ORIGINAL SENATE ENGROSSED

FILE NO. 0034

ENROLLED ACT NO. 50, SENATE

FIFTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING

2001 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to public records; providing exceptions for
information obtained through the Wyoming natural diversity
database under the Public Records Act as specified;
providing limitations as specified; and providing for an
effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1. W.S. 16-4-203 by creating a new subsection
(h) is amended to read:

16-4-203. Right of inspection; grounds for denial;
access of news media; order permitting or restricting
disclosure; exception.

(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
section, the following applies to the Wyoming natural
diversity database located at the University of Wyoming and
any report prepared by the custodian from that database:

(i) The custodian may charge a reasonable fee
for searching the database and preparing a report from that
database information. The interpretation of the database in
a report shall not contain recommendations for restrictions
on any public or private land use;

(ii) The custodian shall allow the inspection of
all records in the database at a level of spatial precision
equal to the township, but at no more precise level;

(iii) Research reports prepared by the custodian
funded completely from nonstate sources are subject to
paragraph (b)(iii) of this section;

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(iv) Any record contained in the database
pertaining to private land shall not be released by the
University of Wyoming without the prior written consent of
the landowner. Nothing in this paragraph prohibits the
release of any information which would otherwise be
available from any other information source available to
the public if the original source is cited.

Section 2. This act is effective immediately upon
completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
Constitution.

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Speaker of the House President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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