State Parks and Reserves

Wyo. Stat. Ann. tit. 36, ch. 8
in effect

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-103 Removal of plants or structures prohibited; exception.

No unauthorized person shall, in any manner, remove any tree, shrub, plant, flower, or other attraction of nature within a state park, campground, recreational ground, historical landmark or historical site, nor shall any person disturb any structure therein except with the written permission of the state agency having jurisdiction of the area.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-104 Use of firearms, fireworks, explosives and weapons prohibited; exceptions.

(a) The use of firearms, fireworks, explosives and weapons of all kinds is prohibited in all state parks, campgrounds, recreational grounds, historic landmarks or historic sites providing, however, that: (i) Firearms and weapons that otherwise comply with state law may be used at such times and in such places as the Wyoming game and fish commission may designate; and (ii) A supervised public fireworks display may be held in a state park that is not subject to an open fire ban if the fireworks operator has obtained both a special use permit from the superintendent of the park, pursuant to department rules and regulations, and a permit for the display pursuant to W.S. 35-10-203.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-105 Penalty for violating W.S. 36-8-103 through 36-8-105.

Any person violating the provisions of this law shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon the conviction thereof shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00). Each and every county and state law enforcement officer, game wardens, deputy game wardens of the Wyoming game and fish commission and the director of the department of state parks and cultural resources shall enforce the provisions of this act.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-106 Supervision of museums; legends and historical information.

(a) Unless otherwise provided by law, the department of state parks and cultural resources shall in consultation with the commission, supervise and control any and all museums which are established in the state parks, public recreational grounds, public campgrounds, historic landmarks or historic sites of Wyoming. All items, objects, furnishings and information in any such museum shall be prepared and arranged under the direction of the department of state parks and cultural resources. All museum employees shall be furnished by and be under the direction of such department. The care, maintenance and upkeep of the interior of such museum and outside maintenance of buildings and grounds shall be the responsibility of the department. (b) All legends and historical information placed on any historic landmark or historic site shall be prepared or approved by the department. The department shall also provide all historical and interpretive material to be used both on the approaches to and at historic sites and landmarks within the state. (c) Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 44, § 3.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-202 Definitions.

(a) As used in this act, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning or intent: (i) The term "commission" shall mean the Wyoming Yellowstone Park commission, created by section 4 of this act, or, if said commission shall be abolished, the board, body or authority succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to whom the powers given by this act to the commission shall be given by law; (ii) "Recreational area and facilities" shall mean and embrace all of the area and facilities of the commission in Yellowstone National Park constructed or acquired by lease, license, agreement or purchase, including but not limited to cabins, lodges, hotels, restaurants, commissaries, and any other revenue producing facilities in the recreational area; (iii) "Project" shall be deemed to mean collectively the acquisition or leasing of the recreational area and facilities, the acquisition or the construction of any buildings or other works, together with any incidental approaches, structures, facilities and property reasonably necessary and useful in order to provide new or improved recreational facilities in the recreational area; (iv) The term "bonds" shall mean the bonds, notes, temporary bonds, interim receipts or other obligations issued by the commission pursuant to this act; (v) The term "revenues" shall mean all rates, rentals, admission fees, charges and other income derived from the operation of the project by the commission; (vi) The term "cost" as applied to a project shall include, without being limited to, the cost of acquisition of the project, the cost of construction, the cost of acquisition, leasing or licensing of all land, rights-in-land, property rights, easements and interests by the commission for such construction, the cost of demolishing or removing any buildings or structures on land so acquired, leased or licensed, the cost of all machinery and equipment, financing charges, interest prior to and during construction and for a reasonable period thereafter, cost of estimates and of engineering and legal expenses, plans, specifications, surveys, estimates of cost and revenues, other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of constructing and acquiring, leasing or licensing the project, administrative expense, and such other expense as may be necessary or incident to the construction and acquisition of the project, the financing of such construction and acquisition and the placing of the project in operation. Any moneys appropriated by the state for the purpose of the commission and required to be reimbursed by it shall be considered as a part of the cost of the project and shall be reimbursed to the state out of the proceeds of the bonds issued for the project.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-203 Creation; composition; qualification; appointment; terms and removal of members; election of officers; quorum; compensation and expenses.

(a) There is created an agency and instrumentality of the state to be known as the "Wyoming Yellowstone Park commission" and by that name the commission may sue and be sued and plead and be impleaded. The exercise by the commission of the powers conferred by this act [§§ 36-8-201 through 36-8-238] is an essential governmental function of the state. However, the performance of such governmental functions shall not be construed to relieve the commission from liability for personal injuries or property damages incurred by it through its negligence or the negligence of its servants or agents. (b) The commission shall consist of five (5) members appointed by the governor, by and with the consent of the senate. The members shall be residents of the state and qualified electors therein for a period of at least one (1) year next preceding their appointment. The successor of each member shall be appointed for a term of five (5) years, except that any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall be appointed in accordance with W.S. 28-12-101. Members are eligible for reappointment. The governor may remove members of the commission as provided in W.S. 9-1-202. (c) The commission shall elect one (1) of the members as chairman, another as vice-chairman and another as secretary and treasurer. Three (3) members of the commission constitute a quorum and the vote of three (3) members is necessary for any action taken by the commission. No vacancy in the membership of the commission impairs the right of a quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the commission. (d) The members of the commission shall not receive any compensation for their services, but when actually engaged in the performance of their duties, they shall be paid a per diem for each day of actual service and be reimbursed for their travel expense at the same rate applicable to travel expenses of other state officers. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this act shall be payable solely from funds provided under the authority of this act or otherwise previously appropriated to the commission, and no liability or obligation shall be incurred by the commission beyond the extent to which monies have been provided under the authority of this act or otherwise previously appropriated. (e) Effective July 1, 1979, appointments and terms under this section shall be in accordance with W.S. 28-12-101 through 28-12-103.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-204 Officers, agents and employees.

The commission may select and appoint such officers, agents and employees as it may deem proper. All such officers, agents and employees shall have such powers and duties, shall hold office for such term and be subject to removal in such manner, and shall receive such compensation as the commission shall prescribe and determine.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-205 General powers.

(a) The commission is hereby authorized and empowered: (i) To adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business; (ii) To adopt an official seal and alter the same at pleasure; (iii) To maintain a principal office and suboffice at such place or places within the state as it may designate; (iv) To sue and be sued in its own name, plead and be impleaded; (v) To acquire, lease, license, construct, improve, extend, reconstruct, maintain, repair and operate the project (as herein defined); (vi) To borrow money, make and issue negotiable notes, bonds, refunding bonds, and other evidences of indebtedness or obligations (herein called "bonds") of the commission for any of its authorized purposes, and to secure the payment of such bonds, or any part thereof, by pledge of all or any of its revenues, and to make such agreements with the purchasers or holders of such bonds, or with others in connection with any such bonds, whether issued or to be issued, as the commission shall deem advisable, and in general, to provide for the security for said bonds and the rights of the holders thereof; (vii) To fix, alter, charge and collect rates, rentals, admission fees and other charges for the use of the recreational area and facilities of the project and the services rendered in connection therewith at reasonable and uniform rates, to be determined exclusively by it, for the purpose of providing for the payment of the expenses of the commission, the acquisition, leasing, licensing, construction, improvement, extension, reconstruction, maintenance, repair and operation of the project, the payment of the principal of and interest on its bonds, and to fulfill the terms and provisions of any agreements made with the purchasers or holders of any of its bonds; (viii) To acquire, purchase, hold, use, lease, license, sell, transfer and dispose of any franchise, property, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, or any interest therein, necessary or desirable for carrying out the purpose of the commission; (ix) To make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incident to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers and duties under this act, including contracts, agreements or leases with the United States of America, or any officer or agency thereof, relating to the operation of the commission within the area of Yellowstone National Park and containing such terms and conditions as the commission may deem necessary or desirable, and to employ such management consultants, consulting engineers, attorneys, accountants, construction, appraisal and financial experts, and such other experts, employees and agents as may be necessary in its judgment, and, subject to the provisions of this act, to fix their compensation; (x) To accept gifts, grants, loans, contributions or subsidies from the United States of America, the state, or any agency or instrumentality of either of them, or any individual, person, firm or corporation, and to expend the proceeds thereof for any purpose of the commission; and (xi) To do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers expressly granted in this act.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-206 Exercise of powers.

The exercise of the powers granted by this act will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity, and for the improvement of their health and living conditions, and as the operation and maintenance of the project by the commission will constitute the performance of essential governmental functions the commission shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon any project or any property acquired or used by the commission under the provision of this act or upon the income therefrom, and the bonds issued under the provisions of this act, their transfer and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation within the state.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-207 Authority to maintain and operate program.

In order to maintain and operate a recreational area and facilities program in Yellowstone National Park, the Wyoming Yellowstone Park commission (hereinbefore created) is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire, lease, license, improve, extend, reconstruct, maintain, repair and operate said project (as herein defined), and to issue revenue bonds of the commission payable solely from revenues and funds of the commission, to pay the cost of the project.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-208 Consent of legislature necessary to execute contract.

Provided, however, that before the commission shall execute any contract for the purchase or make any payment for the acquisition of Yellowstone Park recreational areas and facilities, the consent of the Wyoming state legislature shall be first obtained by statute to be hereafter enacted, amending and reenacting this act.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-209 Revolving account.

There is hereby appropriated and credited to a special revolving account to be set up in the state treasury, to be known as the "Wyoming Yellowstone Park commission revolving account", the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00). Moneys shall be released from said account to the commission for the purpose of studying the feasibility of acquiring and leasing the project and the retaining of necessary consulting engineers, financial consultants, attorneys, appraisers, and other services deemed necessary to complete the study of the project and to determine its feasibility from an economic and financial standpoint. Any sums so advanced out of said revolving account for such purposes shall be repaid to said account without interest to the extent of such advance upon the sale of bonds for the project and the amount of any advances from said account shall be included as a part of the cost of the project.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-211 Construction of provisions.

This act, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its habitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof. Division 2. Bonds

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-230 Authority to issue; terms.

(a) The commission shall be empowered and is hereby authorized from time to time to issue its negotiable bonds for any of its public purposes, including the payment of the cost of the project and incidental expenses in connection therewith, and to secure the payment of the same by a lien or pledge covering all or part of its contracts or revenues. The commission shall have power from time to time whenever it deems refunding expedient, to refund any bonds by the issuance of new bonds, whether the bonds to be refunded have or have not matured, and may issue bonds partly to refund bonds then outstanding and partly for any of its additional public purposes. The bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the commission and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates payable at such times as may be determined by the commission, and may be made redeemable before maturity, at the option of the commission, at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the commission prior to the issuance of the bonds. The commission shall determine the form of the bonds, including any interest coupons to be attached thereto, and shall fix the denomination or denominations of the bonds and place or places of payment of principal and interest, which may be at any bank or trust company within or without the state. The bonds shall be signed by the chairman or vice-chairman of the commission or by their facsimile signature, and the official seal of the commission shall be affixed thereto or reproduced thereon and attested by the secretary and treasurer of the commission, and any coupons attached thereto shall bear the facsimile signature of the chairman or vice-chairman of the commission. In case any officer whose signature or facsimile of whose signature shall appear on any bonds or coupons shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of such bonds, such signature or such facsimile shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if he had remained in office until such delivery. All bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall have and are hereby declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the negotiable instruments law of the state. The bonds may be issued in coupon or in registered form, or both, as the commission may determine, and provision may be made for the registration of any coupon bonds as to principal alone and also as to both principal and interest, and for the reconversion into coupon bonds of any bonds registered as to both principal and interest. The commission may sell such bonds in such manner and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interests of the commission. (b) Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds, the commission may under like restrictions, issue interim receipts or temporary bonds, with or without coupons, exchangeable for definitive bonds when such bonds shall have been executed and are available for delivery. The commission may also provide for the replacement of any bonds which shall become mutilated or shall be destroyed or lost. (c) Any resolution or resolutions authorizing any bonds or any issue of bonds may contain provisions, which shall be a part of the contract with the holders of the bonds thereby authorized, as to: (i) Pledging all or any part of the moneys, earnings, income and revenues derived from the project of the commission to secure the payment of the bonds or of any issue of the bonds subject to such agreements with bondholders as may then exist; (ii) The rates, rentals, admission fees and other charges to be fixed and collected and the amounts to be raised in each year thereby, and the use and disposition of the earnings and other revenues; (iii) The setting aside of reserves and the creation of sinking funds and the regulation and disposition thereof; (iv) Limitations on the right of the commission to restrict and regulate the use of the project; (v) Limitations in the purposes to which and the manner in which the proceeds of sale of any issue of bonds may be applied; (vi) Limitations on the issuance of additional bonds, the terms upon which additional bonds may be issued and secured; the refunding of outstanding or other bonds; (vii) The procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with bondholders may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given; (viii) The creation of special funds into which any earnings or revenues of the commission may be deposited; (ix) The terms and provisions of any trust indenture securing the bonds or under which bonds may be issued; (x) Vesting in a trustee or trustees such properties, rights, powers and duties in trust as the commission may determine; (xi) Defining the acts or omissions to act which shall constitute a default in the obligations and duties of the commission to the bondholders and providing the rights and remedies of the bondholders in the event of such default, including as a matter of right the appointment of a receiver, provided, however, that such rights and remedies shall not be inconsistent with the general laws of this state and other provisions of this act; (xii) Limitations on the power of the commission to sell or otherwise dispose of the project, or any part thereof; (xiii) Any other matters, of like or different character which in any way affect the security or protection of the bonds; (xiv) Limitations on the amount of moneys derived from the project to be expended for operating, administrative or other expenses of the commission; (xv) The protection and enforcement of the rights and remedies of the bondholders; (xvi) The obligations of the commission in relation to the acquisition, leasing, licensing, construction, maintenance, operation, repairs and insurance of the project, the safeguarding and application, of all moneys and as to the requirements for the supervision, managements, and approval of consulting engineers and others in connection with construction, reconstruction and operation; (xvii) The payment of the proceeds of bonds and revenues of the project to a trustee or other depository, and for the method of disbursement thereof with such safeguards and restrictions as the commission may determine. (d) It is the intention of the legislature that any pledge of earnings, revenues or other moneys made by the commission shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made; that the earnings, revenues or other moneys so pledged and thereafter received by the commission shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and that the lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the commission irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any other instrument by which a pledge is created need be recorded. (e) Neither the members of the commission nor any person executing the bonds or other obligations shall be liable personally on the bonds or other obligations or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof. (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, any resolution or resolutions authorizing bonds of the commission shall contain a covenant by the commission that it will at all times maintain rates, admission fees, rentals, and other charges sufficient to pay the cost of operation and maintenance of the project, the principal of and interest on any bonds issued pursuant to such resolution or resolutions as the same severally become due and payable, and to maintain any reserves or other funds required by the terms of such resolution or resolutions.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-231 Trust agreements generally.

In the discretion of the commission any bonds issued under the provisions of this act may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the commission and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. Any such trust agreement may pledge or assign the revenues to be received, but shall not convey or mortgage the project or any part thereof. Any such trust agreement or any resolution providing for the issuance of such bonds may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the commission in relation to the acquisition, leasing or licensing of property and the construction, improvement, maintenance, repair, operation and insurance of the project, the rates, admission fees, charges and rentals to be charged, and the custody, safeguarding and application of all moneys, and provision for the employment of managers, and consulting engineers in connection with the construction or operation of the project. It shall be lawful for any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of the state which may act as depository of the proceeds of bonds or of revenues to furnish such indemnifying bonds or to pledge such securities as may be required by the commission. Any such trust agreement may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of trusts, and may restrict the individual right of action of bondholders as is customary in trust agreements or trust indentures securing bonds or debentures of corporations. In addition to the foregoing, any such trust agreement may contain such other provisions as the commission may deem reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of such trust agreement may be treated as a part of the cost of the operation of the project.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-232 Rights of bondholders and trustees.

Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this act or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by such trust agreement or the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds, may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceedings, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of the state or granted hereunder or under such trust agreement or the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this act or by such trust agreement or resolution to be performed by the commission or by any officer thereof, including the fixing, charging and collecting of rates, admission fees, rentals or other charges.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-233 Bonds and expenses not to be indebtedness of state or political subdivisions.

(a) The bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall not be deemed to constitute a debt of the state or of any political subdivision thereof or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or of any such political subdivision, but such bonds shall be payable solely from the funds pledged for their payment as authorized herein, unless such bonds are redeemed from the proceeds of the sale of refunding bonds or cancelled by refunding bonds issued in lieu thereof, issued under the provisions of this act, which refunding bonds shall be payable solely from funds pledged for their payment as authorized herein. All such revenue bonds shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that neither the state nor the commission shall be obligated to pay the same or the interest thereon except from the revenues and funds of the commission, and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state or any political subdivision thereof is pledged or may be pledged, to the payment of the principal of or interest on such bonds. (b) All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this act shall be payable solely from funds provided under the authority of this act, and nothing in this act contained shall be construed to authorize the commission to incur indebtedness or liability on behalf of or payable by the state or any political subdivision thereof.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-234 Bonds deemed legal investments and deposits.

Bonds issued by the commission under the provisions of this act are hereby made securities in which the state and all public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions and public bodies, all banks, bankers, trust companies, trust and loan associations, investment companies and others carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies and insurance associations and others carrying on an insurance business, and all administrators, executors, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest any funds, including capital belonging to them or within their control. The bonds are also hereby made securities which may be deposited with and may be received by all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and political subdivisions for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations is now or may hereafter be authorized.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-235 Pledge by state to bondholders.

The state of Wyoming does pledge to and agrees with the holders of the bonds issued pursuant to this act that the state will not limit or alter the rights herein vested in the commission to acquire, lease, license, construct, improve, extend, reconstruct, maintain, repair and operate the project, to establish and collect the revenues, rates, rentals, admission fees and other charges referred to in this act and to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders of the bonds, or in any way impair the rights and remedies of such bondholders, until the bonds together with interest thereon, interests on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceedings by or on behalf of the bondholders are fully met and discharged.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-236 Moneys deemed trust funds.

All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this act, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues, shall be deemed to be trust funds, to be held and applied solely as provided in this act. The resolution authorizing the bonds of any issue or the trust agreement securing such bonds shall provide that any officer to whom, or any bank or trust company to which, such moneys shall be paid shall act as trustee of such moneys and shall hold and apply the same for the purposes hereof, subject to such regulations as this act and such resolution or trust agreement may provide.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-237 Statutory authority for issuance of bonds and fixing of charges.

(a) This act without reference to other statutes of the state of Wyoming shall constitute full authority for the authorization and issuance of bonds hereunder, and no other act or law with regard to the authorization or issuance of bonds or other obligations or the deposit of the proceeds thereof, or in any way impeding or restricting the carrying out of the acts herein authorized to be done shall be construed as applying to any proceedings hereunder or acts done pursuant hereto, and the bonds may be issued under the provisions of this act without obtaining the consent of any department, division, commission, board, bureau, agency or officer of the state. (b) This act without reference to other statutes of the state of Wyoming shall constitute full authority for the fixing, altering, charging and collection by the commission of rates, fees, rentals and other charges for the use of the recreational areas and facilities of the project and the services rendered in connection therewith at reasonable and uniform rates, to be determined exclusively by the commission, and the commission shall have power and authority to fix, alter, charge and collect such rates, fees, rentals and other charges without obtaining the consent or approval of any department, division, commission, board, bureau, agency or officer of the state.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-238 Existing statutory powers.

The foregoing sections of this act shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby, and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any power now existing except as in this act specifically provided; provided, however, that the issuance of revenue bonds or revenue refunding bonds under the provisions of this act need not comply with the requirements of any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-301 Acceptance of Big Horn Hot Springs.

The state of Wyoming hereby accepts the lands granted by the act of congress of 1897 ceding to the state one (1) square mile in the northeast portion of the historic Shoshone Indian Reservation upon which is located the Big Horn Hot Springs and assents to all of the provisions of said act ceding the same.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-302 Name of park.

From and after the passage of this act, the land managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 in the northeast portion of the historic Shoshone Indian Reservation, upon which is located the Big Horn Hot Springs, is hereby declared to be and shall hereafter be known as the "Hot Springs State Park". The department shall by rule specify the legal description of the state park.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-303 Disposition of monies received.

Except as otherwise provided in this section, any and all monies which may be received for rentals of said lands or waters, or any portion thereof, or for the use of said water in any form or any portion thereof, and all money in any way derived from said state lands shall be paid into the state treasury as other monies belonging to the state and shall be credited by the state treasurer to the general fund. Funds received pursuant to W.S. 36-4-110 from state outdoor recreation areas or facilities on such lands shall be deposited and expended in accordance with W.S. 36-4-121(h).

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-304 Public baths and public campgrounds.

The department of state parks and cultural resources shall retain one-fourth (1/4) of the water in the main or largest principal spring on the state land on the eastern bank of the Big Horn River with sufficient quantity of the land adjacent thereto, upon which suitable bathhouses may be constructed, which shall be open, with preference of use given free to persons who are indigent and suffering from ailments for which bathing in the waters of the Big Horn Hot Springs will afford relief. The department may make necessary rules and regulations governing free baths, the manner and time of bathing, and may require medical examination of applicants for baths. The bathhouse shall remain open not less than ten (10) hours a day each weekday and not less than six (6) hours on Sundays and holidays. The rules shall meet the minimum requirements of rules adopted by the department of agriculture governing public pools and spas. The department, in consultation with the commission, may set apart a suitable location and portion of the lands for public camping purposes but may contract for operation of any campgrounds by competitive sealed bid. Should the department, in consultation with the commission, operate any campground within Hot Springs State Park, the charges per night shall not be less than one-half (1/2) of the average charges imposed by private campground operators within a five (5) mile radius of the Hot Springs State Park. The balance of the water and lands may be leased by the department, in consultation with the commission, for a term not less than five (5) years nor longer than ninety-nine (99) years. The length of the term of each individual lease shall be determined by the department, in consultation with the commission, in accordance with the value of the improvements proposed and actually placed upon the leasehold. The department may by rule provide for special use permits for limited purposes. The department may make rules and regulations with respect to the erection of buildings and improvements upon the individual leaseholds and may prescribe the plans and specifications of, and the materials to be used in the buildings to be erected. The department, in consultation with the commission, in any lease may provide for such plans and buildings and such use thereof as will best carry out the purposes of this chapter in retaining the lands and waters thereon for the treatment and cure of diseases and the pleasure of the general public. The department, in consultation with the commission, may conduct through pipes or otherwise any portion of the waters of the hot springs reserved for free use under this section and to provide baths and bathhouses for the use of the water at such rental or rates as it prescribes.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-305 Adjudication of water right for flow of Big Horn Hot Springs.

The legislature of Wyoming, by enacting W.S. 36-8-304, appropriated and set aside for the state of Wyoming, board of charities and reform, the total flow of the Big Horn Hot Springs at Thermopolis, Wyoming, which was estimated to have been thirteen and one-tenth (13.1) cubic feet per second in 1896. That legislation was intended to be and is hereby declared to have been an application for a permit to appropriate in behalf of the board of charities and reform the total flow of Big Horn Hot Springs at Thermopolis, Wyoming, in compliance with W.S. 41-4-501 through 41-4-506 and 41-4-517. The bathing, medicinal, irrigation uses, and the maintenance of flow of water over the terrace between the springs and the Big Horn River are all beneficial uses and are hereby declared to be beneficial uses. The state board of control is directed to adjudicate a water right in favor of the board of charities and reform, its successors and assignees, for the flow of the Big Horn Hot Springs at Thermopolis, Wyoming, with a priority date of February 17, 1899. The actual flow for adjudicated purposes shall be determined by the state board of control by established procedure. The department of state parks and cultural resources is designated as successor to the state board of charities and reform and the recreation commission under this section.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-306 Transfer of lands to United States.

Whenever in the judgment of the department, in consultation with the commission, the interest of the state will be advanced by granting, conveying or deeding to the United States of America any tract or tracts of land within the Hot Springs State Park not otherwise disposed of, as may be fit and proper or desirable by the United States government, for the construction and maintenance of a veterans soldiers' hospital, sanitarium and recreation grounds, together with the free use of the mineral hot waters of the springs of the Hot Springs State Park, for the use of the United States of America in conducting the same, the department, in consultation with the commission, shall notify the board of land commissioners and the board may grant, convey and deed to the United States of America the designated lands. The president of the board of land commissioners and director are hereby authorized to make, execute and deliver all necessary instruments to complete such grants or conveyances.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-307 Control of use of lands; transfer of control to the Wyoming department of state parks and cultural resources.

(a) The lands granted by the act of congress approved on the seventh day of June, A.D. 1897, ceding to the state of Wyoming certain lands in the northeastern portion of the historic Shoshone Indian Reservation upon which are located the Big Horn Hot Springs, are placed under control of the state board of charities and reform or its successor and are forever set aside for the treatment and care of diseases and for sanitary and charitable purposes. (b) As provided by W.S. 36-4-122 the department of state parks and cultural resources is designated as successor to the state board of charities and reform and recreation commission under this article effective July 1, 1999.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-308 Inspection for health purposes.

The department, in consultation with the commission, may call upon the state department of health to inspect, examine and report fully upon the condition of any and all hotels, sanitariums and buildings, and all places and localities within the limits of the Big Horn Hot Springs state park and to enforce the health laws of the state and the applicable rules and regulations of the department. The department may call upon the state department of agriculture to inspect, examine and report fully upon the condition of any and all bathhouses within the limits of the Big Horn Hot Springs state park and to enforce the health laws of the state and the applicable rules and regulations.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-309 Rules and regulations; adoption, penalty for violation and cancellation of leases.

The department of state parks and cultural resources has full power, control and supervision over the Big Horn Hot Springs State Park, located in Hot Springs county, and all property thereon. The department may adopt rules and regulations for the government of the state park for the conservation of peace and good order within the park, and for the preservation of the property of the state therein, and of the property and people situated and residing or being therein, and to promote the well being of the people, and to declare what constitutes a nuisance within the state park. Any person who violates any rule or regulation adopted and published by the department is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than five dollars ($5.00) and not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or imprisoned for not more than six (6) months or both. Any offender convicted under this act may be permitted, in lieu of cash payment of a fine thus imposed, to work out the fine within the state park, at the rate of five dollars ($5.00) an hour until the amount of the fine is satisfied. Any circuit judge in the fifth judicial district has jurisdiction of all offenses under this article. A defendant convicted under this article has a right to appeal to the district court as provided for appeals from convictions in circuit courts and municipal courts. If any lessee of the state or of the department shall refuse to comply with the order, direction, rule or regulation of the department, or to obey any law of the state defining and punishing nuisances the department may immediately cancel the lease.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-310 Rules and regulations; publication and distribution.

All rules and regulations adopted by the department of state parks and cultural resources for the government of the Big Horn Hot Springs State Park shall be published in pamphlet form and distributed to all officers and persons by law entitled to receive them, and to all lessees upon the state park.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-311 Superintendent.

The department of state parks and cultural resources may employ a superintendent of the Big Horn Hot Springs State Park who shall have charge of all the state property at that park under the direction of the department.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-313 Attendant for free bathhouse.

The department may employ an attendant at the free bathhouse of the Big Horn Hot Springs whose duties shall be specified by the department.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-314 Gambling prohibited; sale of alcoholic beverages regulated; violations.

Gambling in any form is prohibited within the park. The sale of alcoholic liquor except for medicinal purposes shall be subject to any terms, conditions, regulations and license fees as the department in consultation with the commission may determine and prescribe in addition to any requirement for the procurement of a license prescribed by law. Any violation of the provisions of this section or any term, condition or regulation prescribed by the department shall be sufficient ground for the department to cancel the lease of any violator, who shall be subject to expulsion from the state land in addition to any penalty herein prescribed, or prescribed by the laws of Wyoming.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-315 Penalty for public health violations.

Any person who maintains a filthy, unwholesome or offensive house, hotel, bathhouse, sanitarium, dwelling, stable, privy or privy vault, drainpipe or sewer, which is a menace to the public health, or who fails to comply with any order, rule, direction or regulation of the department of state parks and cultural resources, the state department of agriculture or the state department of health is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not exceeding seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or both.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-316 Liability and penalty for livestock roaming at will.

It shall be unlawful for any person, owner or custodian of any livestock to permit the same to roam at will over, upon or across any portion of the lands owned by the state in Hot Springs county and known as the Hot Springs State Reserve. Any owner, drover or other person or persons in charge of loose animals or livestock of any description who shall drive or trail the same upon, across or through any portion of said reserve, shall be liable for any and all damage resulting therefrom. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00). In addition to the foregoing penalty the owner of any such loose animals or livestock shall be liable for any damage caused on said reserve by any such animals or livestock, and the superintendent of said reserve is hereby authorized to seize and restrain at some suitable place any such animals or livestock, and the state shall have a lien thereon for the amount of any fine imposed against the owner and for all damages and costs, including the care of such loose animals or livestock, to be collected in a civil action to be brought in the name of the state in any court of competent jurisdiction. The judgment awarding foreclosure of any such lien shall direct the sale of said loose animals or livestock in the manner now provided by law for the sale of personal property upon execution.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-401 Purchase of hot springs; description of land.

The state board of charities and reform of the state of Wyoming is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to purchase, take and secure the title thereof in the name of the state of Wyoming and pay therefor, in the manner hereinafter provided, the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for the lands within which the Saratoga Hot Springs are situated and located, which said lands are described as follows, to-wit: the northwest one-fourth; the north one-half of the southwest one-fourth, and the southwest one-fourth of the southwest one-fourth of section 13; the east one-half of the southwest one-fourth of section 12 and all that portion of the west one-half of the southwest one-fourth of section 12 not included in Caldwell Hot Springs addition to the town of Saratoga, Carbon county, state of Wyoming; and all of the unsold lots in said addition to-wit: lots 2 to 11, both inclusive, of block 2; blocks 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8; lots 6, 8, 9 and 10 in block 9; lots 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6 in block 14; lots 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 in block 15; (being 108 lots) all in township 17 north, range 84 west of the sixth principal meridian and in said Carbon county, and subject only to the right-of-way heretofore granted to the Saratoga & Encampment Railway Company, together with all the hot medicinal and mineral springs therein contained and all improvements thereon; which said property is commonly known as the Saratoga Hot Springs and contains four hundred twenty (420) acres more or less.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-402 Control and use of property; transfer of control to the Wyoming department of state parks and cultural resources.

(a) The property described in W.S. 36-8-401 is placed under control of the state board of charities and reform or its successors and forever set aside for the treatment and care of diseases and for sanitary, charitable and such other purposes as determined by the board or its successors. (b) As provided by W.S. 36-4-122, the department of state parks and cultural resources is designated as successor to the state board of charities and reform, Wyoming recreation commission and the department of commerce under this article effective July 1, 1999.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-403 Sale of lands and improvements; authority.

Notwithstanding any contrary provisions contained in W.S. 36-8-401, 36-8-402, or in any other provision of law, the sale of the lands and improvements known as and included in the Saratoga Hot Springs Reserve to any person, association of persons, firm or corporation, without restriction as to use or occupancy, is hereby authorized.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-404 Sale of lands and improvements; conduct of sale.

Any sale of the lands and improvements referred to in W.S. 36-8-403 shall be conducted by the state board of land commissioners in the manner provided for the sale of other state lands in W.S. 36-9-101, 36-9-102 and 36-9-104 through 36-9-120, provided, however, that the board shall appoint three (3) qualified disinterested appraisers, not members of the board, to make an appraisal of the said properties, not more than ninety (90) days prior to the call for bids. Any sale so negotiated shall be for cash, and transfer of title shall be by quitclaim deed executed according to the rules of the state board of land commissioners.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-405 Lease of lands and improvements.

The department, in consultation with the commission, may lease the lands and improvements referred to in W.S. 36-8-403 to any person, association, firm or corporation for any lawful purpose, for any term not in excess of ninety-nine (99) years.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-501 South Pass City state historic site.

(a) Repealed By Laws 2010, Ch. 11, § 3. (b) Upon approval by the governor, the department of state parks and cultural resources may purchase in the name of the state of Wyoming the following real property, unless the Carissa gold mine has created unacceptable economical environmental impacts as shown by the department of environmental quality investigation and determined by the governor, in Fremont county containing approximately 312.41 acres which are hereby declared to be part of the South Pass City state historic site: (i) In township 29 north, range 100 west, 6th p.m., SE1/4 SE1/4 NE1/4, NE1/4 NE1/4 SE1/4 of section 20; lots 6, 7, 9, 16, 19 and 24 of section 20; W1/2 SW1/4 NW1/4 of section 21; E1/2 SW1/4 NW1/4 of section 21; and W1/4 SE1/4 NW1/4 of section 21. (c) The lands in Fremont County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 as South Pass City are designated as the South Pass City state historic site. The department shall by rule specify the legal description of the historic site.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-502 Corporate powers.

Except as herein limited the preserve shall have powers like a corporation as provided in the Wyoming Business Corporation Act and by law for nonprofit corporations.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-601 Declaration of Curt Gowdy state park.

(a) The lands in Laramie and Albany counties managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 at Granite Reservoir, Crystal Reservoir and Upper North Crow Reservoir areas known collectively as Curt Gowdy state park are hereby declared to be a state park. The department shall by rule specify the legal description of the state park. (i) Repealed By Laws 2010, Ch. 11, § 3. (ii) Repealed By Laws 2010, Ch. 11, § 3. (iii) Repealed By Laws 2010, Ch. 11, § 3. (iv) Repealed By Laws 2010, Ch. 11, § 3. (v) Repealed By Laws 2010, Ch. 11, § 3. (b) The state park shall be known as the Curt Gowdy state park.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-701 Declaration of Sinks Canyon state park; disposal of land.

(a) The lands in Fremont County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 and known as Sinks Canyon are hereby declared to be a state park. The department shall by rule specify the legal description of the state park. (b) These lands shall not be sold, leased or otherwise disposed of by any state agency without the approval of the legislature.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-702 Administration.

The department of state parks and cultural resources and the Wyoming game and fish commission shall jointly administer this area.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-801 Declaration of area as Fort Fred Steele state historic site; administration; safety facilities.

(a) The lands in Carbon county managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 and known as the Fort Fred Steele area are hereby declared to be a state historic site. The department shall by rule specify the legal description of the site. (i) Repealed By Laws 2010, Ch. 11, § 3. (ii) Repealed By Laws 2010, Ch. 11, § 3. (iii) Repealed By Laws 2010, Ch. 11, § 3. (b) The department of state parks and cultural resources shall administer this area providing for the best possible state historic site, and it shall be the responsibility of the department to provide all reasonable and necessary safety facilities made necessary by reason of the increased hazards resulting from the establishing of a state park adjacent to, and on both sides of, Union Pacific Railroad Company's main line right-of-way and tracks. These safety facilities shall include, but are not limited to, such fencing of Union Pacific Railroad Company's main line right-of-way as is reasonably necessary to prevent access by the general public to such right-of-way; some type of pedestrian walkway through the grade separation to provide pedestrian access between the south and north sides of the site; and either the closing of the Fort Steele grade crossing to the general public or the establishment at said crossing of grade crossing protection devices consisting of flasher lights and gates. The department is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with Union Pacific Railroad Company relative to the department's providing such reasonable and necessary safety facilities. In the event the department and Union Pacific Railroad Company are unable to so agree, the public service commission of Wyoming shall determine what reasonable and necessary safety facilities shall be provided by the department at Fort Fred Steele state historic site, upon application filed with the public service commission of Wyoming by either Union Pacific Railroad Company or the department. These necessary and reasonable safety facilities shall be constructed before the opening of the Fort Fred Steele state historic site to the public.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-902 Designation of lands as Bear River state park; park administration and operation.

(a) The lands in Uinta county managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 and known as Bear River State Park are declared to be a state park. The department shall by rule specify the legal description of the state park. (b) Repealed By Laws 2010, Ch. 11, § 3. (c) Repealed By Laws 2010, Ch. 11, § 3. (d) The department of state parks and cultural resources shall administer and operate the state park created by this section.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-1001 Wyoming Territorial Prison state historic site.

(a) The lands in Albany County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 and known as the Wyoming Territorial Prison are declared to be a state historic site. The department shall by rule specify the legal description of the state historic site. (i) Repealed By Laws 2010, Ch. 11, § 3. (b) The state historic site shall be known as the "Wyoming territorial prison state historic site". (c) The board of land commissioners shall not trade, sell or otherwise dispose of the lands described in subsection (a) of this section without approval of the legislature. (d) The department of state parks and cultural resources shall prepare a plan for the operation of the Wyoming territorial prison historic site by the department as part of the department's comprehensive plan under W.S. 36-4-106: (i) Repealed By Laws 2010, Ch. 11, § 3. (ii) Repealed By Laws 2010, Ch. 11, § 3. (iii) Repealed By Laws 2004, Chapter 73, § 2. (iv) Repealed By Laws 2004, Chapter 73, § 2. (v) Repealed By Laws 2004, Chapter 73, § 2. (vi) Repealed By Laws 2004, Chapter 73, § 2. (vii) Repealed By Laws 2004, Chapter 73, § 2. (viii) Repealed By Laws 2010, Ch. 82, § 3(b). (e) Repealed By Laws 2004, Chapter 73, § 2. (f) The department of state parks and cultural resources is authorized to enter into leasehold or concession agreements in accordance with the plan provided by subsection (d) of this section. Funds received by the department pursuant to this section shall be deposited and expended in accordance with W.S. 36-4-121(h).

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-1002 Transfer of lands; site administration; lease and contract agreements.

(a) Repealed By Laws 2010, Ch. 11, § 3. (b) The department of state parks and cultural resources shall administer, operate and maintain the historic site: (i) In accordance with the plan specified under W.S. 36-8-1001(d). The department may, under lease agreement or contract management arrangement with a local public or private nonprofit entity, provide for special events at the historic site in accordance with W.S. 36-4-121(o) or management of specified areas of the park by the public or private entity; (ii) Repealed By Laws 2004, Chapter 73, § 2. (c) Repealed By Laws 2010, Ch. 11, § 3. (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may impose an admissions fee in excess of fees charged for admissions to other state parks and sites, to fund necessary expenses incurred for park and site development, operations and maintenance. Notwithstanding W.S. 36-4-121(h) daily admission fees collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited into a separate account and may be expended by the department upon legislative appropriation. (e) Notwithstanding W.S. 35-9-121, for the purposes of contested cases involving fire prevention or electrical safety issues, decisions by the city of Laramie are subject to review and final administrative action by the state council on fire prevention, electrical safety and energy efficiency under the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. Decisions of the council are subject to judicial review under the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-1201 Sale of land to town of Guernsey.

(a) The board of land commissioners is authorized and directed to convey its right, title and interest, in the surface estate of the following described parcel of land to the town of Guernsey: That part of the NE1/4 and NE1/4 SE1/4 of Section 34, Township 27 North, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., Platte County, Wyoming, more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the North Quarter corner of said Section 34 and considering the north line of the NE1/4 thereof to bear East, with all bearings herein being relative thereto; thence East along said north line, a distance of 1,092.12 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING said point being on the westerly right-of-way line of the Burlington Northern Railroad; thence southeasterly, along said westerly right-of-way line, on the arc of a nontangent 01°18'11" curve to the left, a distance of 132.08 feet (said curve having a central angle of 01°43'15" and a long chord that bears South 75°22'41" East, 132.07 feet); thence South 76°14'19" East, along said westerly right-of-way line, a distance of 78.86 feet to a point on the west line of the NE1/4 NE1/4 of said Section 34; thence South, along said westerly right-of-way line, and on the west line of said NE1/4 NE1/4, a distance of 25.74 feet; thence South 76°14'19" East, along said westerly right-of-way line, a distance of 805.55 feet to a point 120 feet west of the west bank of the North Platte River; thence South 03°03'30" East, a distance of 2,664.74 feet to a point 120 feet west of the west bank of the North Platte River and on the centerline of U.S. Highway No. 26; thence North 89°58'23" West, along the centerline of said U.S. Highway No. 26, a distance of 581.53 feet; thence North 13°09'42" West, a distance of 2,900.94 feet; thence North 47°01'21" East, a distance of 154.6 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 53.53 acres, more or less and subject to any rights-of-way or other easements as granted or reserved by instruments of record or as now exist thereon. Subject to a 100 foot right-of-way easement along U.S. Highway No. 26. (b) The conveyance authorized by subsection (a) of this section shall be by sale at an appraised value, with terms of the sale to be determined by the board of land commissioners and governing body of the town of Guernsey.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-1202 Sale of land to town of Newcastle.

(a) The board of land commissioners is authorized and directed to convey, its right, title and interest, in the surface estate of the following described parcels of land to the town of Newcastle: Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Block 1, Washington Park Addition; Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Block 2, Washington Park Addition; Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Block 3, Washington Park Addition; Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Block 5, Washington Park Addition; Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Block 6, Washington Park Addition; and Lots 1 and 2 of Block 7, Washington Park Addition; within the town of Newcastle, Wyoming, subject to any rights-of-way or other easements as granted or reserved by instruments of record or as now exist thereon. (b) The conveyance authorized by subsection (a) of this section shall be by sale at an appraised value, with terms of the sale to be determined by the board of land commissioners and the governing body of the town of Newcastle. (c) The office of state lands and investments shall prepare all deeds and documents necessary to complete the transaction. All costs associated with the land appraisal, title insurance and closing shall be paid by the town of Newcastle.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-1203 Sale of land to Uinta County.

(a) The board of land commissioners is authorized and directed to convey, subject to section 2 of this act, its right, title and interest, in the surface estate of the following described parcel of land to Uinta County: A tract of land located in the S1/2 N1/2 and the S1/2 of Section 23, and Section 26, of Township 15 North, Range 120 West, 6th P.M., Uinta County, being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at the Southeast corner of said Section 26, a steel bar w/ 3-1/4" aluminum cap inscribed "Uinta Engineering and Surveying Cloey C. Wall PLS 482 1998", and running thence S 89°55'20" W, 2640.31 feet along the south line thereof to the South one-quarter corner of said Section 26; thence N 89°50'59" W, 876.90 feet along the South line of said Section 26 to the Southeast corner of that Tract of land described by Warranty Deed recorded in Book 882 on Page 82 of the Uinta County Records (Hurdsman Tract), said corner monumented with a steel bar with aluminum cap inscribed "Cloey Wall LS 482"; thence N 29°28'37" W, 3600.73 feet along the easterly line of said Hurdsman Tract to the Northernmost corner thereof, said corner lying on the west line of said Section 26, and being monumented with a steel bar with aluminum cap inscribed "Cloey Wall LS 482"; thence N 0°01'49" E, 2137.49 feet along the west line of said Section 26 to the Northwest corner thereof, said corner monumented with an iron pipe w/ 3" brass cap inscribed "CC Wall RLS 482 1976"; thence N 0°11'49" E, 2647.42 feet along the west line of said Section 23 to the West one-quarter corner thereof, said corner monumented with an iron pipe w/ 3" brass cap inscribed "Cloey C Wall LS 482 1974"; thence N 0°04'54" E, 1050.99 feet along the west line of said Section 23 to the southerly right-of-way of Interstate Highway No. 80; thence S 82°12'36" E, 625.13 feet along said Interstate 80 right-of-way to a point on the southerly right-of-way of old U.S. Highway No. 30; thence S 7°46'24" W, 81.66 feet along said U.S. 30 right-of-way to a point lying on a curve to the right having a radius of 22659.11 feet, from which point a radial line bears S 7°46'24" W, said point being monumented with a standard Wyoming Highway Department concrete right-of-way monument; thence southeasterly 2438.77 feet along the arc of said curve and said Highway 30 right-of-way through a central angle of 6°10'00", the long chord of which bears S 79°08'36" E, 2437.59 feet, to a point tangent, said point being monumented with a steel bar with 1-1/2" aluminum cap inscribed "Ted Taggart PLS 6953"; thence S 76°03'36" E, 596.06 feet along said U.S. 30 right-of-way to a point monumented with a steel bar with 1-1/2" aluminum cap inscribed "Ted Taggart PLS 6953"; thence N 13°56'24" E, 100.00 feet along said U.S. 30 right-of-way to a point monumented with a steel bar with 1-1/2" aluminum cap inscribed "Ted Taggart PLS 6953"; thence S 76°03'36" E, 1684.16 feet along said U.S. 30 right-of-way to a point on the east line of said Section 23, said point being monumented with a steel bar with 1-1/2" aluminum cap inscribed "Ted Taggart PLS 6953"; thence S 0°09'38" E, 2600.15 feet along the east line of said Section 23 to the Southeast corner thereof, said corner being monumented with a steel bar with 3-1/4" aluminum cap inscribed "Wasatch Surveying Ted T Taggart PLS 6953 2003"; thence S 0°21'11" E, 2645.67 feet along the east line of said Section 26 to the East one-quarter corner thereof, said corner being monumented with a steel bar w/ 3-1/4" aluminum cap inscribed "Uinta Engineering and Surveying Cloey C. Wall PLS 482 1991"; thence S 0°18'33" E, 2646.48 feet along the east line of said Section 26 to the POINT OF BEGINNING; said tract containing 956.567 acres, more or less, and subject to any rights-of-way or other easements as granted or reserved by instruments of record or as now exist thereon. (b) The board of land commissioners is authorized and directed to convey, subject to section 2 of this act, its right, title and interest, in the surface estate of the following described parcel of land to Uinta County: A tract of land located in the N1/2 NW1/4 of Section 23, Township 15 North, Range 120 West, 6th P.M., Uinta County being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at the Northwest corner of said Section, the original stone monument, and running thence N 89°45'09" E, 1686.77 feet along the north line thereof to the Northwest corner of that tract of land described by Quitclaim Deed recorded in Book 541 on Page 46 of the Uinta County Records (Uinta County Tract), said corner monumented with a 5/8" steel bar; thence S 8°57'34" E, 994.33 feet along the westerly boundary of said Uinta County Tract to the Northwest corner of that Exception Tract contained within said Quitclaim Deed; thence S 82°01'39" E, 116.21 feet along the boundary of said Exception Tract; thence S 15°52'43" W, 99.87 feet along the boundary of said Exception Tract; thence S 74°05'51" E, 367.79 feet along the boundary of said Exception Tract to the westerly right-of-way of Uinta County Road No. 109; thence S 15°54'44" W, 80.00 feet along the boundary of said Exception Tract and said right-of-way to the Northeast corner of that tract of land described by Quitclaim Deed recorded in Book 834 on Page 143 of said Records (Taggart Tract), said corner monumented with a 1" diameter steel pipe; thence N 74°05'51" W, 447.74 feet along the boundary of said Exception Tract and the North line of said Taggart Tract to the Northwest corner thereof, said corner lying on the easterly line of that tract of land described by Warranty Deed recorded in Book 787 on Page 283 of said Records (GCP, LLC Tract), said corner monumented with a 1" diameter steel pipe; thence N 15°52'43" E, 88.00 feet along the easterly line of said GCP, LLC Tract to the Northeast corner thereof, said corner monumented with a steel bar with aluminum cap inscribed "Cloey Wall LS 482"; thence N 81°21'12" W, 933.92 feet along the North line of said GCP, LLC Tract to the Northwest corner thereof, said corner monumented with a steel bar with aluminum cap inscribed "Cloey Wall LS 482"; thence S 7°47'24" W, 399.84 feet along the westerly line of said GCP, LLC Tract to the northerly right-of-way of Interstate Highway No. 80; thence N 82°12'36" W, 203.13 feet along said right-of-way to a standard Wyoming Transportation Department monument; thence N 7°47'24" E, 50.00 feet along said right-of-way to a standard Wyoming Transportation Department monument; thence N 82°12'36" W, 690.65 feet to the West line of said Section; thence N 0°04'54" E, 1142.53 feet along said West line to the POINT OF BEGINNING; said tract containing 45.928 acres, more or less and subject to any rights-of-way or other easements as granted or reserved by instruments of record or as now exist thereon. (c) The board of land commissioners is authorized and directed to convey, subject to section 2 of this act, its right, title and interest, in the surface estate of the following described parcel of land to Uinta County: That tract of land described in subsection (a) of this section, excluding those lands designated as Bear River State park pursuant to W.S. 36-8-902(a) and subject to any rights-of-way or other easements as granted or reserved by instruments of record or as now exist thereon. (d) The conveyances authorized in this section shall be by sale at fair market value as determined by an appraisal.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-1204 Fort Bridger state historic site; acceptance of lands.

The legislature authorizes the acceptance of the following lands to be included in the Fort Bridger state historic site managed by the department of state parks and historic sites upon final negotiation with Uinta County: Township 16 North, Range 115 West, NW1/4 of the SE1/4 of the SW1/4 of Section 33, the North 30' of Carter Avenue, between Block 15 and Block 6 of the Carter's Addition to Fort Bridger as said plat is recorded in the Uinta County Records office.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-1402 Wyoming historic mine trail and byway system; creation; department duties and processes for trail and byway development; advisory groups.

(a) The Wyoming historic mine trail and byway system is created for purposes of designating and identifying historic mine locations and trails and byways linking historic mines within the state, and as such, shall: (i) Provide a precise history of mineral development in Wyoming; (ii) Interpret the role of mining and minerals in the development of Wyoming's economy; (iii) Identify and describe Wyoming's mining and mineral development heritage. (b) The Wyoming historic mine trail and byway system shall be established by the department of state parks and cultural resources. The system shall expand upon the first designated historic mine trail and byway as established by this subsection, which shall link the gold mines located in South Pass City, Miners' Delight and Atlantic City, Wyoming, to the iron mines located near Atlantic City, to the uranium mines in the Crooks Gap and Gas Hills mining districts located in Fremont County, Wyoming. (c) Repealed By Laws 2009, Ch. 6, § 2. (d) Repealed By Laws 2009, Ch. 6, § 2.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-1501 State park designation; state historic site designation; state archeological site designation; state recreation area designation.

(a) In addition to state parks designated in other statutes, the following lands are designated as state parks and the department shall by rule specify the legal description of the parks: (i) The lands in Fremont County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 as Boysen state park; (ii) The lands in Park County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 as Buffalo Bill state park; (iii) The lands in Natrona County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 as Edness Kimball Wilkins state park; (iv) The lands in Platte County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 as Glendo state park; (v) The lands in Platte County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 as Guernsey state park; (vi) The lands in Crook County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 as Keyhole state park; (vii) The lands in Carbon County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 as Seminoe state park. (b) In addition to state historic sites designated in other statutes, the following lands are designated as state historic sites and the department shall by rule specify the legal description of the sites: (i) The lands in Albany County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 as Ames Monument state historic site; (ii) The lands in Sheridan County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 as Conner Battlefield state historic site; (iii) The lands in Sheridan County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 as Fetterman Battlefield state historic site; (iv) The lands in Sublette County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 as Fort Bonneville state historic site; (v) The lands in Uinta County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 as Fort Bridger state historic site; (vi) The lands in Converse County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 as Fort Fetterman state historic site; (vii) The lands in Johnson County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 as Fort Phil Kearny state historic site; (viii) The lands in Johnson County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 as Fort Reno state historic site; (ix) The lands in Uinta County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 as Fort Supply state historic site; (x) The lands in Sweetwater County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 as Granger Stage Station state historic site; (xi) The lands in Laramie County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 as the Historic Governors' Mansion state historic site; (xii) The lands in Natrona County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 as Independence Rock state historic site; (xiii) Repealed by Laws 2018, ch. 30, § 2. (xiv) The lands in Lincoln County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 as Names Hill state historic site; (xv) The lands in Platte County managed by the department as of July 1, 2018 as Oregon Trail state historic site including the Trail Ruts and Register Cliff units; (xvi) The lands in Uinta County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 as Piedmont Kilns state historic site; (xvii) The lands in Carbon County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 as Platte River Stage Crossing state historic site; (xviii) The lands in Sweetwater County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 as Point of Rocks Stage Station state historic site; (xix) The lands in Natrona County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 as Red Buttes Battle and Cemetery state historic site; (xx) Repealed by Laws 2018, ch. 30, § 2. (xxi) The lands in Sheridan County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 as Trail End state historic site; (xxii) The lands in Sheridan County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 as Wagon Box Fight state historic site; (xxiii) The lands in Platte County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 as Wyoming Pioneer Museum state historic site; (xxiv) The lands in Converse County managed by the department as of July 1, 2018 as Camp Douglas state historic site; (xxv) The lands in Campbell County managed by the department as of July 1, 2018 as LX Bar Ranch state historic site; (xxvi) The lands in Laramie County managed by the department as of the date of any agreement made in accordance with W.S. 36-8-1601(a) as Quebec 1 missile alert facility state historic site. (c) In addition to state archaeological sites designated in other statutes, the following lands are designated as state archaeological sites and the department shall by rule specify the legal description of the sites: (i) The lands in Hot Springs County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 as Legend Rock state archaeological site; (ii) The lands in Big Horn County managed by the department as of July 1, 2018 as Medicine Lodge state archaeological site including upon mutual written agreement with the Wyoming game and fish department the following adjacent state lands to be managed by the department of state parks and cultural resources: (A) A parcel of land of approximately ten (10) acres in Dry Fork canyon; (B) A parcel of land of approximately fourteen (14) acres of the pasture parcel in the hay meadow; (C) A parcel of land of approximately twenty-eight (28) acres west of park headquarters. (iii) The lands in Platte County managed by the department as of July 1, 2023 as Sutton state archaeological site. (d) The lands in Goshen County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 as Hawk Springs recreation area are designated as the Hawk Springs state recreation area. The department shall by rule specify the legal description of the recreation area.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-1601 Authorizing lease or use of Quebec 1 missile alert facility; declaration of Quebec 1 missile alert facility state historic site.

(a) The legislature authorizes the department of state parks and cultural resources, in consultation with the governor and the attorney general, to negotiate a lease or use agreement for the Quebec 1 missile alert facility from the United States department of the air force to allow the department of state parks and cultural resources to operate the facility as a historic site. Any lease or use agreement may include a provision that provides facilities for volunteer firemen to store equipment and vehicles. (b) Before entering into any lease or use agreement under subsection (a) of this section: (i) The department of state parks and cultural resources shall hold a public hearing to receive input on how operating the facility as a historic site may affect adjacent landowners and on the advisability of proceeding with the lease or use agreement; (ii) An environmental baseline survey pursuant to Air Force Instruction 32-7066 shall be completed. The survey shall identify the nature and magnitude of environmental contamination of the property. The survey shall include a search of all available historic and operational records and survey reports, collection of samples as appropriate and inspections; (iii) Upon completion of the hearing and the survey, the department of state parks and cultural resources shall report the findings of the hearing and the results of the survey to the joint travel, recreation, wildlife and cultural resources interim committee and the governor. After receiving the findings of the hearing and the report under this subsection, the governor may authorize the execution of the lease or use agreement negotiated under subsection (a) of this section. (c) If the governor determines that it is in the best interests of the state to take ownership of the Quebec 1 missile alert facility, the governor is authorized to negotiate the terms of the transfer. Negotiations shall include, but not be limited to, consideration of whether the state may acquire by way of donation equipment and accessories from the United States department of the air force used when the Quebec 1 missile alert facility was in full operation or used in other related or nonrelated military operations to enhance the experience of the historic site, including retired missile shells and retired military aircraft, vehicles and arms. A transfer under this subsection shall be in accordance with the following: (i) Prior to any transfer, the department of state parks and cultural resources shall hold a public hearing to receive input on how operating the facility as a historic site may affect adjacent landowners and on the advisability of proceeding with the transfer. Upon completion of the hearing, the department of state parks and cultural resources shall report the findings of the hearing to the governor; (ii) The legislature authorizes the governor to accept the terms of the transfer provided that: (A) The governor considers the findings reported under paragraph (i) of this subsection and determines it is in the best interests of the state to take ownership of the facility; (B) The governor reports the terms of the transfer to the joint appropriations committee prior to the transfer; (C) The terms of the transfer include a provision requiring the United States department of the air force or other appropriate agency to retain liability for all environmental, closure and reclamation obligations that exist as of the date of the potential transfer. (d) Upon transfer of land, the Quebec 1 missile alert facility is declared to be a state historic site and shall be known as the "Quebec 1 missile alert facility state historic site".

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-1602 Administration; fees.

(a) Upon the execution of a use or lease agreement under this article, the department of state parks and cultural resources is authorized to administer, operate and maintain the historic site in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, and the programmatic agreement between the United States department of the air force and the department of state parks and cultural resources. The historic site shall be open to the public for a seasonal period as determined by the department of state parks and cultural resources. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department of state parks and cultural resources may impose an admissions fee in excess of fees charged for admissions to other state parks and sites to fund necessary expenses incurred for development, operations, personnel and maintenance of the Quebec 1 missile alert facility. Funds collected from the admissions fee shall be deposited in a separate account and are continuously appropriated to the department to pay expenses authorized by this subsection. The remaining funds collected from the admissions fee at the end of the fiscal year may be deposited in the state parks account and expended in accordance with W.S. 36-4-121(h). Revenues and expenditures under this subsection for each of the immediately preceding two (2) fiscal years shall be reported within the department's biennial budget request submitted under W.S. 9-2-1013.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 36-8-1701 Ranch A account; use of funds.

(a) There is created the Ranch A account. The board of land commissioners shall deposit all earnings, whether from lease or otherwise, generated by state owned property commonly known as "Ranch A" to the account. The board may accept gifts from any individual or entity for Ranch A and shall deposit those funds to the account. Funds in the account from any source are continuously appropriated to the board for purposes of capital construction projects, major maintenance and maintenance of the outdoor recreation area and the facilities comprising Ranch A. Notwithstanding W.S. 9-2-1008 and 9-4-207, any earnings from funds in the account shall be credited to the account and shall not lapse at the end of any fiscal period. (b) As used in this section "Ranch A" means the following described property: In township 52 north, range 60 west, 6th p.m., section 18, lots 3, 4: SE1/4 SW1/4: SW1/4 SE1/4: 7.79 acres in NE1/4 SW1/4; section 19 lot 1, NE1/4 NW1/4. In township 52 north, range 61 west, 6th p.m., section 13: lot 4: W1/2 SE1/4: SE1/4 SE1/4; section 24 NE1/4 (less 1.0 acre): NE1/4 NW1/4: E1/2 NE1/4 NW1/4 SE1/4 less south 50 feet: W1/2 NW1/4 NE1/4 SE1/4 less south 50 feet. All containing six hundred twelve and ninety-four hundredths (612.94) acres more or less.
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