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WY Stat § 15-1-123 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1 - Powers and Miscellaneous Matters|Section 15-1-123 - Prospective Operation; Existing Transactions Saved.

15-1-123. Prospective operation; existing transactions saved.| (a) This act applies to transactions entered into and events occurring after July 1, 1965, but may not be construed to affect any substantive or vested right.  (b) Transactions validly entered into before July 1, 1965, and the rights, duties and interests flowing therefrom remain valid thereafter and may be terminated, consummated or enforced as required or permitted by any statute or other law repealed by this act as though the repeal had not occurred, or at the option of the governing body, under this act as if commenced hereunder.
WY Stat § 15-1-124 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1 - Powers and Miscellaneous Matters|Section 15-1-124 - Employee Bonds.

15-1-124. Employee bonds.| The governing body of any city or town shall require the treasurer and may require any other official or employee to post bonds for the performance of their duties. The bonds shall be from a surety company licensed to do business in this state, in an amount as the governing body determines, payable to the city or town, and shall be filed with the city or town clerk. The city or town shall pay the bond costs and any filing costs.
WY Stat § 15-1-125 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1 - Powers and Miscellaneous Matters|Section 15-1-125 - Presentation and Payment of Claims; When Warrant Draws Interest; Exception.

15-1-125. Presentation and payment of claims; when warrant draws interest; exception.| (a) All claims and demands against any city or town shall be presented to the governing body by itemized invoice or other document from the vendor with a full account of the quantity and total cost for each item or for the services rendered. No payment shall be approved by the governing body unless the claim is certified under penalty of perjury by the vendor or by an authorized person employed by the city or town receiving the items or for whom the services were rendered. No claim or demand may be audited or allowed unless presented and certified as provided in this section, and no suit may be instituted against a city or town for any claim unless it has been first presented to the governing body and a reasonable time given to act upon the claim.  (b) Upon the allowance of any claim or demand by the governing body, the treasurer shall issue a check or warrant for the correct amount. The check or warrant shall be signed by the mayor and countersigned by the treasurer or any other person the governing body designates to countersign checks or warrants in the treasurer's absence. If there is not sufficient money in the treasury to pay the warrant, the treasurer shall endorse on the warrant the date and a statement that it has been presented for payment but has not been paid for want of funds. Thereafter, the warrant shall draw interest at the rate of ten percent (10%) per year.  (c) This section does not apply to claims under W.S. 1-39-101 through 1-39-119 [§ 1-39-120].
WY Stat § 15-1-126 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1 - Powers and Miscellaneous Matters|Section 15-1-126 - Collecting City or Town Monies; Settlement Date.

15-1-126. Collecting city or town monies; settlement date.| Every officer and employee collecting or receiving monies belonging to the city or town shall settle with the treasurer on or before the last day of each month, or as directed by the governing body, and immediately pay all money into the treasury for the benefit of the funds to which the monies belong. If the last day of the month falls on Sunday, or a legal holiday, the payment shall be made on the next preceding business day.
WY Stat § 15-1-127 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1 - Powers and Miscellaneous Matters|Section 15-1-127 - Prohibitions; Interest in Contracts; Exception; Extra Pay; Compensation to Nonofficers; Exception.

15-1-127. Prohibitions; interest in contracts; exception; extra pay; compensation to nonofficers; exception.| (a) No qualified member of the governing body of any city or town or any member of that qualified member's immediate family may receive any monetary or other economic benefit from any contract to which the city or town or anyone for its benefit is a party. The obligation on the part of the city or town is void in any contract in which a monetary or other economic benefit will be received by a qualified member of the governing body or his family who does not comply with subsection (b) of this section. Any money paid on the contract may be recovered by the city or town from any persons by an action brought in the name of the city or town.  (b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to any qualified member of a governing body or any member of that qualified member's immediate family who may receive any monetary or other economic benefit from any contract made by the governing body if the qualified member complies with the following:  (i) The qualified member:  (A) Shall not participate in the consideration or discussion relating to the contract;  (B) Shall not attempt to influence the other members of the governing body in any way relating to the contract;  (C) Shall reveal the nature and extent of any monetary or other economic benefit he or any member of his immediate family may receive to the other members of the governing body prior to consideration of the contract;  (D) Shall not vote on the matter of granting the contract;  (E) Shall absent himself during the consideration, discussion and vote on the contract; and  (F) Shall not act, directly or indirectly, for the governing body in inspection, operation, administration or securing performance under the contract in which he or any member of his immediate family may receive any monetary or other economic benefit.  (c) The governing body, by ordinance, shall prescribe requirements governing conflicts of interest by any employee and any member of his immediate family and procedures by which any employee and any member of his immediate family may be exempt from those requirements.  (d) No qualified member of the governing body, officer or employee may receive any pay or perquisites from the city other than his salary for any work coming within the scope of his duties as provided by ordinance and the law. The governing body shall not pay or appropriate any money or other valuable thing to any person not a qualified member of the governing body, officer or employee for the performance of any act, service or duty which is within the proper scope of the duties of any qualified member of the governing body, officer or employee of the city or town, unless specially appropriated and ordered by a vote of three-fourths (3/4) of all members elected to the governing body.
WY Stat § 15-1-128 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1 - Powers and Miscellaneous Matters|Section 15-1-128 - Officers and Employees; Prohibitions; Gratuities; Exceptions; Violations; Results Therefrom.

15-1-128. Officers and employees; prohibitions; gratuities; exceptions; violations; results therefrom.| (a) No officer or employee of any city or town shall:  (i) Solicit or receive any pay, commission, money or thing of value, or derive any benefit, profit or advantage, directly or indirectly, from or by reason of any improvement, alteration or repair required by authority of the city or town, or any contract to which it is a party, except his lawful compensation as an officer or employee and except as otherwise provided in W.S. 15-1-127(b) and (c);  (ii) Solicit, accept or receive, directly or indirectly, from any public service corporation, or the owner of any public utility or franchise of the city, any pass, frank, free ticket, free service or any other favor upon terms more favorable than those granted the public generally, except that councilmen who are regularly employed by any public service corporation or owner of a public utility or franchise may receive free service or favor as is given to all other similar employees.  (b) Any officer or employee who violates this section shall be subject to removal from his position or other disciplinary action after hearing.
WY Stat § 15-1-129 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1 - Powers and Miscellaneous Matters|Section 15-1-129 - Contracts to House Prisoners.

15-1-129. Contracts to house prisoners.| The governing body of any city or town may contract with the sheriff of any county in Wyoming to house prisoners charged or sentenced for municipal ordinance violations in the county jail.
WY Stat § 15-1-130 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1 - Powers and Miscellaneous Matters|Section 15-1-130 - Prohibitions; Amateur Radio Antenna Regulation.

15-1-130. Prohibitions; amateur radio antenna regulation.| No city or town shall enact or enforce an ordinance or regulation that fails to conform to the limited preemption entitled "Amateur Radio Preemption, 101 FCC 2d 952 (1985)" issued by the federal communications commission. Ordinances or regulations may be adopted by a city or town with respect to amateur radio antennas which shall conform to the limited federal preemption entitled "Amateur Radio Preemption, 101 FCC 2d 952 (1985)" which states local regulations that involve placement, screening or height of antennas based on health, safety or aesthetic considerations shall be crafted to reasonably accommodate amateur communications. No ordinance or regulation adopted by a city or town under this section shall establish a maximum height for an amateur radio antenna of less than seventy (70) feet above ground.
WY Stat § 15-1-132 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1 - Powers and Miscellaneous Matters|Section 15-1-132 - City and Town Prohibitions on Utility Connections.

15-1-132. City and town prohibitions on utility connections.| No city or town shall enact or implement any ordinance or policy that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, the connection or reconnection of an electric, natural gas, propane or other energy utility service provided by a public utility, municipality or cooperative utility.
WY Stat § 15-1-201 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Incorporation|Section 15-1-201 - Territories Which May Incorporate.

15-1-201. Territories which may incorporate.| (a) Any territory, including multiple territories within one (1) mile of each other and which are connected to a common culinary water system, not included in any incorporated city or town and not ineligible for incorporation under the provisions of W.S. 15-1-411, having a total resident population of not less than two hundred (200) persons and containing within its boundaries an area with a density of at least seventy (70) persons per square mile, may be incorporated as a town in the manner provided in this article. When territories connected to a common culinary water system are incorporated under this act, the pipelines connecting the territories shall be included in the town limits.  (b) For purposes of this article:  (i) "Census" means the census conducted pursuant to W.S. 15-1-202(a);  (ii) "Population" means the population as determined by the census conducted pursuant to W.S. 15-1-202(a).
WY Stat § 15-1-202 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Incorporation|Section 15-1-202 - Survey, Map and Census; Contents; Affidavits.

15-1-202. Survey, map and census; contents; affidavits.| (a) Any person intending to apply for the incorporation of a town shall:  (i) Have prepared an accurate survey and map of the territory intended to be embraced within its limits, which shall be made by a land surveyor registered under the laws of Wyoming and shall show the courses and distances of the boundaries of the territory, the quantity of land embraced and be accompanied by the affidavit of the surveyor. In preparing an accurate survey and map of the territory intended to be embraced within the town limits, a land surveyor registered under the laws of Wyoming may reference or adopt courses and distances of the boundaries of the territory from subdivision plats made by a land surveyor registered under the laws of Wyoming, platted in accordance with the provisions of W.S. 34-12-101 through 34-12-104;  (ii) Not more than forty (40) days prior to the time of presenting the application to the board of county commissioners, cause an accurate census to be taken of the resident population of the territory which shall show the name of every head of a family residing within the territory on the day the census was taken, the number of persons then belonging to every family and be accompanied by the affidavit of the census taker.
WY Stat § 15-1-203 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Incorporation|Section 15-1-203 - Survey, Map and Census; Examination; Filing; Notice.

15-1-203. Survey, map and census; examination; filing; notice.| The survey, map and census, when completed and verified, shall be left at some convenient place within the territory for not less than twenty (20) days for examination by anyone having an interest in the application. A copy of the survey, map and census shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the territory is situated. A notice which sets forth the boundaries of the territory, the time of making application and the place where the survey, map and census may be examined shall be posted in three (3) public places in the territory.
WY Stat § 15-1-204 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Incorporation|Section 15-1-204 - Application; Contents.

15-1-204. Application; contents.| (a) The application for incorporation shall be by petition subscribed by the applicant and not less than a majority of the electors residing within the territory proposed to be incorporated. The petition shall:  (i) Set forth the boundaries and quantity of land according to the survey, the resident population according to the census and the name proposed for the city or town;  (ii) Have attached thereto the affidavits of not less than three (3) of the electors verifying the facts alleged;  (iii) Be presented to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the territory is located at the time stated in the notice of application, or as soon as possible thereafter;  (iv) Be accompanied by a copy of the notice required to be posted and by an affidavit showing compliance with the posting requirements.
WY Stat § 15-1-205 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Incorporation|Section 15-1-205 - Application; Hearing; Appointment of Election Inspectors; Duties Thereof; Style of Ballots.

15-1-205. Application; hearing; appointment of election inspectors; duties thereof; style of ballots.| (a) The board of county commissioners shall hear all parties interested in the application who appear and ask to be heard. If the board, after hearing, is satisfied that all the requirements of this article have been complied with and that the territory contains the required population, it shall make an order appointing three (3) inspectors.  (b) The inspectors shall:  (i) Call an election of all qualified electors residing within the territory to be held at some convenient place within its limits. The board of county commissioners shall determine the election date, which may be a date authorized under W.S. 22-21-103 or another date which is not less than thirty (30) days after the entry of the order under subsection (a) of this section;  (ii) Provide for a notice of the election which shall:  (A) Be published at least once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in some newspaper published within the territory, and posted in five (5) places within the territory, with the posting and publication occurring not less than three (3) weeks prior to the election;  (B) If there is no newspaper published within the territory, be posted not less than three (3) weeks prior to the election in eight (8) public places therein;  (C) Specify the place and time of the election; and  (D) Contain a description of the limits of the proposed city or town.  (iii) Act as judges and clerks of the election and shall qualify as required by law for judges and clerks at city and town elections;  (iv) Report the result of the ballot to the board of county commissioners by filing it with the county clerk.  (c) The ballots used at the election shall state "for incorporation" or "against incorporation".
WY Stat § 15-1-206 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Incorporation|Section 15-1-206 - Notice of Election Results; Filing Thereof; Completion Date.

15-1-206. Notice of election results; filing thereof; completion date.| (a) If a majority of the ballots cast at the election are in favor of incorporation, the county clerk, immediately after the report has been filed in his office, shall publish the result in a newspaper published within the county, or if there is none, the clerk shall post the result in five (5) public places within the limits of the proposed city or town. A copy of the notice with proof of its publication or posting shall be filed in the office of the county clerk with the other documents relating to the incorporation.  (b) The incorporation is complete when all requirements have been complied with and officers for the city or town have been elected and qualified.
WY Stat § 15-1-207 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Incorporation|Section 15-1-207 - Procedure Where Territory to Be Incorporated Lies Within Two or More Counties.

15-1-207. Procedure where territory to be incorporated lies within two or more counties.| (a) If the territory to be incorporated lies within two (2) or more counties, the residents thereof may incorporate by following the procedure specified in this article, except that applications, notices, petitions, records and certificates shall be made to or by all counties within whose boundaries the territory to be incorporated lies.  (b) If the territory to be incorporated lies within two (2) or more counties, the board of county commissioners of each county shall appoint one (1) or more of the election inspectors, or the boards of county commissioners meeting together shall appoint the election inspectors.
WY Stat § 15-1-401 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 4 - Annexation; Determination of Boundaries; Addition and Exclusion of Land|Section 15-1-401 - Definitions.

15-1-401. Definitions.| (a) As used in this article:  (i) "Business day" means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday as established by the annexing municipality;  (ii) "Landowner" means the owner of real property in the territory proposed to be annexed who in the last calendar year was liable for a property tax thereon or was exempt by law from the payment of taxes on the property. Anyone having a right to purchase land under a written contract is the owner of that land for annexation purposes. For purposes of W.S. 15-1-402, 15-1-404 and 15-1-405 "landowner" shall include persons owning property which, as a result of the proposed annexation would then be brought within one-half (1/2) mile of the corporate limits of a city which has exercised the authority granted under W.S. 15-3-202(b)(ii);  (iii) "Petition" means a legibly written document.
WY Stat § 15-1-403 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 4 - Annexation; Determination of Boundaries; Addition and Exclusion of Land|Section 15-1-403 - Annexing Territories; Initiation of Proceedings; by Landowners' Petition; Validity of Signatures; Determinations.

15-1-403. Annexing territories; initiation of proceedings; by landowners' petition; validity of signatures; determinations.| (a) The proceedings for annexation of eligible territory may be initiated by a written petition filed with the clerk of the city or town to which annexation of the territory is proposed, after compliance with the following conditions and procedures:  (i) The petition is signed and dated by a majority of the landowners owning a majority of the area sought to be annexed, excluding public streets and alleys and tax exempt property;  (ii) The petition contains the following detailed information:  (A) A legal description of the area sought to be annexed;  (B) A request that the described territory be annexed;  (C) A statement that each signer is an owner of land and a description of his land within the area proposed to be annexed; and  (D) A map of the area.  (b) No signature on the petition is valid if it is dated more than one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the date of filing the petition with the clerk. No person signing a petition for annexation may withdraw his signature from the petition after it has been filed with the clerk.  (c) The clerk shall within ten (10) days from the date the petition is filed, determine if the petition substantially complies with this article.  (d) If the petition complies, the clerk shall certify compliance, and the procedure outlined in W.S. 15-1-402, 15-1-405 and 15-1-406 shall then be followed. If it does not comply the petitioner shall be notified that no further action will be taken on the petition until compliance is made.
WY Stat § 15-1-404 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 4 - Annexation; Determination of Boundaries; Addition and Exclusion of Land|Section 15-1-404 - Annexing Territories; Initiation of Proceedings; by Governing Bodies; Determination.

15-1-404. Annexing territories; initiation of proceedings; by governing bodies; determination.| (a) The governing body of any city or town may initiate proceedings to annex territory by the following procedure:  (i) Reasonable evidence shall be procured by the governing body indicating that a specific area meets the conditions and limitations of W.S. 15-1-402;  (ii) The governing body shall:  (A) Cause to be prepared a legal description, a listing of the current mailing address of each landowner as shown in the records of the county assessor and a map showing identifiable landmarks and boundaries of the area considered for annexation and the area which will, as a result of the annexation then be brought within one-half (1/2) mile of the new corporate limits of the city, if it has exercised the authority granted under W.S. 15-3-202(b)(ii);  (B) Determine if the area considered for annexation complies with W.S. 15-1-402;  (C) Prepare a proposed annexation report as required by W.S. 15-1-402(c);  (D) Prepare for each landowner or public utility so requesting in writing, the foreseeable changes to zoning, animal control and other health and safety requirements requiring immediate compliance by the landowner or public utility at the time of annexation. The request shall be made to the clerk of the annexing municipality not less than ten (10) days prior to the public hearing required under W.S. 15-1-405(a). The foreseeable changes shall be provided to the landowner or public utility prior to the hearing.  (b) If the area complies with W.S. 15-1-402, the governing body shall adopt a resolution certifying compliance, and the procedure outlined in W.S. 15-1-405 and 15-1-406 shall then be followed. If the area does not comply, no further action shall be taken on the proposed annexation.