Title 19 Defense Forces and Affairs

19-7-403. Wyoming military assistance trust fund; annual

report; confidentiality; assistance from the state treasurer. (a) The adjutant general shall include within the department's biennial budget request submitted under W.S. 9-2-1013 a report specifying: (i) The total amount of interest income earned from the military assistance trust fund during the immediately preceding two (2) state fiscal years; (ii) The total amount of assistance provided from the interest income earned from the military assistance trust fund; (iii) The amount of assistance provided from the interest income earned from the military assistance trust fund by branch of service, regular or reserve duty classification, amounts of individual assistance provided, the reasons that qualified a member of the military or his family for assistance and the balance remaining within the interest income account for future disbursements; and (iv) The name, address, rank and rating, branch of service, deployment location and amounts of financial assistance provided to each eligible military member and to his family. (b) The information provided pursuant to paragraphs (a)(i) through (iii) of this section shall be public records and available for inspection as provided by W.S. 16-4-201 et seq. The information provided pursuant to paragraph (a)(iv) of this section shall be confidential and shall be available for inspection only by the governor and the legislature. Names, addresses and deployment locations shall not be in any report available for public access. The governor and legislators with legal access to the report shall be required to hold names, addresses and deployment locations confidential. (c) The adjutant general may request assistance from the state treasurer to prepare the annual report required by this section.