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WY Stat § 36-4-108 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 36 - State Lands|Chapter 4 - State Parks and Cultural Resources|Section 36-4-108 - Acquisition and Supervision of Historical Parks and Sites.

36-4-108. Acquisition and supervision of historical parks and sites.| (a) The department, in consultation with the commission, may receive or acquire, but not by use of the power of eminent domain, historical parks and sites within the state. Nothing in this section limits the authority of the department to receive, acquire and to maintain, but not by use of the power of eminent domain, land for other outdoor recreation areas and facilities. The department shall be subject to the provisions of W.S. 36-4-106(e) and (f) when acting pursuant to this section.  (b) The department shall:  (i) Supervise, maintain and control historic parks, including furnishing and controlling employees and equipment, possessing and controlling all items, objects and furnishings, and erecting all signs and markers;  (ii) Interpret historic parks and prepare and arrange all items, objects, furnishings and information;  (iii) Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 44, § 3.  (iv) Administer the state trails program; and  (v) Erect, maintain and remove monuments and markers.
WY Stat § 36-4-109 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 36 - State Lands|Chapter 4 - State Parks and Cultural Resources|Section 36-4-109 - Contracts and Agreements With United States for Improvements and Maintenance.

36-4-109. Contracts and agreements with United States for improvements and maintenance.| The department, in consultation with the commission, is authorized to enter into contracts and agreements with the United States or any duly authorized representative or agency thereof to cause state outdoor recreation areas and facilities to be improved and maintained and for that purpose may contract to secure the labor of members of organizations under the control of the federal government or some duly authorized representative or agency thereof.
WY Stat § 36-4-110 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 36 - State Lands|Chapter 4 - State Parks and Cultural Resources|Section 36-4-110 - Power to Lease or Rent Concessions.

36-4-110. Power to lease or rent concessions.| (a) The department, in consultation with the commission, is empowered to lease, enter into contracts and assess fees for concessions, cabin sites, boat clubs, and other services of all lawful kinds and nature on state outdoor recreation areas or facilities to persons, partnerships, and corporations for a valuable consideration upon terms and conditions as the department deems fit and proper. Funds received by the department pursuant to this section shall be deposited and expended in accordance with W.S. 36-4-121(h).  (b) The department, with the advice of the commission, shall promulgate rules that shall apply to any for profit business concession with a five (5) year or greater contract or lease term to promote the uniform and effective administration of state outdoor recreation areas and facilities. Rules adopted under this subsection shall specify:  (i) Uniform procedures for bidding, entering into leases or contracts and assessing fees under this section, consistent with W.S. 9-2-3204(b)(iv), and making any forms available in electronic format on the department website;  (ii) Uniform guidelines for bonding and other obligations of service providers;  (iii) Uniform contract and lease guidelines, including ranges within which to negotiate contract or lease terms including the duration of contracts and leases; and  (iv) Any additional and prudent site-specific conditions and requirements.
WY Stat § 36-4-111 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 36 - State Lands|Chapter 4 - State Parks and Cultural Resources|Section 36-4-111 - Authority to Receive and Expend Monies; Investments.

36-4-111. Authority to receive and expend monies; investments.| (a) The state treasurer, after consultation with the governor, is hereby authorized and directed to receive and credit to the appropriate account any grant, donation, or bequest which is made to the state of Wyoming or the department which contains a condition or restriction that the income only therefrom shall be expended for the purposes provided by this act.  (b) The department, in consultation with the commission, shall have the authority to receive in trust, any money or property of any kind or character, donated, granted, or bequeathed to the commission, the department or the state of Wyoming for outdoor recreation areas and facilities and to carry out the terms, if any, of any such grant, donation or bequest, or in the absence of any terms or limitations, to expend the money or the proceeds of any such property as it may deem advisable for outdoor recreation areas or facilities under the provisions of this act. The department shall be subject to the provisions of W.S. 36-4-106(e) and (f) when accepting property pursuant to this section to be designated as an outdoor recreation area or facility.  (c) Money received and the proceeds or other property likewise received and disposed of by the department, in consultation with the commission, may be expended by the department for the purposes of this act.  (d) Any money under this section shall be invested by the state treasurer in securities of any of the classes in which he is permitted by law to invest the general school funds of this state, and the interest received thereon shall be placed at the disposal of the department to be used by it in carrying out the purposes of this act.
WY Stat § 36-4-112 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 36 - State Lands|Chapter 4 - State Parks and Cultural Resources|Section 36-4-112 - Receipt and Expenditure of Federal Funds; Use of Funds From Land and Water Conservation Fund.

36-4-112. Receipt and expenditure of federal funds; use of funds from land and water conservation fund.| Authority is hereby granted for the state of Wyoming and its authorized representatives, with the approval of the governor, to receive and to disburse federal monies which may now and hereafter be available under the provisions of Public Law 88-578 or any other applicable federal statutes, for the acquisition, development, operation and maintenance of outdoor recreation areas and facilities of the state. All funds received because of state participation in the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act shall accrue to the state treasurer who shall deposit them in the appropriate accounts. No funds so received shall be used for any purpose other than the administration of the provisions of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act. Such projects may be undertaken by the department in consultation with the commission only after it has been determined that sufficient funds are available for meeting the state's share of project costs.
WY Stat § 36-4-113 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 36 - State Lands|Chapter 4 - State Parks and Cultural Resources|Section 36-4-113 - Private Improvement Permits.

36-4-113. Private improvement permits.| The department of state parks and cultural resources may grant permits to any individual, improvement club or voluntary association, or committee representing such clubs and associations, to improve, without expense to the state, any outdoor recreation area or facility established under the provisions of this act. All such improvements, changes, alterations or restorations shall be outlined in writing or set forth in drawings and specifications furnished by the department and the work undertaken shall be subject to inspection and supervision by the department during the course thereof.
WY Stat § 36-4-115 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 36 - State Lands|Chapter 4 - State Parks and Cultural Resources|Section 36-4-115 - Rules and Regulations; General Penalty for Violations.

36-4-115. Rules and regulations; general penalty for violations.| (a) The department of state parks and cultural resources in consultation with the commission shall promulgate and enforce all reasonable rules and regulations necessary to carry out this act.  (b) Rules and regulations promulgated by the department under this act and governing state parks and historic sites shall include the:  (i) Conservation of peace and good order within each park;  (ii) Preservation of state property;  (iii) Promotion of the well-being of park visitors and residents; and  (iv) Definition of a public nuisance within state parks and historic sites.  (c) The department of state parks and cultural resources shall enforce its rules and regulations.  (d) Any person violating this act or any rule and regulation promulgated by the department under subsection (b) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), imprisoned for not more than six (6) months, or both.
WY Stat § 36-4-117 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 36 - State Lands|Chapter 4 - State Parks and Cultural Resources|Section 36-4-117 - Jurisdiction Over Grazing Districts.

36-4-117. Jurisdiction over grazing districts.| Nothing in this act, shall be construed as giving jurisdiction to the department of state parks and cultural resources over interest in any grazing district established under the terms of the Taylor Grazing Act unless and until agreement and consent of the board of directors of the grazing district to this effect is formally secured.
WY Stat § 36-4-118 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 36 - State Lands|Chapter 4 - State Parks and Cultural Resources|Section 36-4-118 - Compensation Prohibited; per Diem and Travel Expenses Permitted.

36-4-118. Compensation prohibited; per diem and travel expenses permitted.| The members of the commission and the advisory board shall not receive any compensation for their services, but when actually engaged in the performance of their duties, they shall be paid a per diem for each day of such actual service and be reimbursed for their travel expenses at the same rate applicable to travel expenses of other state officers.
WY Stat § 36-4-119 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 36 - State Lands|Chapter 4 - State Parks and Cultural Resources|Section 36-4-119 - Existing Agreements Binding; Successor to Records and Duties; Taxation Exemption.

36-4-119. Existing agreements binding; successor to records and duties; taxation exemption.| (a) Effective April 1, 1990 the department of commerce shall be bound by any and all agreements, contracts and obligations incurred by the Wyoming recreation commission to which it had been bound because they were incurred by the Wyoming state parks commission and land and water conservation commission and Old South Pass historical preserve commission prior to July 1, 1973, and shall succeed to all records, documents, equipment, and other personal or real property under the control and management of the parks commission of Wyoming and the state land and water conservation commission of Wyoming and the Old South Pass historical preserve commission of Wyoming acquired and used in the performance of duties previously imposed upon those commissioners. All money from operation of the Old South Pass historical preserve shall be credited to the general fund. Effective July 1, 1999 the department of state parks and cultural resources shall be bound by any and all agreements, contracts and obligations incurred by the department of commerce to which it had been bound because they were incurred by the Wyoming state parks commission and land and water conservation commission and Old South Pass historical preserve commission prior to July 1, 1973, and shall succeed to all records, documents, equipment, and other personal or real property under the control and management of the parks commission of Wyoming and the state land and water conservation commission of Wyoming and the Old South Pass historical preserve commission of Wyoming acquired and used in the performance of duties previously imposed upon those commissioners. All money from operation of the Old South Pass historical preserve shall be credited in accordance with W.S. 36-4-121(h).  (b) The department of state parks and cultural resources, in consultation with the commission, is hereby charged with the duties and responsibilities heretofore devolved upon the Old South Pass historical preserve, and for the purpose of discharging same is hereby invested with all the powers and authority heretofore vested in such Old South Pass historical preserve, subject to the same limitations thereof; and the department of state parks and cultural resources, in consultation with the commission, is authorized to delegate the same, or so much thereof as it shall provide, to an administrator or to a committee appointed by it for the performance of its functions hereunder.  (c) User fees and other charges for the South Pass preserve development are exempt from taxation by the state.
WY Stat § 36-4-122 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 36 - State Lands|Chapter 4 - State Parks and Cultural Resources|Section 36-4-122 - Administration of Hot Springs State Park.

36-4-122. Administration of Hot Springs state park.| (a) Effective April 1, 1990, the authority for management, control and administration of the Hot Springs state park located at Thermopolis, Hot Springs county, is vested in the department of state parks and cultural resources, in consultation with the commission. Effective July 1, 1999, the authority for management, control and administration of the Hot Springs state park located at Thermopolis, Hot Springs county, is vested in the department of state parks and cultural resources, in consultation with the commission. The state park will be administered by the department in accordance with W.S. 36-8-301 through 36-8-405.  (b) Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 44, § 3.  (c) Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 44, § 3.
WY Stat § 36-4-123 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 36 - State Lands|Chapter 4 - State Parks and Cultural Resources|Section 36-4-123 - Selling Agents for Registrations, Licenses and Permits.

36-4-123. Selling agents for registrations, licenses and permits.| (a) The department of state parks and cultural resources through the division of parks and historic sites shall appoint selling agents to sell snowmobile registrations pursuant to W.S. 31-2-402, permits under W.S. 36-4-121 and other licenses, registrations and permits for which the department may by law be required to issue and collect fees. Selling agents appointed under this section shall be bonded by the department, subject to the following:  (i) The appointed agent, prior to September 1 preceding the calendar year for which the bond is to be in effect, shall pay to the department a nonrefundable annual bonding fee of fifty dollars ($50.00);  (ii) Any newly appointed agent shall pay the bonding fee prescribed under paragraph (a)(i) of this section to the department immediately upon appointment for the remainder of the calendar year in which appointed;  (iii) Bonding fees collected under this subsection shall be deposited in a bond pool account, from which any claim against the bond of any selling agent and not directly collected from the agent shall be paid.  (b) Each selling agent appointed under subsection (a) of this section shall:  (i) On or before the tenth day of each month on forms provided by the division, file a report with the division stating all sales of registrations, licenses or permits by the agent during the preceding month;  (ii) Remit to the division all revenues collected by the agent from registration, license or permit sales during the preceding month reported under paragraph (b)(i) of this section, less any sales commission authorized by law;  (iii) Annually account for and deliver to the division all unused, surplus or damaged registration decals, licenses or permits received by the agent.  (c) In addition to any other penalty imposed by law, any selling agent failing to comply with this section and other applicable law shall not receive any sales commission authorized by law.
WY Stat § 36-5-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 36 - State Lands|Chapter 5 - Leasing Generally|Section 36-5-101 - Qualifications of Lessees; Lease Terms; Rental.

36-5-101. Qualifications of lessees; lease terms; rental.| (a) No person shall be qualified to lease state lands unless that person has reached the age of majority, and is a citizen of the United States, or has declared an intention to become a citizen of the United States. No person or legal entity shall be qualified to lease state lands unless he or it has complied with the laws of this state and is authorized to transact business in this state.  (b) The rental of any lease awarded shall be based on an economic analysis and shall reflect at least the fair market value for the same or similar use of the land based upon a formula adopted by the board using the following criteria:  (i) Readily available data averaged over an adequate number of years to remove any radical fluctuations;  (ii) Factors which reasonably reflect the true market value of state leases;  (iii) Parameters within which the board can be responsive to changing resource conditions, market demand and industry viability;  (iv) Factors which reasonably reflect the contributions made by the lessee.
WY Stat § 36-5-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 36 - State Lands|Chapter 5 - Leasing Generally|Section 36-5-102 - Maximum Term of Agricultural or Grazing Lease.

36-5-102. Maximum term of agricultural or grazing lease.| No lease for agricultural or grazing purposes shall be issued for a term of more than ten (10) years.
WY Stat § 36-5-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 36 - State Lands|Chapter 5 - Leasing Generally|Section 36-5-103 - Application for Lease; Cancellation of Application.

36-5-103. Application for lease; cancellation of application.| Any person, firm, association or corporation desiring to lease state lands for agricultural and grazing purposes shall file with the director an application on the form approved by the board, which must be accompanied by the regular filing fee, and a certified check, bank draft, cashier's check, post office or express money order, cash or personal check acceptable to the director for the full amount of the first year's rental offered; and if there are improvements owned by another located upon said lands, the applicant must also transmit in the manner above provided, the estimated amount of the value of the improvements as listed in his application, and in the event the successful applicant fails, refuses or neglects to complete the lease awarded, or otherwise fails, refuses, or neglects to comply with the provisions of this act, or the rules and regulations of the board, after having been given thirty (30) days notice by registered mail, the application shall be cancelled and the sum remitted as rentals and twenty-five percent (25%) of the sum remitted for improvements shall be retained by the board as liquidated damages; and the sum paid as rental shall be paid by the director to the state treasurer and credited by him to the proper permanent land income fund account, and the sum paid for improvements shall be credited to the general fund.
WY Stat § 36-5-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 36 - State Lands|Chapter 5 - Leasing Generally|Section 36-5-104 - Time for Filing Renewal Applications.

36-5-104. Time for filing renewal applications.| All applications to lease grazing and agricultural lands under outstanding leases must be filed in the office of state lands and investments not earlier than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to, and not later than thirty (30) days prior to the expiration date of the existing lease. Any conflicting application to lease grazing and agricultural lands under any existing lease shall be filed in the office of state lands and investments not earlier than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to, and not later than, ninety (90) days prior to the expiration date of the existing lease. Upon receipt of a conflicting lease application the office of state lands and investments shall notify the current lessee that a conflicting lease application has been received and shall provide the current lessee not less than thirty (30) days from receipt of notice to file a lease renewal application.
WY Stat § 36-5-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 36 - State Lands|Chapter 5 - Leasing Generally|Section 36-5-106 - Richard Bridge Historical Park.

36-5-106. Richard Bridge historical park.| The state board of land commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered, if after investigation and study the board deems it to the best interest of the state of Wyoming, to enter into a lease agreement with the town of Evansville, Wyoming, for a portion of the land belonging to the state of Wyoming lying south of the centerline of the North Platte River in section 36, township 34 north, range 79 west of the sixth principal meridian, Natrona county, Wyoming. The lease authorized herein shall contain a clause restricting the use of the leased property to historical landmark, park, recreation, museum and municipal purposes. The land leased shall be known as Richard Bridge historical park.
WY Stat § 36-5-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 36 - State Lands|Chapter 5 - Leasing Generally|Section 36-5-107 - Preference in Granting Leases on Exchanged Lands.

36-5-107. Preference in granting leases on exchanged lands.| The holder of a lease of any school, state or institutional land that is offered for exchange under section 8, of the Taylor Grazing Act, shall have preference to lease the land received in such exchange.
WY Stat § 36-5-108 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 36 - State Lands|Chapter 5 - Leasing Generally|Section 36-5-108 - Even Rental Offers.

36-5-108. Even rental offers.| If two (2) or more qualified applicants shall offer the same annual rental for the same lands, and such offers are the highest offers received and are equal to or above the minimum rental fixed by the board, and no preference exists in the old lessee, or if such old lessee does not exercise such preference, the director shall grant the lease to the applicant holding title to lands nearest to the lands applied for. When a preference exists in the old lessee under the provisions of this act, he shall be given fifteen (15) days notice by registered mail, and if he fails or refuses to file his acceptance together with the balance of the rental due for the first year, within the time specified, the lease shall be awarded automatically to the applicant offering to pay the highest annual rental, or in the event of even offers, shall be disposed of as hereinbefore provided.
WY Stat § 36-5-109 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 36 - State Lands|Chapter 5 - Leasing Generally|Section 36-5-109 - When Rental Due; Procedure Upon Failure to Pay.

36-5-109. When rental due; procedure upon failure to pay.| Upon notice provided not less than thirty (30) days prior to the anniversary date of a lease, all rentals accruing to the state by virtue of this act, except those for the first year, shall become due and payable at the office of the director on the anniversary date of the lease. If the rent is not paid on the anniversary date, the director shall notify the lessee or his authorized agent by certified mail that the lease will be cancelled if the rent and a late fee equal to ten percent (10%) of the annual rental is not received within thirty (30) days following the date of the notice. If the lease is cancelled, the director shall as soon as possible thereafter, advertise the lands in the county where located, as vacant and subject to lease.