Wyoming Statutes Title 21. Education § 21-16-714. Investment of state funds in insured, guaranteed or other higher education loans

(a) Subject to approval of the governor and advice of the attorney general, the state treasurer may enter into standby commitment agreements for a commercially reasonable fee with the authority under which the state agrees to purchase loans held by the authority at any time the authority is unable to pay interest on or principal of any of its outstanding obligations on any regularly scheduled interest or principal payment date, or at maturity, whether by acceleration, redemption or otherwise.  One (1) condition of the agreement shall require the loan program to be designed for statewide participation and benefits.  If the commitment is incurred, the investment shall be made from the Wyoming permanent mineral trust fund or permanent land fund and shall not exceed one hundred seventy-five million dollars ($175,000,000.00).

(b) If loans are sold, the authority shall, as partial consideration for the sale, retain the responsibility for collection and procedural processing of the loans at its sole expense with the exception of servicing fees as specified in the standby commitment agreement.  In no case shall the state be obliged to administer loans purchased from the authority.  The portion of any payment reflecting a return of corpus shall be credited to the permanent mineral trust fund or permanent land fund and the balance of the payment shall be credited to the general fund or the permanent land income fund, as applicable.

(a) The department may enter into contracts not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the leasing and renting of operated heavy highway equipment for state highway maintenance purposes, which contracts are not subject to the State Contract Act pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 136.5, and the department is not required to comply with the procedures described in subdivision (a) of that section relative to those contracts. Contracts exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the leasing and renting of operated heavy highway equipment for state highway maintenance purposes shall be subject to the procedures described in subdivision (a) of Section 136.5.

(b) For purposes of this section, “operated heavy highway equipment” shall mean bulldozers, grinders, loaders, pavers, oilers, rollers, excavators, truck tractors and trailers, fork lifts, personnel lifts, sweepers, and water tankers that include within the leasing or rental costs the cost of the qualified operator of the equipment.

(c) This section shall not apply to contracts for the leasing or renting of operated heavy highway equipment for emergency work, which are governed by subdivision (b) of Section 136.5. This section shall not apply to the leasing or renting of operated heavy highway equipment to be utilized for new highway construction.