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WY Stat § 28-1-116 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 28-1-116 - Continuous Planning; Performance Budgeting.

28-1-116. Continuous planning; performance budgeting.| (a) On or before July 1, 1995, and by March 31 of each odd-numbered year thereafter, the governor shall define state goals and objectives in the following areas:  (i) Education;  (ii) Regulatory and economic development;  (iii) Natural resources;  (iv) Health;  (v) Human services;  (vi) Transportation;  (vii) Public safety and corrections;  (viii) General government.  (b) The governor may submit draft goals and objectives to the management council for comment.  (c) On or before September 1 of each odd numbered year, each state agency, as defined under W.S. 28-1-115(g), following an opportunity for public review, shall submit to and have approved by the governor a plan as described by W.S. 28-1-115(a)(ii).  (d) Repealed By Laws 1997, ch. 178, § 2.  (e) When the governor submits the state budget or a supplemental budget as required under W.S. 9-2-1013, he shall also distribute agency plans required under subsection (c) of this section. The budget for each agency shall be performance and program based and shall reflect the goals and objectives specified in the agency's plan.  (f) All dates established in this section or in W.S. 28-1-115 may be extended by the governor.
WY Stat § 28-1-118 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 28-1-118 - Legislative Review of State Revenue Distribution Formulae; Reports Required.

28-1-118. Legislative review of state revenue distribution formulae; reports required.| The joint revenue interim committee shall submit a report to the governor and legislature by December 1, 2004, and by December 1 of each fourth year thereafter, reviewing the distribution formulae for federal mineral royalties, severance taxes and inheritance taxes. The report shall indicate whether the formulae are understandable to public policy makers, serve the needs of the citizens of the state and whether the distinction between sustainable revenues and "one-time" revenues contained therein is reasonable. The report may contain recommendations for legislation.
WY Stat § 28-2-116 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 2 - Legislative Districts of Members|Section 28-2-116 - Legislative Districts Generally; Definitions.

28-2-116. Legislative districts generally; definitions.| (a) As used in W.S. 28-2-116 through 28-2-119:  (i) "Census block" means a geographic area of the state of Wyoming specified by the United States bureau of the census in accordance with the 2010 decennial census and identified uniquely by census block number;  (ii) "Voter tabulation district" or "VTD" means a geographic area of the state of Wyoming specified by the United States bureau of the census in accordance with the 2010 decennial census and identified by Wyoming VTD name and number;  (iii) "This act" means W.S. 28-2-116 through 28-2-119.  (b) As used in W.S. 28-2-118 and 28-2-119 unless the context otherwise requires:  (i) "Blocks" designates the entire census block as numbered by the United States bureau of the census for the 2010 decennial census within the named VTD and county is a part of the legislative district;  (ii) "(Name of) County" designates either that the entire named Wyoming county is within the legislative district or that a portion of the named Wyoming county as specified is within the legislative district;  (iii) "District (number)" designates the legislative district number assigned to a house or senate legislative district from which a legislator is elected under this act;  (iv) "VTD" designates either that the entire voter tabulation district as named by the United States bureau of the census for the 2010 decennial census within the named county is a part of the legislative district or that a portion of the named voter tabulation district within the named county as specified is a part of the legislative district.  (c) W.S. 28-2-118 creates legislative districts for the Wyoming senate and W.S. 28-2-119 creates legislative districts for the Wyoming house of representatives.  (d) The secretary of state shall maintain and make available for public inspection in a hardcopy or electronic format, or both, during regular business hours:  (i) The United States Public Law 94-171 data for the 2010 decennial census received by that office from the United States bureau of the census; and  (ii) The list and geographic description of the legislative districts for the Wyoming senate as provided in W.S. 28-2-118(b) and enacted into law and the list and geographic description of the legislative districts for the Wyoming house of representatives as printed in "Attachment A" referenced in W.S. 28-2-119(b) and enacted into law.
WY Stat § 28-2-117 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 2 - Legislative Districts of Members|Section 28-2-117 - Effective Date of Changes in Legislative Districts; Election of Holdover Senators.

28-2-117. Effective date of changes in legislative districts; election of holdover senators.| (a) Changes in all legislative districts are effective for the 2012 general election cycle and the sixty-second legislature.  (b) Members for senate districts designated as even-numbered districts in W.S. 28-2-118(b) shall be elected for a term of four (4) years at the 2012 general election. Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, no election shall be held in 2012 for senate districts designated as odd-numbered districts in W.S. 28-2-118(b) for which members were elected at the 2010 general election and nothing in this act shall affect the terms of those members, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section. Members for senate districts designated as odd-numbered districts in W.S. 28-2-118(b) shall be elected for a term of four (4) years at the 2014 general election.  (c) A member elected in the 2010 general election for a senate district designated as an odd numbered district in W.S. 28-2-118(b) who has been removed from his district as a result of district boundary changes made by this act may continue to serve the remainder of his term for the district from which he was elected.  (d) Nothing in this act otherwise affects the terms of members of the sixty-first legislature.
WY Stat § 28-2-118 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 2 - Legislative Districts of Members|Section 28-2-118 - Senate Legislative Districts; List of Nested House Districts Formed to Create Senate Districts.

28-2-118. Senate legislative districts; list of nested house districts formed to create senate districts.| (a) Subsection (b) of this section creates legislative districts for the Wyoming senate consisting of the numbered legislative districts contained therein. There shall be one (1) senator elected from each legislative district as specified in subsection (b) of this section. Senate districts shall consist of the entirety of the geographic area of the two (2) house districts listed in subsection (b) of this section for each senate district and as fully described in "Attachment A".  (b) Senate districts shall consist of the entirety of the geographic area of the following two (2) house districts per senate district:  (i) Senate District 1 House Districts 1 and 52;  (ii) Senate District 2 House Districts 4 and 6;  (iii) Senate District 3 House Districts 2 and 5;  (iv) Senate District 4 House Districts 7 and 41;  (v) Senate District 5 House Districts 8 and 42;  (vi) Senate District 6 House Districts 9 and 10;  (vii) Senate District 7 House Districts 11 and 43;  (viii) Senate District 8 House Districts 12 and 44;  (ix) Senate District 9 - House Districts 13 and 45;  (x) Senate District 10 House Districts 14 and 46;  (xi) Senate District 11 House Districts 15 and 47;  (xii) Senate District 12 House Districts 17 and 48;  (xiii) Senate District 13 House Districts 39 and 60;  (xiv) Senate District 14 House Districts 18 and 20;  (xv) Senate District 15 House Districts 19 and 49;  (xvi) Senate District 16 House Districts 21 and 22;  (xvii) Senate District 17 House Districts 16 and 23;  (xviii) Senate District 18 House Districts 24 and 50;  (xix) Senate District 19 House Districts 25 and 26;  (xx) Senate District 20 House Districts 27 and 28;  (xxi) Senate District 21 House Districts 29 and 51;  (xxii) Senate District 22 House Districts 30 and 40;  (xxiii) Senate District 23 House Districts 3 and 31;  (xxiv) Senate District 24 House Districts 32 and 53;  (xxv) Senate District 25 House Districts 33 and 54;  (xxvi) Senate District 26 House Districts 34 and 55;  (xxvii) Senate District 27 House Districts 35 and 36;  (xxviii) Senate District 28 House Districts 56 and 57;  (xxix) Senate District 29 House Districts 37 and 59; and  (xxx) Senate District 30 House Districts 38 and 58.
WY Stat § 28-2-119 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 2 - Legislative Districts of Members|Section 28-2-119 - House Legislative Districts; Lists of Census Blocks for Split Voter Tabulation Districts in the House of Representatives.

28-2-119. House legislative districts; lists of census blocks for split voter tabulation districts in the house of representatives.| (a) Subsection (b) of this section creates legislative districts for the Wyoming house of representatives consisting of the numbered legislative districts contained therein. There shall be one (1) representative elected from each legislative district as specified in subsection (b) of this section. The area within a county, voter tabulation district or census block as provided in paragraphs (i) through (iii) of this subsection is determined using the United States bureau of the census topologically integrated geographic encoding and referencing data base (TIGER ). Each numbered legislative district in subsection (b) of this section consists of the combined geographic area within the:  (i) Entire specified county, if the county alone is listed with no geographic subdivision listed below it;  (ii) Voter tabulation district, if any are listed below the particular county; and  (iii) Census block, if any are listed below the particular voter tabulation district. A census block listed below a voter tabulation district indicates a split voter tabulation district.  (b) (See Attachment A)
WY Stat § 28-3-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 3 - Senate|Section 28-3-101 - President.

28-3-101. President.| (a) There shall be a president of the senate whose duties shall be:  (i) To take the chair at the hour fixed for the meeting of the senate, and call the members to order;  (ii) To announce the business before the senate in the order in which it is to be taken up;  (iii) To receive and submit in proper manner all motions and propositions presented by the members, and to announce the result;  (iv) To receive messages and other communications from other branches of the government, and to announce them to the senate;  (v) To authenticate by his signature, when necessary, all bills, orders and proceedings of the senate;  (vi) To name the members of all committees, unless otherwise directed by the senate.  (b) He may call any member to the chair, but such substitution shall not extend beyond an adjournment, except that in the case of sickness, he may, with the approval of the senate, appoint a member to perform the duties of the president for a period not exceeding ten (10) days.  (c) He shall have the regulation of such parts of the capitol and its passages, and any building in which the legislature meets while displaced from the capitol, as are or may be set apart for the use of the senate and its officers.  (d) He shall refer all matters to be committed to the committee most appropriate to take charge of the same.  (e) He shall, whenever a motion is made and carried to shut the doors of the senate chamber, in the discussion of any question which may, in the opinion of any member, require secrecy, direct the senate chamber to be cleared, and during the discussion of such question, the doors shall remain closed.  (f) He shall call a member to fill the chair whenever the senate resolves itself into a committee of the whole, and the chairman so called shall have the power of the president of senate, until such committee rise.  (g) He shall preserve order and decorum and may speak to points of order, in preference to other members, rising from his seat for that purpose.
WY Stat § 28-3-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 3 - Senate|Section 28-3-102 - Vice-President.

28-3-102. Vice-president.| There shall be a vice-president of the senate, who, in the absence of the president, shall exercise all the powers and authority of the president, and shall perform all his duties.
WY Stat § 28-3-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 3 - Senate|Section 28-3-103 - Employees Generally.

28-3-103. Employees generally.| (a) At the beginning of each session of the legislature, the senate thereof shall engage such employee personnel for said session, upon respective compensation bases, as decided by it.  (b) The senate may authorize personnel to be employed beyond the adjournment of the session in order to complete recordkeeping of each session and prepare for each session of the legislature. The president of the senate, subject to legislative appropriation, shall establish the compensation of any staff so employed whose duties shall be performed under the direction of the president.
WY Stat § 28-3-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 3 - Senate|Section 28-3-104 - Chief Clerk.

28-3-104. Chief clerk.| (a) There shall be a chief clerk whose duties shall be:  (i) To keep a correct journal of the proceedings of the senate;  (ii) To read aloud all papers handed to him for that purpose by any member;  (iii) To certify and transmit to the house of representatives all bills, resolutions and other papers requiring the concurrence of said house, immediately after its passage;  (iv) To notify the house on the concurrence or disagreement by the senate in any vote of the house;  (v) To permit no papers or records belonging to the senate to be taken out of his custody otherwise than in the regular course of business;  (vi) To perform all other duties pertaining to his office under the direction of the president.
WY Stat § 28-4-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 4 - House of Representatives|Section 28-4-101 - Initial Calling of House to Order; Election of Temporary Speaker.

28-4-101. Initial calling of house to order; election of temporary speaker.| Upon the assemblage of the state legislature upon the first day of each regular session thereof, it shall be the duty of the secretary of state to call the house of representatives to order at twelve (12:00) o'clock noon, calling the roll of members entitled to seats according to the certificate of the state canvassing board, filed in the office of secretary of state, whereupon it shall be his duty to call for the nomination and election of a temporary speaker, upon the election of whom the secretary of state shall forthwith surrender his place to the duly elected temporary presiding officer.
WY Stat § 28-4-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 4 - House of Representatives|Section 28-4-102 - Speaker; Speaker Pro Tem.

28-4-102. Speaker; speaker pro tem.| (a) There shall be a speaker of the house who shall take the chair at the hour fixed for the meeting of the house, and call the members to order, and shall perform the following duties:  (i) To announce the business before the house in the order in which it is to be taken up;  (ii) To receive and submit, in proper manner, all motions and propositions presented by the members, and to announce the result;  (iii) To receive messages and other communications from other branches of the government, and announce them to the house;  (iv) To authenticate by his signature, when necessary, all bills, orders and proceedings of the house;  (v) To name the members of all committees, unless otherwise directed by the house.  (b) He may call any member to the chair, but such substitution shall not extend beyond an adjournment.  (c) He shall have the regulation of such parts of the capitol and its passages, and any building in which the legislature meets while displaced from the capitol, as are or may be set apart for the use of the house or its officers.  (d) He shall refer all matters to be committed to the committee most appropriate to take charge of the same.  (e) He shall call a member to fill the chair whenever the house resolves itself into a committee of the whole.  (f) He shall preserve order and decorum, and may speak to points of order in preference to other members, rising from his seat for that purpose.  (g) When the house is in a committee of the whole, should there be any disorderly conduct in the lobby, or any part of the house, the speaker shall immediately resume the chair, and shall have the power to order the house cleared until order is restored.  (h) The house shall elect a speaker pro tem, who, in the absence of the speaker, shall exercise all the powers and authority of the speaker, and shall perform all his duties.
WY Stat § 28-4-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 4 - House of Representatives|Section 28-4-103 - Employees Generally.

28-4-103. Employees generally.| (a) At the beginning of each session of the legislature, the house of representatives thereof shall engage such employee personnel for said session, upon respective compensation bases, as decided by it.  (b) The house may authorize personnel to be employed beyond the adjournment of the session in order to complete recordkeeping of each session and prepare for each session of the legislature. The speaker of the house, subject to legislative appropriation, shall establish the compensation of any staff so employed whose duties shall be performed under the direction of the speaker.
WY Stat § 28-4-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 4 - House of Representatives|Section 28-4-104 - Chief Clerk.

28-4-104. Chief clerk.| (a) There shall be a chief clerk whose duties shall be as follows:  (i) To keep a correct journal of the proceedings of the house;  (ii) To read aloud all papers handed to him for that purpose by any member;  (iii) To certify to, and transmit to the senate, all bills, resolutions and other papers requiring the concurrence of the senate, immediately after their passage;  (iv) To notify the senate on the concurrence or disagreement by the house in any vote of the senate;  (v) To permit no papers or records belonging to the house to be taken out of his custody otherwise than in the regular course of business;  (vi) To perform all other duties pertaining to his office under the direction of the speaker.
WY Stat § 28-5-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 5 - Compensation of Members|Section 28-5-102 - Computation of Mileage.

28-5-102. Computation of mileage.| In determining the mileage it shall be computed by the most direct highway route.
WY Stat § 28-5-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 5 - Compensation of Members|Section 28-5-103 - Additional Compensation of President of Senate and Speaker of House.

28-5-103. Additional compensation of president of senate and speaker of house.| The president of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives, shall each receive three dollars ($3.00) per day for his services, in addition to his compensation as a member of the legislature, and shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance whatever.
WY Stat § 28-5-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 5 - Compensation of Members|Section 28-5-106 - Constituent Service Allowance.

28-5-106. Constituent service allowance.| (a) Repealed By Laws 2014, Ch. 59, § 2.  (b) Each member of the legislature is entitled to receive a constituent service allowance as provided under this section. This allowance is intended to defray expenses incurred by each member in providing service to and on behalf of their constituents, which services are in addition to attending sessions of the legislature, attending meetings of interim committees and engaging in authorized interim work for which salary, per diem and mileage is authorized by law. The allowance is subject to the following:  (i) Repealed By Laws 2013, Ch. 37, § 2.  (ii) Repealed By Laws 2013, Ch. 37, § 2.  (iii) Repealed By Laws 2013, Ch. 37, § 2.  (iv) The allowance of seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) per calendar quarter or fractional portion thereof that the member is in office shall be paid quarterly to all incumbent legislators.
WY Stat § 28-8-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 8 - Legislative Service Office|Section 28-8-101 - Creation; Composition.

28-8-101. Creation; composition.| There is created the legislative service office within the legislative branch of government hereinafter referred to as the "office". The organizational structure of the office shall be determined by the management council, subject to the ultimate control of the entire membership of the legislature.
WY Stat § 28-8-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 28 - Legislature|Chapter 8 - Legislative Service Office|Section 28-8-103 - Director and Staff.

28-8-103. Director and staff.| The management council shall appoint by majority vote a director of the office. The director, subject to the prior approval of the management council, may appoint assistant directors. The director shall appoint such professional, technical and clerical staff as necessary to perform the functions assigned to the office. The director and staff shall be selected without reference to political affiliation and shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. They shall be paid salaries and receive necessary expenses as determined by the management council.