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WY Stat § 15-7-406 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 4 - Board of Public Utilities|Section 15-7-406 - Agents, Servants and Employees.

15-7-406. Agents, servants and employees.| (a) The board shall make all appointments and hire all agents, servants and employees of the departments, fix their compensation and determine their qualifications, considering only the relative capacity of applicants, their moral, physical and health qualifications and when appropriate, their qualifications for manual labor. All appointments shall be made on the basis of merit alone, and no appointment may be made on account of political services or affiliations. All agents, servants and employees shall hold their offices at the board's pleasure.  (b) The board may delegate the authority to hire, promote, transfer, demote and discharge its employees to a director of utilities, if one is appointed.
WY Stat § 15-7-407 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 4 - Board of Public Utilities|Section 15-7-407 - Consumer Rates; Depreciation.

15-7-407. Consumer rates; depreciation.| (a) The board shall fix the rates for water, sanitary sewer services and electric service furnished to customers, and any revision thereof is subject to the local governing body's review, modification and approval. The rates shall secure an income sufficient to:  (i) Pay the interest charges and principal payments on all bonds issued to pay the purchase price, construction cost, extensions and enlargements of the respective systems as they are due;  (ii) Pay all salaries and wages of the officers and employees;  (iii) Cover the cost of all materials and supplies used in the operation of the plants;  (iv) Cover all miscellaneous expenses;  (v) Cover all usual extensions and enlargements, together with a reasonable allowance for emergency and unforeseen expenses; and  (vi) Provide and maintain a depreciation fund for each department.  (b) The board shall account for the depreciation of the water plant and of the sanitary sewer system, including sewage disposal plant or plants, using rates of depreciation approved by the board and the local governing body. The depreciation fund shall be used only to pay for replacements and additions to the waterworks, sanitary sewer systems and sewage disposal plants. Replacements and additions shall be capitalized and the capital value added to the value of the systems to establish the value of the plants for depreciation purposes. The local governing body may by ordinance fix special rates for water, electric or sanitary sewer services furnished to the governing body of the city or town for public purposes, or to organized institutions of charity, or to any person who is eligible for assistance under W.S. 39-11-109(c)(ii) through (vii).
WY Stat § 15-7-408 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 4 - Board of Public Utilities|Section 15-7-408 - Use of Surplus Water or Sewage Funds.

15-7-408. Use of surplus water or sewage funds.| The board of public utilities shall use any surplus funds arising from the sale of water or sewage services for the purchase and cancellation of any bonds issued to pay the purchase price of the water or sewer plants or the cost of their construction, extension and enlargement. The board shall not pay for any bonds any sum greater than par, plus a premium of not to exceed fifty percent (50%) of the face value on all unearned interest coupons attached to any bond purchased, or pay more than the actual market price of the bonds at the time of purchasing them. Any surplus after the purchase of bonds shall be paid into the general fund of the city or town.
WY Stat § 15-7-409 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 4 - Board of Public Utilities|Section 15-7-409 - Meter Deposit Fund; Investment; Interest; Repayment.

15-7-409. Meter deposit fund; investment; interest; repayment.| The board of public utilities of any city or town engaged in the business of supplying water or electricity to its inhabitants which requires deposits to be made on water meters or electric meters furnished its customers, shall place all monies received from the deposits in a separate fund. The fund may be invested in securities as provided by law for trust funds of cities or towns. Any interest or income earned by or accruing to the fund, not otherwise pledged for the payment of general obligations or revenue bonds, may annually be transferred and paid into the general fund of the city or town. Any person who has made or makes a deposit on a water meter or electric meter is entitled only to the repayment of the principal amount of his deposit.
WY Stat § 15-7-410 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 4 - Board of Public Utilities|Section 15-7-410 - Treasurer; Duties; Bond.

15-7-410. Treasurer; duties; bond.| The treasurer of the city or town is ex officio treasurer of the board of public utilities. All funds and property in his hands belonging to these departments are subject to the board's control, and he shall receive and receipt for the money collected by the employees of the board and pay out those funds when ordered by the board upon warrants signed by its president and countersigned by the office manager, certifying that the warrant is issued by the board's authority. He shall also cooperate with the office manager and supply him with official information to permit the making of the monthly reports provided for in W.S. 15-7-405, and any other information the board requires. As ex officio treasurer to the board, he shall give a surety bond in the sum approved by the board. The board shall pay the cost of the bond in the same manner as provided for other bonds in this article.
WY Stat § 15-7-411 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 4 - Board of Public Utilities|Section 15-7-411 - Duty of City Clerk.

15-7-411. Duty of city clerk.| The clerk of the city or town shall furnish the board with copies of all ordinances, resolutions, agreements, contracts and other records the board requires.
WY Stat § 15-7-412 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 4 - Board of Public Utilities|Section 15-7-412 - Additional Powers and Duties.

15-7-412. Additional powers and duties.| In so far as applicable the board of public utilities shall exercise all other powers and duties under acts and part of acts relating to water plants and sanitary sewer systems, including sewage disposal plants, in cities and towns.
WY Stat § 15-7-501 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 5 - Sewerage Systems|Section 15-7-501 - Definition.

15-7-501. Definition.| As used in this article, "sewerage system" means a sewerage treatment plant, or plants, collecting, intercepting and outlet sewers, force mains, conduits, pumping stations, ejector stations and all other appurtenances or improvements, or any of them, necessary or useful and convenient for the collection, treatment and disposal, in a sanitary manner, of sewage and industrial wastes.
WY Stat § 15-7-503 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 5 - Sewerage Systems|Section 15-7-503 - Ordinance for Construction; Required and Authorized Provisions; Existing Bonds Validated.

15-7-503. Ordinance for construction; required and authorized provisions; existing bonds validated.| (a) If the governing body determines to construct, reconstruct, acquire, improve or extend a sewerage system and to issue bonds under the provisions of this article to pay the costs, it shall adopt an ordinance generally describing the contemplated project and refer to its plans and specifications which are open for public inspection. The ordinance shall:  (i) Set out the estimated cost of the project;  (ii) Determine the period of its usefulness;  (iii) Fix the:  (A) Amount of revenue bonds proposed to be issued;  (B) Maturity or maturities;  (C) Interest rate; and  (D) Other details in connection with the bonds.  (iv) Pledge the revenues derived from the operation of the sewerage system to:  (A) Pay the cost of operation and maintenance of the system;  (B) Provide an adequate depreciation fund; and  (C) Pay the principal and interest of the bonds.  (b) The ordinance may:  (i) Provide that the bonds, or those specified, to the extent and in the manner prescribed, shall be subordinated to any other bonds payable from the revenues of the sewerage system as are specified in the ordinance;  (ii) Contain any covenants and restrictions upon the issuance of additional revenue bonds, which share equally from the revenues of the system, as may be necessary or advisable to assure the payment of the bonds authorized;  (iii) Provide that the revenue bonds or any part thereof may be sold to the state of Wyoming or the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof at a private sale, without advertisement, for not less than par and accrued interest;  (iv) Provide that the bonds are redeemable with or without premium at the time or place the governing body provides;  (v) Provide that the governing body may discontinue the water supply of any person for nonpayment of the sewer service charge.  (c) All revenue bonds issued pursuant to this article, which are outstanding on the effective date of this act, the right to the payment of which has not been barred by any pertinent statute of limitations, and all acts and proceedings heretofore had or taken, or purportedly had or taken by or on behalf of any city or town under law or under color of law preliminary to and in the authorization, execution, sale, issuance and payment (or any combination thereof) of those revenue bonds, are validated, including but not necessarily limited to the terms, provisions, conditions and covenants of any resolution or ordinance appertaining thereto. Those outstanding revenue bonds are binding and enforceable obligations of the city or town issuing them in accordance with their terms and their authorizing proceedings.
WY Stat § 15-7-504 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 5 - Sewerage Systems|Section 15-7-504 - Refunding Revenue Bonds; Purpose; Required Procedure; Exceptions Thereto.

15-7-504. Refunding revenue bonds; purpose; required procedure; exceptions thereto.| (a) Any city or town may issue refunding revenue bonds:  (i) To refund and discharge or extend or shorten the maturities of all or any part of the outstanding bonds of any one (1) or more issues, including any interest thereon in arrears or about to become due;  (ii) For the purpose of reducing interest costs or effecting other economies; or  (iii) For the purpose of modifying or eliminating restrictive contractual limitations as pertained to the issues of additional bonds, otherwise concerning the outstanding bonds or to any facilities as pertained thereto.  (b) Any refunding specified in subsection (a) of this section shall be accomplished in the manner prescribed by W.S. 16-5-102 through 16-5-119, as from time to time amended, except that refunding revenue bonds so authorized do not constitute a debt of the city or town within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation, nor shall any tax be levied or other revenue be pledged for the payment thereof, except for the special funds authorized under this article.
WY Stat § 15-7-506 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 5 - Sewerage Systems|Section 15-7-506 - Bonds Payable From Revenues and Not Considered Indebtedness.

15-7-506. Bonds payable from revenues and not considered indebtedness.| All bonds issued under the provisions of this article are payable solely from the revenues derived from the operation of the sewerage system and do not constitute an indebtedness of the city or town within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision. The face of each bond shall state that it has been issued under the provisions of this article, and that it does not constitute an indebtedness of the city or town within any constitutional or statutory limitation.
WY Stat § 15-7-507 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 5 - Sewerage Systems|Section 15-7-507 - Revenues; Deposit in Fund; Uses Thereof.

15-7-507. Revenues; deposit in fund; uses thereof.| (a) All revenues derived from the operation of the sewerage system shall be set aside as collected and deposited in a special fund to be used only for:  (i) Paying the cost of operating and maintaining the system;  (ii) Providing an adequate depreciation fund; and  (iii) Paying the principal and interest on the bonds issued under this article.
WY Stat § 15-7-508 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 5 - Sewerage Systems|Section 15-7-508 - Rates; General; Amounts; Special.

15-7-508. Rates; general; amounts; special.| (a) Any city or town borrowing money or receiving grants and improving, constructing or acquiring and improving a sewerage system, shall collect a charge from the users of the system at a rate sufficient to:  (i) Pay the cost of operating and maintaining the system;  (ii) Provide an adequate depreciation fund;  (iii) Pay the principal and interest on the bonds issued; and  (iv) Repay grants.  (b) Any city or town owning and operating a sewerage system constructed or acquired under the provisions of any law may provide by ordinance that the users of the system pay a service rate sufficient to pay the cost of operating and maintaining the system and to provide an adequate depreciation fund.  (c) Any city or town may fix special rates as provided in W.S. 15-7-407.
WY Stat § 15-7-509 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 5 - Sewerage Systems|Section 15-7-509 - Change of Rates; Recovery of Unpaid Charges; Accounts.

15-7-509. Change of rates; recovery of unpaid charges; accounts.| (a) The charges for the use of the sewerage system may be changed from time to time and except as otherwise provided in W.S. 15-7-407 shall be fixed at a rate which equitably distributes the cost of service among the users. If any service charge is not paid within thirty (30) days after it is due, the amount thereof, together with a penalty of ten percent (10%), and a reasonable attorney's fee, may be recovered in a civil action by the city or town.  (b) Any city or town issuing bonds under this article shall maintain a proper system of accounts showing the amount of revenue received from the sewerage system and its application. At least once each year the accounts shall be properly audited and a report of the audit shall be open for inspection at all proper times to any taxpayer, sewerage system user or any holder of any bond issued under this article, or their respective representatives.
WY Stat § 15-7-510 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 5 - Sewerage Systems|Section 15-7-510 - Compelling Officials to Perform Duties.

15-7-510. Compelling officials to perform duties.| The holder of any bond issued under this article, or of any coupon representing interest accrued thereon, by proper suit, may compel the officials of the city or town to perform all duties imposed upon them by this article.
WY Stat § 15-7-511 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 5 - Sewerage Systems|Section 15-7-511 - Issuance of Revenue Bonds.

15-7-511. Issuance of revenue bonds.| Revenue bonds under this article shall be issued in accordance with the requirements of W.S. 15-7-102 insofar as it refers to submitting the proposition to a vote of the people and when not in conflict with the provisions of this article.
WY Stat § 15-7-512 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 5 - Sewerage Systems|Section 15-7-512 - Special Assessments; Purposes; Property Included; Amount; Unplatted Areas; Nonpayment.

15-7-512. Special assessments; purposes; property included; amount; unplatted areas; nonpayment.| (a) Any city or town may make special assessments for the construction of sewers and water mains. The assessments shall be made on all lots and pieces of ground to the center of the block, or if the sewers or water mains are constructed in an alley, then on all lots and pieces of ground to the nearest street or avenue on each side of the alley, extending along the street, avenue or alley, the distance of the improvement, according to the area of the lots or pieces of ground without regard to the buildings or improvements. The amount to be paid by each property holder shall be determined by dividing the expenses of the construction of the proposed sewer or water main among all the property holders for the benefit of whose property the sewer or water main is to be constructed. In the case of unplatted acreage within the city limits, the city or town shall consider that only the first seventy-five (75) feet in each direction from the sewer or water main is benefited and so assessed. However, if any property in an unplatted area is later connected to or receives service from the sewer or water main, that property shall be assessed its proportionate share. The amount to be assessed against each property holder shall be in proportion to the number of square feet each owns to the entire number of square feet assessed for the expense of the construction.  (b) The city or town may adopt ordinances providing for the manner of sale, redemption and conveyance of lands sold for nonpayment of the special assessments.
WY Stat § 15-7-514 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 5 - Sewerage Systems|Section 15-7-514 - Provisions Cumulative.

15-7-514. Provisions cumulative.| The provisions of this article are cumulative, conferring additional power on cities and towns and are not limitations upon their powers to construct, acquire and improve and operate sewerage systems.
WY Stat § 15-7-516 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 5 - Sewerage Systems|Section 15-7-516 - Conditions on the Connection of Municipal Sewer Service.

15-7-516. Conditions on the connection of municipal sewer service.| (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no city or town shall condition the connection of a municipal sewer system to a property on the inclusion of any deed restriction for that property or any other property that requires the development or provision of affordable housing. Nothing herein shall contravene the discretion of cities and towns to deny connection to the municipal sewerage system.  (b) As used in this section, "affordable housing" means residential housing that is rented to or owned by a person who qualifies as a low income or moderate income household, however defined.
WY Stat § 15-7-601 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 6 - Agreements to Furnish Water|Section 15-7-601 - Extension of System; Within Corporate Limits.

15-7-601. Extension of system; within corporate limits.| Any city or town owning its municipal water system or plant may enter into agreements with the owners of lands who desire to have the water system extended to their property within the corporate limits of the city or town. The land owners shall agree to pay to the city or town a stipulated amount, in installments as may be agreed upon, for a period not to exceed ten (10) years, regardless of the use or nonuse of water during the period, and to making the charges a lien upon their respective lands. When the agreement has been filed with the city or town clerk, the charges become a lien upon the lands. Any city or town, by ordinance, may prescribe the rules and regulations governing the agreements and provide for the enforcement of the lien.
WY Stat § 15-7-603 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 6 - Agreements to Furnish Water|Section 15-7-603 - Supplying Federal Government Authorized; Existing Contracts Confirmed.

15-7-603. Supplying federal government authorized; existing contracts confirmed.| (a) Any city or town may enter into and fully perform contracts with the United States government, or any department or representative thereof, or road construction contractor working under a contract with the state transportation commission or with public utility corporations to supply water for their use and needs at any place within the corporate limits of the city or town, or adjacent thereto.  (b) Any contracts entered into by any city or town and the United States government, or any department or representative thereof, or any public utility corporation doing business within the corporate limits or adjacent thereto, are confirmed and are valid and binding contracts, any other law or act to the contrary notwithstanding.
WY Stat § 15-7-604 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 6 - Agreements to Furnish Water|Section 15-7-604 - Supplying Railroads Authorized; Ratification of Existing Contracts.

15-7-604. Supplying railroads authorized; ratification of existing contracts.| (a) Any city or town may contract to furnish water at and adjacent to the city or town, for a term of years as agreed upon, to:  (i) Any railroad company for use in its shops, locomotives and for any other railroad purposes;  (ii) Any subsidiary or affiliate of any such railroad company whose principal business at or adjacent to the city or town is the furnishing of material or service, or both, to the railroad company;  (iii) Any industrial user of water whose principal needs for water, at or adjacent to the city or town, are defined as preferred uses of water after the industry or industries has established its own priority.  (b) Any city or town, upon terms and for consideration it considers adequate, may ratify any contract which it has made with regard to supplying water to any railroad for the uses and purposes stated in this section.
WY Stat § 15-7-605 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 6 - Agreements to Furnish Water|Section 15-7-605 - Purchase Authorized.

15-7-605. Purchase authorized.| Any city or town may purchase water from outside its corporate limits upon terms and conditions agreed upon by the parties.
WY Stat § 15-7-606 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 6 - Agreements to Furnish Water|Section 15-7-606 - Use of Surplus Water Funds.

15-7-606. Use of surplus water funds.| Any city or town shall use any surplus funds arising from the sale of water services for the redemption and cancellation of bonds, if any, issued to pay the purchase price of the water or the cost of the construction, extension and enlargement of the system. The city or town shall not redeem any bonds at any sum greater than par, plus a premium of not to exceed fifty percent (50%) of the face value on all unearned interest coupons attached to any bond purchased, nor pay more than the actual market price of the bonds at the time the bonds are redeemed. Any surplus funds after the redemption of bonds, may be paid from the water enterprise account into the general fund of the city or town. Provided however, sufficient funds, as determined by the governing body, shall be maintained in the water enterprise account to cover debt services, operating costs and reasonable reserves for depreciation of the system and anticipated acquisition of water resources.