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WY Stat § 18-2-115 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 2 - Corporate Powers and Duties|Section 18-2-115 - Nuisance Abatement; Procedures.

18-2-115. Nuisance abatement; procedures.| (a) A board of county commissioners shall, by resolution, establish standards for determining when a site may be declared a nuisance under W.S. 18-2-101(a)(viii).  (b) A board of county commissioners may issue an order declaring a property to be a nuisance under W.S. 18-2-101(a)(viii) and shall provide written notice to the owner or occupant of the property describing with specificity the nature of the nuisance and the steps required for abatement. The order shall be in writing, shall state the grounds for the order and shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of the county in which the property is situated. A copy of the order shall be served in accordance with the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure upon the owner or occupant with a written notice that the order has been filed and shall remain in force, unless the owner or occupant files his objections or answer with the clerk of the district court within twenty (20) days. A copy of the order shall be posted in a conspicuous place upon the property.  (c) Within twenty (20) days of service of an order issued under subsection (b) of this section, the owner or occupant may file with the clerk of the district court and serve upon the board of county commissioners issuing the order, an answer denying the existence of any of the allegations in the order. If no answer is filed and served, the order shall become a final order declaring the site a nuisance and fix a time when the order shall be enforced. If an answer is filed and served, the court shall hear and determine the issues raised as set forth in subsection (d) of this section.  (d) The court shall hold a hearing within twenty (20) days from the date of the filing of the answer. If the court sustains all or any part of the order, the court shall issue a final order and fix a time within which all or any part of the final order shall be enforced.  (e) An appeal from the judgment or final order of the district court may be taken by any party to the proceeding in accordance with the Wyoming Rules of Appellate Procedure.
WY Stat § 18-2-116 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 2 - Corporate Powers and Duties|Section 18-2-116 - County Prohibitions on Utility Connections.

18-2-116. County prohibitions on utility connections.| No county shall enact or implement any resolution or policy that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, the connection or reconnection of an electric, natural gas, propane or other energy utility service provided by a public utility, municipality or cooperative utility.
WY Stat § 18-11-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 11 - Solid Waste Disposal Districts|Section 18-11-101 - Solid Waste Disposal Districts; Creation.

18-11-101. Solid waste disposal districts; creation.| (a) Each board of county commissioners may establish by resolution one (1) or more solid waste disposal districts composed of any portion of the county. Areas may be added to or subtracted from an existing district in the same manner.  (b) Not less than sixty (60) days before any resolution pursuant to this section is signed, the board of county commissioners shall submit the proposed boundaries of the district to the county assessor and the department of revenue for review for any conflict, overlap, gap or other boundary issue. The assessor and the department may make written comments thereon to the county commissioners.
WY Stat § 18-11-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 11 - Solid Waste Disposal Districts|Section 18-11-102 - Powers; Management; Rates; Penalty for Violation of Rules; Removal.

18-11-102. Powers; management; rates; penalty for violation of rules; removal.| (a) Following the creation of a solid waste disposal district the board of county commissioners shall appoint not less than three (3) nor more than nine (9) residents of the district to constitute the governing board of the district. Appointees shall serve a term of three (3) years and may be reappointed. Terms of office shall be staggered. The governing board may exercise all powers granted to cities and towns by W.S. 15-1-103(a)(xxi) and (xl) and shall adopt rules and regulations in managing the disposal of solid wastes within the district. Violation of a rule or regulation of the governing board requiring disposal of solid wastes in designated sites constitutes a misdemeanor punishable upon conviction by a fine not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) or imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months or both. A governing board may also enforce its rules and regulations by appropriate legal proceedings and expend and generate revenue relative to the purpose of a solid waste disposal district. The governing board may permit persons or entities not included within the district to utilize the facilities of the district. The governing board may impose fees upon persons or entities included within or outside of the district for the privilege of utilizing the facilities of the district at rates established by the governing board and any revenue generated in this manner shall only be used to operate the district.  (b) The county commissioners may remove any member of the governing board for cause without a public hearing unless the member requests that the action be taken during a public hearing. Vacancies on the governing board shall be filled by the county commissioners for the balance of the unexpired term created by the vacancy.
WY Stat § 18-11-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 11 - Solid Waste Disposal Districts|Section 18-11-103 - Taxation; Limitation.

18-11-103. Taxation; limitation.| (a) A solid waste disposal district board may submit to the qualified electors of the district the question of whether or not the district shall annually levy not to exceed three (3) mills on the dollar of assessed valuation of the district to operate the district. The question shall be submitted by the county clerk as ordered by the board of county commissioners at an election called, conducted, canvassed and returned in the manner provided for bond elections by the Political Subdivision Bond Election Law, W.S. 22-21-101 through 22-21-112.  (b) The board of county commissioners at the time of making the levy for county purposes shall levy a tax upon the taxable property within a solid waste disposal district to be used solely to operate the district. These monies shall be placed in an account certified by the solid waste disposal district governing board if the mill levy authorization has been approved pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
WY Stat § 18-11-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 11 - Solid Waste Disposal Districts|Section 18-11-104 - Operation of Disposal System.

18-11-104. Operation of disposal system.| Any requirements or exceptions pertaining to the operation of solid waste disposal systems by cities and towns are also applicable to county solid waste disposal districts.
WY Stat § 18-11-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 11 - Solid Waste Disposal Districts|Section 18-11-105 - Procedures.

18-11-105. Procedures.| The Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act is applicable to all proceedings under W.S. 18-11-101 through 18-11-105 except establishing or changing the boundaries of a solid waste disposal district.
WY Stat § 18-12-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-101 - Title; Purpose; Application and Construction.

18-12-101. Title; purpose; application and construction.| This act may be cited as the "Improvement and Service District Act".
WY Stat § 18-12-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-102 - Definitions.

18-12-102. Definitions.| (a) As used in this act:  (i) "Assessed value" means the total assessed value of real property within the district. Assessed value shall be determined from the last assessment roll of the county within which the district is located;  (ii) "Board" means the board of directors of an improvement and service district;  (iii) "Bonds" means bonds, warrants, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of an improvement and service district;  (iv) "Charges" means fees, tolls, rates and rentals;  (v) "Commissioners" means the board of county commissioners;  (vi) "District" means an improvement and service district as organized under the terms of this act;  (vii) "Elector" or "voter" means a person who is a qualified elector or an owner of land in the district, including any corporation, partnership or association owning land in the district provided the individual who casts the vote for a corporation, partnership or association presents the election judge with a written authorization to vote for the corporation, partnership or association. No person is a qualified elector who is under eighteen (18) years of age, a mentally incompetent person, or who has been convicted of a felony and his civil or voting rights have not been restored. In applying provisions of the Special District Elections Act of 1994 to this act, the terms "elector" or "voter" shall include qualified electors and landowners;  (viii) "Improvement" means and includes buildings, structures and all facilities of a public nature intended for public use, including but not limited to streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, alleys and other public ways, parks, recreational facilities, water, sewage, solid waste disposal and other sanitary systems and facilities, and with respect to the foregoing, such additional facilities or improvements as relate or contribute to the full public use and enjoyment thereof;  (ix) "Service" means:  (A) The operation and maintenance of improvements and any other service authorized by this act; or  (B) The provision of emergency medical services.  (x) "Landowner" or "owner of land" means the person or persons holding a majority interest in the record fee title to one (1) or more parcels of real property or a person or the persons who are obligated to pay general property taxes under a contract to purchase real property;  (xi) "This act" means W.S. 18-12-101 through 18-12-141;  (xii) "Written authorization" means an affidavit filed with the election official conducting the election setting forth a general legal description of the property owned, the street or common name address for the property, the name or names of all owners of the property described, and a statement that the person signing the written authorization is the only person having authority to act on behalf of the owner or owners of the property.
WY Stat § 18-12-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-103 - Districts Authorized; General Function.

18-12-103. Districts authorized; general function.| (a) Any unincorporated territory in this state may be formed into an improvement and service district to perform any of the following functions:  (i) Acquire, construct, operate and maintain improvements of local necessity and convenience;  (ii) Obtain improvements or services hereunder by contracting for the same with any city, town, county or other entity;  (iii) Furnish or perform any special local service which enhances the use or enjoyment of any improvement or facility or enhances the provision of emergency medical services.  (b) A district is a separate entity and a political subdivision of the state.  (c) Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 157, § 4.
WY Stat § 18-12-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-104 - Jurisdiction.

18-12-104. Jurisdiction.| The commissioners of each county shall hear proceedings for the creation of improvement and service districts within the county which unless specifically otherwise provided, shall be governed by the Special District Elections Act of 1994.
WY Stat § 18-12-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-105 - Commencement by Petition.

18-12-105. Commencement by petition.| Proceedings for the formation of a district shall be commenced by filing a petition addressed to the commissioners of the county in which the land proposed to be included in the district is situated. The petition shall be accompanied by a filing fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00).
WY Stat § 18-12-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-106 - Petition for Formation.

18-12-106. Petition for formation.| A petition to form a district shall be signed by not less than sixty percent (60%) of the persons owning land within the territory proposed to be included in the district, whose land in the proposed district has an assessed value of sixty percent (60%) or more of the assessed value of all of the land within the proposed district.
WY Stat § 18-12-113 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-113 - District Board of Directors.

18-12-113. District board of directors.| (a) The district shall be managed and controlled by a board of directors consisting of three (3) or five (5) members. The initial board shall consist of three (3) or five (5) members elected at the organizational election. A simple majority of members shall serve an initial term of two (2) years and the remaining members shall serve an initial term of four (4) years after formation of the district and until their successors are elected and qualified at the regular scheduled subsequent director election as provided in W.S. 22-29-112. Thereafter, members shall be elected for terms of four (4) years. A vacancy occurring on the board during the term of an original director or his successor shall be filled as provided in the Special District Elections Act of 1994.  (b) Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 157, § 4.  (c) Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 157, § 4.  (d) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, any district may increase or decrease the membership of its board from three (3) to five (5) members if a proposition for the modification is submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the district and a majority of those casting their ballots vote in favor of the increase or decrease. Additional offices created under this subsection shall be filled as provided in W.S. 22-29-112(a). At the election, not more than one (1) member shall be elected for a term of two (2) years, and the election ballots shall so state. Each term shall otherwise be four (4) years. A vote to decrease membership shall be in the election preceding the election of three (3) members.
WY Stat § 18-12-114 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-114 - Compensation; Officers; Rules and Regulations; Meetings.

18-12-114. Compensation; officers; rules and regulations; meetings.| (a) The members of the board shall serve without compensation but shall receive reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their duties.  (b) The board shall adopt rules, regulations and procedures for the district whether or not included in its bylaws, including those to govern the use and enjoyment of public improvements, facilities and services of the district.
WY Stat § 18-12-115 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-115 - Cost Assessed in Accordance With Benefits.

18-12-115. Cost assessed in accordance with benefits.| When an improvement proposed by the board will benefit specific property in the district to a greater extent than other property the improvement may be financed with an assessment against the property specially benefited upon a frontage, zone or other equitable basis, in accordance with benefits.
WY Stat § 18-12-116 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-116 - Resolution of Intent to Provide for Special Assessment.

18-12-116. Resolution of intent to provide for special assessment.| (a) The board may declare by resolution their intent to order improvements to be paid for by special assessment. The resolution shall specify:  (i) The nature of the improvement proposed;  (ii) The extent of the district to be improved;  (iii) The probable cost per unit of measurement as shown by estimates of a qualified engineer;  (iv) The time in which the cost will be payable; and  (v) The time when a resolution authorizing the improvements will be considered.  (b) Any resolution or directive in the premises may be modified, confirmed or rescinded at any time prior to the passage of the resolution authorizing the improvements.
WY Stat § 18-12-117 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-117 - Notice of Resolution; Hearing; Objections.

18-12-117. Notice of resolution; hearing; objections.| (a) At the request of the board the county clerk shall give notice, by advertisement once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, to the owners of the property to be assessed to provide:  (i) The nature of the improvement proposed;  (ii) The extent of the district to be improved;  (iii) The probable cost of the improvement;  (iv) The time at which the cost will be payable;  (v) The time when a resolution authorizing the improvements will be considered by the board;  (vi) That maps, estimates and schedules showing the approximate amounts to be assessed and all resolutions and proceedings are on file and may be seen or examined at the office of the county clerk or other designated place; and  (vii) That all complaints and objections concerning the proposed improvement by owners of property subject to assessment will be heard and considered by the board before final action, under the provisions of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.  (b) If objections to the improvement are made by owners or agents representing property subject to thirty percent (30%) or more of the projected dollar assessments the improvement may not be authorized and a new resolution for the same or a similar purpose encompassing property representing objections may not be considered within one (1) year thereafter.
WY Stat § 18-12-118 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-118 - Notice of Apportionment; Assessment Roll.

18-12-118. Notice of apportionment; assessment roll.| (a) A copy of the resolution as finally adopted shall be recorded by the county clerk who shall within sixty (60) days after the adoption of the resolution by written notice, mailed or otherwise delivered, notify each owner of property to be assessed of the amount of assessment, the purpose for which the levy is made, the tax against each lot or parcel of land, and the date it becomes delinquent. The county clerk shall also notify each owner of property the amount of any operation and maintenance charges to be assessed within sixty (60) days after the assessment is approved by the board of county commissioners under W.S. 18-12-112(a)(xxi).  (b) The county assessor shall prepare a local assessment roll showing land assessed, the total amount of assessment and operation and maintenance charges if approved under W.S. 18-12-112(a)(xxi), the amount of each installment of principal and interest if the same is payable in installments, and the date when each installment will become due, and deliver the same, duly certified, to the county treasurer for collection.
WY Stat § 18-12-120 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-120 - Bond Elections; Resolution for Submission of Proposition to Voters.

18-12-120. Bond elections; resolution for submission of proposition to voters.| By resolution of its board a district may submit to its qualified voters, by mail ballot or at an election on a date authorized under W.S. 22-21-103, as determined by the board of county commissioners, the proposition of issuing bonds pursuant to this act to provide funds for the acquisition, construction, improving or financing of improvements as well as performing services for the benefit of the residents of the district, including any or all expenses incidental thereto or connected therewith.
WY Stat § 18-12-121 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-121 - Contents of Resolution; Notice of Election.

18-12-121. Contents of resolution; notice of election.| (a) The resolution shall:  (i) State the purpose for which the bonds are proposed to be issued;  (ii) State the estimated amount of money to be raised by the bond issue;  (iii) State the principal amount of the bonds;  (iv) State the maximum rate of interest on the bonds;  (v) Fix the date of the election;  (vi) Fix the manner of holding the election.  (b) The notice of bond election shall include the following information:  (i) The amount of the proposed bond issue;  (ii) The maximum maturity of the bonds;  (iii) Statement by the board of the need for the issuance of the bonds and the purposes for which the proceeds of the bonds shall be devoted;  (iv) A description of the exterior boundaries of the district;  (v) A general description of the proposed improvement, utility or local service to be provided by the district;  (vi) Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 157, § 4.