2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 9 - Administration of the Government › Chapter 12 - Wyoming Economic Development Act › Article 1 - In General › Section 9-12-104 - General Powers and Duties of the Council.

9-12-104. General powers and duties of the council.
(a) Except as otherwise limited by this act, the council may:
(i) Sue and be sued and procure necessary liability insurance;
(ii) Have a seal;
(iii) Make and execute contracts and other instruments;
(iv) Adopt rules and regulations to implement the programs and functions assigned to the council by this act. Any rule adopted by the council shall be submitted to the management council of the legislature in accordance with W.S. 28-9-101 through 28-9-108, approved by the governor as provided in W.S. 16-3-103(d) and filed with the secretary of state;
(v) Acquire or contract to acquire by grant, purchase, option or otherwise, real, personal or mixed property or any interest in property, including patents, copyrights, trademarks or any other evidence of protection or exclusivity as to products;
(vi) Own, hold, clear, improve and rehabilitate, and sell, assign, exchange, transfer, convey, lease and mortgage real, personal or mixed property or otherwise dispose of, or encumber the same;
(vii) Grant options to purchase any interest in or asset arising out of an agreement;
(viii) Provide advisory, consultative or educational services, technical assistance and advice to any person in order to carry out the purposes of the council;
(ix) Mortgage or pledge any or all of its revenue, income, or interest in or asset arising out of a venture agreement;
(x) Except as otherwise provided in this act, deposit any funds of the council in any financial institutions located within the state;
(xi) Procure insurance against any loss in connection with its property and other assets and operations in amounts and from insurers it deems desirable;
(xii) Engage the services of consultants on a contract basis for rendering professional, financial and technical assistance and advice, including for studies and investigation likely to lead to business development. The procurement of the professional services of architects, engineers and surveyors shall be in accordance with W.S. 9-23-105(f) through (h) and 9-23-106(g);
(xiii) Contract for and accept any gifts or grants or loans of funds or property or financial or other aid in any form from the federal government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or from any other source and pass through or otherwise comply, subject to the provisions of this chapter, with the terms and conditions thereof;
(xiv) Enter into agreements with persons doing business or who will do business in this state for the advancement of financial assistance to those persons for research and the development of specific products, procedures and techniques to be developed and produced in this state conditioned upon contractual assurances that the benefits of increasing or maintaining employment and tax revenues shall remain in and accrue to this state;
(xv) Consent to the modification of the terms of any mortgage, loan or contract to which the council is a party;
(xvi) Organize, conduct, sponsor or cooperate in and assist the conduct of special institutes, conferences and demonstrations relating to the stimulation and formulation of business development;
(xvii) Make investments in projects that have potential to stimulate economic development in the state;
(xviii) Render advice and assistance and to provide services to state agencies, local and regional economic development entities, private firms and other persons providing services or facilities for economic development in Wyoming;
(xix) Do all acts and things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers granted to it by this act or any other act;
(xx) Repealed By Laws 2010, Ch. 69, 204.
(xxi) Repealed by Laws 2008, Ch. 6, 2.
(b) The board, consistent with this act, shall develop guidelines for each of the areas specified in subsection (a) of this section relative to definitions, types of grants or loans, level of funding and repayment requirements.