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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 2 - Facsimile Seals and Signatures › Section 16-2-103 - Facsimile Seal of State; Authorized Use; Legal Effect.

16-2-103. Facsimile seal of state; authorized use; legal effect.
When the seal of this state or any of its departments, agencies, or other instrumentalities or of any of its political subdivisions is required in the execution of a public security or instrument of payment, the authorized officer may cause the seal to be printed, engraved, stamped or otherwise placed in facsimile thereon. The facsimile seal has the same legal effect as the impression of the seal.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 3 - Administrative Procedure › Section 16-3-102 - General Rulemaking Requirements; Assistance and Authority of Attorney General.

16-3-102. General rulemaking requirements; assistance and authority of attorney general.
(a) In addition to other rulemaking requirements imposed by law, each agency shall:
(i) Adopt rules of practice setting forth the nature and requirements of all formal and informal procedures available in connection with contested cases;
(ii) Make available for public inspection all rules and all other written statements of policy or interpretations formulated, adopted or used by the agency in the discharge of its functions;
(iii) Make available for public inspection all final orders, decisions and opinions.
(b) No agency rule, order or decision is valid or effective against any person or party, nor may it be invoked by the agency for any purpose, until it has been filed with the registrar of rules and made available for public inspection as required by this act. This subsection does not apply to orders or decisions in favor of any person or party with actual knowledge of the rule, order or decision.
(c) In formulating rules of practice as required by this section, each agency may request the assistance of the attorney general and upon request the attorney general shall assist the agency or agencies in the preparation of rules of practice.
(d) The office of administrative hearings shall adopt uniform rules for the use of state agencies setting forth the nature and requirements of all formal and informal procedures available in connection with contested cases.
(e) The attorney general may repeal administrative rules of a state agency in accordance with this act if the rules have become obsolete and no other existing agency has authority to repeal the rules.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 3 - Administrative Procedure › Section 16-3-104 - Filing of Copies of Rules; Permanent Register; Effective Dates; Manner of Preparation; Advice and Assistance of Attorney General.

16-3-104. Filing of copies of rules; permanent register; effective dates; manner of preparation; advice and assistance of attorney general.
(a) Each agency shall file in the office of the registrar of rules a certified copy of each rule adopted by it as approved by the governor. State agencies shall file each rule within seventy-five (75) days of the date of agency action adopting the rule or it is not effective. There shall be noted upon the rule a citation of the authority by which it or any part of it was adopted. The registrar of rules shall keep a permanent register of the rules open to public inspection. Not more than ten (10) days after a state agency files a copy of a rule in the office of the registrar of rules, the agency shall mail a notice that the rule has been filed to each person who was sent a notice under W.S. 16-3-103(a)(i). The notice shall contain a citation to the rule and the date it was filed. Failure to send the notice required under this subsection does not affect the effectiveness of the rule.
(b) Each rule and any amendment or repeal adopted after June 1, 1982 is effective after filing in accordance with subsection (a) of this section and W.S. 28-9-108 except:
(i) If a later date is required by statute or specified in the rule, the later date is the effective date;
(ii) Where the agency finds that an emergency exists and the finding is concurred in by the governor, a rule or amendment or repeal may be effective immediately upon filing with the registrar of rules and if a state agency, also with the legislative service office. Existing rules remain in effect unless amended or repealed, subject to this section or W.S. 28-9-105 or 28-9-106.
(c) Rules shall be prepared in the manner and form prescribed by the state registrar of rules. The registrar of rules may refuse to accept for filing any rule that does not conform to the prescribed form.
(d) The attorney general shall furnish advice and assistance to all state agencies in the preparation of their regulations, and in revising, codifying and editing existing or new regulations.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 3 - Administrative Procedure › Section 16-3-105 - Compilation and Indexing of Administrative Code; Charges for Copies; Authentication by Registrar.

16-3-105. Compilation and indexing of administrative code; charges for copies; authentication by registrar.
(a) The registrar of state agency rules shall compile, index and publish a Wyoming administrative code. The code shall:
(i) Contain each rule adopted by a state agency, but shall not contain emergency rules;
(ii) Be compiled, numbered and indexed in a unified manner that permits the code to be easily amended and affords ease of use and accessibility to the public, including strong and effective word search capabilities;
(iii) Be available to the public at no charge through the Internet;
(iv) Be updated on the Internet as soon as practicable after the effective date of newly filed or amended rules.
(b) The registrar of state agency rules may make a reasonable charge for any rules published except those furnished to state officers, agencies, members of the legislature or the legislative service office and others in the employment of the state and its political subdivisions requiring the rules in the performance of their duties. The registrar of local agency rules may make a reasonable charge for copies of any rule on file.
(c) The registrar's authenticated file stamp on a rule or publication of a rule shall raise a rebuttable presumption that the rule was adopted and filed in compliance with all requirements necessary to make it effective.
(d) The registrar of state agency rules shall maintain and publish a current index of all state agency rules filed with the registrar. The index shall list the effective date of each set of rules or the effective date of each set of amendments to an agency's rules. Copies of the index shall be distributed as provided by W.S. 16-3-105(b).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 3 - Administrative Procedure › Section 16-3-106 - Petition for Promulgation, Amendment or Repeal of Rules.

16-3-106. Petition for promulgation, amendment or repeal of rules.
Any interested person may petition an agency requesting the promulgation, amendment or repeal of any rule and may accompany his petition with relevant data, views and arguments. Each agency may prescribe by rule the form of the petition and the procedure for its submission, consideration and disposition. Upon submission of a petition, the agency as soon as practicable either shall deny the petition in writing (stating its reasons for the denials) or initiate rulemaking proceedings in accordance with W.S. 16-3-103. The action of the agency in denying a petition is final and not subject to review.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 3 - Administrative Procedure › Section 16-3-108 - Contested Cases; Admissible Evidence; Cross-Examination; Judicial Notice.

16-3-108. Contested cases; admissible evidence; cross-examination; judicial notice.
(a) In contested cases irrelevant, immaterial or unduly repetitious evidence shall be excluded and no sanction shall be imposed or order issued except upon consideration of the whole record or such portion thereof as may be cited by any party and unless supported by the type of evidence commonly relied upon by reasonably prudent men in the conduct of their serious affairs. Agencies shall give effect to the rules of privilege recognized by law. Subject to these requirements and agency rule if the interests of the parties will not be prejudiced substantially testimony may be received in written form subject to the right of cross-examination as provided in subsection (c) of this section.
(b) Documentary evidence may be received in the form of copies or excerpts, if the original is not readily available. Upon request, parties shall be given opportunity to compare the copy with the original.
(c) A party may conduct cross-examinations required for a full and true disclosure of the facts and a party is entitled to confront all opposing witnesses.
(d) Notice may be taken of judicially cognizable facts. In addition notice may be taken of technical or scientific facts within the agency's specialized knowledge or of information, data and material included within the agency's files. The parties shall be notified either before or during the hearing or after the hearing but before the agency decision of material facts noticed, and they shall be afforded an opportunity to contest the facts noticed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 3 - Administrative Procedure › Section 16-3-109 - Contested Cases; Consideration of Record; Exceptions to Decision; Briefs and Oral Argument.

16-3-109. Contested cases; consideration of record; exceptions to decision; briefs and oral argument.
The agency shall consider the whole record or any portion stipulated to by the parties. In the event a recommended decision is rendered all parties shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to file exceptions thereto which shall be deemed a part of the record. All parties as a matter of right shall be permitted to file a brief with the agency and oral argument shall be allowed in the discretion of the agency.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 3 - Administrative Procedure › Section 16-3-110 - Contested Cases; Final Decision; Contents; Notification.

16-3-110. Contested cases; final decision; contents; notification.
A final decision or order adverse to a party in a contested case shall be in writing or dictated into the record. The final decision shall include findings of fact and conclusions of law separately stated. Findings of fact if set forth in statutory language, shall be accompanied by a concise and explicit statement of the underlying facts supporting the findings. Parties shall be notified either personally or by mail of any decision or order. A copy of the decision and order shall be delivered or mailed forthwith to each party or to his attorney of record.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 3 - Administrative Procedure › Section 16-3-111 - Contested Cases; Limitations on Consultations and Participations.

16-3-111. Contested cases; limitations on consultations and participations.
Unless required for the disposition of ex parte matters authorized by law, members of the agency, employees presiding at a hearing in a contested case and employees assisting the foregoing persons in compiling, evaluating and analyzing the record in a contested case or in writing a decision in a contested case shall not directly or indirectly in connection with any issue in the case consult with any person other than an agency member, officer, contract consultant or employee or other state or federal employee, any party other than the agency or with any agency employee, contract consultant or other state or federal employee who was engaged in the investigation, preparation, presentation or prosecution of the case except upon notice and opportunity for all parties to participate. Nothing herein contained precludes any agency member from consulting with other members of the agency. No officer, employee, contract consultant, federal employee or agent who has participated in the investigation, preparation, presentation or prosecution of a contested case shall be in that or a factually related case participate or advise in the decision, recommended decision or agency review of the decision, or be consulted in connection therewith except as witness or counsel in public proceedings. A staff member is not disqualified from participating or advising in the decision, recommended decision or agency review because he has participated in the presentation of the case in the event the staff member does not assert or have an adversary position.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 3 - Administrative Procedure › Section 16-3-112 - Contested Cases; Presiding Officers; Qualifications; Powers; Outside Personnel; Hearing Officers.

16-3-112. Contested cases; presiding officers; qualifications; powers; outside personnel; hearing officers.
(a) If not otherwise authorized by law there shall preside at the taking of evidence in all contested cases the statutory agency, one (1) or more members of the body which comprises the agency, or an employee of the agency or an employee of another agency designated by the agency to act as presiding officer. The functions of all those presiding in contested cases shall be conducted in an impartial manner. Any officer shall at any time withdraw if he deems himself disqualified provided there are other qualified presiding officers available to act.
(b) Officers presiding at hearings shall have authority, subject to the published rules of the agency and within its power to:
(i) Administer oaths and affirmations;
(ii) Issue subpoenas;
(iii) Rule upon offers of proof and receive relevant evidence;
(iv) Take or cause depositions to be taken in accordance with the provisions of this act and the rules of the agency;
(v) Regulate the course of the hearing;
(vi) Hold conferences for the settlement or simplification of the issues;
(vii) Dispose of procedural requests or similar matters;
(viii) Make recommended decisions when directed to do so by the agency; and
(ix) Take any other action authorized by agency rules consistent with this act.
(c) In all contested cases to the extent that it is necessary in order to obtain compliance with W.S. 16-3-111 the agency (excepting county and municipal agencies and political subdivisions on the county and local level) may request the office of the attorney general to furnish to the agency such personnel as may be necessary in order for the agency to properly investigate, prepare, present and prosecute the contested case before the agency. The attorney general upon the receipt of the request shall promptly comply with same with no charge being made against the requesting agency's appropriation other than for travel and per diem expenses.
(d) To the extent an agency utilizes an employee of another agency (other than the staff of the attorney general) to preside at a hearing or otherwise the salary of the employee during the period of the employment and the expenses incurred by the employee shall be charged against the appropriation of the using agency.
(e) When required by law an agency shall adopt rules and regulations providing a procedure for the use and the selection of an administrative hearing officer. An agency shall not delegate the authority to make final decisions to an independent administrative hearing officer unless required by law.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 3 - Administrative Procedure › Section 16-3-113 - License Hearings.

16-3-113. License hearings.
(a) When the grant, denial, suspension or renewal of a license is required by law to be preceded by notice and an opportunity for hearing the provisions of this act concerning contested cases apply.
(b) When a licensee has made timely and sufficient application for the renewal of a license or a new license with reference to any activity of a continuing nature, the existing license does not expire until the application has been finally determined by the agency, and, in case the application is denied or the terms of the new license limited, until the last day for seeking review of the agency order or a later date fixed by order of the reviewing court.
(c) No revocation, suspension, annulment or withdrawal of any license is lawful unless, prior to the institution of agency proceedings, the agency gave notice by mail to the licensee of facts or conduct which warrant the intended action, and the licensee was given an opportunity to show compliance with all lawful requirements for the retention of the license. If the agency finds that public health, safety or welfare imperatively requires emergency action, and incorporates a finding to that effect in its order, summary suspension of a license may be ordered pending proceedings for revocation or other action. A cancellation of a driver's license pursuant to W.S. 31-7-121(c) shall not be valid until the department of transportation gives notice by mail to the licensee of the facts which warrant the intended action and provides the licensee with an opportunity to provide additional evidence or information with respect to the condition at issue within fifteen (15) days of the mailing of the notice. These proceedings shall be promptly instituted and determined.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 3 - Administrative Procedure › Section 16-3-114 - Judicial Review of Agency Actions; District Courts.

16-3-114. Judicial review of agency actions; district courts.
(a) Subject to the requirement that administrative remedies be exhausted and in the absence of any statutory or common-law provision precluding or limiting judicial review, any person aggrieved or adversely affected in fact by a final decision of an agency in a contested case, or by other agency action or inaction, or any person affected in fact by a rule adopted by an agency, is entitled to judicial review in the district court for the county in which the injury or harm for which relief is sought occurred, in the district court for the county in which the administrative action or inaction was taken, or in which any real property affected by the administrative action or inaction is located, or if no real property is involved, in the district court for the county in which the party aggrieved or adversely affected by the administrative action or inaction resides or has its principal place of business. The procedure to be followed in the proceeding before the district court shall be in accordance with rules heretofore or hereinafter adopted by the Wyoming supreme court.
(b) The supreme court's authority to adopt rules governing review from agencies to the district courts shall include authority to determine the content of the record upon review, the pleadings to be filed, the time and manner for filing the pleadings, records and other documents and the extent to which supplemental testimony and evidence may be taken or considered by the district court. The rules adopted by the supreme court under this provision may supersede existing statutory provisions.
(c) To the extent necessary to make a decision and when presented, the reviewing court shall decide all relevant questions of law, interpret constitutional and statutory provisions, and determine the meaning or applicability of the terms of an agency action. In making the following determinations, the court shall review the whole record or those parts of it cited by a party and due account shall be taken of the rule of prejudicial error. The reviewing court shall:
(i) Compel agency action unlawfully withheld or unreasonably delayed; and
(ii) Hold unlawful and set aside agency action, findings and conclusions found to be:
(A) Arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion or otherwise not in accordance with law;
(B) Contrary to constitutional right, power, privilege or immunity;
(C) In excess of statutory jurisdiction, authority or limitations or lacking statutory right;
(D) Without observance of procedure required by law; or
(E) Unsupported by substantial evidence in a case reviewed on the record of an agency hearing provided by statute.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 3 - Administrative Procedure › Section 16-3-115 - Judicial Review of Agency Actions; Supreme Court.

16-3-115. Judicial review of agency actions; supreme court.
An aggrieved party may obtain a review of any final judgment of the district court under this act by appeal to the supreme court. The appeal shall be taken as in other civil cases.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 4 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures; Public Records, Documents and Meetings › Article 1 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures › Section 16-4-103 - Budget Requirements.

16-4-103. Budget requirements.
(a) Municipal budgets are required each fiscal year or every other year as provided for in W.S. 16-4-104(h) for all expenditures and funds of the municipalities.
(b) Intragovernmental and enterprise fund municipal budgets are required for adequate management control and for public information including financial statements of condition, work programs and any other costs as the municipal governing body may request. These fund accounts shall not be deemed to have spent amounts in excess of those budgeted when the funds available from all sources are sufficient to cover the additional operating expenditures which have been approved by the governing bodies.
(c) Repealed By Laws 2000, Ch. 7, 1.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 4 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures; Public Records, Documents and Meetings › Article 1 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures › Section 16-4-105 - Accumulated Retained Earnings or Fund Surplus; Capital Improvements Reserve.

16-4-105. Accumulated retained earnings or fund surplus; capital improvements reserve.
(a) A municipality may accumulate retained earnings in any enterprise or intragovernmental service fund or accumulate a fund surplus in any other fund. With respect to the general fund the accumulated fund balance may be used to meet any legal obligation of the municipality or to:
(i) Provide cash to finance expenditures from the beginning of the budget year until general property taxes and other revenues are collected;
(ii) Provide a reserve to meet emergency expenditures; or
(iii) Provide a reserve by the carryover from one (1) biennium to another of any surplus generated by community service and continuing education programs operated by community colleges.
(b) A municipality may appropriate funds from estimated revenue in any budget year to a reserve for capital improvements and for depreciation within any capital improvements fund, and for the purpose of purchasing or replacing specified equipment or a depreciation reserve for equipment, which has been duly established by ordinance. Money in the reserves may be allowed to accumulate from year to year until the accumulated total is sufficient to permit economical expenditure for the specified purposes. Disbursements from reserves shall be made only by transfer to a revenue account within a capital improvements fund pursuant to an appropriation for the fund. The amount appropriated to reserves under this subsection in any budget year shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the municipality's total revenues for that budget year.
(c) Expenditures from capital improvement or equipment budget accounts shall conform to all requirements of this act as it relates to the execution and control of budgets.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 4 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures; Public Records, Documents and Meetings › Article 1 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures › Section 16-4-106 - Property Tax Levy.

16-4-106. Property tax levy.
The amount of estimated revenue from property tax required by the budget shall constitute the basis for determination of the property tax to be levied for the corresponding tax years subject to legal limitations. The amount of tax shrinkage allowed shall not exceed the actual percentage of uncollected taxes to the total taxes levied for the preceding fiscal year or preceding two (2) fiscal years pursuant to W.S. 16-4-104(h). This section also applies to entities described in W.S. 16-4-125(c).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 4 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures; Public Records, Documents and Meetings › Article 1 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures › Section 16-4-107 - Authorized Purchases or Encumbrances.

16-4-107. Authorized purchases or encumbrances.
All purchases or all encumbrances on behalf of any municipality shall be made or incurred only upon an order or approval of the person duly authorized to make such purchases except encumbrances or expenditures directly investigated and reported and approved by the governing body.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 4 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures; Public Records, Documents and Meetings › Article 1 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures › Section 16-4-108 - Limitation on Expenditures or Encumbrances; Documentation of Expenditures.

16-4-108. Limitation on expenditures or encumbrances; documentation of expenditures.
(a) No officer or employee of a municipality shall make any expenditure or encumbrance in excess of the total appropriation for any department. The budget officer shall report to the governing body any expenditure or encumbrance made in violation of this subsection.
(b) The expenditure of municipality monies, other than employee contract payments, may be authorized by the governing body when the payee has provided the municipality with an invoice or other document identifying the quantity and total cost per item or for the services rendered included on the invoice or other document and the claim is certified under penalty of perjury by the vendor or by an authorized person employed by the municipality receiving the items or for whom the services were rendered.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 4 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures; Public Records, Documents and Meetings › Article 1 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures › Section 16-4-109 - Budget Hearings.

16-4-109. Budget hearings.
(a) A summary of the proposed budget shall be entered into the minutes and the governing body shall publish the summary at least one (1) week before the hearing date in a newspaper having general circulation in which the municipality is located, if there is one, otherwise by posting the notice in three (3) conspicuous places within the municipality.
(b) Hearings for county budgets shall be held not later than the third Monday in July, for city and town budgets not later than the third Tuesday in June, for school districts and community college districts not later than the third Wednesday in July. The governing board of each municipality shall arrange for and hold the hearings and provide accommodations for interested persons. Copies of publications of hearings shall be furnished to the director of the state department of audit and school districts shall also furnish copies to the state department of education. This section also applies to entities described in W.S. 16-4-125(c) excluding incorporated towns not subject to this act.
(c) Repealed By Laws 2000, Ch. 7, 1.
(d) Repealed by Laws 2000, Ch. 7, 1.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 4 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures; Public Records, Documents and Meetings › Article 1 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures › Section 16-4-110 - Limitation on Appropriations.

16-4-110. Limitation on appropriations.
The governing body of a municipality shall not make any appropriation in the final budget of any fund in excess of the estimated expendable revenue of the fund for the budget year.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 4 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures; Public Records, Documents and Meetings › Article 1 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures › Section 16-4-111 - Adoption of Budget.

16-4-111. Adoption of budget.
(a) Within twenty-four (24) hours of the conclusion of the public hearing under W.S. 16-4-109(b), the governing body of each municipality shall, by resolution or ordinance, make the necessary appropriations and adopt the budget, which, subject to future amendment, shall be in effect for the next fiscal year or two (2) fiscal years pursuant to W.S. 16-4-104(h).
(b) Prior to adopting the budget, the county commissioners may veto, in whole or in part, line items of budgets presented by boards which were totally appointed by the county commissioners.
(c) Boards, the members of which are appointed by the county commissioners, shall expend funds only as authorized by the approved budget unless a departure from the budget is authorized by the board of county commissioners.
(d) As provided by W.S. 39-13-104(k), a copy of the adopted budget, certified by the budget officer, shall be furnished the county commissioners for the necessary property tax levies. Certified copies of the adopted budget shall be on file in the office of the budget officer for public inspection. Copies of school district budgets shall be furnished to the state department of education and copies of community college budgets shall be furnished to the community college commission. This section also applies to entities described in W.S. 16-4-125(c) excluding incorporated cities and towns under four thousand (4,000) inhabitants.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 4 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures; Public Records, Documents and Meetings › Article 1 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures › Section 16-4-112 - Transfer of Unencumbered or Unexpended Appropriation Balances.

16-4-112. Transfer of unencumbered or unexpended appropriation balances.
At the request of the budget officer or upon its own motion after publication of notice, the governing body may by resolution transfer any unencumbered or unexpended appropriation balance or part thereof from one (1) fund, department or account to another.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 4 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures; Public Records, Documents and Meetings › Article 1 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures › Section 16-4-113 - General Fund Budget Increase.

16-4-113. General fund budget increase.
The budget of the general fund may be increased by resolution of the governing body. The source of the revenue shall be shown whether unanticipated, unappropriated surplus, donations, etc.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 4 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures; Public Records, Documents and Meetings › Article 1 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures › Section 16-4-114 - Emergency Expenditures.

16-4-114. Emergency expenditures.
If the governing body determines an emergency exists and the expenditure of money in excess of the general fund budget is necessary, it may make the expenditures from revenues available under W.S. 16-4-105(a)(ii) as reasonably necessary to meet the emergency. Notice of the declaration of emergency shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 4 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures; Public Records, Documents and Meetings › Article 1 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures › Section 16-4-115 - Appropriations Lapse; Prior Claims.

16-4-115. Appropriations lapse; prior claims.
All appropriations excluding appropriations for capital projects shall lapse following the close of the budget year to the extent they are not expended or encumbered. All claims incurred prior to the close of any fiscal year shall be treated as if properly encumbered.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 4 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures; Public Records, Documents and Meetings › Article 1 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures › Section 16-4-116 - Transfer of Special Fund Balances.

16-4-116. Transfer of special fund balances.
If the necessity to maintain any special revenue or assessment fund ceases and there is a balance in the fund, the governing body shall authorize the transfer of the balance to the fund balance account in the general fund. Any balance which remains in a capital improvements or capital projects fund shall be transferred to the appropriate debt service fund or other fund as the bond ordinance requires or to the general fund balance account.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 4 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures; Public Records, Documents and Meetings › Article 1 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures › Section 16-4-117 - Interfund Loans.

16-4-117. Interfund loans.
The governing body may authorize interfund loans from one (1) fund to another at interest rates and terms for repayment as it may prescribe and may invest available cash in any fund as provided by law.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 4 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures; Public Records, Documents and Meetings › Article 1 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures › Section 16-4-118 - Special Assessments.

16-4-118. Special assessments.
Money received by the municipal treasurer from any special assessment shall be applied towards payment of the improvement for which the assessment was approved. The money shall be used exclusively for the payment of the principal and interest on the bonds or other indebtedness incurred to finance the improvements except as provided in W.S. 16-4-116.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 4 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures; Public Records, Documents and Meetings › Article 1 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures › Section 16-4-119 - Financial Statements and Reports; Public Inspection.

16-4-119. Financial statements and reports; public inspection.
(a) The budget officer shall present to the governing body the statement and reports provided by subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Appropriate interim financial statements and reports of financial position, operating results and other pertinent information may be prepared to facilitate management control of financial operations and, where necessary or desired, for external reporting purposes as required by the governing body.
(c) All financial statements made pursuant to this section shall be open for public inspection during regular business hours.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 4 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures; Public Records, Documents and Meetings › Article 1 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures › Section 16-4-120 - Prescribed Accounting Systems.

16-4-120. Prescribed accounting systems.
(a) Each municipality shall maintain their accounting records in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
(b) Each school district and community college shall continue to maintain the uniform system of accounting prescribed by the state department of education and the community college commission.
(c) Each county and special district hospital shall continue to maintain the uniform system of accounting in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and federal hospital regulations.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 4 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures; Public Records, Documents and Meetings › Article 1 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures › Section 16-4-122 - Required Annual Audits; Reports; Contents and Filing.

16-4-122. Required annual audits; reports; contents and filing.
(a) Audit reports shall conform to generally accepted accounting principles as provided by W.S. 16-4-121(c).
(b) Copies of the audit reports shall be filed with and preserved by the county clerk of each affected county and shall be open to inspection by any interested person. Copies of all audits shall also be filed with the director of the state department of audit. Copies of school audits shall also be filed with the state department of education on or before December 15 following the end of the audited fiscal year. Copies of community college audit findings shall also be filed with the community college commission and the state budget department as provided by W.S. 21-18-204.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 4 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures; Public Records, Documents and Meetings › Article 1 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures › Section 16-4-123 - Examinations of Audit Reports; Violations; Malfeasance by Public Officers and Employees.

16-4-123. Examinations of audit reports; violations; malfeasance by public officers and employees.
(a) The director of the state department of audit shall monitor and may examine each audit to determine if the audit is in compliance with this act. The director shall have access to the working papers of the auditor. If the director determines an audit is not in compliance with this act, he shall notify the governing body of the municipality and the auditor submitting the audit report and in the case of a school district audit, the state department of education, by submitting to them a statement of deficiencies. If the deficiencies are not corrected within ninety (90) days from the date of the statement of deficiencies or within twelve (12) months after the end of the fiscal year of the municipality, whichever is later, the director shall proceed in the same manner as if no report had been filed.
(b) If the director of the state department of audit, in examining any audit report, finds an indication of violation of state law, he shall, after making an investigation as deemed necessary, consult with the attorney general, and if after investigation and consultation there is reason to believe there has been a violation of state law on the part of any person, the facts shall be certified to the attorney general who shall cause appropriate proceedings to be brought.
(c) If it appears an auditor has knowingly issued an audit report under the provisions of this act containing any false or misleading statement, the director of the state department of audit shall report the matter in writing to the Wyoming board of certified public accountants and to the municipality.
(d) Any member of the governing body or any member, officer, employee or agent of any department, board, commission or other agency who knowingly and willfully fails to perform any of the duties imposed upon him by this act, or who knowingly and willfully violates any of the provisions of this act, or who knowingly and willfully furnishes to the auditor or his employee any false or fraudulent information is guilty of malfeasance and, upon conviction thereof, the court shall enter judgment to remove the person from office or employment. It is the duty of the court rendering the judgment to cause immediate notice of removal from office or employment to be given to the proper officer of the municipality so the vacancy thus caused may be filled.
(e) The director of the state department of audit shall report willful violations of this act by any municipal officer to the attorney general for appropriate criminal and civil proceedings. The county or district attorney shall furnish assistance to the attorney general when requested.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 4 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures; Public Records, Documents and Meetings › Article 1 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures › Section 16-4-124 - Payment of Expenses to Conventions or Meetings; Required Specific Appropriation; Violation.

16-4-124. Payment of expenses to conventions or meetings; required specific appropriation; violation.
It is unlawful for any board of county commissioners or any town or city council to allow or pay out of the county or city funds, any bill for expenses incurred by any county officer or representative of the county, or of any municipal officer, representative or employee incurred while attending any convention or meeting of any peace officers or other convention or meeting of officers, employees or representatives either within or without the state of Wyoming, unless the adopted budget for the city, town or county provides for the payment of actual expense of any officer while attending meetings or conventions within or without the state of Wyoming and then only after the city or town council or board of county commissioners, as the case may be, shall specifically appropriate for those purposes. Any person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), imprisoned in the county jail for a period of not less than thirty (30) days, nor more than ninety (90) days, or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 4 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures; Public Records, Documents and Meetings › Article 1 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures › Section 16-4-125 - Fiscal Year for Governmental Entities; Budget Format for Certain Entities Not Subject to the Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures Act.

16-4-125. Fiscal year for governmental entities; budget format for certain entities not subject to the Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures Act.
(a) The fiscal year for all governmental entities within this state, no matter how formed, shall commence on July 1 in each year, except as otherwise specifically provided or authorized by law.
(b) Hospital districts organized under W.S. 35-2-401 through 35-2-438 and rural health care districts organized under W.S. 35-2-701 through 35-2-709 shall have until July 1, 2011 to commence the district fiscal year on July 1 of each year.
(c) Incorporated towns not subject to the Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures Act and public entities receiving funds from a municipality as defined by W.S. 16-4-102(a)(xiv), shall prepare budgets in a format acceptable to the director of the state department of audit.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 4 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures; Public Records, Documents and Meetings › Article 2 - Public Records › Section 16-4-204 - Right of Inspection; Copies, Printouts or Photographs; Fees.

16-4-204. Right of inspection; copies, printouts or photographs; fees.
(a) In all cases in which a person has the right to inspect and copy any public records he may request that he be furnished copies, printouts or photographs for a reasonable fee to be set by the official custodian. Where fees for certified copies or other copies, printouts or photographs of the record are specifically prescribed by law, the specific fees shall apply. Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing a fee to be charged as a condition of making a public record available for inspection.
(b) If the custodian does not have the facilities for making copies, printouts or photographs of records which the applicant has the right to inspect, then the applicant shall be granted access to the records for the purpose of making copies, printouts or photographs. The copies, printouts or photographs shall be made while the records are in the possession, custody and control of the custodian thereof and are subject to the supervision of the custodian. When practical the copy work shall be made in the place where the records are kept, but if it is impractical to do so, the custodian may allow arrangements to be made for this purpose. If other facilities are necessary the cost of providing them shall be paid by the person desiring a copy, printout or photograph of the records. The official custodian may establish a reasonable schedule of time for making copies, printouts or photographs and may charge a reasonable fee for the services rendered by him or his deputy in supervising the copying, printing out or photographing as he may charge for furnishing copies under this section.
(c) After July 1, 2003, any fees or charges assessed by a custodian of a public record shall first be authorized by duly enacted or adopted statute, rule, resolution, ordinance, executive order or other like authority.
(d) All state agencies may adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act establishing reasonable fees and charges that may be assessed for the costs and services set forth in this section.
(e) The department of administration and information shall adopt uniform rules for the use of state agencies establishing procedures, fees, costs and charges for inspection, copies and production of public records under W.S. 16-4-202(d)(i), 16-4-203(h)(i) and 16-4-204.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 4 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures; Public Records, Documents and Meetings › Article 2 - Public Records › Section 16-4-205 - Penalties; Remedies.

16-4-205. Penalties; remedies.
Any person who knowingly or intentionally violates the provisions of this act is liable for a penalty not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00). The penalty may be recovered in a civil action and damages may be assessed by the court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 4 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures; Public Records, Documents and Meetings › Article 3 - Filing of Documents › Section 16-4-301 - When Documents Deemed Filed.

16-4-301. When documents deemed filed.
(a) Any report, claim, tax return, statement or other document or any payment required or authorized to be filed or made to the state of Wyoming or to any political subdivision thereof, which is:
(i) Transmitted through the United States mail, shall be deemed filed or made and received by the state or political subdivisions on the date shown by the post office cancellation mark stamped upon the envelope or other appropriate wrapper containing it;
(ii) Mailed but not received by the state or political subdivisions or where received and the cancellation mark is illegible, erroneous or omitted, shall be deemed filed or made and received on the date it was mailed if the sender establishes by competent evidence that the report, claim, tax return, statement or other document or payment was deposited in the United States mail on or before the date for filing or paying.
(b) In cases of nonreceipt of any report, tax return, statement or other document or payment required by law to be filed or made, the sender shall file with the state or political subdivision a duplicate within thirty (30) days after written notification is given to the sender that the state or political subdivision did not receive the report, tax return, statement or other document or payment or paragraph (a)(ii) of this section does not apply.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 4 - Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures; Public Records, Documents and Meetings › Article 3 - Filing of Documents › Section 16-4-302 - Competent Evidence of Delivery.

16-4-302. Competent evidence of delivery.
If any report, claim, tax return, statement or other document or payment is sent by United States mail and either registered or certified, a record authenticated by the United States post office of the registration or certification is competent evidence that the report, claim, tax return, statement or other document or payment was delivered to the state officer or state agency or officer or agency of the political subdivision to which addressed, and the date of registration or certification is deemed the postmarked date.