Title 9 Administration of the Government

9-2-1703. Definitions.

(a) As used in this act: (i) "Administrator" means the administrative head of a division within a department; (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; (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; (iv) "Department reorganization act" means an act of the legislature to create one (1) or more departments for the purpose of reorganization; (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; (vi) "Director" means the administrative head of a department; (vii) "Division" means one (1) of the principal operating units of a department the administrator of which is directly subordinate to the director; (viii) "Type 1, Type 2 or Type 3 transfers" means as defined in W.S. 9-2-1707(b); (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; (x) "This act" means W.S. 9-2-1701 through 9-2-1707.