Section 41-11-201 - Appointment of Commissioners to Serve on Joint Commission; Ratification of Compacts; Governor May Serve as Commissioner.

WY Stat § 41-11-201 (2019) (N/A)

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41-11-201. Appointment of commissioners to serve on joint commission; ratification of compacts; governor may serve as commissioner.

(a) The governor of the state of Wyoming shall appoint any commissioners necessary to represent Wyoming on any joint commission to be composed of commissioners from Wyoming and one (1) or more adjoining states and an authorized representative of the United States for the purpose of negotiating compacts or agreements between those states, or between those states and the United States, respecting the equitable division, use and distribution of the waters of any interstate stream and its tributaries flowing from or into Wyoming. However, any such compact or agreement so entered into by the specified states, or between those states and the United States, is not binding or obligatory upon any of the compacting parties thereto unless it has been ratified and approved by the legislature of each of the party states and consented to by the congress of the United States.

(b) At his option, the governor may serve as one (1) of the commissioners for Wyoming in negotiating any compact or agreement respecting the equitable division, use and distribution of the waters of any interstate stream and its tributaries flowing from or into Wyoming.

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