Title 09 · WY
15-9-220, 16-6-118 or 16-9-203(f). Those provisions shall
Citation: Wyo. Stat. § 15-9-220
Section: 15-9-220
15-9-220, 16-6-118 or 16-9-203(f). Those provisions shall control to the extent inconsistent with this section. 9-13-107. Actions taken while negotiating for employment.
A public official, public member or public employee may not vote or take an official action in a matter affecting a person with whom the public official, public member or public employee is negotiating for prospective employment.
9-13-108. Disclosure required.
(a) Not later than January 31 annually, each of the state's five (5) elected officials and each member of the Wyoming legislature shall file a financial disclosure form with the secretary of state. The form shall be signed by the elected official or legislator filing it and under a certification that it is accurate. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the financial disclosure form shall contain the following information current as of January 15 of that year:
(i) A list of all offices, directorships and salaried employment held by the person filing the form in any business enterprise, but excluding offices and directorships in a nonprofit corporation where no compensation is received for service;
(ii) A list generally describing the sources of, but not the amount of, the member's income;
(iii) A list of all state entities the person, or the person's business enterprise in which the person owns ten percent (10%) or more interest, has a contract with for services and supplies in an amount greater than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00). The list shall include all contracts subject to this paragraph entered into by the elected official or legislator on and after January 15 of the prior year. For each contract, this list shall include the name and address of the business enterprise, if applicable, and state entity, the type and description of the contract and the effective date and term of the contract. For purposes of this paragraph "state entity" as defined in W.S. 9-13-102(a)(xv) shall include a court or an agency in the judicial branch.
(b) Forms may be submitted by facsimile transmission under the same terms and conditions specified for campaign reports under W.S. 22-25-106. For the purposes of this section, "salaried employment" means an employment relationship under which the employee is compensated, at least in part, by payment of a specified dollar amount for each month, or longer period, of service.
(c) The disclosure form shall be as prescribed by the secretary of state but in substantially the following form:
"State Elected Official Financial Disclosure Form
Name of Official:
Office held:
Business address:
Business phone number:
Home address:
Home phone number:
I. Offices, directorships and employment
a. Offices held in business enterprises (includes partnerships)
Office Name and address of business enterprise
b. Directorships held in business enterprises
Name and address of business enterprise
c. Salaried employment
Job Title Name and address of business enterprise
II. Sources of income
a. Employment Name and address of Employer
b. Business interests Name and address of all business entities but excluding interests if less than ten percent (10%) of the entity is owned, or sole proprietorship from which income is earned, or describe generally
c. Investments Income earned
Yes No i. Any security or
interest earnings ___ ___
ii. Real estate,
leases, royalties ___ ___
d. Other (Describe generally)
III. Contracts
a. Name and address of business enterprise, if applicable
b. Name and address of state entity
c. Type, description, date and term of contract".
9-13-109. Penalties.
(a) Any person who violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable upon conviction by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).
(b) Violation of any provision of this act constitutes sufficient cause for termination of a public employee's employment or for removal of a public official or public member from his office or position.
(c) If any action is prohibited both by this act and any provision of title 6, the provisions of this act shall not apply and the provisions of title 6 shall apply.
CHAPTER 14 - PROTECTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
ARTICLE 1 - PROTECTION OF WYOMING INTERESTS
9-14-101. Second amendment defense.
The attorney general may seek to intervene or file an amicus curiae brief in any lawsuit filed in any state or federal court in Wyoming, or filed against any Wyoming citizen or firm in any other jurisdiction for damages for injuries as a result of the use of fire arms that are not defective, if in his judgment, the action endangers the constitutional right of citizens of Wyoming to keep and bear arms. The attorney general is directed to advance arguments that protect the constitutional right to bear arms. Before intervening in any lawsuit pursuant to this section, the attorney general shall obtain the approval of the governor.
9-14-102. Unauthorized federal agency actions.
(a) The legislature finds:
(i) Rules enacted and other actions taken by a federal agency in excess of authority authorized by the United States congress acting within its powers under the United States constitution violate the constitution;
(ii) The federal environmental protection agency has increasingly expanded its rulemaking authority granted by the United States congress;
(iii) Current rulemaking and other actions of the federal environmental protection agency have severely impacted the ability of the state and its citizens to prudently develop the state's natural resources;
(iv) The federal occupational safety and health administration has expanded its regulation of highly hazardous chemicals on questionable authority;
(v) When rulemaking and other actions of the federal environmental protection agency or the federal occupational safety and health administration rest on questionable congressional authority the state is authorized to protect its interests and the interests of its citizens and should challenge those actions, including unlawful rulemaking.
(b) The legislature declares it is the state's policy to vigorously defend its interests and those of its citizens against rulemaking and other actions of the federal environmental protection agency or the federal occupational safety and health administration which are not authorized by the United States congress or which rest upon questionable authority.
(c) The attorney general may seek to take action before the federal environmental protection agency, the federal occupational safety and health administration or in any state or federal court to stop the enforcement, administration or implementation of rulemaking or other actions taken by those agencies if, in his judgment, the rulemaking or other action exceeds the authority granted by the United States congress or otherwise rests on questionable authority. Before intervening in or initiating any lawsuit pursuant to this section, the attorney general shall obtain the approval of the governor.
9-14-103. COVID-19 vaccine mandate; prohibitions.
(a) As used in this section:
(i) "COVID-19" means as defined by W.S. 1-1- 141(a)(ii);
(ii) "COVID-19 vaccination" means any vaccine that is marketed to prevent COVID-19 or any vaccine that is marketed to diminish or decrease the symptoms of COVID-19;
(iii) "Public entity" means as defined by W.S. 16-6- 101(a)(viii) except that "public entity" does not include an entity receiving federal funding that by complying with subsection (b) of this section would lose that federal funding.
(b) No public entity shall enforce any mandate or standard of the federal government, whether emergency, temporary or permanent, that requires an employer to ensure or mandate that an employee shall receive a COVID-19 vaccination.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this section, to the extent that this section conflicts with a federal law, regulation, rule, standard or order, subsection (b) of this section shall not be enforced after the federal law, regulation, rule, standard or order takes legal effect that requires Wyoming employers to comply with a federal COVID-19 vaccine requirement or mandate.
(d) Notwithstanding subsection (c) of this section, subsection (b) of this section shall be enforceable during any period in which the federal law, regulation, rule, standard or order is subject to a federal judicial stay applicable in Wyoming or is otherwise repealed, withdrawn, superseded or declared by a federal court of competent jurisdiction to be unlawful or unenforceable.
ARTICLE 2 - SECOND AMENDMENT PROTECTION ACT
9-14-201. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Second Amendment Protection Act."
9-14-202. Declaration of authority.
(a) The Second Amendment Protection Act is enacted under the authority of the second and tenth amendments to the United States Constitution, article 1, section 24 of the Wyoming Constitution, Wyoming's agreement with the United States that the state adopted when it joined the Union under the United States Constitution's system of dual sovereignty, and Printz v. United States, 521 U.S. 898 (1997).
(b) The legislature further declares that the authority for W.S. 9-14-201 through 9-14-203 is provided by the findings in W.S. 6-8-406.
9-14-203. Prohibiting the enforcement of federal regulation of firearms, firearm accessories, magazines and ammunition; penalties; defense of Wyoming citizens.
(a) This state and all political subdivisions of this state are prohibited from using any personnel or funds appropriated by the legislature of the state of Wyoming or any other source of funds that originated within the state of Wyoming to enforce, administer or cooperate with any unconstitutional act, law, treaty, executive order, rule or regulation of the United States government that infringes on or impedes the free exercise of individual rights guaranteed under the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.
(b) Nothing in this act shall limit or restrict a public officer, as defined in W.S. 6-5-101(a)(v), from providing assistance to federal authorities for purposes not specifically identified in subsection (a) of this section. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit Wyoming governmental entities from accepting federal funds for law enforcement purposes.
(c) Any public officer, as defined in W.S. 6-5-101(a)(v), who knowingly violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), or both.
ARTICLE 3 - PROHIBIT RED FLAG GUN SEIZURE ACT
9-14-301. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Prohibit Red Flag Gun Seizure Act."
9-14-302. Prohibiting the implementation or enforcement of a red flag gun seizure, preempting local law, penalties.
(a) For purposes of this act:
(i) "Red flag gun seizure" means a federal statute, rule, executive order, judicial order or judicial finding or any state statute, rule, executive order, judicial order or judicial finding that does any of the following:
(A) Prohibits a specific person from owning, possessing, transporting, transferring or receiving a firearm, ammunition or related accessories unless the person has been convicted of a felony crime, is currently adjudicated to be legally incompetent, has been committed to a mental institution, is an alien who is illegally or unlawfully in the state of Wyoming, has been dishonorably discharged from a branch of the armed forces of the United States, has been convicted of a crime listed under W.S. 6-2-510(b)(ii) or 6-2-511(b)(ii), is a fugitive from justice under 7-3-213, is subject to an order of protection prohibiting firearms pursuant to W.S. 7-3-508, 7-3- 509, 35-21-104, 35-21-105 or a substantially similar law of another jurisdiction, is ordered not to possess a firearm, ammunition or related accessories as a condition of bond, parole or probation, is subject to an order of involuntary hospitalization under W.S. 25-10-110 or is subject to an order to seize a firearm, ammunition or related accessories under W.S.