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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 32 - Genetic Data Privacy › Section 35-32-105 - General Provisions; Limitations.

35-32-105. General provisions; limitations.
(a) The provisions of this chapter applicable to direct to consumer genetic testing companies shall not be waived.
(b) The disclosure of genetic data pursuant to this chapter shall comply with all state and federal laws for the protection of privacy and security. This chapter shall not apply to protected health information that is collected by a covered entity or business associate governed by the privacy, security and breach notification rules issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (Parts Regulations) 160 and 164 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Services (Parts Regulations) established pursuant to the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-191) and the federal Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (P.L. 111-5).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 33 - Building Codes › Article 1 - Refrigerants › Section 35-33-101 - Regulation of Refrigerants.

35-33-101. Regulation of refrigerants.
The use of a refrigerant designated acceptable pursuant to federal rules promulgated pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 7671k shall not be prohibited or regulated by any code, ordinance, rule or regulation of any state or local agency or any political subdivision of the state of Wyoming provided that any equipment containing a refrigerant shall otherwise be utilized and installed in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 1 - In General › Section 36-1-101 - Definitions.

36-1-101. Definitions.
(a) Unless the context indicates otherwise, as used in this act:
(i) The term "board" shall mean the board of land commissioners;
(ii) The term "director" means the director of the office of state lands and investments;
(iii) The term "state" shall mean the state of Wyoming;
(iv) The terms "state lands", "land" or "lands" shall mean and include all lands under the jurisdiction of the board of land commissioners;
(v) The terms "school land" or "school lands" shall mean and include all lands granted to the state of Wyoming by the United States of America for the benefit and support of public schools, either directly or through exchange for other lands;
(vi) The term "institutional lands" shall mean state lands selected for the benefit of state institutions or any lands other than school lands;
(vii) The term "old lessee" means the person, firm, association or corporation in whose name the expiring lease appeared of record in the office of state lands and investments at the time of its expiration;
(viii) "This act" means W.S. 36-1-101 through 36-3-111, 36-5-101 through 36-7-510 and 36-9-101 through 36-9-120.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 1 - In General › Section 36-1-102 - Recording and Filing Documents of Title.

36-1-102. Recording and filing documents of title.
Every department, institution, board and commission of the state of Wyoming which now has or shall hereafter acquire an interest in real property, except leases, easements and rights-of-way for a term not exceeding three (3) years, shall record the document of title with the appropriate county clerk, unless previously recorded, and after recording, shall file the original document with the director excepting, however, easement and right-of-way conveyances previously obtained by the state department of transportation or state transportation commission. This section shall have no effect on existing recording statutes.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 1 - In General › Section 36-1-103 - Computation of Time After Registered Notice.

36-1-103. Computation of time after registered notice.
When the provisions of this act or the rules and regulations of the board require registered notice to be given, the time shall be reckoned from the date of delivery of such notice by the United States post office, or in the event of nondelivery thereof, from the date of the return thereof to the board by the United States post office.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 1 - In General › Section 36-1-104 - Acceptance of School Lands.

36-1-104. Acceptance of school lands.
Under the provisions of article 18 of the constitution of the state of Wyoming, the state of Wyoming hereby accepts the lands granted to it by the act of congress entitled "An act to provide for the admission of the state of Wyoming into the union, and for other purposes", approved July 10, 1890, for the purposes in the said act specified; and hereby accepts the grant of numbered school sections mineral in character as made by the act of congress entitled "An act confirming in states and territories title to lands granted by the United States of America in aid of common or public schools", approved January 25, 1927, subject to the provisions and conditions of the said act, and the said lands so granted by the United States of America to the state of Wyoming are hereby solemnly set apart to the purposes specified in the said acts.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 1 - In General › Section 36-1-105 - Exchange of Land Granted by Federal Government.

36-1-105. Exchange of land granted by federal government.
Whenever, in the judgment of a majority of the members of the board, the interests of the state will be advanced by granting, conveying or deeding to the United States of America, any lands which have been heretofore granted, selected by, and patented to the state, then, in such case said board is hereby authorized and empowered to so grant, convey and deed to the United States of America, such lands. And the president of said board, and the director are authorized and empowered to execute and deliver all necessary instruments to complete such grant, or conveyance; provided, always, that no such lands shall be so granted, conveyed and deeded, unless the United States of America shall, and will permit and allow this state to select, and have patented to it, other lands in lieu of the lands so reconveyed to the United States of America subject to W.S. 36-1-111; provided, however, that the state shall not give both surface and mineral rights with any lands exchanged unless it receives the same from the federal government.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 1 - In General › Section 36-1-106 - Exchange of State-Owned and Federal-Owned Lands.

36-1-106. Exchange of state-owned and federal-owned lands.
The state of Wyoming, in accordance with the provisions of the Taylor Grazing Act and other acts of congress authorizing the exchange of federal-owned lands, is hereby authorized and empowered to exchange state-owned lands for federal-owned lands.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 1 - In General › Section 36-1-108 - Pole Mountain District of Medicine Bow National Forest; History and Relinquishment of Legislative Jurisdiction by Federal Government.

36-1-108. Pole Mountain district of Medicine Bow national forest; history and relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction by federal government.
(a) By W.S. 19-7-301, the legislature of the state of Wyoming ceded exclusive jurisdiction to what was then known as Fort Francis E. Warren, now referred to as Warren Air Force Base and at the same time, exclusive jurisdiction was extended to future additions to such post. The Pole Mountain district of the Medicine Bow national forest was set aside for military purposes by Executive Order No. 4245, dated June 5, 1925, as amended by Public Land Order No. 1897, dated July 10, 1959. Use for military purposes terminated in accordance with Public Land Order No. 2446, dated July 20, 1961.
(b) By the act of August 27, 1964 (Public Law 88-494, 78 Stat. 611) the secretary of agriculture was authorized to relinquish to the state of Wyoming such measure of legislative jurisdiction as he deemed desirable over such lands. On December 24, 1964, Orville L. Freeman, secretary of the department of agriculture, United States of America, notified the governor of the state of Wyoming that the United States relinquishes and retrocedes to the state of Wyoming any and all legislative jurisdiction heretofore acquired by the United States over lands within the Medicine Bow national forest constituting the area known as the Pole Mountain district, created as above stated, to take effect upon acceptance of such jurisdiction by the state of Wyoming.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 1 - In General › Section 36-1-109 - Pole Mountain District of Medicine Bow National Forest; Acceptance by State.

36-1-109. Pole Mountain district of Medicine Bow national forest; acceptance by state.
The state of Wyoming hereby accepts legislative jurisdiction over the Pole Mountain district of the Medicine Bow national forest.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 1 - In General › Section 36-1-110 - Authority of Director to Effect and Complete Exchanges.

36-1-110. Authority of director to effect and complete exchanges.
The director is hereby authorized and empowered, subject to the approval of the state board of land commissioners, to effect and complete such exchange of state-owned lands for federal-owned lands; and also to effect and complete such exchange of state-owned lands for privately owned lands; and to do any and all things necessary or required to be done by the state of Wyoming in order to enable said state to comply with the provisions of said Taylor Grazing Act and other acts of congress authorizing the exchange of federal-owned lands, and any order, rule or regulation passed or promulgated in pursuance thereof; and to effect and complete the exchange of state-owned lands for privately-owned lands. The board of land commissioners may authorize the purchase of lands only in an amount necessary to effect and complete the exchange of state-owned lands for other lands and only for those lands identified in the authorization of purchase. The board shall not use the power of eminent domain pursuant to W.S. 1-26-801 et seq. to purchase any lands under this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 1 - In General › Section 36-1-111 - Orders, Rules and Regulations Relative to Exchange of Lands.

36-1-111. Orders, rules and regulations relative to exchange of lands.
(a) The board of land commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered to pass and promulgate all such orders, rules and regulations as may be necessary or required relative to the appraisal and valuation of the lands to be exchanged as provided in this act, and to provide for the execution of conveyances, contracts and other instruments pertaining to the exchange of the lands, and to enable the director to effect and complete each exchange of the lands after the director provides notice and opportunity to interested persons to provide the board comments, including direct notice to leaseholders of the state lands to be exchanged, owners of adjoining lands and county commissioners from the affected county or counties. The board may authorize the purchase of lands only in an amount necessary to effect and complete the exchange of state-owned lands for other lands and only for those lands identified in the authorization of purchase. The board shall not use the power of eminent domain pursuant to W.S. 1-26-801 et seq. to purchase any lands under this section. The board of land commissioners is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement the exchange of state lands on a value for value basis. The exchange program may authorize a cash equalization receipt or payment of up to twenty-five percent (25%) of the value of the lands exchanged. Any receipt shall be deposited into, and any payment shall be made from, the permanent land fund. State lands may be exchanged upon the board's finding the exchange is necessary to:
(i) Make state lands more manageable where the lands are not otherwise manageable;
(ii) Meet a specific need of a school or community for land;
(iii) Better meet the multiple use objectives for the benefit of the trust; or
(iv) Realize a clear long term benefit to the trust which substantially exceeds the present and probable future benefit from continued ownership.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 1 - In General › Section 36-1-112 - Cutting of Timber by Lessee of State Lands Prohibited; General Penalty for Violations; Damages.

36-1-112. Cutting of timber by lessee of state lands prohibited; general penalty for violations; damages.
(a) The lessee of state lands shall in no case be allowed to cut or use more timber therefrom, than shall be necessary for the improvement of such lands, or for fuel for the use of the family of the lessee. The director may, in his discretion and subject to criteria established by the board, sell and dispose of timber located or growing on state lands, at not less than the reasonable market value thereof.
(b) Removal of forest products from state lands is permitted only under a valid contract or small sale permit. Any person who knowingly or with reckless disregard removes forest products from state lands without proper authorization is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), imprisoned for not more than six (6) months, or both. In addition to these penalties, a person removing forest products from state lands without proper authorization is liable for damages up to the amount of three (3) times the bid value of the most recent auction of similar species and product, or the appraised value whichever is greater, plus actual restoration and administrative costs.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 1 - In General › Section 36-1-114 - Protection of Prehistoric Ruins; Permits to Excavate, Regulations and Violations.

36-1-114. Protection of prehistoric ruins; permits to excavate, regulations and violations.
Before any excavation on any prehistoric ruins, pictographs, hieroglyphics, or any other ancient markings, or writing or archaeological and paleontological deposits in the state of Wyoming on any state or federal lands, shall be undertaken, a permit shall first be obtained from the state board of land commissioners. The state board of land commissioners is hereby authorized to promulgate and enforce such regulations as it may deem needful to protect from vandalism or injury the prehistoric ruins, relics, archaeological and paleontological deposits of the state, as well as all natural bridges and natural scenic features and formations. Any violation of such regulations shall be a misdemeanor.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 1 - In General › Section 36-1-115 - Protection of Prehistoric Ruins; Consent to Removal From State.

36-1-115. Protection of prehistoric ruins; consent to removal from state.
No person shall remove from the state of Wyoming any part of any such ruins or deposit except with the consent of the state board of land commissioners. Said board may require, as a condition to such consent, that such portion of such relics, materials, or deposit as said board shall require, shall forever remain the property of the state of Wyoming.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 1 - In General › Section 36-1-116 - Protection of Prehistoric Ruins; Penalty.

36-1-116. Protection of prehistoric ruins; penalty.
(a) Except as provided by subsection (d) of this section, any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), or imprisoned in the county jail not more than six (6) months, or by both fine and imprisonment, and shall forfeit to the state all articles and materials discovered by or through his efforts.
(b) Persons holding permits or leases on state lands may not sublease or subcontract archeological or paleontological removal without prior written approval of the board.
(c) All state leases are subject to inspection by state or county law enforcement agencies or their designees for violation of W.S. 36-1-114 and 36-1-115.
(d) Any person who, for monetary gain or for commercial or any other purpose, removes any archeological or paleontological artifacts in violation of W.S. 36-1-114 or 36-1-115 with a cumulative value in excess of five hundred ($500.00), shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be fined up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), imprisoned for up to ten (10) years, or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 1 - In General › Section 36-1-117 - Sale or Trade of State Lands; Hearing Upon Request of County Commissioners.

36-1-117. Sale or trade of state lands; hearing upon request of county commissioners.
No sale or trade of any state land including state land currently held by the state of Wyoming shall be made without a public hearing in the county in which the land is located if a hearing is requested by the county commissioners.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 1 - In General › Section 36-1-118 - Sale of Experimental Farms and Stations.

36-1-118. Sale of experimental farms and stations.
(a) The board of trustees of the University of Wyoming is authorized and empowered on behalf of the state to sell and to execute any document of title necessary to convey title to any agricultural experimental farm or station in Uinta county, in Laramie county and if in existence before January 1, 2003, in Goshen county, title to which is held in the name of the state of Wyoming, provided:
(i) The sale is made for adequate consideration and complies with all statutory requirements;
(ii) Proceeds of the sale shall be credited to the University of Wyoming.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 1 - In General › Section 36-1-119 - Posting Notice of Restrictions to Public Lands; Restrictions; Penalties.

36-1-119. Posting notice of restrictions to public lands; restrictions; penalties.
(a) No person shall post a notice on any public land or on a public road as defined by W.S. 24-1-133(b) restricting access to public lands unless the restriction has been approved by the governing body having jurisdiction over the public land.
(b) For purposes of this section "public land" means any land under the jurisdiction of the board of land commissioners or under the jurisdiction of any political subdivision of the state which the public is authorized to use without obtaining legal permission from a private landowner.
(c) The governing body or its authorized representative having jurisdiction over the public land shall issue a written demand to any person who unlawfully posts a notice in violation of subsection (a) of this section directing that the notice be removed within three (3) days following receipt of the notice. The demand shall be delivered in person by a peace officer or mailed by both first class mail and certified mail return receipt requested to the person's last known mailing address. Any person who knowingly posts an illegal notice or who fails to remove an illegal notice within three (3) days after receiving the demand from the governing body is guilty of a misdemeanor. If the person cannot be personally served because he deliberately made himself unavailable for service, or refused to accept delivery of the demand by certified mail, then he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if he fails to remove the illegal notice within five (5) days after the demand was mailed to him by the governing body. Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under this section shall be punished by a fine up to six hundred dollars ($600.00) for each day the person fails to remove the illegal notice. For a second or subsequent offense, the penalty shall be a fine of not more than six hundred dollars ($600.00) per day, and up to six (6) months in jail, or both.
(d) It shall be a defense to any charge under this section, that severe weather or other circumstance not within control of the person charged prevented removal of the notice.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 1 - In General › Section 36-1-120 - Posting of Public Access to State Lands; Signage.

36-1-120. Posting of public access to state lands; signage.
(a) The office of state lands and investments shall supervise the placement of signs on state lands readily identifiable by the office, using trained volunteers. The signs shall indicate that the land is administered by the board of land commissioners.
(b) The signage shall be placed:
(i) On identifiable state land that has legal access;
(ii) To reasonably identify state land that is adjacent to, or contiguous with, private land and which is accessible to the public for hunting, fishing or recreation.
(c) The signage shall include notice that:
(i) Motorized vehicles shall be confined to established roads; and
(ii) Use of the state land is subject to board of land commissioners' rules.
(d) For purposes of this section, "state land" means any land under the jurisdiction of the board of land commissioners, which the public is authorized to use without obtaining legal permission from a private landowner.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 1 - In General › Section 36-1-121 - Conservation Easements.

36-1-121. Conservation easements.
(a) Except for any conservation easement received or accepted by the board before the effective date of this act, the board shall not accept or receive any conservation easement pursuant to W.S. 34-1-202.
(b) Except for any conservation easement received or accepted by the board before the effective date of this act, the board shall not be considered a "holder" pursuant to W.S. 34-1-201(b)(ii)(A).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 4 - Emergency Fire Suppression Account › Section 36-1-401 - Definitions.

36-1-401. Definitions.
(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Division" means the Wyoming state forestry division of the office of state lands and investments;
(ii) "Emergency fire" means a fire located in a rural area which is, or clearly threatens to be, beyond the fire control resources of the county responsible for suppression of the fire or the state if the fire is located on state lands;
(iii) "Emergency fire suppression account" or "account" means the account created by W.S. 36-1-402;
(iv) "Participating county" means a county which has entered into a contract with the division to participate in the emergency fire suppression account and has paid the assessments provided by W.S. 36-1-404.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 4 - Emergency Fire Suppression Account › Section 36-1-402 - Emergency Fire Suppression Account; Creation; Investment of Funds; Authorized Expenditures; Reversion of Funds From Division.

36-1-402. Emergency fire suppression account; creation; investment of funds; authorized expenditures; reversion of funds from division.
(a) There is created the emergency fire suppression account. The account shall include all legislative appropriations, all assessments paid into the account by participating counties and all income from investments of monies in the account. Appropriations to the account shall not lapse at the end of any fiscal period.
(b) The state treasurer shall invest any portion of the funds in the account which the state forester determines is not needed for immediate use. Investments shall be made as authorized by W.S. 9-4-715(a), (d) and (e).
(c) Upon written approval of the state forester, expenditures shall be made out of the account to participating counties and the division for the actual costs of suppressing emergency fires.
(d) If the state forester determines monies in the account may be insufficient to make reimbursement for the full cost of suppressing all emergency fires occurring or which may occur during the year, he may delay paying reimbursement to any entity until the close of the program year at which time available monies shall be prorated among those entitled to reimbursement at an amount less than one hundred percent (100%).
(e) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 87, 1.
(f) Notwithstanding W.S. 9-2-1008, 9-2-1012(e) and 9-4-207, general funds appropriated to the division which are unexpended and unobligated and which would otherwise lapse and revert pursuant to W.S. 9-4-207(a) at the end of a biennium shall revert to the emergency fire suppression account. This subsection shall not be construed to apply to any appropriation to a special revenue fund or revolving account within the division.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 4 - Emergency Fire Suppression Account › Section 36-1-403 - Powers and Duties of State Forester.

36-1-403. Powers and duties of state forester.
(a) The state forester shall:
(i) Administer the emergency fire suppression account;
(ii) Enter into contracts on behalf of the division with counties desiring to participate in the account;
(iii) Establish and collect assessments from participating counties in accordance with this article;
(iv) Adopt rules governing the administration of the emergency fire suppression account and to carry out the purposes of this article.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 4 - Emergency Fire Suppression Account › Section 36-1-404 - Participation by Counties; Assessments; Withdrawal From Participation; Forfeiture of Assessments for Failure to Pay Assessments.

36-1-404. Participation by counties; assessments; withdrawal from participation; forfeiture of assessments for failure to pay assessments.
(a) Counties desiring to participate in the emergency fire suppression account shall enter into a written contract with the state forester and shall pay the assessments provided for in this section.
(b) Each participating county shall pay an annual assessment to the account in an amount equal to:
(i) Four-tenths of a cent ($.004) per acre for each acre of private land in the county as determined by reference to the current equality state almanac published by the department of administration and information; plus
(ii) An amount equal to .00002 times the assessed valuation of the county.
(c) Participation in the account shall be on a fiscal year basis and annual assessments shall be paid on or before July 15 of each year in which the county elects to participate in the account.
(d) Repealed by Laws 2008, Ch. 8, 2.
(e) Any county electing to participate in the account in any year may become a participating county by paying an initial assessment equal to the annual assessment computed for that county under subsection (b) of this section multiplied by three (3).
(f) Any county electing to withdraw from participation in the account or failing to pay the annual assessment when due shall forfeit all of its rights to the account and any assessments previously paid by that county shall remain in the account.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 5 - Wyoming State Forestry Good Neighbor Authority Revolving Account › Section 36-1-501 - Definitions.

36-1-501. Definitions.
(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Division" means the Wyoming state forestry division of the office of state lands and investments;
(ii) "Good neighbor authority" means an agreement between the division, the bureau of land management and the United States forest service to allow the state to perform forestry services on bureau of land management and forest service lands as specified in the agreement;
(iii) "Wyoming state forestry good neighbor authority revolving account" or "account" means the account created by W.S. 36-1-502.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 5 - Wyoming State Forestry Good Neighbor Authority Revolving Account › Section 36-1-502 - Wyoming State Forestry Good Neighbor Authority Revolving Account; Creation; Investment of Funds; Authorized Expenditures.

36-1-502. Wyoming state forestry good neighbor authority revolving account; creation; investment of funds; authorized expenditures.
(a) There is created the Wyoming state forestry good neighbor authority revolving account. The account shall include all legislative appropriations, federal funds, county funds, partner funds, funds generated from good neighbor authority projects or other federally funded cooperative forest management projects and all income from investments of monies in the account. If a contract is entered into pursuant to W.S. 36-1-503(a)(iii), funds in the account may be expanded on good neighbor authority projects prior to receipt of federal fund reimbursements. Funds deposited into the account are continuously appropriated to the state forester to be expended only as provided in this section. Unless otherwise specifically provided, appropriations to the account shall not lapse or revert at the end of any fiscal period.
(b) Upon written approval of the state forester, expenditures shall be made out of the account for good neighbor authority projects or other cooperative forest management projects.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 5 - Wyoming State Forestry Good Neighbor Authority Revolving Account › Section 36-1-503 - Powers and Duties of State Forester.

36-1-503. Powers and duties of state forester.
(a) The state forester shall:
(i) Administer the account;
(ii) Ensure that all funds generated from good neighbor authority projects or other federally funded cooperative forest management projects are deposited in the account;
(iii) Enter into contracts on behalf of the division for good neighbor authority projects or other federally funded cooperative forest management projects funded through the account;
(iv) Adopt rules governing the administration of the account and to carry out the purposes of this article;
(v) Have the authority to partner with one (1) or more counties on good neighbor authority projects or other cooperative forest management projects and disburse funds from the account for these purposes.
(b) The state forester may hire additional employees as necessary to conduct good neighbor authority projects or other federally funded cooperative forest management projects funded through the account. Employees hired under this subsection shall be funded using federal funds deposited in the account. The state forester shall not fill more than one (1) full-time employee position and four (4) at-will employee contract positions under this subsection.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 2 - Board of Land Commissioners › Article 1 - In General › Section 36-2-101 - Composition; Powers Generally.

36-2-101. Composition; powers generally.
The governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, state auditor, and superintendent of public instruction, being constituted a "board of land commissioners" by the provisions of section 3, article 18, of the constitution of the state of Wyoming, shall as such board, have the direction, control, leasing, care and disposal of all lands heretofore or hereafter granted or acquired by the state for the benefit and support of public schools or for any other purpose whatsoever, subject to the limitations contained in the constitution of the state, and the laws enacted by the legislature. The board shall have the power and authority to take such official action as may be necessary in securing title to land grants, or any other lands acquired by the state. The board shall oversee the compensatory mitigation credit system established under W.S. 9-19-201 through 9-19-204 and shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with W.S. 9-19-201 through 9-19-204.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 2 - Board of Land Commissioners › Article 1 - In General › Section 36-2-103 - President; Quorum; Duties of Employees.

36-2-103. President; quorum; duties of employees.
The governor shall be president of said board, but in his absence from any meeting, one (1) of the members may act as president pro tempore, and shall preside at such meeting. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The board shall have authority to prescribe the duties of all persons employed by it.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 2 - Board of Land Commissioners › Article 1 - In General › Section 36-2-104 - Meetings; Rules, Regulations and Forms of Procedure; Records.

36-2-104. Meetings; rules, regulations and forms of procedure; records.
The board shall hold such regular and special meetings as it may prescribe and consider necessary for the proper transaction of the business before it. All meetings and transactions incident to the duties of the board, together with all protests, contests or other proceedings before it, shall be regulated by such reasonable rules, regulations and forms of procedure as may from time to time be prescribed by the board; and such rules, regulations and forms of procedure shall bear the same relation to proceedings pending before the board, and have the same legal force and effect, upon all parties to such proceedings, as the Code of Civil Procedure bears and has to civil actions and the parties thereto in the courts of this state. The board shall cause proper records of its meetings and other proceedings to be kept in suitable books, and shall preserve all important documents and papers pertaining to the lands of the state and business of the board. All votes taken to decide the board's final action on any matter shall be recorded.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 2 - Board of Land Commissioners › Article 1 - In General › Section 36-2-108 - Appointment of State Forester; Qualifications; Duties.

36-2-108. Appointment of state forester; qualifications; duties.
(a) The state board of land commissioners shall appoint a state forester who shall be the administrative head of the Wyoming state forestry division of the office of state lands and investments. He shall serve at the pleasure of the board. He shall have a bachelor's degree in forestry with not less than four (4) years experience in professional forestry work. The state forester shall, under the general supervision of the board, have direction of all forest interest and all matters pertaining to forestry within the jurisdiction of the state of Wyoming; and may, with approval of the board, appoint such assistants and employees as are necessary in executing the duties of his office.
(b) The state forester shall:
(i) Take such action as may be deemed necessary by the state board of land commissioners to protect forest, range and other rural resources from fire. This responsibility shall in no way diminish the responsibility or authority of local fire protection districts;
(ii) Assist the county sheriff in the enforcement of all laws pertaining to the protection of forest and range lands from fire;
(iii) Collect data relative to forest conditions;
(iv) Prepare an annual report on the progress and condition of state forestry work;
(v) Recommend plans for improving the state system of forest protection, management and replacement;
(vi) Whenever it is deemed essential and to the best interest of the state, cooperate with counties, cities, towns, corporations, or individuals for the protection, management and planting of trees, woodlots and timber tracts;
(vii) Promote the development of the forest industry;
(viii) Cooperate with federal agencies to fulfill the intent of this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 2 - Board of Land Commissioners › Article 1 - In General › Section 36-2-109 - Fire Protection Revolving Account.

36-2-109. Fire protection revolving account.
There is created the fire protection revolving account. Funds received by the state forester from local and county fire service entities and other payments received by the state forester for billable fire expenses shall be deposited into the account. Funds deposited into the account are continuously appropriated to the state forester to be expended only for costs related to fire protection activities and services, the purchase of wildland fire equipment, parts for federal excess property, supplies and to provide repairs for county and local fire service entities. As used in this section, "billable fire expenses" means any payment received from a federal, state or local entity for fire protection services or other related activities.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 2 - Board of Land Commissioners › Article 2 - Appeals › Section 36-2-201 - Questions May Be Reserved to District Court.

36-2-201. Questions may be reserved to district court.
Whenever an important or difficult matter of law or fact is to be decided in a contest or other proceeding pending before the board of land commissioners, or whenever in the judgment of the members of said board any of its members are for any reason disqualified from considering and deciding the questions or issues involved in any contest or other proceeding before such board, then and in that event, the board of land commissioners may on the motion of either party interested, or upon its own motion, cause the said contest or other proceeding to be reserved and sent to the district court for the county in which the land in controversy is situated.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 2 - Board of Land Commissioners › Article 2 - Appeals › Section 36-2-202 - Certified Copies of Papers to Be Sent to Court; Docket Fee.

36-2-202. Certified copies of papers to be sent to court; docket fee.
When a contest or other proceeding is reserved and ordered sent to a district court, the director shall transmit certified copies of all the papers in the case in his possession and in his office to the clerk of the said district court and the board of land commissioners shall determine who shall pay the docket fee in the district court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 2 - Board of Land Commissioners › Article 2 - Appeals › Section 36-2-203 - When Issues Made Up Before Removal.

36-2-203. When issues made up before removal.
If the issues in said reserved contest or proceeding have been made up before the same shall have been removed, then in that case the said contest or proceeding when so removed shall be deemed ready for hearing; provided, however, that the judge of said district court may grant amendments to the pleadings already filed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 2 - Board of Land Commissioners › Article 2 - Appeals › Section 36-2-204 - When Issues Not Made Up Before Removal.

36-2-204. When issues not made up before removal.
If the issues in said contest or proceeding have not been made up at the time the same is so removed to the district court then in that case the date when said contest or proceeding is filed in said district court shall be deemed the date of the filing of the petition of the contestant, and all of the proceedings thereafter shall be in accordance with the rules governing the trial of civil cases, including the making up of the issue, the trial of the case and an appeal from the judgment of the district court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 2 - Board of Land Commissioners › Article 2 - Appeals › Section 36-2-205 - Determination, Certification, Recordation and Effect.

36-2-205. Determination, certification, recordation and effect.
When such case is reserved to the district court the same shall be tried and determined by such court, and its findings and judgments thereon shall be certified by the clerk of said court, to the director and he shall record the same in the record of the proceedings of the board of land commissioners, and when so recorded, such findings and judgments shall have the same force and effect as though rendered by said board.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 2 - Board of Land Commissioners › Article 2 - Appeals › Section 36-2-206 - Appeals to District Court.

36-2-206. Appeals to district court.
Any party who may feel himself aggrieved by the decision of the board of land commissioners rendered in any contest proceeding held before said board, may have an appeal from such decision to the district court sitting within and for the county in which the land in controversy is situated. All persons joining in the appeal shall be joined as appellants, and all persons having interests adverse to the parties appealing, or any of them, shall be joined as appellees; and upon said appeal being perfected, said contest proceeding shall stand to be heard and for trial de novo, by said court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 2 - Board of Land Commissioners › Article 2 - Appeals › Section 36-2-207 - Written Notice of Intent to Appeal; Bond.

36-2-207. Written notice of intent to appeal; bond.
The party appealing shall, within thirty (30) days after receiving notice by registered mail of the decision of the board, file with the director, a notice in writing to the board of land commissioners stating that such party intends to appeal to said district court from said decision; and at the same time shall file a like notice in the said district court; and upon the filing of said notices, the appeal shall be deemed to have been taken; provided, however, that the party appealing shall within fifteen (15) days after the said notices have been filed, enter into an undertaking to be approved by the clerk or the judge of the said district court and to be given to the appellees, and to be in such an amount as said court or the judge thereof shall fix, but in any case, shall not be less than five hundred dollars ($500.00), and conditioned that the appellant shall prosecute his appeal without unnecessary delay and will pay all costs and damages which the appellees or any of them may sustain in consequence of such appeal.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 2 - Board of Land Commissioners › Article 2 - Appeals › Section 36-2-208 - Transmission of Evidence to District Court; Hearing on Appeal.

36-2-208. Transmission of evidence to district court; hearing on appeal.
Upon notice of intention to appeal having been filed with the director, he shall at once transmit to the clerk of the district court to which such appeal has been taken, a certified copy of all papers and documents in evidence in the case together with a transcript of all orders and journal entries concerning the same and a certified copy of the decision appealed from. Unless otherwise ordered by the court, said appeal shall be heard upon the pleadings filed before the board of land commissioners and at the trial of such appeal, evidence shall be taken and other proceedings had as in the trial of a civil action before said court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 2 - Board of Land Commissioners › Article 2 - Appeals › Section 36-2-209 - Notice of Perfected Appeal; Proof of Service.

36-2-209. Notice of perfected appeal; proof of service.
Upon the approval of the bond as aforesaid, the clerk of the district court shall immediately issue a notice to the director and to said appellees and each of them that said appeal has been perfected; such notice may be served personally upon the appellees or their attorneys of record by any appellant or his attorney of record, or by registered mail, by the clerk of the district court. Proof of service may be made by the affidavit of the person making the service and also by the return registry receipt where service is made by registered mail.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 2 - Board of Land Commissioners › Article 2 - Appeals › Section 36-2-210 - Hearing and Trial Upon Appeal; Appeal to Supreme Court.

36-2-210. Hearing and trial upon appeal; appeal to supreme court.
At the expiration of the time for the appearance of the appellees, the case is to be deemed ready for hearing; and it shall be heard and tried the same in all respects as civil cases are tried in said district court; and an appeal from the judgment, finding and decree of said court shall lie to the supreme court the same in all respects as prescribed by law for appeals and proceedings in error from the district courts to the supreme court of this state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 3 - Director of the Office of State Lands and Investments › Section 36-3-101 - Appointment; Term; Salary; Removal.

36-3-101. Appointment; term; salary; removal.
(a) There shall be a director of the office of state lands and investments, who shall be appointed by the governor by and with the consent of the state senate. The term of his office shall expire at the end of the term of office of the governor during which he was appointed, unless sooner removed. He shall receive an annual salary as provided by law, to be paid monthly by the state treasurer on the warrant of the state auditor. The governor may remove the director as provided in W.S. 9-1-202.
(b) Effective July 1, 1979, appointments and terms under this section shall be in accordance with W.S. 28-12-101 through 28-12-103.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 3 - Director of the Office of State Lands and Investments › Section 36-3-104 - Notice of Selection.

36-3-104. Notice of selection.
Before any selection of lands granted to the state is made, it shall be the duty of the director to publish in at least one (1) newspaper of general circulation in each county in the state a notice giving the area of the said lands so to be selected, and the time on or about when the director will receive applications for and begin the selection of said lands, and before any lands so selected shall be leased, sold or otherwise disposed of, a description of such lands together with the name of the person for whom selected, shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in each county wherein said lands are located, and such lands shall thereafter be sold, leased or otherwise disposed of in the same manner and under the same restrictions as provided by law for the disposition of other state lands.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 36 - State Lands › Chapter 3 - Director of the Office of State Lands and Investments › Section 36-3-105 - Annual Report.

36-3-105. Annual report.
On or before the 10th day of December, immediately preceding the meeting of the legislature, the director shall make a report of the business of his office, the transactions of the board of land commissioners, and the condition of the land affairs of the state, showing by tables the land belonging to the several funds of the state, to whom sold, leased or otherwise disposed of, the receipts from all sources, the condition of the conditional grants made to the state under the provisions of section 4 of an act of congress entitled "An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses, approved August 18th, A.D. 1894", and acts amendatory thereof, including in his said report a comprehensive statement of the development and progress made by corporations or individuals reclaiming land under the provisions of said acts of congress, and of chapter 15, title 9, div. 1, Wyoming Revised Statutes of 1899 and showing in said report any and all facts or statistics concerning the lands of the state of Wyoming that will exhibit the condition of the said state lands.