(a)The following persons are exempt from the licensing
requirement under this act:
(i)Any employee of the United States government
while operating a motor vehicle owned by or leased to the United
States government and being operated on official business unless
the employee is required by the United States government or any
agency thereof to have a state driver's license and the state
driver's license is not invalid under W.S. 31-7-143(a);
(ii)A nonresident who has in his immediate
possession a valid license issued to him by the licensing
authority in his place of residence, if the nonresident's
license is not invalid under W.S. 31-7-143(a) or the nonresident
can demonstrate lawful presence in the United States;
(iii)A nonresident on active duty in the armed
forces of the United States
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(a) The following persons are exempt from the licensing
requirement under this act:
(i) Any employee of the United States government
while operating a motor vehicle owned by or leased to the United
States government and being operated on official business unless
the employee is required by the United States government or any
agency thereof to have a state driver's license and the state
driver's license is not invalid under W.S. 31-7-143(a);
(ii) A nonresident who has in his immediate
possession a valid license issued to him by the licensing
authority in his place of residence, if the nonresident's
license is not invalid under W.S. 31-7-143(a) or the nonresident
can demonstrate lawful presence in the United States;
(iii) A nonresident on active duty in the armed
forces of the United States who has a valid license issued by
his state of residence and the nonresident's spouse or dependent
son or daughter who has a valid license issued by the person's
state of residence, if the nonresident's license is not invalid
under W.S. 31-7-143(a);
(iv) Any person on active duty in the armed forces of
the United States who has in his immediate possession a valid
license issued in a foreign country by the armed forces of the
United States but only for a period of forty-five (45) days from
the date of his return to the United States;
(v) A nonresident full-time student at the University
of Wyoming, a Wyoming community college, a school licensed in
this state offering post-secondary education or at a parochial,
church or religious school as defined by W.S. 21-4-101(a)(iv)
offering post-secondary education, who has in his immediate
possession a valid license issued to him by the licensing
authority of his place of residence, if the nonresident's
license is not invalid under W.S. 31-7-143(a);
(vi) Repealed by Laws 1993, ch. 145, §§ 2, 5.
(vii) A resident possessing a valid driver's license
issued by a member state of the Driver's License Compact, W.S.
31-7-201 and 31-7-202, provided:
(A) A resident possessing a commercial driver's
license shall only be exempt from the licensing requirement
under this act for thirty (30) days; and
(B) A resident possessing any other driver's
license shall only be exempt from the licensing requirement
under this act for one (1) year.