36-8-301. Acceptance of Big Horn Hot Springs. The state of Wyoming hereby accepts the lands granted by the act of congress of 1897 ceding to the state one (1) square mile in the northeast portion of the historic Shoshone Indian Reservation upon which is located the Big Horn Hot Springs and assents to all of […]
36-8-302. Name of park. From and after the passage of this act, the land managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 in the northeast portion of the historic Shoshone Indian Reservation, upon which is located the Big Horn Hot Springs, is hereby declared to be and shall hereafter be known as the “Hot […]
36-8-303. Disposition of monies received. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any and all monies which may be received for rentals of said lands or waters, or any portion thereof, or for the use of said water in any form or any portion thereof, and all money in any way derived from said state […]
36-8-304. Public baths and public campgrounds. The department of state parks and cultural resources shall retain one-fourth (1/4) of the water in the main or largest principal spring on the state land on the eastern bank of the Big Horn River with sufficient quantity of the land adjacent thereto, upon which suitable bathhouses may be […]
36-8-305. Adjudication of water right for flow of Big Horn Hot Springs. The legislature of Wyoming, by enacting W.S. 36-8-304, appropriated and set aside for the state of Wyoming, board of charities and reform, the total flow of the Big Horn Hot Springs at Thermopolis, Wyoming, which was estimated to have been thirteen and one-tenth […]
36-8-306. Transfer of lands to United States. Whenever in the judgment of the department, in consultation with the commission, the interest of the state will be advanced by granting, conveying or deeding to the United States of America any tract or tracts of land within the Hot Springs State Park not otherwise disposed of, as […]
36-8-307. Control of use of lands; transfer of control to the Wyoming department of state parks and cultural resources. (a) The lands granted by the act of congress approved on the seventh day of June, A.D. 1897, ceding to the state of Wyoming certain lands in the northeastern portion of the historic Shoshone Indian Reservation […]
36-8-308. Inspection for health purposes. The department, in consultation with the commission, may call upon the state department of health to inspect, examine and report fully upon the condition of any and all hotels, sanitariums and buildings, and all places and localities within the limits of the Big Horn Hot Springs state park and to […]
36-8-309. Rules and regulations; adoption, penalty for violation and cancellation of leases. The department of state parks and cultural resources has full power, control and supervision over the Big Horn Hot Springs State Park, located in Hot Springs county, and all property thereon. The department may adopt rules and regulations for the government of the […]
36-8-310. Rules and regulations; publication and distribution. All rules and regulations adopted by the department of state parks and cultural resources for the government of the Big Horn Hot Springs State Park shall be published in pamphlet form and distributed to all officers and persons by law entitled to receive them, and to all lessees […]
36-8-311. Superintendent. The department of state parks and cultural resources may employ a superintendent of the Big Horn Hot Springs State Park who shall have charge of all the state property at that park under the direction of the department.
36-8-313. Attendant for free bathhouse. The department may employ an attendant at the free bathhouse of the Big Horn Hot Springs whose duties shall be specified by the department.
36-8-314. Gambling prohibited; sale of alcoholic beverages regulated; violations. Gambling in any form is prohibited within the park. The sale of alcoholic liquor except for medicinal purposes shall be subject to any terms, conditions, regulations and license fees as the department in consultation with the commission may determine and prescribe in addition to any requirement […]
36-8-315. Penalty for public health violations. Any person who maintains a filthy, unwholesome or offensive house, hotel, bathhouse, sanitarium, dwelling, stable, privy or privy vault, drainpipe or sewer, which is a menace to the public health, or who fails to comply with any order, rule, direction or regulation of the department of state parks and […]
36-8-316. Liability and penalty for livestock roaming at will. It shall be unlawful for any person, owner or custodian of any livestock to permit the same to roam at will over, upon or across any portion of the lands owned by the state in Hot Springs county and known as the Hot Springs State Reserve. […]
