35-7-121.

35-7-121.

(b) The regulatory authority shall issue notice of a hearing to the license holder. The notice and the hearing shall be governed by the provisions of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act, W.S. 16-3-101 et seq.

(c) Upon completion of the hearing and consideration of the record, the regulatory authority shall issue an order which shall include findings of fact and conclusions of law.

(d) The decision of the regulatory authority may be appealed to the district court pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act, W.S. 16-3-101 et seq.

35-7-127. Repealed by Laws 2022, ch. 55, § 2.

ARTICLE 2 - STATE CHEMIST

35-7-201. Under direction of department of agriculture; appointment; duties generally; salary and expenses; fee for analysis.

(a) The office of state chemist heretofore created by the legislature is hereby transferred with all present and existing appropriations and all property under its control to the state department of agriculture of Wyoming, and shall hereafter be under the direction and supervision of said department. The state chemist shall be appointed by the state board of agriculture with the approval of the Wyoming personnel division and his salary shall be determined and fixed by the Wyoming personnel division to be paid by the state of Wyoming out of any money not otherwise appropriated, the same to be paid by the state auditor in the manner provided for the payment of other accounts against the state, and he shall receive no other salary.

(b) It shall be the duty of the state chemist to make or cause to be made, analysis of such foods, drugs, drinks, gasoline, illuminating oils or other materials relative to the enforcement of this article, as shall be submitted to him or shall be deemed advisable for such analysis, and make a full and complete written report of the same, and when so requested, it shall be his duty to testify in court. He shall receive his necessary traveling expenses as paid to other state employees as allowed by law, to be paid by the state of Wyoming when employed in performing the duties of his office.

(c) Any person, firm, corporation or association, with the exception of cities, counties and state regulatory agencies, who shall submit any article or commodity for analysis or examination shall remit such fee as may be established for the purpose of making this service available to the general public at a reasonable cost, but which fee shall be comparable to that charged for the same service by commercial laboratories operating within the state. Accounting shall be made of all fees so received by the state chemist and shall be paid into the general fund.

(d) The state chemist may allow the testing, inspection and reporting requirements of this article to be conducted electronically as provided by the Uniform Electronic Transaction Act, W.S. 40-21-101 through 40-21-119 and any applicable federal electronic requirements.

35-7-202. Employment of assistant and second assistant chemists; salaries; location of office; duties generally.

The state chemist by and with the approval of the state board of agriculture is hereby authorized to employ an assistant to the state chemist and a second assistant to the state chemist who shall receive salaries to be determined and fixed by the Wyoming personnel division; the salaries to be paid by the state of Wyoming out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, the same to be paid by the state auditor in the manner provided for the payment of such accounts against the state. The assistant chemists shall keep their offices at the University of Wyoming and the board of trustees of said university shall furnish the necessary room for the carrying out of the provisions of this article. The assistant chemists shall perform such duties as they may be required to perform by the state chemist.

35-7-203. Expenses.

The necessary traveling expenses and expenses for the purchase of apparatus, chemicals, etc., shall be paid from any appropriation made by the legislature as a contingent fund for the state chemist; provided, that the expense shall be limited to the appropriation made.  35-7-204. Seal; report.

The state chemist shall keep a seal with which to attest official acts and documents. He shall, as required by W.S.