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WY Stat § 19-11-109 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs|Chapter 11 - Military Service Member Protections|Article 1 - Military Service Relief Act|Section 19-11-109 - Life and Health and Accident Insurance.

19-11-109. Life and health and accident insurance.| (a) The provisions of this section shall be applicable to any group life insurance, group insurance, family group, blanket and franchise health and accident insurance and health care services plan provided by any private or public employer in this state.  (b) Any employee shall have the right to maintain the insurance or plan coverage enumerated in subsection (a) of this section by furnishing his employer with sums equal to that which would have been deducted from his compensation for such coverage. Upon timely receipt of the employee's contributions required by the insurance policy or plan provisions, the employer shall provide the applicable insurer or health maintenance organization with those contributions plus an amount equal to what the employer would have contributed during the period of service in the uniformed services. The employee shall notify his employer of his election to continue insurance or plan coverage at the time he enters service in the uniformed services.  (c) Family members or dependent children of an employee who are covered by any insurance policy or plan enumerated in subsection (a) of this section who are subsequently called to service in the uniformed services shall continue to be considered family members or dependents under the provisions of the policy or plan without any lapse of coverage, provided that all required contributions are paid in accordance with the policy or plan provisions.  (d) Any employee who leaves employment to perform service in the uniformed services and who reapplies for coverage after release shall be reinstated, including all of his family members and dependents previously covered, with the group insurance program or medical and health care coverage without any clause or restriction because of a preexisting condition.  (e) This section shall not be construed to invalidate the provision of any life insurance policy excluding or restricting coverage in the event of death.  (f) This section shall not invalidate any legitimate exclusions to coverage of any policy or plan enumerated in subsection (a) of this section.
WY Stat § 19-11-110 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs|Chapter 11 - Military Service Member Protections|Article 1 - Military Service Relief Act|Section 19-11-110 - Worker’s Compensation Benefits; Supplementary Earnings; Voluntary Suspension.

19-11-110. Worker’s compensation benefits; supplementary earnings; voluntary suspension.| (a) Any employee receiving supplemental earnings benefits pursuant to the provisions of the Worker s Compensation Act who is called to service in the uniformed services, is found to be medically deployable militarily and is subsequently deployed, shall, at his option, be allowed to suspend any such benefit payments for which he would otherwise be eligible during his period of service in the uniformed services.  (b) The director of the office of workers' compensation of the department of workforce services shall, by rule, prescribe the method by which such employee may request the suspension of benefits.  (c) The employee shall be restored to the same benefits he would have received had he not been called to duty in the uniformed services, provided he makes an application to resume such benefits after his release from service in the uniformed services or release from hospitalization incidental to his service in the uniformed services.
WY Stat § 19-11-112 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs|Chapter 11 - Military Service Member Protections|Article 1 - Military Service Relief Act|Section 19-11-112 - Retirement Credit.

19-11-112. Retirement credit.| (a) Any employee who completes his service in the uniformed services and applies for reemployment upon release from service in the uniformed services or discharge from hospitalization incidental to his service in uniformed service shall be entitled to receive creditable service for such period of service in the uniformed services toward vesting and computation of benefits in the retirement system, pension fund or employee benefit plan applicable to his employment, as provided for in this section.  (b) No employee shall receive more than a total of five (5) years of military service credit in the retirement system, pension fund or employee benefit plan applicable to his employment credited under this section.
WY Stat § 19-11-113 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs|Chapter 11 - Military Service Member Protections|Article 1 - Military Service Relief Act|Section 19-11-113 - Contributions, Payment During Military Service.

19-11-113. Contributions, payment during military service.| Any employee may, at his option, pay the required employee contributions to the retirement system, pension fund or employee benefit plan applicable to his employment during his period of service in the uniformed services if the payment of contributions is permitted by the Internal Revenue Code. The employee shall timely furnish his employer with sums equal to that which would have been deducted from his compensation for retirement system coverage as required under the public retirement system or employee benefit plan. Upon receipt the employer shall remit the employee contributions to the applicable system or plan, including the employer contributions that would have been contributed on behalf of the employee. The employee shall notify his employer of his election to pay the required employee contributions to the applicable system or plan at the time he enters service in the uniformed services.
WY Stat § 19-11-114 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs|Chapter 11 - Military Service Member Protections|Article 1 - Military Service Relief Act|Section 19-11-114 - Employee Pension Benefit Plans.

19-11-114. Employee pension benefit plans.| (a) Every private employer in this state who maintains a defined benefit plan as defined by 29 U.S.C. 1002(35) shall credit the employee with his period of service in the uniformed services towards retirement eligibility and vesting under the plan, including the computation of any retirement benefits due under the express terms of the plan, when the accrued benefits due under the plan are derived from employer contributions to the plan. If the defined benefit plan provides benefits derived from employer and employee contributions to the plan, the employee shall be credited with his period of service in the uniformed services towards retirement eligibility and vesting under the plan, including the computation of any retirement benefits due under the express terms of the plan, provided that the employer contributions and the mandatory contributions of the employee are made to the plan.  (b) If any private employer maintains an individual account plan or a defined contribution plan, as defined by 29 U.S.C. 1002(34), the employee shall be credited with his period of service in the uniformed services towards retirement eligibility under the express terms of the plan upon payment of the designated contributions to the plan and if such credit is permitted by the Internal Revenue Code.  (c) An employee may be required to pay the employee cost, if any, of any funded benefit continued pursuant to this section to the extent other employees on furlough or leave of absence are so required.
WY Stat § 19-11-116 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs|Chapter 11 - Military Service Member Protections|Article 1 - Military Service Relief Act|Section 19-11-116 - Payment of Death and Survivor Benefits; State Retirement.

19-11-116. Payment of death and survivor benefits; state retirement.| (a) The employee's period of service in the uniformed services shall be counted as creditable service in the state retirement system in which he was a member for determining eligibility for death and survivor benefits and in the computation of benefits, provided that the following conditions are satisfied:  (i) The beneficiary of the death or survivor benefits shall provide payment of the unpaid portion of the contributions of the deceased member. The beneficiary may agree in writing to have the payment of the unpaid portion of the contributions of the deceased member deducted from the benefits over a period not to exceed four (4) years. The beneficiary may pay, in the alternative, the actuarial cost of such additional credit in a lump sum prior to the distribution of benefits;  (ii) If there is more than one (1) beneficiary a written agreement to pay the unpaid contributions of the deceased member shall be unanimous. In the event that a recipient is a minor child the legal guardian of the minor child may express consent for the minor child;  (iii) The board of trustees of every state retirement system shall adopt a written policy covering all beneficiaries' and survivors' rights to pay the required contributions in order to have the employee's military service computed in the computation of any death or survivor benefits payable under the state retirement system.  (b) If all of the conditions of subsection (a) of this section are satisfied the employer shall pay the employer contributions in a manner consistent with this section.  (c) If the beneficiary of the death or survivor benefits of the deceased member elects not to pay the employee contributions due the system on account for such service in the uniformed services credit, the computation of death and survivor benefits shall be based on the actual service of the member in the system prior to his call to service in the uniformed services. The death or survivor benefits provided for herein shall be due and payable upon the death of the member.  (d) If the application of any provision set forth in this section results in an unpaid actuarial cost to the retirement system, it shall be borne by the employers through reflection in the employer rate established by the state retirement system's actuarial committee.
WY Stat § 19-11-117 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs|Chapter 11 - Military Service Member Protections|Article 1 - Military Service Relief Act|Section 19-11-117 - Inapplicability to Deferred Retirement Option Plans; State Retirement.

19-11-117. Inapplicability to deferred retirement option plans; state retirement.| The provisions of this article are inapplicable with respect to employees who are participants in a deferred retirement option plan.
WY Stat § 19-11-118 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs|Chapter 11 - Military Service Member Protections|Article 1 - Military Service Relief Act|Section 19-11-118 - License Validity; Renewals, Suspension of Fees.

19-11-118. License validity; renewals, suspension of fees.| The payment of any reinstatement or licensing fee or the application for renewal of any license imposed by the state or any public or governmental entity which the person who performs service in the uniformed services validly holds at the time he enters service in the uniformed services shall be suspended until ninety (90) days after his release from service in the uniformed services or discharge from hospitalization incidental to his service in the uniformed services, provided that the person complies with all of the licensing requirements including the payment of fees before the expiration of ninety (90) days after his release from service in the uniformed services or discharge from hospitalization incidental to his service in the uniformed services. Any license covered by this section which that person validly held at the time he entered service in the uniformed services shall remain in force and effect until ninety (90) days after his release from service in the uniformed services, provided that the licensing requirements are complied with, including the payment of any licensing and renewal fees owed.
WY Stat § 19-11-119 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs|Chapter 11 - Military Service Member Protections|Article 1 - Military Service Relief Act|Section 19-11-119 - Professional and Occupational Licenses; Renewal Fees Waived; Educational Requirements.

19-11-119. Professional and occupational licenses; renewal fees waived; educational requirements.| The person who performed service in the uniformed services shall be exempted from the payment of any reinstatement or licensing renewal fee required by any profession or occupation governed by title 33 of the Wyoming statutes or by other law or ordinance applicable to any such person who performed service in the uniformed services during his period of service in the uniformed services except those licensing or renewal fees owed for the year in which he is released from service in the uniformed services or discharged from hospitalization incidental to his service in the uniformed services. The person who performed service in the uniformed services shall have ninety (90) days after his release from service in the uniformed services or hospitalization incidental to his service in the uniformed services to pay the licensing or renewal fees then owed. The person who performed service in the uniformed services shall be exempted from compliance with any continuing educational requirements applicable to such license during his period of service in the uniformed services except those required for the year in which he is released from service in the uniformed services or discharged from hospitalization incidental to his service in the uniformed services. The person who performed service in the uniformed services shall complete such requirements within one hundred eighty (180) days from his release from service in the uniformed services or discharge from hospitalization incidental to his service in the uniformed services. Any applicable license shall continue in force and effect provided that both the renewal fees and the educational requirements are completed within the periods provided herein.
WY Stat § 19-11-120 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs|Chapter 11 - Military Service Member Protections|Article 1 - Military Service Relief Act|Section 19-11-120 - Academic Penalties Prohibited.

19-11-120. Academic penalties prohibited.| (a) No student member of any uniformed service of the United States shall have his education, including but not limited to colleges and universities, vocational or technical or trade schools or secondary educational institutions, unnecessarily disrupted because of his service in the uniformed services. No undue penalties shall be assessed because of his service in the uniformed services. No student shall forfeit, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for, any fees or education expenses if such student is ordered into active state service for a period of more than thirty (30) consecutive days or active federal service pursuant to a presidential call or mobilization.  (b) The enforcement of this section shall be reserved for the appropriate governing body having jurisdiction over the student and shall implement the intent expressed herein.
WY Stat § 19-11-121 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs|Chapter 11 - Military Service Member Protections|Article 1 - Military Service Relief Act|Section 19-11-121 - District Courts; Jurisdiction; Venue; Preference Docket.

19-11-121. District courts; jurisdiction; venue; preference docket.| (a) In the case of an action against the state, the district court in which the state or any of its political subdivisions exercises authority or conducts its business shall have jurisdiction to hear actions to enforce the provisions of this article. In the case of a private employer, the appropriate district court is the district court for any district in which the person in the uniformed services is employed.  (b) The district courts of the state shall have jurisdiction upon the filing of a complaint, motion, petition or other appropriate pleading by or on behalf of the person claiming a right or benefit under this article to require the employer to:  (i) Comply with the provisions of this article;  (ii) Compensate the person for any loss of wages or benefits suffered by reason of such employer's failure to comply with the provisions of this article;  (iii) Pay the person an amount equal to the amount of lost wages or benefits as liquidated damages if the court determines that the employer's failure to comply with the provisions of this article was willful.  (c) Any compensation awarded under paragraphs (b)(i), (ii) and (iii) of this section shall be in addition to and shall not diminish any of the other rights and benefits provided for in this article.  (d) All district and appellate courts shall give preference in scheduling such actions upon the motion of any person in the uniformed services, or his attorney, who presents certification that the person has performed service in the uniformed services or is in service in the uniformed services.
WY Stat § 19-11-122 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs|Chapter 11 - Military Service Member Protections|Article 1 - Military Service Relief Act|Section 19-11-122 - Servicemembers Civil Relief Act; Application to National Guard; Penalty for Violation of Rights; Enforcement; Preferences.

19-11-122. Servicemembers Civil Relief Act; application to national guard; penalty for violation of rights; enforcement; preferences.| (a) Members of the Wyoming national guard ordered to active state service by the state or federal government for a period of more than thirty (30) consecutive days shall have all protections afforded to persons in the military service of the United States under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, Public Law 108-189. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, nothing in this subsection shall be construed to authorize the imposition of any penalty under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act for violation of the protections afforded to members of the Wyoming national guard pursuant to this subsection. As used in this subsection, "active state service" means as defined in W.S. 19-7-101(a)(v).  (b) Any person who knowingly violates the protections provided to members of the Wyoming national guard pursuant to subsection (a) of this section or W.S. 19-11-125 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).  (c) The protections afforded to members of the Wyoming national guard pursuant to subsection (a) of this section or W.S. 19-11-125 may serve as the basis for an action or as a defense. The courts of this state that would otherwise have jurisdiction over a case shall have jurisdiction over proceedings involving the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act and W.S. 19-11-125, which shall be governed by the rules applicable to ordinary proceedings.  (d) The courts shall give preference in scheduling proceedings pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, upon the motion of any person in the uniformed services, or the person's attorney, who presents certification that the person has performed service in the uniformed services or is in service in the uniformed services.
WY Stat § 19-11-123 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs|Chapter 11 - Military Service Member Protections|Article 1 - Military Service Relief Act|Section 19-11-123 - Award of Attorney Fees.

19-11-123. Award of attorney fees.| In any proceeding employed to enforce any of the provisions of this act, the court shall award reasonable litigation expenses including reasonable attorney's fees.
WY Stat § 19-11-124 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs|Chapter 11 - Military Service Member Protections|Article 1 - Military Service Relief Act|Section 19-11-124 - Vacancies in Elected Office.

19-11-124. Vacancies in elected office.| No vacancy in the office of an elected official shall be deemed to have occurred by reason of his absence when the official is called to service in the uniformed services. No change in the residence of an elected official is deemed to have occurred by reason of his service in the uniformed services.
WY Stat § 19-11-201 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs|Chapter 11 - Military Service Member Protections|Article 2 - Acknowledgment of Instruments|Section 19-11-201 - Power of Attorney.

19-11-201. Power of attorney.| If any person who performs service in the uniformed services as principal executes a power of attorney designating an agent to act on his behalf in conformity with the law of Wyoming, such power of attorney is deemed legally sufficient and enforceable as to the powers granted the agent therein and shall be honored by any person, corporation or institution to whom the power of attorney is presented.
WY Stat § 19-11-202 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs|Chapter 11 - Military Service Member Protections|Article 2 - Acknowledgment of Instruments|Section 19-11-202 - Acknowledgment of Instrument by Members of Armed Forces and Their Dependents Before Commissioned Officer; Form of Certificate.

19-11-202. Acknowledgment of instrument by members of armed forces and their dependents before commissioned officer; form of certificate.| In addition to the acknowledgment of instruments in the manner and form otherwise authorized by law, persons who perform service in the uniformed services or their dependents, wherever located, may acknowledge the instruments before any commissioned officer who performs service in the uniformed services with the rank of second lieutenant or higher in the army, air force or marine corps, or ensign or higher in the navy or coast guard. The instrument is not invalid for failure to state therein the place of execution or acknowledgment. No authentication of the officer's certificate of acknowledgment is required, but the officer taking the acknowledgment shall endorse thereon or attach thereto a certificate substantially in the following form:  On this .... day of ...., (year), before me, ...., the undersigned officer, personally appeared ...., Serial No. (If any) ...., known to me (or satisfactorily proven) to be performing service in the uniformed services (A dependent of ...., Serial No. (If any) ...., a person performing service in the uniformed services) and to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged that .... he .... executed the same for the purposes therein contained, and the undersigned does further certify that he is, at the date of this certificate, a commissioned officer of the rank stated below and is performing service in the uniformed services.  .... (Signature of the officer)  .... (Rank and Serial No. of officer)  and command to which attached.
WY Stat § 19-11-203 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs|Chapter 11 - Military Service Member Protections|Article 2 - Acknowledgment of Instruments|Section 19-11-203 - Death of Principal Not to Affect Acts Performed in Good Faith Under Power of Attorney.

19-11-203. Death of principal not to affect acts performed in good faith under power of attorney.| No person acting under any power of attorney made by any person who performs service in the uniformed services, during the time the principal remains in the armed forces, shall be held liable for an act upon the ground that the principal was not then alive if the act was performed in good faith and without actual knowledge of the death of the principal. The fact that any principal has been reported missing shall not in itself be considered as indicating the death of the principal.