Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-1704 (2026)

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(a) Pursuant to this act and other laws establishing
individual departments, the entire executive branch of state
government shall be organized into not more than sixteen (16)
principal departments except for the offices of the following
officials and except as provided in subsections (d) and (e) of
this section:

           (i)    Governor;

           (ii)    Secretary of state;

           (iii)    State treasurer;

           (iv)    State auditor;

           (v)    Attorney general;

           (vi)    Superintendent of public instruction.

     (b)   Repealed By Laws 2001, Ch. 187, § 3.

     (c) The legislature may establish temporary agencies for
periods not exceeding four (4) years which are not within a
department or the office of an official specified in subsection
(a) of this section. At the expiration of four (4) years, the
agency and all its programs and functions shall either terminate
or be assigned within an established department.

     (d) The entities of state government specified in this
subsection are designated as separate operating agencies, which
are separate and distinct from the departments and offices
specified in subsection (a) of this section because of their
quasi-judicial responsibility or because of their unique,
specialized function which precludes their inclusion in another
department. This act does not otherwise apply to separate
operating agencies. Separate operating agencies are as follows:

           (i)    Adjutant general's department;

           (ii)    State public defender's office;

           (iii)    State building commission;

           (iv)    Public service commission;
           (v)    State board of equalization;

           (vi)    University of Wyoming;

           (vii)    Community college commission;

           (viii)    Oil and gas conservation commission;

           (ix)    State geological survey;

           (x)    State board of parole;

          (xi)     Office of administrative hearings created by
W.S. 9-2-2201;

           (xii)    Wyoming water development office;

           (xiii)    Office of state lands and investments;

           (xiv)    Environmental quality council;

          (xv) School facilities commission established under
W.S. 21-15-113;

          (xvi)     Wyoming enhanced and improved oil recovery
commission;

           (xvii)    Office of guardian ad litem.

     (e) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the
governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, state auditor and
the state superintendent of public instruction shall be subject
to W.S. 9-2-1706(c) and (d) with respect to deputies and
administrators employed within that office. For purposes of this
subsection, the definitions in W.S. 9-2-1703 shall apply to the
offices of the specified elected officials. This subsection
shall only affect positions filled subsequently to its enactment
and shall not be deemed to affect the property interests of
current permanent employees within the offices addressed in this
subsection.

     (f)   Repealed By Laws 1996, ch. 74, § 3.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1997–2015 · leading case: Painter v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Worker's Comp. Div., 931 P.2d 953 (Wyo. 1997).

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Painter v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Worker's Comp. Div., 931 P.2d 953 (Wyo. 1997). · cites it 5× “§ 9-2-1704 (Supp.1994), makes the agency status of the office of hearing examiners even more clear: (a) Pursuant to this act and other laws establishing individual departments, the entire executive branch of state government shall be organized into not more than fourteen (14)…”

Worker's Comp. Claim of Decker v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Med. Comm'n, 2008 WY 100 (Wyo. 2008). · cites it 2× “(a) The office of administrative hearings is created as a separate operating agency pursuant to W.S. 9-2-1704(d). (b) The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint a director of the office who shall serve as the administrative head of the office and as…”

Sabatka v. Bd. of Trs., 2015 WY 8 (Wyo. 2015). · cites it 2× “position serves at the pleasure of persons listed in sub-paragraphs (A) and (B) of this section, administrators of department or agency divisions, and deputy directors of departments; (D) Commissioners of the public service commission and members of the state board of…”

— Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-1704(a) — 1 case

Sabatka v. Bd. of Trs., 2015 WY 8 (Wyo. 2015). “position serves at the pleasure of persons listed in sub-paragraphs (A) and (B) of this section, administrators of department or agency divisions, and deputy directors of departments; (D) Commissioners of the public service commission and members of the state board of…”

— Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-1704(d) — 3 cases

Worker's Comp. Claim of Decker v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Med. Comm'n, 2008 WY 100 (Wyo. 2008). “(a) The office of administrative hearings is created as a separate operating agency pursuant to W.S. 9-2-1704(d). (b) The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint a director of the office who shall serve as the administrative head of the office and as…”

Painter v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Worker's Comp. Div., 931 P.2d 953 (Wyo. 1997). “§ 9-2-1704 (Supp.1994), makes the agency status of the office of hearing examiners even more clear: (a) Pursuant to this act and other laws establishing individual departments, the entire executive branch of state government shall be organized into not more than fourteen (14)…”

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