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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 6 - Public Property › Article 5 - Accessibility of Handicapped to Public Buildings › Section 16-6-503 - Building Plans and Specifications; State Fire Marshal; Ruling and Determination; Filing of Written Objection.

16-6-503. Building plans and specifications; state fire marshal; ruling and determination; filing of written objection.
The state fire marshal shall within five (5) days mail a copy of his ruling and determination to the contracting authority and to any other interested or affected person, as defined under the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act, who has made timely request of the state fire marshal for receipt of copies of all rulings and determinations. All mailings by the state fire marshal made under this section shall be made by certified mail. Any time within ten (10) days after receipt of the ruling or determination made by the state fire marshal the contracting authority or any other interested or affected person may object to the determination, or any part thereof as the contracting authority or any other interested or affected person deems objectionable by filing a written notice with the state fire marshal, stating the specific grounds of the objection. The written objection shall be filed in the records of the state fire marshal and shall be available for inspection by any person who may be affected.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 6 - Public Property › Article 5 - Accessibility of Handicapped to Public Buildings › Section 16-6-504 - Building Plans and Specifications; Hearing on Objection; Final Administrative Determination; Judicial Review.

16-6-504. Building plans and specifications; hearing on objection; final administrative determination; judicial review.
(a) Within five (5) days of the receipt of the objection, the state fire marshal shall notify the department of fire prevention and electrical safety of the objection. That department shall set a date for a hearing on the objection to be held not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days following receipt of the objection notice from the state fire marshal. Written notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given by the department to the contracting authority and any other interested and affected persons at least ten (10) days prior to the date set for the hearing.
(b) The procedure before the department of fire prevention and electrical safety for hearing of objections shall be as provided in the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
(c) Within ten (10) days of the conclusion of the hearing, the department shall rule on the written objections and make the final determination it determines that the evidence warrants. Immediately upon its final determination, the department shall serve a certified copy thereof on the contracting authority and all other interested and affected persons who may have appeared at the hearing, by personal service or by registered or certified mail.
(d) The final decision of the department of fire prevention and electrical safety is subject to review in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. All proceedings in any district court affecting a determination of the department of fire prevention and electrical safety shall have priority in hearing and determination over all other civil proceedings pending in the court, except election contests.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 6 - Public Property › Article 6 - Payment of Agency Accounts › Section 16-6-601 - Definitions.

16-6-601. Definitions.
(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Agency" means any department, agency or other instrumentality of the state or of a political subdivision of the state;
(ii) "Goods" means all personal property purchased, procured or contracted for by an agency, including leases of real property or other arrangements for the use of space;
(iii) "Services" means all services purchased, procured or contracted for by an agency, including construction services.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 6 - Public Property › Article 6 - Payment of Agency Accounts › Section 16-6-602 - Payment of Agency Accounts; Interest.

16-6-602. Payment of agency accounts; interest.
Except as provided by contract, any agency which purchases or procures goods and services from a nongovernmental entity shall pay the amount due within forty-five (45) days after receipt of a correct notice of amount due for the goods or services provided or shall pay interest from the forty-fifth day at the rate of one and one-half percent (1 1/2%) per month on the unpaid balance until the account is paid in full, unless a good faith dispute exists as to the agency's obligation to pay all or a portion of the account.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 6 - Public Property › Article 7 - Construction Contracts With Public Entities › Section 16-6-702 - Public Entity; Contracts; Partial Payments; Retainage; Alternate Delivery Methods Authorized.

16-6-702. Public entity; contracts; partial payments; retainage; alternate delivery methods authorized.
(a) A public entity awarding a contract for a public work shall authorize partial payments of the amount due under the contract as stipulated in the contract document or as soon thereafter as practicable, to the contractor if the contractor is satisfactorily performing the contract.
(b) In all contracts with a public entity for a public work, the public entity may retain no more than five percent (5%) of the calculated value of any work completed as retainage. The retained payment shall be due and payable as prescribed by W.S. 16-6-116(a). The retained payment shall be held in an account in the name of the contractor which account has been assigned to the public entity. If the public entity finds that satisfactory progress is being made in all phases of the contract it may, upon written request by the contractor, authorize payment from the withheld percentage. Before the payment is made, the public entity shall determine that satisfactory and substantial reasons exist for the payment and shall require written approval from any surety furnishing bonds for the contract work.
(c) Alternate design and construction delivery methods may be used by a public entity for a public work.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 6 - Public Property › Article 7 - Construction Contracts With Public Entities › Section 16-6-703 - Public Work; Completion by Public Entity; Partial Payments.

16-6-703. Public work; completion by public entity; partial payments.
If it becomes necessary for a public entity to take over the completion of any public work, all of the amounts owing the contractor, including any payment retained under W.S. 16-6-702(b), shall first be applied toward the cost of completion of the public work. Any balance of the retained payment remaining after completion of the public work by the public entity shall be payable to the contractor or the contractor's creditors. The retained payment which may be due any contractor shall be due and payable as prescribed by W.S. 16-6-116(a).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 6 - Public Property › Article 7 - Construction Contracts With Public Entities › Section 16-6-704 - Interest Bearing Deposit Agreement; Option to Enter Into.

16-6-704. Interest bearing deposit agreement; option to enter into.
If requested by the general contractor, a public entity shall enter into an interest bearing deposit agreement with any depository designated by the general contractor, after notice to the surety, to provide an agent for the custodial care and servicing of any deposits placed with him pursuant to this act on any contract of more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00). The services shall include the safekeeping of the obligations and the rendering of all services required to effectuate the purposes of this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 6 - Public Property › Article 7 - Construction Contracts With Public Entities › Section 16-6-705 - Custodian for Obligations; Collection of Interest Income-Payable to Contractor.

16-6-705. Custodian for obligations; collection of interest income-payable to contractor.
The public entity or any depository designated by the contractor to serve as custodian for the obligations pursuant to W.S. 16-6-704 shall collect all interest and income when due on obligations so deposited and shall pay them, when and as collected, to the contractor or as otherwise instructed by the contractor. Any expense incurred for this service shall not be charged to the public entity.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 6 - Public Property › Article 7 - Construction Contracts With Public Entities › Section 16-6-706 - Applicability of Provisions.

16-6-706. Applicability of provisions.
This act does not apply in the case of a contract made or awarded by any public entity if a part of the contract price is to be paid with funds from the federal government or from some other source and if the federal government or the other source has requirements concerning retention or payment of funds which are applicable to the contract and which are inconsistent with this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 6 - Public Property › Article 7 - Construction Contracts With Public Entities › Section 16-6-707 - Construction Management Alternate Delivery Method.

16-6-707. Construction management alternate delivery method.
(a) Excluding contracts for professional services, construction management and design-build delivery negotiations by public entities and construction managers shall be in accordance with residency and preference requirements imposed under W.S. 16-6-101 through 16-6-107.
(b) Formal requests for proposal for preconstruction or construction services by a construction manager or a design-builder submitted by a public entity shall require at least the following information:
(i) The location of the primary place of business;
(ii) The name and identification of individuals to be assigned to the project;
(iii) Experience with similar projects;
(iv) Qualifications;
(v) Ability to protect the interests of the public entity during the project;
(vi) Ability to meet project budget and time schedule requirements;
(vii) Excluding contracts for professional services, compliance with W.S. 16-6-101 through 16-6-107; and
(viii) For design-build alternative construction delivery methods, the names of the prime consultants used for architectural and engineering design services.
(c) Negotiations between a public entity and a construction manager at-risk shall require that the construction manager at-risk comply with the residency and preference requirements imposed under W.S. 16-6-101 through 16-6-107 in the procurement of subcontractors and materials.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 6 - Public Property › Article 7 - Construction Contracts With Public Entities › Section 16-6-708 - Responsibilities Under Alternative Delivery Contracts.

16-6-708. Responsibilities under alternative delivery contracts.
(a) Any construction manager agent, construction manager at risk or design-builder contract awarded shall comply with any reporting and administrative requirements as required by the public entity of the recipient of a design, bid and build contract, including retained payments, payment and performance bonding and default of contract.
(b) All bids received under this section including subcontractor bids, shall be opened in public following reasonable public notice.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 6 - Public Property › Article 8 - Works of Art in Public Buildings › Section 16-6-801 - Definitions.

16-6-801. Definitions.
(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Agency" means any state office, department, board, commission or institution and any community college district to which funds have been appropriated, bonded or otherwise provided by the state for the design and original construction of any new building;
(ii) "Architect" means any person licensed to practice architecture pursuant to W.S. 33-4-101 through 33-4-117 and designated as the project architect for a specific capital construction project;
(iii) "Artist" means any practitioner generally recognized by peers or critics as a professional who produces works of art;
(iv) "Building" means any permanent structure and any appurtenant structure intended to function as an office, courtroom, hearing or meeting room or other space for carrying on the operation of any agency and any auditorium, meeting room, classroom or other educational facility, library or museum space, or information center for use by the public, excluding utility lines, water projects, fish ponds, school buildings, city buildings, county buildings, public restrooms at state parks, separate structures which are not part of a larger construction project intended solely as storage, warehouse or maintenance and repair facilities;
(v) "Construction cost" means the cost for the actual design and original construction of any new building which is funded in total or in part by appropriated state funds, excluding land acquisition. The phrase does not include the cost for any building funded in part by city or county funds;
(vi) "Department" means the department of state parks and cultural resources acting through the Wyoming arts council established under W.S. 9-2-901;
(vii) "User" means that agency with principal administrative responsibility for the actual use of any building;
(viii) "Works of art" means any fresco, mosaic, sculpture, drawing, painting, photograph, calligraphy, graphic art, stained glass, wall hanging, tapestry, fountain, ornamental gateway, monument, display, architectural embellishment, craft, architectural landscape or any work of mixed media by an artist.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 6 - Public Property › Article 8 - Works of Art in Public Buildings › Section 16-6-802 - Construction of New Public Buildings; State Funds.

16-6-802. Construction of new public buildings; state funds.
(a) The original construction of any new building shall include works of art for public display, which shall be included by the agency in determining total construction costs of the building at an amount equal to one percent (1%) of total costs but not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) on any one (1) project. Any new construction project for which the total cost is less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) is exempt from this subsection.
(b) Prior to transferring or authorizing the expenditure of any state funds for the original construction of any new building, the state auditor shall transfer to the state treasurer an amount equal to the amount specified under subsection (a) of this section for works of art. Upon receipt, the state treasurer shall deposit the amount transferred into a separate account, together with any grants, gifts or other funds received or appropriated by the state for the sole purpose of acquiring works of art for placement in buildings. Amounts deposited within the separate account shall be expended by the department for the acquisition of works of art by purchase, lease, commission or otherwise, the maintenance of works of art placed in buildings pursuant to this article and for the administration of this article.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 6 - Public Property › Article 8 - Works of Art in Public Buildings › Section 16-6-803 - Department of Commerce to Acquire Works of Art; Advisory Panel to Consult in Acquisition; Procedure; Public Education Programs.

16-6-803. Department of commerce to acquire works of art; advisory panel to consult in acquisition; procedure; public education programs.
(a) In administering this article, the department shall in consultation with the advisory panel selected pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, designate works of art and sites for placement within buildings and shall accordingly and as necessary, select, purchase, commission, review, place, accept, sell, exchange or dispose of works of art.
(b) The acquisition of works of art from funds within the separate account established under W.S. 16-6-802(b) shall not require advertisement for bids.
(c) The department shall select a panel to serve in an advisory capacity to the department in selecting and designating works of art, comprised of representatives of the community in which the building is located, the user agency, the art community and the architect involved in the original construction of the building. Each panel member shall receive reimbursement for travel and per diem in the same amount and manner as by law provided for state employees.
(d) The department shall by rule and regulation establish the jury procedure for works of art acquired under this article, which shall at minimum:
(i) Give preference to Wyoming artists;
(ii) Prohibit consideration of any work of art of any panel member or a member of his immediate family for the project on which the panel member is serving;
(iii) Require cooperation and communication with local and national art agencies;
(iv) Provide a process for the transfer of acquired works of art from one (1) location to another.
(e) The department may, upon request of any agency, authorize the acquisition of works of art through the pooling of funds available from small, multiple new construction projects and through the use of funds within the separate account as matching any funds available from nonstate sources.
(f) In addition to other duties imposed under this article, the department shall develop and implement public education programs on the purpose of this article, the process for selecting works of art for placement in buildings, the state art collection and on the acquired works of art.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 6 - Public Property › Article 8 - Works of Art in Public Buildings › Section 16-6-804 - Acquisitions Property of State Art Collection; Maintenance; Expenses.

16-6-804. Acquisitions property of state art collection; maintenance; expenses.
(a) Upon acquisition of any work of art in accordance with this article, the work of art becomes the property of the state art collection and the department, through the state museum, shall:
(i) Maintain an inventory of the acquired work of art;
(ii) Maintain and preserve the work of art; and
(iii) Periodically review and examine the acquired work of art and report to the director of the department on any necessary restoration, repair, deaccession or replacement of the work of art.
(b) The expenses incurred by the department in performing duties imposed under this section shall be paid from the separate account established under W.S. 16-6-802(b), which shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the total amount expended for any specific work of art.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 6 - Public Property › Article 8 - Works of Art in Public Buildings › Section 16-6-805 - Application.

16-6-805. Application.
Nothing in this article shall limit the acquisition or placement of works of art acquired from other nonstate sources nor shall this article limit the use of architectural, functional or structural detailing or garnishing in the construction, remodeling, renovation or restoration of any building.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 7 - Relocation Assistance › Section 16-7-103 - Relocation Payments to Displaced Persons.

16-7-103. Relocation payments to displaced persons.
(a) Whenever a program or project to be undertaken by a displacing agency will result in the displacement of any person, the displacing agency shall provide for the payment to the displaced person of:
(i) Actual reasonable expenses in moving himself, his family, business, farm operation or other personal property;
(ii) Actual direct losses of tangible personal property as a result of moving or discontinuing a business or farm operation, but not to exceed an amount equal to the reasonable expenses that would have been required to relocate the property, as determined by the agency;
(iii) Actual reasonable expenses in searching for a replacement business or farm; and
(iv) Actual reasonable expenses necessary to reestablish a displaced farm, nonprofit organization or small business at its new site, in accordance with criteria to be established by the agency.
(b) Any displaced person eligible for payments under subsection (a) of this section who is displaced from a dwelling and who elects to accept the payments authorized by this subsection in lieu of the payments authorized by subsection (a) of this section may receive an expense and dislocation allowance, determined according to a schedule established by the agency.
(c) Any displaced person eligible under criteria established by the agency for payments under subsection (a) of this section who is displaced from his place of business or from his farm operation may elect to accept a fixed payment authorized by this subsection in lieu of the payment authorized by subsection (a) of this section. The fixed payment shall be determined by the agency and shall not be less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00). A person whose sole business at the displacement dwelling is the rental of the property to others shall not qualify for a payment under this subsection.
(i) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 241, 2.
(ii) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 241, 2.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 7 - Relocation Assistance › Section 16-7-104 - Replacement Housing Payments; Home Owners.

16-7-104. Replacement housing payments; home owners.
(a) In addition to payments otherwise authorized by this act, the displacing agency shall make a payment not in excess of twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($22,500.00) to any displaced person who is displaced from a dwelling actually owned and occupied by the displaced person for not less than one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of the property. The additional payment shall include:
(i) The amount, if any, which when added to the acquisition cost of the dwelling acquired by the displacing agency, equals the reasonable cost of a comparable replacement dwelling;
(ii) The amount, if any, which will compensate the displaced person for any increased interest costs and other debt service costs which the person is required to pay for financing the acquisition of a comparable replacement dwelling. The amount shall be paid only if the dwelling acquired by the displacing agency was encumbered by a bona fide mortgage which was a valid lien on the dwelling for not less than one hundred eighty (180) days immediately prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of the dwelling; and
(iii) Reasonable expenses incurred by the displaced person for evidence of title, recording fees and other closing costs incident to the purchase of the replacement dwelling, but not including prepaid expenses.
(b) The additional payment authorized by this section shall be made only to a displaced person who purchases and occupies a replacement dwelling which is decent, safe and sanitary within one (1) year after the date on which he receives final payment from the displacing agent for the acquired dwelling or the date on which the obligation of the displacing agency under W.S. 16-7-107 is met, whichever is later, except that the displacing agency may extend the period for good cause. If the period is extended, the payment under this section shall be based on the costs of relocating the person to a comparable replacement dwelling within one (1) year of such date.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 7 - Relocation Assistance › Section 16-7-105 - Replacement Housing Payment; Tenants.

16-7-105. Replacement housing payment; tenants.
(a) In addition to amounts otherwise authorized by this act, a displacing agency shall make a payment to or for any displaced person displaced from any dwelling and not eligible to receive a payment under W.S. 16-7-104, providing the displaced person actually and lawfully occupied the dwelling for not less than ninety (90) days immediately prior to:
(i) The initiation of negotiations for acquisition of the dwelling; or
(ii) An event as prescribed by the agency in any case in which displacement is not a direct result of acquisition.
(b) The payment under subsection (a) of this section shall consist of the amount necessary to enable the displaced person to lease or rent, for a period not to exceed forty-two (42) months a comparable replacement dwelling not to exceed five thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($5,250.00). At the discretion of the displacing agency, a payment under this subsection may be made in periodic installments. Computation of a payment under this subsection to a low-income displaced person for a comparable replacement dwelling shall take into account the person's income.
(c) Any person eligible for a payment under subsections (a) and (b) of this section may elect to apply the payment to a down payment including incidental expenses on the purchase of a decent, safe and sanitary replacement dwelling. That person may at the discretion of the displacing agency be eligible under this subsection for the maximum payment allowed under subsection (b) of this section, except that in the case of a displaced home owner who has owned and occupied the displacement dwelling for at least ninety (90) days but not more than one hundred eighty (180) days immediately prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of the dwelling, the payment shall not exceed the payment the person would otherwise have received under W.S. 16-7-104(a) of this act had the person owned and occupied the displacement dwelling one hundred eighty (180) days immediately prior to the initiation of the negotiations.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 7 - Relocation Assistance › Section 16-7-106 - Relocation Assistance Advisory Programs; Services Provided.

16-7-106. Relocation assistance advisory programs; services provided.
(a) Programs or projects undertaken by a displacing agency shall be planned in a manner that:
(i) Recognizes at an early stage in the planning of the programs or projects and before the commencement of any actions which will cause displacements, the problems associated with the displacement of individuals, families, businesses and farm operations; and
(ii) Provides for the resolution of the problems in order to minimize adverse impacts on displaced persons and to expedite program or project advancement and completion.
(b) Displacing agencies shall ensure that the relocation assistance advisory services described in subsection (c) of this section are made available to all persons displaced by the agency. If the agency determines that any person occupying property immediately adjacent to the property where the displacing activity occurs is caused substantial economic injury due to the activity, the agency may make available the advisory services.
(c) Each relocation assistance advisory program required by subsection (b) of this section shall include measures, facilities or services as may be necessary or appropriate in order to:
(i) Determine and make timely recommendations on the needs and preferences of displaced persons for relocation assistance;
(ii) Assist a person displaced from a business or farm operation in obtaining and becoming established in a suitable replacement location;
(iii) Supply:
(A) Information concerning programs of the federal, state and local governments offering assistance to displaced persons; and
(B) Technical assistance to persons applying for assistance under the programs.
(iv) Provide other advisory services to displaced persons in order to minimize hardships to displaced persons in adjusting to relocation;
(v) The displacing agency shall coordinate relocation activities performed by the agency with other federal, state or local governmental actions in the community which could affect the efficient and effective delivery of relocation assistance and related services; and
(vi) Provide current and continuing information on the availability, sales prices and rental charges of comparable replacement dwellings for displaced home owners and tenants and suitable locations for businesses and farm operations.
(d) Notwithstanding W.S. 16-7-102(a)(iv)(C) in any case in which a displacing agency acquires property for a program or project, any person who occupies the property on a rental basis for a short term or a period subject to termination when the property is needed for the program or project is eligible for advisory services to the extent determined by the displacing agency.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 7 - Relocation Assistance › Section 16-7-107 - Assurance of Replacement Housing; Waiver.

16-7-107. Assurance of replacement housing; waiver.
(a) If a program or project undertaken by a displacing agency cannot proceed on a timely basis because comparable replacement dwellings are not available and the displacing agency determines that the dwellings cannot otherwise be made available, the displacing agency may take action as necessary or appropriate to provide dwellings by use of funds authorized for the project. The displacing agency may use this section to exceed the maximum amounts which may be paid under W.S. 16-7-104 and 16-7-105 on a case-by-case basis for good cause as determined in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the agency. Regulations issued pursuant to W.S. 16-7-108 may prescribe situations when these assurances may be waived.
(b) No person shall be required to move from a dwelling due to any program or project undertaken by a displacing agency unless the displacing agency is satisfied that comparable replacement housing is available to the person.
(c) The displacing agency shall assure that a person shall not be required to move from a dwelling unless the person has had a reasonable opportunity to relocate to a comparable replacement dwelling, except in the case of:
(i) A major disaster as defined in the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. 5122;
(ii) Any other emergency which requires the person to move immediately from the dwelling because continued occupancy of the dwelling by the person constitutes a substantial danger to the health or safety of the person.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 7 - Relocation Assistance › Section 16-7-108 - Assurance of Replacement Housing; Prescription of Rules, Regulations and Procedures by Governor.

16-7-108. Assurance of replacement housing; prescription of rules, regulations and procedures by governor.
(a) The governor shall adopt rules and regulations as may be necessary under federal laws and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder to assure that:
(i) The payments and assistance authorized by this act shall be administered in a manner which is fair and reasonable, and as uniform as practicable;
(ii) A displaced person who makes proper application for a payment authorized by this act shall be paid promptly after a move or, in hardship cases, be paid in advance; and
(iii) Any person aggrieved by a determination as to eligibility for a payment authorized by this act, or the amount of a payment, may have his application reviewed in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
(b) The governor may prescribe other regulations and procedures, consistent with the provisions of this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 7 - Relocation Assistance › Section 16-7-109 - Assurance of Replacement Housing; Administration of Relocation Programs.

16-7-109. Assurance of replacement housing; administration of relocation programs.
In order to prevent unnecessary expense and duplication of functions, and to promote uniform and effective administration of relocation assistance programs for displaced persons, with the approval of the governor the agency may enter into contracts with any person for services in connection with those programs, or may carry out its functions under this act through any federal agency or any department or instrumentality of the state or its political subdivisions having an established organization for conducting relocation assistance programs.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 7 - Relocation Assistance › Section 16-7-110 - Available Funds.

16-7-110. Available funds.
(a) Funds appropriated or otherwise available to any state agency or unit of local government for the acquisition of real property or any interest therein for a particular program or project shall also be available to carry out the provisions of this act as applied to that program or project.
(b) No payment or assistance under this act shall be required to be made to any person or included as a program or project cost under this section, if the person receives a payment required by federal, state or local law which is determined by the agency to have substantially the same purpose and effect as the payment under this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 7 - Relocation Assistance › Section 16-7-111 - Available Funds; State Financial Assistance for Local Relocation Payments and Services.

16-7-111. Available funds; state financial assistance for local relocation payments and services.
If an agency of any political subdivision of the state acquires real property, and state financial assistance is available to pay all or part of the cost of the acquisition of that real property, or of the improvement for which the property is acquired, the cost to the agency of providing the payments and services prescribed by this act shall be included as part of the costs of the project for which state financial assistance is available and the agency is eligible for state financial assistance for relocation payments and services in the same manner and to the same extent as other project costs.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 7 - Relocation Assistance › Section 16-7-113 - Displacement Payments Not Considered as Income for Public Assistance Purposes.

16-7-113. Displacement payments not considered as income for public assistance purposes.
No payment received by a displaced person under this act is considered as income or as a resource for the purpose of determining the eligibility or extent of eligibility of any person for assistance under any state law or for the purposes of the state's personal income tax law, corporation tax law or other tax laws. These payments are not considered as income or resources of any recipient of public assistance, and the payments shall not be deducted from the amount of aid to which the recipient would otherwise be entitled.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 7 - Relocation Assistance › Section 16-7-114 - Appeals by Aggrieved Persons.

16-7-114. Appeals by aggrieved persons.
Any person or business concern aggrieved by a final administrative determination pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act concerning eligibility for relocation payments authorized by this act may appeal that determination to the district court in the area in which the land taken for public use is located or in which the building code enforcement activity occurs or the voluntary rehabilitation program is conducted.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 7 - Relocation Assistance › Section 16-7-115 - Programs With Federal Financing; Reimbursable Expenses of Displaced Property Owner.

16-7-115. Programs with federal financing; reimbursable expenses of displaced property owner.
(a) Any agency acquiring real property for a program or project for which federal financial assistance will be available to pay all or any part of the cost of the program or project shall, as soon as practicable after the date of payment of the purchase price or the date of deposit into court of funds to satisfy the award of compensation in a condemnation proceeding to acquire real property, whichever is earlier, reimburse the owner, to the extent the acquiring agency deems fair and reasonable, for expenses he necessarily incurred for:
(i) Recording fees, transfer taxes and similar expenses incidental to conveying such real property to the acquiring agency;
(ii) Penalty costs for prepayment for any preexisting recorded mortgage entered into in good faith encumbering such real property; and
(iii) The pro rata portion of real property taxes paid which are allocable to a period subsequent to the date of vesting title in the acquiring agency, or the effective date of possession of the real property by the acquiring agency, whichever is earlier.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 7 - Relocation Assistance › Section 16-7-116 - Programs With Federal Financing; Condemnation Proceedings; Winning Owner's Reimbursable Litigation Expenses.

16-7-116. Programs with federal financing; condemnation proceedings; winning owner's reimbursable litigation expenses.
If a condemnation proceeding is instituted by an agency to acquire real property for a purpose as set forth in W.S. 16-7-115, and the final judgment is that the real property cannot be acquired by condemnation or that the proceeding is abandoned, the owner of any right, title or interest in the real property shall be paid a sum which will, in the opinion of the court, reimburse the owner for his reasonable attorney, appraisal and engineering fees actually incurred because of the condemnation proceedings. The award of the sums will be paid by the agency which sought to condemn the property.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 7 - Relocation Assistance › Section 16-7-117 - Programs With Federal Financing; Inverse Condemnation Proceedings.

16-7-117. Programs with federal financing; inverse condemnation proceedings.
If an inverse condemnation proceeding is instituted by the owner of any right, title or interest in real property because of the alleged taking of his property for any program or project for which federal financial assistance will be available to pay all or any part of the cost of the program or project, the court, rendering a judgment for the plaintiff in the proceeding and awarding compensation for the taking of property, or attorney for the acquiring agency effecting a settlement of any proceeding, determines and awards or allows to the plaintiff, as a part of the judgment or settlement, a sum which will, in the opinion of the court or the attorney, reimburse the plaintiff for his reasonable costs, disbursements and expenses, including reasonable attorney, appraisal and engineering fees, actually incurred because of the proceeding.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 7 - Relocation Assistance › Section 16-7-119 - Programs With Federal Financing; Buildings, Structures and Improvements Upon Acquired Property; Acquisition of Interest; Compensation Therefor.

16-7-119. Programs with federal financing; buildings, structures and improvements upon acquired property; acquisition of interest; compensation therefor.
(a) If any interest in real property is acquired for a program or project for which federal assistance will be available to pay all or any part of the cost of the program or project, the acquiring agency shall acquire an equal interest in all buildings, structures or other improvements located upon the real property so acquired and which are required to be removed from the real property or which the head of the acquiring agency determines will be adversely affected by the use to which the real property will be put.
(b) For the purpose of determining the just compensation to be paid for any building, structure or other improvement required to be acquired by subsection (a) of this section, the building, structure or other improvement is deemed to be a part of the real property to be acquired notwithstanding the right or obligation of a tenant, as against the owner of any other interest in the real property, to remove the building, structure or improvement at the expiration of his term, and the fair market value which the building, structure or improvement contributes to the fair market value of the real property to be acquired, or the fair market value of the building, structure or improvement for removal from the real property, whichever is greater, shall be paid to the tenant therefor.
(c) Payment for buildings, structure [structures] or improvements as set forth in this section shall not result in duplication of any payments otherwise authorized by state law. No payment shall be made unless the owner of the land involved disclaims all interest in the improvements of the tenant. In consideration for any payment, the tenant shall assign, transfer and release all his right, title and interest in and to the improvements. Nothing in this section shall be construed to deprive the tenant of any rights to reject payment and to obtain payment for the property interests in accordance with other laws of the state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 7 - Relocation Assistance › Section 16-7-120 - Applicability of Real Property Acquisition Provisions.

16-7-120. Applicability of real property acquisition provisions.
This act applies only to acquisitions of real property by an agency for a program or project for which federal financial assistance will be available to pay all or any part of the cost of the program or project, except that if any other provision of state law is applicable to the acquisitions, and the provision of state law requires relocation payments and assistance or prescribes land acquisition policies which are equivalent to or are greater or more stringent than the payments, assistance or policies specified by this act, the other provision of state law applies to the acquisitions.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 7 - Relocation Assistance › Section 16-7-121 - Damages in Condemnation Proceedings.

16-7-121. Damages in condemnation proceedings.
Nothing in this act shall be construed as creating, in any condemnation proceedings brought under the power of eminent domain, any element of damages not in existence on the date of enactment of this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 8 - Outdoor Advertising › Section 16-8-101 - Removal of Off-Premise Outdoor Advertising Prohibited Without Compensation; Definitions.

16-8-101. Removal of off-premise outdoor advertising prohibited without compensation; definitions.
(a) No governmental entity, including the state, or any municipality, county or other political subdivision shall remove or cause to be removed any legally placed off-premise outdoor advertising without paying due compensation in cash or other method of payment mutually agreed upon, to the owner of the off-premise outdoor advertising based upon the fair market value of the off-premise outdoor advertising removed or proposed to be removed.
(b) As used in this section:
(i) "Off-premise outdoor advertising" means any outdoor sign, display, light, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, plaque, poster, billboard or other thing which is designed, intended or used to advertise or inform and which is situated in order to be visible from any street, road or highway and which is located on property which is separate from the premise or property on which the advertised activity is carried out;
(ii) "Fair market value of the off-premise outdoor advertising" means the value of the off-premise outdoor advertising determined in the same manner as provided by W.S. 1-26-704.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 9 - Telephone Service › Article 1 - Emergency Telephone Service › Section 16-9-104 - Remittance of Tax to the Governing Body; Administrative Fee; Establishment of Rate of Tax.

16-9-104. Remittance of tax to the governing body; administrative fee; establishment of rate of tax.
(a) Except as provided in W.S. 16-9-109, any tax imposed under this act and the amounts collected are to be remitted quarterly to the governing body. The amount of the tax collected in one (1) calendar quarter by the service supplier shall be remitted to the governing body no later than fifteen (15) days after the close of the calendar quarter. On or before the sixteenth day of each month following the preceding calendar quarter, a return for the preceding quarter shall be filed with the governing body in a form the governing body and service supplier agree upon. The service supplier required to file the return shall deliver the return together with the remittance of the amount of the tax payable to the governing body. The service supplier shall maintain a record of the amount of each tax collected pursuant to this act. The record shall be maintained for a period of one (1) year after the time the tax was collected.
(b) Except as provided by W.S. 16-9-109, the service supplier remitting the taxes collected under this act may deduct and retain one percent (1%) of the taxes collected as the cost of administration for collecting the taxes.
(c) At least once each calendar year, the governing body shall establish a rate of tax not to exceed the amount authorized. Amounts collected in excess of necessary expenditures within any fiscal year shall be carried forward to subsequent years and shall only be used for the purposes set forth in W.S. 16-9-105. The governing body shall fix the rate, publish notice of its new rate and notify by mail every local exchange access company at least ninety (90) days before the new rate becomes effective. The governing body may at its own expense require an annual audit of the service supplier's books and records concerning the collection and remittance of the taxes authorized by this act.
(d) This section does not apply to the taxes authorized and collected for prepaid wireless communication access under W.S. 16-9-109.