§ 9-1-207 — State planning coordinator; appointment; qualifications; term; removal; powers; duties

(a) The governor may employ a state planning coordinator,
who shall be a qualified elector of the state and who may be
removed by the governor as provided in W.S. 9-1-202.
(b) In fulfilling the provisions of W.S. 9-1-215, the
coordinator may sit as the governor's personal representative on
all nonconstitutionally created boards and commissions which are
not exclusively licensing in nature. The coordinator shall have
the right to speak on behalf of the governor but not to vote.
The coordinator shall not sit as the governor's personal
representative for purposes of fulfilling the provisions of W.S.
9-1-215 on any boards or commissions on which one (1) or more of
the other four (4) elective state officers sit.
(c) The governor personally or through his coordinator
may:
(i) Cooperate with other states and the federal
government and its agencies, and with all private concerns, to
coordinate planning in the state of Wyoming;
(ii) Coordinate the planning activities of all state
departments, boards, commissions and agencies in regard to
economic, fiscal, educational, social, cultural, recreational
and artistic development of the state, for the purpose of
creation and implementation of a comprehensive state plan. All
plans prepared by state departments, boards, commissions and
agencies shall be submitted at least semiannually for review and
comment by the coordinator;
(iii) Report to the legislature the comprehensive
plan for economic and social development within the state of
Wyoming.
(d) The governor through the state planning coordinator
shall:
(i) Develop and advocate official state positions on
federal land use issues regarding multiple use of federal lands
in Wyoming based on each of the beneficial uses contributed to
the state and to its people;
(ii) Actively monitor and request federal agencies to
include the state government in the early planning stages of
various federal land use management decisions;
(iii) Notify various individuals, interest and user
groups and solicit from them their views regarding pending
federal land management issues;
(iv) Utilize state agency expertise on specific
issues, solicit and coordinate appropriate agency comments on
pending federal land issues;
(v) Review comments from individuals, interest and
user groups and state agencies, as well as other sources of
information and prepare, submit and advocate the state of
Wyoming's official position to federal land use management
issues;
(vi) Prepare a biennial report to include:
(A) Current state positions regarding federal
land use management in Wyoming;
(B) Activities of the state planning coordinator
regarding federal land use management issues; and
(C) Impacts of the federal land use management
issues and decisions on the state of Wyoming.