Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-408 (2026)

Penalty.

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(a) Any member or members of an agency who knowingly or
intentionally violate the provisions of this act shall be liable
for a civil penalty not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars
($750.00) except as provided in this subsection. Any member of
the governing body of an agency who attends or remains at a
meeting knowing the meeting is in violation of this act shall be
liable under this subsection unless minutes were taken during
the meeting and the parts thereof recording the member's
objections are made public or at the next regular public meeting
the member objects to the meeting where the violation occurred
and asks that the objection be recorded in the minutes.
     (b) If any action is prohibited both by this act and any
provision of title 6, the provisions of this act shall not apply
and the provisions of title 6 shall apply.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases, 2000–2015 · leading case: Cheyenne Newspapers, Inc. v. Bldg. Code Bd. of Appeals, 2010 WY 2 (Wyo. 2010).

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Cheyenne Newspapers, Inc. v. Bldg. Code Bd. of Appeals, 2010 WY 2 (Wyo. 2010). · cites it 13× “Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 16-4-408 (a) (LexisNexis 2009).”

Fontaine v. Bd. of Cnty. Com'rs of Park Cnty., 4 P.3d 890 (Wyo. 2000). · cites it 6× “Wyo. Stat. Ann § 16-4-408. The only specified exception from the requirement that minutes be recorded at meetings is for day-to-day administrative matters.”

Gronberg v. Teton Cnty. Hous. Auth., 2011 WY 13 (Wyo. 2011). · cites it 4× “No action of a governing body of an agency shall be taken except during a public meeting.”

Mayland v. Flitner, 2001 WY 69 (Wyo. 2001). · cites it 2× “[130] Pursuant to § 16-4-408(a): (a) All meetings of the governing body of an agency are public meetings, open to the public at all times, except as otherwise provided.”

Worker's Comp. Claim of Decker v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Med. Comm'n, 2008 WY 100 (Wyo. 2008). · cites it 2× “§ 16-4-408. Penalty. (a) Any member or members of an agency who knowingly and willfully takes an action in violation of or conspires to take an action in violation of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.”

Hicks v. Dowd, 2007 WY 74 (Wyo. 2007). · cites it 2× “Public meetings law [136] Finally, we briefly address Appellants' claim that the Board's actions violated the Public Meetings Law, Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 16-4-408 (LexisNexis 2005).”

Int'l Ass'n of Firefighters Local Union No. 279 v. City of Cheyenne, 2013 WY 157 (Wyo. 2013). “Under § 16-4-403, "meetings of the governing body of an agency are public meetings, open to the pub-lie at all times, except as otherwise provided.”

Sheridan Newspapers, Inc. v. Bd. of Trs., 350 P.3d 266 (Wyo. 2015). · cites it 2× “Section 16-4-408(a) provides that all meetings of the governing body of an agency are public meetings, "except as otherwise provided.”

— Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-408(a) — 3 cases

Mayland v. Flitner, 2001 WY 69 (Wyo. 2001). “[130] Pursuant to § 16-4-408(a): (a) All meetings of the governing body of an agency are public meetings, open to the public at all times, except as otherwise provided.”

Cheyenne Newspapers, Inc. v. Bldg. Code Bd. of Appeals, 2010 WY 2 (Wyo. 2010). “Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 16-4-408 (a) (LexisNexis 2009).”

Sheridan Newspapers, Inc. v. Bd. of Trs., 350 P.3d 266 (Wyo. 2015). “Section 16-4-408(a) provides that all meetings of the governing body of an agency are public meetings, "except as otherwise provided.”

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