Title 35, Title 35 — Public Health And Safety

Removal of combustible material; appeal to council. An owner or occupant aggrieved by an order of an officer under W.S. 35-9-116 may appeal to the council within forty-eight (48) hours. The cause of the complaint shall be investigated immediately by direction of the council. Unle…

Exceptions. (a) W.S. 35-9-106 through 35-9-117 do not apply to: (i) Farms or ranches of forty (40) acres or more on deeded land; (ii) County memorial hospitals, state-owned health care institutions, hospital districts, private hospitals and other health care facilities, except as…

Duties of chief electrical inspector. (a) The chief electrical inspector shall: (i) Enforce the minimum requirements for electrical installations except in localities which have received enforcement authority for electrical safety standards under W.S. 35-9-121(a); (ii) Aid cities…

Minimum requirements for electrical installations; permits; inspections; fees. (a) The installation of electric equipment in or on buildings, mobile homes and premises shall be made subject to the applicable minimum requirements of the National Electrical Code. To the extent that…

Local enforcement. (a) The state fire marshal shall delegate complete authority to municipalities and counties which apply to enforce and interpret local or state fire, building, existing building standards or electrical safety standards which meet the requirements of this sectio…

Health care facilities; jurisdiction; delegation; rules. (a) The department of health has jurisdiction over all aspects of construction and remodeling, except electrical installation, of any state licensed health care facility as defined in W.S. 35-2-901. (b) The fire safety code…

Chief electrical inspector responsible for licensing. The chief electrical inspector is responsible for licensing electrical contractors, master electricians, journeyman electricians, low voltage electrical contractors, limited electrical contractors, low voltage technicians and …

Electrical installations to be performed by licensed electricians; exceptions. (a) Licensed electrical contractors employing licensed master or journeymen electricians, or registered apprentice electricians supervised by a licensed master or journeyman electrician shall install a…

Powers and duties of board; appeals. (a) The board shall: (i) Adopt rules and regulations to implement this section and to establish minimum standards for: (A) Training requirements for all classes of electricians; (B) Licensing requirements for all classes of electricians; and (…

Electrical contractor's, low voltage electrical contractor's and limited electrical contractor's licenses. (a) On or before July 1 of each year, an electrical contractor shall file with the chief electrical inspector a license application in writing for each of his firms. The app…

Licensing of master electricians, journeymen electricians, low voltage technicians, limited technicians; temporary permits; reciprocal licenses; master electrician of record for only 1 electrical contractor; technician of record for only 1 low voltage or limited electrical contra…

Apprentice electricians and apprentice technicians. (a) An electrical contractor may employ apprentice electricians to assist a licensed journeyman or master electrician. From and after March 1, 1994, apprentice electricians shall be enrolled in a bona fide program of training ap…

Fees. (a) The fees for licenses, work permits, examinations and apprentice registrations shall be determined by the department but shall not exceed: (i) Electrical contractor's license $400.00 (ii) Low voltage electrical contractor's license $200.00 (iii) Limited electrical contr…

Penalties; civil penalties; other remedies. (a) A person who violates W.S. 35-9-101 through 35-9-130 commits a misdemeanor punishable as follows: (i) An individual, including an officer or agent of a corporation or association who participates in or is an accessory to the violati…

Investigation of electrocutions; powers of chief electrical inspector. (a) Except in cases where a federal agency has and asserts the right to control an investigation under applicable federal law or when an entity or activity involved is regulated by the Wyoming public service c…

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

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Emergency responders" means public, state or federal fire services, law enforcement, emergency medical services, public health, public works including certified water and wastewater operators, homeland security and other public response …

State emergency response commission; creation; duties. (a) There is created a state emergency response commission that shall consist of members appointed by the governor to advise the director, department of homeland security and the department of homeland security with respect t…

Emergency response training, planning and reporting. (a) After consultation with the commission and the state fire marshal, the director, department of homeland security shall: (i) Coordinate, develop, implement and make available a comprehensive voluntary training program design…

Regional response teams; rulemaking. (a) The state, political subdivisions of the state and other units of local government, may contract or coordinate to make available for use in any county, city or fire protection district any part of a regional emergency response team of appr…

Local response authority. (a) Every political subdivision of the state shall designate a local emergency response authority for responding to and reporting of hazardous material or weapons of mass destruction incidents that occur within its jurisdiction. The designation of a loca…

Right to claim reimbursement. (a) The state, political subdivision of the state or other unit of local government is hereby given the right to claim reimbursement for the costs resulting from action taken to remove, contain or otherwise mitigate the effects of a hazardous materia…

Expense recovery and civil remedies. (a) The decision to commence a civil action to recover expenses shall be made by the state, political subdivision of the state or other unit of local government, including local emergency response authorities and regional response teams, in co…

Exceptions to reimbursements; exception to act; clandestine laboratory remediation fund. (a) This act shall not apply to releases of a hazardous material where there is an immediate on-site private industry response capability to the emergency. The exemption under this subsection…

Applicability; powers of districts generally. This act shall apply to a fire protection district created under the provisions of this act or under the provisions of article 1, chapter 45, Wyoming Compiled Statutes, 1945, as amended. Such fire protection district is hereby authori…

Election of board of directors. (a) The election of the initial board of directors shall be held by the board of county commissioners at the same time as the election for formation of the district, or at the next general election in the case of a district created pursuant to W.S.…

Powers and duties of board of directors generally; administration of finances; assessment and levy of taxes. (a) The board of directors of any fire protection district is hereby authorized to enact such ordinances as may be necessary to establish and operate a fire protection dis…

Issuance of bonds; authority of board to submit questions to electors; restriction upon amount; interest; purpose. The board of directors of a fire protection district is authorized, whenever a majority thereof so decide, to submit to the electors of the district the question whe…

Issuance of bonds; conduct of election; canvass of returns. The election authorized under W.S. 35-9-204 shall be called, conducted and the results thereof canvassed and certified in all respects as near as practicable in the same manner as provided for bond elections by the Polit…

Issuance of bonds; notice; bids. If the proposal to issue said bonds shall be approved, the board of directors must issue such bonds in such form as the board may direct and shall give notice by publication in some newspaper published in the counties in which said district is loc…

Issuance of bonds; form of bonds; execution; registration. After ascertaining the best terms upon and the lowest interest at which said bonds can be negotiated, the board shall secure the proper engraving and printing and consecutive numbering thereof, and said bonds shall thereu…

Issuance of bonds; payment of principal and interest. The county treasurer where said district's funds are kept may pay out of any monies belonging to said district tax fund, and from the tax fund of a detracted district as provided in W.S. 35-9-215(b), the interest and the princ…

Procedure for proposing establishment of fire protection district. (a) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5. (b) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5. (c) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5. (d) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5. (e) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5. (f) Repe…

District formation initiated by resolution of county commissioners; procedures; conditions. (a) A fire protection district comprised of lands within unincorporated areas of the county which are not within existing fire protection districts may be created under the following proce…

Formation of county commission fire protection districts; procedures; conditions. (a) As an alternative to the procedures provided by W.S. 35-9-210, a county commission fire protection district comprised of lands within unincorporated areas of the county which are not within exis…

Division of fire protection district authorized. Fire protection districts may be divided as provided in W.S. 35-9-213 through 35-9-215.

Petition for division; hearing and notice. (a) Whenever a petition in writing is made to the county commissioners, signed by the owners of fifty percent (50%) or more of the privately owned lands of an area proposed to be detracted from the original fire protection district, who …

Decision on petition for division; protest. (a) The petition may be granted and the original districts may thereupon be divided into separate districts if at the time of the hearing on the petition the county commissioners determine: (i) Protests have not been signed by: (A) The …

Distribution of assets and liabilities following division. (a) The division of the assets of the fire protection districts shall be apportioned as follows: (i) Through a mutual agreement signed by the president of the original fire protection district board and the person or pers…

Closing area upon recommendation of county fire warden. When, upon recommendation of the county fire warden, a board of county commissioners deems the fire danger in a given area of the county to be extreme, because of drought, the presence of an excessive amount of inflammable m…

Access of residents to home or property; contents of order of proclamation. Provided however, that nothing in W.S. 35-9-301 through 35-9-304 and no order of a board of county commissioners shall prohibit any person residing within the area from full and free access to his home or…

Rules. The board of land commissioners shall promulgate rules as are necessary to require county fire wardens and boards of county commissioners to carry out the purposes of W.S. 35-9-301 through 35-9-304, and provide for proper notice to the public.

Illegal entry or use. Any entry into or use of any area in violation of this act shall be a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) or imprisonment in the county jail for not to exceed thirty (30) days or both the fine and impris…

Appointment of county fire warden. County commissioners may appoint a county fire warden who shall act under the authority of this article [chapter], W.S. 35-9-101 through 35-9-701, and the local governmental authority responsible for fire suppression and fire prevention within t…

Duties of fire wardens. Fire wardens or their duly designated representative shall be responsible for management of fire suppression, fire prevention and related activities, except within any incorporated city, town or fire district, and responsible for coordinating fire suppress…

Abatement of nuisances. Said board of county commissioners, upon receiving notice as aforesaid, or upon personal knowledge, shall have power to and are hereby authorized to abate any such nuisance at the expense of the person or persons, either by causing the same to be removed, …