§ 36-4-104 — Powers; interpretive service agreements

Wyoming § 36-4-104

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 36: Public Land
• Ch. 4: STATE PARKS AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
• Art. 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a) The department of state parks and cultural resources,
in consultation with the commission, may, subject to the
provisions of this act:
(i) Acquire and accept title in the name of the state
of Wyoming, by grant, dedication, gift, devise, donation, or
demise, to any lands suitable as an outdoor recreation area or
facility;
(ii) With the concurrence of the board of land
commissioners, set aside and designate as an outdoor recreation
area or facility any suitable tract of land belonging to the
state of Wyoming which is not appropriated to some other fund or
use;
(iii) Take options to purchase lands subject to the
approval and appropriation therefor of the next succeeding
legislature;
(iv) Accept any gifts or grants for archives, museums
and historical purposes;
(v) Deaccession artifacts from the state's
collection;
(vi) Enter into agreements with Wyoming financial
institutions, financial institutions or persons operating remote
electronic terminals for the collection of donations for the
operation and maintenance of Wyoming state parks, historic sites
and recreation areas. Donations received by the department
pursuant to this paragraph shall be deposited in an operations
and maintenance account and upon legislative appropriation shall
be expended by the department for the daily operation of outdoor
locations and facilities as described in W.S. 36-4-103.
(b) To provide interpretive and educational services at
recreation areas and facilities, the department may enter into
agreements with private, nonprofit scientific, historic or
educational organizations organized solely for the purpose of
providing interpretive and educational services at Wyoming
recreation areas and facilities. The department may under any
agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection, provide
personnel services to assist any private, nonprofit organization
with carrying out its interpretive and educational program and
may provide space at or within any recreation area or facility
for interpretive materials provided by the organization. Any
organization entering into an agreement may:
(i) Offer interpretive or educational materials for
sale at recreation areas and facilities. Revenues collected from
sales under this paragraph shall be retained by the organization
solely for use in providing interpretive or educational services
at the area or facility for which the organization provides
these services;
(ii) Acquire display materials and equipment for
exhibit at areas and facilities;
(iii) Support special area or facility interpretive
or educational programs, other interpretive projects related to
a specific area or facility and may support area or facility
resource centers.
(c) The department, with the advice of the commission,
shall promulgate rules and regulations as necessary to implement
subsection (b) of this section. Rules and regulations adopted
under this subsection shall specify:
(i) Procedures for entering into agreements for
interpretive and educational services;
(ii) Guidelines for approving interpretive materials
which present both sides of an issue, if appropriate, in a
balanced manner to be provided by the contracting organization
at recreation areas and facilities; and
(iii) Procedures for renewal and dissolution of
agreements between the department and private, nonprofit
organizations.
(d) As used in subsections (b) and (c) of this section,
"recreation areas and facilities" include both indoor and
outdoor facilities at state parks, historic sites, recreation
areas and historical, archaeological, geological and ecological
sites as enumerated under W.S. 36-4-103.
(e) The department, with the advice of the commission,
shall adopt procedures in accordance with this act for the
acquisition or designation of any lands to be used as an outdoor
recreation area or facility.
(f) The department, in consultation with the commission,
may recommend that any outdoor recreation area and facility be
no longer designated as such or may recommend that it be
disposed of through sale, exchange, lease or assignment of fee
ownership. The recommendation for removal of the designation or
disposal shall follow application of the criteria and procedures
for accessioning areas or facilities under W.S. 36-4-106(e), (f)
and (g).