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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 9 - Establishment of Private Roads › Section 24-9-105 - Rules of Procedure; Legislative Findings and Intent.

24-9-105. Rules of procedure; legislative findings and intent.
(a) The supreme court may adopt rules governing proceedings commenced under W.S. 24-9-101, including limited application of the rules relating to procedure, discovery and evidence and such other rules as the court determines appropriate to provide for expedited and efficient proceedings, including appellate proceedings, which minimize the delay and cost in actions to establish a private road.
(b) It is the intent of the legislature to provide for a more expeditious and affordable means to establish a private road under this article. The legislature further intends that the precedents established with respect to the creation of private roads prior to the July 1, 2013 amendments to this article should continue to be followed to the extent they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this article.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 10 - Outdoor Advertising › Section 24-10-102 - Declaration of Policy and Legislative Intent.

24-10-102. Declaration of policy and legislative intent.
The legislature finds and declares that in order to promote the safety, convenience and enjoyment of travel on, and protection of the public investment in highways within this state, and to preserve and enhance the natural scenic beauty or aesthetic features of the highways and adjacent areas, it shall be the policy of this state that the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising in areas adjacent to the right-of-way of the interstate and primary systems within this state shall be regulated in accordance with the terms of this act and the rules and regulations promulgated by the commission, pursuant thereto, and finds that all outdoor advertising which does not conform to the requirements of the act are public nuisances. It is the intention of the legislature in this act to provide a statutory basis for regulation of outdoor advertising consistent with the public policy relating to areas adjacent to the interstate and primary systems declared by congress in title 23, United States Code, "Highways".
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 10 - Outdoor Advertising › Section 24-10-104 - Outdoor Advertising Visible From Highways Prohibited; Exceptions.

24-10-104. Outdoor advertising visible from highways prohibited; exceptions.
(a) No outdoor advertising shall be erected or maintained which is visible from the main-traveled way of the interstate or primary highways in this state, except the following:
(i) Directional and other official signs and notices, which signs and notices shall include, but not be limited to, signs and notices pertaining to natural wonders, scenic and historic attractions, as authorized or required by law;
(ii) Signs, displays and devices advertising the sale or lease of property upon which they are located;
(iii) Signs, displays and devices advertising activities conducted on the property upon which they are located;
(iv) Signs, displays and devices located in areas which are zoned industrial or commercial within six hundred sixty (660) feet adjacent to the highway right-of-way, under authority of law;
(v) Signs, displays and devices located in unzoned commercial or industrial areas, within six hundred sixty (660) feet adjacent to the highway right-of-way, which areas shall be determined from actual land uses and defined by regulations to be promulgated by the commission.
(b) Outdoor advertising authorized under paragraphs (a)(i), (iv) and (v) of this section shall conform with standards contained, and shall bear permits required, in regulations which are promulgated by the commission under this act. Paragraphs (a)(ii) and (iii) of this section are exempt.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 10 - Outdoor Advertising › Section 24-10-105 - Regulations of Commission.

24-10-105. Regulations of commission.
The commission is hereby authorized to make and promulgate regulations to control the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising signs, displays and devices along the interstate and primary highway systems in conformance with the terms of this act and in conformity with section 131 of title 23, United States Code as amended.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 10 - Outdoor Advertising › Section 24-10-107 - Permits and Identification Tags.

24-10-107. Permits and identification tags.
(a) Within ninety (90) days after the effective date of this act, no outdoor advertising authorized by W.S. 24-10-104(a)(i), (iv) and (v) shall be maintained without a permit. Applications for permits shall be made to the commission on forms furnished by it. The commission shall require reasonable information to be furnished, including a statement that the owner or occupant of the land has consented to the erection or maintenance of the sign or signs thereon. A permit must be obtained for each advertising structure and the application for such permit must be accompanied by an initial fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(b) Permits shall be for three (3) years, shall be assigned a permit number, and shall be renewed annually thereafter upon payment of not to exceed fifteen dollars ($15.00) without the filing of a new application. All fees shall be paid into the state highway fund. All such fees collected shall be used by the commission for relocation or damages, but not for administrative purposes.
(c) The commission shall issue with each new permit a permanent identification tag not larger than six (6) square inches which shall be affixed to the sign in a position readily visible from the highway.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the commission shall issue permits and identification tags, upon application and payment of the requisite fee for any structure lawfully in existence on the day prior to the effective date of this act, and the permits shall thereafter be renewed for such period of time as is prescribed herein, unless the structure is removed for improper maintenance. Permits shall be obtained prior to the beginning of construction of any sign. Signs lawfully in place on the effective date of this act shall have permits.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 10 - Outdoor Advertising › Section 24-10-108 - Revocation of Permits and Removal of Signs.

24-10-108. Revocation of permits and removal of signs.
When the commission determines that a false or misleading statement has been made in the application for a permit or that the structure for which a permit was issued is not in a reasonable state of repair, is unsafe or in poor repair or otherwise in violation of this act, the commission shall notify the holder of the permit in writing, either by certified mail or by personal service, of the violation and specify that remedial action shall be taken within thirty (30) days or the permit will be revoked and action for removal of the sign commenced as provided in W.S. 24-10-109. No notice is required prior to filing a complaint after the notice period has lapsed. The provisions of this section apply to all signs in existence prior to the effective date of this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 10 - Outdoor Advertising › Section 24-10-109 - What Outdoor Advertising Deemed Unlawful; Procedure for Removal.

24-10-109. What outdoor advertising deemed unlawful; procedure for removal.
(a) The following outdoor advertising is deemed unlawful:
(i) When erected after the effective date of this act contrary to the provisions of this act; or
(ii) When a permit is not obtained as prescribed in this act; or
(iii) When a permittee fails to comply with a notice of violation as provided in W.S. 24-10-108.
(b) The commission shall give notice in writing, either by certified mail or by personal service, to the owner or occupant of the land on which such advertising is located and the owner of the advertising structure, if the latter is known, or if unknown, by posting notice in a conspicuous place on said structure of its intention to remove the advertising deemed unlawful. Within fifteen (15) days after notice, the owner of the land or the structure may make written request for a hearing. The commission shall set a date for a hearing thirty (30) days after notice thereof is received. The hearing shall be conducted pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act governing contested cases. The commission shall keep a full and complete record of such hearing, make and enter its findings, conclusions and decisions in the matter and mail copies thereof by certified mail to the owner of the land and the structure.
(c) If a hearing before the commission is not requested, or if there is no appeal taken from the commission's decision at such hearing, or if the commission's decision is affirmed on appeal, the commission shall immediately remove the offending outdoor advertising at its own expense.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 10 - Outdoor Advertising › Section 24-10-110 - Power of Commission to Acquire and Remove Existing Advertising; Compensation.

24-10-110. Power of commission to acquire and remove existing advertising; compensation.
(a) The commission may acquire by gift, purchase, agreement, exchange or eminent domain any existing outdoor advertising and all property rights pertaining to same which were lawfully in existence on the effective date of this act and which by reason of this act become nonconforming.
(b) Compensation shall be paid in accordance with the Relocation Assistance Act for outdoor advertising and all property rights pertaining to same which are acquired by eminent domain. The agency is empowered to remove signs found in violation of W.S. 24-10-108 or 24-10-109 without payment of compensation.
(c) Those signs meeting the criteria of the act shall not be required to be removed unless at the time of removal there are sufficient funds, from whatever source, appropriated and immediately available to this state with which to pay the just compensation required under this section, and unless at such time the federal funds required to be contributed to this state under section 131 of title 23, United States Code, have been appropriated and are immediately available to this state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 10 - Outdoor Advertising › Section 24-10-112 - Change of Rules and Regulations to Conform With Federal Law.

24-10-112. Change of rules and regulations to conform with federal law.
In the event the general requirements of title 23, United States Code, "Highways", or existing rules and regulations of the United States department of transportation become amended or changed to less restrictive conditions than presently exist, then, the commission is empowered to amend or change such rules and regulations that they may have adopted to come into conformity with the federal law, rule and regulation; however, in no event shall this act become more restrictive than is indicated herein by said federal action.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 11 - Loans to Transportation Commission › Section 24-11-101 - Special Obligation Loans.

24-11-101. Special obligation loans.
The Wyoming transportation commission, a public instrumentality of the state of Wyoming, may borrow money from the Wyoming community development authority. Borrowing shall be evidenced by a special obligation loan or loans bearing interest at a rate or rates not exceeding ten percent (10%) per annum. Any such special obligation loan shall not constitute a debt nor an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitations. The proceeds of each special obligation loan shall be used for the purpose of constructing or otherwise acquiring highway facilities which become necessary by reason of the location and expansion of mineral extractive industries and other industrial developments in the state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 12 - Highway Patrol › Section 24-12-101 - Established; Composition; Designation of Rank; Administrator Appointed; to Hold Rank of Colonel.

24-12-101. Established; composition; designation of rank; administrator appointed; to hold rank of colonel.
The highway patrol division within the department of transportation is established to consist of personnel to be appointed and designated as to rank by the administrator of the highway patrol. The director shall appoint an administrator of the highway patrol division who shall hold the rank of colonel.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 13 - Utility Relocation Assistance › Section 24-13-102 - Definitions.

24-13-102. Definitions.
(a) As used in this chapter:
(i) "Cost of relocation" means the entire amount paid by a utility properly attributable to relocation after deducting therefrom any increase in the value of the new facility and any salvage value derived from the old facility;
(ii) "Department" means the department of transportation created by W.S. 24-2-101;
(iii) "Federal-aid highway system" means the federal-aid primary highway system, the federal-aid secondary highway system and the interstate system, including extensions of any of them within urban areas;
(iv) "Interstate system" means any highway now or hereafter included as a part of the national system of interstate and defense highways provided for in Title 23 of the United States Code;
(v) "Utility" means all publicly, privately and cooperatively owned utilities, regulated and unregulated, supplying utility services to or for the public.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 13 - Utility Relocation Assistance › Section 24-13-103 - Relocation of Utility Facilities; Payment of Costs.

24-13-103. Relocation of utility facilities; payment of costs.
If the relocation of any utility facility is necessitated by the construction of a project on the federal-aid highway system, the owner or operator of that utility facility shall relocate the facility at its expense and in accordance with the order of the director of the department of transportation. Upon completing the relocation, the department shall determine the cost of relocation and may pay any portion of that amount to the utility.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 13 - Utility Relocation Assistance › Section 24-13-104 - Applicability of Chapter.

24-13-104. Applicability of chapter.
(a) This chapter does not apply to any taking or damaging of property for which a utility is entitled to compensation pursuant to:
(i) Other applicable law;
(ii) The constitution of this state or of the United States; or
(iii) A binding agreement inuring to the utility's benefit.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 14 - State Park Road Program › Section 24-14-101 - Program in Addition to Any Existing Road Program.

24-14-101. Program in addition to any existing road program.
The road maintenance program contemplated by this chapter shall be known as the "state park road program", which shall be in addition to and not as a substitute for any federal aid, primary, secondary or state-county road construction program or any other road program now in existence.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 14 - State Park Road Program › Section 24-14-102 - State Park Road Account.

24-14-102. State park road account.
There is created a state park road account within the highway fund. The department of transportation may use the funds from the state park road account to enter into contracts and to obtain services for state park road maintenance and improvement projects, in consultation with the department of state parks and cultural resources.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 15 - Public Transit Program › Section 24-15-101 - Public Transit Program Created; Duties.

24-15-101. Public transit program created; duties.
(a) There is created a "public transit program" to be administered by the Wyoming department of transportation. The department shall:
(i) Accept public transit funds from the federal transit administration on behalf of the state;
(ii) Adopt rules and regulations to implement the purposes of this chapter;
(iii) Distribute state and federal public transit funds to eligible grantees pursuant to federal requirements and rules and regulations of the department.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 15 - Public Transit Program › Section 24-15-102 - Public Transit Account.

24-15-102. Public transit account.
(a) There is created a public transit account within the highway fund. The department shall fund the program annually with one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00) using unrestricted state highway funds. Funds provided to the state under the federal Transit Act and other funds that may become available to assist urban and rural public transit programs shall be in addition to funding provided from unrestricted highway funds. Funds in the account shall be distributed and expended in accordance with federal requirements and department rules and regulations.
(b) Recipients of funds under the federal Transit Act may transfer unused grant funds for the benefit of other public transit programs in the state, subject to the following:
(i) Any transfer of funds under this paragraph shall require the approval of the governor;
(ii) Transferred federal funds under this paragraph shall be reimbursed to the transferor by the department from unrestricted state highway funds to be used as local match for federal funds at the rate of one dollar ($1.00) for every three dollars ($3.00) of federal funds transferred by the transferor;
(iii) To the extent not reimbursed from unrestricted state funds, the federal funds transferred shall be used for the benefit of public transit program grantees for the acquisition of new transit vehicles, replacement of transit vehicles or rehabilitation of vehicles in the transit fleet;
(iv) Federal funds transferred by a program grantee may be carried over into the following fiscal year by the department or a recipient public transit program grantee.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 2 - State Institutions › Section 25-1-201 - Establishment of State Institutions.

25-1-201. Establishment of state institutions.
(a) The following state institutions are established:
(i) The Wyoming state penitentiary at Rawlins, Wyoming;
(ii) The Wyoming boys' school at Worland, Wyoming;
(iii) The Wyoming girls' school at Sheridan, Wyoming;
(iv) The Wyoming life resource center at Lander, Wyoming;
(v) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 7, 2.
(vi) The Wyoming pioneer home at Thermopolis, Wyoming;
(vii) The veterans' home of Wyoming at Buffalo, Wyoming;
(viii) The Wyoming retirement center at Basin, Wyoming;
(ix) The Wyoming women's center at Lusk, Wyoming;
(x) The Wyoming state hospital at Evanston, Wyoming;
(xi) The Wyoming medium correctional institution at Torrington, Wyoming;
(xii) The Wyoming school for the deaf at Casper, Wyoming;
(xiii) The Wyoming honor farm at Riverton, Wyoming;
(xiv) The Wyoming honor conservation camp at Newcastle, Wyoming;
(xv) The Wyoming veterans' skilled nursing facility at Buffalo, Wyoming.
(b) Repealed by Laws 1992, ch. 25, 4.
(c) Repealed by Laws 1992, ch. 25, 4.
(d) Repealed by Laws 1987, ch. 185, 2.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 2 - State Penitentiary › Section 25-2-101 - Seal of Warden; Copies of Papers Displaying Seal Received as Evidence.

25-2-101. Seal of warden; copies of papers displaying seal received as evidence.
(a) The warden of the penitentiary shall have an official seal bearing the words "Warden of the Penitentiary of the State of Wyoming" of which the courts of this state shall take judicial notice.
(b) When the official seal of the warden is affixed to copies of papers, books and records kept in his office, the copies are competent evidence in the courts and have the same force and effect as the originals.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 2 - State Penitentiary › Section 25-2-102 - Authority to Establish and Maintain Penitentiary Farms; Disposition of Funds From Sales or Services; Supervision.

25-2-102. Authority to establish and maintain penitentiary farms; disposition of funds from sales or services; supervision.
(a) The state may establish, maintain and operate one (1) or more penitentiary farms and camps as needed to provide a place of confinement and employment of convicted felons sentenced to the custody of the department of corrections to serve a term of imprisonment in a state penal institution.
(b) All funds received from the sale of products or services produced on penitentiary farms and camps shall be credited to a separate account.
(c) All penitentiary farms and camps established shall be operated and maintained under the general supervision of the department of corrections.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 2 - State Penitentiary › Section 25-2-103 - Wyoming Women's Center; Establishment; Purpose; Supervision.

25-2-103. Wyoming women's center; establishment; purpose; supervision.
(a) The Wyoming women's center is established at Lusk, Wyoming, to provide a place of confinement, employment and training for convicted female felons sentenced to the custody of the department of corrections to serve a term of imprisonment in a state penal institution.
(b) The Wyoming women's center shall be operated and maintained under the general supervision of the department of corrections.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 2 - State Penitentiary › Section 25-2-104 - Wyoming Correctional Facility; Establishment; Purpose; Supervision.

25-2-104. Wyoming correctional facility; establishment; purpose; supervision.
(a) The Wyoming correctional facility is established at Torrington, Wyoming, to provide a place of confinement, employment and training for convicted felons sentenced to the custody of the department of corrections to serve a term of imprisonment in a state penal institution.
(b) The Wyoming correctional facility shall be operated and maintained under the general supervision of the department of corrections.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 3 - Wyoming Boys' School › Section 25-3-101 - Persons to Be Confined; Notice; Transportation to School.

25-3-101. Persons to be confined; notice; transportation to school.
(a) Any boy who has attained the age of twelve (12) years and who has been ordered committed in compliance with W.S. 14-6-229 may be committed to the Wyoming boys' school. The term of any boy committed shall be determined by the department of family services.
(b) Any person may be sentenced or transferred to the boys' school pursuant to W.S. 7-13-101.
(c) After a person is committed or sentenced to the Wyoming boys' school the clerk of court shall notify the department of family services and the superintendent of the institution. The department of family services shall arrange for transportation.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 3 - Wyoming Boys' School › Section 25-3-103 - Discipline to Be Reformatory; Employment of Residents; Sale of Products for Public Use or in Open Market; Disposition of Proceeds.

25-3-103. Discipline to be reformatory; employment of residents; sale of products for public use or in open market; disposition of proceeds.
(a) The discipline in the Wyoming boys' school shall be reformatory. Residents of the school may be employed as a means of their support and reformation.
(b) All articles manufactured and produced, or all agricultural products grown by or through the labor of residents of the school not required for use of the school, may be furnished to:
(i) The state;
(ii) Any public institution owned, managed or controlled by the state;
(iii) The transportation commission for use on any roads or highways;
(iv) The county authorities of any county.
(c) The department of family services shall fix the prices of the articles and products which shall be paid upon requisition of the proper officials. The department may sell in the open market or any other manner any or all products grown or produced by residents within or without the boys' school that are not sold for public use.
(d) All monies received by the department from the sale of products manufactured, produced or grown by the residents of the boys' school shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the general fund.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 3 - Wyoming Boys' School › Section 25-3-104 - Transfer of Residents to State Hospital; Rules and Regulations Governing Residents.

25-3-104. Transfer of residents to state hospital; rules and regulations governing residents.
(a) The department of family services may, with the approval of the department of health, transfer any resident who becomes mentally incompetent to any appropriate acute placement facility based on a psychiatric evaluation.
(b) The department shall make all rules and regulations necessary and proper for:
(i) Employment, discipline, instruction and education of residents;
(ii) Mental and physical health and welfare of residents;
(iii) Transfer and return of residents; and
(iv) Work release for residents who are not subject to home visitation or temporary residence outside the school enclosure.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 3 - Wyoming Boys' School › Section 25-3-105 - Control Over Residents; Preparation of Personal Record; Rehabilitation Plan and Periodic Reviews Thereof; Contents of Record.

25-3-105. Control over residents; preparation of personal record; rehabilitation plan and periodic reviews thereof; contents of record.
The department of family services shall maintain control over all persons committed to the boys' school to prevent the persons from committing crime, best secure their self-support and accomplish their reformation. When a person is admitted to the school, the superintendent shall prepare a record of the personal history of the resident, including his age, family and social background, education and prior training and employment. Based upon all pertinent information available, the superintendent shall prepare an individualized rehabilitation plan which shall be part of the resident's record. Periodic reviews of the resident's progress and appropriate modifications of his rehabilitation plan shall be made by the superintendent and entered on the resident's record. The status of each resident shall be reported to him periodically. All orders affecting the resident, the circumstance of his final release and any new developments concerning his personal history shall be included in his record.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 3 - Wyoming Boys' School › Section 25-3-106 - Release of Resident.

25-3-106. Release of resident.
After the department of family services has made a finding that a boy should be released from the Wyoming boys' school, it shall give advance notification of the pending release to the court which ordered commitment. Upon the boy's release the department shall issue him an administrative discharge.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 4 - Wyoming Girls' School › Section 25-4-101 - Girls to Be Committed; Terms; Notification of Superintendent; Transportation to School.

25-4-101. Girls to be committed; terms; notification of superintendent; transportation to school.
(a) Any girl who has attained the age of twelve (12) years and who has been ordered committed in compliance with W.S. 14-6-229 may be committed to the Wyoming girls' school. The term of any girl committed shall be determined by the department of family services.
(b) After a girl is committed to the girls' school the clerk of court shall notify the superintendent of the institution. The superintendent shall arrange for the transportation of the girl to the girls' school.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 4 - Wyoming Girls' School › Section 25-4-102 - Nature of Program and Discipline; Rules and Regulations for Work Release, Home Visitation or Temporary Residence.

25-4-102. Nature of program and discipline; rules and regulations for work release, home visitation or temporary residence.
The program and discipline at the Wyoming girls' school shall be educational, vocational and rehabilitative. For these purposes the department of family services shall adopt rules and regulations for work release for residents who are not subject to home visitation or temporary residence outside the school enclosure.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 4 - Wyoming Girls' School › Section 25-4-103 - Personal Record to Be Prepared; Rehabilitation Plan; Periodic Review; Additional Contents of Record; Release From Custody.

25-4-103. Personal record to be prepared; rehabilitation plan; periodic review; additional contents of record; release from custody.
(a) When a girl is admitted to the girls' school, the superintendent shall prepare a record of the personal history of the resident, including her age, family and social background, education and prior training and employment. Based upon all pertinent information available, the superintendent shall prepare an individualized rehabilitation plan which shall be part of the resident's record. Periodic reviews of the resident's progress and appropriate modifications of her rehabilitation plan shall be made by the superintendent and entered on the resident's record. The status of each resident shall be reported to her periodically. All orders affecting the resident, the circumstances of her final release and any new developments concerning her personal history shall be included in her record.
(b) After the department of family services has made a finding that a girl should be released from the girls' school, it shall give advance notification of the pending release to the court which ordered commitment. Upon the girl's release the department shall issue her an administrative discharge.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 5 - Life Resource Center › Section 25-5-103 - Wyoming Life Resource Center Established; Purpose.

25-5-103. Wyoming life resource center established; purpose.
(a) Except as otherwise authorized by rules and regulations promulgated in accordance with W.S. 9-2-106(d), the Wyoming life resource center is established to provide the following residential, active treatment, assistive technology, medical and therapy services only to individuals for whom an interdisciplinary team has determined the center is the most appropriate, least restrictive and most integrated environment for delivery of the services as specified below:
(i) Intermediate care facilities for people with intellectual disability in accordance with federal Medicare and Medicaid regulations;
(ii) Skilled nursing facility services to the following:
(A) Persons with organic brain syndrome who manifest exceptionally difficult behaviors;
(B) Persons with high medical need;
(C) Persons who are hard to place.
(iii) Disability, therapeutic and assistive technology services for persons with a disability;
(iv) Training for state employees, other service providers and caregivers on disability, medical, developmental and therapy services;
(v) Care provided under authority of the director pursuant to W.S. 9-2-106(d).
(b) The Wyoming life resource center may provide technical assistance and assistive technology outreach services to persons made eligible pursuant to rules adopted by the department.
(c) Any person residing at the Wyoming life resource center on April 1, 2016 pursuant to the requirements of this section prior to April 1, 2016 shall have the right to remain at the life resource center without regard to his continued qualification to remain at the center under this section, provided the center continues to have adequate resources to safely care for the person.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 5 - Life Resource Center › Section 25-5-105 - Rules and Regulations; Reports.

25-5-105. Rules and regulations; reports.
(a) The department shall adopt rules and regulations which are in compliance with both federal regulations for intermediate care facilities for persons with intellectual disability and federal regulations for skilled nursing facilities, and which:
(i) Establish standards for admission for residential services and discharge of clients receiving services in all programs administered by the center;
(ii) Establish standards for client services;
(iii) Provide for the administration of the center under the management of the division;
(iv) Prescribe professional standards for personnel employed at the center;
(v) Implement this act;
(vi) Establish data reporting processes and report monthly to the director the number of persons served by the center, identified by service category, and the services provided to those persons.
(b) Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 59, 2.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 5 - Life Resource Center › Section 25-5-106 - Donations for Benefit of Center; Control and Disposition Thereof.

25-5-106. Donations for benefit of center; control and disposition thereof.
Money, personal property or real estate donated for the benefit of the center shall be held, controlled and distributed by the department according to the conditions of the donation. If there are no conditions of the donation, it shall be disposed of as provided in W.S. 25-5-107.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 5 - Life Resource Center › Section 25-5-107 - Disposition of Monies Received From Sale of Products or as Compensation.

25-5-107. Disposition of monies received from sale of products or as compensation.
Except as provided by W.S. 25-5-106, all monies received by the department for the clients in the center from the sale of products produced or grown by the center or as compensation from any source shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the general fund.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 5 - Life Resource Center › Section 25-5-108 - Appointment of Program Manager; Duties; Removal.

25-5-108. Appointment of program manager; duties; removal.
(a) The director shall appoint a program manager of the center.
(b) The program manager shall administer the center as directed by the administrator.
(c) The director may remove the program manager in his discretion.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 5 - Life Resource Center › Section 25-5-109 - Inability or Refusal to Pay for Services.

25-5-109. Inability or refusal to pay for services.
(a) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 50, 4.
(b) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 50, 4.
(c) No person shall be denied admission to or services by the center because of the inability of the person, his parent or guardian to pay the cost of the services received.
(d) Clients of the center who are not eligible under the Wyoming Medical Assistance and Services Act shall be responsible for the cost of services and treatment as provided in title 25, chapter 11, article 1. However, no person who was a client of the center as of June 30, 2008 shall be denied admission to or services by the center because of the refusal of the client's parent or guardian to pay the cost of the services received.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 5 - Life Resource Center › Section 25-5-110 - Special Education for Minors and Costs Thereof.

25-5-110. Special education for minors and costs thereof.
(a) Repealed by Laws 1986, ch. 25, 3.
(b) Repealed by Laws 1986, ch. 25, 3.
(c) Clients who are between the ages of five (5) and twenty-one (21) years of age shall be provided special education and related services through the clients' resident school districts. This subsection does not relieve an insurer or similar third party from an otherwise valid obligation to pay for services provided to the client.
(d) Repealed by Laws 1986, ch. 25, 3.
(e) Repealed by Laws 1986, ch. 25, 3.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 5 - Life Resource Center › Section 25-5-114 - Eligibility for Admission; Appropriateness of Services.

25-5-114. Eligibility for admission; appropriateness of services.
(a) Except as otherwise authorized by rules and regulations promulgated in accordance with W.S. 9-2-106(d), a person shall be admitted to the center only if he is an individual qualifying for services under W.S. 25-5-103(a) and his preadmission evaluation and screening does not indicate that he would be more appropriately served by the Wyoming state hospital, a community program or a public school program.
(b) Repealed By Laws 2008, Ch. 85, 2.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 5 - Life Resource Center › Section 25-5-115 - Preadmission Screening for Residential Services; Preparation and Supervision Thereof; Disposition of Findings.

25-5-115. Preadmission screening for residential services; preparation and supervision thereof; disposition of findings.
(a) Admission to the center shall be upon written application to the division and shall be based upon the preadmission screening and assessment:
(i) The preadmission screening and assessment shall be made by a screening team under the supervision of the administrator or his designee, using appropriate professionals and screening and assessment methods as provided in department rules and regulations;
(ii) The preadmission screening and assessment shall be completed not more than thirty (30) days after an application for admission;
(iii) Repealed by Laws 2016, ch. 44, 2.
(iv) As part of the application process, division staff shall provide prospective clients and their families or guardians information about center services and similar services available in the client's community or elsewhere in the state.
(b) Within ten (10) days of completion of the preadmission screening and assessment, the findings shall be given to the applicant. If ordered by the court, the preadmission screening and assessment shall also be filed with the court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 5 - Life Resource Center › Section 25-5-116 - Individual Program Plan; Preparation and Supervision Thereof; Review.

25-5-116. Individual program plan; preparation and supervision thereof; review.
Each client admitted to the center shall have on file at the center an individual program plan. The individual program plans shall be prepared by an interdisciplinary team within thirty (30) days of admission for residential services under the supervision of the program manager. The plan shall be reviewed by the interdisciplinary team for appropriateness and feasibility of discharge or transition to another level of service thirty (30) days after implementation of the plan, at the end of each quarter for the first year and annually thereafter.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 5 - Life Resource Center › Section 25-5-117 - Admission for Residential Services; Application and Contents Thereof; Written Copy of Rights; Appeal of Denied Admissions.

25-5-117. Admission for residential services; application and contents thereof; written copy of rights; appeal of denied admissions.
(a) A person determined by the preadmission screening and assessment to be eligible for admission to the center for residential services may be admitted as a client under one (1) of the following procedures:
(i) An adult who has sufficient insight or capacity to make responsible application for admission for residential services may be admitted on his own application;
(ii) A minor or ward may be admitted upon application of his parent or guardian.
(b) Repealed By Laws 2008, Ch. 85, 2.
(c) At the time of admission for residential services, the program manager shall give a written copy of the rights provided in W.S. 25-5-132 to the client, his parent or guardian.
(d) A person who is denied admission may appeal the decision to the department, in writing.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 5 - Life Resource Center › Section 25-5-118 - Release of Voluntary Client Upon Request; Exceptions.

25-5-118. Release of voluntary client upon request; exceptions.
(a) A voluntary client may be discharged by the administrator at any time within twenty (20) days of receipt of a written request for the release by the client, his parent or guardian, and the administrator shall arrange for appropriate transition services, except:
(i) If the client was admitted on his own application and the request for discharge is made by a person other than the client, release shall be conditioned upon the client's consent;
(ii) If the client is a minor or ward, his discharge shall be conditioned upon the consent of his parent or guardian;
(iii) If the administrator has probable cause to believe release of the client will endanger the life, health or safety of the client or others and he incorporates a written statement of the facts supporting his belief in the client's file, he may apply for involuntary admission pursuant to W.S. 25-5-119. The administrator, as a mandatory reporter, shall contact adult protective services for appropriate proceedings.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 5 - Life Resource Center › Section 25-5-119 - Involuntary Admissions; Application to District Court; Representation of Proposed Client; Preadmission Screening; Notice; Hearing; Independent Screening; Admissibility.

25-5-119. Involuntary admissions; application to district court; representation of proposed client; preadmission screening; notice; hearing; independent screening; admissibility.
(a) A person may be an involuntary client of the center if admitted pursuant to this section. Application for involuntary admission may be made by a parent, a guardian, the administrator or a social service agency. The application shall be filed with the district court in the county where the proposed client, his parent or his guardian resides.
(b) When an application for involuntary admission is filed, the court shall appoint an attorney to represent the proposed client unless he retains counsel of his own choice. An attorney shall represent the proposed client at all hearings. The county shall compensate an appointed attorney in an amount fixed by the court as a reasonable fee.
(c) The court shall order the center to conduct a preadmission screening and assessment of the proposed client. Notice of the order shall be served on the proposed client, his attorney and his parent or guardian. The order and the application for admission shall be served on the center and the department. If the preadmission screening and assessment report finds the center would be an appropriate placement, the court shall order a hearing. The proposed client shall have a right to seek an independent screening and assessment of his eligibility for admission at the state's expense. The screening and assessment shall be admissible as evidence at the hearing as provided by W.S. 25-5-121(d).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 5 - Life Resource Center › Section 25-5-120 - Court Order Setting Hearing on Involuntary Application; Service of Notice; Waiver.

25-5-120. Court order setting hearing on involuntary application; service of notice; waiver.
(a) The court shall fix a date for hearing on the application.
(b) The order setting the hearing shall contain:
(i) The date, time and place of the hearing;
(ii) The name and address of the applicant, the proposed client's parent or guardian, and the attorney retained by the proposed client or appointed by the court;
(iii) The grounds alleged for the commitment of the proposed client;
(iv) The consequences of a finding that a person shall be admitted to the center for client services.
(c) The court shall direct the clerk of the district court to give notice to each person named in the order:
(i) By delivering a copy of the notice to the person being notified personally, not less than fourteen (14) days before the time set for hearing unless time is shortened by the court for good cause shown; or
(ii) By mailing a copy of the notice to the address of each person given in the application by certified mail, return receipt requested, not less than fourteen (14) days before the time set for hearing, unless the time is shortened by the court for good cause shown.
(d) The court may order that notice be given to other persons. Notice may be waived in writing by any party except the proposed client's attorney.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 25 - Institutions of the State › Chapter 5 - Life Resource Center › Section 25-5-121 - Rights of Proposed Client and Notified Persons; Confidentiality of Hearing; Admissibility of Screening Reports; Findings by Court or Jury; Amendment of Admission Order.

25-5-121. Rights of proposed client and notified persons; confidentiality of hearing; admissibility of screening reports; findings by court or jury; amendment of admission order.
(a) The proposed client has the right to appear, to be heard and to participate in every stage of the hearing unless the court finds that it would not be in the best interests of the proposed client. The court shall not exclude the proposed client from the hearing unless the application is accompanied by a written statement from a licensed physician and a court designated examiner, appointed at the time of the application, who is in no other manner involved in the proceedings, that attendance at the hearing would injure the proposed client's health and well-being and describing his medical condition.
(b) The proposed client is entitled, upon request, to a jury trial on the issue of his admission. The jury shall be selected pursuant to W.S. 1-11-101 through 1-11-129.
(c) The court shall exclude all persons not having an interest in the application. Unless the court orders an open hearing or the proposed client requests a jury trial, the hearing is confidential and shall be held in closed court.
(d) Any person to whom notice is required to be given by W.S. 25-5-120 may testify and may present and cross-examine witnesses. The court may receive the testimony of other persons in its discretion. The screening and assessment report required by W.S. 25-5-115, and any independent screening and assessment made under W.S. 25-5-119, may be admitted as evidence and shall not be excluded on the ground of hearsay alone.
(e) If the court or jury finds that specific care, treatment and service alternatives are available which are more appropriate than the center for the proposed client, the application shall be denied. If the court or jury finds by clear and convincing evidence that admission to the center would provide the most appropriate services for the proposed client, the court shall order the admission. In case of a nonjury hearing, the court shall enter findings of fact with the order of admission.
(f) The proposed client or if a minor or ward, his parents or guardian or the center may petition the court to amend its order of admission on the grounds that appropriate and necessary services to the proposed client are available in a less restrictive environment than the center. The court may amend its order after notice and hearing pursuant to this act.