{"data":{"id":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-9-2-1703","jurisdiction":"us-wy","citation":"Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-1703","heading":"Definitions.","body":"(a) As used in this act:\n(i) \"Administrator\" means the administrative head of a division within a department;\n(ii) \"Agency\" means any board, commission, council, committee or office in the executive branch of state government except the offices listed in W.S. 9-2-1704(a) and the University of Wyoming;\n(iii) \"Department\" means one (1) of not more than fourteen (14) principal administrative operating units of state government as created by separate legislation establishing a department and in accordance with this act;\n(iv) \"Department reorganization act\" means an act of the legislature to create one (1) or more departments for the purpose of reorganization;\n(v) \"Department reorganization plan\" means the plan for final reorganization of a department developed by a director during the transition period as required by a department reorganization act;\n(vi) \"Director\" means the administrative head of a department;\n(vii) \"Division\" means one (1) of the principal operating units of a department the administrator of which is directly subordinate to the director;\n(viii) \"Type 1, Type 2 or Type 3 transfers\" means as defined in W.S. 9-2-1707(b);\n(ix) \"Transition period\" means the period between the creation of the department under a department reorganization act and the date of implementation of a department reorganization plan as specified by law;\n(x) \"This act\" means W.S. 9-2-1701 through 9-2-1707.","path":["TITLE 9 - ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMEN","CHAPTER 2 - AGENCIES, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND DEPARTMENTS","ARTICLE 17 - REORGANIZATION OF GOVERNMENT"],"source_url":"https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title09.pdf","current_through":"2026 Budget Session; as of 2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:16:32Z","sha256":"3e89af99f037da900a5f3e4dced8ffaf835e1dc4d772ea848de8ca093f758f61","source_id":"us-wy","stale":false,"prev":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-9-2-1702","next":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-9-2-1704"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}