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WY Stat § 41-10-143 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 10 - Water and Sewer District Law|Section 41-10-143 - Duty of Board to Impose Tolls, Fees and Charges Sufficient to Pay Cost of Operating Project and Pay Principal and Interest on Revenue Bonds.

41-10-143. Duty of board to impose tolls, fees and charges sufficient to pay cost of operating project and pay principal and interest on revenue bonds.| Whenever revenue bonds are issued hereunder, it shall be the duty of the board to impose, in connection with the project for which the bonds are issued, for the services rendered or facilities furnished thereby, tolls, fees, rates, rentals and charges fully sufficient to pay the cost of operating and maintaining the project, including but not limited to betterments or replacements to keep the same in good repair and working order (which cost shall be a first lien and charge upon the revenues or income to be derived from the operation of the project or service), and to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds, and to carry out all commitments made in the resolution or resolutions authorizing the bonds.
WY Stat § 41-10-144 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 10 - Water and Sewer District Law|Section 41-10-144 - Exemption of Property and Bonds From Taxation.

41-10-144. Exemption of property and bonds from taxation.| The effectuation of the authorized purposes of districts organized under this act shall and will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state of Wyoming residing within the district, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity and for the improvement of their health and living conditions; and since the districts will be performing essential governmental functions in effectuating those purposes, the districts shall not be required to pay any general (ad valorem) taxes upon any property acquired or used by them within the boundaries of the district. The bonds issued by any district, their transfer and the income therefrom shall be free from taxation within the state, except for estate taxes.
WY Stat § 41-10-145 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 10 - Water and Sewer District Law|Section 41-10-145 - Authority of Municipalities, Counties and Special Districts to Transfer Projects and Property to District With or Without Consideration.

41-10-145. Authority of municipalities, counties and special districts to transfer projects and property to district with or without consideration.| Any municipality, county, special district or owner may and is hereby authorized to sell, lease, grant, convey, transfer, or pay over to any district with or without consideration any project or any part or parts thereof or any interest in real or personal property or any funds available for construction or improvement purposes, including the proceeds of bonds previously or hereafter issued for construction or improvement purposes which may be used by the district in the construction, improvement, maintenance or operation of any project. Any municipality, county or special district is also authorized to transfer, assign and set over to any district any contracts which may have been awarded by the municipality, county or special district for the construction of projects not begun or if begun, not completed. The territory being served by any project or the territory within which the project is authorized to render service at the time of the acquisition of the project by a district shall include the area served by the project and the area in which the project is authorized to serve at the time of acquisition and any other area into which the service may be extended within the district, provided however, that where an election is required either by general law or charter provision to authorize such transfer, such election shall be forthwith called and shall be conducted as provided by law.
WY Stat § 41-10-146 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 10 - Water and Sewer District Law|Section 41-10-146 - Questions of Validity to Be Given Preference on Court Docket.

41-10-146. Questions of validity to be given preference on court docket.| All cases in which there may arise a question of validity of the organization of the district, or a question of the validity of any provision of this act shall be advanced as a matter of immediate public interest and concern and heard at the earliest practicable moment. The court shall be open at all times for the purposes of this act.
WY Stat § 41-10-147 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 10 - Water and Sewer District Law|Section 41-10-147 - Effect of Failure to Give Notice; Board of County Commissioners to Direct Notice Be Given and Continue Hearing.

41-10-147. Effect of failure to give notice; board of county commissioners to direct notice be given and continue hearing.| If notice is provided for in this act, and the board of county commissioners finds for any reason that due notice was not given, the board of county commissioners shall not lose jurisdiction and the proceeding in question shall not be void or abated. The board of county commissioners shall then direct due notice be given, continue the hearing until notice is properly given and shall proceed as though notice was properly given in the first instance.
WY Stat § 41-10-148 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 10 - Water and Sewer District Law|Section 41-10-148 - Reorganization of Sanitary and Improvement Districts as Sewer District or Water and Sewer District.

41-10-148. Reorganization of sanitary and improvement districts as sewer district or water and sewer district.| Any sanitary and improvement district organized pursuant to the provisions of W.S. 35-3-101 through 35-3-124 may effect its reorganization as a sewer district or water and sewer district pursuant to the provisions of this act. Upon filing of a petition for reorganization of a district by its governing body with the board of county commissioners having jurisdiction as provided in W.S. 41-10-103, the board of county commissioners, by resolution duly entered, shall declare the district organized as a district pursuant to the provisions of this act and shall give the district the corporate name designated in the petition by which it shall be known in all proceedings. The board of county commissioners shall then designate as the first board of directors of the district the five (5) trustees of the sanitary and improvement district, each of which shall serve as a director until the expiration of his term as trustee and until a successor is elected at the next subsequent director election pursuant to W.S. 22-29-112. At the next subsequent director election following organization of the district directors shall be elected for staggered terms as provided by W.S. 41-10-112(b). After entry of the resolution, the district shall be a governmental subdivision of the state of Wyoming and a body corporate with all the powers of a public or quasi-municipal corporation organized pursuant to this act. The validity of the organization may not be questioned directly or indirectly in any suit, action or proceeding except as provided in the Special District Elections Act of 1994. After entry of the resolution, the district shall comply with W.S. 41-10-108 through 41-10-110 and all other relevant provisions of this act.
WY Stat § 41-10-149 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 10 - Water and Sewer District Law|Section 41-10-149 - Full Authority for Authorization and Issuance of Bonds; Effect on Other Statutes.

41-10-149. Full authority for authorization and issuance of bonds; effect on other statutes.| This act, without reference to other statutes of the state, except as herein specifically provided, shall constitute full authority for the authorization and issuance of bonds hereunder. No other act or law with regard to the authorization or issuance of bonds that provides for an election, requires an approval, or in any way impedes or restricts the carrying out of the acts herein authorized to be done shall be construed as applying to any proceedings taken hereunder or acts done pursuant hereto, it being intended that this act shall provide a separate method of accomplishing its objectives, and not an exclusive one, and this act shall not be construed as repealing, amending or changing any such other act or law.
WY Stat § 41-10-150 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 10 - Water and Sewer District Law|Section 41-10-150 - Liberal Construction.

41-10-150. Liberal construction.| This act being necessary to secure the public health, safety, convenience and welfare, it shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.
WY Stat § 41-10-151 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 10 - Water and Sewer District Law|Section 41-10-151 - Finances Administered According to the Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures Act.

41-10-151. Finances administered according to the Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures Act.| The board of directors of the water and sewer districts shall administer the finances of such districts according to the provisions of the Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures Act, except that an annual audit in accordance with W.S. 16-4-121 is not required. Each water and sewer district shall comply with the provisions of W.S. 9-1-507(a)(iii).
WY Stat § 41-10-152 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 10 - Water and Sewer District Law|Section 41-10-152 - City or Town May Annex Areas Within Sewer or Water District.

41-10-152. City or town may annex areas within sewer or water district.| Any city or town may annex areas to its corporate limits in accordance with the statutes governing annexation of territories to cities and towns which territories fall within existing water, sewer, or water and sewer districts, hereinafter referred to as "districts", whether singular or plural.
WY Stat § 41-10-153 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 10 - Water and Sewer District Law|Section 41-10-153 - Obligations and Authority Remain With District.

41-10-153. Obligations and authority remain with district.| Upon the annexation of such territory the securities of the district, including but not limited to short-term notes, general obligation bonds and other like securities, revenue bonds and other like securities, special assessment bonds and other like securities shall remain the obligations of the districts and the districts shall remain in possession, ownership and operation of its equipment, plant and facilities. The subscribers of the services of such district shall continue to be served by the districts. The taxing power and authority of the districts shall continue and shall be in addition to any taxing authority of the annexing city or town. A properly filed map showing the overlapping authorities shall be deemed compliant with the provisions of W.S. 39-13-102(p).
WY Stat § 41-10-154 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 10 - Water and Sewer District Law|Section 41-10-154 - Administration May Be Transferred to City or Town by Agreement.

41-10-154. Administration may be transferred to city or town by agreement.| Concurrently with the annexation of such territory the city or town and districts may by agreement provide that the administration of any outstanding indebtedness of the district may be taken over by the city or town but neither the city or town nor any agent or employee thereof shall be liable for the payment of the indebtedness. The city or town and districts may further provide that the city or town may take over the operation and management of the plant facilities or equipment of the district, the operation, maintenance and expense of operations to be paid for out of revenue derived by the districts.
WY Stat § 41-10-155 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 10 - Water and Sewer District Law|Section 41-10-155 - Obligation to Provide Services Remains With District; Limitation.

41-10-155. Obligation to provide services remains with district; limitation.| The territory and inhabitants of the annexed area have all rights, privileges and duties set forth in W.S. 15-1-410 except the city or town shall have no obligation to furnish water or sewerage services to the inhabitants and annexed area. The duty to provide water or sewerage services and facilities to the territory shall remain the obligation of the district until such time as the plant facility and equipment of the districts have been acquired by the city.
WY Stat § 41-10-156 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 10 - Water and Sewer District Law|Section 41-10-156 - Bonding Authority of City or Town to Acquire District Facilities; Limitations; Administration of Indebtedness.

41-10-156. Bonding authority of city or town to acquire district facilities; limitations; administration of indebtedness.| (a) Any city or town may acquire by purchase, gift or otherwise the plant facility and equipment of such district and incorporate the plant facility and equipment into its municipally owned water works or sewerage system. The city or town may finance the purchase of the plant facility and equipment by issuing its general obligation bonds or other like securities, or revenue bonds or other like securities payable solely from the revenues derived from the operation of the water or sewerage districts. The bonds may be issued in accordance with the provisions of law. The revenues produced by the bonds issued by the city or town shall be placed in escrow and used to retire the obligations of the district in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof.  (b) Upon the acquisition of such territory by the city the existing bonded indebtedness of the district shall remain a superior obligation to any other bonded indebtedness of the city or town, with respect to such land only, and the bonded indebtedness of the district shall in no way affect the bonded indebtedness or limitations on the bonding capacity of the city or town.  (c) When the governing body of the city or town determines to acquire by purchase, gift or otherwise the plant facilities and equipment of a district, it shall adopt an ordinance describing in a general manner the assets of the districts to be acquired, the purchase price thereof, the amount of revenue bonds proposed to be issued, the maturity or maturities, the interest rate and other details in connection with the bonds. The ordinance may provide that the bonds or those specified shall be to the extent and in the manner prescribed in the ordinance subordinated to any other bonds payable from the revenue of the water or sewerage system of the city or town. The ordinance may contain such 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 hereby authorized. The ordinance may provide 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 private sale without advertisement for not less than par and accrued interest. The ordinance may provide that the bonds be redeemable with or without premium at the time or place the governing body provides.
WY Stat § 41-10-157 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 10 - Water and Sewer District Law|Section 41-10-157 - Application.

41-10-157. Application.| The provisions of this act shall not be effective unless a majority of landowners owning more than half of the land sought to be annexed under this act approve the annexation and the nonassumption of indebtedness by the municipality.
WY Stat § 41-14-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 14 - Storage of Water for Industrial and Municipal Uses|Section 41-14-101 - Definitions.

41-14-101. Definitions.| When used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires, "board" means the Wyoming natural resource board [economic development and stabilization board], "director" means the director of the natural resource board, and "chief" means chief of the water development division of the natural resource board.
WY Stat § 41-14-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 14 - Storage of Water for Industrial and Municipal Uses|Section 41-14-102 - Contracts With United States for Acquisition of Space in the Proposed Fontenelle Reservoir of the Seedskadee Project.

41-14-102. Contracts with United States for acquisition of space in the proposed Fontenelle Reservoir of the Seedskadee Project.| The board is hereby authorized to contract with the United States or its agent for the acquisition of space in the proposed Fontenelle Reservoir of the Seedskadee Project for the storage of water for municipal and industrial uses, to the extent the board determines necessary for beneficial use in the state of Wyoming, but not to exceed sixty thousand (60,000) acre-feet and to contract for the payment to the United States of not more than nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000.00) as the allocated costs thereof pursuant to the Federal Reclamation Laws and the Water Supply Act of 1958 (43 U.S.C. § 390b).
WY Stat § 41-14-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 14 - Storage of Water for Industrial and Municipal Uses|Section 41-14-103 - Issuance of Bonds; Purchase of Bonds by State Treasurer; Interest Rates; When Bonds Due and Payable; Disposition of Proceeds of Sale; Use of Revenues Derived From Furnishing Water.

41-14-103. Issuance of bonds; purchase of bonds by state treasurer; interest rates; when bonds due and payable; disposition of proceeds of sale; use of revenues derived from furnishing water.| (a) The board is hereby authorized to issue its nonnegotiable debenture bonds in such numbers and amounts, not exceeding nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000.00), as may, from time to time, be required by it to carry out the provisions of this act. The state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed, with the approval of the governor and the attorney general, to purchase such bonds for investment of the permanent funds of the state of Wyoming to the extent practicable. Such bonds issued by the board will bear interest at the rate of three percent (3%) per annum and will be payable on dates fixed by the board but not more than ten (10) years from the date of issue.  (b) The funds obtained from the sale of said bonds provided for in subsection (a) of this section are hereby made available to the board to be used for the purposes of this act including, but not limited to the payment of any sums due to the United States for the repayment of the cost of construction of the space acquired by the board in the proposed Fontenelle Reservoir; its share of operation and maintenance of said reservoir and refunding of principal or interest of bonds issued by it.  (c) All revenues derived from the furnishing of water for industrial or municipal purposes pursuant to this act shall be credited to a separate account. The board shall use any monies in this account for the repayment to the United States of the allocated cost of construction and operation and maintenance of the board's acquired space in the Fontenelle Reservoir and for payment of interest and principal on its obligations prior to the use for such purposes of funds received by it from the sale of its bonds. All monies in this account in excess of those required for the board's current operations under this act shall be applied to the retirement of the board's debenture bonds purchased by the state treasurer.
WY Stat § 42-3-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Child Support and Revenue Enhancement Account|Section 42-3-101 - Creation; Deposits.

42-3-101. Creation; deposits.| (a) The child support and revenue enhancement account is created.  (b) The following payments, collections and revenues shall be transmitted to the state treasurer for deposit to the credit of the child support and revenue enhancement account:  (i) Child support payments collected under the Child Support Enforcement Act;  (ii) Fees collected pursuant to W.S. 20-6-105(b); and  (iii) All funds collected under the overpayment and fraud recovery program of the department.  (c) For purposes of this chapter, "department" means the department of family services created by W.S. 9-2-2006.
WY Stat § 42-3-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Child Support and Revenue Enhancement Account|Section 42-3-102 - Administration.

42-3-102. Administration.| The department shall administer the funds in the child support and revenue enhancement account and report annually to the joint appropriations interim committee and joint judiciary interim committee. The account may be divided into subaccounts for purposes of administrative management.
WY Stat § 42-3-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Child Support and Revenue Enhancement Account|Section 42-3-103 - Authorized Expenditures.

42-3-103. Authorized expenditures.| (a) Funds in the child support and revenue enhancement account shall be expended only as authorized by this section.  (b) The department may at any time disburse funds in the account for:  (i) Payments to support obligees and disbursements required under the guidelines of the federal child support enforcement program;  (ii) Authorized transfers of the federal share of funds collected under the child support enforcement program and the division's overpayment and fraud recovery program;  (iii) Incentive payments as provided by W.S. 20-6-106(j);  (iv) Reimbursement to the department of health for costs under Title XIX of the Social Security Act or may retain funds to pay for the costs of foster care or minimum medical program benefits; and  (v) Reimbursement to service providers for the costs of collection under the child support enforcement and overpayment recovery programs.  (c) Subject to legislative appropriation, the state's share of funds in the account shall be expended for:  (i) Administrative costs of the child support enforcement program;  (ii) Funding of benefits under the personal opportunities with employment responsibilities (POWER) program; and  (iii) Other administrative costs of the department.  (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if funds are recovered by the department under the overpayment and fraud recovery program within the same biennial period during which the funds were originally appropriated, the department may expend those funds for the purposes for which they were appropriated without further legislative appropriation.
WY Stat § 42-5-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 42 - Welfare|Chapter 5 - Family Planning and Birth Control|Section 42-5-101 - Provision of Information and Services; Refusal to Accept.

42-5-101. Provision of information and services; refusal to accept.| (a) The department of health may provide and pay for family planning and birth control information and services including interviews with trained personnel, distribution of literature, referral to a licensed physician for consultation, examination, tests, medical treatment and prescription and to the extent prescribed, the distribution of rhythm charts, drugs, medical preparation, contraceptive devices and similar products, to any person who may benefit from this information and these services. Information and services shall be provided in a language understood by the recipient.  (b) Any medical service shall be performed by a licensed physician.  (c) The right to receive public assistance and social services or any other public benefit shall not be affected by a refusal to accept family planning and birth control services. Each person offered family planning and birth control services shall be advised of this subsection both orally and in writing.  (d) Any person may refuse to accept the duty of offering family planning and birth control services to the extent the duty is contrary to his personal or religious beliefs. The refusal shall not be grounds for:  (i) Any disciplinary action;  (ii) Dismissal;  (iii) Any departmental transfer;  (iv) Any other discrimination in employment;  (v) Suspension from employment; or  (vi) Any loss in pay or other benefits.