27-13-102. Powers and duties; rules and regulations.

(a) The division shall, in conjunction with the department of education, the business council, the department of workforce services, the workforce development council, the University of Wyoming and the community college commission, establish and maintain a plan to implement the occupational transfer and retraining programs and services for displaced workers created under this act. The plan shall designate:

(i) Responsibilities of state agencies in administering this act;

(ii) Procedures for coordination between the state and local agencies and existing employment, training, education and other occupationally related activities and resources in the state;

(iii) Procedures to encourage involvement on the part of labor, management, local government and local education and training agencies in the establishment, operation and ongoing direction of programs to assist displaced workers.

(b) The division shall:

(i) Identify statutes, rules and regulations which inhibit the implementation of programs under this act; and

(ii) Recommend modifications to or waivers of statutes, rules and regulations to permit design of cost-effective programs under this act;

(iii) Repealed By Laws 2014, Ch. 7, § 3.

(c) The director may enter into contracts and agreements with local education or training agencies to implement this act.

(d) The governor, in consultation with the director, may promulgate reasonable rules and regulations to implement this act.