9-1-207. State planning coordinator; appointment; qualifications; term; removal; powers; duties.

(a) The governor may employ a state planning coordinator, who shall be a qualified elector of the state and who may be removed by the governor as provided in W.S. 9-1-202.

(b) In fulfilling the provisions of W.S. 9-1-215, the coordinator may sit as the governor's personal representative on all nonconstitutionally created boards and commissions which are not exclusively licensing in nature. The coordinator shall have the right to speak on behalf of the governor but not to vote. The coordinator shall not sit as the governor's personal representative for purposes of fulfilling the provisions of W.S. 9-1-215 on any boards or commissions on which one (1) or more of the other four (4) elective state officers sit.

(c) The governor personally or through his coordinator may:

(i) Cooperate with other states and the federal government and its agencies, and with all private concerns, to coordinate planning in the state of Wyoming;

(ii) Coordinate the planning activities of all state departments, boards, commissions and agencies in regard to economic, fiscal, educational, social, cultural, recreational and artistic development of the state, for the purpose of creation and implementation of a comprehensive state plan. All plans prepared by state departments, boards, commissions and agencies shall be submitted at least semiannually for review and comment by the coordinator;

(iii) Report to the legislature the comprehensive plan for economic and social development within the state of Wyoming.

(d) The governor through the state planning coordinator shall:

(i) Develop and advocate official state positions on federal land use issues regarding multiple use of federal lands in Wyoming based on each of the beneficial uses contributed to the state and to its people;

(ii) Actively monitor and request federal agencies to include the state government in the early planning stages of various federal land use management decisions;

(iii) Notify various individuals, interest and user groups and solicit from them their views regarding pending federal land management issues;

(iv) Utilize state agency expertise on specific issues, solicit and coordinate appropriate agency comments on pending federal land issues;

(v) Review comments from individuals, interest and user groups and state agencies, as well as other sources of information and prepare, submit and advocate the state of Wyoming's official position to federal land use management issues;

(vi) Prepare a biennial report to include:

(A) Current state positions regarding federal land use management in Wyoming;

(B) Activities of the state planning coordinator regarding federal land use management issues; and

(C) Impacts of the federal land use management issues and decisions on the state of Wyoming.