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WY Stat § 41-3-756 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-756 - Bonds; Election Prior to Issuance; Conduct of Election; Canvassing of Returns; Declaration of Results.

41-3-756. Bonds; election prior to issuance; conduct of election; canvassing of returns; declaration of results.| The respective election boards shall conduct the election in their respective precincts in the manner prescribed by law for the holding of general elections, and shall make their returns to the secretary of the district. At any regular or special meeting of the board held not earlier than five (5) days following the date of such election, the returns thereof, shall be canvassed and the results thereof declared. In the event that any election held hereunder shall be consolidated with any primary or general election, the returns thereof shall be made and canvassed at the time and in the manner provided by law for the canvass of the returns of such primary or general election. It shall be the duty of such canvassing body or bodies to promptly certify and transmit to the board a statement of the results of the vote upon the proposition submitted thereunder. Upon receipt of such certificate, it shall be the duty of the board to tabulate and declare the results of the election held thereunder.
WY Stat § 41-3-757 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-757 - Bonds; Election Prior to Issuance; Approval.

41-3-757. Bonds; election prior to issuance; approval.| In the event that it shall appear from said returns that a majority of said qualified electors of the district who shall have voted on any proposition submitted hereunder at such election voted in favor of such proposition, the district shall thereupon be authorized to incur such indebtedness or obligations, enter into such contract, and/or issue and sell such bonds of the district, all for the purpose or purposes and object or objects provided for in the proposition submitted hereunder, and the resolution therefor, and in the amount so provided and at a rate of interest not exceeding the rate of interest recited in such resolution. Submission of the proposition of incurring such obligation or bonded or other indebtedness at such an election shall not prevent or prohibit submission of the same or other propositions at subsequent election or elections called for such purpose.
WY Stat § 41-3-758 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-758 - Judicial Examination and Determination of Board's Powers.

41-3-758. Judicial examination and determination of board's powers.| The board may, in its discretion, at any time file a petition in the court, praying a judicial examination and determination of any power conferred hereby or by any amendment hereto or of any tax or assessment levied or of any act, proceeding or contract of the district, whether or not said contract shall have been executed, including proposed contracts for the acquisition, construction, maintenance and/or operation of works for the district. Such petition shall set forth the facts whereon the validity of such power, assessment, act, proceeding or contract is founded and shall be verified by the president of the board. Notice of the filing of said petition shall be given by the clerk of the court, under the seal thereof, stating in brief outline the contents of the petition and showing where a full copy of any contract or contracts, therein mentioned, may be examined. Said notice shall be served by publication in at least five (5) consecutive issues of a weekly newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the principal office of the district is located, and by posting the same in the office of the district at least thirty (30) days prior to the date fixed in said notice for the hearing on said petition. Any owner of property in the district or person interested in the contract or proposed contract may appear and demur to or answer said petition at any time prior to the date fixed for said hearing or within such further time as may be allowed by the court; and the petition shall be taken as confessed by all persons who fail so to appear. The said petition and notice shall be sufficient to give the court jurisdiction and upon hearing, the court shall examine into and determine all matters and things affecting the question submitted, shall make such findings, with reference thereto, and render such judgment and decree thereon as the case warrants. Costs may be divided or apportioned among the contesting parties in the discretion of the trial court. Review of the judgment of the court may be had as in other similar cases, except that such review must be applied for within thirty (30) days after the time of the rendition of such judgment, or within such additional time as may be allowed by the court within thirty (30) days. The Code of Civil Procedure shall govern in matters of pleading and practice where not otherwise specified herein. The court shall disregard any error, irregularity or omission which does not affect the substantial rights of the parties.
WY Stat § 41-3-770 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-770 - Methods of Levying and Collecting; Classifications Generally.

41-3-770. Methods of levying and collecting; classifications generally.| (a) In addition to the other means of providing revenue for such districts as herein provided, the board shall have power and authority to levy and collect taxes and special assessments for maintaining and operating such works and paying the obligations and indebtedness of the district by any one (1) or more of the methods or combinations thereof, classified as follows:  (i) Class A.-To levy and collect taxes upon all property within the district as hereinafter provided;  (ii) Class B.-To levy and collect assessments for special benefits accruing to property within municipalities for which use of water is allotted as hereinafter provided;  (iii) Class C.-To levy and collect assessments for special benefits accruing to lands within irrigation districts for which use of water is allotted as hereinafter provided;  (iv) Class D.-To levy and collect assessments for special benefits accruing to lands for which use of water is allotted as hereinafter provided.
WY Stat § 41-3-771 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-771 - Methods of Levying and Collecting; Class A.

41-3-771. Methods of levying and collecting; class A.| To levy and collect taxes under class A as provided in W.S. 41-3-770, the board shall, in each year, determine the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation, taking into consideration other sources of revenue of the district, and shall fix a rate of levy which when levied upon every dollar of assessed valuation of property within the district, and with other revenues will raise the amount required by the district, to supply funds for paying expenses of organization, for surveys and plans, paying the costs of construction, operating and maintaining the works of the district; provided, however, that said rate shall not exceed one-half (1/2) mill on the dollar, prior to the delivery of water from the works, and thereafter not to exceed one (1) mill on the dollar, of assessed valuation of the property within the district, except in the event of accruing defaults and/or deficiencies where an additional levy may be made as provided in W.S. 41-3-775. The board shall on or before the third Monday of July of each year, certify to the board of county commissioners of each county within the district or having a portion of its territory in the district, the rate so fixed with direction that at the time and in the manner required by law for levying of taxes for county purposes, such board of county commissioners shall levy such tax upon the assessed valuation of all property within the district, in addition to such other taxes as may be levied by such board of county commissioners, at the rate so fixed and determined; provided, however, that said assessment and tax levied under the provisions of this act shall not be construed as being a part of the general county mill levy.
WY Stat § 41-3-775 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-775 - Considerations Affecting Annual Levies and Assessments; Deficiencies; Additional Assessments.

41-3-775. Considerations affecting annual levies and assessments; deficiencies; additional assessments.| The board in making the annual assessments and levies as herein provided, shall take into account the maturing indebtedness for the ensuing year as provided in its contracts and/or the maturing of bonds and interest on all bonds, and deficiencies and defaults of prior years, and shall make ample provision for the payment thereof. In case the proceeds of such levies and assessments made under the provisions of this act, together with other revenues of the district, are not sufficient to punctually pay the annual installments on its contracts and/or bonds, and interest thereon and to pay defaults and deficiencies, then the board shall make such additional levies of taxes and/or assessments as may be necessary for such purposes and notwithstanding any limitations by contract, order, tax lien, or otherwise, such taxes and assessments shall be made to continue until the indebtedness of the district shall be fully paid; provided, however, that the amount of such additional levies of taxes under class A as provided in W.S. 41-3-770, shall not in any one (1) year exceed an amount that would be raised by a levy of one-half (1/2) mill against the assessed value of such property as fixed for general tax purposes; provided, that such levies for defaults and deficiencies shall not at any time be so made as to impose upon class A as herein provided, payments in excess of twenty-five percent (25%) of the anticipated revenue from all sources to be raised for the specific purpose of payment of existing defaults and deficiencies; and provided further, that in making such additional levies and/or assessments, the board shall take into account all sources of revenue and equitably distribute the burden of such defaults and deficiencies according to the uses and benefits as provided in this act.
WY Stat § 41-3-777 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-777 - Duties of City and County Taxing Officials.

41-3-777. Duties of city and county taxing officials.| It shall be the duty of the officer or body having authority to levy taxes within each county, city and county, or town, to levy the taxes and special assessments as provided in this act and it shall be the duty of all county, or city and county officials, charged with the duty of collecting taxes, to collect such taxes and special assessments in the time, form and manner and with like interest and penalties as county or city and county taxes are collected and when collected to pay the same to the district, ordering its levy and/or collection, and the payment of such collections shall be made through the secretary of the district and paid into the depository thereof to the credit of the district. All taxes and assessments made under this act together with all interest thereon and penalties for default in payment thereof, and all costs in collection of the same, shall, until paid, constitute a perpetual lien on a parity with the tax lien of general, state, county, city, town or school taxes and no sale of such property to enforce any general, state, county, city, town or school tax or other liens shall extinguish the perpetual lien of such taxes and assessments.
WY Stat § 41-3-778 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-778 - Exemptions.

41-3-778. Exemptions.| All property of whatever kind and nature owned by the state and by towns, cities, school districts, drainage districts, irrigation districts, park districts, water districts, or any other governmental agency or agencies within the said district, shall be exempt from assessment and levy by the board as provided in this act for the purposes herein contained.
WY Stat § 41-3-779 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-779 - Nonpayment.

41-3-779. Nonpayment.| If the taxes and/or assessments levied are not paid as herein provided, then the real property shall be sold at the regular tax sale for the payment of such taxes and assessments, interest and penalties, in the manner provided by the statutes of the state of Wyoming for selling property for nonpayment of general taxes. If there are no bids at said tax sale for the property so offered under class A and class B, said property shall be struck off to the county, and the county shall account to the district in the same manner as provided by law for accounting for school, town and city taxes. And if there are no bids for the property so offered under class C and class D, said property shall be struck off to the district and the tax certificate shall be issued in the name of the district and the board shall have the same power with reference to sale of said tax certificate, as now vested in county commissioners and county treasurer when property is struck off to the counties.
WY Stat § 41-3-801 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 8 - Flood Control Districts|Section 41-3-801 - Petition for Establishment; Notice of Election; Qualifications of Voters; Conduct of Election.

41-3-801. Petition for establishment; notice of election; qualifications of voters; conduct of election.| A flood control district may be established under the procedures for petitioning, hearing and election of special districts, and subsequent elections shall be held, as set forth in the Special District Elections Act of 1994. The petition and notice of publication shall describe by metes and bounds, following as nearly as possible established school district boundaries, the lands to be included in said district.
WY Stat § 41-3-803 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 8 - Flood Control Districts|Section 41-3-803 - Special Tax Authorized; Power of Board to Enter Into Cooperative Agreements; Authority to Make Rules and Hire Employees.

41-3-803. Special tax authorized; power of board to enter into cooperative agreements; authority to make rules and hire employees.| (a) The board of county commissioners of the county wherein each district is situated shall, at the time of the annual levy of general taxes, levy an additional special tax upon the real property in the amount certified to it by the district board of directors under W.S. 41-3-802, but not to exceed twelve (12) mills on each dollar of assessed valuation on all real property in the respective districts for the equipping and operational expenses of such district and for the payment of the bonded indebtedness of the same. The district board may receive voluntary donations and appropriations of money from any other source, and such donation hereinafter provided, by the county treasurer upon request of the district board. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit boards of county commissioners from appropriating funds, paying any money or cooperating with any district so established under this act for the purpose of controlling or eradicating floods and all aforementioned moneys shall be turned over to the county treasurer to be kept in a fund designated as ".... Flood Control District of .... County Fund". Authority for such appropriations, payments or cooperation by boards of county commissioners is hereby authorized.  (b) Districts created under this act are authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with any federal, state, local, or private agency for the control and eradication of floods on highways, rights-of-way, rivers, streams, canals or ditches. Flood control district boards are hereby authorized and empowered to make and adopt rules and regulations necessary for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this act and to enforce such rules and regulations and shall file those rules with the county clerk for each county in which the district is located. The boards are hereby empowered to appoint employees and assistants as may be necessary and to fix their compensation.
WY Stat § 41-3-901 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 9 - Underground Water|Section 41-3-901 - Definitions.

41-3-901. Definitions.| (a) As used in this act, unless the context plainly otherwise requires:  (i) "Person" means a natural person, partnership, association, corporation, municipality, irrigation district, the state of Wyoming, any agency or political subdivision thereof, and the United States or any agency thereof;  (ii) "Underground water" means any water, including hot water and geothermal steam, under the surface of the land or the bed of any stream, lake, reservoir, or other body of surface water, including water that has been exposed to the surface by an excavation such as a pit;  (iii) "Aquifer" means any underground geological structure or formation having boundaries that may be ascertained or reasonably inferred, in which water stands, flows or percolates;  (iv) "Well" means any artificial opening or excavation in the ground, however made, by which underground water is sought or through which it flows under natural pressure or is artificially withdrawn, and a series of wells developed as a unit and pumped collectively by a single pumping unit shall be considered as one (1) well;  (v) "Construction" of a well includes boring, drilling, jetting, digging or excavating, and installing casing, pump and other devices for withdrawing or facilitating the withdrawal of underground water, or measuring the depth to the water table or the flow of the well;  (vi) "Pollution" of underground water means any impairment of the natural quality of such water, however caused, including impairment by salines, minerals, industrial wastes, domestic wastes or sewage, whether indrafted directly or through infiltration into the underground water supply;  (vii) "Additional supply" means underground water for irrigation use which is appurtenant to lands that have a direct flow supply of surface water or have an original supply from another underground water source. The limit of use of additional supply is beneficial use;  (viii) "Hydrothermal system" means a groundwater system, including cold water recharge and transmission and warm and hot water discharge;  (ix) "Hydrothermal feature" means a surface manifestation of a hydrothermal system, including, but not limited to, hot springs, geysers, mud pots and fumaroles.
WY Stat § 41-3-902 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 9 - Underground Water|Section 41-3-902 - Spring Waters; Perfection of Right to Use; Limitation.

41-3-902. Spring waters; perfection of right to use; limitation.| All springs and spring waters where the yield does not exceed twenty-five (25) gallons per minute and where the use is for domestic or stock purposes only, shall be considered as groundwater. Perfection of the right to use spring water up to twenty-five (25) gallons per minute for domestic or stock use shall be made in accordance with the laws pertaining to groundwater.
WY Stat § 41-3-903 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 9 - Underground Water|Section 41-3-903 - By-Product Water; Definition.

41-3-903. By-product water; definition.| By-product water is water which has not been put to prior beneficial use, and which is a by-product of some nonwater-related economic activity and has been developed only as a result of such activity. By-product water includes, but is not limited to, water resulting from the operation of oil well separator systems or mining activities such as dewatering of mines.
WY Stat § 41-3-904 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 9 - Underground Water|Section 41-3-904 - By-Product Water; Appropriation; Conditions and Limitation.

41-3-904. By-product water; appropriation; conditions and limitation.| (a) Any person intending to appropriate by-product water for beneficial use shall file an application with the state engineer on the forms and in the manner prescribed for groundwater applications. By-product water shall be considered as being in the same class as groundwater for the purposes of administration and control. An application may be filed only if both the following conditions exist:  (i) The by-product water is intercepted while it is readily identifiable and before it has commingled with the waters of any live stream, lake, reservoir or other surface watercourse, or part of any groundwater aquifer; and  (ii) The developer of the water is the applicant, or an agreement is filed in the office of the state engineer wherein the developer of the water gives the applicant permission to use the water as proposed in the application. The agreement must be signed by the developer of the water, and may contain provisions for reservation of the water to the use of the developer-grantor, and if so stipulated, the reservation can be superior in right and title to any use by the applicant-grantee.  (b) In all other cases, an application to appropriate by-product water shall be governed by the laws pertaining to surface water, and by-product water shall be considered as part of the surface supply, subject to use by existing priority rights.