Title 40, Title 40 — Trade And Commerce

Reasonable cause determination. (a) The enforcing authority shall determine from the facts whether reasonable cause exists to believe that a discriminatory housing practice has occurred or is about to occur. The enforcing authority shall make this determination not later than the…

Charge. (a) A charge issued under W.S. 40-26-125 shall consist of a short and plain statement of the facts on which the enforcing authority finds reasonable cause to believe that a discriminatory housing practice has occurred or is about to occur, shall be based on the final inve…

Land use law. If the enforcing authority determines that the matter involves the legality of a state or local zoning or other land use law or ordinance, the enforcing authority may issue a charge and proceed with the appropriate action.

Dismissal. If the enforcing authority determines that no reasonable cause exists to believe that a discriminatory housing practice that is the subject of a complaint has occurred or is about to occur, the enforcing authority shall promptly dismiss the complaint. The enforcing aut…

Pending civil trial. The enforcing authority may not issue a charge alleging a discriminatory housing practice after the beginning of the trial of a civil action commenced by the aggrieved party under federal or state law seeking relief with respect to that discriminatory housing…

Election of judicial determination. A complainant, a respondent, or an aggrieved person on whose behalf a complaint was filed may elect to have the claims asserted in the charge decided in a civil action as provided by W.S. 40-26-136. The election shall be made not later than the…

Administrative hearing. If a timely election is not made under W.S. 40-26-130, the enforcing authority shall provide for a hearing on the charge. A hearing under this section on an alleged discriminatory housing practice may not continue after the beginning of the trial of a clai…

Administrative penalties. (a) If the enforcing authority determines at a hearing under W.S. 40-26-131 that a respondent has engaged in or is about to engage in a discriminatory housing practice, the enforcing authority may order the appropriate relief, including actual damages, r…

Effect of enforcing authority order. An enforcing authority order under W.S. 40-26-132 does not affect a contract, sale, encumbrance or lease that is consummated before the enforcing authority issues the order and involves a bona fide purchaser, encumbrancer or tenant who did not…

Licensed or regulated business. If the enforcing authority issues an order with respect to a discriminatory housing practice that occurs in the course of a business subject to a licensing or regulation by a governmental agency, the enforcing authority, not later than the thirtiet…

Order in preceding five years. If the enforcing authority issues an order against a respondent against whom another order was issued within the preceding five (5) years under W.S. 40-26-133, the enforcing authority shall send a copy of each order to the attorney general.

Attorney general action for enforcement. If a timely election is made under W.S. 40-26-130, the attorney general may file not later than the thirtieth day after the date of the election a claim for relief in a district court. Venue for an action is in the county in which the alle…

Pattern or practice case; penalties. (a) The attorney general may file a claim for relief in district court for appropriate relief if the enforcing authority has reasonable cause to believe that a person is engaged in a pattern or practice of resistance to the full enjoyment of a…

Subpoena enforcement. The enforcing authority or another party at whose request a subpoena is issued under this chapter, may enforce the subpoena in appropriate proceedings in district court.

Civil action. (a) An aggrieved person may file a civil action in district court not later than the second year after the date of the occurrence or the termination of an alleged discriminatory housing practice or the breach of a conciliation agreement entered under this chapter, w…

Relief granted. If the court finds that a discriminatory housing practice has occurred or is about to occur, the court may award to the plaintiff actual and punitive damages, reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, and subject to W.S. 40-26-142, a permanent or temporary injuncti…

Effect of relief granted. Relief granted under W.S. 40-26-139 through 40-26-143 does not affect a contract, sale, encumbrance or lease that is consummated before the granting of the relief and involves a bona fide purchaser, encumbrancer or tenant who did not have actual notice o…

Intervention by attorney general. The attorney general may intervene in an action under W.S. 40-26-139 through 40-26-143 if the attorney general certifies that the case is of general public importance. The attorney general may obtain the same relief as is available to the attorne…

Prevailing party. A court in an action brought under this chapter or the enforcing authority in an administrative hearing under W.S. 40-26-131 may award reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing party and assess court costs against the nonprevailing party.

Intimidation or interference; penalty. (a) A person commits an offense if the person, without regard to whether the person is acting under color of law, by force or threat of force, intentionally intimidates or interferes with an individual: (i) Because of the individual's race, …

Records exempt. A complaint filed with the enforcing authority under W.S. 40-26-118 is an open record. Information obtained during an investigation conducted by the enforcing authority under this chapter can be used in any judicial proceedings or administrative hearing relating t…

Trespass to unlawfully collect resource data; unlawful collection of resource data. (a) A person commits a civil trespass to unlawfully collect resource data from private land if he: (i) Enters onto private land for the purpose of collecting resource data; and (ii) Does not have:…

Short title; definitions. (a) This act may be cited as the "Medical Digital Innovation Sandbox Act". (b) As used in this act: (i) "Department" means the department of health; (ii) "Sandbox" means a time limited test environment or program in which innovative technologies, product…

Medical digital innovation sandbox waiver; applicability of criminal statutes; referrals; civil liability. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who makes an innovative medical digital assessment product or service available to consumers in the medical digital …

Medical digital innovation sandbox application; standards for approval; consumer protection bond. (a) A person shall apply to the department to make an innovative medical digital assessment product or service available to consumers in the medical digital innovation sandbox, based…

Medical digital innovation account. (a) There is created the medical digital innovation account. Funds within the account shall only be expended by legislative appropriation. All funds within the account shall be invested by the state treasurer and all investment earnings from th…

Operation of medical digital innovation sandbox. (a) Except as otherwise provided by W.S. 40-28-107, a person authorized under W.S. 40-28-103(f) to enter into the medical digital innovation sandbox may make an innovative medical digital assessment product or service available to …

Revocation or suspension of medical digital innovation sandbox authorization. (a) The department may, by order, revoke or suspend authorization granted to a person under W.S. 40-28-103(f) if: (i) The person has violated or refused to comply with this act or any lawful rule, order…

Extension of sandbox period. (a) A person granted authorization under W.S. 40-28-103(f) may apply for an extension of the initial sandbox period for not more than twelve (12) additional months. An application for an extension shall be made not later than sixty (60) days before th…

Rules and orders; enforcement of bond; restitution; applicability of Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. (a) The department shall adopt rules to implement this act. (b) The department may issue: (i) All necessary orders to enforce this act, including ordering the payment of res…

Short title. This act may be cited as the "Financial Technology Sandbox Act."

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Blockchain" means a digital ledger or database which is chronological, consensus-based, decentralized and mathematically verified in nature; (ii) "Commissioner" means the state banking commissioner; (iii) "Consumer" means a person, wheth…

Financial technology sandbox waiver; applicability of criminal and consumer protection statutes; referral to investigatory agencies; civil liability. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who makes an innovative financial product or service available to consume…

Financial technology sandbox application; standards for approval; consumer protection bond. (a) A person shall apply to the commissioner or secretary to make an innovative financial product or service available to consumers in the financial technology sandbox, based on the office…

Financial technology innovation account. (a) There is created the financial technology innovation account. Funds within the account shall only be expended by legislative appropriation. All funds within the account shall be invested by the state treasurer and all investment earnin…

Operation of financial technology sandbox. (a) Except as otherwise provided by W.S. 40-29-108, a person authorized under W.S. 40-29-104(f) to enter into the financial technology sandbox may make an innovative financial product or service available to consumers during the sandbox …

Revocation or suspension of financial technology sandbox authorization. (a) The commissioner or secretary may, by order, revoke or suspend authorization granted to a person under W.S. 40-29- 104(f) if: (i) The person has violated or refused to comply with this act or any lawful r…

Extension of sandbox period. (a) A person granted authorization under W.S. 40-29-104(f) may apply for an extension of the initial sandbox period for not more than twelve (12) additional months. An application for an extension shall be made not later than sixty (60) days before th…

Rules and orders; enforcement of bond; restitution; applicability of Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. (a) The commissioner and secretary shall each adopt rules to implement this act. The rules adopted by the commissioner and secretary under this subsection shall be as consis…

Definitions. (a) As used in this chapter: (i) "Personal digital identity" means as defined in W.S. 8-1-102(a)(xviii); (ii) "Organizational digital identity" means as defined in W.S. 8-1-102(a)(xix).

Acts through digital identity. (a) Consistent with the provisions of W.S. 40-21-109: (i) Acts taken through a personal digital identity are attributable to a natural person if they were the act of the natural person. The act of the natural person may be established in any manner,…

Impersonation of digital identity; remedies. (a) Any person with a personal or organizational digital identity may proceed by suit to enjoin the use of any impersonations, counterfeits or imitations thereof and any court of competent jurisdiction may grant injunctions to restrain…

Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Wyoming Stable Token Act."

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Commission" means the Wyoming stable token commission created by W.S. 40-31-103; (ii) "Board" means the board of the Wyoming stable token commission; (iii) "Director" means the director of the Wyoming stable token commission; (iv) "Finan…

Wyoming stable token commission. (a) There is created the Wyoming stable token commission, which is a body politic and corporate operating as an instrumentality of the state of Wyoming, with authority to adopt an official seal and to sue and be sued. The commission may enter into…

Wyoming stable token value; limitations. A Wyoming stable token is a virtual currency representative of and redeemable for one (1) United States dollar held in trust by the state of Wyoming as provided by W.S. 40-31-106. Stable tokens shall only be issued in exchange for United S…