Title 18 — Title 18 — Counties

Large parcels used for agricultural purposes. If any lot, unit, tract or parcel thirty-five (35) acres or more in size is used for agricultural purposes within a platted subdivision and otherwise qualifies as agricultural land for purposes of W.S. 39-13-103(b)(x), the parcel shal…

Fencing requirements for subdivision permits. (a) Each subdivider seeking to create or divide a subdivision that is adjacent to lands upon which livestock can be legally run at large shall comply with all of the following: (i) The subdivider shall be responsible for the construct…

Authority. The board of county commissioners in each county, by resolution, may establish, regulate and control a conservation design process for the unincorporated area in the county as provided in this article.

(a) Definitions. As used in this article: (i) "Conservation design process" means a planning process adopted by a county to offer a land use option for residential purposes that differs from traditional thirty-five (35) acre divisions of land described in W.S. 18-5-303(b) using c…

Cluster development permits. (a) No person shall sell land subject to subdivision regulation under this article, record a plat or commence the construction of any cluster development under this article without first obtaining a permit from the board of county commissioners in whi…

Enforcement; rules and regulations. If a board of county commissioners adopts the process described in this article, it shall enforce this article and, in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act, shall adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of an…

Cluster development; notice to state engineer. Within thirty (30) days after a cluster development has been approved pursuant to the conservation design process, the board of county commissioners shall notify the state engineer of the approval and shall provide the state engineer…

(a) Definitions. As used in this article: (i) "Industrial siting council" or "council" means the council created by W.S. 35-12-104; (ii) "Wind energy facility" means any wind powered electrical generation development consisting of an individual wind turbine or multiple wind turbi…

County regulation of wind or solar energy projects; exceptions. (a) It is unlawful to locate, erect, construct, reconstruct or enlarge a facility without first obtaining a permit from the board of county commissioners in the county in which the facility is located. (b) If a facil…

Application. (a) To obtain the permit required by W.S. 18-5-502, the owner or developer of a facility shall submit an application to the board of county commissioners. The application shall: (i) Certify that reasonable efforts have been undertaken to provide notice in writing to …

processes. Minimum standards; incorporation into other (a) No board of county commissioners shall issue a permit for a facility if that facility: (i) Does not comply with standards properly adopted by the board of county commissioners for the construction of wind energy facilitie…

Complete applications; notice. Upon receipt of an application, the board of county commissioners shall conduct a review of the application to determine if it contains all the information required by W.S. 18-5-503 and any applicable rules and regulations. If the board of county co…

Hearing and public comment. Any board of county commissioners receiving an application to permit a facility shall hold a public hearing to consider public comment on the application no less than forty-five (45) days and not more than ninety (90) days after determining that the ap…

Decision of the board; findings necessary. (a) Within sixty (60) days from the date of completion of the hearing required by W.S. 18-5-506, the board shall make complete findings, issue an opinion, render a decision upon the record either granting or denying the application and s…

Remedies. (a) Any party aggrieved by the final decision of the board of county commissioners may have the decision reviewed by the district court pursuant to Rule 12 of the Wyoming Rules of Appellate Procedure. (b) When a decision is issued after hearing on an application for a p…

Referral. (a) Any board of county commissioners which receives an application to permit a wind energy facility or solar energy facility which does not meet the definition of an industrial facility as defined in W.S. 35-12-102(a)(vii)(E) or (G) may refer the facility to the indust…

Binding effect. Upon referral of a facility to the industrial siting council pursuant to W.S. 18-5-509, the facility shall not be withdrawn from the council's consideration without consent of the council. Any decision by the council shall be final except as provided in this artic…

(a) Revocation or suspension of permit. A permit may be revoked or suspended for: (i) Any material false statement in the application or in accompanying statements or studies required of the applicant, if a true statement would have warranted the refusal to grant a permit; (ii) F…

(a) Penalties for violations. No person shall: (i) Commence to construct a wind energy facility on or after July 1, 2010 or a solar energy facility on or after July 1, 2020 without first obtaining a permit required by this article; (ii) Construct, reconstruct, operate, locate, er…

Fees. (a) A board of county commissioners which receives an application under this article for the permitting of a facility may charge the applicant a reasonable fee which shall not exceed the reasonably anticipated costs of processing and considering the application and conducti…

generally. Authority to acquire and dispose of sites (a) Each board of county commissioners may purchase or receive by donation or otherwise a site for a county courthouse, jail or both at the county seat of the county or a site for a county jail at any location within the county…

Construction of jails; authority of county commissioners; plans and specifications; maximum cost permitted; call for bids; limitations applicable only when costs paid from general fund. (a) Whenever the board of county commissioners deems it in the best interest of the county to …

Construction of jails; opening of bids or proposals; awarding of contract; security for completion; payment; exemption for alternate delivery methods. (a) On the day appointed for opening the bids the county commissioners shall open and declare the same in public and shall award …

Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 122, § 3.

Jail to be kept by sheriff; manner in which prisoners to be kept. (a) The county sheriff or his deputy shall keep and maintain the jail in a safe and secure manner and is responsible for its operation. (b) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 122, § 3.

(a) Care of prisoners; audit of expenses. Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 122, § 3. (b) The sheriff shall arrange for the administration of medical care reasonably required by prisoners committed to his custody. (c) The county commissioners shall pay for reasonable and necessary medic…

Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 216, § 2.

Care of United States prisoners; disposition of monies collected. Every sheriff or keeper of a jail to which any prisoner is committed by any marshal or other officer of the United States shall be responsible for the safekeeping of the prisoner according to the terms of the commi…

Care of prisoners arrested by state trooper and other special officers. (a) Every sheriff or keeper of any jail shall provide space if available for holding any persons arrested by a state trooper or other special officer of the state lawfully entitled to make arrests, prior to t…

Removal of prisoners in case of fire. Whenever any jail is on fire or any building contiguous or near a jail is on fire and there is reason to believe that the prisoners confined in the jail may be injured or endangered, the sheriff or keeper of the jail may remove the prisoners …

traveling. Sheriff and prisoners not subject to arrest when Any sheriff or other officer who has arrested any prisoner may pass through any county that is in the ordinary route of travel from the place where the prisoner was arrested to the place where he is to be delivered. The …

Repealed by Laws 1994, ch. 20, § 2.

Juvenile prisoners. (a) Repealed By Laws 2012, Ch. 98, § 2. (b) Juvenile prisoners shall be kept separate from adult prisoners.

prisoners. Custody and safekeeping of documents relating to All instruments, writs, process of any kind, or attested copies thereof by which any prisoner is committed or released shall be endorsed and filed in some suitable place and all such documents shall be delivered to the s…

shown. Jail register to be kept; information to be (a) The sheriff or other officer performing the duties of sheriff shall maintain adequate records relating to the safety, health and welfare of all prisoners. (i) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 122, §§2, 3. (ii) Repealed by Laws 1995…

Restrictions on jail expenses. Nothing in W.S. 18-6-201 or 18-6-202 or 18-6-302 through 18-6-305 or 18-6-307 through 18-6-312 shall be construed as authorizing any board of county commissioners to give extra compensation to the county sheriff for performing the duties specified t…

Contract placement of jail prisoners. Subject to approval by the board of county commissioners and to the availability of funds, the sheriff may contract with a community correctional facility operated under the Adult Community Corrections Act for the housing of prisoners confine…

confinement. Prisoners not deemed to be in solitary A prisoner shall not be considered to be held in solitary confinement solely because he is the only prisoner in the jail.

Contract for housing municipal prisoners. Subject to approval by the board of county commissioners, the sheriff may contract with any municipality in Wyoming for the housing of prisoners charged or sentenced for municipal ordinance violations in the county jail.

Contract for housing out-of-state prisoners; general conditions. (a) Subject to approval by the board of county commissioners and the provisions of this section, the sheriff may contract with any other state or governmental entity within another state for the housing of prisoners…

Prerequisites to appropriate money for establishment and maintenance of library; payment of expenses. When the board of county commissioners has received sufficient guarantees whether in the forms of conveyances or bonds of citizens, associations or corporations that a suitable p…

fund. Manner of levying and collecting tax; library The county library tax shall be levied and collected as other county taxes and the money collected shall be set apart as the county library fund. Nothing herein shall be construed to authorize any levy in excess of those authori…

Library fund under control of board of directors; appointment, powers, duties, terms of directors; manner of filling vacancies on board. (a) The control, use and disposition of the county library fund is entrusted to the county library board of directors which shall budget and ex…

Authority of board to receive and dispose of property; appointment of librarian; library staff. The library board of directors may receive and be responsible for real estate, money or other property to aid the establishment, maintenance or operation of the county library system. …

Organization of board; rules and regulations; filing of certificate of organization; incorporation; recovery of library materials; establishment of branch libraries; cooperative library service. (a) Every library board of directors shall elect a chairman and other officers as nec…

report. Directors to keep records and make annual Each library board of directors shall keep a record of all its proceedings, file in the library all vouchers for expenditures, and after the close of the fiscal year submit an annual financial, statistical and operational report t…

program. Wyoming public library endowment challenge The Wyoming public library endowment challenge program is created.

(a) Definitions. As used in this article: (i) "Challenge fund" means the public library endowment challenge fund created under this article; (ii) "Endowment gift" means an irrevocable gift or transfer to a Wyoming public library foundation of money or other property, whether real…

Wyoming public library endowment challenge fund. (a) The Wyoming public library endowment challenge fund is created and shall consist of twenty-three (23) separate accounts, one (1) account for each Wyoming public library established pursuant to W.S. 18-7-101. (b) The state treas…

Endowment challenge fund matching program; matching payments; agreements with foundations; annual reports. (a) To the extent funds are available in the separate account of any public library within the endowment challenge fund, the state treasurer shall match endowment gifts actu…