Wyo. Stat. § 16-3-101

(a) This act may be cited as the "Wyoming Administrative
Procedure Act".

    (b)   As used in this act:

          (i) "Agency" means any authority, bureau, board,
commission, department, division, officer or employee of the
state, a county, city or town or other political subdivision of
the state, except the governing body of a city or town, the
state legislature, the University of Wyoming, the judiciary, the
consensus revenue estimating group as defined in W.S. 9-2-1002
and the investment funds committee created by W.S. 9-4-720;

          (ii) "Contested case" means a proceeding including
but not restricted to ratemaking, price fixing and licensing, in
which legal rights, duties or privileges of a party are required
by law to be determined by an agency after an opportunity for
hearing but excludes designations under W.S. 9-2-3207(h)(i);

          (iii) "License" includes the whole or part of any
agency permit, certificate, approval, registration, charter or
similar form of permission required by law, but it does not
include a license required solely for revenue purposes;

          (iv) "Licensing" includes the agency process
respecting the grant, denial, renewal, revocation, suspension,
annulment, withdrawal or amendment of a license;

          (v) "Local agency" means any agency with
responsibilities limited to less than statewide jurisdiction,
except the governing body of a city or town;

          (vi) "Party" means each person or agency named or
admitted as a party or properly seeking and entitled as of right
to be admitted as a party;
          (vii) "Person" means any individual, partnership,
corporation, association, municipality, governmental subdivision
or public or private organization of any character other than an
agency;

          (viii) "Registrar of rules" for state agency rules
means the secretary of state. "Registrar of rules" for local
agency rules means the county clerk of the county in which the
rule is to be effective;

          (ix) "Rule" means each agency statement of general
applicability that implements, interprets and prescribes law,
policy or ordinances of cities and towns, or describes the
organization, procedures, or practice requirements of any
agency. The term includes the amendment or repeal of a prior
rule, but does not include:

               (A) Statements concerning only the internal
management of an agency and not affecting private rights or
procedures available to the public; or

              (B)    Rulings issued pursuant to W.S. 16-3-106; or

              (C)    Intraagency memoranda; or

              (D)    Agency decisions and findings in contested
cases; or

               (E) Rules concerning the use of public roads or
facilities which are indicated to the public by means of signs
and signals; or

              (F)    Ordinances of cities and towns; or

              (G)    Designations under W.S. 9-2-3207(h)(i); or

              (H)    A general permit.

          (x) "State agency" means any agency with statewide
responsibilities;

          (xi) "General permit" means a permit issued by the
department of environmental quality which authorizes a category
or categories of discharges or emissions;

          (xii)   "Internet" means as defined in W.S. 9-2-
3219(a)(iii);
            (xiii)   "This act" means W.S. 16-3-101 through
16-3-115.