Wyo. Stat. § 35-9-617 (2026)

pension account; merger with other pension accounts; membership.

     (a) The volunteer firefighter, EMT and search and rescue
pension account is created. All awards, benefits and pensions
established under this article shall be paid from the account.

     (b) The account established under subsection (a) of this
section shall be controlled by the board and administered by the
director of the Wyoming retirement system. All expenses of
administration shall be paid from the account. Disbursements
from the account shall be made upon warrants drawn by the state
auditor upon certification by authorized system employees or
using an appropriate alternative method approved by the state
auditor.

     (c) The account shall be comprised of all funds and
liabilities of the volunteer firemen's pension account created
pursuant to W.S. 35-9-602, the volunteer emergency medical
technician pension account created pursuant to W.S. 35-29-102,
funds directed into the account as provided by W.S. 26-4-102(b),
35-9-619(a), 35-9-621(e) and 35-9-628 and all other funds as
directed by this article and the legislature for the benefit of
the account, or the volunteer firemen's pension account or
volunteer emergency medical technician pension account,
respectively.

     (d) All members and retirees of the volunteer emergency
medical technician pension account created pursuant to W.S.
35-29-101 through 35-29-112, including those members who are no
longer participating or contributing members of the volunteer
emergency medical technician pension account, but who have not
withdrawn their funds as provided by W.S. 35-29-106(f) on or
before June 30, 2015, shall become members or retirees of the
pension account created pursuant to this section.

     (e) All members and retirees of the volunteer firemen's
pension account created pursuant to W.S. 35-9-601 through
35-9-615, including those contributing members who are no longer
active but who have not withdrawn their funds as provided by
W.S. 35-9-608(f) on or before June 30, 2015, shall become
members or retirees of the pension account created pursuant to
this section.

     (f) The director of the retirement system shall determine
by rule and regulation a benefit level for all members joining
the pension account under subsections (d) and (e) of this
section equal to or greater than the benefits the member would
have received under the volunteer firemen's or volunteer
emergency medical technician pension accounts, respectively.