9-2-2004. Department of transportation created; director appointed; structure.
(a) As part of the reorganization of Wyoming state government, there is created the Wyoming department of transportation consisting of the agencies, programs and functions specified in this section. The provisions of the Wyoming Government Reorganization Act of 1989, W.S. 9-2-1701 through 9-2-1707, apply to this section except as otherwise provided in this section.
(b) The administrative head of the department shall be a director appointed by the governor.
(c) The following agencies are assigned to the department of transportation under a Type 1 transfer:
(i) Aeronautics commission;
(ii) Highway commission, including the highway department and the state highway patrol.
(d) The department reorganization plan shall consider whether the following functions or programs should be assigned from or to the agency or department specified under a Type 2 transfer:
PROGRAM; FROM; TO
(i) Transportation division; PSC; Transportation
(ii) All of the driver control sections and driver testing and ports of entry section, that portion of the policy division related to transportation and that portion of the licensing section related to motor vehicles and drivers; DRT; Transportation
(e) As used in this section:
(i) "PSC" means the public service commission;
(ii) "DRT" means the department of revenue and taxation;
(iii) "Transportation" means the department of transportation created under this act.
(f) Notwithstanding W.S. 9-2-1707(a)(iv), the highway commission and aeronautics commission shall continue to exercise full authority under current law until specifically altered by a plan for reorganization of the department of transportation approved by the legislature.
(g) In developing the plan required under W.S. 9-2-1707(a)(iii), the director shall consider:
(i) The extent of the authority of citizen commissions over the department;
(ii) The extent to which the budget of the department should be subject to the statutory budget process;
(iii) Whether the department should contain a functional unit primarily responsible to provide assistance, training and technical support to local units of government;
(iv) Preparing a comprehensive statewide transportation plan to develop and maintain a comprehensive system encompassing all modes of transportation;
(v) What functions should be transferred to or created in the department to insure that it is the department dealing with rail transportation.
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