Wyoming § 41-3-602 Commissioners; appointment; term; removal;
filling of vacancies; hydrographers

Wyoming Statutes

§ 41-3-602 — Commissioners; appointment; term; removal; filling of vacancies; hydrographers

Wyoming § 41-3-602

Title 41Water

Ch. 3WATER RIGHTS; ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL

Art. 6WATER DISTRICTS AND COMMISSIONERS

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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 41-3-602 (2026).

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(a)The governor shall appoint a water commissioner for each water district, if needed, who shall be selected from persons recommended by the superintendent of the water division in which the water district is situated with the advice of the board of county commissioners of the county or counties, lying wholly or partly within the water district. The water commissioner shall be an employee of the state engineer. Each commissioner shall hold his office until his successor is appointed and shall have qualified, and the governor shall, by like selection and appointment, fill all vacancies which shall occur in the office of water commissioners, and may, at any time, remove any water commissioner as provided in W.S. 9-1-202.

(b)The governor may appoint a water commissioner to more than one (1)

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(a) The governor shall appoint a water commissioner for
each water district, if needed, who shall be selected from
persons recommended by the superintendent of the water division
in which the water district is situated with the advice of the
board of county commissioners of the county or counties, lying
wholly or partly within the water district. The water
commissioner shall be an employee of the state engineer. Each
commissioner shall hold his office until his successor is
appointed and shall have qualified, and the governor shall, by
like selection and appointment, fill all vacancies which shall
occur in the office of water commissioners, and may, at any
time, remove any water commissioner as provided in W.S. 9-1-202.
(b) The governor may appoint a water commissioner to more
than one (1) district on recommendation of the division
superintendent and the county commissioners of the interested
county or counties.
(c) Also, where the legislature has appropriated state
funds for payment of full time water commissioners, the governor
may appoint water commissioners to be known as hydrographer
water commissioners for one (1) or more water districts on
recommendation of the state engineer and the superintendent of
the water division in which any such district is located. The
governor may remove any commissioner appointed under this
subsection as provided in W.S. 9-1-202.