§ 5-3-101 — The board membership shall reflect a broad spectrum of outdoor recreation experiences, which may include wildlife management, sportsmen, tourism, motorized and non-motorized recreation and private land ownership

Wyoming § 5-3-101

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 36: Public Land
• Ch. 4: STATE PARKS AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
• Art. 2: WYOMING OUTDOOR RECREATION AND TOURISM TRUST FUND

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(b) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, each
appointed member of the board shall serve for a term of six (6)
years and may be reappointed for one (1) consecutive, additional
term. Upon creation of the Wyoming outdoor recreation and
tourism trust account board, three (3) members of the board
shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years, three (3)
members shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years and
three (3) members shall be appointed for a term of six (6)
years. The governor may remove any member as provided in W.S. 9-
1-202. Any vacancy occurring between sessions of the legislature
may be filled by the governor as provided under W.S. 28-12-
101(b). The board shall select one (1) of its members to serve
as chairman.
(c) The secretary to the board shall be the manager of the
Wyoming outdoor recreation office within the department of state
parks and cultural resources. The secretary to the board shall
administer funds at the direction of the board and shall further
act as liaison for the board to other state, federal and local
governmental entities, the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho
tribes, or the cooperative tribal governing body, as well as
nonprofit organizations, residents and nonresidents who seek to
provide input regarding grant proposals.
(d) The board shall meet regularly, not less than four (4)
time per year. Members shall serve without compensation but
shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of
their duties in the manner and amounts provided by law for state
employees.
(e) The board shall receive and evaluate applications for
grants from the income account and shall forward applications
for large projects to the select committee for review and
recommendation. The board may approve grants for any small
project. Funds in the income account are continuously
appropriated for small project grants approved by the board and
for approved large projects as specified by W.S. 36-4-203(e).
(f) The board shall adopt rules and regulations in
accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act as
necessary to carry out its duties under this act, including
rules and regulations to:
(i) Establish criteria for grants from the income
account which accomplish the purposes of this act;
(ii) Establish criteria for matching funds or other
in-kind contributions from grantees;
(iii) Evaluate and rank grant proposals, with
emphasis on those projects that include support from multiple
partners and funding sources;
(iv) Review and monitor grants to grantees;
(v) Evaluate the effects of grant proposals on
providing recreation and tourism opportunities for residents and
nonresidents;
(vi) Establish criteria for the acceptance or
rejection of gifts, transfers, bequests and donations including
interests in real or personal property, which criteria shall be
consistent with this act. Based on those criteria, the board
shall make a recommendation regarding the acceptance of any fee
simple interest in real property to the board of land
commissioners. Based on the board's recommendation, the board of
land commissioners shall make a final determination on
acceptance or rejection of any fee simple interest in real
property under this act;
(vii) Consider the benefits and impacts of grant
proposals on local communities, including its socioeconomic,
cultural, natural and wildlife resources;
(viii) Consult, or ensure that the applicant has
consulted, with other governmental entities, the Eastern
Shoshone or Northern Arapaho tribe, or the cooperative tribal
governing body, stakeholders and nonprofit organizations, as
appropriate.
(g) In fulfilling its duties under this act the board may:
(i) Accept or decline federal grants and other
contributions, grants, gifts, transfers, bequests and donations
of any money, personal property or interests in real property
other than a fee simple interest from any source. The board
shall make a recommendation regarding the acceptance of any fee
simple interest in real property to the board of land
commissioners;
(ii) Recommend to the joint appropriations committee
and the select committee that funds be transferred from the
income account to the trust account.
(h) No board member shall vote or otherwise participate in
any matter regarding a contract or project in which the board
member has a financial or personal interest. When such interest
appears, the board member shall make such interest known, and
shall thenceforth refrain from voting on or otherwise
participating in the particular matter involving such interest.
(j) The board shall annually report to the governor, the
joint appropriations committee, the select committee and the
joint travel, recreation, wildlife and cultural resources
interim committee no later than October 1 with respect to all
federal grants, state appropriations and other contributions,
grants, gifts, bequests and donations received and credited to
the trust account or income account during the preceding fiscal
year. The report shall include all grants awarded by the board
to governmental entities, the Eastern Shoshone or Northern
Arapaho tribe, or the cooperative tribal governing body and
nonprofit organizations and progress made toward the condition
of any grant made.