2012 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 35 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 11 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
35-11-213. Restrictions on state regulations related to greenhouse gas emissions.

(a) Effective March 31, 1999, neither the department nor the council shall propose or promulgate any new rule or regulation intended in whole or in part to reduce emissions as called for by the Kyoto Protocol, from the residential, commercial, industrial, electric utility, transportation, agricultural, energy or mining sectors.

(b) In the absence of a resolution or other act of the legislature approving same, the director of the department shall not submit to the United States environmental protection agency or to any other agency of the federal government any legally enforceable commitments related to the Kyoto Protocol.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or to impede state or private participation in any on-going voluntary initiatives to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, including, but not limited to, the United States environmental protection agency's green lights program, the United States department of energy's climate challenge program and similar state and federal initiatives relying on voluntary participation.

(d) This section shall remain in effect until repealed by an act of the Wyoming legislature or until ratification of the Kyoto Protocol by the United States senate and enactment of federal legislation implementing the Kyoto Protocol.