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WY Stat § 28-8-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 8 - Legislative Service Office|Section 28-8-104 - Direction by Legislature During Sessions; Joint Interim Committees; Requests for Services; Establishment of Priorities; Appointment of Select Committees; Vacancies; Enlarging Committees.

28-8-104. Direction by legislature during sessions; joint interim committees; requests for services; establishment of priorities; appointment of select committees; vacancies; enlarging committees.| (a) The legislature during regular or special session may direct the director and his staff to perform such studies, duties or services as the legislature may prescribe.  (b) When the legislature is not in regular or special session, the respective standing committees of the house and senate shall function as joint interim committees. Each of these interim committees may request the office to perform specific studies and services for the interim committee conditioned only upon receipt of prior approval of the committee's request by the management council. All priorities based upon limitation of time and appropriation of the office shall be established by the management council and followed by the interim committees and individual legislators. Any specific study or service that is approved by the management council, including bill drafting and prefiling, shall be done under the supervision of the appropriate interim committee or the individual legislator.  (c) The management council shall have the right, when a joint interim committee is not performing its assigned study or a special study is desired, to appoint a select committee of not less than three (3) members without regard to its house or senate makeup to carry out the duties of the interim committee or the special study.  (d) The management council shall have the right to fill any vacancy or enlarge any committee to facilitate any assigned studies conducted during the interim.  (e) Of committees comprised of members of both houses of the legislature, only management council, joint interim committees of the legislature, the joint appropriations committee, the management audit committee and select committees explicitly authorized by statute or joint rule or resolution of the legislature shall sponsor and introduce legislation during a legislative session. Nothing in this subsection shall restrict the right of a member of the legislature to sponsor legislation.
WY Stat § 28-8-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 8 - Legislative Service Office|Section 28-8-106 - Purchase and Distribution of Statutes, Supplements and Session Laws.

28-8-106. Purchase and distribution of statutes, supplements and session laws.| The legislative service office shall purchase such number of copies of statutes, supplements or session laws as the management council may direct. The legislative service office shall retain such copies as necessary for its own use and distribute the balance as directed.
WY Stat § 28-8-108 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 8 - Legislative Service Office|Section 28-8-108 - Comments, Recommendations and Suggestions in Audit Reports; Disclosure of Confidential Information; Unauthorized Reports or Releases; Reporting Criminal Violations.

28-8-108. Comments, recommendations and suggestions in audit reports; disclosure of confidential information; unauthorized reports or releases; reporting criminal violations.| (a) The reports of the legislative service office may include comments, recommendations and suggestions, but neither the director nor the auditors shall have any authority to enforce any recommendation or suggestion nor shall they otherwise influence or direct executive or legislative action. All information obtained by the legislative service office related to an audit is deemed not to be a public record and shall remain confidential information in the possession of the legislative service office. Except as otherwise provided in this section or W.S. 28-8-107(d), this information may be disclosed by the legislative service office only to members of the legislative committee for which the information was obtained, only to the extent necessary to document a statement or report, and only in a manner that protects individual identities.  (b) Any member of the legislative service office who knowingly discloses confidential information other than as authorized by this section, discloses the contents of audit reports prohibited by W.S. 28-8-107 or releases other reports or information not authorized by the management council, the management audit committee or by statute is subject to immediate termination of employment.  (c) If information obtained by the legislative service office related to an audit discloses an indication of a violation of any criminal law of this state the information shall be reported by the legislative service office employee discovering the apparent violation to the director who shall report the apparent violation to the chairman of the management audit committee and thereafter or concurrently therewith, to the attorney general. Any report under this subsection may be made with the supporting information from the audit determined to be necessary or convenient. Upon request of the attorney general in investigating any apparent violation reported pursuant to this subsection, the legislative service office shall make available to the attorney general any information requested which was obtained during the audit, regardless of the status of the audit report.  (d) The legislative service office shall release information obtained in conducting an audit in response to a court subpoena in a criminal proceeding.
WY Stat § 28-8-109 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 8 - Legislative Service Office|Section 28-8-109 - Reports by Director to Legislature.

28-8-109. Reports by director to legislature.| The director and his staff shall prepare and deliver a report of the activities of the office to each member of the legislature not later than January 15th of each calendar year, or at such other times as the management council deems necessary or as requested by the legislature.
WY Stat § 28-8-110 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 8 - Legislative Service Office|Section 28-8-110 - Mileage, Salary and per Diem of Legislators Engaging in Activities.

28-8-110. Mileage, salary and per diem of legislators engaging in activities.| All members of the legislature shall receive their statutory mileage, salary and per diem for each day actually spent in legislative-directed or management council-approved activities of the office.
WY Stat § 28-8-111 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 8 - Legislative Service Office|Section 28-8-111 - Assistance to Be Provided by State and Local Officers or Agencies; Duty of Audited Agencies.

28-8-111. Assistance to be provided by state and local officers or agencies; duty of audited agencies.| (a) Upon request of the director and with the approval of the management council or the management audit committee, each officer, board, commission, department or any political subdivision of state government or any local government shall provide assistance, documents and information to the legislative service office.  (b) In preparing fiscal and personnel notes for proposed legislation as required by joint rule of the legislature, the state budget department and any agency or department of state government shall furnish any information or assistance relative thereto as soon as reasonably practicable upon request of the director.
WY Stat § 28-8-112 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 8 - Legislative Service Office|Section 28-8-112 - Space in State Capitol Building and Annexation.

28-8-112. Space in state capitol building and annexation.| (a) The following areas in the state capitol building, including the extension from the capitol building to and under the Herschler building and within the Herschler building, shall be rooms and halls provided for the conduct of activities of the legislature, its committees, the legislative service office and necessary legislative staff, and the management council:  (i) On the garden level of the capitol building, rooms in the west half of the capitol building and the room on the northwest corner of the east half of the garden level;  (ii) On the first floor of the capitol building:  (A) The two (2) meeting rooms adjacent to the west wall of the building and the hospitality room contiguous to the north meeting room;  (B) The room on the southeast corner of the west half of the first floor.  (iii) The second and third floors of the capitol building, inclusive of hallways and stairways on those floors;  (iv) Within the extension from the capitol building to and under the Herschler building, the six (6) meeting rooms, three (3) rooms in the east wing under the Herschler building, dedicated to a learning center, media room and visitor center, and the room designated as a "leg. copy" room on page 34 of the presentation to the capitol building rehabilitation and restoration oversight group on March 9, 2016, which presentation is on file with the legislative service office;  (v) That area on the first floor, west wing of the Herschler building designated as "legislature" on page 35 (bearing the label "Herschler First Floor - Proposed assignments), of the presentation to the capitol building rehabilitation and restoration oversight group on March 9, 2016, and as subsequently reduced on the north side by action of the state capitol building rehabilitation and restoration oversight group on August 22, 2018, as reflected in the minutes of the meeting on file with the legislative service office;  (vi) During legislative sessions, the presiding officers of the house and senate shall have the regulation of passageways on the second and third floors of the capitol building and passageways adjacent to or contiguous with the meeting rooms specified in subparagraph (ii)(A) and paragraph (iv) of this subsection;  (vii) All areas devoted to mechanical systems within the areas specified in paragraphs (i) through (vi) of this subsection shall not be considered areas for the conduct of activities of the legislature and shall be managed by the state building commission.
WY Stat § 28-8-113 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 8 - Legislative Service Office|Section 28-8-113 - Duty of Agency Officers and Employees; Legislative Service Office Access to Records; Failure to Provide Access; Penalty.

28-8-113. Duty of agency officers and employees; legislative service office access to records; failure to provide access; penalty.| (a) Any officer or employee of a state agency subject to audit or other review by the legislature shall fully assist the legislative service office during the course of the audit or review. The legislative service office shall have access to and authority to examine all books, records, accounts, files, correspondence and all other documents, confidential or otherwise, maintained by the agency or its employees during the course of agency business. The provisions of W.S. 16-4-201 through 16-4-205 do not apply to audits or investigations of state agencies performed by or on behalf of the legislature or legislative committees. Any member of the legislative service office who discloses confidential information obtained while conducting an audit, to any person or in any manner not authorized by law, is subject to disciplinary action as provided by W.S. 28-8-108(b).  (b) Any officer or employee of an agency who knowingly fails or refuses to permit such access and examination is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed six (6) months, or both.
WY Stat § 28-8-114 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 8 - Legislative Service Office|Section 28-8-114 - Legal Actions Authorized; Employment of Counsel.

28-8-114. Legal actions authorized; employment of counsel.| (a) The legislature finds that proper interpretation and administration of the constitution and legislative enactments of the state of Wyoming are matters of great public interest and importance, and the legislature has a sufficient interest in the proper interpretation and administration of the constitution and its own enactments to provide standing for the legislature to prosecute an action for declaratory judgment to protect its interests and the interests of the public.  (b) The legislature by a majority vote of the members of both houses when in session, or the management council by the affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the members of the council during the interim, is authorized to commence and prosecute an action for declaratory judgment in the courts of this state, or of the United States, when such action is deemed necessary or advisable to protect the rights, powers and interests of the legislature or assure proper interpretation or administration of the constitution, statutes or administrative rules of Wyoming.  (c) The legislature may by resolution direct the management council to prosecute an action. The management council may commence an action upon its own motion.  (d) The legislature or the management council may direct the legal staff of the legislative service office to commence and prosecute the action, or it may employ private counsel for such purposes, as it deems advisable.
WY Stat § 28-8-116 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 8 - Legislative Service Office|Section 28-8-116 - Confidential Communications.

28-8-116. Confidential communications.| (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section and unless the privilege is waived by the individual legislator involved, the following shall be deemed confidential and privileged:  (i) Communications between a legislator and legislative staff relating to:  (A) A request for research or advice on a legislative issue;  (B) A request for the drafting of legislation or amendments to legislation;  (C) Any matter under consideration by a legislative committee other than communications made publicly to legislative staff in a public meeting of the committee;  (D) Development of a legislator's position on legislation or discussion of any matter arising out of or relating to the deliberative process of the legislature.  (ii) All documents and electronic records, including but not limited to correspondence, e-mail, notes, memoranda and preliminary or final drafts, received by a legislator or legislative staff or prepared or assembled by a legislator or legislative staff in regard to a communication under paragraph (a)(i) of this section, other than a version of a bill or amendment approved for introduction;  (iii) Communications between a legislator and a contractor or consultant retained by the legislature other than communications made publicly in a public meeting.  (b) Private communications of or to a legislator in his official capacity including but not limited to communications with constituents are confidential until otherwise disclosed by the legislator or the individual who is party to the communication.  (c) As used in this section, "legislative staff" means the staff of the legislative service office, session staff employed by the legislature and legislative interns and aides.  (d) The recording or broadcast of a communication made by a legislator or legislative staff which would otherwise be confidential and privileged under this section shall not be deemed confidential and privileged to the extent that the communication is audible on the official legislative service office recording or broadcast of a public meeting of management council, the joint appropriations committee, the management audit committee, a joint interim committee, select committee or task force. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to waive the privilege for any communication or portion of a communication that is not audible on the recording or broadcast.
WY Stat § 28-9-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 9 - Administrative Regulation Review|Section 28-9-101 - Definitions.

28-9-101. Definitions.| (a) As used in this act:  (i) "Agency" means any authority, bureau, board, commission, department, division, officer or employee of the state, excluding the state legislature and the judiciary;  (ii) "Council" means the legislative management council or any committee thereof;  (iii) "Rule" means the same as defined in W.S. 16-3-101(b)(ix);  (iv) "This act" means W.S. 28-9-101 through 28-9-108.
WY Stat § 28-9-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 9 - Administrative Regulation Review|Section 28-9-102 - Powers and Duties.

28-9-102. Powers and duties.| (a) The council may:  (i) Examine the administrative rules and regulations of any agency to determine if they properly implement legislative intent, are within the scope of delegated authority, and are lawfully adopted;  (ii) Require any agency and any officer or employee thereof to give full cooperation and assistance to the committee or its staff in assembling and furnishing requested information; and  (iii) Hold public hearings.
WY Stat § 28-9-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 9 - Administrative Regulation Review|Section 28-9-103 - Submission of Rules for Review; Notice to Legislators.

28-9-103. Submission of rules for review; notice to legislators.| (a) Repealed by Laws 1988, ch. 66, § 2.  (b) An agency shall submit copies of adopted, amended or repealed rules to the legislative service office for review pursuant to W.S. 28-9-104 within ten (10) days after the date of the agency's final action adopting, amending or repealing those rules.  (c) Repealed by Laws 1988, ch. 66, § 2.  (d) Upon receipt of an agency's notice to adopt new rules pursuant to W.S. 16-3-103(a)(i), the legislative service office shall give notice to the primary sponsor of the legislation, to members of the interim or standing committee which sponsored or acted upon the legislation authorizing the new rules and to any other legislator requesting notification. The notice given by the legislative service office shall state a copy of the rules will be sent if requested. Notice under this subsection is not required for persons not currently serving in the legislature.
WY Stat § 28-9-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 9 - Administrative Regulation Review|Section 28-9-104 - Review Procedure; Time for Review; Criteria for Review.

28-9-104. Review procedure; time for review; criteria for review.| (a) The legislative service office shall review rules submitted under W.S. 28-9-103(b) and report its findings to the council. The legislative service office shall review new rules and include therein any comments from the primary sponsor of the legislation, the chairman of the interim or standing committee which sponsored or acted upon the legislation authorizing the new rules and any other legislator submitting comments, and shall report their findings to the council. The report required under this subsection shall be submitted to the council:  (i) Within fifteen (15) days after the rules were submitted under W.S. 28-9-103(b); or  (ii) If the legislature is in session at the time the report would otherwise be due under paragraph (i) of this subsection, then within ten (10) days after the adjournment of the session.  (b) The council may review any rule of an agency when requested to do so by a member of the legislature or any legislative committee.  (c) When reviewing a rule of an agency, the council shall determine whether the rule:  (i) Appears to be within the intent and scope of the legislative enactment delegating the authority to adopt the rule;  (ii) Has been adopted in accordance with all applicable and statutory requirements of law; and  (iii) Meets all constitutional and statutory requirements, restrictions and standards.
WY Stat § 28-9-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 9 - Administrative Regulation Review|Section 28-9-105 - Review Procedure; Recommendations.

28-9-105. Review procedure; recommendations.| (a) Repealed by Laws 1988, ch. 66, § 2.  (b) The management council may refer the review report to the legislative interim or standing committee which sponsored or handled the legislation which is the authority relied on for the rule being reviewed. If the legislation was not sponsored by a legislative committee, the review report may be referred to the joint interim committee which corresponds to the standing committee that handled the legislation in the house in which the legislation was introduced. The standing or interim committee to which the review report is referred may make recommendations to and assist the council in preparing recommendations to the agency which adopted or proposed the rule being reviewed.
WY Stat § 28-9-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 9 - Administrative Regulation Review|Section 28-9-106 - Council Recommendations to the Agency; Time.

28-9-106. Council recommendations to the agency; time.| (a) The council shall submit its approval or its recommendations for amendment or rescission to the governor and to the agency which submitted the rule.  (b) The governor, within fifteen (15) days after receiving any council recommendation, shall either order that the rule be amended or rescinded in accordance with the council's recommendation or file with the council in writing his objections to the recommendation.
WY Stat § 28-9-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 9 - Administrative Regulation Review|Section 28-9-107 - Legislative Orders; Action Required; Implementation and Enforcement of Rules.

28-9-107. Legislative orders; action required; implementation and enforcement of rules.| (a) If the council determines that a rule submitted for review under W.S. 28-9-103(b) does not satisfy one (1) or more of the criteria of W.S. 28-9-104(c), the council may introduce legislation in the next succeeding legislative session following the review to obtain a legislative order to prohibit the implementation or enforcement of the rule.  (b) Repealed by Laws 1988, ch. 66, § 2.  (c) If the legislature, each house voting separately, approves a legislative order to prohibit the implementation or enforcement of any rule, the rule is null and void and shall not be implemented or enforced. If the legislature fails to approve a legislative order prohibiting the implementation or enforcement of a rule, the rule may be implemented or enforced, as the case may be, after compliance with all other applicable provisions of law.
WY Stat § 28-9-108 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 9 - Administrative Regulation Review|Section 28-9-108 - Submitting Rules to Legislative Service Office Required.

28-9-108. Submitting rules to legislative service office required.| No rule shall be filed with the secretary of state pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act, except an emergency regulation adopted as provided by W.S. 16-3-103(b), unless the rule has been submitted to the legislative service office for review as provided by this act.