9-8-202. Repealed By Laws 2013, Ch. 192, § 2.

9-8-202. Repealed By Laws 2013, Ch. 192, § 2.  9-8-203. Repealed By Laws 2013, Ch. 192, § 2.

9-8-204. Repealed By Laws 2013, Ch. 192, § 2.

ARTICLE 3 - LOCAL LEVEL

9-8-301. Development of plans.

(a) All local governments shall develop a local land use plan within their jurisdiction.

(b) All incorporated cities and towns shall have the option to develop a land use plan in accordance with the requirements of W.S. 9-8-302(a), or cooperate with the county to develop such a plan under W.S. 9-8-302(b).

(c) All counties shall develop a countywide land use plan which shall incorporate the land use plans of all incorporated cities and towns within the county.

(d) As used in this article:

(i) "Local land use plan" means any written statement of land use policies, visions, goals and objectives adopted by local governments. Local land use plans shall provide an explanation of the methods for implementation of the plan, however, these plans shall not require any provisions for zoning and implementation of the plan shall be subject to the provisions of this article. Any local land use plan may contain maps, graphs, charts, illustrations or any other form of written or visual communication;

(ii) "Zoning" means a form of regulatory control granted to local governments which may be used to guide and to develop specific allowable land use.

(e) Local land use plans may guide local governments in adopting or amending local zoning regulations, however, such plans shall not be construed as a substitute for, or equivalent to, duly enacted local zoning regulations, which have the force and effect of law. Local land use plans shall be implemented in accordance with the following:

(i) In the event of a conflict between a duly enacted local zoning regulation and a local land use plan the local zoning regulation shall control;  (ii) No local government shall require that a land use or physical development be consistent with a local land use plan unless the applicable provisions of the local land use plan have been incorporated into the local zoning regulations.

(f) Nothing in this article shall allow any local government to use a local land use plan as authority to deny or restrict a permissible land use or physical development which is not restricted or prohibited under existing zoning regulations.

9-8-302. Procedural requirements; intergovernmental cooperation.

(a) The duty, procedures and requirements for public hearings and responsibility for land use planning at the local level shall be exercised by the cities and towns pursuant to W.S. 15-1-601 et seq. and by the respective counties pursuant to W.S. 18-5-201 et seq.

(b) For the purpose of development of local land use plans, the local government within each city, town and county may cooperate in the development of land use plans in accordance with the powers granted by the Wyoming Joint Powers Act.

CHAPTER 9 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOAN PROGRAM

9-9-101. Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 151, § 1.

9-9-102. Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 151, § 1.

9-9-103. Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 151, § 1.

9-9-104. Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 151, § 1.

9-9-105. Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 151, § 1.

9-9-106. Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 151, § 1.

9-9-107. Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 151, § 1.

9-9-108. Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 151, § 1.

9-9-109. Termination of board.

W.S. 9-9-101 through 9-9-108 are repealed effective July 1, 1995.  CHAPTER 10 - WYOMING PARTNERSHIP CHALLENGE LOAN PROGRAM

9-10-101. Renumbered By Laws 1998, ch. 6, § 4.

9-10-102. Renumbered By Laws 1998, ch. 6, § 4.

9-10-103. Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 6, § 5.

9-10-104. Renumbered by Laws 1998, ch. 6, § 4.

9-10-105. Renumbered By Laws 1998, ch. 6, § 4..

9-10-106. Renumbered By Laws 1998, ch. 6, § 4.

9-10-107. Renumbered By Laws 1998, ch. 6, § 4.

9-10-108. Renumbered by Laws 1998, ch. 6, § 4.

CHAPTER 11 - STATE GOVERNMENT FRAUD REDUCTION

9-11-101. Short title.

This chapter may be cited as the "State Government Fraud Reduction Act."

9-11-102. Definitions; applicability.

(a) As used in this chapter:

(i) "Employee" means any person who works an average of twenty (20) hours or more per week during any six (6) month period and who is employed by the state performing a service for wages or other remuneration, excluding an independent contractor;

(ii) "Political subdivision" means a county, municipal or special district governing body or any combination thereof, school district or municipal corporation or a board, department, commission, council, agency or any member or employee thereof;

(iii) "State" means the state of Wyoming and any authority, board, commission, department, division or separate operating agency of the executive, legislative or judicial branch of the state of Wyoming, excluding its political subdivisions.  9-11-103. Discrimination against certain employees prohibited; civil action against employer.

(a) No state employer may discharge, discipline or retaliate against an employee by unreasonably altering the terms, location or conditions of employment because the employee acting in good faith and within the scope of duties of employment:

(i) Reports in writing to the employer what the employee has reasonable cause to believe is a demonstration of fraud, waste or gross mismanagement in state government office;

(ii) Reports in writing to the employer what the employee has reasonable cause to believe is a violation of a law, regulation, code or rule adopted under the laws of this state or the United States;

(iii) Reports in writing to the employer what the employee has reasonable cause to believe is a condition or practice that would put at risk the health or safety of that employee or any other individual;

(iv) Participates or is requested to participate in any investigation, hearing or inquiry; or

(v) Has refused to carry out a directive which is beyond the scope, terms and conditions of his employment that would expose the employee or any individual to a condition likely to result in serious injury or death, after having sought and been unable to obtain a correction of the dangerous condition from the employer.

(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to an employee who has reported or caused to be reported a violation or unsafe condition or practice, unless the employee has first brought the alleged violation, condition or practice to the attention of a person having supervisory authority over the employee and has allowed the state employer a reasonable opportunity to correct that violation, condition or practice. Prior notice to a person having supervisory authority is not required if the employee reasonably believes that the report may not result in prompt correction of the violation, condition or practice. In such cases, the employee shall report the violation, condition or practice to the department or agency director of the state entity with which he is employed or to the office of the governor. In the event the alleged violation, condition or practice occurred within the office of the governor, the employee may report the violation, condition or practice to the office of the secretary of state.

(c) Any employee who is discharged, disciplined or otherwise penalized by a state employer in violation of this section may after exhausting all available administrative remedies, bring a civil action within ninety (90) days after the date of the final administrative determination or within ninety (90) days after the violation, whichever is later, in the district court for the judicial district in which the violation is alleged to have occurred or where the state employer has its principal office. An employee's recovery from any action under this section shall be limited to reinstatement of his previous job, payment of back wages and re-establishment of employee benefits to which he would have otherwise been entitled if the violation had not occurred. In addition, the court may allow the prevailing party his costs together with reasonable attorney's fees to be taxed by the court. Any employee found to have knowingly made a false report shall be subject to disciplinary action by his employer up to and including dismissal.

(d) A state employer shall ensure that its employees are aware of their rights under this chapter.

9-11-104. Repealed By Laws 2002, Ch. 29, § 1.

CHAPTER 12 - WYOMING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT

ARTICLE 1 - IN GENERAL

9-12-101. Short title.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Wyoming Economic Development Act."

9-12-102. Definitions.

(a) As used in this act, the following terms have the following meanings, except where the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(i) "Board" means the board of directors of the council;  (ii) "Council" means the Wyoming business council, the body corporate created by this article;

(iii) "Federal agency" means the United States, the President of the United States, and any department, corporation, agency, or instrumentality heretofore or hereafter created, designated, or established by the United States;

(iv) "Financial aid" means:

(A) The infusion of risk capital to persons by making investments for use in the development and exploitation of specific products;

(B) The purchase of securities;

(C) Royalty agreements;

(D) Loans and loan guarantees;

(E) Any contractual arrangement in which the council provides technological services to any person involving the development and exploitation of a specific product.

(v) "Person" means natural persons, firms, foundations, associations, corporations, business trusts, partnerships, joint ventures, and public bodies, including but not limited to the state of Wyoming, any state, and any agency, department, institution, political subdivision or instrumentality of Wyoming or any state;

(vi) "Product" means any product, device, technique or process, which is or may be exploitable commercially and includes products, devices, techniques or processes which have advanced beyond the theoretic stage and are readily capable of being, or have been, reduced to practice but excludes pure research;

(vii) "Venture" means any contractual arrangement with any person whereby the council obtains rights from or in a product or proceeds therefrom in exchange for the granting of financial aid to the person;

(viii) "This act" means W.S. 9-12-101 through