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(a) There is created the Wyoming minerals to value added products program. The program is intended to aid economic development of the state by providing mineral product input guarantees to enable the recruitment and operation of commercial scale minerals to value added products facilities, which have demonstrated proof of performance.
(b) The Wyoming business council shall establish and administer the program under this act. Any commercial scale minerals to value added products facility shall submit a proposal to the governor. The governor may provide recommendations for the size and parameters of the proposed contract. An application to participate in the program shall then be submitted to and reviewed by the Wyoming business council under the process set forth in W.S. 9-12-601 through 9-12-603. The application shall be submitted on forms prescribed by, and subject to rules promulgated by, the Wyoming business council. In determining whether to recommend a contract for approval, the Wyoming business council shall consider if the applicant has demonstrated a business plan, balance sheet, sufficient cash flow, commitments to sell the finished product and other indices necessary to demonstrate the applicant's ability to perform under the contract as determined by rule and regulation of the Wyoming business council.
(c) The Wyoming business council shall provide recommendations for terms and conditions contained in a proposed contract. The Wyoming business council's recommendations shall be forwarded to the state loan and investment board for final consideration of the application.
(d) After an application to participate in the program is approved by the state loan and investment board, the Wyoming business council may complete negotiations to contract to supply not more than twenty percent (20%) of the expected mineral supply to the facility for the duration of the contract. Total contract amounts for any one (1) facility shall be set by rule of the state loan and investment board based on the provisions of this act and the expected return to the state of Wyoming, but in no event shall a contract exceed fifty million dollars ($50,000,000.00).
(e) All complete applications to participate in the minerals to value added products program established under this act which conform to the criteria established by this act and rules and regulations promulgated hereunder, shall be considered. The Wyoming business council shall review the application and may communicate directly with the applicant. A determination by the state loan and investment board to approve or disapprove an application under this act is not appealable.
(f) If the Wyoming business council receives multiple applications to enter a contract under the program, consideration shall be given to whether the applicant has demonstrated a past record of producing jobs in Wyoming and whether the applicant has and is likely to maintain a nexus to the state of Wyoming.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Wyoming Statutes Title 9. Administration of the Government § 9-20-102. Wyoming mineral to value added product program; rulemaking authority - last updated December 01, 2021 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wy/title-9-administration-of-the-government/wy-st-sect-9-20-102/
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