Chapter 1

General Provisions

Section 1.  Authority.  These rules are promulgated pursuant to Wyoming Statute (W.S.) 36-4-204(f).

Section 2.  Actions.

(a)                A majority vote of all members of the Board shall be required for approval of any Board action. No action shall be taken by any form of communication that does not permit the public to hear, read, or otherwise discern the meeting discussion contemporaneously. Further, prior to taking final action on any grant application, the Board shall provide an opportunity for public comment.

(b)               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 an interest appears, the Board member shall make such interest known and shall henceforth refrain from voting or otherwise participating in the particular matter involving such interest. For the conflicted matter only, the recused Board member shall not count toward the quorum. The meeting minutes shall reflect the Board member's disclosure, the recusal, and that quorum and vote thresholds were recalculated accordingly for the matter.

Section 3.  Uniform Procedures, Fees, Costs, and Charges for Inspecting, Copying, and Producing Public Records.

(a)                The Board hereby incorporates by reference the following uniform rules:

(i) Chapter 2 - Uniform Procedures, Fees, Costs, and Charges for Inspecting, Copying, and Producing Public Records, adopted by the Department of Administration and Information, and effective on September 6, 2016, found at https://rules.wyo.gov.

(ii) For those rules incorporated by reference:

(A) The Board has determined that incorporation of the full text in these rules would be cumbersome or inefficient, given the length and nature of the rules;

(B) The incorporation by reference does not include any later amendments or editions of the incorporated matter beyond the applicable date identified in subsection (A) of this section; and

(C) The incorporated rules are maintained at the Board's office and are available for public inspection and copying at the same location.