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WY Stat § 22-29-401 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 29 - Special District Elections Act|Article 4 - Dissolution|Section 22-29-401 - Dissolution Procedure.

22-29-401. Dissolution procedure.| (a) Dissolution of a district may be initiated:  (i) By a petition signed by not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the voters owning not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the assessed valuation of property within the district, requesting dissolution of the district, filed with the county commissioners. The petition process shall be governed by W.S. 22-29-105 through 22-29-108;  (ii) By resolution of the district directors filed with the county commissioners when the district directors determine that it is in the best interest of the inhabitants of the district that the district be dissolved and liquidated;  (iii) By resolution of the county commissioners if:  (A) Either:  (I) The district at the time of the regular district election has not elected district directors as required by the principal act; or  (II) The territory within the district is uninhabited; and  (B) The county commissioners determine that it is in the best interest of the people of the county that the district be dissolved and liquidated.  (iv) Within five (5) business days after a petition is filed or a resolution of a county commission is adopted under this section, a copy shall be filed with the district secretary, if any, or with any other district officer who can with reasonable diligence be located;  (v) If there are no qualified district director members, the county commissioners shall act as or appoint a board of trustees to act in behalf of the district.  (b) Dissolution of a district shall be initiated by resolution of the board of county commissioners if the director of the department of audit has notified the board of county commissioners of the district's failure to comply with the reporting requirements of W.S. 9-1-507, and the district has failed to comply with W.S. 9-1-507(a)(vii) by December 30 of that same calendar year. The board of county commissioners shall declare the board of directors vacant under W.S. 22-29-201, and shall fill the board by appointment under W.S. 22-29-202 for the purpose of dissolving the district.
WY Stat § 22-29-402 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 29 - Special District Elections Act|Article 4 - Dissolution|Section 22-29-402 - Findings of Fact by District Directors.

22-29-402. Findings of fact by district directors.| (a) When dissolution proceedings have been initiated, the district directors shall make findings of fact which shall include:  (i) The amount of each outstanding bond, coupon and other indebtedness, with a general description of the indebtedness and the name of the holder and owner of each, if known;  (ii) A description of each parcel of real property and interest in real property and, if the property was acquired for delinquent taxes or assessments, the amount of those taxes and assessments on each parcel of property;  (iii) Uncollected taxes, assessments and charges levied by the district and the amount upon each lot or tract of land;  (iv) A description of the personal property and of all other assets of the district;  (v) The estimated cost of dissolution.  (b) The district directors shall propose a plan of dissolution and liquidation.  (c) Within thirty (30) days after initiation of the dissolution proceeding, the findings of fact and the proposed plan of dissolution and liquidation shall be filed in the office of the county clerk and shall be available for inspection by any interested person.
WY Stat § 22-29-403 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 29 - Special District Elections Act|Article 4 - Dissolution|Section 22-29-403 - Plan for Dissolution and Liquidation.

22-29-403. Plan for dissolution and liquidation.| The plan of dissolution and liquidation may include provisions for transfer and conveyance of all assets of the district to any other district or to the county or counties where the district is located which have the authority and agree to assume the outstanding indebtedness of the dissolving district, if any, and to continue to furnish similar services to the inhabitants of the district.
WY Stat § 22-29-404 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 29 - Special District Elections Act|Article 4 - Dissolution|Section 22-29-404 - Election on Dissolution; Consent of Creditors; Content of Notice.

22-29-404. Election on dissolution; consent of creditors; content of notice.| (a) Within ten (10) business days after the district directors file the plan of dissolution and liquidation required by W.S. 22-29-402, the district directors shall call an election to be held not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the filing of the plan of dissolution or liquidation for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the district the question of whether the district shall be dissolved, its indebtedness liquidated and its assets disposed of in accordance with the plan proposed. No election shall be called until the consent of all known holders of valid indebtedness against the district is obtained or provision is made in the plan for payment of the nonconsenting holders. The notice of the election shall contain a brief summary of the plan of dissolution and liquidation and state that the plan of dissolution is available for examination at the office of the county clerk.  (b) This election shall be conducted in accordance with W.S. 22-29-113 through 22-29-117.
WY Stat § 22-29-405 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 29 - Special District Elections Act|Article 4 - Dissolution|Section 22-29-405 - Trustees for Dissolved District; Records to County Clerk; Limitation on Further Elections.

22-29-405. Trustees for dissolved district; records to county clerk; limitation on further elections.| (a) Upon canvassing the vote after the election, if it appears that a majority or more of the votes on the proposition approve dissolution, the district directors shall declare the district dissolved. The directors shall thereupon constitute a board of trustees under the supervision of county commissioners, who shall pay the debts or procure releases thereof and dispose of the property of the district. If the dissolved district was located wholly within the limits of one (1) county, the board of the dissolving district may designate the county commissioners as the board of trustees for the purpose of winding up the affairs of the district. If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition is against dissolution, the district directors shall declare the proposal defeated and cause the result of the vote to be made a part of the records of the district. In either case, the results of the election shall be certified to the county commissioners immediately after the canvass of the vote.  (b) If dissolution is approved after the affairs of the district have been fully settled all books and records of the district shall be deposited by the board of trustees in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the greatest area of the district was located. At the same time, the board of trustees shall execute under oath and file with the county commissioners a statement that the district has been dissolved and its affairs liquidated. From the date of the statement, the corporate existence of the district is terminated for all purposes.  (c) If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition are against dissolution, no further election for dissolution shall be called by the directors, upon petition or upon a resolution of the commissioners, prior to the expiration of one (1) year from the date of the election on dissolution.
WY Stat § 22-29-406 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 29 - Special District Elections Act|Article 4 - Dissolution|Section 22-29-406 - Power of Trustees to Convey Assets.

22-29-406. Power of trustees to convey assets.| (a) The board of trustees may convey to another district all assets of the dissolving district:  (i) If the other district assumes all debts and obligations of the dissolving district and undertakes to continue to furnish the service provided by the dissolving district pursuant to the plan of dissolution and liquidation; and  (ii) If the written consent of all the known holders of valid indebtedness against the district has been obtained, or provision has been made in the plan for payment of the nonconsenting holders.
WY Stat § 22-29-407 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 29 - Special District Elections Act|Article 4 - Dissolution|Section 22-29-407 - Disposition of Assets.

22-29-407. Disposition of assets.| (a) Any surplus funds remaining to the credit of the district, after payment of the indebtedness of the district, shall be transferred to the county treasurer. If the assets of the district are insufficient to pay the indebtedness, the board of trustees shall levy taxes, within the limits of the authority of the district, for the liquidation of the indebtedness.  (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, if the property of a district is located within the corporate limits of a city, the property shall, upon dissolution of the district, vest in the city in which located and the property of the district lying outside the corporate limits of any city shall vest in the county until the formation of a city embracing the territory, at which time it shall vest in the city.  (c) In each year that the county receives surplus funds to the credit of the district under subsection (a) of this section, any funds in the account of the district on June 30, in excess of six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) retained by the county for administration, shall be certified to the county assessor and shall be disposed of as provided under one (1) of the following procedures, as selected by the county assessor:  (i) The funds may be offset against that portion of the levies of taxing units levied against the property values of property within the dissolved district. If the funds are offset as provided under this paragraph, the funds shall be distributed to each taxing unit in the amount of that taxing unit's offset;  (ii) The amount may be credited to each property appearing on the tax roll for the year for which the credit applies within the dissolved district on the basis of current assessed value. If the surplus funds are distributed under this paragraph, the surplus funds shall be deposited in the unsegregated tax collections account established and distributed in the same manner as other funds in that account.
WY Stat § 22-29-408 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 29 - Special District Elections Act|Article 4 - Dissolution|Section 22-29-408 - Dissolution Without Election.

22-29-408. Dissolution without election.| (a) The election required by W.S. 22-29-404 shall be dispensed with and the county commissioners shall declare the district dissolved if the county commissioners find that:  (i) Dissolution is in the interest of the people of the county; and  (ii) At least one (1) of the following:  (A) The territory within the affected district is uninhabited;  (B) The district has failed regularly to elect district board members in accordance with the principal act of the district; or  (C) That the district is not active and that there is no need for the district.  (b) The election required by W.S. 22-29-404 shall be dispensed with and the board of county commissioners shall declare the district dissolved if the director of the department of audit has notified the board of county commissioners of the district's failure to comply with the reporting requirements of W.S. 9-1-507, and the district has failed to comply with W.S. 9-1-507(a)(vii) by December 30 of that same calendar year.
WY Stat § 22-29-601 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 22 - Elections|Chapter 29 - Special District Elections Act|Article 6 - Offenses and Penalties|Section 22-29-601 - Violation of Special District Elections Act.

22-29-601. Violation of special district elections act.| The knowing and willful violation of any provision of the special district elections act is a misdemeanor offense punishable by not more than six (6) months in jail, a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
WY Stat § 23-1-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 23 - Game and Fish|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 23-1-103 - Ownership of Wildlife; Purpose of Provisions.

23-1-103. Ownership of wildlife; purpose of provisions.| For the purpose of this act, all wildlife in Wyoming is the property of the state. It is the purpose of this act and the policy of the state to provide an adequate and flexible system for control, propagation, management, protection and regulation of all Wyoming wildlife. There shall be no private ownership of live animals classified in this act as big or trophy game animals or of any wolf or wolf hybrid.
WY Stat § 23-1-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 23 - Game and Fish|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 23-1-104 - Federal Game Preserves Also State Preserves.

23-1-104. Federal game preserves also state preserves.| All federal game preserves and sanctuaries now existing, or hereafter created, are state game animal, bird and fish preserves for the purposes of this act.
WY Stat § 23-1-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 23 - Game and Fish|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 23-1-105 - Migratory Bird Refuge in Seedskadee Area.

23-1-105. Migratory bird refuge in Seedskadee area.| (a) The state consents to the acquisition by the United States by purchase, gift, devise, or lease of land or land covered by water in the amount of twenty thousand (20,000) acres in the Seedskadee area in Sweetwater county where approved by the commission and the state land board. The acquisition shall be as the United States may deem necessary for the establishment and maintenance of migratory bird refuges in accordance with and for the purposes of the act of congress approved February 18, 1929 entitled "Migratory Bird Conservation Act," 16 U.S.C. §§ 715 through 715s, and amendments thereto, and the act of congress entitled "Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act," 16 U.S.C. §§ 718 through 718k and amendments thereto.  (b) The land or land under water may be used by the United States as refuge for migratory birds. Wyoming reserves full and complete jurisdiction and authority over all such areas not incompatible with the administration, maintenance, protection, and control of the areas by the United States under the terms of the acts of congress stated herein. If the land or land under water is purchased by the United States, the deed shall contain a clause that in the event the land or land under water ceases to be used as a migratory bird refuge, it shall revert to the state.  (c) The owner of any land to be acquired under this section is entitled to reserve all oil, gas, coal or other minerals owned by him in or upon the land together with the right to enter upon the land for exploration, development, and production of oil, gas, coal, or other minerals.
WY Stat § 23-1-108 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 23 - Game and Fish|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 23-1-108 - Delisting of Gray Wolves as Experimental, Nonessential Population, Endangered Species or Threatened Species.

23-1-108. Delisting of gray wolves as experimental, nonessential population, endangered species or threatened species.| Gray wolves shall be deemed removed from the list of experimental nonessential population, endangered species or threatened species in Wyoming upon final publication in the Federal Register by appropriate federal agencies removing the gray wolf from all listings as an experimental nonessential population, endangered species or threatened species in Wyoming.
WY Stat § 23-1-201 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 23 - Game and Fish|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 2 - Game and Fish Commission|Section 23-1-201 - Composition; Appointment; Terms; Oath.

23-1-201. Composition; appointment; terms; oath.| (a) The Wyoming game and fish commission is continued in existence.  (b) The commission shall be composed of eight (8) members including the governor as an ex officio member. Not more than seventy-five percent (75%) of the appointed commissioners shall be of the same political party, and all appointed commissioners shall have a general knowledge of wildlife and wildlife propagation, management, and control.  (c) Commencing in 1973, a commissioner shall be appointed from each appointment district pursuant to W.S. 9-1-218.  (d) Commissioners shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate for a term of six (6) years to commence March 1, except the first term for two (2) appointees shall be two (2) years and for two (2) appointees shall be four (4) years as designated by the governor prior to submission to the senate. Terms of current appointees are ratified and continued in existence until terms of new appointees under this section become effective. The governor shall fill any vacancy as provided in W.S. 28-12-101.  (e) Each commissioner shall execute and file the oath of office as prescribed by the Wyoming constitution with the secretary of state.
WY Stat § 23-1-202 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 23 - Game and Fish|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 2 - Game and Fish Commission|Section 23-1-202 - Removal of Members.

23-1-202. Removal of members.| The governor may remove any commissioner as provided in W.S. 9-1-202.
WY Stat § 23-1-203 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 23 - Game and Fish|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 2 - Game and Fish Commission|Section 23-1-203 - Compensation and Expenses.

23-1-203. Compensation and expenses.| Commissioners shall receive seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per day but not more than four thousand dollars ($4,000.00) per year as salary for attendance at commission meetings and other meetings related to department business in their official capacity as commissioners. Commissioners shall be reimbursed for travel and other expenses incurred in performance of their official duties in the same manner and amount as state employees.
WY Stat § 23-1-301 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 23 - Game and Fish|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Commission|Section 23-1-301 - Office; Officers; Meetings; Quorum.

23-1-301. Office; officers; meetings; quorum.| (a) The commission shall have its principal office at Cheyenne. The members of the commission shall meet during March of each year for election of officers. Those elected shall hold office for one (1) year or until their successors are chosen. Other meetings of the commission may be held at such times and places as the commission deems desirable or necessary. Unless waived by all commissioners, the members of the commission shall be notified of the time and place of meetings by written notice.  (b) A majority of the commission constitutes a quorum to transact business. The presiding officer of the commission has the authority to maintain order in all meetings.
WY Stat § 23-1-303 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 23 - Game and Fish|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Commission|Section 23-1-303 - Promulgation of Orders; Closing of Hunting Areas; Promulgation of Rules.

23-1-303. Promulgation of orders; closing of hunting areas; promulgation of rules.| (a) All orders of the commission shall be written and the original signed by the presiding officer of the commission. Copies of the orders shall be signed by facsimile signature of the presiding officer of the commission.  (b) All persons authorized to sell licenses and tags shall deliver upon request a copy of the order to each purchaser of a license or tag.  (c) When any commission order closes any area of land, lake, or stream from hunting or fishing, a concise description of the area, lake, or stream closed shall be posted in the manner and place determined by the commission to be adequate notice of the closure.  (d) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 200, § 2.  (e) Rules and regulations of the commission and department shall be promulgated in accordance with the provisions of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
WY Stat § 23-1-401 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 23 - Game and Fish|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 4 - Creation and Organization of the Game and Fish Department|Section 23-1-401 - Game and Fish Department; Creation; Control.

23-1-401. Game and fish department; creation; control.| (a) The Wyoming game and fish department is created.  (b) The department is under the direction and supervision of the commission.  (c) The department consists of the director who is the chief administrative officer and such divisions as the commission may create.
WY Stat § 23-1-402 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 23 - Game and Fish|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 4 - Creation and Organization of the Game and Fish Department|Section 23-1-402 - Game and Fish Director; Appointment; Salary; Term of Office; Qualification; Duties and Authority.

23-1-402. Game and fish director; appointment; salary; term of office; qualification; duties and authority.| (a) The governor shall appoint a competent person as the director of the department as provided in W.S. 9-2-2010 at a salary determined by the commission, not to exceed the sum set by law.  (b) The director shall hold office at the pleasure of the governor and may be removed by him as provided in W.S. 9-1-202.  (c) The director is the chief administrative head of the department with general supervision and control of all activities, functions, and employees of the department, under the direction and supervision of the commission. He shall devote his entire time to the performance and supervision of the duties conferred on him by the commission and by law.
WY Stat § 23-1-403 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 23 - Game and Fish|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 4 - Creation and Organization of the Game and Fish Department|Section 23-1-403 - Chief Fiscal Officer.

23-1-403. Chief fiscal officer.| The commission shall appoint a chief fiscal officer of the commission in the manner provided by law. The chief fiscal officer shall act as secretary of the commission and perform such other duties as may be directed by the director. He is removable as provided by law.
WY Stat § 23-1-404 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 23 - Game and Fish|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 4 - Creation and Organization of the Game and Fish Department|Section 23-1-404 - Chief Game and Fish Wardens; Division Chiefs.

23-1-404. Chief game and fish wardens; division chiefs.| (a) The director, with the consent of the commission, shall appoint a chief game warden, a chief fish warden, and any necessary division chiefs as provided by law.  (b) The chief game warden, chief fish warden, and division chiefs shall be men of knowledge and experience in the fields administered by their respective divisions, shall be the administrative head of their respective divisions, shall have administrative supervision of all activities and personnel of their respective divisions subject to the approval of the director, and shall devote their entire time to the service of the state in discharge of their official duties as provided by law and as prescribed by the commission. They are removable as provided by law.
WY Stat § 23-1-405 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 23 - Game and Fish|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 4 - Creation and Organization of the Game and Fish Department|Section 23-1-405 - Game Wardens; Appointment Based on Competitive Examination; Investigation; Removal.

23-1-405. Game wardens; appointment based on competitive examination; investigation; removal.| All appointments of game wardens shall be based on competitive examinations. Applicants shall be knowledgeable of wildlife, and of the duties and responsibilities of game wardens. The commission shall provide for the investigation of the qualifications of each applicant. Examinations shall be held at selected points throughout Wyoming. Game wardens are removable as provided by law.