Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-3001 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-3001
§ 9-2-3001. State construction department created; definitions
Status: in_force

(a) There is created the state construction department.

(b) As used in this article:

(i) “ Agency ” means any school district, state office, department, board, council, commission, separate operating agency, institution or other instrumentality or operating unit of the state excluding the University of Wyoming, the Wyoming business council and the Wyoming department of transportation. “Agency” shall include a Wyoming community college if the community college is conducting a capital construction project using state funds that requires approval by the community college commission or authorization by the legislature under W.S. 21-18-205(g) ;

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

(iii) “ Competitive negotiation ” means to negotiate for a contract through a request for proposals process or any other similar competitive selection process;

(iv) “ Department ” means the state construction department;

(v) “ Informalities or irregularities in any bid ” includes:

(A) Ambiguity as to any part of a bid;

(B) A missing unit bid price;

(C) An erasure or change in a unit bid price not initialed in ink by the bidder.

(vi) “ Principal representative ” means the governing board of an agency or its designated representative or, if there is no governing board, the executive head of an agency. When applicable, “principal representative” shall include the University of Wyoming board of trustees or its designated representative;

(vii) “ State procurement website ” means a website that the department designates to host information and notices related to procurement under this article.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-3206 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-3206
§ 9-2-3206. Personnel hearings
Status: repealed

(a) Each personnel appeal hearing shall be conducted by a presiding officer. Pursuant to rules adopted by the administrator of the personnel division, the parties to a personnel appeal shall submit the name of a presiding officer as mutually agreed to. If the parties fail to submit a name within the time allowed, or if that person is, at any time, unable or unwilling to serve, the administrator shall immediately refer the matter to the office of administrative hearings. A hearing officer from the office of administrative hearings may be peremptorily disqualified from acting in a case by the filing of a motion by either party within ten (10) days of receipt of notice of the assignment of that hearing officer. In any matter, a party may exercise the peremptory disqualification only one (1) time and against only one (1) hearing officer. Either party may seek to disqualify any hearing officer for cause as provided in the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure. The presiding officer shall conduct an impartial contested case hearing in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. A state employee serving as a presiding officer shall not receive a fee for his service but shall be considered engaged in the performance of the duties of his position and shall receive his salary and reimbursement for expenses as provided for state employees. If the presiding officer is from the office of administrative hearings, that office shall be paid at the rate established by that office for services of its hearing officers. The fee received by a presiding officer who is not an employee of the state shall be paid at the same rate established by the office of administrative hearings for services of its hearing officers. The expense of the hearing shall be charged to and borne by the state agency in which the complainant was employed. The presiding officer's authority shall be limited to the following:

(i) To conduct hearings in accordance with W.S. 16-3-112(b)(i) through (vii) of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act and the personnel rules of the executive branch of the state;

(ii) To determine if the agency complied with relevant procedural requirements of the personnel rules of the executive branch of the state of Wyoming. Any error or defect in the proceedings which does not affect the substantial rights of either of the parties may be disregarded;

(iii) To determine, based upon the evidence presented at the hearing, whether the agency established facts by a preponderance of the evidence constituting good cause for the personnel action, in which event the action shall be affirmed, or whether the facts established by the agency do not constitute good cause for the personnel action, in which event the action shall be reversed.

(b) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 197, § 2.

(c) The decision of a presiding officer under subsection (a) of this section constitutes the final agency action, but any party, including the state of Wyoming, aggrieved by a decision of a presiding officer may seek judicial review of that decision in the district court pursuant to W.S. 16-3-114 . The district court or supreme court may award reasonable attorney fees and costs to the prevailing party.

(d) Upon reversal of a personnel action, the agency shall retain authority to take other management actions, as recommended by the presiding officer, including less severe personnel action, based upon the facts found at the hearing.

(e) to (h) Repealed by Laws 2022, ch. 55, § 2, eff. July 1, 2022.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-16-102 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 16 / Section 9-16-102
§ 9-16-102. Energy impacted county roads program; creation, rulemaking
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall establish and administer the energy impacted county roads program as provided by this chapter. Applications for a grant under the program shall be made on forms prescribed by and subject to rules promulgated by the board. Grants may be made by the board for energy impacted county road projects.

(b) The board may award grants to stockpile material for energy impacted county roads.

(c) In awarding grants, the board shall consider the following:

(i) Whether the county's total proposed energy impacted road projects exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the average total annual county expenditures for its road and bridge maintenance and construction expenditures for the preceding five (5) years;

(ii) Whether the county has demonstrated that it has pursued alternative methods of funding including cost sharing from private sources;

(iii) That the funds will not supplant existing funding levels from traditional sources.

(d) After review of the applications the board shall as soon as practical notify the counties of its determination. Energy impacted counties shall remain eligible for grants under the program until the county no longer qualifies under subsection (c) of this section.

(e) Each application submitted to the board under the program shall contain only one (1) proposed energy impacted county road project.

(f) No one county may be eligible to receive an amount in excess of forty percent (40%) of the total funds available at the beginning of the state's fiscal year, without unanimous approval of the board.

(g) Upon completion of the projects, the county shall report the expenditures of all funds.

(h) The legislature may define, specify, authorize or limit the counties or areas within the state eligible for this program and the amounts of distribution.

(j) Funds from this appropriation shall not be used to hire more county employees.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-23-101 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 23 / Section 9-23-101
§ 9-23-101. Short title
Status: in_force

This act is known and may be cited as the “Professional Architectural, Engineering and Land Surveying Services Procurement Act”.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-1104 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-1104
§ 9-2-1104. Commission; powers and duties; advisory capacity to promote system development; public meetings; clerical and administrative support
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall:

(i) Work with the state budget department, the department of enterprise technology services, the department of homeland security and the department of transportation in an advisory capacity to promote the development, improvement and efficiency of public safety communications systems in the state;

(ii) Report in writing each year to the governor and the joint transportation, highways and military affairs interim committee concerning any problems related to the installation, operation and maintenance of the system and shall make any recommendations it deems appropriate as a part of the report;

(iii) Submit a plan for statewide system networking to the department of enterprise technology services for inclusion in the statewide telecommunications plan developed pursuant to W.S. 9-2-2906(g) ;

(iv) In cooperation with participating federal agencies, establish and assess user fees upon any federal law enforcement agency electing to use and participate in the system;

(v) Promulgate necessary rules and regulations governing system operation and participation and upon failure to comply with adopted rules and regulations, may suspend system use and participation by any participating and noncomplying public safety agency or private entity;

(vi) Determine the participation of public safety agencies and private entities in the wireless communications network;

(vii) On or before May 31 of each odd numbered year, submit to the governor and the joint transportation, highways and military affairs interim committee a report covering the period beginning July 1 of the following year and ending June 30 in the fourth succeeding year detailing the expected costs of implementing the statewide system networking plan. The report shall include projections of one-time and recurring costs;

(viii) Recommend guidelines and standards for the development, implementation and operation of next generation 911 emergency communications systems and interoperable public safety communications and data systems in the state, including strategies for improving Wyoming's current 911 system. As part of the recommendations developed under this paragraph, the commission may identify short-term and long-term technological and policy solutions that integrate existing legacy communications infrastructure into an interoperable system and may develop and submit recommendations for legislation or other state action to further develop and support next generation 911 operations in Wyoming;

(ix) Promulgate necessary rules and regulations governing next generation 911 system operation and participation.

(b) The commission may hold public meetings throughout the state and may take other appropriate measures to maintain close liaison with regional, county and municipal organizations and agencies involved in the system.

(c) Necessary clerical and administrative support for the commission shall be furnished by the Wyoming department of transportation.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-12-1510 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-1510
§ 9-12-1510. Middle-mile broadband projects
Status: in_force

(a) The council may fund middle-mile broadband projects upon receiving an application as provided under this article. The provisions of this article shall apply to middle-mile broadband projects except as otherwise provided by this section. The council shall not fund middle-mile broadband projects under this article unless:

(i) There is no middle-mile infrastructure or functional equivalent in the proposed geographic broadband service area to be served by the proposed middle-mile broadband project;

(ii) The middle-mile broadband project does not result in any overbuild of middle-mile broadband infrastructure or the functional equivalent;

(iii) The project enables broadband internet providers to provide or improve last-mile broadband internet service for end users or end user devices in unserved areas;

(iv) The broadband provider receiving funding under this article agrees to ensure that access to any infrastructure created or improved by the project is provided to other broadband providers at reasonable rates;

(v) The broadband provider agrees to:

(A) Allow the council to participate in arbitration of determining reasonable rates in the event of unsuccessful negotiations between the funding recipient and another broadband provider for access to the infrastructure; and

(B) Provide to the council upon the council's request any marketing information based on current leases to assist the council in determining reasonable rates for access to the infrastructure for the project funded under this article. Any information provided under this subparagraph shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed by the council.

(b) The council shall promulgate rules for the funding of middle-mile broadband projects as provided by this section.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-213 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-213
§ 9-1-213. Governor's residence
Status: in_force

The state shall furnish a site and buildings which shall be used exclusively for the residence of the governor of the state during his incumbency in office.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-1013 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-1013
§ 9-2-1013. State budget; distribution of copies to legislators; copies and reports of authorizations; interfund loans
Status: repealed

(a) On or before the third Monday in November of the year preceding the year the legislature convenes in budget session, the governor shall distribute to each legislator electronic, or upon request printed, copies of the state budget, covering the next biennial budget period beginning on July 1 of the ensuing year, containing the itemized requests of the agencies for appropriations or other funds, estimated revenues and receipts to the state, and his recommendations and conclusions. The state budget shall include:

(i) Expenditures incurred in the two (2) previous fiscal years and estimates of expenditures for the ensuing two (2) fiscal years;

(ii) Revenues during the two (2) previous fiscal years and estimated receipts for the ensuing two (2) fiscal years;

(iii) The indebtedness and obligations of the state;

(iv) The condition of the various funds and the state treasury as a whole;

(v) A general summary of the economic and social conditions of the state;

(vi) Recommendations relative to state program goals and objectives.

(b) The department shall furnish to the legislative service office copies of all authorizations by the governor pursuant to W.S. 9-2-1005(b) within ten (10) days following the authorization. The legislative service office shall make quarterly reports of all authorizations by the governor to the legislative management council and the joint appropriations committee. The furnishing of copies of authorizations required under this subsection shall be in addition to the notice required by W.S. 9-2-1005(b) .

(c) Preparation of supplemental budgets for presentation in general sessions shall also be made within the time frame of W.S. 9-2-1012 and this section.

(d) In addition to the items contained in subsection (a) of this section and notwithstanding any other recommendations made by the governor, the state budget shall also include the governor's recommendations for appropriations for the ensuing two (2) years, or if a supplemental budget request, the remainder of the budget period, subject to the following:

(i) The state budget shall include the governor's recommendations for a total appropriation from the school foundation program account and based upon recommendations of the select school facilities committee under W.S. 28-11-301 , a total appropriation for school capital construction purposes for both fiscal years;

(ii) The total recommended appropriations under this subsection for any two (2) fiscal year budget period shall not exceed the total estimated revenues for that two (2) year period. The total estimated revenues computed under this paragraph shall not include increases in existing revenue sources which would be available to the state only after enactment of legislation in addition to existing law, but shall include the unencumbered balances in all other accounts in all other expendable funds subject to this section, and as further provided herein, as those funds are identified in accordance with standards promulgated by the governmental accounting standards board, but specifically excluding pension funds, nonexpendable trust funds, debt service funds and intragovernmental funds, that would be available for that budget period. Funds within the permanent Wyoming mineral trust fund reserve account created under W.S. 9-4-719(b) , the common school permanent fund reserve account created under W.S. 9-4-719(f) funds within the legislative stabilization reserve account in excess of the limitation under subparagraph (iii)(C) of this section, or funds within five percent (5%) of estimated general fund receipts for the next biennium to be appropriated to the budget reserve account as required by W.S. 9-2-1012(e) shall not be included in total estimated revenues computed under this paragraph. Funds from a contingent appropriation shall not be included as an estimated source of revenue or funds available unless those funds previously had been authorized to be expended within the fiscal period covering the budget period of the recommendation;

(iii) The total recommended appropriations under this subsection shall not include any of the following:

(A) The diversion of any existing revenue sources which diversion would require enactment of legislation in addition to existing law;

(B) The transfer of funds from an account to another account except transfers from the budget reserve account;

(C) An appropriation from the legislative stabilization reserve account, to the extent the recommended appropriation together with any appropriation under W.S. 9-2-1014.3 , other recommended contingent appropriation or other recommended appropriation from the legislative stabilization reserve account would exceed in any fiscal year five percent (5%) of the balance of that account as of the first day of the fiscal year in which the recommendation is made;

(D) The transfer of funds from any contingent appropriation shall not be included, unless those funds previously had been authorized to be expended within the fiscal period covering the budget period of the recommendation by law other than W.S. 9-2-1014.2 and 9-2-1014.3 and remain unexpended, unencumbered and unobligated. Unencumbered, unobligated funds from a contingent appropriation authorized for one (1) fiscal year under W.S. 9-2-1014.2 or from an appropriation under W.S. 9-2-1014.3 shall lapse at the end of the fiscal year and shall not be included in the recommended appropriations for any subsequent fiscal year.

(iv) As used in this subsection, “appropriations” include specific legislative authorization to expend state revenues contained in a budget bill that is enacted into law, an amount to be expended from an account which does not require additional specific legislative authorization, the transfer of funds from the budget reserve account to another account or a specific statutory distribution of a revenue source;

(v) For each submitted budget the governor shall:

(A) Specify the exercise of any authority under W.S. 9-2-1014.2 in the current fiscal biennium;

(B) Identify any structural budget deficit or budget shortfall he believes exists within the fiscal biennium for which the budget is submitted or will exist within the immediately succeeding fiscal biennium;

(C) Include recommendations for the amount of contingent appropriations which should be made or supplemented for the existing fiscal biennium and each of the two (2) immediately succeeding fiscal biennia. The governor shall not recommend a contingent appropriation from the legislative reserve account which would result in the total of all appropriations, including any appropriation under W.S. 9-2-1014.3 , in any fiscal year exceeding five percent (5%) of the balance of that account as of the first day of the fiscal year in which the recommendation is made.

(vi) Nothing in this subsection prevents the governor from recommending an additional, alternative budget without the limitations specified in this subsection.

(e) Repealed by Laws 2003, ch. 34, § 1.

(f) Except for an interfund loan made under W.S. 21-13-316 , an interfund loan from permanent funds for which an interest rate is not specified by law shall be charged an interest rate equal to the CPI for the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding the effective date of the interfund loan. “ CPI ” means the consumer price index for United States city average, all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted, reported by the bureau of labor statistics of the United States department of labor.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-17-107 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 17 / Section 9-17-107
§ 9-17-107. General powers of corporation
Status: in_force

(a) The corporation shall have any and all powers necessary or convenient to its usefulness in carrying out and effectuating the purposes and provisions of this chapter which are not in conflict with the constitution of this state and which are generally exercised by corporations engaged in entrepreneurial pursuits, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following powers:

(i) To sue and be sued in contract and in tort and to complain and defend in all courts;

(ii) To adopt and alter a seal;

(iii) To adopt, amend and repeal bylaws, regulations and policies and procedures for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business, to elect and prescribe the duties of officers and employees of the corporation and to perform any other matters as the corporation may determine. In the adoption of bylaws, regulations, policies and procedures or in the exercise of any regulatory power, the corporation shall be exempt from the requirements of W.S. 16-3-101 through 16-3-115 ;

(iv) To procure or to provide insurance;

(v) To hold copyrights, trademarks and service marks and enforce its rights with respect thereto;

(vi) To initiate, supervise and administer the operation of the lottery in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and regulations, policies and procedures adopted pursuant thereto and in a manner that maximizes revenues, including revenues to the state and its counties, cities and towns;

(vii) To enter into written agreements with one (1) or more other states or sovereigns for the operation, participation in marketing and promotion of a joint lottery or joint lottery games;

(viii) To conduct market research as is necessary or appropriate, which may include an analysis of the demographic characteristics of the players of each lottery game and an analysis of advertising, promotion, public relations, incentives and other aspects of communication;

(ix) To acquire or lease real property and make improvements thereon and acquire by lease or by purchase personal property, including, but not limited to, computers, mechanical, electronic and on-line equipment and terminals and intangible property, including, but not limited to, computer programs, systems and software;

(x) To enter into contracts to incur debt in its own name and enter into financing agreements with any commercial bank or credit provider;

(xi) To be authorized to administer oaths, take depositions, issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, documents and other evidence relative to any investigation or proceeding conducted by the corporation;

(xii) To appoint and select officers, agents and employees, including professional and administrative staff and personnel, including hearing officers to conduct hearings required by this chapter, and to fix their compensation, pay their expenses and provide a benefit program, including, but not limited to, a retirement plan and a group insurance plan;

(xiii) To select and contract with vendors and retailers;

(xiv) To enter into contracts or agreements with state or local law enforcement agencies for the performance of law enforcement, background investigations and security checks;

(xv) To enter into contracts of any and all types on the terms and conditions the corporation may determine;

(xvi) To establish and maintain banking relationships, including, but not limited to, establishment of checking and savings accounts and lines of credit;

(xvii) To advertise and promote the lottery and lottery games;

(xviii) To act as a retailer, to conduct promotions which involve the dispensing of lottery tickets or shares and to establish and operate a sales facility to sell lottery tickets or shares and any related merchandise; and

(xix) To adopt and amend regulations, policies and procedures as necessary to carry out and implement its powers and duties, organize and operate the corporation, regulate the conduct of lottery games in general and any other matters necessary or desirable for the efficient and effective operation of the lottery or the convenience of the public. The promulgation of these regulations, policies and procedures shall be exempt from the requirements of W.S. 16-3-101 through 16-3-115 .

(b) The powers enumerated in subsection (a) of this section are cumulative of and in addition to those powers enumerated elsewhere in this chapter and do not limit or restrict any other powers of the corporation.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-12-306 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-306
§ 9-12-306. Audit; report
Status: in_force

(a) The director of the state department of audit or his designee shall annually examine the loan program created under this article and submit his report of examination to the governor, the legislature and the council. This examination shall include a financial and compliance audit of the council's operations, and such financial audit of borrowers under this article as the examiner deems appropriate. As a condition of any loan under this article, the borrower shall agree to allow the examiner to examine its books and records. The examiner shall treat all proprietary information received in the course of the examination or audit as confidential.

(b) On or before July 15 of each year, the council shall submit a written report to the joint minerals, business and economic development interim committee reviewing rules adopted by the council during the reporting period, presenting a portfolio of loans made under the program and under W.S. 9-12-308 showing the number of jobs created as a result of loans in the portfolio including whether the jobs are permanent or temporary and presenting a risk analysis of the portfolio of loans prepared by the state banking commissioner. The report, portfolio of loans and risk analysis required under this subsection shall be public records. The risk analysis prepared by the state banking commissioner shall not be subject to the limitations of W.S. 9-1-512 .
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-1705 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-1705
§ 9-2-1705. Authority of governor in reorganization
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in the department reorganization act, with respect to any department created under a department reorganization act, the governor:

(i) Shall appoint the director of the department, with the advice and consent of the senate, and may remove the director as provided in W.S. 9-1-202 ;

(ii) Shall appoint all members of advisory councils associated with the department as specified by law;

(iii) May approve transfers of positions, persons, property and funds appropriated for such positions, persons or property, among divisions within a department created under a reorganization act. Nothing in this paragraph authorizes funds to be expended for any purpose other than that for which the funds were appropriated, except as otherwise specifically provided by law;

(iv) Shall annually report to the joint appropriations interim committee, not later than the first business day of each general or budget session, all transfers approved under paragraph (iii) of this subsection since the adjournment of the general or budget session during the previous year, including a summary of all positions, personnel, property and appropriated funds transferred. Nothing in this paragraph authorizes funds to be expended for any purpose other than that for which the funds were appropriated, except as otherwise specifically provided by law;

(v) Notwithstanding any provision of law, may take any action necessary to prevent the loss of federal funds due solely to the effect of government reorganization.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-612 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-612
§ 9-1-612. Duties of director; deputy directors; appointment; duties; capitol security; security personnel requirements and powers
Status: repealed

(a) The director shall supervise and direct all activities of the division. Subject to the written approval of the attorney general, the director shall prescribe rules and regulations not inconsistent with law to implement this act. The director is responsible to the attorney general for the operation of the division.

(b) With the approval of the attorney general the director may appoint one (1) or more deputy directors who shall perform duties as assigned by the director.

(c) Repealed by Laws 2001, ch. 45, § 2.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-7-108 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-7-108
§ 9-7-108. Community development authority; revenue bonds; amount authorized
Status: repealed

(a) to (c) Repealed by Laws 1997, ch. 64, § 2.

(d) Repealed by Laws 1988, ch. 87, § 3.

(e), (f) Repealed by Laws 1997, ch. 64, § 2.

(g) Repealed by Laws 2000, ch. 41, § 2.

(h) In addition to the bonds presently outstanding, any bonds authorized for care facility projects, bonds that may be issued to refund bonds, and bonds the authority may issue from time to time as private activity bonds exempt from federal income taxation under section 146 of the internal revenue code of 1986 , as amended, the authority may issue and have outstanding additional bonds in an aggregate amount of up to four hundred million dollars ($400,000,000.00).

(j) In addition to the bonds authorized by subsection (h) of this section, the authority may issue and have outstanding additional bonds for care facility projects in an aggregate amount of up to two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000.00).
Wyo. Stat. § 9-3-438 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-3-438
§ 9-3-438. Delegation of functions
Status: in_force

(a) A trustee or administrator may delegate functions that a prudent trustee or administrator acting in a like capacity and familiar with those matters could properly delegate under the circumstances.

(b) The trustee or administrator shall exercise reasonable care, skill and caution in:

(i) Selecting an agent;

(ii) Establishing the scope and terms of the delegation, consistent with the purposes and terms of the retirement program; and

(iii) Periodically reviewing the agent's performance and compliance with the terms of the delegation.

(c) In performing a delegated function, an agent owes a duty to the retirement system and to its participants and beneficiaries to comply with the terms of the delegation and, if a fiduciary, to comply with the duties imposed by W.S. 9-3-439 .

(d) A trustee or administrator who complies with subsections (a) and (b) of this section is not liable to the retirement system or to its participants or beneficiaries for the decisions or actions of the agent to whom the function was delegated.

(e) By accepting the delegation of a function from the trustee or administrator, an agent submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state.

(f) A trustee may limit the authority of an administrator to delegate functions under this section.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-111 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-111
§ 9-2-111. Division of vocational rehabilitation; provision of authorized services; related powers
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the division shall provide the services authorized by this act to eligible individuals with disabilities. The division may:

(i) Cooperate with other departments, agencies and institutions, both public and private, in providing the services authorized by this act to individuals with disabilities;

(ii) Enter into reciprocal agreements with other states to provide for the services authorized by this act to residents of the contracting states;

(iii) Establish and operate rehabilitation facilities and workshops and make grants to public and nonprofit organizations for those purposes;

(iv) Supervise the operation of small businesses established pursuant to this act to be conducted by eligible individuals with disabilities;

(v) Provide training and instruction, including establishing and maintaining research fellowships and traineeships with stipends and allowances, in matters relating to vocational rehabilitation;

(vi) Establish new vending machine sites on any state owned public property, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, in cooperation with the administrator or governing body in charge of the public property;

(vii) Bid out all vending machine sites located on any state owned public property, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section. Vending machines currently located on public property and under a written contract with a specific renewal or termination date will not be affected by this section until the renewal or termination date;

(viii) Enter into contracts with vendors for the installation and operation of vending machine sites on any state owned public property, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section. These contracts shall include a provision for the payment of commissions to the division based on gross revenues from the vending machines. These commissions shall be placed in an account which shall be used for the establishment and administration of small businesses created under this act. The division may assign a portion of the commissions to operators of small businesses created under this act for the maintenance of their income;

(ix) Promulgate rules and regulations to provide:

(A) Definitions to include the terms “contract bid preference,” “small businesses,” “public property” and “vending machine sites”;

(B) Methods for determining the contract bid preference eligibility under W.S. 9-2-115 ;

(C) Methods of recovering the cost of establishing small businesses and maintaining equipment;

(D) Methods for determining the portion of commissions to be assigned to small business operators for the maintenance of their income.

(x) Encourage the establishment of vending machine sites and small businesses on privately owned or controlled property.

(b) The provisions of this act shall not apply to state owned public property included in W.S. 36-8-1001 through 36-8-1002 or state owned public property used to conduct the state fair or the Wyoming pioneer memorial museum under W.S. 11-10-101 through 11-10-114 or the University of Wyoming or Wyoming community colleges.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-2602 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-2602
§ 9-2-2602. Director of department; appointment; removal; duties
Status: in_force

(a) With the advice and consent of the senate the governor shall appoint a director for the department who shall serve under the direction of the governor and who may be removed by the governor as provided in W.S. 9-1-202 . Appointments and terms under this section shall be in accordance with W.S. 28-12-101 through 28-12-103 .

(b) The director shall:

(i) Disburse and administer all federal funds or other monies allotted to the department;

(ii) Prescribe by rule, order or regulation the conditions under which these monies shall be disbursed and administered. Any audit performed shall comply with the requirements of W.S. 9-1-507 ;

(iii) Enter into agreements, not inconsistent with the laws of the state, required as conditions precedent to receiving funds or other assistance. Funds appropriated by the legislature for operation of the department shall be used for the specified purposes only, and the director, in accepting funds from any other source, shall not consent to impairment of the department's statutory responsibilities;

(iv) Hold hearings, administer oaths, subpoena witnesses and take testimony as provided by the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act in all matters relating to the exercise and performance of the powers and duties vested in the department;

(v) With the assistance of the attorney general bring actions in the courts of the state in the name of the department;

(vi) Promulgate reasonable rules and regulations in compliance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act;

(vii) Appoint a separate administrator for each of the divisions of the department of workforce services and may discharge the administrators as provided in W.S. 9-2-1706(c)(ii) ;

(viii) Provide information and guidance to employers and employees regarding workplace injuries as specified under this paragraph. The director shall widely disseminate information about the resources available to employers and employees under this paragraph and shall provide information and guidance regarding:

(A) The rights and responsibilities of employers and employees under the law;

(B) The administrative processes available for resolving workers' compensation claims when an employer and employee are subject to the Worker's Compensation Act;

(C) The completion of forms required under any applicable administrative process;

(D) Available local, state and federal financial assistance, rehabilitation and work placement programs, as well as other social services that the director considers appropriate; and

(E) Available liability insurance or industrial insurance providers offering coverage for self-insured employers.

(ix) Provide information and guidance to the board of trustees in each school district regarding the availability of registered apprenticeship programs, student learner agreements and on-the-job training available to students for pay, school credit or both, including:

(A) The rights and responsibilities of school districts, employers, student learners and student employees participating in apprenticeship programs, student learner agreements or on-the-job training under state and federal law; and

(B) Available local, state and federal financial assistance for placement of students in apprenticeship programs, student learner agreements or on-the-job training programs.

(c) In order that there may be established and maintained in the state of Wyoming a system of public employment offices, in conformity with an act of congress approved June 6, 1933, providing for the establishment of a national employment system and for cooperation with the states of the promotion of the system and for other purposes, the state of Wyoming accepts the provisions of the act of congress and designates the director of the department of workforce services as its agent in whom is vested all powers necessary to cooperate with the United States department of labor in the establishment and maintenance in Wyoming of a system of employment offices under the control of the United States secretary of labor and to do all things which are necessary under the federal act to obtain the benefits which are available to the state under the provisions of the federal act.

(d) Not later than October 2 of each year, the department shall include information regarding optional employers and their classifications in the report required under W.S. 27-14-201(c) .

(e) Not later than October 1 of each year, the department shall report to the joint minerals, business and economic development interim committee and the joint education interim committee on the provision of information to boards of trustees in each school district as required under paragraph (b)(ix) of this section. The report shall include information on efforts each school district has taken to link the program opportunities specified in paragraph (b)(ix) of this section to the provision of school credit to students for completing those program opportunities. Information about available apprenticeships, student learner agreements and on-the-job training opportunities in each school district shall be made available on the school district's website.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-614 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-614
§ 9-1-614. Division agents; administrative and clerical employees
Status: in_force

Subject to the requirements of the personnel division, the director may employ administrative and clerical employees necessary for the efficient operation of the division.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-4-106 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-4-106
§ 9-4-106. Interest on public warrants
Status: in_force

(a) All state, county, school district, town, city or other public warrants issued for any salary, fee or for any public indebtedness, claim or demand which has accrued on any public contract, transaction or liability shall draw interest upon the amount expressed in the warrant from the date of presentation for payment at the treasury or other place at which the warrant may be payable until there are sufficient funds in the treasury for payment. The rate of interest shall be established by the governmental entity based upon market conditions at the time of presentation of the warrant for payment and shall be stated within the warrant. No rate of interest shall be allowed or paid upon a warrant except as established under this section.

(b) Each state or county treasurer or municipal officer authorized to act as treasurer, to whom a warrant is presented for payment and funds in the treasury are insufficient to pay the warrant, shall endorse the words “not paid, for want of funds” and officially sign and date the warrant.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-2019 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-2019
§ 9-2-2019. Department of enterprise technology services created
Status: in_force

As part of the reorganization of Wyoming state government, there is created the department of enterprise technology services consisting of the existing division of information technology within the department of administration and information and the position and office of state chief information officer. The department shall not be subject to a transition period as defined in W.S. 9-2-1703(a)(ix) . A reorganization plan shall not be required of the director.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-7-113 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-7-113
§ 9-7-113. Bonds as legal investments
Status: in_force

The bonds of the authority are legal investments which may be used as collateral for public funds of the state, insurance companies, banks, savings and loan associations, investment companies, trustees and other fiduciaries which may properly and legally invest funds in their control or belonging to them in bonds of the authority.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-12-905 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-905
§ 9-12-905. Wyoming workforce housing infrastructure program account
Status: in_force

(a) There is created the workforce housing infrastructure program account. Funds shall be credited to the account as provided by law. Funds in the account shall be used only upon legislative appropriation for loans authorized to be made under this article. Except for any repayments of principal on loans, all funds including any earned interest in the account shall revert to the general fund on April 1, 2011. Any repayments of principal on loans under this article remaining in the workforce housing infrastructure program account at the end of a biennium shall not lapse and shall not revert as provided in W.S. 9-4-207 but shall remain in the account to implement the purposes of this section.

(b) Interest and repayments of principal on loans under this article shall be redeposited into the workforce housing infrastructure program account.

(c) Accrued interest and other earnings on unexpended funds within the account shall be credited to the workforce housing infrastructure program account.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-12-802 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-802
§ 9-12-802. Community facility qualifications; demonstration of need
Status: in_force

(a) To qualify for a grant or loan under this article, an applicant shall demonstrate:

(i) A commitment by the applicant community to adequately maintain the project facility for which the grant or loan is requested during a reasonable period of time;

(ii) A partnership or other working arrangement or agreement with other local governmental entities to ensure the viability of the project facility over a reasonable period of time;

(iii) The project facility is not otherwise provided in the community or that such a facility exists except that the financing of that facility has not been paid in full;

(iv) The project will not compete with existing governmental organizations or businesses;

(v) The relationship of the project facility to a community economic development plan or to the enhancement of quality of life in the community;

(vi) That all project costs will be funded at the time of receipt of a grant or loan under this article, with funding sources specified within the project application;

(vii) The availability of funds sufficient to maintain the project facility. The project application shall clearly identify maintenance funding sources sufficient to cover maintenance costs for a period of not less than four (4) years;

(viii) Any other criteria developed by the council consistent with the purposes of this article.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-301 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-301
§ 9-1-301. Custodian of state seal
Status: in_force

The secretary of state is the custodian of the great seal of the state.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-2606 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-2606
§ 9-2-2606. Sale of office publications; limitation on charges
Status: in_force

The charges made by the department of workforce services for publications or other duplicated or printed materials, other than the biennial report, which it prepares shall not exceed the cost of materials, printing, duplication, packaging and postage.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-7-107 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-7-107
§ 9-7-107. Community development authority; revenue bonds; issuance
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to W.S. 9-7-108 , the authority may issue bonds in principal amounts the authority determines necessary to provide sufficient funds for achieving any of its purposes, including the payment of interest, the establishment of reserves and for the purpose of defraying all other project and economic development project costs. All bonds issued under this act are negotiable instruments under the laws of the state unless expressly provided to the contrary on the face of the bonds.

(b) All bonds issued by the authority are payable solely out of special funds consisting of all or part of its revenues, receipts, monies and assets, as designated in the proceedings under which the bonds are authorized. The bonds shall bear interest at the rates, be executed and delivered at times and in denominations, be of terms and maturities, be in bearer form or in registered form as to principal and interest or principal alone, and bear manual or facsimile signatures and seals as determined by the authority.

(c) Bonds may be payable in installments and may bear maturities not exceeding forty-five (45) years from the date issued as determined by the authority.

(d) As determined by the authority, bonds and interest may be payable at a time or place whether within or without the state. Bonds may contain other provisions not inconsistent with this act.

(e) Any bonds issued by the authority may contain an option to redeem all or any part as may be specified. The price of redemption, the terms and conditions and the procedure of notice shall be set forth in the proceedings of the authority and may appear on the face of the bonds.

(f) Any bonds of the authority may be sold at, above or below par value, at public or private sale, in a manner and from time to time as determined by the authority. The authority may pay legal fees, expenses, premiums and commissions which it finds necessary or advantageous in connection with the issuance and sale.

(g) Additional bonds for a particular purpose may be issued provided the later issues shall recognize and protect any prior pledge or mortgage made for any prior issue. Bonds may be issued providing that any later issues for the same project or economic development project may be on a parity with the earlier bonds.

(h) The authority may provide for the issuance of its bonds to refund any bonds of the authority then outstanding, including the payment of any redemption premium and any interest or premium accrued or to accrue to, the earliest or subsequent date of redemption, purchase or maturity of the bonds and, if determined advisable by the authority, for the purpose of paying any part of the cost of acquiring, purchasing, constructing, reconstructing or improving any project or economic development project or for making any loan on any project or economic development project. Refunding shall be accomplished in the manner prescribed by W.S. 16-5-101 through 16-5-119 to the extent it is not inconsistent with this act.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-23-105 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 23 / Section 9-23-105
§ 9-23-105. Selection procedures; emergency waiver
Status: repealed

(a) For each proposed project, the principal representative of the agency for which the project is proposed shall evaluate current statements of qualifications and performance data of firms on file with the department or the agency, together with any applications submitted by other qualified firms, and shall select in accordance with subsection (f) of this section not less than three (3) firms considered qualified to perform the required professional services. The agency shall provide a complete description of the work to the firms selected. These firms shall submit an unpriced proposal to do the work.

(b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, for any professional services fee estimated by the agency to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) the principal representative shall interview not less than three (3) firms selected from those which have submitted proposals to do the work. The interview may include discussion of each firm's projections of project costs, qualifications, approaches to the project, ability to furnish required professional services, use of alternative methods for furnishing required professional services and an estimated fee based on the agency's description of the work. The agency shall keep a record of the interview. The estimated fee, if requested by the agency, may be used as a basis, along with the considerations and requirements of subsection (f) of this section for selection by the principal representative of the most qualified firm for contract negotiations. If unsatisfied with the results of such interviews, the principal representative may select not less than three (3) additional firms for interviews as provided by subsection (a) of this section.

(c) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, for any professional services fee estimated by the agency to be fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) or less, the principal representative shall select three (3) firms from which a project specific submittal shall be requested. The information provided by the firm may include an estimated fee and preliminary scope of services based on the agency's description of the work. The estimated fee, if requested by the agency, may be used as a basis along with considerations and requirements of subsection (f) of this section for selection by the principal representative of the most qualified firm for contract negotiations.

(d) Nothing in this section prohibits a principal representative from determining that fewer than three (3) firms with current statements on file or which have submitted applications before selection are qualified to perform the required professional services. If a principal representative makes that determination, subsections (b) and (c) of this section apply with respect to the firms the principal representative considers qualified.

(e) The department, in conjunction with the agencies, shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the selection process provided by this section.

(f) Every agency, the University of Wyoming, each community college district, the Wyoming business council and the Wyoming department of transportation shall base selection of a firm for professional services in accordance with the following:

(i) Except as provided in paragraph (ii) of this subsection and subsection (g) of this section, the agency, the University of Wyoming, each community college district, the Wyoming business council and the Wyoming department of transportation shall select firms that are resident firms as defined by this act. Consideration between firms shall be based upon:

(A) The ability of professional personnel;

(B) Past performance;

(C) Ability to meet time requirements;

(D) Location;

(E) Current and projected work loads;

(F) The volume of work previously awarded to the firm by the agency;

(G) The equitable distribution of contracts among the firms considered qualified.

(ii) Nonresident firms may be selected if no firms on file, together with any applications submitted for the project, are resident firms as defined by this act or if the resident firms are determined not qualified by the agency, the University of Wyoming, the community college district, the Wyoming business council or the Wyoming department of transportation. Consideration of qualified nonresident firms shall be based upon the considerations listed in subparagraphs (i)(A) through (G) of this subsection.

(iii) Repealed by Laws 2020, ch. 30, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2020.

(g) The provisions of this act requiring selection of resident firms shall not apply if:

(i) Any part of the proposed project is to be paid or has the potential to be paid with funds from the federal government or other nonstate source; and

(ii) The federal government or the other nonstate source has applicable requirements concerning residency preferences that are inconsistent with this act.

(h) Whenever an emergency arises requiring professional services, the principal representative of an agency, the University of Wyoming, the community college district, the Wyoming business council and the Wyoming department of transportation may waive any applicable requirement of W.S. 9-23-104 and this section if the requirement endangers the health, welfare or safety of the public.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-20-103 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 20 / Section 9-20-103
§ 9-20-103. Criteria and procedures for contracts
Status: in_force

(a) In determining whether to recommend or approve a contract under this act, the Wyoming business council and state loan and investment board shall consider if:

(i) There are sufficient funds in the account to fully fund the contract and all other outstanding commitments to the account;

(ii) The contract establishes the terms and conditions of the contract as required by this act, including, but not necessarily limited to:

(A) The duration of the contract to provide feedstock minerals, including the end date for the contract;

(B) Criteria to determine proof of performance on the part of the minerals to value added products facility prior to expenditure of funds by the state of Wyoming under the contract;

(C) Tolling fees for the conversion of the state's feedstock to a value added product;

(D) Procedures and mechanisms for the sale of the finished product produced under the contract and the deposit of the proceeds of those sales to the account as provided in W.S. 9-20-104 .

(b) Contracts considered under this act shall be subject to the following procedures:

(i) The proposed contract shall be submitted to the Wyoming business council for review and determination under the process set forth in W.S. 9-12-601 through 9-12-603 ;

(ii) The Wyoming business council's recommendations shall be forwarded to the state loan and investment board for final consideration of the contract.

(c) The Wyoming business council shall only recommend, and the state loan and investment board shall only approve, entering into contracts under this act for minerals to value added products facility projects which meet the following minimum requirements:

(i) Are anticipated to have a beneficial economic impact to the state of Wyoming and provide the following minimum public benefits:

(A) The creation of a substantial expansion of permanent jobs in the county or counties in which the project will be located;

(B) A substantial increase in the assessed valuation of the county or counties in which the projects will be located;

(C) A substantial increase in the sales, property or other tax revenues to the county or counties where the project will be located;

(D) Promotion of a stable, balanced and diversified economy; and

(E) Private investment in the county or counties in buildings, equipment and direct project infrastructure of not less than three (3) times the amount of any contract.

(ii) Provide adequate consideration for the state of Wyoming to enter the contract;

(iii) The feedstock materials supplied under the contract shall have been produced substantially in Wyoming;

(iv) The contract shall not create debt of the state of Wyoming beyond the current year's taxes;

(v) The facility to which the feedstock materials is to be supplied has not previously been supplied with feedstock materials from a contract entered into under the program; and

(vi) The terms of the contract are such that the state of Wyoming is likely to realize a positive return on its investment under the contract.

(d) No contract shall be entered into under this act without the written opinion of the attorney general certifying the legality of the transaction and all documents connected therewith.

(e) The governor, Wyoming business council or state loan and investment board is authorized to employ such experts as necessary to fully evaluate an application and negotiate the terms and conditions of a contract under this act. If experts are retained, the cost for the experts shall be paid by the applicant.

(f) The Wyoming business council may contract with such experts as necessary to assist in the performance of its obligations under any contract entered into, including assistance with feed stock purchases and the sale of value added products.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-23-103 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 23 / Section 9-23-103
§ 9-23-103. General duties
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall:

(i) Develop and maintain approved lists of qualified architects, engineers and land surveyors for selection under this act; and

(ii) Develop and administer notification procedures for obtaining professional services under this act.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-7-112 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-7-112
§ 9-7-112. 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 authority shall not be required to pay any taxes levied by any municipality or political subdivision of the state, other than assessments for local improvements, upon its projects, property or monies. The authority shall not be required to pay state taxes of any kind. Except for estate taxes the authority's projects, property and monies and any bonds issued under this act and the income therefrom, shall be free from taxation of every kind by the state, municipalities and political subdivisions of the state.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-17-104 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 17 / Section 9-17-104
§ 9-17-104. Wyoming lottery corporation created; membership of board of directors; appointment; terms; filling of vacancies; conflict of interests; reimbursement for expenses; officers; quorum
Status: in_force

(a) There is created the Wyoming lottery corporation which is a body politic and corporate operating as an instrumentality of the state of Wyoming, with authority to adopt an official seal and to sue and be sued. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state is not liable for any liability or deficiency of the Wyoming lottery corporation or any debt incurred by the corporation and the full faith and credit of the state of Wyoming shall not be pledged to any debt of the corporation. The sole recourse of any party contracting with the corporation shall be against the corporation and there shall be no cause of action against the state, or any county, municipality or other political subdivision of the state.

(b) The corporation shall be governed by a board of directors composed of nine (9) members appointed by the governor.

(c) Members shall be residents of the state of Wyoming, shall be prominent persons in their businesses or professions, and shall not have been convicted of any felony offense. A background investigation shall be conducted on each potential board member. 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.

(d) Members shall serve terms of four (4) years, except that of the initial members appointed, four (4) members shall be appointed for initial terms of two (2) years and five (5) members shall be appointed for initial terms of four (4) years.

(e) Members of the board shall not have any direct or indirect interest in an undertaking that puts their personal interest in conflict with that of the corporation, including, but not limited to, an interest in a major procurement contract or a participating retailer.

(f) Each member shall only receive compensation from the corporation for each day or part of a day in which engaged in the performance of their official duties at the same salary and per diem provided members of the state legislature under W.S. 28-5-101 and shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. Members shall receive no other compensation from the corporation.

(g) The members shall elect from their membership a chairman and vice chairman. The members shall also elect a secretary and treasurer. The officers shall serve for terms as shall be prescribed by the bylaws of the corporation or until their respective successors are elected and qualified. No member of the board shall hold more than any one (1) office of the corporation, except that the same person may serve as secretary and treasurer.

(h) The board of directors may delegate to any one (1) or more of its members, to the chief executive officer or to any agent or employee of the corporation any powers and duties as it may deem proper.

(j) A majority of members in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business and for the exercise of any power or function of the corporation.

(k) Action may be taken and motions and resolutions adopted by the board at any meeting thereof by the affirmative vote of a majority of present and voting board members.

(m) No vacancy in the membership of the board shall impair the right of the members to exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the board.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-4-405 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-4-405
§ 9-4-405. State district grazing boards; district boundaries
Status: in_force

(a) A state board for each Taylor Grazing Act district established in Wyoming is created to direct and guide the disposition of the range improvement funds under W.S. 9-4-403 of each Taylor Grazing Act district (48 Stat. 1269) in the state. The distribution shall be most beneficial to the permittees from whom the funds are derived and for the counties involved in each district.

(b) Each board shall be known respectively as the Wyoming State Grazing Board of District․․․․ in accordance with the following designations:

(i) Worland district;

(ii) Lander district;

(iii) Rawlins district;

(iv) Rock Springs district;

(v) Pinedale district.

(c) District boundaries shall be substantially the same as boundaries set for the federal grazing districts as constituted prior to the reorganization of the district boundaries as implemented in 1974 by the bureau of land management, according to the map filed in the state department of agriculture.

(d) Each state district board shall consist of not less than five (5) nor more than nine (9) permittees who hold section 3 [ 43 U.S.C. § 315b ], Taylor Grazing Act permits and graze livestock upon the public lands within the grazing district for which the state grazing board is created. Officers and directors of corporations and partners of partnerships, or their designated representatives, who conduct the grazing are qualified to serve on the boards on behalf of the corporation or partnership. The term of each member is three (3) years except as provided for in subsection (e) of this section, beginning on January 1 after his election.

(e) In November of each year, each state district grazing board shall conduct an election to fill any existing vacancies. If any vacancy occurs on a state district grazing board for any reason, the remaining board members shall select a qualified successor to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term.

(f) A duly qualified person elected to serve as a member of a state district grazing board shall assume office after taking an oath for the performance of his duties. The permittees holding section 3 [ 43 U.S.C. § 315b ], Taylor Grazing Act permits to graze livestock on the public lands within the grazing district served by a state district grazing board shall elect the members to serve on that state district grazing board, and each permittee or his designated representative is entitled to one (1) vote.

(g) Each state district grazing board shall appoint a chairman and a nominating committee representative of each geographical area serving on the board, but not including any members of the board, and the committee shall make nominations to fill the expiring positions on the board. Nominations, together with appropriate space for write-in candidates, shall be circulated to the permittees within the district, so that each member may cast his vote for each vacancy on the board. The carryover members of the state district grazing board shall certify the results of the election.

(h) Each state district grazing board shall select its own chairman and secretary from its membership. Employees may be hired by each board. The board shall set the remuneration of each employee and the remuneration shall be considered as administrative expense of the board concerned. The members of each state district grazing board shall receive no compensation but shall be reimbursed under W.S. 9-3-102 and 9-3-103 for travel and per diem expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

(j) Meetings of a state district grazing board may be called at any time by the chairman or a majority of the members of the board. The board shall meet at least twice each year. Each board may adopt its own rules and regulations for the calling and holding of meetings, but a majority of each board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business by the board. Action by each board shall be determined by a majority vote of the members present.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-710 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-710
§ 9-1-710. Qualifications for employment as a correctional officer; termination of employment; certification without compliance with the requirements of this section
Status: in_force

(a) Within fifteen (15) days after the appointment, termination, resignation or death of any correctional officer or certified correctional officer, written notice thereof shall be given to the commission by the employing agency.

(b) A state agency or any other person authorized by law to appoint correctional officers in this state shall not appoint any person as a correctional officer on or after July 1, 2005, who does not meet the following qualifications. The person shall:

(i) Be a United States citizen;

(ii) Be an adult;

(iii) Submit to fingerprinting and a search of local, state and national fingerprint files to determine whether the applicant has a criminal record, with a copy of the responses sent to the commission;

(iv) Not have been convicted of any crime for which the applicant could have been punished by imprisonment in a federal or a state penitentiary, unless his conviction is reversed or annulled or he receives a pardon;

(v) Hold a high school diploma or equivalent achievement, with proof forwarded to the commission;

(vi) Be of good moral character as determined by a background investigation. The hiring agency shall complete a background investigation as defined by the commission of any new applicant for employment as a correctional officer before the applicant may be employed or begin training as a correctional officer;

(vii) Be free of any physical, emotional or mental conditions which might adversely affect the applicant's performance as a correctional officer. Physical condition shall be evaluated by a person licensed to practice medicine and by application of a standardized physical fitness performance test as specified by the hiring agency. Emotional and mental conditions shall be evaluated by a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist;

(viii) Successfully pass an oral interview examination and other preemployment examinations specified by the hiring agency.

(c) A person shall not receive an original appointment as a certified correctional officer or hold an appointment on a permanent basis as a certified correctional officer unless the person has been awarded a certificate by the director attesting to his satisfactory completion of an approved correctional officer basic training program and has demonstrated the core competencies of a correctional officer as defined by the employing agency in cooperation with the commission.

(d) A person shall not be appointed as a correctional officer on a permanent basis on or after July 1, 2006 unless within one (1) year from the date of his original appointment he is awarded a certificate by the director attesting that he satisfactorily completed a commission approved correctional officer's basic training program and has demonstrated the core competencies of a correctional officer as defined by the employing agency in cooperation with the commission. The commission may extend the one (1) year time requirement of this section upon the written application of the correctional officer and his employer. The application shall explain the circumstances which make the extension necessary. Factors which the commission may consider in granting or denying the extension include the illness of a correctional officer or a member of his immediate family or the absence of reasonable access to the basic course. The commission shall not grant an extension exceeding one hundred eighty (180) days.

(e) Every person who is appointed as a part-time correctional officer on or after July 1, 2005, shall forfeit his position unless within two (2) years from the date of his appointment he is awarded a certificate by the director attesting that he satisfactorily completed a commission approved correctional officer basic training program and has demonstrated the core competencies of a correctional officer as defined by the employing agency in cooperation with the commission.

(f) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e) of this section, the commission may, upon the recommendation of the employing agency, waive the basic correctional officer training program and certify those applicants who can pass a written examination provided by the commission and an oral interview attesting to the applicant's ability and core competencies in corrections. The applicant shall prove that he satisfactorily completed a basic correctional officer training program which in the commission's opinion is comparable to that required by this section before waiver is granted.

(g) Any correctional officer attending any school or training program authorized by the commission for the purpose of meeting the requirements of this section shall be paid his wages as a correctional officer by his employer. He shall also receive reimbursement for reasonable expenses as determined by his employer.

(h) A person who is convicted of a felony after his appointment as a correctional officer is ineligible for continued employment as a correctional officer. If the person has been certified under this section, his certification shall be automatically revoked on the date of his conviction. The director shall notify the person and the person's employing agency upon revocation of certification under this subsection as defined by the commission.

(j) In the case of termination of a certified correctional officer, the employing agency shall notify the commission and the officer, in writing, of the termination, setting forth in detail the facts and reasons for the termination. If the officer is terminated for failure to comply with this act, or rules promulgated under it, the notice shall so specify. Any officer who has been terminated may present a written statement to the commission responding to the claims made against him or setting forth the facts and reasons for the termination as he believes them to be, and that statement shall become a permanent part of the file. A potential employer may contact the commission to inquire as to the facts and reasons an officer was terminated from any previous employing agency. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the commission shall, upon request, provide to the potential employer all pertinent information which is in its possession.

(k) Upon receipt from the department of family services of a certified copy of an order from a court to withhold, suspend or otherwise restrict a certificate issued by the commission, the commission shall notify the party named in the court order and the employing agency of the withholding, suspension or restriction of the certificate in accordance with the terms of the court order. No appeal under the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act shall be allowed for a certificate withheld, suspended or restricted under this subsection.

(m) Any person who has been employed on a permanent basis as a correctional officer for five (5) consecutive years, and who is employed as a correctional officer by the Wyoming department of corrections on July 6, 2006, shall be certified as a certified correctional officer by the director without having complied with subsections (b) through (e) of this section.

(n) The Wyoming department of corrections may establish qualifications and standards for hiring and training that exceed the minimum set by the commission.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-17-127 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 17 / Section 9-17-127
§ 9-17-127. Corporation authorized to borrow money; validation of debt; restriction on use of money in state general fund and other state funds; purchase or release of goods and services
Status: in_force

(a) The corporation may borrow, or accept and expend, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, monies as may be received from any source, including income from the corporation's operations, for effectuating its corporate purposes, including the payment of the initial expenses of initiation, administration and operation of the corporation and the lottery.

(b) The corporation shall be self sustaining and self funded. Monies in the state general fund or any other state funds or monies in any form shall not be used or obligated to pay the expenses of the corporation or prizes of the lottery and no claim for the payment of an expense of the lottery or prizes of the lottery may be made against any monies other than monies credited to the corporation operating account.

(c) The corporation may purchase, lease or lease purchase goods or services as necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. The corporation may make procurements which integrate functions including lottery game design, lottery ticket distribution to retailers, supply of goods and services and advertising. In all procurement decisions, the corporation shall take into account the particularly sensitive nature of the state lottery and shall act to promote and ensure security, honesty, fairness and integrity in the operation and administration of the lottery and the objectives of raising net proceeds.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-3101 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-3101
§ 9-2-3101. Office created; appointment of director
Status: in_force

(a) The office of guardian ad litem is created as a separate operating agency as provided in W.S. 9-2-1704(d) .

(b) The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint a director of the office who shall serve as the administrative head of the office and as chief guardian ad litem. Unless sooner removed, the director's term of appointment expires at the end of the term of office of the governor during which he was appointed. The director serves at the pleasure of the governor and may be removed by him as provided by W.S. 9-1-202 . The director shall:

(i) Be a member in good standing of the Wyoming state bar;

(ii) Have experience in guardian ad litem representation, child welfare and juvenile justice;

(iii) Be compensated as determined by the Wyoming personnel division;

(iv) Devote full time to the performance of his duties;

(v) Administer the guardian ad litem program as provided in W.S. 14-12-101 through 14-12-104 .

(c) The director shall not engage in private practice except to complete business pending at the time of his appointment.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-4-1105 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-4-1105
§ 9-4-1105. Investment of proceeds; investment earnings
Status: in_force

(a) The state treasurer may invest the proceeds of tax and revenue anticipation notes in any securities or investments authorized by law for funds of the state until necessary to meet the short term cash requirements under W.S. 9-4-1102(a) .

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, income from any investment under subsection (a) of this section shall be credited to the fund or account from which the notes are payable.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-118 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-118
§ 9-2-118. Physician and dentist loan repayment program
Status: repealed

(a) The department is authorized to enter into agreements with physicians and dentists who have graduated from accredited residency programs to provide health care in this state. The agreements shall:

(i) Provide for the physician or dentist to practice medicine in a community of the state from among a list of communities developed by the department. A physician or dentist 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 physician or dentist is qualified to provide;

(ii) Provide that the physician or dentist shall be repaid up to one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of outstanding educational loans the physician or dentist has acquired as a direct result of undergraduate or postgraduate educational training directly related to providing medical or dental services, not to exceed thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00) per year, in exchange for practicing his profession under the terms of this section;

(iii) Require the physician or dentist to practice 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 practice specialties 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 physician's or dentist'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 2008, ch. 121, § 3.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-4-504 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-4-504
§ 9-4-504. Money from federal forest reserves; distribution by county commissioners
Status: in_force

Upon the receipt by the county treasurer of the funds, as provided in W.S. 9-4-503 , the county commissioners of the county shall apportion the monies between the general school fund and the road fund of their county. Not less than five percent (5%) of the monies shall be credited to either one of the funds.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-5-112 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-5-112
§ 9-5-112. Capitol building rehabilitation and restoration project; components; oversight
Status: repealed

(a) The department shall proceed with level III design and construction for renovation, rehabilitation, restoration and addition to the state capitol building, the Herschler state office building and the connection between the two (2) buildings in accordance with presentations to the management council of the legislature on November 18, 2013 and January 9, 2014, and the provisions of W.S. 9-5-109 through 9-5-113 . The project shall proceed as a single funded project with the following components:

(i) Capitol building restoration and rehabilitation;

(ii) Herschler state office building renovation, rehabilitation and additional construction including a structure connecting the Herschler building and the capitol building and addition to the Herschler building;

(iii) Temporary space accommodations within the Herschler building and in other state owned buildings, or in other leased buildings if determined by the governor necessary or advisable for the project, for current occupants of the Herschler building and capitol building;

(iv) Restoration, rehabilitation and renovation of the Herschler building after temporary space accommodations are no longer needed;

(v) Furniture, fixtures and equipment for the project;

(vi) Contingency costs, costs of fees and other costs associated with the project.

(b) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 197, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.

(c) The Herschler state office building rehabilitation, renovation and addition shall be designed to accommodate offices for elected state officials for which insufficient space is provided within the capitol building restoration, renovation and rehabilitation design.

(d), (e) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 197, § 2, eff. March 15, 2019.

(f) The department may expend funds appropriated by the legislature for the project to implement the design, renovation, restoration, rehabilitation, construction and other project components which have been included in the final design plans approved under subsection (e) of this section. Any change order to the approved final design plans in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) or in a cumulative amount in excess of one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) shall require the approval of the governor and a majority of the other voting members of the oversight group which consist of the legislator members and the state treasurer.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-417 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-417
§ 9-1-417. Interfund loans; repayment; maximum amount; interest
Status: in_force

(a) The state treasurer and the state auditor may utilize interfund loans from the legislative stabilization reserve account, or the general fund if insufficient funds exist in the legislative stabilization reserve account, to any other fund or account to meet obligations which come due prior to receipt of revenues. The interfund loans shall be repaid as soon as the anticipated revenue is received. The total amount of interfund loans under this subsection outstanding at one (1) time shall not exceed sixty million dollars ($60,000,000.00). These loans shall not be used to fund shortages caused by expenditures exceeding projected revenues but are to be used only to fund temporary shortages caused by meeting obligations which come due prior to receipt of revenues. The interest charged on each interfund loan under this subsection, other than to the general fund or budget reserve account, shall be the interest rate earned on pooled fund investments in the previous fiscal year.

(b) To the extent the legislature provides for interfund loans or borrowing authority from one (1) agency, account or fund to another, the interfund loan or borrowing shall come out of the legislative stabilization reserve account to be credited to the borrowing agency, account or fund, except as authorized by W.S. 21-13-316 . The interest charged on each interfund loan or borrowing from the legislative stabilization reserve account shall be the interest rate earned on pooled fund investments for the fiscal year immediately preceding the effective date of the interfund loan.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-3-303 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-3-303
§ 9-3-303. Agreements with federal security administrator to extend benefits to employees; provisions
Status: in_force

(a) The state treasurer with the approval of the governor may enter on behalf of the state into an agreement with the federal security administrator or his successor, consistent with the terms and provisions of this act for the purpose of extending the benefits of the federal old age and survivors' insurance system to employees of the state, or any political subdivision thereof, with respect to services which constitute employment. The agreement may contain provisions relating to coverage, benefits, contributions, effective date, modification and termination of the agreement, administration, and other appropriate provisions which the state treasurer and federal security administrator agree upon. Except as otherwise required by or under the Social Security Act as to the services to be covered, the agreement shall provide in effect that:

(i) Benefits will be provided for employees, and their dependents and survivors, whose services are covered by the agreement on the same basis as though the services constituted employment within the meaning of Title II of the Social Security Act;

(ii) The state will pay to the secretary of the treasury, at times as prescribed under the Social Security Act, contributions with respect to wages equal to the sum of the taxes which would be imposed by sections 1400 and 1410 of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act if the services covered by the agreement constituted employment within the meaning of that act;

(iii) The agreement is effective with respect to services in employment performed after a date specified therein, or in any modification thereof;

(iv) All services which constitute employment and are performed in the employ of the state or any of its political subdivisions shall be covered by the agreement.

(b) Any instrumentality jointly created by this state and any other state or states, upon the granting of like authority by the other state or states, may:

(i) Enter into an agreement with the federal security administrator whereby the benefits of the federal old age and survivors' insurance system shall be extended to employees of the instrumentality;

(ii) Require its employees to pay (and for that purpose to deduct from their wages) contributions equal to the amounts which they would be required to pay under W.S. 9-3-304(a) if they were covered by an agreement made pursuant to subsection (a) of this section; and

(iii) Make payments to the secretary of the treasury in accordance with the agreement, including payments from its own funds, and otherwise to comply with the agreement.

(c) The agreement under subsection (b) of this section shall, to the extent practicable, be consistent with other provisions of this act.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-409 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-409
§ 9-1-409. State treasurer; duties generally; demand accounts; state revenues paid to treasurer
Status: in_force

(a) The state treasurer shall:

(i) Receive and keep all monies of the state not required by law to be received and kept by another state official;

(ii) Pay all warrants duly and legally issued by the auditor so long as there are in his hands funds sufficient to pay the warrants;

(iii) Keep a just, true and comprehensive account of all money received and disbursed;

(iv) Have general responsibility for the management of state cash resources, including developing information in conjunction with the state auditor, to forecast the cash needs of the state;

(v) Be responsible for the investment of state funds.

(b) The state treasurer may use demand accounts to pay warrants or to pay for investments. A record of the use of demand accounts shall be created and maintained in the treasurer's office.

(c) Every state officer, employee, department or commission receiving revenue for or on behalf of the state from any source shall pay all revenue to the state treasurer as directed by him.

(d) The state treasurer may employ legal counsel to review contracts entered into by the state treasurer in his official capacity and perform other duties as assigned by the state treasurer. Nothing in this subsection prohibits the state treasurer from using the services of the attorney general's office.

(e) The state treasurer may implement and administer a performance compensation plan in accordance with this subsection. The plan shall:

(i) Be limited to those at-will employees of the state treasurer's office listed in paragraph (ii) of this subsection who are directly engaged in investing assets of the state;

(ii) Be limited to the following participating employees:

(A) Chief investment officer;

(B) Senior investment officer;

(C) Investment officer;

(D) Senior analyst;

(E) Analyst.

(iii) Seek to maximize total returns net of fees on investments authorized by law and in the best interest of the state;

(iv) Be based solely on investment performance exceeding investment benchmarks as established by the investment funds committee created by W.S. 9-4-720 for each fund and asset class for an investment period. No performance compensation shall be paid under the plan unless the investment funds committee determines that the established benchmarks have been exceeded;

(v) Measure investment performance during an investment period based on the following:

(A) Fifty percent (50%) related to total fund performance. For purposes of this subsection, “ total fund ” means the total or overall investment portfolio of funds managed by the state treasurer's office, excluding the following:

(I) Funds invested for a specific public purpose;

(II) Investments specifically directed by the state treasurer or state loan and investment board and not made at the recommendation of participating employees.

(B) Fifty percent (50%) related to the performance of the employee's individual assigned asset classes.

(vi) Provide that payments for investment performance for any one (1) investment period shall be as follows:

(A) For payments earned in fiscal year 2020--the investment performance beginning July 1, 2019 and ending June 30, 2020;

(B) For payments earned in fiscal year 2021--the arithmetic average of the investment performance beginning July 1, 2019 and ending June 30, 2020 and the investment performance beginning July 1, 2020 and ending June 30, 2021;

(C) For payments earned in fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter--the arithmetic average of the annual investment performance beginning that fiscal year and the two (2) immediately preceding fiscal years.

(vii) Be funded from investment returns, with each invested fund's share calculated in proportion to the magnitude of aggregate investment earnings of each fund invested, including interest and dividends, which shall be continuously appropriated for payment of performance compensation as authorized by this subsection;

(viii) Include a limit for total payments to all participating employees for performance compensation earned in any one (1) investment period in an amount not to exceed two percent (2%) of net investment returns above the established benchmark of the total fund for that investment period for payments pursuant to subparagraph (v)(A) of this subsection and two percent (2%) of net investment returns above the established benchmark of the employee's individual assigned asset classes for that investment period for payments pursuant to subparagraph (v)(B) of this subsection;

(ix) Include a limit for total payments to an individual employee for performance compensation earned in any one (1) investment period in an amount not to exceed the following:

(A) One hundred percent (100%) of a chief investment officer's base salary;

(B) Seventy-five percent (75%) of a senior investment officer's base salary;

(C) Fifty percent (50%) of an investment officer's base salary;

(D) Thirty-five percent (35%) of a senior analyst's or analyst's base salary.

(x) Provide that performance compensation earned in any one (1) investment period will be paid over a three (3) year period as follows:

(A) Twenty-five percent (25%) during the fiscal year immediately following the fiscal year in which the performance compensation was earned;

(B) Twenty-five percent (25%) during the second fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the performance compensation was earned;

(C) Fifty percent (50%) during the third fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the performance compensation was earned.

(xi) Provide that performance compensation shall be forfeited by an employee upon termination of employment subject to an anti-compete agreement for future employment related to asset management. This paragraph shall not apply to termination based on death, disability or retirement;

(xii) Provide that performance compensation shall not be included as compensation for the purpose of computing retirement or pension benefits earned by the employee;

(xiii) Subject participating employees to the following terms and conditions related to leave time:

(A) Chief investment officers, senior investment officers and investment officers shall receive leave time in the same manner and amount as department directors under W.S. 9-2-1706(b) ;

(B) Senior analysts and analysts shall receive leave time in accordance with standards and rules established or promulgated in accordance with W.S. 9-2-3207(a) .

(xiv) Provide that performance compensation shall only be based on performance criteria occurring on or after the execution of an employment contract in accordance with this subsection. No performance compensation shall be paid other than as provided in the employment contract;

(xv) Be submitted to the joint appropriations committee and the select committee on capital financing and investments for comment, and approved by the human resources division, prior to implementation. The human resources division shall not disapprove a performance compensation plan which complies with the requirements of this subsection;

(xvi) Be submitted and administered by the state treasurer as a separately designated and appropriated budget unit.

(f) The state treasurer shall report to the joint appropriations committee and the select committee on capital financing and investments by November 1 of each year on the plan authorized by subsection (e) of this section. The report shall include:

(i) Payments and methodology of calculating payments under the plan;

(ii) A measurement quantifying the risk resulting from the variation between the prior year's investment benchmarks and the prior year's actual investments;

(iii) An estimate of future payments under the plan and future expected investment benchmarks.

(g) The state treasurer shall have the authority to obtain the financial and criminal background history of an employee, intern or applicant for employment of the state treasurer's office.

(h) The state treasurer may reimburse the actual moving expenses of employees specified in paragraph (ii) of this subsection when the employee is moving to begin employment with the state treasurer's office and for the benefit of the state of Wyoming in accordance with the following:

(i) The reimbursement provided to any one (1) employee under this subsection shall not exceed the employee's actual moving expenses or ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), whichever is less;

(ii) The reimbursement shall only be provided to employees hired to fill the position of chief investment officer, senior investment officer, investment officer, senior analyst or analyst;

(iii) The reimbursement shall only be provided to employees who are relocating to live and establish residency in Wyoming. Reimbursement shall be repaid in full if the employee does not retain residency for two (2) years and the employee does not remain employed by the state treasurer's office or the Wyoming retirement system.

(j) Beginning on July 1, 2023 and thereafter, the maximum annual salary to be paid for each investment staff position classification, as determined by the state treasurer, shall be as follows:

(i) Three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) for the chief investment officer;

(ii) Two hundred twenty-six thousand eight hundred dollars ($226,800.00) for a senior investment officer;

(iii) One hundred fifty-eight thousand four hundred dollars ($158,400.00) for an investment officer;

(iv) One hundred eleven thousand six hundred dollars ($111,600.00) for a senior analyst;

(v) Eighty-four thousand dollars ($84,000.00) for an analyst.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-3006 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-3006
§ 9-2-3006. Procurement for capital construction projects
Status: in_force

(a) Contracts for capital construction projects let by an agency or the University of Wyoming, excluding contracts for professional services under W.S. 9-23-101 through 9-23-107 and for capital construction projects delivered through alternate design and construction delivery methods as defined in W.S. 16-6-701(a)(v) , shall be let through the use of competitive negotiation, noncompetitive negotiation or competitive sealed bidding as follows:

(i) For any contract with an estimated value equal to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) or less, the contract shall be let in accordance with the following:

(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, the contract shall be let by competitive negotiation. In conducting the competitive negotiation, the agency or the university shall solicit not less than three (3) independent cost estimates or proposals prior to letting the contract;

(B) If the principal representative of an agency or the university determines competitive negotiation is not feasible, the contract may be let by noncompetitive negotiation;

(C) The contract shall be let to a resident of the state in accordance with W.S. 16-6-102(a) .

(ii) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (iii) of this subsection, for any contract with an estimated value in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00), the contract shall be let in accordance with the following:

(A) The contract shall be let by competitive sealed bidding. The agency or the university shall give notice of the opportunity to bid on the contract on the state procurement website for not less than two (2) consecutive weeks. The notice shall contain a general description of the proposed contract and shall indicate the procedures by which interested persons may apply for consideration;

(B) The contract shall be let to a responsible bidder making the lowest bid except that the contract shall be let to the responsible certified resident making the lowest bid if the certified resident's bid is not more than five percent (5%) higher than that of the lowest responsible nonresident bidder in accordance with W.S. 16-6-102(a) .

(iii) If the principal representative of an agency determines that the use of competitive sealed bidding is not feasible or practical, the principal representative shall submit a written determination to the department. If approved by the department, the contract may be let by competitive negotiation. If competitive negotiation is not feasible or practical, the principal representative shall submit a written determination to the governor. If approved by the governor or the governor's designee the contract may be let by noncompetitive negotiation. Contracts by the university may be let by competitive negotiation or noncompetitive negotiation in accordance with university regulations;

(iv) The director of the department, upon a written finding that it would be more efficient to use federal procurement procedures for capital construction contracts let by the Wyoming military department concerning state owned properties under the control of the adjutant general, may authorize federal procurement procedures instead of the procedures required under this subsection.

(b) The department shall adopt standard forms and procedures for the procurement of capital construction projects by an agency in accordance with this section.

(c) Any contract by an agency for a capital construction project in an amount exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) shall require the approval of the governor or the governor's designee prior to state commitment.

(d) Any contract let under this section shall be in accordance with the applicable contracting and residency preference laws of W.S. 16-6-101 through 16-6-121 , 16-6-201 through 16-6-206 , 16-6-701 through 16-6-708 and 16-6-1001 .

(e) Each agency and the University of Wyoming are authorized to determine the qualifications and responsibilities of bidders or respondents for capital construction projects but shall reject any bid with improper or missing signatures or bids that lack legible numerical values. Each agency and the university may:

(i) Reject any or all bids based on the qualifications and responsibilities of bidders and respondents and readvertise for bids or responses;

(ii) Waive informalities or irregularities in any bid.

(f) No contract shall be divided for the purpose of avoiding the requirements of this section.

(g) The department is authorized to develop a list of material commodities that have been subject to significant cost escalation as the result of documented price fluctuations in the market. Using unobligated, unexpended funds within available appropriations for capital construction, the department and, if applicable, the University of Wyoming may incorporate a provision in agency contracts or university contracts for any capital construction project to be performed by applying a material cost escalation factor and a material cost de-escalation factor. In no event shall the department approve a contract that contains a material cost escalation factor less than seven and one-half percent (7.5%) or greater than thirty percent (30%). The provisions of this subsection shall be implemented by:

(i) The state building commission for state facilities and community college facilities except for facilities owned by the University of Wyoming;

(ii) The school facilities commission for school facilities;

(iii) The University of Wyoming, in consultation with the department, for facilities owned by the University of Wyoming.

(h) The department and the University of Wyoming shall expend appropriations designated for inflationary costs only after all other alternative project funding sources and appropriations have been obligated or exhausted and after a determination by the department or the University of Wyoming, as appropriate, that the authorized project cannot be completed without additional funds as the result of inflation-related cost increases.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-1703 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-1703
§ 9-2-1703. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this act:

(i) “Administrator” means the administrative head of a division within a department;

(ii) “Agency” means any board, commission, council, committee or office in the executive branch of state government except the offices listed in W.S. 9-2-1704(a) and the University of Wyoming;

(iii) “Department” means one (1) of not more than fourteen (14) principal administrative operating units of state government as created by separate legislation establishing a department and in accordance with this act;

(iv) “Department reorganization act” means an act of the legislature to create one (1) or more departments for the purpose of reorganization;

(v) “Department reorganization plan” means the plan for final reorganization of a department developed by a director during the transition period as required by a department reorganization act;

(vi) “Director” means the administrative head of a department;

(vii) “Division” means one (1) of the principal operating units of a department the administrator of which is directly subordinate to the director;

(viii) “Type 1, Type 2 or Type 3 transfers” means as defined in W.S. 9-2-1707(b) ;

(ix) “Transition period” means the period between the creation of the department under a department reorganization act and the date of implementation of a department reorganization plan as specified by law;

(x) “ This act ” means W.S. 9-2-1701 through 9-2-1707 .
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-623 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-623
§ 9-1-623. Division of criminal investigation; identification systems; information recorded; persons included; systematic maintenance and indexing
Status: in_force

(a) The division shall establish and maintain complete systems for the identification of criminals which comply with modern and accepted methods in the field of criminal identification. The division, in accordance with the Wyoming Criminal History Record Act, W.S. 7-19-101 through 7-19-109 , shall obtain, file and preserve for record plates, photographs, outline pictures, fingerprints, measurements, descriptions, modus operandi statements and other information relating to persons who have been:

(i) Convicted of or arrested for any felony;

(ii) Convicted of or arrested for a high misdemeanor or other misdemeanor determined by the division;

(iii) Convicted of violating any of the military, naval or criminal laws of the United States; or

(iv) Convicted of a crime in any other state, country, district or province which, if committed within this state, would be a felony.

(b) All information kept by the division shall be maintained, recorded and indexed in a systematic manner for the purpose of providing a convenient and expeditious method of consultation and comparison.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-3-205 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-3-205
§ 9-3-205. Administration and management of group insurance program; powers and duties; adoption of rules and regulations; interfund borrowing authority
Status: repealed

(a) The department shall administer and manage the state employees' and officials' group insurance program in accordance with all provisions of title 26 of the Wyoming statutes governing group health benefit plans and rules promulgated thereto. The department, subject to the provisions of this act:

(i) Shall prepare specifications for the health insurance plan and a supplemental plan, the life insurance plan and any other group insurance plan contracted for by the department;

(ii) Shall contract with carriers to underwrite group or supplemental insurance plans;

(iii) Shall determine the methods of claims administration, consistent with title 26 of the Wyoming statutes , under group insurance or supplemental plans, whether by the state or carrier or both;

(iv) Shall determine the eligibility of employees, officials and their dependents to participate in group insurance and supplemental plans;

(v) Shall determine the amount of employee payroll deductions;

(vi) Shall establish a procedure by which the department shall hear complaints by insured employees concerning the allowance and payment of claims, eligibility for coverage and other matters. The department shall take into consideration the authority of the department of insurance to investigate complaints pursuant to title 26 of the Wyoming statutes when establishing this procedure. Unless otherwise provided in the group insurance or supplemental plan or plans, any decision of the department upon complaints is not binding upon either the employee or carrier and the provisions of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act shall not apply to the proceedings. The group insurance or supplemental plan or plans may provide that the decision of the department shall be binding upon both the employee and the carrier as to certain disputes and in such event the procedure adopted by the department shall conform to the provisions of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act;

(vii) Shall administer state group insurance reserve monies;

(viii) Shall continuously study the operation of the group insurance plan including analysis of:

(A) Gross and net costs, including administrative costs;

(B) Claims administration;

(C) Comprehensive health claims utilization information to determine the causes of plan health care cost increases and strategies to control those costs;

(D) Factors in the plan's design that may adversely affect participation;

(E) The effect of benefit changes;

(F) Contribution levels and recommendations to attract a broad mix of participants to the plan;

(G) Demographic information about existing and eligible participants;

(H) Trends in costs and benefits of the plan relative to other plans.

(ix) May enter into a contract with a carrier to underwrite a supplemental plan and negotiate and enter into amendments to existing health insurance contracts to provide a supplemental plan and determine an effective date;

(x) May determine that employees, officials and their dependents who are eligible for medicare or medicaid, or both, shall be eligible for a supplemental plan and, upon the effective date of the supplemental plan as to employees, officials and their dependents presently covered by the health insurance plan, may transfer them from the health insurance plan to the supplemental plan;

(xi) May negotiate and enter into amendments to existing contracts providing group insurance and supplemental plans to provide appropriate coverage for employees and officials who may become eligible for coverage after the effective date of those contracts and to provide for their enrollment;

(xii) May contract with carriers to underwrite optional group insurance plans which may be additions to or supplemental to those plans contracted under this act and which are paid for entirely by employees and officials, entirely by the employer, or by both. The contracts shall be designed to provide the fullest benefits at the lowest cost, and the department may contract with the same carriers for the optional group insurance plans as for the other plans contracted for under this act;

(xiii) May contract with any person for the furnishing of actuarial services, the preparation of specifications for group insurance plans and other specialized services which cannot be performed by the department or by state employees. Contracts for these services shall be awarded through responsible competitive bidding at intervals as the department determines, and shall be reviewed annually by the department;

(xiv) May develop, implement and administer a flexible benefits plan and may contract with carriers, third-party administrators or other professionals to develop, administer and implement a flexible benefits plan;

(xv) Repealed by Laws 2001, ch. 55, § 3.

(xvi) Have authority to audit payroll records of voluntary participating employers to ensure compliance with requirements of this act.

(b) The department shall adopt rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this act as necessary to carry out its statutory duties and responsibilities under this act.

(c) For the purposes of determining financial condition, ability to fulfill and the manner of fulfillment of its statutory duties, the nature of its operations and compliance with law, the insurance commissioner shall examine the affairs, accounts, records and assets of the Wyoming state employees' and officials' group insurance plan, as often as he deems advisable but not less frequently than every three (3) years. The insurance commissioner may adopt rules consistent with the provisions of this act and title 26 of the Wyoming statutes to identify procedures for conducting examinations of the Wyoming state employees' and officials' group insurance program.

(d) The department shall report the results of the analysis conducted pursuant to paragraph (a)(viii) of this section and suggested activities to manage the plan by December 1 of each year to a committee of the legislature designated by the management council.

(e) Repealed by Laws 2023, ch. 165, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-3-448 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-3-448
§ 9-3-448. Summary plan description
Status: in_force

(a) A summary plan description and a summary description of modifications or changes under W.S. 9-3-445(a)(ii) shall be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the average participant and be accurate and sufficiently comprehensive reasonably to inform the participants and beneficiaries of their rights and obligations under the retirement program.

(b) A summary plan description shall contain:

(i) The name of the retirement program and system and type of administration;

(ii) The name and business address of the administrator;

(iii) The name and business address of each agent for service of process;

(iv) Citations to the governing law of the retirement program and system;

(v) A description of the program's requirements respecting eligibility for participation and benefits;

(vi) A description of the program's provisions providing for nonforfeitable benefits;

(vii) A description of circumstances that may result in disqualification, ineligibility or denial or loss of benefits;

(viii) A description of the benefits provided by the program, including the manner of calculating benefits and any benefits provided for spouses and survivors;

(ix) The source of financing of the program;

(x) The identity of any organization through which benefits are provided;

(xi) The date the fiscal year ends;

(xii) The procedures to claim benefits under the program and the administrative procedures available under the program for the redress of claims that are denied in whole or in part; and

(xiii) Notice of the availability of additional information pursuant to W.S. 9-3-445(b) and (c) , 9-3-446(b) and (c) and 9-3-447 .
Wyo. Stat. § 9-3-439 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-3-439
§ 9-3-439. General duties of trustee and fiduciary
Status: in_force

(a) A trustee or other fiduciary shall discharge duties with respect to a retirement system:

(i) Solely in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries;

(ii) For the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to participants and beneficiaries and paying reasonable expenses of administering the system;

(iii) With the care, skill and caution under the circumstances then prevailing which a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with those matters would use in the conduct of an activity of like character and purpose;

(iv) Impartially, taking into account any differing interests of participants and beneficiaries;

(v) Incurring only costs that are appropriate and reasonable; and

(vi) In accordance with a good-faith interpretation of the law governing the retirement program and system.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-2015 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-2015
§ 9-2-2015. Office of state lands and investments; director appointed; structure
Status: in_force

(a) As part of the reorganization of Wyoming state government there is created the state land and farm loan office consisting of the programs and functions specified in this section. From and after April 1, 1997, the state land and farm loan office shall be known and referred to as the office of state lands and investments.

(b) The administrative head of the office shall be a director appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The director shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and may be removed by the governor as provided in W.S. 9-1-202 .

(c) The office of state lands and investments shall consist of the office of the director and shall administer all programs of the board of land commissioners and state loan and investment board.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-3-414 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-3-414
§ 9-3-414. Provision for employers' contributions to be made in budgets; notice to department heads
Status: in_force

Provision for the payment by employers of the employers' contributions under this article shall be made in the budgets of the several departments, divisions and subdivisions of the state government and of other employer units. At least thirty (30) days prior to the date for submission of departmental budgets to the state budget officer, the Wyoming retirement board shall notify all department heads that it will be necessary to include funds in the departmental budget for the payment of employers' contributions under this article for the ensuing appropriation period.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-3-432 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-3-432
§ 9-3-432. Law enforcement officers; contributions; benefit eligibility; service and disability benefits; death benefits; benefit options
Status: repealed

(a) Each law enforcement officer shall pay into the account eight and six-tenths percent (8.6%) of his salary to fund benefits provided to law enforcement officers. Any contribution required under this subsection or subsection (b) of this section shall be paid by the employer from the source of funds used to pay officer salaries in order to be treated as employer contributions for the sole purpose of determining tax treatment under the United States Internal Revenue Code, § 414(h) . These payments by the employer are subject to W.S. 9-3-412(c) .

(b) Each employer of a law enforcement officer covered under this article shall pay into the account a contribution equal to eight and six-tenths percent (8.6%) of the salary paid to each of its law enforcement officers covered under this article and may pay into the account any amount of the officer's share of contributions under subsection (a) of this section. Payments under this subsection shall be made monthly to the account in accordance with W.S. 9-3-413 and are subject to the penalties imposed under W.S. 9-3-413 for delinquent contributions. No additional contribution shall be imposed upon the state, any city, town or county for benefits provided law enforcement officers under this article.

(c) Normal retirement benefits are payable under this section to any law enforcement officer who:

(i) Has at least four (4) years of service credit as a law enforcement officer and is at least sixty (60) years of age; or

(ii) Has at least twenty (20) years of service credit as a law enforcement officer regardless of age.

(d) Early retirement benefits are payable to any law enforcement officer who has at least four (4) years but less than twenty (20) years of service credit and is at least fifty (50) years of age.

(e) The normal retirement benefit for a law enforcement officer under this section is equal to two and one-half percent (2.5%) of the highest average salary multiplied by the years of the officer's service credit, as determined under W.S. 9-3-417 . The benefit under this subsection shall not exceed seventy-five percent (75%) of the officer's highest average salary. Notwithstanding W.S. 9-3-402(a)(xix) , “ highest average salary ” as used in this section means the average annual salary of a law enforcement officer for the highest paid five (5) continuous years of service.

(f) The early retirement benefit payable under subsection (d) of this section is equal to the normal retirement benefit payable under subsection (e) of this section reduced to an actuarial equivalent amount as prescribed by rule and regulation of the board.

(g) Repealed by Laws 2012, ch. 107, § 3, eff. March 23, 2012.

(h) Notwithstanding W.S. 9-3-422 , any law enforcement officer in service for which contributions have been paid because of a duty connected illness or injury, or except as otherwise provided under this subsection, any law enforcement officer with ten (10) years of service credit under this article because of a nonduty connected illness or injury, may retire on account of a total or partial disability in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the board. Any law enforcement officer previously covered under W.S. 15-5-301 through 15-5-314 and transferred under this article may because of a nonduty connected illness or injury and regardless of the number of years of service credit under this article, retire on account of total or partial disability. The board shall determine mental or physical incapacitation for disability retirement under this section in accordance with W.S. 9-3-422(a) and rules and regulation of the board, and the cost of any required examination or test shall be paid as provided by W.S. 9-3-422 and rule and regulation of the board. Any law enforcement officer receiving a nonduty-connected disability benefit under this section is subject to reporting, evaluation and excess earnings deduction requirements imposed under W.S. 9-3-423 and rule and regulation of the board. Upon retirement for a disability as determined and for which a member qualifies under this section, a law enforcement officer shall for the life of the officer or until the officer is no longer disabled, receive:

(i) For a partial or total duty connected disability incurred, a monthly retirement benefit for the period of qualified disability equal to sixty-two and one-half percent (62.5%) of his salary at the time the disability was incurred;

(ii) For a partial or total nonduty connected disability incurred, a monthly retirement benefit for the period of qualified disability equal to fifty percent (50%) of his salary at the time the disability was incurred.

(j) Notwithstanding W.S. 9-3-421 , any surviving spouse of an officer:

(i) Who dies in the scope of employment shall receive a monthly death benefit payment equal to the greater of sixty-two and one-half percent (62.5%) of the officer's salary or two and one-half percent (2.5%) of the officer's salary multiplied by the years of the officer's service credit, as determined under W.S. 9-3-417 , plus six percent (6%) of that salary for each child under age eighteen (18), not to exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the officer's salary;

(ii) Who dies outside of the scope of employment but before receiving retirement benefits under this section shall receive a monthly nonduty death benefit payment equal to fifty percent (50%) of the officer's salary, plus six percent (6%) of that salary for each child under age eighteen (18), not to exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the officer's salary;

(iii) Who retired under W.S. 15-5-301 through 15-5-314 shall, notwithstanding any other provision in this subsection, receive a monthly pension equal to two-thirds ( 2 / 3 ) of the pension the retired law enforcement officer was receiving at the time of the officer's death, plus six percent (6%) of the officer's salary for each child under age eighteen (18), not to exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the officer's salary.

(k) Except as provided by subsection (j) of this section, benefits specified under W.S. 9-3-421 apply to beneficiaries of a deceased officer covered under this article.

(m) Instead of the service retirement benefits provided under this section, any officer may elect one (1) of the forms of retirement benefits specified under W.S. 9-3-420 . Unless otherwise provided by a benefit option selected by the officer under W.S. 9-3-420 , if an officer receiving benefits or his beneficiary receiving benefits under this section dies before the total amount of benefits paid to either the member or his beneficiary or both equals the amount of the officer's account at retirement, then the excess, if any, shall be paid to any other named beneficiary, if any, or to the officer's estate.

(n) Benefits shall not be payable under the system to the extent that they exceed the limitations imposed by section 415(b) of the Internal Revenue Code 1 . The board shall provide any benefits in excess of the limitations under special pay plans authorized under W.S. 9-3-405(b) to the extent the benefits can be provided and the system retain qualified plan status under the Internal Revenue Code.

(o) Any peace officer as defined by W.S. 6-1-104(a)(vi)(P) , and any full-time state park ranger who is employed as a full-time state park ranger before July 1, 2023 and who elects to continue participating in the Wyoming Retirement Act as a general member, shall be eligible for disability benefits and death benefits under this section if the peace officer's disabilities or death are duty connected. Contributions for the benefits under this section shall be paid as follows:

(i) The department of state parks and cultural resources shall pay into the account from general or nongeneral fund sources a contribution equal to one percent (1%) of the salary paid to the officer. No additional contribution shall be imposed upon the state for benefits provided peace officers under this subsection;

(ii) Contributions under this subsection shall be made monthly to the account in accordance with W.S. 9-3-413 and are subject to the provisions of W.S. 9-3-413 for delinquent contributions;

(iii) Contributions under this subsection shall be paid by the employer from the source of funds used to pay peace officer salaries in order to be treated as employer contributions for the sole purpose of determining tax treatment under the United States Internal Revenue Code, § 414(h) .

(p) As used in subsection (j) of this section, the officer's salary for purposes of determining death benefit payments shall be equal to the greater of:

(i) The officer's highest average salary at the time of death, as defined in subsection (e) of this section; or

(ii) The officer's final actual salary at the time of death, which means the gross salary paid to the officer during the last full month of credited service.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-12-1501 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-1501
§ 9-12-1501. Broadband development program established; purposes; eligibility; definitions
Status: in_force

(a) A broadband funding program is established under the Wyoming business council to provide funds to eligible applicants in order to promote the expansion of access to broadband service in unserved areas of the state.

(b) Funds may be provided under this article for the acquisition, deployment and installation of infrastructure that supports broadband service at a minimum of at least twenty-five (25) megabits per second download and three (3) megabits per second upload in residential areas and nine hundred (900) megabits per second download speed and thirty-five (35) megabits per second upload speed in business corridors.

(c) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, eligible applicants for funding awarded under this article are public private partnerships which include:

(i) A business entity authorized to be formed under title 17 of the Wyoming statutes , or the laws of another state that are the functional equivalent, which is authorized to transact business in this state and has experience installing broadband infrastructure and providing broadband services in rural areas; and

(ii) A government entity specified in the following:

(A) A city, town, improvement and service district or county or joint powers board;

(B) A tribal government of either the Eastern Shoshone or Northern Arapaho tribes of the Wind River Indian Reservation or the cooperative tribal governing body; or

(C) A state agency as defined by W.S. 9-2-1002(a)(i) .

(d) A governmental entity specified in subparagraph (c)(ii)(A) or (B) of this section shall develop a request for proposals, as prescribed by the council, on such a form as may be promulgated by the council, inviting business entities to participate in a project proposed for funding under this article. If no eligible business entity responds to the request for proposal with a proposal meeting the requirements specified, the governmental entity specified in subparagraph (c)(ii)(A) or (B) may apply individually, or jointly with any other governmental entity specified in subparagraph (c)(ii)(A) or (B) of this section.

(e) As used in this article, until established otherwise by rule of the Wyoming business council pursuant to subsection (f) of this section, “unserved area” is an area in which there exists no fixed terrestrial broadband service, or in which the maximum fixed terrestrial broadband speed available:

(i) To residential customers is at speeds less than twenty-five (25) megabits per second download and three (3) megabits per second upload;

(ii) To a business corridor within a municipality:

(A) With a population of less than two thousand (2,000), is twenty-five (25) megabits per second download and three (3) megabits per second upload;

(B) With a population of two thousand (2,000) or more, is fifty (50) megabits per second download and five (5) megabits per second upload.

(iii) To a business corridor in an unincorporated area of a county, is twenty-five (25) megabits per second download and three (3) megabits per second upload.

(f) The Wyoming business council may, by rule effective on July 1, 2022, modify the definition of “unserved area” for purposes of this article. The rule shall only modify the definition by providing for upload and download speeds exceeding those specified in subsection (e) of this section as the business council determines appropriate for technological conditions prevailing as of July 1, 2022.

(g) The Wyoming business council shall by rule establish a definition of “business corridor” for purposes of this article. An area shall not be considered a business corridor unless multiple businesses are, or have undertaken permitting, construction or other substantial steps to be, located in proximity to each other.

(h) As used in this article:

(i) “ Last-mile ” means a broadband project for fixed terrestrial infrastructure, including fixed wireless infrastructure, the primary purpose of which is to provide broadband internet service to end users or end-user devices;

(ii) “ Middle-mile ” means a broadband project for fiber-optic infrastructure the primary purpose of which is to connect last-mile broadband infrastructure and networks to network service providers.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-4-212 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-4-212
§ 9-4-212. Creation of new funds; references to word “fund”; discontinuance of existing funds
Status: in_force

Direct or indirect references to the word “fund” when used to identify a separate accounting entity wherever contained in the Wyoming statutes shall be construed to mean account unless the fund is established by statute. No existing statutory fund shall be discontinued or abolished without the approval of the legislature.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-8-301 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 8 / Section 9-8-301
§ 9-8-301. Development of plans
Status: in_force

(a) All local governments shall develop a local land use plan within their jurisdiction.

(b) All incorporated cities and towns shall have the option to develop a land use plan in accordance with the requirements of W.S. 9-8-302(a) , or cooperate with the county to develop such a plan under W.S. 9-8-302(b) .

(c) All counties shall develop a countywide land use plan which shall incorporate the land use plans of all incorporated cities and towns within the county.

(d) As used in this article:

(i) “ Local land use plan ” means any written statement of land use policies, visions, goals and objectives adopted by local governments. Local land use plans shall provide an explanation of the methods for implementation of the plan, however, these plans shall not require any provisions for zoning and implementation of the plan shall be subject to the provisions of this article. Any local land use plan may contain maps, graphs, charts, illustrations or any other form of written or visual communication;

(ii) “ Zoning ” means a form of regulatory control granted to local governments which may be used to guide and to develop specific allowable land use.

(e) Local land use plans may guide local governments in adopting or amending local zoning regulations, however, such plans shall not be construed as a substitute for, or equivalent to, duly enacted local zoning regulations, which have the force and effect of law. Local land use plans shall be implemented in accordance with the following:

(i) In the event of a conflict between a duly enacted local zoning regulation and a local land use plan the local zoning regulation shall control;

(ii) No local government shall require that a land use or physical development be consistent with a local land use plan unless the applicable provisions of the local land use plan have been incorporated into the local zoning regulations.

(f) Nothing in this article shall allow any local government to use a local land use plan as authority to deny or restrict a permissible land use or physical development which is not restricted or prohibited under existing zoning regulations.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-4-811 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-4-811
§ 9-4-811. “Time deposit, open account”; payment of interest; accounts of monies
Status: in_force

Interest paid by banks on public funds on time deposit, open account shall be paid to the state treasurer quarterly on the first business day of January, April, July and October as required by the state treasurer. The state treasurer shall require, and every depository shall keep accurate accounts of all monies deposited with it, showing the amounts deposited and when deposited.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-3-445 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-3-445
§ 9-3-445. Disclosure to public
Status: in_force

(a) An administrator of a retirement system shall prepare and disseminate:

(i) A summary plan description of each retirement program;

(ii) A summary description of any material modification in the terms of the program and any material change in the information required to be contained in the summary plan description, to the extent the modification or change has not been integrated into an updated summary plan description;

(iii) An annual disclosure of financial and actuarial status; and

(iv) An annual report.

(b) An administrator shall make available for public examination in the principal office of the administrator and in other places if necessary to make the information reasonably available to participants:

(i) The governing law of the retirement program and system;

(ii) The most recent summary plan description;

(iii) Summary descriptions of modifications or changes described in paragraph (a)(ii) of this section that have been provided to participants and beneficiaries but not yet integrated into the summary plan description;

(iv) The most recent annual disclosure of financial and actuarial status; and

(v) the most recent annual report.

(c) Upon written request by a participant, beneficiary or member of the public, the administrator shall provide a copy of any publication described in subsection (b) of this section. Except as otherwise provided in W.S. 9-3-446(a) , the administrator may charge a reasonable fee to cover the cost of providing copies and shall provide the copies within thirty (30) days after receiving payment.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-4-721 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-4-721
§ 9-4-721. Investment funds committee; selection panel
Status: in_force

(a) There is created the selection panel to appoint voting members to the investment funds committee as provided in W.S. 9-4-720 . The panel consists of five (5) members composed of one (1) member appointed by each of the members of the board. Each selection panel member shall possess financial knowledge and experience to qualify them for the position. Once appointed, a selection panel member shall serve for the term of office of the board member who appointed them but may be removed by the appointing board member. Upon the temporary appointment or election of a board member or upon a vacancy by the selection panel member that the board member is responsible for appointing, the board member shall appoint a selection panel member not later than sixty (60) days after assuming the office for which the board member was appointed or elected.

(b) The selection panel shall elect a chairman from among its members. The selection panel shall research and interview candidates for the investment funds committee. The selection panel shall solicit nominations for candidates for the investment funds committee from the state treasurer's office, other members of the investment funds committee, other appropriate entities and the board. Interested persons may apply directly to the panel. A member of the selection panel who seeks to be a candidate for the investment funds committee shall resign from the selection panel before seeking a nomination to the investment funds committee.

(c) No candidate shall be appointed by the selection panel to the investment funds committee unless the candidate has all of the following qualifications:

(i) Not less than seven (7) years of institutional investment experience involved in the management of a portfolio in excess of five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000.00);

(ii) A broad understanding of financial markets;

(iii) Not been convicted of or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to a felony violation or been the subject of any disciplinary action involving moral turpitude;

(iv) No conflicts of interest that would lead to a violation of W.S. 6-5-106 , 6-5-118 , 16-6-118 or other comparable provision of law.

(d) Staff and support for the selection panel shall be provided by the office of the state treasurer. Members of the panel who are not employees or elected officials of the state of Wyoming shall receive per diem and travel expense reimbursement in the manner and amount prescribed for legislators under W.S. 28-5-101 .
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-415 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-415
§ 9-1-415. Collection of debts due the state; discharge of uncollectible debts
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsections (e) and (f) of this section, any office or agency of the state may use the services of a collection agency licensed in Wyoming to assist in the collection of debts due the state or any state office or agency. Any person owing a debt submitted to a collection agency under this section may be assessed a fee in an amount necessary to cover the cost of collection, not to exceed twenty percent (20%) of the debt owed. The collection agency shall collect the fee with the debt that is submitted for collection.

(b) Any debt due and owing the state or any office or agency of the state, which is determined to be uncollectible, shall be certified to the state auditor by the chief administrative officer of the agency to which the debt is due. The certification shall include:

(i) The name and last known address of the debtor;

(ii) The goods or services for which the debt was incurred;

(iii) The amount of the debt and the date when the debt became due and payable;

(iv) An explanation of what actions have been taken to collect the debt and why the debt has remained unpaid; and

(v) A declaration that the debt is uncollectible.

(c) If the auditor agrees the debt is uncollectible, he shall direct that the debt be discharged and extinguished as an asset or account receivable of the state.

(d) The facts and actions which are the basis for the decision that the debt is uncollectible shall be documented in writing and shall be maintained as required under W.S. 9-2-410 .

(e) Before any billing for services, collections or use of the services of a collection agency, state institutions shall first make an administrative determination that all statutory requirements relative to patient billing have been followed in each case. In the case of those state institutions defined by W.S. 25-11-101(a)(vii) , the decision of whether to contract with a collection agency shall be made by the department of health or the department of family services pursuant to W.S. 25-11-106 .

(f) No patient billing from the state hospital shall be collectible unless:

(i) A legally responsible person has been advised in writing before the treatment or stay at the hospital, at the time of admission or a reasonable time thereafter, of:

(A) The obligation to pay;

(B) The schedule of actual costs for treatment established by the department of health pursuant to W.S. 25-11-102(a) ;

(C) The sliding scale used to determine established charges pursuant to W.S. 25-11-103(a) ; and

(D) The right to appeal pursuant to W.S. 25-11-103 .

(ii) The patient has been provided with a monthly billing statement; and

(iii) The statutory requirements for the determination of patient billing have been followed.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-6-209 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 6 / Section 9-6-209
§ 9-6-209. Filing of bylaws
Status: in_force

The state representative to the committee for the Northwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Waste Management [ § 9-6-206 ] shall file copies of the committee's bylaws and any amendments thereto with the secretary of state of Wyoming.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-3-203 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-3-203
§ 9-3-203. Definitions
Status: repealed

(a) As used in this act:

(i) Repealed by Laws 2001, ch. 55, § 3.

(ii) “ Carrier ” means a private insurance company or health maintenance organization, as defined in W.S. 26-34-102(a)(xvi) , holding a valid outstanding certificate of authority from the state insurance commissioner, or a nonprofit hospital service plan or a nonprofit medical service plan incorporated as a nonprofit corporation, either of which has had successful experience in the group health insurance field as determined by the commissioner of insurance;

(iii) “ Dependent ” means an employee's spouse and each unmarried child under the age of twenty-six (26) years, including adopted children, stepchildren and foster children. “ Dependent ” includes an otherwise qualified dependent of a deceased employee as provided in W.S. 9-3-209(d) ;

(iv) “ Employee ” means any employee of a participating school district or participating board of cooperative educational services whose salary is paid by funds of the district or board, or any official or employee of the state of Wyoming whose salary is paid by state funds, including employees and faculty members of the University of Wyoming and various community colleges in the state, except persons employed on intermittent, irregular, or less than halftime basis and any at-will contract employee who does not meet the requirements established under W.S. 9-2-3207(a)(xi)(F)(III) or (IV) . “Employee” shall not include employees of the agricultural extension service of the University of Wyoming who hold federal civil service appointments, are required to participate in federal civil service retirement and who elect to participate in the federal employees' health benefit program as authorized in W.S. 9-3-210(d) ;

(v) “ Group insurance plan ” means the health and life insurance plans defined in this section, the flexible benefits plan or any other group insurance coverages contracted for by the department, including disability insurance, as defined in W.S. 26-5-103(a) ;

(vi) “Health insurance plan” means a group insurance policy or contract or a medical or hospital service agreement or other health care delivery system provided by a carrier or carriers for the purpose of paying for or reimbursing the cost of hospital and medical care;

(vii) “ Hospital and medical benefits ” means hospital room and board, other hospital services, certain outpatient benefits, maternity benefits, surgical benefits, including obstetrical care, in-hospital medical care, diagnostic X-ray and laboratory benefits, physician's services provided by house and office calls, prescription drugs, outpatient psychiatric services and other benefits determined by the department. Benefits may be provided on a coinsurance basis, the insured to pay a proportion of the cost of benefits;

(viii) “Life insurance plan” means a group insurance policy or contract provided by a carrier for the purpose of providing life insurance;

(ix) “ Official ” means any elected or appointed state official who receives compensation other than expense reimbursement from state funds, except for members of the legislature and officials serving on an intermittent, irregular or less than halftime basis;

(x) “ Supplemental health insurance plan ” or “ supplemental plan ” means a group insurance contract or a medical or hospital service agreement provided by a carrier for the purpose of paying for or reimbursing the cost of hospital and medical care in excess of or supplemental to medicare or medicaid, or both, which employees or officials and their dependents may be eligible to receive. Supplemental coverage may consist of one (1), a combination of, or alternative plans in the discretion of the department;

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

(xii) “ Flexible benefits plan ” means a plan of benefits established by department rules and regulations and adopted pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, Title 26 of the United States code and qualified under § 125 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 . The plan may include benefits authorized by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and related federal regulations which are consistent with Wyoming law;

(xiii) “ Retiree ” means an individual who has terminated his working career as an employee of an employing entity participating in the group insurance plan and who is eligible to receive a retirement benefit under the Wyoming retirement system;

(xiv) “ Participating board of cooperative educational services ” means any board of educational services formed pursuant to W.S. 21-20-104 which has elected to participate in the state employees' and officials' group insurance plan under W.S. 9-3-201(e) and which has not discontinued plan participation pursuant to an election under W.S. 9-3-201(f) ;

(xv) “ Participating school district ” means any school district which has elected to participate in the state employees' and officials' group insurance plan under W.S. 9-3-201(e) and which has not discontinued plan participation pursuant to an election under W.S. 9-3-201(f) ;

(xvi) “ Voluntary participating employer ” includes a participating board of cooperative educational services and participating school district;

(xvii) “This act” means W.S. 9-3-202 through 9-3-219 .
Wyo. Stat. § 9-4-222 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-4-222
§ 9-4-222. University of Wyoming science initiative account created; purposes
Status: in_force

The University of Wyoming science initiative account created by 2015 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 142, Section 317(c) is continued. Funds within the account shall only be expended upon legislative appropriation. All funds within the account shall be invested by the state treasurer and all investment earnings from the account shall be credited to the general fund.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-3-301 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-3-301
§ 9-3-301. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this act:

(i) “Employee” includes administrative and elective officers of a state or political subdivision thereof;

(ii) “Employment” means any service performed by any employee in the employ of the state, or any political subdivision thereof, for the employer except service which in the absence of an agreement entered into under this act would constitute “employment”, as defined in the Social Security Act or service which under the Social Security Act may not be included in an agreement between the state and the federal security administrator entered into under this act;

(iii) “Federal Insurance Contributions Act” means subchapter (A) of chapter 9 of the federal Internal Revenue Code, as the code has been and may from time to time be amended;

(iv) “Federal security administrator” includes any individual to whom the federal security administrator has delegated any of his functions under the Social Security Act, with respect to coverage under such act of employees of states and their political subdivisions;

(v) “Political subdivision” includes any instrumentality of the state, or one (1) or more of its political subdivisions, or of the state and one (1) or more of its political subdivisions, but only if the instrumentality is a juristic entity which is legally separate and distinct from the state or subdivision, and only if its employees are not, by virtue of their relation to the juristic entity, employees of the state or subdivision. “Political subdivision” includes school districts, the Wyoming Education Association, the Wyoming High School Athletic Association, and any other employer within the public school system of Wyoming;

(vi) “Social Security Act” means the act of congress approved August 14, 1935, chapter 531, 49 Stat. 620, officially cited as the “Social Security Act,” (including regulations and requirements issued pursuant thereto), as the act has been and may from time to time be amended;

(vii) “State agency” means the office of the state treasurer of the state of Wyoming;

(viii) “Wages” means all remuneration for employment including the cash value of all remuneration paid in any medium other than cash and does not include that part of the remuneration which, even if it were for “employment” within the meaning of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, would not constitute “wages” within the meaning of that act;

(ix) “ This act ” means W.S. 9-3-301 through 9-3-306 .
Wyo. Stat. § 9-4-503 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-4-503
§ 9-4-503. Money from federal forest reserves; distribution among counties
Status: in_force

Upon making the apportionment provided for in W.S. 9-4-501 through 9-4-504 , the state treasurer shall certify to the state auditor the amounts due to the counties, whereupon the state auditor shall issue a warrant payable from the monies received pursuant to W.S. 9-4-501 , in favor of the county treasurer of the counties included in the distribution for the amount to which the county is entitled and remit the warrants to the county treasurers.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-17-113 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 17 / Section 9-17-113
§ 9-17-113. Bonding requirements for vendors; qualifications of vendors; competitive bid requirement
Status: in_force

(a) Each vendor shall, at the execution of the contract with the corporation, post a performance bond or letter of credit from a bank or credit provider acceptable to the corporation in an amount as deemed necessary by the corporation for that particular bid or contract. In lieu of the bond, a vendor may, to assure the faithful performance of its obligations, deposit and maintain with the corporation securities that are interest bearing or accruing and that are rated in one (1) of the three (3) highest classifications by an established nationally recognized investment rating service. Securities eligible under this section are limited to:

(i) Certificates of deposit issued by solvent banks or savings associations approved by the corporation and which are organized and existing under the laws of this state or under the laws of the United States;

(ii) United States bonds, notes and bills for which the full faith and credit of the government of the United States is pledged for the payment of principal and interest; and

(iii) Corporate bonds approved by the corporation. The corporation which issued the bonds shall not be an affiliate or subsidiary of the depositor. The securities shall be held in trust and shall have at all times a market value at least equal to the full amount estimated to be paid annually to the lottery vendor under contract.

(b) Each vendor shall be qualified to do business in this state. All contracts under this chapter shall be governed by the laws of this state.

(c) No contract shall be let with any vendor in which a public official has an ownership interest of ten percent (10%) or more.

(d) All major procurement contracts shall be competitively bid pursuant to policies and procedures approved by the board unless:

(i) There is only one (1) qualified vendor and that vendor has an exclusive right to offer the service or product; or

(ii) The major procurement contract is an amendment, extension or renewal of an existing contract with terms that are not materially different than the terms of the existing contract.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-3-415 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-3-415
§ 9-3-415. When retirement permitted; service credit
Status: repealed

(a) Except as provided under W.S. 9-3-431 and 9-3-432 , normal retirement benefits under the system are payable to a member who:

(i) Has at least four (4) years of service credit and is at least sixty (60) years of age and is not subject to paragraph (ii) of this subsection; or

(ii) If a general member initially employed after August 31, 2012, has at least four (4) years of service credit and is at least sixty-five (65) years of age; or

(iii) Has a combined total of years of service credit and years of age which equals at least eighty-five (85).

(b) Except as provided under W.S. 9-3-432 or subsection (k) of this section, early retirement benefits are payable to a member who has at least four (4) years of service and is at least fifty (50) but not yet sixty (60) years of age or has at least twenty-five (25) years of service and is not yet fifty (50) years of age. The early retirement benefit amount is equal to the normal retirement benefit amount otherwise payable reduced on an actuarial equivalent basis under rules established by the board.

(c) Repealed by Laws 2001, ch. 38, § 2.

(d) Any vested member may elect to make a one-time purchase of up to five (5) years of service credit as authorized and limited by section 415(c) and 415(n) of the Internal Revenue Code 1 and established in rules promulgated by the board. Any member 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, the individual's attained age and the benefit structure of the appropriate plan. A member may purchase service credit with personal funds or, subject to rules and regulations established by the board, through rollover contributions. Unless received by the system in the form of a direct rollover, the rollover contribution shall be paid to the system on or before sixty (60) days after the date it was received by the member. Service credit purchased under this subsection shall qualify as service credit defined in W.S. 9-3-402(a)(xxi) , 9-3-602(a)(iii) , 9-3-702(a)(iii) and 15-5-402(a)(iv) but shall not be used to determine whether a member is a general member initially employed after August 31, 2012.

(e) Any person who is participating in a lawfully established retirement plan of any Wyoming community college or the University of Wyoming as authorized by W.S. 21-19-102 and elects coverage under this article shall have his Wyoming service under both the community college or University of Wyoming retirement plan and under this article counted to meet the eligibility requirements for retirement as specified in this section.

(f) Repealed by Laws 2002, Sp. & Bud. Sess., ch. 82, § 3.

(g) Subject to subsection (h) of this section and in accordance with rule and regulation of the board protecting the actuarial integrity of the system and its status as a federally qualified plan, any retired member rehired after a break in service of not less than thirty (30) days by a participating employer to fill a vacant full-time position of a regular contributing employee in any capacity including, but not limited to, as a contract employee or as an employee of a third party contractor under an agreement with a participating employer, shall notify the board in writing of his election to:

(i) Discontinue retirement benefits and be reinstated as a contributing member; or

(ii) Continue receiving retirement benefits and not be reinstated as a contributing member.

(h) If a retired member is rehired by a participating employer to fill a vacant full-time position of a regular contributing employee in any capacity including, but not limited to, as a contract employee or as an employee of a third party contractor under an agreement with a participating employer, and the retiree is rehired following a break in service of not less than thirty (30) days, the employer shall pay into the account an amount equal to both the members' and employer's contributions required by law under the Wyoming retirement system based upon the retiree's salary. Service by the retiree under this subsection shall not increase retirement benefits under the Wyoming retirement system.

(i), (ii) Repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 78, § 2.

(j) If any retired member or employer violates subsection (h) of this section, the board shall immediately cancel the retiree's retirement benefit and shall reinstate that member as a contributing member.

(k) For a general member initially employed after August 31, 2012, early retirement benefits are payable to a general member who has at least four (4) years of service and is at least fifty-five (55) but not yet sixty-five (65) years of age or has at least twenty-five (25) years of service and is not yet fifty-five (55) years of age. The early retirement benefit amount is equal to the normal retirement benefit amount otherwise payable reduced on an actuarial equivalent basis under rules established by the board.

(m) Any vested member who was honorably discharged from the military service of the United States may elect to purchase service credit in the retirement system, subject to the following:

(i) Purchase of service credit shall be as authorized and limited by section 415(c) and 415(n) of the Internal Revenue Code and rules promulgated by the board;

(ii) One (1) year of service credit may be purchased for each year of military service, up to a maximum of eight (8) years;

(iii) Cumulative purchases of service credit under this section and as otherwise authorized under the Wyoming Retirement Act shall not exceed eight (8) years;

(iv) An 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;

(v) The lump sum may be paid with funds from any source, including rollover contributions, subject to rules and regulations established by the board. Unless received by the retirement system in the form of a direct rollover, the rollover contribution shall be paid to the program not more than sixty (60) days after the date it was received by the member;

(vi) Service credit purchased under this subsection shall not be used to determine vested eligibility to receive benefits under this article;

(vii) Service credit purchased under this subsection shall qualify as service credit defined in W.S. 9-3-402(a)(xxi) , 9-3-602(a)(iii) , 9-3-702(a)(iii) and 15-5-402(a)(iv) but shall not be used to determine whether a member is a general member initially employed after August 31, 2012.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-21-101 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 21 / Section 9-21-101
§ 9-21-101. Data policies
Status: in_force

(a) Every agency shall adopt, enforce and maintain a policy regarding the collection, access, security and use of data. The policy shall, at a minimum, comply with applicable federal and state law, adhere to standards set by the state chief information officer and include the following:

(i) An inventory and description of all data required of, collected or stored by an agency;

(ii) Authorization and authentication mechanisms for accessing the data;

(iii) Administrative, physical and logical security safeguards, including employee training and data encryption;

(iv) Privacy and security compliance standards;

(v) Processes for identification of and response to data security incidents, including breach notification and mitigation procedures;

(vi) In accordance with existing law, processes for the destruction and communication of data.

(b) As used in this section, “ agency ” means any office, department, board, commission, council, institution, separate operating agency or any other operating unit of the executive branch of state government. “Agency” shall not include the state legislature, judiciary, University of Wyoming or any community college in the state.

(c) The governor, after consultation with the chief information officer, may set a date for specific agencies to comply with subsection (a) of this section and may revise that date as necessary.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-12-904 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-904
§ 9-12-904. Community land trusts; eligibility; requirements
Status: in_force

(a) Loans made under this article for community land trusts, in addition to meeting other requirements of this article, shall require that:

(i) The land subject of the trust be owned or leased by a political subdivision of the state, including a city, town, county, special improvement district or a housing authority authorized under W.S. 15-10-116 ;

(ii) The land be used for workforce housing with lots for housing leased and with the political subdivision remaining the owner of the land or the primary lessee;

(iii) The leases of lots be upon such terms as to allow commercial lenders to lend funds for housing construction on terms comparable to housing built on fee owned lands;

(iv) The housing development on lands subject to the trust include a specified percentage or number of housing units at specified maximum initial sale prices or be required to have a specified initially finished, maximum square footage as required by the political subdivision making application under this article, through zoning or otherwise;

(v) The lease terms for housing constructed on the land subject to the trust provide for continuation of the initial long term community benefit through subsequent sales of the housing.

(b) The political subdivision owning or leasing the land subject to the community land trust may fulfill the requirements of this section directly, through a housing authority created pursuant to W.S. 15-10-116 , or by agreement with private nonprofit entities.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-4-304 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-4-304
§ 9-4-304. Disbursement of monies from state treasury
Status: in_force

No monies deposited in the state treasury for the purposes specified in W.S. 9-4-303(b) and 9-4-306 shall be expended or disbursed except upon itemized claims, and the itemized claims shall be approved for payment by the respective boards of trustees, or other boards or officers under whose authority the monies are by law authorized to be disbursed. The itemized claims shall then be audited by the state auditor, who, if satisfied that the monies are being properly disbursed according to law, shall issue his warrant for the amounts of the claims. The warrants shall be paid by the state treasurer out of the particular fund or account on which the warrants are drawn.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-1811 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-1811
§ 9-2-1811. Confidentiality of panel proceedings; privilege; decision not admissible
Status: in_force

(a) The director shall maintain records of all proceedings before the panel, which shall include the nature of the act or omissions alleged in the claim, a brief summary of the evidence presented, the decision of the panel and any majority or minority opinions filed. Except as otherwise required by law, any records which may identify any party to the proceedings shall not be made public and are not subject to subpoena but are to be used solely for the purpose of compiling statistical data and facilitating ongoing studies of professional malpractice in this state.

(b) No panel member may be called to testify in any proceeding concerning the deliberations, discussions, decisions and internal proceedings of the panel.

(c) The decision of the panel is not admissible as evidence in any action.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-12-1504 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-1504
§ 9-12-1504. Challenge process
Status: in_force

(a) Within three (3) business days of the close of the funding application process, the council shall publish on its official website the proposed geographic broadband service area and the proposed broadband service speeds for each application submitted and shall notify each broadband provider who is listed with the council as providing broadband service in the proposed project area of the application and proposed project. The notification to each listed broadband provider shall include the shapefile or map submitted by the applicant under W.S. 9-12-1503(a)(i) . An existing broadband service provider may, within fourteen (14) business days of publication of the information, submit in writing to the council a challenge to an application. A challenge shall contain information demonstrating that:

(i) The provider currently provides or has begun construction, undertaken permitting or has received, obtained approval for or won an option for other federal or state funding for a project in the proposed geographic broadband service area to provide broadband service comparable to that in the proposed project at speeds equal to or greater than the speeds proposed in the application and with other capabilities and project size comparable to the project proposed in the application; or

(ii) The provider commits to complete construction of broadband infrastructure and provide broadband service comparable to that in the proposed project at speeds equal to or greater than the speeds proposed in the application and with other capabilities and project size comparable to the project proposed in the application no later than eighteen (18) months after the funding determinations are to be made under this section for the application submitted.

(b) The council shall evaluate the information submitted in a provider's challenge under this section, and is prohibited from funding a project if the council determines the provider is currently providing broadband service or the provider's commitment to provide broadband service that meets the requirements of subsection (a) of this section in the proposed project area is credible.

(c) If the council denies funding to an applicant as a result of a broadband service provider's challenge made under this section, and the broadband service provider does not fulfill the provider's commitment to provide broadband service in the project area, the challenging provider is prohibited from applying for funding for a project under this article for the following five (5) years and the council is prohibited from denying funding to an applicant as a result of a challenge by the same broadband service provider for the following five (5) years, unless the council determines that the broadband service provider's failure to fulfill the provider's commitment was the result of factors beyond the broadband service provider's control.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-4-219 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-4-219
§ 9-4-219. Legislative stabilization reserve account created; purposes; legislative deficit control account
Status: repealed

(a) The legislative stabilization reserve account created by 2005 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 191, Section 4, Section 301(d) is continued and codified. Funds within the account shall only be expended by legislative appropriation. All funds within the account shall be invested by the state treasurer as authorized under W.S. 9-4-715(a) , (d) , (e) and (q) and all investment earnings from the account shall be credited to the general fund.

(b) To the extent funds are available after all other appropriations or transfers from the legislative stabilization reserve account to be made on or prior to June 30 of the applicable fiscal year have been made, an amount necessary to restore the unobligated, unencumbered balance within the public school foundation program account to one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000.00) on June 30 of each fiscal year shall be transferred from the legislative stabilization reserve account into the public school foundation program account. This subsection is repealed the month immediately following the date that the state auditor and the state treasurer first certify to the governor and the department of revenue, and the governor certifies the same to the secretary of state, that the unobligated, unencumbered balance in the legislative stabilization reserve account is less than five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000.00).

(c) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 144, § 3, eff. April 12, 2021.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-907 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-907
§ 9-1-907. Weather modification; permit required; issuance; duration; fee; report of activities; penalties for noncompliance
Status: in_force

(a) It is unlawful for anyone to engage in weather modification activities except by permit prescribed and issued by the state engineer.

(b) A separate permit shall be issued for each experiment or activity. Permits are revocable by the state engineer. Permits are to be issued for one (1) year from October 1 of one year to September 30 of the following year. A fee not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be charged for each permit issued or renewed. Fees received by the state engineer shall be deposited with the state treasurer to be placed into the general fund. A permit shall be issued only to a person who can demonstrate to the state engineer's satisfaction that he has adequate qualifications in the atmospheric sciences. The state engineer shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement this act.

(c) The state engineer shall demand and receive a written report, in such manner as he shall provide, covering each separate experiment or activity for which a permit is issued.

(d) Any person engaging in a weather modification experiment without a permit is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is subject to a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-3208 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-3208
§ 9-2-3208. Duties performed through division of economic analysis
Status: in_force

(a) The department through the division of economic analysis, in cooperation with other governmental and private agencies, shall:

(i) Assist state agencies in developing statistical and informational management programs by collecting, compiling, analyzing and distributing information and statistics when the information is readily available from other agencies, and eliminate the duplication of collection, compilation and distribution of information or data prepared by agencies;

(ii) Act as overall supervisory and coordinating authority for statistical, informational or research programs conducted by or on behalf of agencies;

(iii) Conduct statistical research and studies on its own authority or as requested by other governmental bodies;

(iv) Establish uniform criteria for collecting, distributing, compiling, reporting and analyzing statistical and other information generated by agencies;

(v) Establish and maintain a central depository of statistical and other data relative to the operation of state government for the economic and environmental life of this state;

(vi) Consolidate into digest form information and reports which lend themselves to compilation;

(vii) Establish uniform criteria for collecting, compiling, analyzing, reporting and distributing economic data for all Wyoming counties related to uses of and economic impacts to state and federal surface and mineral lands, including but not limited to development of agriculture, grazing, minerals, timber, water, industrial resources, recreation and energy production;

(viii) Utilize a nationally recognized model for the compilation and the analysis of the data described in paragraph (vii) of this subsection;

(ix) Collect, compile, analyze, maintain, update, report, distribute and consolidate into digest form the economic data described in paragraph (vii) of this subsection. The analysis shall be independent pertaining to the data collected and shall not express any opinion of the economic impacts determined under paragraph (vii) of this subsection. Any economic data collected, compiled, analyzed, maintained, updated, reported or consolidated by the division of economic analysis under this subsection, other than information that is not available for inspection under W.S. 16-4-201 through 16-4-205 , shall be available for public review and comment. This data shall be updated at least once every three (3) years;

(x) Supervise and coordinate statistical, informational or research programs conducted by the division on behalf of counties and establish and maintain a central depository of economic, statistical and other data relative to Wyoming counties;

(xi) Prepare an annual catalog listing the type of statistical information available from state agencies and other sources.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-12-113 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-113
§ 9-12-113. Conflicts of interest
Status: in_force

Council members shall be subject to the provisions of W.S. 16-6-118 and shall abstain from voting in accordance with that section.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-902 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-902
§ 9-2-902. Terms of members; vacancies; chairman and vice-chairman; expenses; personnel
Status: repealed

(a) The term of office of each member of the board is three (3) years. Vacancies shall be filled by the governor for the unexpired term. The board shall select from its membership a chairman and vice-chairman. The members of the board shall receive no compensation, but shall be reimbursed under W.S. 9-3-102 and 9-3-103 for travel and per diem expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

(b) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 140, § 3.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-4-307 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-4-307
§ 9-4-307. Crediting of federal land grant income; omnibus account
Status: in_force

(a) Three-fourths ( 3 / 4 ) of the income described in W.S. 9-4-305(c) attributable to the lands now remaining undistributed, as donated to the state for state, charitable, educational, penal and reformatory institutions under section 11 of the Act of Admission, shall be credited to the general fund, and one-fourth ( 1 / 4 ) of that income shall be credited to the omnibus account within the permanent land income fund for the department of corrections, the department of health and the department of family services.

(b) The omnibus account is an emergency account to be used by the department of corrections, the department of health and the department of family services in the maintenance and upbuilding of state charitable, educational, penal and reformatory institutions upon the unanimous vote of the state loan and investment board at a meeting attended by all board members or following an appropriation by the legislature.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-809 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-809
§ 9-1-809. Per diem and travel expenses
Status: in_force

Each district attorney, deputy district attorney, assistant district attorney or member of a district attorney's staff while traveling on official business shall receive per diem and travel expenses as provided by law for state employees.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-1011 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-1011
§ 9-2-1011. Duties of budget department; preparation of standard budget estimates; entities to prepare expanded and exception budgets; form; required information; base budgets
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, the department shall prepare standard budget estimates. Entities shall prepare expanded and exception budgets in a form consistent with the standard budgets as directed by the department.

(b) The information developed in budget documents shall include:

(i) Appropriations or other allotted revenues authorized to entities including all types of revenue regardless of source and final fund destination, federal fund identification and expected length of continuance of the federal funding;

(ii) Expenditures, obligations, encumbrances and balances of the agencies from whatever source derived;

(iii) Estimates of revenues and future needs of entities;

(iv) Program changes, descriptions and activities of the agencies;

(v) An explanation of and reasons for anticipated receipts and expenditures of the agencies;

(vi) An assurance that the budget request has been prepared in accordance with the agency plan prepared according to W.S. 28-1-115 and 28-1-116 ;

(vii) Identification of services reduced as a result of reductions to expenditures made pursuant to W.S. 9-2-1014.2 in the previous fiscal biennium, and services which would have been reduced without transfer and expenditure of a contingent appropriation pursuant to W.S. 9-2-1014.2 or an appropriation under W.S. 9-2-1014.3 . Contingent appropriations transferred to each fund or account and expended from each fund or account shall be separately identified.

(c) The department shall for purposes of preparing the standard budget for entities under this section, include the base budget and the specific amount the base budget differs from the standard budget estimate. The differences shall be itemized and explained in writing on a standardized form prescribed by rule and regulation of the department. The base budget and accompanying forms shall be included within the budget estimates and related information for each entity as compiled under W.S. 9-2-1012(b) .

(d) Except as otherwise provided by law, budgets for the game and fish department and department of transportation shall be submitted to the governor and the department as provided in this subsection. The budget shall be submitted in a manner and format approved by the department and shall be submitted by the game and fish commission by August 1 of each year and by the transportation commission by October 1 of each year. The manner and format approved by the department shall provide for legislative review. Any modification to the manner and format shall be reported to the joint appropriations committee immediately upon approval.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-7-111 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-7-111
§ 9-7-111. Community development authority; revenue bonds; disposition of monies received
Status: in_force

Monies received pursuant to the authority of this act, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues, receipts or income, shall be held as trust funds to be applied solely as provided in the proceedings under which the bonds are authorized. The trustee shall hold and apply the monies for the purposes authorized by this act and by the proceedings authorizing the bonds and included in the trust agreement securing the bonds.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-2607 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-2607
§ 9-2-2607. Confidentiality of information; disclosure; reimbursement
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided, information maintained pursuant to this article shall not be disclosed in a manner which reveals the identity of the employing unit or the individual. The confidentiality limitations of this section do not apply to transfers of information to the employing unit or the individual when the employing unit or individual who provided the requested information gives written permission for its release, or between the divisions of the department of workforce services so long as the transfer of information is not restricted by federal law, rule or contract. Any employee of the requesting department or agency who discloses information outside of the department in violation of federal or state law may be terminated without progressive discipline.

(b) The department may, upon request, disclose any information obtained under this article to a director or agency head, or his designee or agent, in the executive branch of federal or state government to be used by the public official only for official business in connection with the administration of a law or in the enforcement of a law by that public official. The requesting agency shall reimburse the department for the cost of furnishing this information unless the cost is insignificant. Any employee of the requesting department or agency who discloses information outside of the department in violation of federal or state law may be terminated without progressive discipline.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-3-434 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-3-434
§ 9-3-434. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this act:

(i) “ Administrator ” means the director of the Wyoming retirement system;

(ii) “ Agent group of programs ” means a group of retirement programs which shares administrative and investment functions but maintains a separate account for each retirement program so that assets accumulated for a particular program may be used to pay benefits only for that program's participants and beneficiaries;

(iii) “ Appropriate grouping of programs ” means:

(A) For defined benefit plans, a cost-sharing program or an agent group of programs; and

(B) For defined contribution plans, a group of retirement programs which shares administrative and investment functions.

(iv) “ Beneficiary ” means a person, other than the participant, who is designated by a participant or by a retirement program to receive a benefit under the program;

(v) “ Code ” means the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;

(vi) “ Cost-sharing program ” means a retirement program for the employees of more than one (1) public employer in which all assets accumulated for the payment of benefits may be used to pay benefits to any participants or beneficiaries of the program;

(vii) “ Defined benefit plan ” means a retirement program other than a defined contribution plan;

(viii) “ Defined contribution plan ” means a retirement program that provides for an individual account for each participant and for benefits based solely upon the amount contributed to the participant's account, and any income, expenses, gains and losses credited or charged to the account and any forfeitures of accounts of other participants that may be allocated to the participant's account;

(ix) “ Employee ” includes an officer of a public employer;

(x) “ Fair value ” means the amount that a willing buyer would pay a willing seller for an asset in a current sale, as determined in good faith by a fiduciary;

(xi) “ Fiduciary ” means a person who:

(A) Exercises any discretionary authority to manage a retirement system;

(B) Exercises any authority to invest or manage assets of a system;

(C) Provides investment advice for a fee or other direct or indirect compensation with respect to assets of a system or has any authority or responsibility to do so; or

(D) Is a trustee or a member of a trustee board.

(xii) “ Furnish ” means:

(A) To deliver personally, to mail to the last known place of employment or home address of the intended recipient, or, if reasonable grounds exist to believe that the intended recipient would receive it in ordinary course, to transmit by any other usual means of communication;

(B) To provide to the intended recipient's public employer if reasonable grounds exist to believe that the employer will make a good faith effort to deliver personally, by mail, or by other usual means of communication; or

(C) To make available in an electronic format to be sent electronically to the intended recipient or to make available in an electronic format at a designated website.

(xiii) “ Governing law ” means state and local laws establishing or authorizing the creation of a retirement program or system and the principal state and local laws and regulations governing the management of a retirement program or system or assets of either;

(xiv) “ Guaranteed benefit policy ” means an insurance policy or contract to the extent the policy or contract provides for benefits in a guaranteed amount. The term includes any surplus in a separate account, but excludes any other portion of a separate account;

(xv) “ Insurer ” means a company, service, or organization qualified to engage in the business of insurance in this state;

(xvi) “ Nonforfeitable benefit ” means an immediate or deferred benefit that arises from a participant's service, is unconditional, and is enforceable against the retirement system;

(xvii) “ Participant ” means an individual who is or has been an employee enrolled in a retirement program and who is or may become eligible to receive or is currently receiving a benefit under the program, or whose beneficiaries are or may become eligible to receive a benefit. The term does not include an individual who is no longer an employee of a public employer and has not accrued any nonforfeitable benefits under that employer's retirement program;

(xviii) “ Public employer ” means this state or any political subdivision, or any agency or instrumentality of this state or any political subdivision, whose employees are participants in a retirement program;

(xix) “ Qualified public accountant ” means:

(A) An auditing agency of this state or a political subdivision of this state which has no direct relationship with the functions or activities of a retirement system or its fiduciaries other than:

(I) Functions relating to this act; or

(II) A relationship between the system and the agency's employees as participants or beneficiaries on the same basis as other participants and beneficiaries; or

(B) A person who is an independent certified public accountant, certified or licensed by a regulatory authority of a state.

(xx) “ Related person ” of an individual means:

(A) The individual's spouse or a parent or sibling of the spouse;

(B) The individual's descendant, sibling or parent, or the spouse of the individual's descendant, sibling or parent;

(C) Another individual residing in the same household as the individual;

(D) A trust or estate in which an individual described in subparagraph (A), (B) or (C) has a substantial interest;

(E) A trust or estate for which the individual has fiduciary responsibilities; or

(F) An incompetent, ward or minor for whom the individual has fiduciary responsibilities.

(xxi) “ Retirement program ” means a program of rights and obligations which a public employer establishes or maintains and which, by its express terms or as a result of surrounding circumstances:

(A) Provides retirement income to employees; or

(B) Results in a deferral of income by employees for periods extending to the termination of covered employment or beyond.

(xxii) “ Retirement system ” means an entity established or maintained by a public employer to manage one (1) or more retirement programs, or to invest or manage the assets of one (1) or more retirement programs;

(xxiii) “ Trustee ” means a person who has ultimate authority to manage a retirement system or to invest or manage its assets;

(xxiv) “ This act ” means W.S. 9-3-433 through 9-3-452 .
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-402 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-402
§ 9-1-402. State auditor; duties generally
Status: in_force

(a) The state auditor is the comptroller, chief accountant and the official custodian of the state's accounting records, accounts, vouchers, documents and all papers relating to the accounts and contracts of the state and its revenue, debt and fiscal affairs not required by law to be kept by another office. State agencies or officers certifying payments may retain the documents required under this section, subject to any rules and regulations promulgated by the state auditor with respect to acceptable documentation, certification and retention.

(b) The state auditor shall serve as the chief fiscal control officer of the state of Wyoming, shall maintain the state's central fiscal accounts, and shall order all payments into and out of the funds held by the state treasurer.

(c) The state auditor shall be the state payroll officer, shall maintain the official payroll for all state agencies, excluding the University of Wyoming, and shall supervise the issuance of all payroll warrants. The state auditor may enter into agreement with any state agency to maintain the official payroll and supervise issuance of all payroll warrants for the state agency.

(d) The state auditor may approve an alternative to the use of warrants drawn by the state auditor for the disbursement of retirement system benefits, provided that the attorney general reviews the legality of the alternative.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-3-606 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-3-606
§ 9-3-606. Transfer of funds to retirement program
Status: in_force

All employee and matching contributions made to the Wyoming retirement system or other retirement system on behalf of an employee now covered under the retirement program and the accrued interest thereon shall be transferred to the retirement program.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-4-828 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-4-828
§ 9-4-828. Joint custody agreement for securing local deposits; execution and contents of agreement
Status: in_force

(a) The joint custody agreement shall be executed by the custodian, the depository bank and the treasurer of the proper governing board and shall:

(i) Contain the following provisions:

(A) The custodian will detach as they mature and enter for collection the coupons from the securities and the proceeds when collected will be credited to the account of the depository bank unless otherwise ordered by the treasurer;

(B) The custodian will enter matured principal for collection and hold the proceeds when collected subject to the joint order of the treasurer and depository bank;

(C) It is understood by the treasurer and depository bank that the custodian assumes no responsibility for the nonpayment of interest or principal nor for the validity, genuineness or enforceability of any of the securities deposited in safekeeping hereunder nor makes any representation or warranties expressed or implied, as to the value or worth thereof, nor for the giving of notice of maturity, calls for redemption or the exercise of any rights, priorities, privileges of exchange or conversion or for the timely presentation of maturing principal or interest of any securities deposited under this agreement;

(D) The custodian assumes no responsibility with respect to the safekeeping and condition of deposited property beyond the care and custody it gives its own securities held on its own premises. Any and all forms of protective insurance are to be furnished by the treasurer and depository bank at their option and expense. The custodian is not required to furnish any form of protective insurance; and

(E) The custodian shall deliver the securities to the treasurer upon the sole order of the treasurer when supported by a verified certificate of the state banking commissioner certifying under seal that the depository bank has failed or refused to pay all or a portion of the deposit due the treasurer by the depository bank and that under the terms of the pledge agreement executed by the depository bank the treasurer is entitled to delivery of the securities described in this receipt or the proceeds thereof. Otherwise the securities shall be delivered only upon the written joint order and instructions of the treasurer and depository bank; or

(ii) Be in a form and contain provisions as required by the state treasurer or the treasurer of the proper governing board.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-1807 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-1807
§ 9-2-1807. Claim review procedure; contents of claim; service of claim on provider; answer
Status: in_force

(a) Claimants shall submit a case for the consideration of the panel prior to filing a complaint in any court in this state by addressing a claim, in writing, signed by the claimant or his attorney, to the director of the panel. The claim shall contain:

(i) A statement in reasonable detail of the elements of the professional's conduct which are believed to constitute a malpractice claim, the dates the conduct occurred, and the names and addresses of all professionals having contact with the claimant relevant to the claim and all witnesses;

(ii) A statement authorizing the panel to obtain access to all records and information pertaining to the claim and, for the purposes of its consideration of this matter only, waiving any privilege as to the contents of those records. Nothing in the statement may in any way be construed as waiving that privilege for any other purpose or in any other context, in or out of court.

(b) The claim may be amended by filing an amendment not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the hearing date.

(c) Upon receipt of a claim, the director shall cause a true copy of the claim to be served on the professionals against whom the claim has been filed.

(d) The professional shall answer the claim within thirty (30) days after service and shall submit a statement authorizing the panel to inspect all records and information pertaining to the claim except those records which are privileged pursuant to law. The answer shall be filed with the director who shall serve a copy on the claimant.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-3-603 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-3-603
§ 9-3-603. Administration
Status: in_force

(a) There is created the retirement program which is for the benefit of the employees defined in W.S. 9-3-602(a)(v) .

(b) The administration and responsibility for the operation of the retirement program is under the direction and control of the board. All matters pertaining to the board are applicable to the retirement program created by this article.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-625 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-625
§ 9-1-625. Division of criminal investigation; adult arrestees to be processed accordingly; data on persons in state custodial institutions; minors
Status: in_force

(a) When an adult is arrested for a felony, high misdemeanor or other misdemeanor determined by the division, the law enforcement agency responsible for the arrest shall process the person in accordance with the uniform procedures prescribed by the division. The law enforcement agency shall send to the division any information required under the Wyoming Criminal History Record Act, W.S. 7-19-101 through 7-19-109 , and any additional information requested by the division. An agency making arrests covered by this section may enter into arrangements with other agencies for the purpose of furnishing required information to the division on its behalf.

(b) The administrators of state penal institutions and the superintendents of the Wyoming boys' school and the Wyoming girls' school shall furnish to the division, in the manner and according to the methods prescribed by the division, photographs, fingerprints, modus operandi statements and other required identification of all persons confined in the respective institutions together with any information required under the Wyoming Criminal History Record Act, W.S. 7-19-101 through 7-19-109 .

(c) No minor shall be photographed or fingerprinted except in accordance with the Juvenile Justice Act.
Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-416 — WY Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-416
§ 9-1-416. Local investment pool
Status: in_force

(a) Upon request by any county, municipality, school district or any other local governmental entity, and as provided in W.S. 9-3-503(a) , the state treasurer shall invest funds of one (1) or more of those entities on a pooled basis in the same manner as the state treasurer makes short term investments of state funds. The state treasurer shall adopt rules and regulations which:

(i) Provide for the transmittal of funds from the entities to the state treasurer for investment, the manner in which the funds may be withdrawn from the investment pool by entities, accounting and reporting procedures and any other provisions which will effectively carry out the purposes of this section; and

(ii) Establish fees to be charged to local governmental entities which request investment assistance under this section. The fees collected shall not exceed the direct costs incurred by the state treasurer in providing the investment assistance. Fees collected under this paragraph shall be deposited into an account to be known as the investment assistance account.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the state of Wyoming to reimburse government entities for any losses that may occur on investments under this section.