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WY Stat § 9-3-616 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 6 - State Highway Patrol, Game and Fish Warden and Criminal Investigator Retirement|Section 9-3-616 - Applicability of Portions of Wyoming Retirement Act.

9-3-616. Applicability of portions of Wyoming Retirement Act.| Requirements for eligibility for disability retirement under this article, either related or not related to official duties as an employee, shall be in accordance with the disability provisions outlined in the Wyoming Retirement Act.
WY Stat § 9-3-618 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 6 - State Highway Patrol, Game and Fish Warden and Criminal Investigator Retirement|Section 9-3-618 - Disposition of Funds; Designated Custodian of Monies.

9-3-618. Disposition of funds; designated custodian of monies.| Funds accruing to the retirement program under this article shall be commingled with all money on deposit with the state treasurer in the Wyoming retirement account. The board may designate the state treasurer or a custodial bank approved by the state treasurer as the custodian of the monies and shall administer them in accordance with W.S. 9-3-424.
WY Stat § 9-3-619 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 6 - State Highway Patrol, Game and Fish Warden and Criminal Investigator Retirement|Section 9-3-619 - Payment of Employers' Contribution From Highway Fund, Game and Fish Fund and Attorney General Budget.

9-3-619. Payment of employers' contribution from highway fund, game and fish fund and attorney general budget.| Provision for the payment of the employers' contribution under this article shall be made in the budget of the Wyoming highway patrol division as approved by the department of transportation out of the state highway fund, in the budget of the Wyoming game and fish commission out of the game and fish fund and in the budget of the attorney general for the division of criminal investigation and for capitol police.
WY Stat § 9-3-620 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 6 - State Highway Patrol, Game and Fish Warden and Criminal Investigator Retirement|Section 9-3-620 - Exemption of Benefits From State and Local Taxes, Execution and Attachment; Benefits Paid Under Qualified Domestic Relations Order.

9-3-620. Exemption of benefits from state and local taxes, execution and attachment; benefits paid under qualified domestic relations order.| (a) Benefits and allowances set forth under this article are exempt from any state, county or municipal tax and are not subject to execution or attachment by trustee process or otherwise, in law or equity, or under any other process, and are not assignable except as specially provided in this article.  (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, benefits and allowances under this article may be paid in accordance with qualified domestic relations orders pursuant to W.S. 9-3-426.
WY Stat § 9-3-701 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 7 - Judicial Retirement|Section 9-3-701 - Short Title.

9-3-701. Short title.| This act is known and may be cited as "The Wyoming Judicial Retirement Act".
WY Stat § 9-3-702 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 7 - Judicial Retirement|Section 9-3-702 - Definitions.

9-3-702. Definitions.| (a) As used in this act:  (i) "Account" means an account established for the purpose of accounting for funds used to provide benefits to employees covered under this act;  (ii) "Board" or "retirement board" means the retirement board of the Wyoming retirement system established by the Wyoming Retirement Act, article 4 of this chapter 3;  (iii) "Credited service" means service as a justice of the supreme court, as a district judge or a circuit court judge for which contributions were made and not refunded under this act;  (iv) "Disability" means a determination by the supreme court or a special supreme court of mandatory retirement of the employee for a disability as provided in Wyoming Constitution, Article 5, Section 6(g);  (v) "Employee" means any justice of the supreme court, district judge, chancery court judge or circuit court judge appointed to any of those offices on or after July 1, 1998, and with no prior service as a justice of the supreme court or district judge at the time of the appointment. "Employee" also includes any justice or judge who elects to participate in the judicial retirement program under this act in accordance with W.S. 9-3-713;  (vi) "Employer" means the Wyoming supreme court, for justices, chancery court judges and circuit court judges, or a district court;  (vii) "Highest average salary" means the average annual salary of a member for the highest paid three (3) years of continuous service;  (viii) "Interest" means interest compounded annually at such rate or rates as shall be determined by the board, not exceeding the average amount of interest actually earned per annum by the account;  (ix) "Retirement program" means the Wyoming judicial retirement program created by this act;  (x) "Salary" means the cash remuneration paid, including contributions required by W.S. 9-3-704, to an employee for his services;  (xi) "Member account" means:  (A) For an employee who has a minimum of four (4) years of service or an employee initially employed before July 1, 2018, the employee's contributions paid from any source;  (B) For an employee who has fewer than four (4) years of service and who is initially employed on or after July 1, 2018, only the employee's contributions paid by a reduction in cash salary of the employee.  (xii) "This act" means W.S. 9-3-701 through 9-3-713.
WY Stat § 9-3-703 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 7 - Judicial Retirement|Section 9-3-703 - Administration.

9-3-703. Administration.| (a) There is created the retirement program which is for the benefit of the employees defined in W.S. 9-3-702(a)(v).  (b) The administration and responsibility for the operation of the retirement program is under the direction and control of the board. All matters pertaining to the board are applicable to the retirement program created by this act. For the purposes of administration of this act, the Wyoming Retirement Act applies to this act to the extent not inconsistent with this act, or where by the terms of the Wyoming Retirement Act, its provisions can have no application. Specifically, with respect to this act, W.S. 9-3-408 applies with respect to investment of funds and service as custodian of funds in the account and the board has rulemaking authority in accordance with W.S. 9-3-409.
WY Stat § 9-3-704 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 7 - Judicial Retirement|Section 9-3-704 - Employee Contributions.

9-3-704. Employee contributions.| (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, every employee covered by this article shall pay into the account nine and twenty-two one-hundredths percent (9.22%) of his salary. To the extent this contribution is not paid by the employer as authorized in this section, this payment shall be deducted each pay period from employees' salaries by the respective fiscal officers of the employers.  (b) The entire contribution required by subsection (a) of this section shall be paid by the employer for employees covered under this article in order to be treated as employer contributions for the sole purpose of determining tax treatment under the United States Internal Revenue Code.  (c) The contributions under subsection (b) of this section shall be paid from the source of funds which is used in paying salary to the employee. The employer may pay these contributions without offset of the employee's salary in the same salary percentage as provided by state employers under W.S. 9-3-412(c). The employer shall also reduce the cash salary of the employee by three and sixty-five hundredths percent (3.65%).
WY Stat § 9-3-705 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 7 - Judicial Retirement|Section 9-3-705 - Employer Contributions.

9-3-705. Employer contributions.| Each employer subject to this act shall pay into the account a contribution equal to fourteen and five-tenths percent (14.5%) of the salary paid to each employee covered by this act. These contributions, together with the employees' contributions shall be transferred and credited to the retirement program in a manner the board directs.
WY Stat § 9-3-706 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 7 - Judicial Retirement|Section 9-3-706 - Age of Retirement.

9-3-706. Age of retirement.| (a) An employee is eligible for retirement under this act when he has served as a judge of the supreme court, a district court, a chancery court judge, a circuit court or service in any combination of those positions after July 1, 1998, if:  (i) He is at least sixty (60) years of age and has at least twenty (20) years of credited service;  (ii) He is at least sixty-five (65) years of age and has at least four (4) years of credited service;  (iii) He has less than four (4) years of credited service but has served continuously from the date of appointment to the age of seventy (70) years;  (iv) He has not less than ten (10) years and is retired for disability;  (v) He has not less than four (4) years of service to his credit and is at least fifty-five (55) years of age, but any benefit received by an employee under this paragraph shall be reduced by five percent (5%) for each year of retirement prior to age sixty-five (65).
WY Stat § 9-3-707 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 7 - Judicial Retirement|Section 9-3-707 - Amount of Benefit; Adjustments.

9-3-707. Amount of benefit; adjustments.| (a) Any employee who has left service covered under this act, and who has not withdrawn his accumulated contributions, is eligible to receive a retirement allowance computed according to the terms of this act at the age specified in W.S. 9-3-706. The service retirement allowance payable to an employee under this act is subject to the following:  (i) The amount shall be equal to the percentage computed under paragraph (ii) of this subsection times the employee's highest average salary as defined in W.S. 9-3-702(a)(vii);  (ii) For the purposes of making the computation under paragraph (i) of this subsection, the percentage shall be computed based upon the sum of the following for credited service:  (A) Four percent (4%) for each of the first five (5) years of credited service;  (B) Three percent (3%) for each year from and including the sixth year through the fifteenth year of credited service;  (C) Two percent (2%) for each year from and including the sixteenth year through the twentieth year of credited service;  (D) One percent (1%) for each year from and after the twenty-first year of credited service.  (iii) Repealed by Laws 2008, Ch. 21, § 2.  (iv) For an employee retired for disability, W.S. 9-3-422(a) and (b) apply with respect to computing the amount of the benefit.  (b) Repealed By Laws 2012, Ch. 107, § 3.  (c) W.S. 9-3-430 applies to this act.  (d) Benefits shall not be payable under the program to the extent that they exceed the limitations imposed by section 415(b) of the Internal Revenue Code. The board shall provide any benefits in excess of the limitations under special pay plans authorized under W.S. 9-3-405(b) to the extent the benefits can be provided and the program retain qualified plan status under the Internal Revenue Code.
WY Stat § 9-3-708 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 7 - Judicial Retirement|Section 9-3-708 - Death Benefits; Survivor's Benefits.

9-3-708. Death benefits; survivor's benefits.| (a) W.S. 9-3-421 applies to employees and their survivors under this act.  (b) Upon the death of a former employee who is receiving a retirement allowance under this act, the employee's survivor shall receive a monthly retirement allowance during the survivor's life equal to fifty percent (50%) of the allowance received by the former employee under this act at the time of the employee's death.
WY Stat § 9-3-709 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 7 - Judicial Retirement|Section 9-3-709 - Refund of Contributions Upon Termination of Employment; Procedure; Redeposit; Limitation on Refund.

9-3-709. Refund of contributions upon termination of employment; procedure; redeposit; limitation on refund.| Any employee covered by this act who terminates his employment is entitled to a refund of his member account plus interest thereon, except that commencing July 1, 2019 for an employee who has fewer than four (4) years of service to his credit, no interest shall accrue to the member account during any period in which the employee is not employed by a participating employer. The refunds shall be made only upon written request to the board. Any employee who withdraws from the system under this section shall forfeit all rights to further benefits, employer matching contributions and service credit under the system. Any person who later returns to service covered by this act may redeposit the amount of the contributions withdrawn, in lump sum, together with interest, if any, and upon earning not less than two (2) years credited service, may reestablish his service credits as of the time of withdrawal of his contributions. Any redeposit payment pursuant to this section shall be made not later than ten (10) years following the date of reemployment or prior to retirement, whichever first occurs.
WY Stat § 9-3-710 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 7 - Judicial Retirement|Section 9-3-710 - Disposition of Funds; Custodian of Monies.

9-3-710. Disposition of funds; custodian of monies.| Funds accruing to the account used to fund benefits for the program under this act shall be commingled with all money on deposit with the state treasurer in the Wyoming retirement account. The board may designate the state treasurer as the custodian of the retirement account. Disbursements from the account for purposes as specified in W.S. 9-3-407(c) shall be made upon warrants drawn by the state auditor upon certification by authorized system employees or using an appropriate alternative method approved by the state auditor. All disbursements from the account shall be accounted for in accordance with the uniform state accounting system or in a manner approved by the state auditor or the state treasurer as provided under W.S. 9-4-214. As used in this section, "authorized system employees" means the director and his designees who have authorized signatures on file with the state auditor, "director" means the director of the Wyoming retirement system, and "system" means the Wyoming retirement system.
WY Stat § 9-3-711 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 7 - Judicial Retirement|Section 9-3-711 - Payment of Employers' Contribution From Budgets.

9-3-711. Payment of employers' contribution from budgets.| Provision for the payment of the employers' contribution under this act shall be made in the budget of the Wyoming supreme court and the district courts. Provision for the payment of that portion of the employee's contribution authorized to be made by the employer under this act shall be requested in the budget of the Wyoming supreme court and the district courts.
WY Stat § 9-3-712 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 7 - Judicial Retirement|Section 9-3-712 - Exemption of Benefits From State and Local Taxes, Execution and Attachment; Benefits Paid Under Qualified Domestic Relations Order.

9-3-712. Exemption of benefits from state and local taxes, execution and attachment; benefits paid under qualified domestic relations order.| (a) Benefits and allowances set forth under this article are exempt from any state, county or municipal tax and are not subject to execution or attachment by trustee process or otherwise, in law or equity, or under any other process, and are not assignable except as specially provided in this article.  (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, benefits and allowances under this article may be paid in accordance with qualified domestic relations orders pursuant to W.S. 9-3-426.
WY Stat § 9-3-713 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 7 - Judicial Retirement|Section 9-3-713 - Election to Transfer Into the System Established Under This Act.

9-3-713. Election to transfer into the system established under this act.| (a) Any Wyoming supreme court justice, district judge or circuit court judge appointed before July 1, 1998, may elect to be covered under the retirement system established under this act subject to the following terms and conditions:  (i) The election shall be made by providing notice to the board not later than December 31, 1999, or prior to retirement, whichever is earlier, and making any payment required under paragraph (iii) of this subsection. An election made pursuant to this section may be rescinded at any time before the electing judge or justice collects retirement from the retirement system established under this act;  (ii) For county judges, the board shall transfer the funds in the judge's member account in the retirement system as defined in W.S. 9-3-402(a)(i) and the matching employer contributions along with interest on both to the account created in W.S. 9-3-702(a)(i) to fund retirement under this act;  (iii) A circuit court judge making an election under this section shall also pay to the board an amount determined by the board which shall be deposited into the retirement system account used to fund the retirement benefits under this act. The amount shall be equal to three and sixty-five hundredths percent (3.65%) of his salary for each year of service to be credited under this act plus interest, or an amount sufficient to cover the unfunded liability for retirement benefits under this section after the transfer under paragraph (ii) of this section, whichever is less. Notwithstanding paragraph (i) of this subsection, a circuit court judge appointed before July 1, 1998, may elect to be covered under this act by providing notice to the board not later than December 31, 2003, or prior to retirement, whichever is earlier, and making any payment required under this paragraph.
WY Stat § 9-4-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 4 - Public Funds|Article 1 - Receipt and Disbursement|Section 9-4-101 - Fiscal Year; Delivery of State Property by Treasurer and Auditor to Successors.

9-4-101. Fiscal year; delivery of state property by treasurer and auditor to successors.| The fiscal year for all agencies, boards, commissions, departments, instrumentalities or institutions of the state government shall commence on July 1 in each year, except as otherwise specifically provided or authorized by law. At the end of their respective terms of office the treasurer and auditor shall deliver to their successors all official books, papers, records and balances of funds in their possession. If either or both successors are not elected or appointed and qualified, the existing incumbent of the office shall retain the state property until the election or appointment and qualification of his successor occurs.
WY Stat § 9-4-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 4 - Public Funds|Article 1 - Receipt and Disbursement|Section 9-4-102 - Creation of Expense in Excess of Appropriation; Liability of Officer Therefor; Penalty for Violation.

9-4-102. Creation of expense in excess of appropriation; liability of officer therefor; penalty for violation.| (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, no state officer is authorized to create any expense of any kind or character as a charge against the state in excess of the amount appropriated for his use. Any officer creating an expense in excess of the appropriation is responsible for the expenditure under his official bond.  (b) Any person or board, who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00) and may be removed from office.
WY Stat § 9-4-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 4 - Public Funds|Article 1 - Receipt and Disbursement|Section 9-4-103 - Account of Expenditures; Public Inspection; Vouchers for Allowances.

9-4-103. Account of expenditures; public inspection; vouchers for allowances.| When an appropriation is made by law for any purpose, to be expended for the state, the officer or board having charge of the appropriation shall keep an account therewith, showing when, to whom and for what purpose any portion of the appropriation has been expended. The account shall always be open for public inspection. Every officer or person presenting any voucher to any board for allowance, or to the auditor for payment, shall have affixed to the voucher a full itemized statement in writing covering the claim and the claim shall be approved for allowance by the proper board, department head or officer. Any claims failing to comply with this provision shall be rejected by the auditor or any of the boards to which the claims are presented.
WY Stat § 9-4-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 4 - Public Funds|Article 1 - Receipt and Disbursement|Section 9-4-104 - Withholding Salary in Case of Embezzlement of Public Funds or Failure to Pay Over Fees.

9-4-104. Withholding salary in case of embezzlement of public funds or failure to pay over fees.| If any officer of the state, or of any county or municipal corporation therein, having the custody of public funds, embezzles the funds, or if any public officer whose duty it is to pay into the treasury of the state, county or municipal corporation, any fees collected by him, fails at the times required by law to pay over the fees into the proper public treasury, the officer whose duty it is to audit and allow claims for salary of any officer or to issue a warrant in payment of the salary, may withhold the salary due to the officer, until the embezzlement, if any, is satisfied, or until the fees unlawfully retained by the officer are properly turned over and paid into the proper public treasury. If the director of the state department of audit determines that any embezzlement exists, or that any fees have been improperly retained by any public officer, the auditing officer or board shall withhold the person's salary until embezzlement is satisfied, or the fees are turned into the proper public treasury, or a court of competent jurisdiction arrives at a different conclusion from that of the director and decrees that no embezzlement or failure to pay over fees existed.
WY Stat § 9-4-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 4 - Public Funds|Article 1 - Receipt and Disbursement|Section 9-4-105 - Cancellation of Unpaid State Warrants.

9-4-105. Cancellation of unpaid state warrants.| The state auditor shall cancel all state warrants that have been issued for one (1) year and which have not been presented to the state treasurer for payment. The money shall revert to the fund and account upon which the warrant was originally drawn or to the general fund if the original account no longer exists.