§ 36-4-119 — Existing agreements binding; successor to records and duties; taxation exemption

(a) Effective April 1, 1990 the department of commerce
shall be bound by any and all agreements, contracts and
obligations incurred by the Wyoming recreation commission to
which it had been bound because they were incurred by the
Wyoming state parks commission and land and water conservation
commission and Old South Pass historical preserve commission
prior to July 1, 1973, and shall succeed to all records,
documents, equipment, and other personal or real property under
the control and management of the parks commission of Wyoming
and the state land and water conservation commission of Wyoming
and the Old South Pass historical preserve commission of Wyoming
acquired and used in the performance of duties previously
imposed upon those commissioners. All money from operation of
the Old South Pass historical preserve shall be credited to the
general fund. Effective July 1, 1999 the department of state
parks and cultural resources shall be bound by any and all
agreements, contracts and obligations incurred by the department
of commerce to which it had been bound because they were
incurred by the Wyoming state parks commission and land and
water conservation commission and Old South Pass historical
preserve commission prior to July 1, 1973, and shall succeed to
all records, documents, equipment, and other personal or real
property under the control and management of the parks
commission of Wyoming and the state land and water conservation
commission of Wyoming and the Old South Pass historical preserve
commission of Wyoming acquired and used in the performance of
duties previously imposed upon those commissioners. All money
from operation of the Old South Pass historical preserve shall
be credited in accordance with W.S. 36-4-121(h).
(b) The department of state parks and cultural resources,
in consultation with the commission, is hereby charged with the
duties and responsibilities heretofore devolved upon the Old
South Pass historical preserve, and for the purpose of
discharging same is hereby invested with all the powers and
authority heretofore vested in such Old South Pass historical
preserve, subject to the same limitations thereof; and the
department of state parks and cultural resources, in
consultation with the commission, is authorized to delegate the
same, or so much thereof as it shall provide, to an
administrator or to a committee appointed by it for the
performance of its functions hereunder.
(c) User fees and other charges for the South Pass
preserve development are exempt from taxation by the state.