Title 9, Title 9 — Administration Of The Government

Wyoming cultural trust fund board; duties and responsibilities. (a) The board shall: (i) Initiate innovative program planning; (ii) Review innovative program grants and grant proposals; (iii) Establish criteria for grant categories and grant applications through rules and regulat…

Disbursement of grants. (a) Subject to approval of applications from nonprofit and governmental cultural, historical and arts organizations, the board may award grants from the income account to promote, preserve and enhance the unique cultural heritage of Wyoming and its people.…

Biennial audit; report by board. (a) The director of the department of audit or his designee shall audit the trust fund created by W.S. 9-2-2304 biennially. (b) The board shall annually report to the governor, the joint appropriations interim committee and the joint travel, recre…

Director of department of enterprise technology services; duties; electronic transaction of business. (a) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 174, § 3. (b) The state chief information officer may provide for any state agency business to be conducted electronically in accordance with rules…

Department of workforce services; duties and responsibilities; agreements with other agencies authorized; definition; merger with department of employment. (a) The department of workforce services is created. The department is the authority for workforce services. The department …

Director of department; appointment; removal; duties. (a) With the advice and consent of the senate the governor shall appoint a director for the department who shall serve under the direction of the governor and who may be removed by the governor as provided in W.S. 9-1-202. App…

Vetoed by Governor March 25, 2002.

Workforce development training fund established. (a) There is established the Wyoming workforce development training fund. The state treasurer shall invest available revenues in the fund in accordance with law, and earnings from those investments shall be credited to the fund. Th…

Sale of office publications; exception. The department of workforce services may sell any publication or other duplicated or printed material, other than the biennial report, which it prepares and which the public may desire to purchase.

Sale of office publications; limitation on charges. The charges made by the department of workforce services for publications or other duplicated or printed materials, other than the biennial report, which it prepares shall not exceed the cost of materials, printing, duplication,…

Confidentiality of information; disclosure; reimbursement. (a) Except as otherwise provided, information maintained pursuant to this article shall not be disclosed in a manner which reveals the identity of the employing unit or the individual. The confidentiality limitations of t…

Workplace safety contract program. (a) The department of workforce services shall administer a program of workplace safety contracts as provided in this section. (b) Upon application from a public or private employer, the department may contract with an employer to take specific …

Purpose. (a) The Wyoming Workforce Development-Priority Economic Sector Partnership Act is created to meet the training needs of existing businesses in the state and to provide incentives to businesses to locate and expand within the state through government assisted new jobs tra…

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Applicant" means an employer seeking funding under this act; (ii) "Business entity" means a corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership or other legal entity; (iii) "Department" means t…

Priority economic sector business workforce training programs; eligibility. (a) The department, in consultation with the coordinator of economic diversification shall administer the Wyoming workforce development-priority economic sector partnership program. Using available monies…

Substance abuse control plan. (a) The legislature hereby finds that the state of Wyoming has significant problems stemming from the abuse of alcohol and other drugs. In order to confront this challenge it is necessary to implement a comprehensive, integrated substance abuse contr…

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Best practices" means intentional methods, procedures or systems that produce consistent, cost-effective prevention or treatment outcomes, which have been validated in replicated randomized control group studies or high quality time seri…

Secure substance abuse treatment. (a) The department of corrections is authorized to contract with an entity for the provision of secure substance abuse treatment in Wyoming for persons in the custody of the department of corrections subject to the following: (i) The entity provi…

Methamphetamine and substance abuse treatment grants. (a) Public or private entities may apply for grants to fund access to treatment for persons addicted to methamphetamine and other substances. Grant requests shall be reviewed and awarded by the department of health. Any funds …

Termination of article. W.S. 9-2-2801 through 9-2-2803 are repealed effective June 30, 2009.

Department of enterprise technology services created. There is created the department of enterprise technology services.

Department divisions. (a) The department shall consist of the following divisions in addition to the office of the director of the department: (i) Information technology division; (ii) Information services division.

Director and division administrators; appointment; removal. (a) The governor shall appoint a state chief information officer with the advice and consent of the senate. The state chief information officer shall serve as the director of the department of enterprise technology servi…

Definitions. (a) As used in this article: (i) "Agency" means an office, department, board, commission, council, institution, separate operating agency or any other operating unit of the executive branch of state government. "Agency" shall not include the University of Wyoming or …

Duties of the department in assisting the governor. (a) The department may assist the governor in discharging his duties as chief executive and administrative officer of the executive branch of government of the state of Wyoming. The governor through the department shall: (i) Coo…

Office of the state chief information officer and director; authority; duties of department. (a) The state chief information officer may: (i) Employ professional, technical and other assistants to work in the director's office or in any of the divisions, along with other employee…

State construction department created; definitions. (a) There is created the state construction department. (b) As used in this article: (i) "Agency" means any school district, state office, department, board, council, commission, separate operating agency, institution or other i…

Department divisions. (a) The department shall consist of the following divisions: (i) State construction management division; (ii) School facilities division; (iii) Operations division.

Director and division administrators; appointment; removal. (a) The governor shall appoint a director of the department with the advice and consent of the senate. (b) With the approval of the governor, the director may appoint administrators for the divisions established by W.S. …

Duties of the department. (a) The department shall staff the state building commission as provided in W.S. 9-5-101 through 9-5-108, and as required by the commission unless staffing of the commission is otherwise specified by law. The administrator of the state construction manag…

Department budget. (a) The department shall develop and use a standard budget, base budget and exception budget as provided in W.S. 9-2-1010 through 9-2-1014. (b) Repealed by Laws 2018, ch. 2, § 2. (c) Repealed by Laws 2018, ch. 2, § 2. (d) Repealed by Laws 2018, ch. 2, § 2. (e) …

Procurement for capital construction projects. (a) Contracts for capital construction projects let by an agency or the University of Wyoming, excluding contracts for professional services under W.S. 9-23-101 through 9-23-107 and for capital construction projects delivered through…

Office created; appointment of director. (a) The office of guardian ad litem is created as a separate operating agency as provided in W.S. 9-2-1704(d). (b) The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint a director of the office who shall serve as the admin…

Creation. The department of administration and information is created.

Definitions; powers generally; duties of governor; provisions construed; cooperation with legislature and judiciary; divisions enumerated. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Agency" means an office, department, board, commission or operating unit of the executive branch of state gover…

Director and division administrators; appointment; removal; powers of director. (a) The governor shall appoint a director of the department with the advice and consent of the senate who shall be the department's executive and administrative head, and who shall hold an ex officio …

Purchases by the legislature or the judiciary shall be made in accordance with the requirements and guidelines for competitive or negotiated purchases or contracts set forth in W.S. 9-2-3204(b)(iv)(A) and (B).

Professional liability insurance for peace officers; limits of policy; definition of peace officer. (a) The state of Wyoming through the department shall purchase a comprehensive professional liability policy providing coverage for all peace officers if: (i) Coverage is available…

Personnel hearings. (a) Each personnel appeal hearing shall be conducted by a presiding officer. Pursuant to rules adopted by the administrator of the personnel division, the parties to a personnel appeal shall submit the name of a presiding officer as mutually agreed to. If the …

Duties of department performed through human resources division. (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the department through the human resources division shall: (i) Establish and administer a personnel classification schedule covering all agency employees, classifying p…

Duties performed through division of economic analysis. (a) The department through the division of economic analysis, in cooperation with other governmental and private agencies, shall: (i) Assist state agencies in developing statistical and informational management programs by c…

Purchasing for legislature and judiciary; approval; requirements. Purchases of supplies and services for the legislature shall be approved by the management council or its designee. Purchases of supplies and services for the judiciary shall be approved by the judges for their res…

Federal library funds. (a) The director may accept and receive all funds, monies or library materials made available by the federal government for the improvement and development of public library services in the state. (b) The state treasurer is custodian of all federal funds al…

State librarian; appointment; qualifications; filing of state publications; deposit of designated documents; exchange of session laws. (a) A state librarian shall be appointed by the director of the department of administration and information and shall serve as the administrator…

State librarian; acquisition of books and materials; disposition of outdated and unused books; disposition of unused materials and supplies; promulgation of rules. (a) With the approval of the director, the state librarian may: (i) Acquire books, materials, equipment and supplies…

Interstate Library Compact; enactment; form. The Interstate Library Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this state with all states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: INTERSTATE LIBRARY COMPACT Article I Because the desire for the serv…