Title 9, Title 9 — Administration Of The Government

Geological survey board; created; membership; term; qualifications; removal; vacancies; election of officers; meetings; quorum; compensation; expenses; duties. (a) The geological survey board is created. The board consists of eight (8) members, including the governor, the preside…

Geological survey; authority to cooperate and exchange information; cost. The geological survey may cooperate and exchange information with and contract with the United States geological survey, state geological surveys, departments of the state of Wyoming, the University of Wyom…

Geological survey; use of University of Wyoming students for field expeditions; expenses. The geological survey may organize field expeditions to perform work for the geological survey using University of Wyoming students who are sufficiently advanced in their study of geology to…

Legislative declaration of cooperation with United States geological survey. It is the policy of the state of Wyoming to cooperate in the topographic mapping of the state of Wyoming with the topographic division of the United States geological survey in a program to secure accura…

Creation; membership; appointment; removal; qualifications; recommendations thereto; definitions. (a) The Wyoming arts council board is created as an advisory board within the department of state parks and cultural resources, consisting of ten (10) members appointed by the govern…

Terms of members; vacancies; chairman and vice-chairman; expenses; personnel. (a) The term of office of each member of the board is three (3) years. Vacancies shall be filled by the governor for the unexpired term. The board shall select from its membership a chairman and vice-ch…

Duties of department; duties of board. (a) The department, in consultation with the board, shall: (i) Stimulate and encourage throughout the state the study and presentation of the performing and fine arts and develop public interest and participation therein; (ii) Make surveys o…

Powers; receipt of assistance and data; receipt of money and property. (a) The board may: (i) Hold public hearings; (ii) Repealed By Laws 2009, Ch. 101, § 2. (iii) Repealed By Laws 2009, Ch. 101, § 2. (iv) Appoint advisory committees as it deems necessary to carry out its duties.…

Creation. The state budget department 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 of department; appointment; removal; cooperation with legislature and judiciary. (a) The administrative head of the department shall be a director appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Appointments for the director of the department shall b…

Duties of the department; receipt of monthly statements of income, revenues and expenditures of state agencies and offices; authority to contract; purposes. (a) The department shall: (i) In conjunction with the human resources division of the department of administration and info…

Payment of warrants; budget powers of governor; agency budgets; federal funds; new employees. (a) No warrant shall be drawn by the auditor or paid by the treasurer: (i) Unless funds have been previously appropriated or otherwise authorized by law for that purpose; (ii) When it ha…

Revenues or income of state agencies not part of appropriation or budget; exception; additions to appropriation or budget; reports concerning enterprise fund accounts. (a) Revenues or income from any source collected, received or accruing to any agency shall not become a part of …

Restrictions on indebtedness and expenditures of state agencies; allotment system. (a) No indebtedness shall be incurred or expenditure made by any agency in excess of the amount appropriated or otherwise authorized by law or where expressly prohibited by law or regulation adopte…

Unexpended, unobligated funds to lapse or be carried over; duty of auditor; reporting. (a) In the event that the appropriation made or other revenue authorized by law for use by a state agency has not been expended by the close of the fiscal period, it shall lapse or be carried f…

Nonappropriated revenues to be transferred by auditor upon lapse, conversion or otherwise becoming state property. If nonappropriated revenues under the control of agencies lapse, convert or otherwise become the property of the state, the auditor, after consultation with the depa…

Duties of department; biennial budgets and appropriations. (a) The department shall: (i) Prepare the state budget with the assistance of an entity for presentation by the governor to the legislature; (ii) Prescribe the form, contents and procedure of and for budget documents with…

Duties of budget department; preparation of standard budget estimates; entities to prepare expanded and exception budgets; form; required information; base budgets. (a) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, the department shall prepare standard budget estimates. Entities sha…

Duties of the department; transmittal of standard budget and manual; return of completed exception and expanded budgets; submission to governor; disposition of excess general fund appropriations; submission of selected budget information to joint appropriations committee. (a) The…

State budget; distribution of copies to legislators; copies and reports of authorizations; interfund loans. (a) On or before the third Monday in November of the year preceding the year the legislature convenes in budget session, the governor shall distribute to each legislator el…

Budget shortfall measures; expenditure reductions; use of contingent appropriations. (a) The governor shall periodically review agency budgets and expenditures. If the governor determines during the review that the probable receipts from taxes or other sources of revenue for any …

Appropriation for public welfare emergencies; notification to legislature; legislative action. (a) Beginning July 1, 2021, as of the first day of each fiscal year, there is appropriated ten million dollars ($10,000,000.00) from the legislative stabilization reserve account. The a…

Commission; created; definitions. (a) The public safety communications commission is created. (b) As used in W.S. 9-2-1101 through 9-2-1104: (i) "Public safety agency" means any federal, state or political subdivision entity that provides emergency and public safety services, inc…

Commission; composition; appointment of members; removal; terms; officers; vacancies; meetings. (a) The commission shall consist of thirteen (13) voting members to be appointed by the governor and who may be removed by the governor as provided in W.S. 9-1-202. The voting members …

Commission; compensation of members. Members of the commission shall receive mileage and per diem provided state employees.

Commission; powers and duties; advisory capacity to promote system development; public meetings; clerical and administrative support. (a) The commission shall: (i) Work with the state budget department, the department of enterprise technology services, the department of homeland …

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Board" means the Wyoming senior services advisory board created by W.S. 9-2-1211; (ii) "Division on aging" means the division within the Wyoming department of health designated pursuant to W.S. 9-2-1302(a)(iv); (iii) "Eligible senior cen…

Powers and duties; rules and regulations; addressing problems of senior citizens; funds and grant awards; development of senior citizen programs; report to governor. (a) The department of health shall: (i) Adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement this act; (ii) Operate …

State advisory council; appointment; composition; term; representation; removal. (a) The department advisory council on aging appointed pursuant to the "Older Americans Act", P.L. 89-73, is established as the state advisory council to a designated division on aging. Each member s…

State advisory council; officers; meetings; quorum; records; expenses; duties. (a) The council shall elect each year from its members a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary. (b) The council shall meet quarterly and at any other time the chairman may direct or upon request of a m…

Community based in-home services. (a) Subject to the availability of funds, the department of health shall administer a state program to provide community based in-home services for Wyoming senior citizens and disabled adults eighteen (18) years of age and older. Priority shall b…

Licensed shelter care program established; implementation. (a) The department of health shall administer a licensed shelter care program in accordance with this section. In administering the licensed shelter care program, the department through rule and regulation shall: (i) Dete…

Wyoming senior services board created. There is created the Wyoming senior services board. The board shall consult with the division on aging to determine the award of grants under W.S. 9-2-1214.

Wyoming senior services board; members; expenses. (a) The Wyoming senior services board shall consist of seven (7) voting members and a nonvoting, ex-officio member, as follows: (i) The administrator of the division on aging within the department of health or his designee shall s…

Board; duties and responsibilities. (a) The Wyoming senior services board shall: (i) Review emergency grant proposals; (ii) Adopt the basic grant amount, grant formula and approve criteria for emergency grant applications through rules and regulations promulgated by the board to …

Division on aging; duties. (a) The division on aging shall: (i) Maintain, manage and be responsible for the distribution of the funds appropriated for distribution under W.S. 9-2-1212 and 9-2-1214; (ii) Disburse the funds appropriated in accordance with awards made by the board p…

Disbursement of grants. (a) From the funds available for distribution, the division on aging may first retain not more than one percent (1%) to pay allowable expenses of the board. The board may award grants to senior centers throughout the state to support the purposes specified…

Short title. This act may be cited as the "Long Term Care Ombudsman Act".

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 221, § 3. (ii) "Department" means the department of health; (iii) "Director" means the director of the department; (iv) "Division" means a division or section on aging as designated by the director; (v) "Long te…

Office created. There presently exists, pursuant to the Older Americans Act, the office of long term care ombudsman. The office is under the supervision of the department through its director or as otherwise directed by the department.

Responsibilities. (a) The responsibilities of the ombudsman shall be to: (i) Investigate, advocate and mediate on behalf of adults applying for or receiving long term care services, to resolve complaints concerning actions or inactions that may adversely affect resident health, s…

Investigations. (a) The ombudsman shall conduct an appropriate inquiry into all complaints pursuant to this act. The ombudsman shall notify any provider of a long term care service affected by the inquiry. (b) In conducting an inquiry, the ombudsman shall engage in appropriate ac…

Resolution of complaints. (a) The ombudsman shall attempt to resolve the complaint using mediation and negotiation whenever possible. (b) Following an investigation, the ombudsman shall report his findings and recommendations to the resident or resident's guardian and may report …

Confidentiality. The identity of any resident on whose behalf a complaint is made, or any person providing information to an investigation shall be confidential. The identity of any person shall be disclosed only with the written permission of the individual. If the complaint bec…

Retaliation. No person shall discriminate against any resident, relative or guardian of a resident, employee of a long term care service provider or any other person because of the making of a complaint or providing of information, in good faith, to the ombudsman.