Section 9-4-204 - Funds established; use thereof(a) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 231, § 2.(b) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 231, § 2.(c) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 231, § 2.(d) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 231, § 2.(e) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 231, § 2.(f) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 231, § 2.(g) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 231, § 2.(h) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 231, § 2.(j) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 231, § 2.(k) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 231, § 2.(m) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 231, § 2.(n) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 231, § 2.(o) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 231, § 2.(p) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 231, § 2.(q) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 231, § 2.(r) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 231, § 2.(s) It is the intent of the legislature to establish uniform requirements for state government accounting and financial reporting in accordance with the generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) as promulgated by the governmental accounting standards board (GASB), or its successor bodies, so that the financial position and the results of operations of state government can be publicly available to citizens, legislators, financial institutions and others interested in such information. To implement these requirements: (i) The state auditor shall assign accounting for activities and programs of Wyoming state government to funds and classify each into fund types and account groups as specified in subsection (t) of this section in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;(ii) All state agencies in all branches of government and specifically the state budget department, the governor and the consensus revenue estimating group shall use the fund types specified in subsection (t) of this section in preparing state budget documents, budget recommendations, revenue estimates and legislation;(iii) The state auditor may, in consultation with the chief executive officers of the state agencies significantly involved in the operation of the fund, change the classification of funds between fund types when the operation of the fund changes or when there is a change in the application of generally accepted accounting principles;(iv) The state auditor, after consultation with the chief executive officer of the state agency significantly involved in the operation of the affected fund or account, may merge, combine or segregate any fund or account that is or may be provided by law;(v) Within six (6) months after the end of each fiscal year, the state auditor shall publish a comprehensive annual financial report that shall conform as nearly as practicable to established governmental reporting standards. The financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and shall contain certificates of examination by the department of audit or any other independent auditor that may be assigned; and(vi) A deviation from generally accepted accounting principles shall not be made unless authorized by law.(t) As provided in subsection (s) of this section, the state auditor shall use the following fund types to classify state activities and programs for accounting purposes as specified: (i) Governmental fund types: (A) General fund - to account for the ordinary operation of state government, and shall receive all revenues and account for all expenditures not otherwise provided for by law in any other fund. General fund appropriations shall not be transferred to any other fund or account for expenditure except as otherwise provided by law;(B) Special revenue fund - to account for the proceeds of specific revenue sources, other than expendable trusts or for major capital projects that are legally restricted to be expended for specified purposes;(C) Capital projects fund - to account for financial resources to be used for the acquisition or construction of major capital facilities;(D) Debt service fund - to account for the accumulation of, and the payment of, general long term debt principal and interest.(ii) Proprietary fund types:(A) Enterprise fund - to account for operations:(I) That are financed and operated in a manner similar to private business enterprise where the intent of the governing body is that the costs and expenses, including depreciation, of providing goods or services to the general public on a continuing basis be financed or recovered primarily through user charges; or(II) Where the governing body has decided that periodic determination of revenues earned, expenses incurred or net income is appropriate for capital accountability or other purposes.(B) Internal service fund - to account for the financing of goods or services provided by one (1) department or agency to other departments or agencies of the governmental unit, or to other governmental units, on a cost-reimbursement basis.(iii) Fiduciary fund types:(A) Private-purpose trust funds - to account for any trust arrangement not properly reported in a pension trust fund or an investment trust fund under which principal and income benefit individuals, private organizations or other governments;(B) Investment trust funds - to account for legally separate governments pooling their resources in an investment portfolio for the benefit of all participants;(C) Pension and other employee benefit trust funds - to account for the assets held by state government as trustee for employee retirement systems;(D) Agency funds - to account for assets that state government holds on behalf of others as their agent.(iv) College and university financial information - the financial data of state governmental colleges and universities that are considered to be part of the state government and that apply the provisions of the American institute of certified public accountants industrial audit guide. Audits of colleges and universities should be included with the financial data of the state government but may be presented separately from the fund types of the state government.(u) Other funds defined as follows shall be classified by the state auditor pursuant to subsections (s) and (t) of this section:(i) Highway fund - to account for all revenues the expenditures of which are constitutionally restricted to highway purposes or which are available for expenditure by the Wyoming transportation commission excluding general fund appropriations;(ii) Game and fish fund - to account for all revenues received by the game and fish department the expenditures of which are restricted to wildlife purposes or which are available for expenditure by the Wyoming game and fish commission excluding general fund appropriations;(iii) Permanent Wyoming mineral trust fund - to account for the proceeds from an excise tax levied by constitutional or statutory law, on the privilege of extracting or severing minerals designated by constitutional or statutory law. The proceeds of the fund are inviolate and constitute a permanent or perpetual trust fund which shall be invested, or loaned to political subdivisions of the state, only as the legislature directs. All income from the fund shall be deposited annually in the general fund;(iv) Permanent land fund - to account for the resources received and held as trustee of the land grants made to the state by the federal government as provided by W.S. 9-4-305(b);(v) Permanent land income fund - to account for the income from the permanent land fund, land grants and income from other sources as provided by W.S. 9-4-305(c);(vi) The excellence in higher education endowment fund - to consist of funds appropriated or designated to the fund by law, or by gift from whatever source. In accordance with Wyoming Constitution Article 15, Section 20, monies within the fund shall not be expended and may be invested in the same manner as other permanent funds of the state. Earnings from investment of monies within the fund are subject to the spending policy as provided in W.S. 9-4-719 and shall be distributed and expended as provided by law. Earnings in excess of spending policies shall be retained as provided by W.S. 9-4-719;(vii) Hathaway student scholarship endowment fund -to consist of funds appropriated or designated to the fund by law, or by gift from whatever source. In accordance with Wyoming Constitution Article 15, Section 20, monies within the fund shall not be expended and may be invested in the same manner as other permanent funds of the state. Earnings from investment of monies within the fund shall be distributed and expended as provided by law;(viii) Hathaway expand Wyoming scholarship endowment fund - to consist of funds appropriated or designated by law, or by gift from whatever source. In accordance with Wyoming Constitution Article 15, Section 20, monies within the fund shall not be expended and may be invested in the same manner as other permanent funds of the state. Earnings from investment of monies within the fund shall be distributed and expended as provided by law. No state funds shall be appropriated or deposited into the fund;(ix) Wyoming's tomorrow scholarship endowment fund -to consist of funds appropriated or designated to the fund by law, or by gift from whatever source. In accordance with Wyoming Constitution Article 15, Section 20, monies within the fund shall not be expended and may be invested in the same manner as other permanent funds of the state. Except as otherwise provided under this paragraph, earnings from investment of monies within the endowment fund shall be credited to the endowment fund. Upon the endowment fund reaching a balance of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000.00), earnings from the investment of monies within this fund shall be credited to the Wyoming's tomorrow scholarship expenditure account as created by W.S. 21-16-1902.Amended by Laws 2022 , ch. 52, § 2, eff. 7/1/2022.Amended by Laws 2021 , ch. 56, § 3, eff. 4/1/2021.Amended by Laws 2019 , ch. 81, § 2, eff. 7/1/2019.