capacity regarding a matter relating to the employment or discipline of a family member.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-509 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-509
§ 9-1-509. Duty of county and district attorneys
Status: in_force

When requested by the director of the state department of audit, the county and prosecuting or district attorney shall aid in any investigation or matter, give legal advice, and prosecute criminal cases.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-308 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-308
§ 9-1-308. Powers and duties; refusal to file documents; cease and desist orders
Status: in_force

(a) The secretary of state may refuse to accept documents for filing pursuant to title 17 or title 34 of Wyoming statutes for up to five (5) years from any person or any entity if that person or entity:

(i) Has filed any document with the secretary of state pursuant to title 17 or title 34 of Wyoming statutes that contained any statement which was fraudulent with respect to any material fact;

(ii) Makes or uses any false writing or document knowing it to contain any materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or entry; or

(iii) Is the subject of, an agent of or acting on behalf of the subject of any order of the secretary of state or any similar order issued in another jurisdiction.

(b) The secretary of state may issue a cease and desist order to any person or entity engaging in any practice described in paragraphs (a)(i) and (ii) of this section or any person or entity qualifying under paragraph (a)(iii) of this section.

(c) Upon issuance of a cease and desist order under subsection (b) of this section, the secretary of state shall serve upon the person affected by the order, by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the person's last known address, an order specifically stating the acts complained of and requiring the person to immediately cease and desist from the act, methods or practices stated.

(d) Any refusal to accept documents under subsection (a) of this section and any cease and desist order issued under subsection (b) of this section shall be in writing provided to the person affected by the refusal or order. The writing shall include a statement of the basis for the refusal or order and shall constitute a final order of the secretary of state.

(e) Any refusal to accept documents under subsection (a) of this section and any order issued under subsection (b) of this section is subject to the notice and appeal provisions of W.S. 17-4-609 .
Wyo. Stat. § 9-19-204 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 19 / Section 9-19-204
§ 9-19-204. Compensatory mitigation; fees; accounts
Status: in_force

(a) The board of land commissioners may create an account exclusively for each mitigation credit provider. The board may accept funds for deposit into each account as part of the financial assurances required under rules adopted by the board of land commissioners pursuant to W.S. 9-19-203(b) . The board shall manage the expenditure of funds within each account. Funds within each account shall be invested by the state treasurer as authorized under W.S. 9-4-715(a) , (d) and (e) .

(b) The board shall collect a fee of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) from each mitigation credit provider for creating an account as provided by subsection (a) of this section. An account established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to an annual fee of one percent (1%) of the account's balance for the annual administration, operation, reporting and accounting of the account. The board shall assess and collect the annual fee on the date set by rule during each year in which the account is in existence. The board shall collect the annual fee by deducting it from the balance of the account.

(c) Each mitigation credit provider shall pay supervisory fees to the board of land commissioners as set forth in the rules and regulations of the board. The supervisory fees shall provide for the costs of audit and other supervisory actions of a mitigation credit provider approved under this act. The fees shall be established by rule of the board and shall be adjusted to assure consistency with the cost of audits.

(d) Fees collected under this section shall be credited to the mitigation credit fund which is hereby created. Funds within the mitigation credit fund are continuously appropriated to the department and shall only be used for purposes of this article.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-12-1311 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-1311
§ 9-12-1311. Registration requirements
Status: in_force

Each investment by a participating investor for which a tax credit is awarded under this article shall be registered or specifically exempt from registration in accordance with applicable state or federal law.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-3002 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-3002
§ 9-2-3002. Department divisions
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall consist of the following divisions:

(i) State construction management division;

(ii) School facilities division;

(iii) Operations division.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-4-1301 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-4-1301
§ 9-4-1301. Short title
Status: in_force

This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Wyoming Legal Tender Act.”
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-126 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-126
§ 9-2-126. Client treatment records; research; access; disclosure; penalties
Status: in_force

(a) The department may authorize or provide access to or provide copies of an individually identifiable record for research purposes if informed written consent for the disclosure has been given to the department by the person to whom the record pertains or, in the case of minors and legally incompetent adults, the person's legal representative.

(b) The department may authorize or provide access to or provide copies of an individually identifiable record it has in its control or the registration or treatment records of a treatment facility for research purposes without the informed consent of the person to whom the record pertains or the person's legally authorized representative, only if:

(i) The department adopts research review and approval rules including, but not limited to, the requirement that the research organization appoints a standing human research review board competent to review research proposals as to ethical and scientific soundness and the review board determines that the disclosure request has scientific merit and is of importance in terms of the agency's program concerns, that the research purposes cannot be reasonably accomplished without disclosure of the information in individually identifiable form and without waiver of the informed consent of the person to whom the record pertains or the person's legal representative, that disclosure risks have been minimized, and that remaining risks are outweighed by anticipated health, safety or scientific benefits;

(ii) The disclosure does not violate federal law or regulations; and

(iii) The department negotiates with the research organization receiving the records or record information a written and legally binding confidentiality agreement prior to disclosure. The agreement shall:

(A) Establish specific safeguards to assure the continued confidentiality and security of individually identifiable records or record information;

(B) Ensure that the research organization will report or publish research findings and conclusions in a manner that does not permit identification of the person whose record was used for the research. Final research reports or publications shall not include photographs or other visual representations contained in personal records;

(C) Establish that the research professional will destroy the individual identifiers associated with the records or record information as soon as the purposes of the research project have been accomplished and notify the department to this effect in writing;

(D) Prohibit any subsequent disclosure of the records or record information in individually identifiable form except as provided in subsection (c) of this section; and

(E) Provide for the signature of the research professional, of any of the research professional's team members who require access to the information in identified form, and of the department official authorized to approve disclosure of identifiable records or record information for research purposes.

(c) No research professional who has established an individually identifiable research record from record information pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, or who has established a research record from data or information voluntarily provided by a treatment facility under a written confidentiality assurance for the explicit purpose of research, may disclose the record in individually identifiable form unless:

(i) The person to whom the research record pertains or the person's legal representative has given prior informed written consent for the disclosure;

(ii) The research organization reasonably believes that disclosure will prevent or minimize injury to a person and the disclosure is limited to information necessary to protect the person who has been or may be injured, and the research organization reports the disclosure only to the person involved or the person's guardian, the person's physician and the department;

(iii) The research record is disclosed in individually identifiable form for the purposes of auditing or evaluating a research program and:

(A) The audit or evaluation is authorized or required by federal or state law or regulation or is based upon an explicit provision in a research contract, grant or other written research agreement; and

(B) No subsequent disclosure of the research record in individually identifiable form will be made by the auditor or evaluator except as provided in this section; or

(iv) The research record is furnished in compliance with a search warrant or court order, provided that:

(A) The court issues the search warrant or judicial subpoena concerning the research record solely for the purpose of facilitating inquiry into an alleged violation of law by the research organization using the record for a research purpose or by the agency; and

(B) Any research record obtained pursuant to this paragraph and any information directly or indirectly derived from the research record shall remain confidential to the extent possible and shall not be used as evidence in an administrative or judicial proceeding except against the research organization using the record for a research purpose or against the department.

(d) Unauthorized disclosure, whether willful or negligent, by a research organization that has obtained an individually identifiable record or record information from the department or a treatment facility pursuant to subsection (b) of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both. All fines and penalties collected under this section shall be paid to the state treasurer and credited as provided in W.S. 8-1-109 . A patient, or in the case of a minor or legally incompetent person, the person's legal representative, may maintain a civil action for damages for unauthorized disclosure of protected health information against any person or entity making such an unauthorized disclosure.

(e) Nothing in W.S. 9-2-125 or 9-2-126 shall require the department to provide client registration records or client treatment records in a format that is not within the technological capabilities of the department at the time the request is made for such records.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-116 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-116
§ 9-2-116. Legislative findings; purposes
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that a shortage of primary care physicians and allied health providers exists in the state of Wyoming which limits the availability of adequate health care services for the citizens of the state who live in rural areas. The legislature further finds that the number of qualified physicians and allied health care providers can be increased to enhance the provision of rural health care services by the adoption of incentives to attract more primary care physicians and allied health care providers to communities experiencing these shortages. The legislature therefore enacts the Rural Health Care Act of 1993 to create an office of rural health care and to create a loan repayment program to repay education loans of primary care physicians and allied health care providers who practice for specified periods of time in designated communities which are experiencing shortages.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-2604 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-2604
§ 9-2-2604. Workforce development training fund established
Status: in_force

(a) There is established the Wyoming workforce development training fund. The state treasurer shall invest available revenues in the fund in accordance with law, and earnings from those investments shall be credited to the fund. The revenues in the fund are continuously appropriated to the department of workforce services to be expended as provided in this section.

(b) Revenues in the Wyoming workforce development training fund may be expended for the following:

(i) For all administrative costs incurred by:

(A) The department of workforce services associated with establishing, assessing, collecting and maintaining the state unemployment insurance trust fund and assessing and collecting the Wyoming workforce development training fund; and

(B) The department of workforce services associated with maintaining the Wyoming workforce development training fund.

(ii) To fund workforce development programs in the department of workforce services with the approval of the governor;

(iii) To provide workforce development programs designed to train, retrain or upgrade work skills for existing Wyoming workers; and

(iv) To provide training for skills necessary for specific economic development initiatives.

(c) Expenditures from the workforce development training fund for purposes authorized in subsection (b) of this section shall be approved by the director of the department of workforce services based on procedures, criteria and performance measures established by regulations. Notification of expenditures approved under paragraphs (b)(iii) and (iv) of this section and a copy of the training fund application shall be provided to the Wyoming business council. The director of the department of workforce services shall report annually to the governor and the legislature on the expenditures made from the training fund in the preceding fiscal year and the results of the activities funded by the training fund.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-1805 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-1805
§ 9-2-1805. Panel created; compensation; director of panel; appointment and duties; rulemaking
Status: in_force

(a) There is created the Wyoming professional review panel.

(b) The panel shall have a director who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the governor and shall conduct the administrative business of the panel and otherwise implement this act. The director may employ personnel necessary to implement this act. The director shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act to implement this act.

(c) Members of the panel shall receive compensation while engaged in the business of the board of forty dollars ($40.00) per hour for any hour during which a hearing or part of a hearing is held. Compensation for travel and other services shall be as provided by rules and regulations promulgated by the director. Compensation to any panel member under this subsection shall not exceed three hundred twenty dollars ($320.00) per day.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-5-301 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-5-301
§ 9-5-301. Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Wyoming Regulatory Takings Act.”
Wyo. Stat. § 9-12-110 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-110
§ 9-12-110. Exemptions from taxation; exceptions
Status: in_force

The exercise of the powers granted by this act constitutes the performance of an essential governmental function. The council shall not be required to pay any taxes levied by any municipality or political subdivision of the state, other than to comply with the Wyoming employment security law and for assessments for local improvements, upon its property or monies. Except as provided herein, the council's monies and the income therefrom, shall be free from taxation of every kind by the state, municipalities and political subdivisions of the state.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-307 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-307
§ 9-1-307. Secretary of state; employment of legal counsel
Status: in_force

The secretary of state may employ legal counsel to review contracts entered into by the secretary of state in his official capacity and to perform other duties assigned by the secretary of state. Nothing in this section prohibits the secretary of state from using the services of the attorney general's office.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-4-217 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-4-217
§ 9-4-217. Uniform state accounting system; uniform statewide payment processing
Status: repealed

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the legislative, the judiciary and each executive branch agency as defined by W.S. 9-2-1002(a)(i) , including the University of Wyoming, the game and fish department and the Wyoming department of transportation, shall use the uniform state accounting system designated by the state auditor.

(b) All state agencies are required to use the uniform state accounting system to account for all revenue, budget and expenditure transactions. Procedures for the use of this system shall be prescribed by the state auditor.

(c) The state auditor shall promulgate reasonable rules and regulations necessary to carry out this section.

(d) The state auditor shall prescribe what accounts shall be kept by each state agency in addition to the uniform state accounting system maintained in the state auditor's office. In prescribing what accounts shall be kept by each state agency, the state auditor shall take care that there shall be no unnecessary duplication.

(e) The state auditor, with assistance from the department of audit, the state budget department, and the state treasurer shall prescribe such internal control procedures for any state agency as he deems necessary to assure assets are properly safeguarded, accounting entries are accurate and reliable, and assets and resources are being utilized consistent with the requirements of the law and duly established managerial policies in an effective, economical and efficient manner.

(f) Repealed by Laws 1999, ch. 22, § 2.

(g) Repealed by Laws 1999, ch. 22, § 2.

(h) The department of enterprise technology services shall contract with a payment processor for uniform statewide payment processing services that each agency shall utilize, except as specifically prohibited by law or as otherwise provided in this subsection, to allow any tax, assessment, license, permit, fee, fine, or other money owing to the state or collectible by the state on behalf of another unit of government to be paid by negotiable paper, or in payment of any bail deposit or other trust deposit. The statewide payment processor contract shall establish a uniform rate or uniform fee for the costs of processing payment transactions for all agencies. If the administrative head of a division within an agency determines that it is not feasible to utilize the statewide payment processor contract, the administrative head may request a waiver from the state chief information officer. If the waiver is granted, the agency may, except as otherwise prohibited by law, contract with a payment processor for the purposes specified in this subsection and as reasonably limited by the waiver. The University of Wyoming, Wyoming community colleges and the judicial and legislative departments of state government may, except as otherwise prohibited by law, contract with a payment processor or utilize the statewide payment processor contract for the purposes specified in this subsection. The acceptance of negotiable paper by the state or any of its agencies under this subsection shall be in accordance with and subject to the same terms and conditions provided by W.S. 18-3-505 . Any fees assessed for processing a payment under this subsection shall be borne by the person tendering payment. Any fees borne by the person tendering payment pursuant to this subsection shall only be used by the collecting agency to pay the processing costs of rendering the payment transaction. The collecting agency shall clearly and conspicuously disclose any debit or credit card fees assessed for processing payment transactions under this subsection at the time the fees are collected, which shall include disclosure on any website used by the agency to accept payments. As used in this subsection:

(i) “Agency” means as defined by W.S. 9-2-1002(a)(i) ;

(ii) “ Negotiable paper ” means money orders, paper arising from the use of a lender credit card as defined in W.S. 40-14-140(a)(ix) , checks and drafts, including, without limitation, sales drafts and checks and drafts signed by a holder of a lender credit card issued by a bank maintaining a revolving loan account as defined in W.S. 40-14-308 , for lender credit card holders.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-12-101 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-101
§ 9-12-101. Short title
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Wyoming Economic Development Act.”
Wyo. Stat. § 9-3-451 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-3-451
§ 9-3-451. Enforcement
Status: in_force

(a) An action may be maintained by:

(i) A public employer, participant, beneficiary or fiduciary for any one (1) or more of the following purposes:

(A) To enjoin an act, practice or omission that violates this act;

(B) For appropriate equitable relief for a breach of trust under W.S. 9-3-443 ;

(C) For other appropriate equitable relief to redress the violation of or to enforce this act; or

(ii) The retirement system to enjoin any violation of W.S. 9-3-447 .

(b) In an action under this section by a participant, beneficiary or fiduciary, the court may award reasonable attorney fees and costs to either party.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-406 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-406
§ 9-2-406. Director; management of public records
Status: in_force

(a) The director shall properly manage and safely keep all public records in his custody, and administer the state archives. He shall:

(i) Manage the archives of the state;

(ii) Centralize the archives of the state to make them available for reference and scholarship and to insure their proper preservation;

(iii) Inspect, inventory, catalog and arrange retention and transfer schedules on all record files of all state departments and other agencies of state government;

(iv) Maintain and secure all state public records and establish safeguards against unauthorized removal or destruction;

(v) Establish and operate state record centers for preserving, servicing, screening and protecting all state public records which must be preserved temporarily or permanently, but which need not be retained in office space and equipment. Centers established and operated pursuant to this paragraph may include one (1) or more digital repositories for temporary or permanent digital records;

(vi) Gather and disseminate to interested agencies information on all phases of records management and current practices, methods, procedures and devices for efficient and economical management of records;

(vii) Establish and operate a state imaging center in which all public records may be scanned or microfilmed. The center shall scan or microfilm public records approved by the head of the office of origin and by the director. All state departments, agencies and political subdivisions thereof shall consult with the director prior to scanning or microfilming within the departments, agencies or political subdivisions and shall comply with the standards for all scanning and microfilming which shall be established by the state archives. The center may scan or microfilm records which are required to be kept a specified length of time or permanently, or to be destroyed by specific methods or under specific supervision. When records are scanned or microfilmed, the reproductions may be substituted for the original documents and retained in lieu of the original documents and the original documents may be destroyed. One (1) copy shall be made and sent to the director whenever any process is used to reproduce public records scheduled for permanent retention with the intent of disposing of the original or copies of the original;

(viii) Maintain necessary facilities for the review of records approved for destruction and their economical disposition by any method approved by the records committee, and supervise the destruction of public records.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-1210 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-1210
§ 9-2-1210. Wyoming senior services board created
Status: in_force

There is created the Wyoming senior services board. The board shall consult with the division on aging to determine the award of grants under W.S. 9-2-1214 .
Wyo. Stat. § 9-3-618 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-3-618
§ 9-3-618. Disposition of funds; designated custodian of monies
Status: in_force

Funds accruing to the retirement program under this article shall be commingled with all money on deposit with the state treasurer in the Wyoming retirement account. The board may designate the state treasurer or a custodial bank approved by the state treasurer as the custodian of the monies and shall administer them in accordance with W.S. 9-3-424 .
Wyo. Stat. § 9-3-505 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-3-505
§ 9-3-505. Duties of Wyoming retirement board
Status: repealed

(a) The board shall:

(i) Invest compensation deferred pursuant to this article;

(ii) Select providers and review and evaluate provider contracts and provider investment plans;

(iii) Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 10, § 2, eff. July 1, 2015.

(iv) Establish policy governing overall operation of the program.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-12-108 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-108
§ 9-12-108. Coordination of business permits
Status: in_force

(a) The council shall:

(i) Compile information on the federal, state and local requirements necessary to begin and operate a business in Wyoming and make this information available to the public on request;

(ii) Develop application procedures to expedite the state licensing and permitting process;

(iii) Assist prospective businesses in obtaining the necessary federal, state and local permits and licenses;

(iv) Encourage and facilitate the participation of federal, state and local government agencies in permit and license coordination;

(v) Review permit requirements and the value to the state of these permits and prepare recommendations for changes for submission to the appropriate agency, the governor and the legislature.

(b) The council may request assistance from any state agency to carry out its duties under this section. State agencies shall cooperate with the request for assistance.

(c) The Wyoming business council shall prepare and present to the economically needed diversity options for Wyoming (ENDOW) executive council a proposal under which the business council, by exercising the duties and authority provided in this section, will assist businesses within the state in priority economic sectors identified in the approved twenty (20) year comprehensive economic diversification strategy under W.S. 9-12-1402(a)(iv) in obtaining necessary state, local and federal permits and licenses. The business council shall consult with businesses within Wyoming to identify specific federal, state and local regulations which unduly impede or delay permitting and licensing in the state and shall identify those regulations recommended for review by the entity with jurisdiction to eliminate unnecessary provisions. The business council proposals shall be submitted to the ENDOW executive council not later than July 1, 2018. The ENDOW executive council shall include recommendations for implementation of the business council proposals in its twenty (20) year comprehensive economic diversification strategy plan submitted pursuant to W.S. 9-12-1402(a)(iv) and in its first action plan under W.S. 9-12-1402(a)(v) .
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-506 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-506
§ 9-1-506. Authority to issue subpoenas and administer oaths
Status: in_force

In the performance of his duties, the director of the state department of audit may issue subpoenas, administer oaths and enforce obedience of subpoenas and oaths in the same manner as courts of law in this state.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-1810 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-1810
§ 9-2-1810. Panel deliberations and decision; decision not binding
Status: in_force

(a) Upon consideration of all the relevant material, the panel shall determine whether there is:

(i) Substantial evidence that the acts complained of occurred and that they constitute malpractice; and

(ii) A reasonable probability that the claimant was injured as a result of the acts complained of.

(b) The deliberations of the panel are confidential. All votes of the panel on the questions for discussion shall be by secret ballot. The decision shall be by a majority vote of the panel and shall be signed by the chairman.

(c) The decision shall be in writing and forwarded to the director who shall serve copies on the parties. A copy of the decision shall be sent to the professional's state licensing board, if any.

(d) The panel's decision is not binding upon any party. The panel may by stipulation of the parties recommend an award.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-16-103 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 16 / Section 9-16-103
§ 9-16-103. Energy impacted county roads program account
Status: in_force

(a) There is created the energy impacted county roads program account within the office of the treasurer. Funds in the account shall be continually distributed to energy impacted counties to further the purposes of the program at the direction of the board. Funds shall not revert to the general fund until directed by the legislature.

(b) The board shall include within its biennial budget request submitted under W.S. 9-2-1013 a report of the grants awarded and the progress of the program created under this act for each of the immediately preceding two (2) fiscal years.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-3211 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-3211
§ 9-2-3211. State librarian; appointment; qualifications; filing of state publications; deposit of designated documents; exchange of session laws
Status: repealed

(a) A state librarian shall be appointed by the director of the department of administration and information and shall serve as the administrator of the state library division of the department. The state librarian shall have:

(i) Completed the required courses in a recognized or accredited library school or shall have educational and library administrative experience required by the human resources division of the department;

(ii) Charge and custody of all materials belonging to the state library.

(b) With the approval of the director, the state librarian may employ within the state library division necessary deputies, assistants and employees and shall:

(i) Develop a budget for the state library and control the expenditures of funds appropriated for and received by the library;

(ii) Accept gifts or grants of any nature for the purpose of carrying on the work of the state library division;

(iii) Report to the director regarding the receipts, disbursements, work and needs of the state library division;

(iv) Expend or disburse gifts and grants as approved in writing by the director;

(v) Adopt policies and projects to fulfill the purposes of this act regarding the state library division.

(c) For purposes of maintaining a state publications depository system, up to seven (7) copies of each publication issued by a state officer, commission, commissioner or board of a state institution shall be deposited with the state library for distribution as follows:

(i) Three (3) copies to the state library permanent file;

(ii) Two (2) copies to the university library;

(iii) One (1) copy to the library of congress;

(iv) One (1) copy to the council of state governments; and

(v) The total number of copies and distributions may be modified at the discretion of the state librarian.

(d) All officers and persons who receive any books, maps, charts or other documents designed for the use of the state library or the department, shall deposit the same immediately on receipt thereof with either the state librarian or the director.

(e) Repealed by Laws 2005, ch. 210, § 3.

(f) The state librarian shall guide local library agencies participating in any state plan for the expenditure of any federal funds or materials. The state librarian shall assure compliance with the policies and methods of administration under the state plan.

(g) The state librarian is responsible for the extension and development of library services throughout the state and shall supervise and superintend the expenditures of monies provided for library services and federal funds allocated to the state for these purposes.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-3-302 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-3-302
§ 9-3-302. Administration by secretary of Wyoming retirement system; payment of costs
Status: in_force

All administrative matters pertaining to this act shall be administered by the secretary of the Wyoming retirement system. The cost of such services shall be paid in the manner provided by law.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-7-106 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-7-106
§ 9-7-106. Community development authority; additional powers; purchase of mortgages; loans to lenders; funds appropriated for low interest mortgages
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the other powers granted in this act, the authority:

(i) May purchase from mortgage lenders or make commitments to purchase, or take assignments from mortgage lenders of notes and mortgages evidencing loans for the purchase, construction or rehabilitation of residential real property in the state. If the notes and mortgages are financed with bond proceeds, the notes and mortgages shall be insured or guaranteed in whole or in part by governmental or private mortgage insurers, including the fund created by W.S. 9-7-123 , or otherwise secured as provided in the resolution or trust indenture authorizing bonds of the authority;

(ii) May make loans to mortgage lenders which are general obligations of the respective lenders and may establish maturity dates, repayment schedules, provisions for prepayment, the nature, bond, note or other certificate of indebtedness and other provisions consistent with this section which the authority determines are necessary. The authority shall require as a condition of each loan to a mortgage lender that the mortgage lender, on or before a designated date shall have entered into written commitments to make, and shall proceed as promptly as practicable to make and disburse, new mortgages on residential real property in an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount of the loan;

(iii) Shall require that loans to mortgage lenders are additionally secured as to payment of both principal and interest by a pledge of and lien upon collateral security in the amounts the authority by resolution determines to be necessary to assure the payment of the loans and the interest thereon as they become due. Such collateral security shall be determined by the authority and may consist of those obligations described in W.S. 9-7-105(a)(xiv) or mortgages secured by first mortgage liens on residential real property in the state;

(iv) May, in connection with any mortgage loan or loan to a mortgage lender, foreclose on any property on which the authority holds a mortgage loan, or realize upon any collateral pledged as security, or commence any action to protect or enforce any right conferred upon it by any law, mortgage, contract or other agreement, and bid for and purchase such property or collateral at any foreclosure or at any other sale, or acquire or take possession of any such property or collateral. In the event of a proposed or existing foreclosure or sale of collateral the authority may complete, administer, pay the principal of and interest on any obligations in connection with the property, subordinate its interest to other financing, dispose of, and otherwise deal with the property in the manner that may be necessary or desirable to protect the interest of the authority therein;

(v) Shall adopt, modify or repeal rules and regulations governing the making of loans to mortgage lenders, the purchase and sale of mortgage loans and the application of the proceeds thereof, including but not limited to rules and regulations relating to:

(A) Housing, income or other reasonable eligibility standards for persons or families to be financed from mortgage loans purchased from mortgage lenders or from loans to mortgage lenders;

(B) Limitations or restrictions as to the location or other qualifications or characteristics of residences to be financed from the proceeds of the purchases or loans;

(C) Restrictions as to the interest rates on loans made from the proceeds of the purchase of mortgage loans or from loans to mortgage lenders or the return realized therefrom by mortgage lenders;

(D) Requirements as to any commitments by mortgage lenders with respect to the application of the proceeds of the purchase or loan; and

(E) Schedules of any fees and charges necessary to provide for expenses and reserves of the authority.

(vi) May adopt a program or issue bonds to purchase mortgage loans or make loans to mortgage lenders if the authority finds:

(A) That the mortgage lending resources of the mortgage lenders are not sufficient to adequately finance the housing needs of the state; and

(B) That the loan to lenders or mortgage loan purchased will promote better housing in the state.

(vii) May make, purchase from lenders, make commitments to purchase or take assignments from mortgage lenders of notes for home improvement loans, or make loans or commitments to lenders for the purpose of making funds available for home improvement loans. The home improvement loans to lenders shall be secured in a manner the authority determines;

(viii) Shall receive all funds which may be appropriated to it from the state treasury for the purpose of reducing the interest rate on mortgage loans made to low and moderate income persons. The authority shall allocate the lower interest rate mortgages only to persons and families of low and moderate income in need of assistance in obtaining decent, safe and sanitary housing at affordable rates;

(ix) Shall perform other duties consistent with its purpose as authorized by the legislature for the period prescribed by the legislature.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-3-103 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-3-103
§ 9-3-103. Transportation expenses; limitation on longevity or length-of-service allowances
Status: repealed

(a) Any state, county or precinct officer or employee required to travel in the performance of the duties of his office is entitled to receive reimbursement for all actual and necessary transportation expenses incurred as provided by one (1) of the following methods:

(i) If common carrier transportation is used, the actual expense not to exceed economy fare charged the general public is reimbursable. If deluxe accommodations are desired, the amount exceeding economy fare shall be paid personally by the officer or employee. Passenger coupons issued by the transportation company or an official fare receipt shall accompany the claim submitted to the state auditor or the board of county commissioners for audit and payment. With prior approval of the respective executive agency head, the management council or the chief justice of the supreme court, actual expenses in excess of the economy fare may be reimbursed;

(ii) If rented, chartered or contracted vehicle transportation is used, reimbursement is limited to reasonable rates determined by the administrative head of the governmental unit where claim is submitted. The vendor's official receipt for charges shall accompany the claim submitted to the state auditor or board of county commissioners for audit and payment;

(iii) If private vehicle transportation is used, reimbursement shall be as determined by the governor for the state and by the governing body of any other entity, based on a mileage allowance not to exceed the maximum nontaxable rates allowed by the internal revenue service at the time of travel.

(A) through (C) Repealed by Laws 2001, ch. 23, § 2.

(b) At the discretion of the administrative head of the governmental unit in which claim is submitted, reimbursement may be authorized for actual but necessary vehicle parking fees, car wash expenses, toll fees, taxi fares and taxi driver tips.

(c) Before any claim for transportation expenses is paid, the claimant shall present to the state auditor or the board of county commissioners for audit and payment a verified claim made out in separate items properly dated. The value of each item shall be specifically described to the satisfaction of the auditing officer or board to indicate that the expense has been properly incurred for the benefit of the state or county in pursuance of the claimant's official duties.

(d) County commissioners shall at all times receive transportation expense reimbursement when engaged upon official county business. Other officers of the county shall receive transportation expense reimbursement subject to the approval of the board of county commissioners.

(e) No state official or employee shall receive transportation expense reimbursement when traveling from his residence to the place of his employment and return.

(f) A state officer, judge or employee whose salary is fixed by W.S. 9-3-101 or by any other specific act of the legislature shall not receive any additional allowance based on longevity or length of service, or any other compensation, perquisite or allowances whatever except per diem and necessary traveling and moving expenses when otherwise authorized by law. If any officer, judge or employee, or any retired officer, judge or employee, is receiving compensation or retirement benefits on the effective date of this act which include an additional allowance for longevity or length of service previously authorized, those compensation or retirement benefits shall not be immediately reduced or diminished, but that portion of the compensation or retirement benefits being received on the effective date of this act which is attributable to longevity or length of service allowance shall be reduced or disallowed to the extent it is offset by future increases in salary or retirement benefits authorized by act of the legislature. This subsection does not apply to retirement, health insurance or life insurance benefits, but only to compensation received for length of service.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-4-806 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-4-806
§ 9-4-806. Deposit of state money in approved depositories; bank resolution
Status: in_force

(a) Every bank designated as a depository for funds of the state of Wyoming or any political subdivision thereof shall furnish to the treasurer of the state of Wyoming, or treasurer of the appropriate political subdivision, a certified copy of the resolution adopted by its board of directors which shall be in:

(i) A form acceptable to the state treasurer or treasurer of the appropriate political subdivision; or

(ii) Substantially the following form:

“WHEREAS, it is necessary for (name of designated depository) to properly secure the political division or subdivision for all monies deposited in the bank by the Treasurer of the political division or subdivision, hereinafter called the Treasurer; and

WHEREAS, no deposit will be made in the bank by the Treasurer unless the deposit is properly secured, and the giving of proper security is one of the considerations for receiving the deposits; and

WHEREAS, the Treasurer may, when furnished proper security, carry a maximum credit balance with the bank of ․․․․ Dollars; and

WHEREAS, the Treasurer is willing to receive securities designated by laws of Wyoming as legal collateral security as security for the deposit;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of the depository bank that any two of the following named persons, officers of the bank, are authorized and empowered to pledge to the Treasurer of the state or political subdivision securities of this bank which are legal for collateral security for deposit of public funds, and which the Treasurer is willing to accept as collateral security, and in amounts and at the time the Treasurer and bank officers agree upon:

(Bank Officer's Name)

(Title)

“ ” “ ”

“ ” “ ”

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this authority given to the officers of the bank named herein to furnish collateral security to the Treasurer shall be continuing and shall be binding upon the bank until the authority given to the bank officers named herein is revoked or superseded by another resolution of this Board of Directors, verified copy of which shall be delivered by a representative of the bank to the Treasurer or mailed to the Treasurer by registered mail. The right given the officers named herein to pledge security as collateral also includes the right to give additional collateral security and to withdraw such collateral as the Treasurer is willing to surrender and the right to substitute one piece or lot of collateral for another, provided the Treasurer is willing to make such exchange or substitution.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the bank officers named herein are fully authorized and empowered to execute in the name of the bank such collateral pledge agreement in favor of the Treasurer as the Treasurer requires, and any collateral pledge agreement executed or any act done by the bank officers named herein under the authority of this Resolution shall be as binding and effective upon this bank as though authorized by specific Resolution of the Board of Directors of this Bank.”

(b) The certified copy required by subsection (a) of this section shall be provided at the time of the bank's application or within thirty (30) days following the designation by the state board of deposits or proper governing board, as directed by the state treasurer or treasurer of the appropriate political subdivision.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-2302 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-2302
§ 9-2-2302. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

(a) The legislature hereby finds that Wyoming and its people possess a unique cultural heritage. The legislature further finds that there is a need to preserve, promote and enhance that unique cultural heritage for the citizens of the state and the nation and for future generations to understand and appreciate the heritage that makes Wyoming unique among the United States.

(b) It is the purpose of this article to promote, preserve and enhance Wyoming's unique cultural heritage by creating a Wyoming cultural trust fund administered by a trust fund board to coordinate public and private donations and manage the distribution of the investment earnings from the Wyoming cultural trust fund.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-216 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-216
§ 9-1-216. Designation of agency or department to administer federally supported cooperative program
Status: in_force

The governor shall designate and authorize a state agency or department to administer any federally supported cooperative program in this state.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-1302 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-1302
§ 9-2-1302. Definitions
Status: repealed

(a) As used in this act:

(i) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 221, § 3.

(ii) “Department” means the department of health;

(iii) “Director” means the director of the department;

(iv) “Division” means a division or section on aging as designated by the director;

(v) “ Long term care service ” means any service, provided by an assisted living facility, adult day care facility, boarding home, home health agency, hospice, hospital swing bed, nursing care facility, personal care agency or other type of service subject to regulation, certification or licensure by the department, but not including habilitative care;

(vi) “ Older Americans Act ” means the federal Older Americans Act, as amended;

(vii) “ Resident ” means any adult who is receiving a long term care service.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-104 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-104
§ 9-2-104. Allocation, transfer and abolition of powers, duties and functions within department
Status: repealed

(a) The governor may, after consultation with the director of the department and the departmental advisory council:

(i) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 221, § 3.

(ii) Designate the department as the single state agency for the administration of state plans for health and medical services, mental health and developmental disabilities, to administer upon such terms as the governor directs.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-613 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-613
§ 9-1-613. Division agents; appointment; qualifications; continuing education; appointment of persons with specific skills
Status: in_force

(a) The director shall appoint agents who are professional law enforcement officers of honesty, integrity and outstanding ability. Agents shall be adults and shall have at least five (5) years experience in law enforcement including the detection and investigation of criminal activities or shall possess the educational qualifications required by the director after consultation with and approval by the attorney general and the personnel division.

(b) The director shall establish a system of continuing education and training to ensure that agents of the division are informed of developments in criminal investigative techniques, criminal law and the law of criminal procedure.

(c) The director may employ persons possessing specific skills in the areas of forensic science, criminal identification and the gathering, processing, analysis and security of criminal intelligence.

(d) The director may appoint as agents persons possessing specific skills in the area of criminal investigation.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-3-710 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-3-710
§ 9-3-710. Disposition of funds; custodian of monies
Status: in_force

Funds accruing to the account used to fund benefits for the program under this act shall be commingled with all money on deposit with the state treasurer in the Wyoming retirement account. The board may designate the state treasurer as the custodian of the retirement account. Disbursements from the account for purposes as specified in W.S. 9-3-407(c) shall be made upon warrants drawn by the state auditor upon certification by authorized system employees or using an appropriate alternative method approved by the state auditor. All disbursements from the account shall be accounted for in accordance with the uniform state accounting system or in a manner approved by the state auditor or the state treasurer as provided under W.S. 9-4-214 . As used in this section, “ authorized system employees ” means the director and his designees who have authorized signatures on file with the state auditor, “ director ” means the director of the Wyoming retirement system, and “ system ” means the Wyoming retirement system.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-4-814 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-4-814
§ 9-4-814. Sale of collateral
Status: in_force

The state treasurer may sell any or all collateral that may be pledged as security for the deposit of any state funds in any depository under this act, at public or private sale, whenever there shall be a failure or refusal upon the part of any state depository, to pay over the funds, or any part thereof or interest thereon, upon the demand or order of the state treasurer, or his authorized deputy on the state depository. Notice of the sale of collateral given as security for deposits is required only if the state treasurer finds that the collateral is illiquid. If notice is required, it shall be given by publication once each week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in which real estate, in the case of mortgages, or the local governments, in the case of local government bonds, are located. When a sale of collateral is made by the state treasurer, either at public or private sale, and the collateral has been transferred by the chairman and secretary of the board of deposits, the absolute ownership of the collateral shall vest in the purchasers, upon the payment of the purchase money to the state treasurer. Should there be any surplus after paying the amount due the state and expenses of sale, it shall be paid to the state depository which made the pledge of the collateral.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-1012 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-1012
§ 9-2-1012. Duties of the department; transmittal of standard budget and manual; return of completed exception and expanded budgets; submission to governor; disposition of excess general fund appropriations; submission of selected budget information to joint appropriations committee
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall transmit a standard budget and a manual of instruction for the preparation of exception and expanded budgets to entities on or before August 15 of odd numbered years. On or before September 15 of odd numbered years entities shall return the completed exception and expanded budgets.

(b) The director of the department after compiling the requested budget estimates and related information collected from the several agencies of the state shall submit the overall state budget estimate and related information along with their comments and recommendations to the governor no later than November 1 of each budget period.

(c) The governor may, upon examining the budget estimates and requests and after consultation with each agency, approve, disapprove, alter or revise the estimates in accordance with applicable state and federal laws.

(d) The governor through the department may provide for public hearings on any and all agency estimates or requests or other fiscal matters and may require the attendance at such hearings of representatives of the agencies.

(e) In preparing the overall state budget for distribution to the legislature, including any supplemental, budget shortfall or other emergency changes to the budget, the governor shall recommend to the legislature that not less than five percent (5%) of estimated general fund receipts for the next biennial budget period shall be appropriated from the general fund to the budget reserve account within the earmarked fund. This appropriation shall be in addition to any fund balance within the budget reserve account. At the end of each biennial budget period, general fund appropriations for the biennium in excess of expenditures including encumbrances during the biennium, as identified by the state auditor in accordance with the provisions of W.S. 9-2-1008 and 9-4-207 , shall be transferred into the budget reserve account. All funds in the budget reserve account shall be invested by the state treasurer and earnings therefrom shall be credited into the general fund. Appropriations to the account shall not lapse at the end of any fiscal period. Expenditures from the budget reserve account shall be by legislative appropriation only.

(f) In addition to subsection (b) of this section and not later than October 1 of each odd-numbered year, the director of the department shall file with the legislative service office a copy of the base budget, standard budget estimate and accompanying base budget forms required under W.S. 9-2-1011(c) for each entity. The legislative service office shall provide copies of the information filed under this subsection to the joint appropriations committee.

(g) The department of administration and information shall submit to the department and the joint appropriations committee within the time periods specified in subsection (a) of this section its recommendations regarding state employee compensation. The department shall consider those recommendations in developing budgets and submitting recommendations to the governor pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. When distributing the overall state budget to the legislature, the governor shall summarize the manner in which the proposed budget addresses the recommendations of the department of administration and information.

(h) If the governor exercises his authority provided by W.S. 9-2-3207(a)(xi)(F)(VI) to create an at-will employment contract position, the governor shall seek continued authorization for that position by a budget request in the next session of the legislature. If authorization for the at-will employee contract position is not specifically approved in the general appropriations bill, the position shall terminate and shall not be reauthorized in the future without prior legislative approval.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-513 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-513
§ 9-1-513. School finance audits and management studies
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to other duties prescribed under this article, the director of the department of audit shall establish a school finance section within the department to carry out duties prescribed by this section.

(b) The school finance section within the department established under subsection (a) of this section shall:

(i) Conduct periodic audits of each school district pertaining to data required to be submitted to the department of education under law and by rule and regulation of the state superintendent of public instruction for purposes of implementing and operating the “school finance system” as defined under W.S. 21-2-203(a) . Audits under this paragraph shall include audits of systems supporting data collection and shall be performed on each school district at least once within each three (3) year period;

(ii) Conduct management studies of school districts including program evaluations and performance audits, on issues identified by the advisory committee to the department of education, as established under W.S. 21-2-203(d) ;

(iii) Conduct compliance and effectiveness and efficiency audits of the state department of education with respect to data used in the school finance system, implementation and computations under the school finance system and the allocation of funds to school districts through the school finance system;

(iv) Report findings and recommendations to the department of education resulting from audits and studies conducted on school districts pursuant to this subsection, including recommendations for remedies to identified problems and issues and including the identification and quantification of amounts involved in audit report and study findings;

(v) In addition to paragraph (b)(iv) of this section, provide a written report of each audit or study to the school district for which the audit or report was conducted;

(vi) Maintain a written report of each audit and study conducted under this section;

(vii) Establish a process to ensure school districts and the department of education address and resolve any problems identified within audit and report findings and recommendations and establish the determination of the materiality levels for findings;

(viii) Provide an annual report to the legislature on audits and studies conducted by the department under this section and on district and department of education efforts to resolve identified problems within the audits and reports. Reports under this paragraph shall include written responses by the districts and the department of education submitted in accordance with subsection (c) of this section;

(ix) As a part of the requirements under paragraph (i) of this subsection, conduct periodic audits of career and technical education information and computations submitted by districts as necessary for implementation of W.S. 21-13-309(m)(v)(D) and include audit findings in the report to the department of education required under paragraph (iv) of this subsection and the report to the legislature required under paragraph (viii) of this subsection.

(c) School districts and the department of education shall provide access to all data and other information and shall cooperate with the school finance section as necessary to implement this section and to conduct audits and reports required under this section. In addition, each district shall within thirty (30) days following receipt of a copy of the audit or report, file a written response to each audit or report conducted on that district with the department. The state superintendent shall on behalf of the department of education and within thirty (30) days following receipt of a report or audit on the department, file a written response to the report with the department of audit.

(d) The director or his designee shall participate in the advisory committee to the department of education, as required under W.S. 21-2-203(d) .
Wyo. Stat. § 9-12-104 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-104
§ 9-12-104. General powers and duties of the council
Status: repealed

(a) Except as otherwise limited by this act, the council may:

(i) Sue and be sued and procure necessary liability insurance;

(ii) Have a seal;

(iii) Make and execute contracts and other instruments;

(iv) Adopt rules and regulations to implement the programs and functions assigned to the council by this act. Any rule adopted by the council shall be submitted to the management council of the legislature in accordance with W.S. 28-9-101 through 28-9-108 , approved by the governor as provided in W.S. 16-3-103(d) and filed with the secretary of state;

(v) Acquire or contract to acquire by grant, purchase, option or otherwise, real, personal or mixed property or any interest in property, including patents, copyrights, trademarks or any other evidence of protection or exclusivity as to products;

(vi) Own, hold, clear, improve and rehabilitate, and sell, assign, exchange, transfer, convey, lease and mortgage real, personal or mixed property or otherwise dispose of, or encumber the same;

(vii) Grant options to purchase any interest in or asset arising out of an agreement;

(viii) Provide advisory, consultative or educational services, technical assistance and advice to any person in order to carry out the purposes of the council;

(ix) Mortgage or pledge any or all of its revenue, income, or interest in or asset arising out of a venture agreement;

(x) Except as otherwise provided in this act, deposit any funds of the council in any financial institutions located within the state;

(xi) Procure insurance against any loss in connection with its property and other assets and operations in amounts and from insurers it deems desirable;

(xii) Engage the services of consultants on a contract basis for rendering professional, financial and technical assistance and advice, including for studies and investigation likely to lead to business development. The procurement of the professional services of architects, engineers and surveyors shall be in accordance with W.S. 9-23-105(f) through (h) and 9-23-106(g) ;

(xiii) Contract for and accept any gifts or grants or loans of funds or property or financial or other aid in any form from the federal government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or from any other source and pass through or otherwise comply, subject to the provisions of this chapter, with the terms and conditions thereof;

(xiv) Enter into agreements with persons doing business or who will do business in this state for the advancement of financial assistance to those persons for research and the development of specific products, procedures and techniques to be developed and produced in this state conditioned upon contractual assurances that the benefits of increasing or maintaining employment and tax revenues shall remain in and accrue to this state;

(xv) Consent to the modification of the terms of any mortgage, loan or contract to which the council is a party;

(xvi) Organize, conduct, sponsor or cooperate in and assist the conduct of special institutes, conferences and demonstrations relating to the stimulation and formulation of business development;

(xvii) Make investments in projects that have potential to stimulate economic development in the state;

(xviii) Render advice and assistance and to provide services to state agencies, local and regional economic development entities, private firms and other persons providing services or facilities for economic development in Wyoming;

(xix) Do all acts and things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers granted to it by this act or any other act;

(xx) Repealed by Laws 2010, ch. 69, § 204, eff. July 1, 2010.

(xxi) Repealed by Laws 2008, ch. 6, § 2.

(b) The board, consistent with this act, shall develop guidelines for each of the areas specified in subsection (a) of this section relative to definitions, types of grants or loans, level of funding and repayment requirements.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-1213 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-1213
§ 9-2-1213. Division on aging; duties
Status: in_force

(a) The division on aging shall:

(i) Maintain, manage and be responsible for the distribution of the funds appropriated for distribution under W.S. 9-2-1212 and 9-2-1214 ;

(ii) Disburse the funds appropriated in accordance with awards made by the board pursuant to W.S. 9-2-1212 and 9-2-1214 .
Wyo. Stat. § 9-11-101 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-101
§ 9-11-101. Short title
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “State Government Fraud Reduction Act.”
Wyo. Stat. § 9-4-821 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-4-821
§ 9-4-821. Deposits by political subdivisions; security in lieu of surety bonds
Status: repealed

(a) Instead of the bonds provided for in W.S. 9-4-820 , the banks or savings and loan associations receiving on deposit public funds may, as security therefor, furnish to the proper treasurer of any county, municipality, community college districts or school district, any of the following:

(i) United States treasury bills, notes or bonds, including stripped principal or interest obligations of such issuances, or any other obligation or security issued by the United States treasury or any other obligation guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States;

(ii) Bonds, notes, debentures, or any other obligations or securities issued by or guaranteed by any federal government agency or instrumentality, including but not limited to the following to the extent that they remain federal government agencies or instrumentalities, federal national mortgage association, federal home loan bank, federal farm credit bank, federal home loan mortgage corporation and government national mortgage association. All federal agency securities shall be direct issuances of federal agencies or instrumentalities;

(iii) Repealed by Laws 1997, ch. 63, § 2.

(iv) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 124, §§ 1, 2.

(v) Repealed by Laws 1997, ch. 63, § 2.

(vi) Conventional first mortgages of Wyoming real estate at a ratio of one and one-half to one (1.5:1) of the value of public funds secured thereby;

(vii) to (xviii) Repealed by Laws 1997, ch. 63, § 2.

(xix) Bank qualified municipal bonds of this state or of counties, cities, community college districts or school districts of this state or warrants issued by virtue of the laws of this state, or special improvement bonds issued by incorporated cities and towns of the state of Wyoming, at market value;

(xx) to (xxii) Repealed by Laws 1997, ch. 63, § 2.

(xxiii) Bank qualified municipal bonds of any state, county, city, community college district or school district or special improvement bonds issued by incorporated cities and towns of any state, at market value and bearing a rating of one (1) of the three (3) highest investment grades provided by a nationally recognized rating organization.

(b) The pledged securities shall be subject to the approval of the proper governing board. This act as it applies to securities when pledged by state depositories, shall apply as near as may be to such securities when pledged to the treasurer of any county, municipality, community college districts or school district. The director of the state department of audit shall promulgate rules to govern the pledge of real estate mortgages.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-904 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-904
§ 9-1-904. Collection of fees
Status: repealed

(a) The state engineer shall specify by rule and regulation and receive the following nonrefundable fees which shall be collected in advance:

(i) For recording any water right instrument or certificate not otherwise specifically provided for, a reasonable fee not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00) per page;

(ii) For making copies of any document recorded or filed in the state engineer's office, a reasonable fee shall be assessed not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00) per page;

(iii) A reasonable fee not to exceed the amount shown shall accompany applications for appropriations for the direct use of the natural unstored flow of water from any surface water source except groundwater as follows:

(A) If water is to be used only for stock or domestic purposes--fifty dollars ($50.00);

(B) Water used for all other purposes--one hundred dollars ($100.00).

(iv) A reasonable fee not to exceed the amount specified shall accompany applications for the storage of water as follows:

(A) For reservoirs twenty (20) acre-feet or less--fifty dollars ($50.00) each;

(B) For reservoirs greater than twenty (20) acre-feet but less than one hundred (100) acre-feet--one hundred dollars ($100.00) each;

(C) For all other reservoirs--two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) each;

(D) Secondary supply applications--one hundred dollars ($100.00) each;

(E) Reservoir supply ditch applications--one hundred dollars ($100.00) each.

(v) A reasonable fee not to exceed the amount specified shall accompany groundwater applications:

(A) Domestic or stock wells, twenty-five gallons per minute (25 g.p.m.) or less,--fifty dollars (50.00);

(B) Monitor wells--no fee required;

(C) Repealed by Laws 1993, ch. 146, § 4.

(D) All other wells or groundwater developments--one hundred dollars ($100.00).

(vi) A reasonable fee not to exceed the amounts shown shall accompany all safety of dams plan reviews required or submitted in accordance with W.S. 41-3-308 as follows:

(A) For dams more than twenty (20) feet but less than forty (40) feet in height or with a capacity of fifty (50) acre-feet or more but less than one hundred (100) acre-feet--one hundred dollars ($100.00) each;

(B) For dams forty (40) feet in height or more or with a capacity of one hundred (100) acre-feet or more--two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) each.

(vii) Reasonable fees for computer and other technical services related to providing water resources information.

(b) The state engineer shall specify by rule and regulation an amount not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) of the fees collected for each application for a permit under subparagraphs (a)(v)(A) and (D) of this section to be deposited into the account created under W.S. 33-42-116 for wells which require the use of a licensed well driller pursuant to W.S. 33-42-103 .
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-2704 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-2704
§ 9-2-2704. Secure substance abuse treatment
Status: in_force

(a) The department of corrections is authorized to contract with an entity for the provision of secure substance abuse treatment in Wyoming for persons in the custody of the department of corrections subject to the following:

(i) The entity providing the treatment and the facility where it is provided shall be selected in a competitive process following a request for proposals issued by the department of corrections. The proposal selected shall best serve the interests of the state of Wyoming and shall be evaluated by the department of corrections and the department of health on the basis of:

(A) Cost determined by the per diem cost to the state for inmates treated plus other costs incurred by the state;

(B) The quality and appropriateness of the treatment proposed to be provided including the extent to which an effective therapeutic community will be formed within the facility;

(C) The relevant experience of the entity providing the treatment;

(D) The security of the facility;

(E) The location of the proposed facility and the compliance of the location with local zoning and land use planning;

(F) The speed with which the proposed facility can be made available for use;

(G) Arrangements for transporting prisoners to and from the facility; and

(H) Any other factors the department of corrections deems relevant as determined by rules adopted by the department of corrections.

(ii) The contract shall be for a period specified in the contract which shall not exceed ten (10) years;

(iii) The contract shall state that the department of corrections may terminate the contract due to:

(A) Unsatisfactory performance by the entity;

(B) For breach of contract; or

(C) Failure of the department of corrections to receive an adequate appropriation.

(iv) After an initial period specified in the contract the entity may terminate the contract for failure to receive an adequate reimbursement for the services provided. The contract shall contain a mechanism for negotiating an increase in reimbursement due to inflation in costs or changes in programming, but the increase shall be subject to the availability of appropriations;

(v) The contract shall provide that the entity has the right to return to the department of corrections at an institution identified by the department any inmate who:

(A) Poses an undue danger to other inmates or the staff;

(B) Fails to obey the rules of the program; or

(C) Is unwilling or unable to participate in the treatment program or does not make a good faith effort to progress in the treatment program.

(b) The initial facility shall be for one hundred (100) beds to be contracted by the state of Wyoming. The facility may, with the consent of the department of corrections, have other beds for inmates from other governmental jurisdictions.

(c) The department of corrections may subsequently make a long term contract for additional treatment beds at the initial or additional facilities provided the additional treatment beds are specifically authorized in an enacted general appropriations bill. The department of corrections may enter into contracts of less than two (2) years for additional beds within a facility.

(d) Unless delayed for good cause, the department of corrections shall issue the request for proposal authorized by subsection (a) of this section within ninety (90) days of the effective date of this act and shall seek to have a facility in place in operation during the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2003.

(e) The department of corrections may assign any inmate in its custody to a secure treatment facility up to the capacity provided by the contract. Assignment to the facility is at the discretion of the department of corrections and is not the right of any inmate.

(f) The provisions of W.S 7-22-101 through 7-22-115 do not apply to a secure substance abuse treatment facility created under this section except that the following provisions shall apply:

(i) W.S. 7-22-105 to the extent that American correctional association standards are appropriate for the secure substance abuse facility;

(ii) W.S. 7-22-106 ;

(iii) W.S. 7-22-107 ;

(iv) W.S. 7-22-109 ;

(v) W.S. 7-22-110 ;

(vi) W.S. 7-22-112(a)(iv) through (ix) .
Wyo. Stat. § 9-5-302 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-5-302
§ 9-5-302. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this act:

(i) “Constitutional implications” means the unconstitutional taking of private property as determined by the attorney general in light of current case law;

(ii) “Government agency” means the state of Wyoming and any officer, agency, board, commission, department or similar body of the executive branch of state government;

(iii) “Governmental action” or “action”:

(A) Means:

(I) Proposed rules by a state agency that if adopted and enforced may limit the use of private property;

(II) Required dedications or exactions from owners of private property by a state agency.

(B) Does not include:

(I) Activity in which the power of eminent domain is exercised formally;

(II) Repealing rules discontinuing governmental programs or amending rules in a manner that lessens interference with the use of private property;

(III) Law enforcement activity involving seizure or forfeiture of private property for violations of law or as evidence in criminal proceedings;

(IV) Orders that are authorized by statute, that are issued by a state agency or a court of law and that were the result of a violation of state law;

(V) Actions necessary to maintain or protect public health and safety.

(iv) “Private property” means property protected by amendments V and XIV of the constitution of the United States or article 1, section 33 of the constitution of the state of Wyoming ;

(v) “Taking” means an uncompensated taking of private property in violation of the state or federal constitution;

(vi) “This act” means W.S. 9-5-301 through 9-5-305 .
Wyo. Stat. § 9-12-1307 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-1307
§ 9-12-1307. Requirements for continuance of certification
Status: in_force

(a) To maintain certification under this article, a Wyoming small business investment company shall make qualified investments as follows:

(i) Within two (2) years after the allocation date, a Wyoming small business investment company shall invest an amount equal to at least twenty-five percent (25%) of its designated capital in qualified investments; and

(ii) Within four (4) years after the allocation date, a Wyoming small business investment company shall invest an amount equal to at least fifty percent (50%) of its designated capital in qualified investments.

(b) Before making a proposed qualified investment in a specific business, a Wyoming small business investment company shall request from the council a written determination that the proposed investment is a qualified investment in a qualified business. The council shall notify a Wyoming small business investment company within ten (10) business days from the receipt of a request of its determination and an explanation thereof. If the council does not notify the Wyoming small business investment company of its determination within ten (10) business days, the proposed investment is deemed to be a qualified investment in a qualified business.

(c) Any designated capital not invested in qualified investments by a Wyoming small business investment company shall be held or invested in such manner as the Wyoming small business investment company, in its discretion, deems appropriate.

(d) Designated capital and proceeds of designated capital returned to a Wyoming small business investment company after being originally invested in qualified investments may be invested again in qualified investments and such investment shall be considered under the requirements of subsections (a), (e) and (f) of this section for the purposes of making investments of designated capital in qualified investments.

(e) If, within six (6) years after its allocation date, a Wyoming small business investment company has not invested at least seventy percent (70%) of its designated capital in qualified investments, neither the Wyoming small business investment company nor its affiliates shall be permitted to receive management fees.

(f) If, within eight (8) years after its allocation date, a Wyoming small business investment company has not invested one hundred percent (100%) of its designated capital in qualified investments, neither the Wyoming small business investment company nor its affiliates shall be permitted to receive management fees.

(g) A Wyoming small business investment company shall not invest more than twenty percent (20%) of its designated capital in any one (1) qualified business without the specific approval of the council.

(h) For purposes of calculating the investment percentages in this section, the cumulative amount of all qualified investments made by a Wyoming small business investment company from the allocation date shall be considered.

(j) A Wyoming small business investment company may, at any time but not more than once every two (2) years, request that the council determine if the Wyoming small business investment company is in compliance with the requirements of this section. Upon a request under this subsection, the council shall, not later than sixty (60) days after receipt of a request under this subsection, certify that the Wyoming small business investment company has satisfied the requirements of this section as of the date of the request or provide notice of noncompliance and an explanation of the deficiencies. If the council does not provide such notification within the sixty (60) day period, the Wyoming small business investment company shall be deemed to have met the applicable requirements of this section as of the date of the request.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-103 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-103
§ 9-2-103. Division administrators; appointment; qualifications; duties; salaries, tenure and removal generally; necessary personnel
Status: repealed

(a) The director shall appoint a separate administrator for the divisions of the department of health and he may discharge the administrators as provided in W.S. 9-2-1706(c)(ii) . Appointments under this subsection shall be subject to the following:

(i) The administrator for a division dealing primarily with public health shall:

(A) Have theoretical knowledge and practical and managerial skill and experience which fits him for the position, as determined by the director; and

(B) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 20, § 2.

(C) Administer a program for the supervision of volunteer physicians who provide medical care, assistance or medical administrative services without charge for the medical services rendered in an eligible program in compliance with rules and regulations promulgated by the department. To qualify as an eligible program, the medical services shall be provided in any hospital, clinic, health care facility or institution owned or operated by the state, University of Wyoming or any local government. A disclosure statement shall be signed in advance by the recipients informing them of the physician's limited liability under the program.

(ii) Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 59, § 2, eff. Feb. 26, 2015.

(b) Repealed by Laws 1987, ch. 185, § 2.

(c) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 221, § 3.

(d) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 168, § 3, eff. July 1, 2021.

(e) The governor shall appoint a state health officer who shall be licensed in Wyoming as a physician and who shall carry out the statutory duties and any other duties assigned to the state health officer by the director. The state health officer shall:

(i) Serve at the pleasure of the director and governor, either of whom may remove the state health officer;

(ii) Not be assigned to any division within the department;

(iii) Have support staff to carry out the duties assigned to him.