Title 36 Public Land

36-4-111. Authority to receive and expend monies; investments.

(a) The state treasurer, after consultation with the governor, is hereby authorized and directed to receive and credit to the appropriate account any grant, donation, or bequest which is made to the state of Wyoming or the department which contains a condition or restriction that the income only therefrom shall be expended for the purposes provided by this act. (b) The department, in consultation with the commission, shall have the authority to receive in trust, any money or property of any kind or character, donated, granted, or bequeathed to the commission, the department or the state of Wyoming for outdoor recreation areas and facilities and to carry out the terms, if any, of any such grant, donation or bequest, or in the absence of any terms or limitations, to expend the money or the proceeds of any such property as it may deem advisable for outdoor recreation areas or facilities under the provisions of this act. The department shall be subject to the provisions of W.S. 36-4-106(e) and (f) when accepting property pursuant to this section to be designated as an outdoor recreation area or facility. (c) Money received and the proceeds or other property likewise received and disposed of by the department, in consultation with the commission, may be expended by the department for the purposes of this act. (d) Any money under this section shall be invested by the state treasurer in securities of any of the classes in which he is permitted by law to invest the general school funds of this state, and the interest received thereon shall be placed at the disposal of the department to be used by it in carrying out the purposes of this act.