Title 16 — Title 16 — City, County, State And Local Powers

Authority to cooperate. In exercising, performing or carrying out any power, privilege, authority, duty or function legally vested in any one (1) or more of them by Wyoming law, the state of Wyoming, and any one (1) or more of its counties, municipal corporations, school district…

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

(a) Definitions. As used in this act: (i) "Agencies" means Wyoming counties, municipal corporations, school districts, community college districts, the cooperative tribal governing body, the business council of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, the business council of the Northern Arap…

Joint powers, functions and facilities; citycounty airport board; eligible senior citizen centers; cooperative public transportation programs. (a) Any power, privilege or authority exercised or capable of being exercised by an agency may be exercised and enjoyed jointly with any …

Financing of joint projects. (a) Any joint project consisting of property or improvements or an interest therein to be owned by participating agencies or a joint powers board undertaken pursuant to this act may be financed: (i) By the contribution of funds from one (1) or more pa…

Obligations and responsibilities of participating agencies. (a) No participating agency nor any legal entity created pursuant to this act shall construct, operate or maintain any facility or improvement other than for service to and use by the participating agencies and their res…

State loan and investment board loans; amount; interest; security; conditions. (a) Before April 1, 2023, the state loan and investment board may negotiate and make loans to one (1) or more agencies, the University of Wyoming, or joint powers boards presently existing, permitted o…

Loss reserve account created; deposits; disposition of funds. (a) Revenues received by the state loan and investment board for deposit in the loss reserve account pursuant to W.S. 16-1-109(a) shall be transmitted to the state treasurer for deposit to the credit of the loss reserv…

Loans to political subdivisions; requirements; limitations; rulemaking. (a) The state loan and investment board may negotiate and make loans from the permanent Wyoming mineral trust fund to political subdivisions of this state as provided in this section. The aggregate sum of all…

(a) Definitions. As used in this article: (i) "Account" means the state water pollution control revolving loan account created by W.S. 16-1-202; (ii) "Board" means the state loan and investment board; (iii) "Capitalization grant" means the federal grant made to Wyoming by the fed…

Account established; state match. (a) There is established the state water pollution control revolving loan account. All monies received from federal capitalization grants, excluding any set-aside authorized by Title VI, and all state matching funds shall be deposited in the acco…

Account administration; board powers and duties; department powers and duties; fiscal procedures. (a) The board shall administer the account including issuing loans and other forms of financial assistance for the purposes authorized in this article. The board shall adopt reasonab…

Environmental review process. (a) Through the department the board shall conduct a review of potential environmental impacts of projects receiving assistance from the account. The environmental review process shall: (i) Contain mechanisms requiring implementation of mitigation me…

assistance. Authorized projects; authorized financial (a) The account may be used for financial assistance for the following types of projects: (i) Construction of wastewater treatment works as allowed by Title VI; (ii) Implementation of nonpoint source pollution control manageme…

Financial assistance priorities. (a) If there are publicly owned wastewater treatment works identified as not being in compliance with the federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq., then the monies in the account shall initially be used for such wastewater tre…

Department loans; repayment. Principal payments on loans made to the department for taking corrective actions at leaking underground and aboveground storage tank and solid waste landfill remediation sites shall be paid from the corrective action account directly to the state wate…

(a) Definitions. As used in this article: (i) "Account" means the state drinking water revolving loan account created by W.S. 16-1-302; (ii) "Administrative account" means the account which may receive up to four percent (4%) of the federal capitalization funds, loan administrati…

Account established; state match. (a) There is established the state drinking water revolving loan account. All monies received from the federal capitalization grants, excluding any set-aside authorized by the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. § 300j-12), and all state matching …

Account administration; board powers and duties; department powers and duties; water development office powers and duties; fiscal procedures. (a) The board, the department and commission are designated as the implementing and administrative agencies for the drinking water state r…

Environmental review process. (a) The department shall conduct and make available to the office of state lands and investments a review of potential environmental impacts of projects receiving assistance from the account. The environmental review process shall: (i) Contain mechan…

assistance. Safe Authorized projects; authorized financial (a) Subject to select water committee review and recommendation of projects, the account may be used for financial assistance for the planning, design and construction of projects on eligible publicly owned water systems …

Inventory of publicly owned water systems; sanitary surveys. (a) The department and water development office shall maintain an inventory of publicly owned water systems within the state, which inventory may consist of such information as the department and water development offic…

Transfer of funds. The governor may transfer capitalization grant funds from the water pollution control revolving loan account established by W.S. 16-1-202 to the drinking water state revolving fund account created by W.S. 16-1-302 and from the drinking water state revolving fun…

Emergency financial assistance. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of W.S. 16-1-303(b) or (j) or 16-1-305(a), the board may, without further select water committee review and recommendation, authorize loans or other forms of financial assistance from the account for purposes autho…

[Repealed or reserved.]

(a) Definitions. As used in this act: (i) "Authorized officer" means any official of this state or any of its departments, agencies or other instrumentalities or any of its political subdivisions whose signature to a public security or instrument of payment is required or permitt…

effect. "This act" means W.S. 16-2-101 through 16-2-103. Facsimile signature; authorized use; legal (a) After filing with the secretary of state his manual signature certified by him under oath, any authorized officer may execute or cause to be executed with a facsimile signature…

effect. Facsimile seal of state; authorized use; legal When the seal of this state or any of its departments, agencies, or other instrumentalities or of any of its political subdivisions is required in the execution of a public security or instrument of payment, the authorized of…

Repealed by Laws 1982, ch. 75, § 5.

[Repealed or reserved.]

Short title; definitions. (a) This act may be cited as the "Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act". (b) As used in this act: (i) "Agency" means any authority, bureau, board, commission, department, division, officer or employee of the state, a county, city or town or other politic…

General rulemaking requirements; assistance and authority of attorney general. (a) In addition to other rulemaking requirements imposed by law, each agency shall: (i) Adopt rules of practice setting forth the nature and requirements of all formal and informal procedures available…

Adoption, amendment and repeal of rules; notice; hearing; emergency rules; proceedings to contest; review and approval by governor. (a) Prior to an agency's adoption, amendment or repeal of all rules other than interpretative rules or statements of general policy, the agency shal…

Filing of copies of rules; permanent register; effective dates; manner of preparation; advice and assistance of attorney general. (a) Each agency shall file in the office of the registrar of rules a certified copy of each rule adopted by it as approved by the governor. State agen…

Compilation and indexing of administrative code; charges for copies; authentication by registrar. (a) The registrar of state agency rules shall compile, index and publish a Wyoming administrative code. The code shall: (i) Contain each rule adopted by a state agency, but shall not…

of rules. Petition for promulgation, amendment or repeal Any interested person may petition an agency requesting the promulgation, amendment or repeal of any rule and may accompany his petition with relevant data, views and arguments. Each agency may prescribe by rule the form of…

Contested cases; general procedure. (a) In any contested case, all parties shall be afforded an opportunity for hearing after reasonable notice served personally or by mail. Where the indispensable and necessary parties are composed of a large class, the notice shall be served up…

Contested cases; admissible evidence; cross-examination; judicial notice. (a) In contested cases irrelevant, immaterial or unduly repetitious evidence shall be excluded and no sanction shall be imposed or order issued except upon consideration of the whole record or such portion …

Contested cases; consideration of record; exceptions to decision; briefs and oral argument. The agency shall consider the whole record or any portion stipulated to by the parties. In the event a recommended decision is rendered all parties shall be afforded a reasonable opportuni…

notification. Contested cases; final decision; contents; A final decision or order adverse to a party in a contested case shall be in writing or dictated into the record. The final decision shall include findings of fact and conclusions of law separately stated. Findings of fact …

Contested cases; limitations on consultations and participations. Unless required for the disposition of ex parte matters authorized by law, members of the agency, employees presiding at a hearing in a contested case and employees assisting the foregoing persons in compiling, eva…

Contested cases; presiding officers; qualifications; powers; outside personnel; hearing officers. (a) If not otherwise authorized by law there shall preside at the taking of evidence in all contested cases the statutory agency, one (1) or more members of the body which comprises …

License hearings. (a) When the grant, denial, suspension or renewal of a license is required by law to be preceded by notice and an opportunity for hearing the provisions of this act concerning contested cases apply. (b) When a licensee has made timely and sufficient application …

Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures Act".

(a) Definitions. As used in this act: (i) "AICPA" means the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; (ii) "Appropriation" means an allocation of money to be expended for a specific purpose; (iii) "Budget" means a plan of financial operations for a fiscal year or two (2…

"This act" means W.S. 16-4-101 through 16-4-125. Budget requirements. (a) Municipal budgets are required each fiscal year or every other year as provided for in W.S. 16-4-104(h) for all expenditures and funds of the municipalities. (b) Intragovernmental and enterprise fund munici…

Preparation of budgets; contents; review; subsequent authorized projects. (a) All departments shall submit budget requests to the appropriate budget officer on or before May 1, except as provided for in subsection (h) of this section. On or before May 15, the budget officer shall…

Accumulated retained earnings or fund surplus; capital improvements reserve. (a) A municipality may accumulate retained earnings in any enterprise or intragovernmental service fund or accumulate a fund surplus in any other fund. With respect to the general fund the accumulated fu…

Property tax levy. The amount of estimated revenue from property tax required by the budget shall constitute the basis for determination of the property tax to be levied for the corresponding tax years subject to legal limitations. The amount of tax shrinkage allowed shall not ex…

Authorized purchases or encumbrances. All purchases or all encumbrances on behalf of any municipality shall be made or incurred only upon an order or approval of the person duly authorized to make such purchases except encumbrances or expenditures directly investigated and report…