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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 13 - Watercraft › Article 2 - Operation; Equipment › Section 41-13-207 - Operation of Watercraft by Person Under Disability Prohibited.

41-13-207. Operation of watercraft by person under disability prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any watercraft or any person having such in charge or in control to authorize or knowingly permit the same to be operated by any person who by reason of physical or mental disability is incapable of operating such watercraft under the prevailing circumstances.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 13 - Watercraft › Article 2 - Operation; Equipment › Section 41-13-208 - Overloading Prohibited.

41-13-208. Overloading prohibited.
Watercraft shall not be loaded with passengers or cargo beyond its safe carrying capacity as stated on the capacity plate and affixed to the watercraft by the manufacturer, taking into consideration weather and other existing operating conditions. Capacity plates shall not be removed or altered.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 13 - Watercraft › Article 2 - Operation; Equipment › Section 41-13-209 - Overpowered Watercraft Prohibited; Horsepower Rating Plates; Mufflers Required.

41-13-209. Overpowered watercraft prohibited; horsepower rating plates; mufflers required.
(a) No watercraft shall be equipped with any motor or other propulsion machinery that has a horsepower rating exceeding the maximum stated on the capacity plate approved and issued by the United States coast guard and affixed to the watercraft by the manufacturer.
(b) Motorboats shall be equipped, maintained and operated to prevent excessive or unusually loud noise and shall at all times be equipped with a muffler or shall use another method of noise suppression in good working order and in constant operation. No person shall operate or allow the operation of any motorboat equipped with an altered muffler or muffler cutout, bypass or other devise designed or installed to continually or intermittently bypass or otherwise reduce or eliminate the effectiveness of any muffler or muffler system.
(c) Subsection (b) of this section shall not apply to motorboats competing in or while on trials of an approved race or regatta nor in areas designated by the game and fish department.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 13 - Watercraft › Article 2 - Operation; Equipment › Section 41-13-210 - Riding on Gunwales or Bow Decking Prohibited; Exceptions.

41-13-210. Riding on gunwales or bow decking prohibited; exceptions.
No person operating a motorboat shall allow any person to ride or sit on either the starboard or port gunwales thereof or on the decking over the bow of the vessel while underway unless such motorboat is provided with adequate guards or railing to prevent passengers from being lost overboard. Nothing in this section shall be construed to mean that passengers or other persons aboard a motorboat cannot occupy the decking over the bow of the boat to moor the watercraft to a mooring buoy or to cast off from such a buoy, or for any other necessary purpose.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 13 - Watercraft › Article 2 - Operation; Equipment › Section 41-13-211 - Buoys and Markers; Operation in Marked Restricted Areas Prohibited; Exceptions.

41-13-211. Buoys and markers; operation in marked restricted areas prohibited; exceptions.
(a) The commission shall regulate the type and use of watercraft on the waters of the state and the placement of buoys, markers or regulatory signs necessary to provide for the safety and welfare of the public. Watercraft operators shall operate watercraft in accordance with restrictions and regulations specified on the buoys, markers or signs. No waterway marker regulating watercraft use shall be placed on, in or near the waters of the state unless approval has been obtained in accordance with commission regulations.
(b) No person shall operate a watercraft on any water or within a water area which has been designated in accordance with commission regulation as a restricted area. This section does not apply in the case of an emergency, or to patrol or rescue craft.
(c) No person shall tie-off, moor or attach any watercraft to any regulatory buoy or waterway marking device.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 13 - Watercraft › Article 2 - Operation; Equipment › Section 41-13-212 - Motorboat Pulling Skier to Be Occupied by at Least 2 Persons; Hours of Operation; Use of Care; Exceptions.

41-13-212. Motorboat pulling skier to be occupied by at least 2 persons; hours of operation; use of care; exceptions.
(a) No motorboat which shall have in tow or shall be otherwise assisting a person on water skis, aquaplane or similar contrivance, shall be operated or propelled in or upon any waterway, unless such motorboat shall be occupied by at least two (2) persons. Provided, that this subsection shall not apply to motorboats used by representatives of duly constituted water ski schools in the giving of instruction, or to motorboats used in duly authorized water ski tournaments, competitions, expositions, or trials therefor, or to any motorboat equipped with a wide angle rear view mirror.
(b) No motorboat shall have in tow or shall otherwise be assisting a person on water skis, aquaplane or similar contrivance from the period of one (1) hour after sunset to one (1) hour prior to sunrise. Provided, that this subsection shall not apply to motorboats used in duly authorized water ski tournaments, competitions, expositions, or trials therefor.
(c) All motorboats having in tow or otherwise assisting a person on water skis, aquaplane or similar contrivance, shall be operated in a careful and prudent manner at a reasonable distance from persons and property so as not to endanger the life or property of any person.
(d) No person shall operate or manipulate any vessel, tow rope or other device by which the direction or location of water skis, aquaplane, or similar device may be affected or controlled in such a way as to cause the water skis, aquaplane, or similar device, or any person thereon to collide with or strike against any person or object, other than a jumping ramp or in conjunction with skiing over a slalom course.
(e) The person required to be in a motorboat under subsection (a) of this section who is not operating the motorboat shall:
(i) Continuously observe the person being towed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 13 - Watercraft › Article 2 - Operation; Equipment › Section 41-13-215 - Enforcement.

41-13-215. Enforcement.
(a) The game and fish department law enforcement officers and any other peace officers of the state or any of its political subdivisions otherwise authorized by law may enforce this act and rules and regulations of the commission.
(b) For purposes of this section, any game and fish department law enforcement officer and any other peace officer may:
(i) Stop, halt, inspect or board any watercraft;
(ii) If there is probable cause to believe a watercraft and associated trailer are stolen, seize the watercraft and associated trailer. A defaced, altered, removed or destroyed vessel hull identification number (HIN) is prima facia evidence that the watercraft and trailer are stolen.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 13 - Watercraft › Article 2 - Operation; Equipment › Section 41-13-216 - Penalties for Violations; Suspension of Privilege to Operate; Operating While Privilege Suspended.

41-13-216. Penalties for violations; suspension of privilege to operate; operating while privilege suspended.
(a) Any person who violates or fails to comply with W.S. 41-13-207 through 41-13-212, 41-13-219 or 41-13-220(b) is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00), imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days, or both, and may be refused the privilege of operating any watercraft on any of the waterways of this state for not more than two (2) years. Any person who violates W.S. 41-13-105, 41-13-111(a) or (b), 41-13-203, 41-13-204, 41-13-206 or 41-13-220(a) is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both, and may be refused the privilege of operating any watercraft on any of the waterways of this state for not more than two (2) years.
(b) Any person who violates or fails to comply with any provision of this act for which no separate penalty is provided or a valid rule or regulation of the commission is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(c) Any person who operates any watercraft during the period when he has been denied this privilege under subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), imprisoned not more than six (6) months, or both, and may be refused the privilege of operating any watercraft on any of the waterways of this state for not more than two (2) years.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 13 - Watercraft › Article 2 - Operation; Equipment › Section 41-13-217 - Races or Regattas.

41-13-217. Races or regattas.
The commission may regulate the holding of regattas, motorboat or other boat races, marine parades, tournaments or exhibitions. It shall adopt regulations concerning the safety of motorboats and other vessels and persons thereon, either observers or participants. Whenever a regatta, motorboat or other boat race, tournament or exhibition is proposed to be held, the person in charge, at least thirty (30) days prior thereto, shall file an application with the department for permission to hold the regatta, motorboat or other boat race, marine events, tournament or exhibition. The application shall set forth the date, time and location of the proposed event and such other information as the commission may by regulation require.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 13 - Watercraft › Article 2 - Operation; Equipment › Section 41-13-219 - Age of Operator of Motorboat.

41-13-219. Age of operator of motorboat.
No person shall operate or be in actual physical control of a motorboat required to be numbered on the waters in this state unless he is at least sixteen (16) years of age or is accompanied by an adult. No person shall knowingly permit the operation of a numbered motorboat on the waters of this state by a person under sixteen (16) years of age who is not accompanied by an adult.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 13 - Watercraft › Article 2 - Operation; Equipment › Section 41-13-220 - Eluding an Officer; Emergency Watercraft Equipment Restricted.

41-13-220. Eluding an officer; emergency watercraft equipment restricted.
(a) Any person operating a watercraft shall upon observing a visual or hearing an audible signal from a law enforcement officer enforcing this act and rules and regulations of the commission, bring the watercraft to an immediate stop. No person, after observing a visual or hearing an audible signal from a law enforcement officer enforcing this act and rules and regulations of the commission, shall attempt to elude a law enforcement officer by watercraft or any other means.
(b) Red or blue rotating or flashing lights shall not be displayed and sirens shall not be used on watercraft except as authorized for watercraft operated or used by law enforcement and emergency watercraft.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 14 - Storage of Water for Industrial and Municipal Uses › Section 41-14-101 - Definitions.

41-14-101. Definitions.
When used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires, "board" means the Wyoming natural resource board [economic development and stabilization board], "director" means the director of the natural resource board, and "chief" means chief of the water development division of the natural resource board.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 14 - Storage of Water for Industrial and Municipal Uses › Section 41-14-102 - Contracts With United States for Acquisition of Space in the Proposed Fontenelle Reservoir of the Seedskadee Project.

41-14-102. Contracts with United States for acquisition of space in the proposed Fontenelle Reservoir of the Seedskadee Project.
The board is hereby authorized to contract with the United States or its agent for the acquisition of space in the proposed Fontenelle Reservoir of the Seedskadee Project for the storage of water for municipal and industrial uses, to the extent the board determines necessary for beneficial use in the state of Wyoming, but not to exceed sixty thousand (60,000) acre-feet and to contract for the payment to the United States of not more than nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000.00) as the allocated costs thereof pursuant to the Federal Reclamation Laws and the Water Supply Act of 1958 (43 U.S.C. 390b).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 14 - Storage of Water for Industrial and Municipal Uses › Section 41-14-103 - Issuance of Bonds; Purchase of Bonds by State Treasurer; Interest Rates; When Bonds Due and Payable; Disposition of Proceeds of Sale; Use of Revenues Derived From Furnishing Water.

41-14-103. Issuance of bonds; purchase of bonds by state treasurer; interest rates; when bonds due and payable; disposition of proceeds of sale; use of revenues derived from furnishing water.
(a) The board is hereby authorized to issue its nonnegotiable debenture bonds in such numbers and amounts, not exceeding nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000.00), as may, from time to time, be required by it to carry out the provisions of this act. The state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed, with the approval of the governor and the attorney general, to purchase such bonds for investment of the permanent funds of the state of Wyoming to the extent practicable. Such bonds issued by the board will bear interest at the rate of three percent (3%) per annum and will be payable on dates fixed by the board but not more than ten (10) years from the date of issue.
(b) The funds obtained from the sale of said bonds provided for in subsection (a) of this section are hereby made available to the board to be used for the purposes of this act including, but not limited to the payment of any sums due to the United States for the repayment of the cost of construction of the space acquired by the board in the proposed Fontenelle Reservoir; its share of operation and maintenance of said reservoir and refunding of principal or interest of bonds issued by it.
(c) All revenues derived from the furnishing of water for industrial or municipal purposes pursuant to this act shall be credited to a separate account. The board shall use any monies in this account for the repayment to the United States of the allocated cost of construction and operation and maintenance of the board's acquired space in the Fontenelle Reservoir and for payment of interest and principal on its obligations prior to the use for such purposes of funds received by it from the sale of its bonds. All monies in this account in excess of those required for the board's current operations under this act shall be applied to the retirement of the board's debenture bonds purchased by the state treasurer.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 42 - Welfare › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 1 - In General › Section 42-1-101 - Definitions; Generally.

42-1-101. Definitions; generally.
(a) As used in this title:
(i) "Applicant" means any person applying for benefits under programs provided pursuant to this title;
(ii) "Department" means the department of family services unless otherwise specified;
(iii) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 161, 4.
(iv) "Field office" means each field office of the department located within each county or region of the state;
(v) "Recipient" means any person receiving benefits under programs provided pursuant to this title.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 42 - Welfare › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 1 - In General › Section 42-1-102 - Conflict With Federal Laws.

42-1-102. Conflict with federal laws.
(a) If any provision of this title or W.S. 14-2-1001 through 14-2-1008 is found to be in conflict with federal law or to come in conflict with federal law due to new federal enactments, the department shall:
(i) Follow the state rather than the federal law to the extent possible without incurring federal sanctions;
(ii) Seek any waivers from the federal government which appear to be appropriate and feasible to permit continued use of the provisions of state law;
(iii) Notify the joint labor, health and social services interim committee and the legislature of the conflict and the steps necessary to resolve the conflict; and
(iv) If necessary to avoid federal sanctions with significant adverse effects on the state or the people of Wyoming, implement the federal law until sixty (60) days after the end of the general or budget legislative session following the discovery of the conflict. This period may be extended by the governor until sixty (60) days after the end of the next legislative session if a waiver request is pending before the appropriate federal agency at the start of a legislative session.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 42 - Welfare › Chapter 2 - Public Assistance and Social Services › Article 1 - In General › Section 42-2-102 - Definitions.

42-2-102. Definitions.
(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided, as used in this article:
(i) "Commodities" means foods donated or available for donation by the department;
(ii) "Coupon" means any coupon, stamp or other type of certificate provided for the purchase of eligible food as defined by the supplemental nutrition assistance program;
(iii) "Electronic benefit transfer" means a system for the supplemental nutrition assistance program as an alternative to issuing a supplemental nutrition assistance program card. An electronic benefit transfer system is a computer-based system in which the benefit authorization is received through a point of sale terminal. Eligible households utilize plastic cards in lieu of supplemental nutrition assistance program coupons to purchase food items at authorized food retailers. This type of benefit may also be used to issue other types of public welfare benefits;
(iv) "Supplemental nutrition assistance program benefit" means assistance provided by the supplemental nutrition assistance program to eligible households in the form of coupons, electronic benefit transfers or cash that are redeemable at federally approved food retailers;
(v) "Performance payment" means an amount payable to or on behalf of an eligible recipient;
(vi) "Public assistance" means financial assistance in the form of a performance payment, vendor payment, supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits or a payment under the minimum medical program;
(vii) "Public welfare benefit" means financial assistance provided to eligible persons in the form of a performance payment, vendor payment, supplemental nutrition assistance program benefit, electronic benefit transfer or cash. These benefits may be received from several state or federal welfare programs including:
(A) Medicaid;
(B) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 108, 2.
(C) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 108, 2.
(D) Low income energy assistance program;
(E) Minimum medical program;
(F) Child care program;
(G) Personal opportunities with employment responsibilities (POWER);
(H) Supplemental nutrition assistance program.
(viii) "Social services" mean services specifically authorized by the legislature, defined by the comprehensive social services plan of the department and provided or purchased in accordance with this act;
(ix) "Approved educational program" means any program at the University of Wyoming or a Wyoming community college leading to a baccalaureate, associate degree, or certificate at the school or a vocational program approved by the department, or other accredited educational program within Wyoming leading to a baccalaureate, associate degree or nationally recognized certification or license. The department, may, by rule and regulation specify particular courses of study or majors that do not generally lead to employment and are not approved educational programs.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 42 - Welfare › Chapter 2 - Public Assistance and Social Services › Article 1 - In General › Section 42-2-104 - Personal Opportunities With Employment Responsibilities; Provision; Eligibility; Unemployed Parent Program.

42-2-104. Personal opportunities with employment responsibilities; provision; eligibility; unemployed parent program.
(a) The department may through the personal opportunities with employment responsibilities (POWER) program provide financial assistance for a dependent child and an eligible caretaker. Financial assistance under this program shall be in the form of a performance payment or protective payment payable to or on behalf of an eligible recipient. Any individual not a relative of the dependent child but interested in or concerned with the welfare of the child and his eligible caretaker may subject to qualifications prescribed by rule and regulation of the department, receive a protective payment on behalf of the dependent child which shall not count toward the caretaker's five (5) year limit for benefits under W.S. 42-2-103(e)(i) unless the nonrelative caretaker is included in the calculation of the performance payment of the dependent child.
(b) In addition to any other state or federal regulation and subject to W.S. 42-2-103(e), an assistance unit qualifying under W.S. 42-2-103(a) with a dependent child is eligible for financial assistance under the personal opportunities with employment responsibilities (POWER) program. For purposes of this subsection, a dependent child includes any child who is under eighteen (18) years of age and living with a relative in a residence maintained by the relative as determined by rule and regulation of the department, regularly attending school or its equivalent as determined by the department, or is expected to graduate from high school before the age of nineteen (19) years. For purposes of this subsection, a dependent child does not include a minor parent.
(i) Repealed By Laws 1997, ch. 196, 2.
(ii) Repealed By Laws 1997, ch. 196, 2.
(c) Repealed By Laws 1997, ch. 196, 2.
(d) Subject to the availability of funds, the department may by rule and regulation create a program to provide financial assistance to assistance units in which there is a dependent child and both of the parents are unemployed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 42 - Welfare › Chapter 2 - Public Assistance and Social Services › Article 1 - In General › Section 42-2-105 - Application for Assistance and Services; Investigation of Applicant.

42-2-105. Application for assistance and services; investigation of applicant.
(a) An individual or other person on his behalf may apply in writing for public assistance and social services under this article to the field office of the department located within the county or region in which the individual resides. A relative or other person interested in the welfare of a dependent child and his family may apply for the child. Application shall be upon a form and in a manner prescribed by rule and regulation of the department.
(b) Upon receipt of an application under subsection (a) of this section, the department shall investigate the facts stated in the application and obtain necessary information to determine eligibility for public assistance and social services.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 42 - Welfare › Chapter 2 - Public Assistance and Social Services › Article 1 - In General › Section 42-2-106 - Approval or Disapproval of Application; Notification of Applicant; Amount and Form of Assistance and Services.

42-2-106. Approval or disapproval of application; notification of applicant; amount and form of assistance and services.
(a) Based upon the eligibility of an applicant, the department shall approve or disapprove each application for public assistance or social services filed with its field offices pursuant to W.S. 42-2-105 and shall notify the applicant of its decision. Eligibility determinations for public assistance under this chapter shall be made separately from eligibility determinations for medical assistance under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act.
(b) Upon approval and in accordance with this article and its rules and regulations, the department shall determine the form, amount and commencement date of public assistance and social services for each approved application. In determining the amount of public assistance and social services for applicants who receive a housing subsidy, for households with a supplemental security income recipient or for unmarried minor parent applicants, the department shall take into consideration the supplied shelter tables as established in its rules and regulations.
(c) In any assistance program under this chapter for which income is the criterion or one (1) of the criteria for assistance payments, compensation received for a veteran's service connected disability shall not be counted in determining income if that compensation on an annual basis is not more than the poverty level for the applicant as determined by the federal office of management and budget.
(d) When the department approves an application for public assistance under the personal opportunities with employment responsibilities (POWER) program, it shall inform the approved applicant of the opportunity to continue to receive benefits under the program while participating in an approved educational program, provided the person is accepted into the approved educational program and otherwise continues to meet eligibility requirements of both programs.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 42 - Welfare › Chapter 2 - Public Assistance and Social Services › Article 1 - In General › Section 42-2-107 - Payment of Assistance; Custodian for Incompetent Recipients.

42-2-107. Payment of assistance; custodian for incompetent recipients.
(a) Public assistance and social services approved under this article:
(i) May be provided in the form of a performance payment or other financial assistance, in the home of the applicant, in an institution or in any other manner or form determined appropriate by rule and regulation of the department;
(ii) Shall be provided to the recipient until terminated or modified pursuant to this article;
(iii) Shall be provided to qualified recipients who move to Wyoming from other states, except the amount of the performance payment or other financial assistance for the first twelve (12) months of eligibility in Wyoming may, at the option of the department, be the lesser of:
(A) The amount of assistance for which the recipient would be entitled in Wyoming; or
(B) The amount of the assistance the recipient would be receiving in the state of prior residence.
(b) A performance payment or any other form of public assistance shall be payable to the recipient or to a custodian or a vendor on behalf of the recipient. If the recipient is determined incompetent for purposes of using the public assistance provided under this article in the most beneficial manner, the amount may be payable to a custodian of the recipient. Subject to approval of the department, the custodian may receive and dispose of the public assistance on behalf of the recipient and shall report quarterly to the department providing a detailed accounting of his management of the amounts received under this subsection. The department shall review the report, determine if the conduct of the custodian is in the best interests of the recipient and file a copy of the report in the recipient's case record.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 42 - Welfare › Chapter 2 - Public Assistance and Social Services › Article 1 - In General › Section 42-2-108 - Continuous Assistance to Recipient Changing Residence to Another County; Assistance Provided to Nonresidents; Termination Upon Leaving State.

42-2-108. Continuous assistance to recipient changing residence to another county; assistance provided to nonresidents; termination upon leaving state.
(a) The department shall provide for the continuous and uninterrupted receipt of approved public assistance and social services by any eligible recipient changing his residence from one (1) county to another county in the state until otherwise terminated or modified in accordance with this article.
(b) Any transient or nonresident of the state may receive public assistance or social services provided under this article if approved in accordance with this article. The department may require the transient or nonresident to pay his transportation and expenses if he possesses property, income or other resources other than personal effects necessary for decency and health.
(c) Public assistance or social services shall be terminated in the manner prescribed by rule and regulation of the department for any recipient moving to another state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 42 - Welfare › Chapter 2 - Public Assistance and Social Services › Article 1 - In General › Section 42-2-109 - Review of Assistance and Services; Termination or Modification; Notice to Department of Change in Assets.

42-2-109. Review of assistance and services; termination or modification; notice to department of change in assets.
(a) Public assistance and social services provided under this article shall be reviewed at least once each year, except for recipients enrolled in an approved educational program which shall be reviewed once every six (6) months. An approved educational program under this section shall be limited to educational courses not to exceed the baccalaureate degree level. After review, the department may continue, modify or terminate public assistance and social services in accordance with the circumstances of the recipient and the provisions of this article. Review of recipients in an approved educational program pursuant to this subsection shall require that recipients:
(i) To maintain a "C" or equivalent cumulative grade point average in the approved educational program;
(ii) Be enrolled as a full-time student, provided:
(A) To qualify as a full-time student under this paragraph, the student shall be enrolled for a minimum of twelve (12) credit hours per semester or activities that equal twelve (12) credit hours as defined by the institution and complete twenty-four (24) or more credit hours per year or activities that equal twenty-four (24) credit hours per year as defined by the institution in an approved educational program;
(B) A full-time student qualifying under this paragraph is exempt from any work or community service requirement under this article, except as provided in paragraph (iii) of this subsection;
(C) To qualify under this paragraph, the full-time student shall be a Wyoming resident in accordance with guidelines and criteria prescribed by rule and regulation of the department.
(iii) From the end of the spring semester to the beginning of the fall semester, work at least thirty-two (32) hours per week for at least ten (10) weeks or successfully complete six (6) credit hours. The department may waive this requirement for good cause.
(iv) Repealed by Laws 2005, ch. 238, 2.
(b) Upon gaining possession of any property, income or other assets after receiving any public assistance and social services under this article, a recipient shall notify the department not later than ten (10) calendar days after becoming aware of the change in circumstances. The amount of public assistance and social services provided to the recipient shall be accordingly terminated or modified pursuant to rule and regulation of the department. The department shall exempt not more than two (2) licensed motor vehicles from personal assets in determining eligibility for any household under the personal opportunities with employment responsibilities (POWER) program.
(c) Repealed By Laws 1997, ch. 196, 2.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 42 - Welfare › Chapter 2 - Public Assistance and Social Services › Article 1 - In General › Section 42-2-110 - Administrative and Judicial Review.

42-2-110. Administrative and judicial review.
(a) An applicant or recipient whose application is not acted upon within a reasonable time following the date of application or who is aggrieved by any determination for the provision, amount, modification or termination of public assistance and social services under this article may appeal to the department in a manner and form prescribed by the department. The department shall provide the applicant or recipient reasonable notice in accordance with its rules and regulations and shall provide opportunity for hearing pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. Following conclusion of the hearing, the department shall render a final decision.
(b) A decision of the department may be appealed to the district court as provided by the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 42 - Welfare › Chapter 2 - Public Assistance and Social Services › Article 1 - In General › Section 42-2-111 - Prohibited Disclosure and Use of Records; Penalty; Judicial Discovery.

42-2-111. Prohibited disclosure and use of records; penalty; judicial discovery.
(a) Except as provided in this section, no person shall disclose, receive, use or knowingly permit or participate in the use of any information derived from records maintained pursuant to law or acquired in the performance of duties under this article for purposes not directly related to the administration of this article.
(b) A violation of subsection (a) of this section is a misdemeanor.
(c) In accordance with the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure, any county or district court may subpoena the records maintained under this article and require the testimony of personnel involved in the administration of this article which is pertinent to any proceeding involving the:
(i) Custody, welfare or interest of any minor receiving public assistance and social services under this article;
(ii) Termination of parental rights as provided by law;
(iii) Prosecution of any person for a crime connected with obtaining public assistance and social services;
(iv) Foreclosure of liens held by the department.
(d) Upon request of a federal, state or local law enforcement officer as defined by federal statute and W.S. 9-1-701(a)(vi), the department may furnish the requesting officer the current address of any recipient under the personal opportunities with employment responsibilities (POWER) program if the requesting officer:
(i) Furnishes the department with the name of the recipient; and
(ii) Notifies the department that the recipient:
(A) Is a fleeing felon as described in paragraph (iii) of this subsection or has information necessary for the requesting officer to conduct the officer's official duties; and
(B) The location or apprehension of the recipient is within the requesting officer's duties.
(iii) For purposes of this section, a fleeing felon is defined as an individual who:
(A) Is fleeing to avoid prosecution, custody or confinement after conviction, under the laws of the jurisdiction from which the individual flees, for a crime or attempt to commit a crime, which is a felony under the laws of the jurisdiction from which the individual flees, or which, in the case of the state of New Jersey, is a high misdemeanor, or is violating a condition of probation or parole imposed under federal or state law; and
(B) Whose conduct as described in this subsection has not been pardoned by the president of the United States or the governor of the jurisdiction from which the felon flees.
(e) If the department learns of the location of a fleeing felon or of an individual who has an outstanding warrant for his arrest, the department shall notify the appropriate law enforcement agency. The department shall limit disclosure under this section by providing only the current address of the recipient under the personal opportunities with employment responsibilities (POWER) program.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 42 - Welfare › Chapter 2 - Public Assistance and Social Services › Article 1 - In General › Section 42-2-113 - Assignment or Transfer of Assistance and Services; Exemption From Legal Process.

42-2-113. Assignment or transfer of assistance and services; exemption from legal process.
(a) Any assignment or transfer of public assistance and social services provided under this article is void.
(b) Except as authorized under W.S. 42-2-112(m), public assistance and social services provided by this article are exempt from levy, execution, attachment, garnishment or other legal process or debt collection remedy. A waiver of exemptions provided by this subsection is void.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 42 - Welfare › Chapter 2 - Public Assistance and Social Services › Article 2 - Employment and Training Program › Section 42-2-201 - Definitions.

42-2-201. Definitions.
(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Program" means the employment and training program created under this article;
(ii) "Support services" includes transportation, child care and other services necessary to enable participants in the program to participate without hardship to themselves or their families.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 42 - Welfare › Chapter 2 - Public Assistance and Social Services › Article 2 - Employment and Training Program › Section 42-2-203 - Establishment of Program; Powers and Duties of Division.

42-2-203. Establishment of program; powers and duties of division.
(a) The department shall:
(i) Establish an employment and training program which shall include job registration and may include job search employment training, work experience and support services;
(ii) Establish the program in as many counties as is feasible given funding limitations, cost effectiveness, geography and unemployment in the county;
(iii) Enter into cooperative agreements with other agencies providing employment training and experience programs to prevent duplication;
(iv) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 179, 2.
(v) Provide participants a copy of the rules and regulations promulgated by the department for the program on participation and for fair hearings.
(b) The department may contract with public agencies and private entities to implement this article. The department may promulgate rules and regulations to implement this article.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 42 - Welfare › Chapter 2 - Public Assistance and Social Services › Article 4 - Medicaid Eligibility › Section 42-2-401 - Definitions.

42-2-401. Definitions.
(a) For purposes of this article:
(i) "Asset", with respect to an individual, means:
(A) All income and resources of the individual and of the individual's spouse, including any income or resources to which the individual or his spouse is entitled but does not receive because of action:
(I) By the individual or his spouse;
(II) By a person, including a court or administrative body, with legal authority to act in place of or on behalf of the individual or his spouse; or
(III) By any person, including a court or administrative body, acting at the direction or upon the request of the individual or his spouse.
(B) An annuity purchased by or on behalf of an annuitant who has applied for medical assistance with respect to long-term care services unless the annuity is an annuity as described in 42 U.S.C. 1396p(c)(1)(G)(i) or (ii).
(ii) "Income" means "income" as defined under 42 U.S.C. 1396p(h)(2);
(iii) "Institutionalized individual" means an individual who is an inpatient in a nursing facility, who is an inpatient in a medical institution and with respect to whom payment is made based on a level of care provided in a nursing facility, or who is receiving home and community-based services;
(iv) "Long-term care services" means nursing facility services, a level of care in any institution equivalent to that of nursing facility services, and home and community-based services;
(v) "Resources" means "resources" as defined under 42 U.S.C. 1396p(e)(5);
(vi) "Department" means the department of health unless otherwise specified.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 42 - Welfare › Chapter 2 - Public Assistance and Social Services › Article 4 - Medicaid Eligibility › Section 42-2-404 - Determination of Transfer of Asset.

42-2-404. Determination of transfer of asset.
In the case of an asset held by an individual in common with another person in a joint tenancy, tenancy in common or similar arrangement, the asset, or the affected portion of the asset, shall be considered to be transferred by the individual when any action is taken, either by the individual or by any other person, that reduces or eliminates the individual's ownership or control of the asset.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 42 - Welfare › Chapter 2 - Public Assistance and Social Services › Article 4 - Medicaid Eligibility › Section 42-2-405 - Individuals With Substantial Home Equity; Disqualification.

42-2-405. Individuals with substantial home equity; disqualification.
(a) An applicant shall not be eligible for long-term care services under this article if the applicant's equity interest in the applicant's home exceeds five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00).
(b) Beginning on July 1, 2011 and annually thereafter, the dollar amount in subsection (a) of this section shall be adjusted based on the consumer price index for urban consumers published by the United States department of labor, bureau of labor statistics, for the preceding calendar year.
(c) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to an individual whose spouse, or child under age twenty-one (21), is lawfully residing in the individual's home and is blind or disabled as defined in 42 U.S.C. 1382c.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing an applicant from using a reverse mortgage or home equity loan to reduce the applicant's total equity interest in the applicant's home.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 42 - Welfare › Chapter 2 - Public Assistance and Social Services › Article 5 - Energy Assistance › Section 42-2-501 - Low Income Home Energy Assistance and Weatherization Program; Funding.

42-2-501. Low income home energy assistance and weatherization program; funding.
(a) The department shall administer a low income home energy assistance program in accordance with federal P.L. 97-35, as amended. The department shall submit and keep current a state plan and shall administer the program in accordance with the state plan and this section.
(b) The program shall provide energy assistance to eligible households as provided in this section. Energy assistance shall include those uses of federal funds authorized under P.L. 97-35, as amended. To the extent permitted by federal law the state plan shall provide that of the authorized uses not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the available funding for the program shall be used for weatherization assistance. Weatherization assistance shall include the following for residential dwellings only:
(i) Weatherization needs assessments and audits;
(ii) Caulking, insulation, storm window and similar improvements to reduce energy use;
(iii) Furnace and heating system modifications and repairs;
(iv) Furnace replacement;
(v) Repealed By Laws 2013, Ch. 183, 1.
(vi) Repair or replacement of water heaters and heating systems for portions of a dwelling;
(vii) Other measures as determined by the department to be necessary to ensure a safe, well-weatherized dwelling.
(c) In addition to categorically eligible individuals authorized under P.L. 97-35, as amended, the state plan shall provide eligibility for those households with incomes which do not exceed the lesser of:
(i) An amount equal to two hundred fifteen percent (215%) of the federal poverty level for Wyoming; or
(ii) An amount equal to sixty percent (60%) of the state median household income.
(d) The department may modify the state plan as necessary:
(i) To meet federal requirements not to exclude households with lesser incomes than the amounts specified in subsection (c) of this section; and
(ii) To exclude households from receiving federal funds if the household income limitation provided in this section would violate federal restrictions.
(e) The maximum assistance provided to any household under the program in any state fiscal year shall not exceed the federal department of energy maximum annual unit average as calculated and authorized under P.L. 106-469, as amended.
(f) The department may adopt rules and regulations as necessary to implement this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 42 - Welfare › Chapter 3 - Child Support and Revenue Enhancement Account › Section 42-3-101 - Creation; Deposits.

42-3-101. Creation; deposits.
(a) The child support and revenue enhancement account is created.
(b) The following payments, collections and revenues shall be transmitted to the state treasurer for deposit to the credit of the child support and revenue enhancement account:
(i) Child support payments collected under the Child Support Enforcement Act;
(ii) Fees collected pursuant to W.S. 20-6-105(b); and
(iii) All funds collected under the overpayment and fraud recovery program of the department.
(c) For purposes of this chapter, "department" means the department of family services created by W.S. 9-2-2006.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 42 - Welfare › Chapter 3 - Child Support and Revenue Enhancement Account › Section 42-3-103 - Authorized Expenditures.

42-3-103. Authorized expenditures.
(a) Funds in the child support and revenue enhancement account shall be expended only as authorized by this section.
(b) The department may at any time disburse funds in the account for:
(i) Payments to support obligees and disbursements required under the guidelines of the federal child support enforcement program;
(ii) Authorized transfers of the federal share of funds collected under the child support enforcement program and the division's overpayment and fraud recovery program;
(iii) Incentive payments as provided by W.S. 20-6-106(j);
(iv) Reimbursement to the department of health for costs under Title XIX of the Social Security Act or may retain funds to pay for the costs of foster care or minimum medical program benefits; and
(v) Reimbursement to service providers for the costs of collection under the child support enforcement and overpayment recovery programs.
(c) Subject to legislative appropriation, the state's share of funds in the account shall be expended for:
(i) Administrative costs of the child support enforcement program;
(ii) Funding of benefits under the personal opportunities with employment responsibilities (POWER) program; and
(iii) Other administrative costs of the department.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if funds are recovered by the department under the overpayment and fraud recovery program within the same biennial period during which the funds were originally appropriated, the department may expend those funds for the purposes for which they were appropriated without further legislative appropriation.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 42 - Welfare › Chapter 4 - Medical Assistance and Services › Article 1 - In General › Section 42-4-101 - Short Title.

42-4-101. Short title.
This chapter may be cited as the "Wyoming Medical Assistance and Services Act". The program and services provided pursuant to this chapter and Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act may be cited as "Medicaid" or the "Medicaid program".