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WY Stat § 15-11-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 11 - Municipal Election Provisions|Article 1 - Offices and Terms|Section 15-11-102 - Officers of Incorporated Town; Terms; How Elected.

15-11-102. Officers of incorporated town; terms; how elected.| The elective officers of an incorporated town are one (1) mayor and four (4) councilmen. The term of office of mayor and councilman is four (4) years, and until his successor is qualified. They are elected at large.
WY Stat § 15-11-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 11 - Municipal Election Provisions|Article 1 - Offices and Terms|Section 15-11-103 - Officers of First Class City; Terms; How Elected.

15-11-103. Officers of first class city; terms; how elected.| The elective officers of a first class city, not including a city adopting the commission or city manager form of government, are a mayor and the number of councilmen determined by the governing body of the city when they provide for the number of wards in the city. The term of office of the mayor and a councilman is four (4) years and until his successor is qualified. The mayor shall be elected at large and the councilmen shall be elected at large or by wards or by a combination of at large and ward election districts. The governing body of the city shall determine by ordinance at the time wards are created or reorganized whether individual, multimember or at large election districts shall be provided. The districting system, as approved by the council to apply uniformly to the entire city, may provide individual member election districts, multimember election districts which do not exceed three (3) council members per district, or that a portion of the entire membership of the council not to exceed one-third (1/3) of the total members shall be elected from an at large district constituting the entire city. Once established, the districts, except to modify boundaries because of population changes and to encompass annexed territory, shall not be altered or amended more often than each ten (10) years or when the state reapportions.
WY Stat § 15-11-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 11 - Municipal Election Provisions|Article 1 - Offices and Terms|Section 15-11-104 - Officers in City or Town With Commission Government; Term; How Elected.

15-11-104. Officers in city or town with commission government; term; how elected.| The elective officers of a city or town adopting the commission form of government are a mayor, a commissioner of finance and public property, and a commissioner of streets and public improvements. The term of the mayor is four (4) years and each commissioner is two (2) years and until his successor is qualified. They are elected at large.
WY Stat § 15-11-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 11 - Municipal Election Provisions|Article 1 - Offices and Terms|Section 15-11-106 - Term of Office Subject to Termination.

15-11-106. Term of office subject to termination.| The term of any municipal elective office is subject to termination if a change of the form of municipal government necessitates a termination of an existing term of office.
WY Stat § 15-11-201 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 11 - Municipal Election Provisions|Article 2 - Terms of Office After First Election|Section 15-11-201 - Councilmen in Newly Incorporated City or Town.

15-11-201. Councilmen in newly incorporated city or town.| At the first meeting of the council after the first election in a newly incorporated city or town, other than a first class city or municipality adopting the city manager or commission form of government, two (2) of the councilmen first elected shall be selected by lots to serve four (4) year terms and two (2) to serve two (2) year terms. At each subsequent general election, two (2) councilmen shall be elected to serve a four (4) year term.
WY Stat § 15-11-202 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 11 - Municipal Election Provisions|Article 2 - Terms of Office After First Election|Section 15-11-202 - Councilmen in First Class City.

15-11-202. Councilmen in first class city.| (a) At the first election in a city which has divided into wards two (2) or three (3) councilmen shall be elected from each ward for the following terms:  (i) If two (2) councilmen are elected from each ward, one (1) councilman shall serve a two (2) year term and one (1) councilman shall serve a four (4) year term;  (ii) If three (3) councilmen are elected from each ward, one (1) councilman shall serve a two (2) year term and two (2) councilmen shall serve a four (4) year term;  (iii) The terms of office shall be determined by lots cast by the council at its first meeting.
WY Stat § 15-11-203 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 11 - Municipal Election Provisions|Article 2 - Terms of Office After First Election|Section 15-11-203 - Municipality With Commission Government.

15-11-203. Municipality with commission government.| At the first election in a municipality adopting the commission form of government, the mayor shall be elected to serve a four (4) year term and all other officers shall be elected to serve a two (2) year term.
WY Stat § 15-11-204 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 11 - Municipal Election Provisions|Article 2 - Terms of Office After First Election|Section 15-11-204 - Municipality With City Manager Government.

15-11-204. Municipality with city manager government.| At the first election in a municipality adopting the city manager form of government, a majority of the councilmen elected shall serve two (2) year terms and the balance of the councilmen elected shall serve four (4) year terms. The terms of office shall be determined by lots cast by the council at its first meeting.
WY Stat § 15-11-205 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 11 - Municipal Election Provisions|Article 2 - Terms of Office After First Election|Section 15-11-205 - Election of Councilmen in City Manager Government Having Alternate Method of Representation.

15-11-205. Election of councilmen in city manager government having alternate method of representation.| At the first election in a city manager form municipality, after adopting an alternate method of representation, councilmen shall be elected equal in number to the number of council terms expiring. Offices expiring shall be filled by candidates from wards having the lowest number designation and not having a holdover member on the council. At the second election, candidates will be elected from wards not having holdover members. Councilmen shall be elected for the regular four (4) year term.
WY Stat § 15-11-301 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 11 - Municipal Election Provisions|Article 3 - Changing Form of Government|Section 15-11-301 - Forms of Government Authorized; Procedure for Change.

15-11-301. Forms of government authorized; procedure for change.| (a) An incorporated city or town may adopt the commission or city manager form of government or other lawful form of government as follows:  (i) An incorporated city or town shall submit to the vote of the electors the question whether to change the form of government on the petition of qualified electors residing in the city or town equal in number to fifteen percent (15%) of the number of electors voting at the last preceding municipal general election;  (ii) A petition for a special election on the question of changing the form of government shall be filed with the city clerk at least one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the next regular municipal primary election;  (iii) A petition for change of the form of government may not be filed within four (4) years after the existing form of government was established;  (iv) When such petition is filed and determined by the city clerk to be legally sufficient, the mayor shall proclaim a special election on the question stating the present form of government, the proposed new form of government, and the time of the election. The proclamation shall be published at least once a week for four (4) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the city or town;  (v) The special election on the question of change of the form of government shall be held not less than thirty (30) days nor more than sixty (60) days after the petition is filed;  (vi) Such special election shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by W.S. 22-23-801 through 22-23-809;  (vii) If the majority of votes cast are in favor of the proposed new form of government, the municipality shall at the next municipal primary and general elections nominate and elect officers under the new form of government. When the officers are elected and qualified, the municipality shall be governed by the new form of government;  (viii) Immediately after the special election on the question of change of form of government, the mayor shall certify the result of the election to the county clerk and the secretary of state.
WY Stat § 15-11-302 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 11 - Municipal Election Provisions|Article 3 - Changing Form of Government|Section 15-11-302 - Rejection of Change by Voters.

15-11-302. Rejection of change by voters.| If a change of form of government is rejected by the voters at the special election, the question shall not be resubmitted to the voters for a period of four (4) years following the special election.
WY Stat § 16-1-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers|Chapter 1 - Intergovernmental Cooperation|Article 1 - In General|Section 16-1-101 - Authority to Cooperate.

16-1-101. Authority to cooperate.| In exercising, performing or carrying out any power, privilege, authority, duty or function legally vested in any one (1) or more of them by Wyoming law, the state of Wyoming, and any one (1) or more of its counties, municipal corporations, school districts, special districts, public institutions, agencies, boards, commissions and political subdivisions, and any officer or legal representative of any one (1) or more of them, may cooperate with and assist each other, and like entities or authorities of other states, the United States and the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes of the Wind River Reservation. Cooperation may be informal or subject to resolution, ordinance or other appropriate action, and may be embodied in a written agreement specifying purposes, duration, means of financing, methods of operations, termination, acquisition and disposition of property, employment of executive and subordinate agents, reciprocation of governmental immunity protections or other limitations of liability pursuant to W.S. 16-1-104(f) and other appropriate provisions.
WY Stat § 16-1-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers|Chapter 1 - Intergovernmental Cooperation|Article 1 - In General|Section 16-1-102 - Short Title.

16-1-102. Short title.| This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Wyoming Joint Powers Act".
WY Stat § 16-1-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers|Chapter 1 - Intergovernmental Cooperation|Article 1 - In General|Section 16-1-103 - Definitions.

16-1-103. Definitions.| (a) As used in this act:  (i) "Agencies" means Wyoming counties, municipal corporations, school districts, community college districts, the joint business council of the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Indian tribes, the business council of the Eastern Shoshone Indian tribe, the business council of the Northern Arapaho Indian tribe, joint powers boards formed pursuant to this act or special districts specifically involved in providing facilities or functions enumerated in W.S. 16-1-104(c);  (ii) "This act" means W.S. 16-1-102 through 16-1-110.
WY Stat § 16-1-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers|Chapter 1 - Intergovernmental Cooperation|Article 1 - In General|Section 16-1-105 - Joint Agreements.

16-1-105. Joint agreements.| (a) Any two (2) or more agencies may enter into agreements with each other for joint or cooperative action pursuant to this act. No agreement hereunder nor amendment thereto is effective until:  (i) The governing body of each participating agency has approved the agreement or amendment;  (ii) The agreement or amendment is submitted to and approved by the Wyoming attorney general who shall determine whether the agreement or amendment is compatible with the laws and constitution of Wyoming; and  (iii) The agreement or amendment is filed with the keeper of records of each participating agency.  (b) Agreements shall provide:  (i) The duration of the agreement;  (ii) The organization, composition and nature of any separate legal entity created and the powers delegated to the entity;  (iii) The purpose of the agreement;  (iv) The percent ownership of any facility by each participating agency, unless the facility is to be owned by a joint powers board, in which case the agreement shall indicate the interest of each participating agency in the services or product of the joint powers board or the method by which the interest may be determined;  (v) The joint operation and maintenance of any facility unless delegated to an entity pursuant to paragraph (ii) of this subsection;  (vi) The manner of financing the joint or cooperative undertaking and of establishing and maintaining a budget therefor;  (vii) The partial or complete termination of the agreement, dissolution of any entity provided therein, and distribution of any facilities, improvements or other property upon partial or complete termination of the agreement;  (viii) Any other necessary and proper matters.  (c) If the agreement does not establish a separate legal entity to conduct the joint or cooperative undertaking, the agreement may provide for an administrator or administrative board responsible for administering the joint or cooperative undertaking and representation of participating agencies on any administrative board.
WY Stat § 16-1-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers|Chapter 1 - Intergovernmental Cooperation|Article 1 - In General|Section 16-1-107 - Financing of Joint Projects.

16-1-107. Financing of joint projects.| (a) Any joint project consisting of property or improvements or an interest therein to be owned by participating agencies or a joint powers board undertaken pursuant to this act may be financed:  (i) By the contribution of funds from one (1) or more participating agencies which would be available to each agency if proceeding individually;  (ii) By bond issues by one (1) or more participating agencies to construct, improve or acquire an interest in any facility in the same manner as bonds may be issued by the agency for its individual construction, improvement or acquisition of such a facility;  (iii) By revenue bonds issued by a joint powers board to be repaid solely from revenues provided by this section or any revenue received by a joint powers board from the ownership, lease or operation of property or interest in property owned, leased or controlled by the board. Revenue securities may be issued upon majority approval of the members of a joint powers board and may be executed and delivered at any time, in the form, denominations and amounts, and may be redeemed or repurchased prior to maturity with or without premium, and may bear interest as provided by resolution of a joint powers board authorizing the issue. These securities shall meet the procedural requirements and provisions of W.S. 35-2-425 through 35-2-428 as provided for the issuance of bonds by hospital districts;  (iv) By facilities privately owned and leased to two (2) or more agencies or a joint powers board if the lease agreement provides that upon termination of the lease agreement title to the facilities vests in the participating agencies;  (v) By gifts, donations or grants of federal money;  (vi) By industrial development project bonds issued pursuant to W.S. 15-1-701 et seq.  (b) The state treasurer with the approval of the governor may if fiscally prudent invest any permanent state funds in bonds or securities issued pursuant to this act.
WY Stat § 16-1-110 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers|Chapter 1 - Intergovernmental Cooperation|Article 1 - In General|Section 16-1-110 - Loss Reserve Account Created; Deposits; Disposition of Funds.

16-1-110. Loss reserve account created; deposits; disposition of funds.| (a) Revenues received by the state loan and investment board for deposit in the loss reserve account pursuant to W.S. 16-1-109(a) shall be transmitted to the state treasurer for deposit to the credit of the loss reserve account. Funds in the account shall be used for the purposes specified in subsection (b) of this section and to pay the administrative and legal expenses of the board in making collections and foreclosing on loans made pursuant to W.S. 16-1-109. If at the end of any fiscal year, the amount in the loss reserve account exceeds five percent (5%) of the total amount of permanent funds invested by the state in loans pursuant to W.S. 16-1-109, the amount in excess of the five percent (5%) shall be transferred and credited to the general fund.  (b) If, as a result of default in the payment of any loan made pursuant to W.S. 16-1-109, there occurs a nonrecoverable loss either to the corpus of, or interest due to, any permanent fund of the state, the state loan and investment board shall restore the loss to the permanent fund account entitled thereto using any funds available in the loss reserve account created by subsection (a) of this section. If the funds in the loss reserve account are insufficient to restore the full amount of the loss, the board shall submit a detailed report of the loss to the legislature and shall request an appropriation to restore the balance of the loss to the permanent fund account entitled thereto.
WY Stat § 16-1-201 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers|Chapter 1 - Intergovernmental Cooperation|Article 2 - State Revolving Account|Section 16-1-201 - Definitions.

16-1-201. Definitions.| (a) As used in this article:  (i) "Account" means the state water pollution control revolving loan account created by W.S. 16-1-202;  (ii) "Board" means the state loan and investment board;  (iii) "Capitalization grant" means the federal grant made to Wyoming by the federal environmental protection agency for the purpose of establishing a state water pollution control revolving loan account;  (iv) "Corrective action" means as defined by W.S. 35-11-1415(a)(i);  (v) "Corrective action account" means as defined by W.S. 35-11-1415(a)(ii);  (vi) "Department" means the department of environmental quality;  (vii) "Nonpoint source" means any source of pollution other than a point source as defined by W.S. 35-11-103(a)(x) and includes leaking underground storage tanks and aboveground storage tanks;  (viii) "Title VI" means Title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1381 to 1387 (Cum. Supp. 1989);  (ix) "Underground storage tank" means as defined by W.S. 35-11-1415(a)(ix);  (x) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 186, § 2.  (xi) "Aboveground storage tank" means as defined by W.S. 35-11-1415(a)(xi).
WY Stat § 16-1-202 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers|Chapter 1 - Intergovernmental Cooperation|Article 2 - State Revolving Account|Section 16-1-202 - Account Established; State Match.

16-1-202. Account established; state match.| (a) There is established the state water pollution control revolving loan account. All monies received from federal capitalization grants and all state matching funds shall be deposited in the account and shall be used only to provide financial assistance as authorized in this article.  (b) The twenty percent (20%) state matching funds for each federal capitalization grant payment to the account shall be paid from the corrective action account.  (c) Payments of principal and interest on all financial assistance made under this article shall be deposited in the account. All funds in the account may be used for and are continuously appropriated for financial assistance as authorized in this article.  (d) Any unexpended balance in the account shall be invested by the state treasurer and the interest earned shall be credited to the account.
WY Stat § 16-1-203 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers|Chapter 1 - Intergovernmental Cooperation|Article 2 - State Revolving Account|Section 16-1-203 - Account Administration; Board Powers and Duties; Department Powers and Duties; Fiscal Procedures.

16-1-203. Account administration; board powers and duties; department powers and duties; fiscal procedures.| (a) The board shall administer the account including issuing loans and other forms of financial assistance for the purposes authorized in this article. The board shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations necessary to administer the account within the requirements of this article, Title VI and other federal laws.  (b) The board shall:  (i) Enter an agreement with the federal environmental protection agency regional administrator to receive capitalization grants for the account;  (ii) Receive and review applications for financial assistance from the account from municipalities, counties, joint powers boards, state agencies and other entities constituting a political subdivision under the laws of the state on forms supplied by the board;  (iii) Administer the account including processing and receiving repayments on all financial assistance; and  (iv) Conduct or allow the federal environmental protection agency to conduct an annual audit.  (c) The department shall:  (i) Annually prepare and submit to the federal environmental protection agency and the joint minerals, business and economic development interim committee of the legislature an intended use plan which has been subject to public comment and which identifies the intended uses of monies available to the account;  (ii) Prepare and submit an annual report required by Title VI; and  (iii) Evaluate engineering designs and studies and evaluate technical and administrative management of contracts for all projects in accordance with Title VI.  (d) The board and all recipients of financial assistance from the account shall establish fiscal controls and accounting procedures required by Title VI.
WY Stat § 16-1-204 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers|Chapter 1 - Intergovernmental Cooperation|Article 2 - State Revolving Account|Section 16-1-204 - Environmental Review Process.

16-1-204. Environmental review process.| (a) Through the department the board shall conduct a review of potential environmental impacts of projects receiving assistance from the account. The environmental review process shall:  (i) Contain mechanisms requiring implementation of mitigation measures to ensure the project is environmentally sound;  (ii) Allow the public an opportunity to challenge environmental review determinations and enforcement actions;  (iii) Include documentation of information, processes and premises that influence decisions;  (iv) Require public notice and participation;  (v) Include evaluation criteria and processes allowing consideration of alternative decisions; and  (vi) Comply with the requirements of Title VI and significant issues pertaining to underground storage tanks as specified in Subtitle I of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6991 et seq.