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WY Stat § 37-7-113 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 7 - Power Districts|Article 1 - In General|Section 37-7-113 - Duties of Commissioners as to Proposed Work; Report to Court.

37-7-113. Duties of commissioners as to proposed work; report to court.| (a) As soon as may be after the organization of said district or within such time as the court may direct, said commissioners shall proceed to have all necessary surveys made and shall lay out said proposed work making a map thereof, and plans and other specifications thereof, and report in writing to the court:  (i) The extent and character of the proposed work;  (ii) If it be found necessary to change the boundaries of the said proposed district, previously fixed, they shall report said proposed change, and, if possible, shall report the names, the residence and post-office addresses of the owners or persons entitled to possession of all lands affected by said change in boundaries, but no such change in boundaries, shall be made as to deprive the court of jurisdiction; provided, however, that if the owners and those entitled to possession, by virtue of public land filing, of lands adjacent to the district, petition to have their lands brought into the district, such petitioners may be considered the same as the original petitioners in making changes of boundaries;  (iii) What lands within the district, as by them reported, will be injured by the proposed work, if any, and they shall therein award to each tract, lot, easement or interest by whomsoever held the amount of damages which they shall determine will be caused to the same by the proposed work;  (iv) All lands within the district as by them reported will be benefited by the proposed work and they shall assess against such lands by whomsoever held the amount of benefits which they determine will be caused to the same by the proposed work. The benefits so assessed are herein referred to as "the assessment roll";  (v) They shall also determine and report to the court the total itemized amount as near as they can determine, that said proposed work will cost, including organization expenses and the unit cost upon which the assessments are based, which shall be designated as "cost of construction";  (vi) The cost of construction which shall be assessed to the various tracts of land within said district in proportion to the assessed valuation of each of such tracts of land as such valuation was last fixed and determined by the county assessor and county board of equalization of the county in which said lands are situated.
WY Stat § 37-7-114 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 7 - Power Districts|Article 1 - In General|Section 37-7-114 - Notice and Hearing on Report of Commissioners.

37-7-114. Notice and hearing on report of commissioners.| Upon the filing of said report, the court or judge thereof shall make and enter an order fixing the time and place when and where all persons interested may appear and remonstrate against the confirmation thereof, and the clerk of said court shall cause notice of the time and place of such hearing to be given to all parties interested which notice shall contain a brief description of the lands benefited and damaged, together with the net damage awarded the several tracts, parcels, easements and corporations to which damages are awarded, and the sum in each case assessed for benefits, and cost of construction against said several benefited parcels, tracts, easements and corporations, and the benefits apportioned to each parcel, tract, easement or corporation in the district. Said notice shall be published at least three (3) successive weeks, prior to the day set for the hearing in one newspaper published in each county in which said lands, or any part thereof within said district are situate (and if no newspaper is published in said county, in some newspaper in an adjoining county), and by serving a copy of such notice on each of the persons, or corporations, by said report recommended, to be assessed, or whose lands are by said report recommended to be included in said district and who resides in any of the counties in which any lands of the proposed district are situated, at least twelve (12) days before the day of hearing in the same manner that a summons is required to be served; provided, absence from the county of such person or corporation shall excuse personal service, whereupon due publication of such notice shall be sufficient service.
WY Stat § 37-7-115 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 7 - Power Districts|Article 1 - In General|Section 37-7-115 - Notice When Lands Situate in More Than One County.

37-7-115. Notice when lands situate in more than one county.| In case the lands are situated in more than one county the notice published in the county wherein the court having jurisdiction is situated shall contain a description of all the lands in said proposed district [with] the damages awarded to the several parcels thereof, but the notice published in any other county or counties may contain a description of only the lands situate in said county for which said publication is made, together with the damages awarded to and assessments for benefits against the several tracts, parcels, easements and interests situate in said county for which publication is made. In case of service of said notice personally, or the acceptance and waiver thereof of all the owners of the lands within the district, said service shall be sufficient and give the court jurisdiction without said publication.
WY Stat § 37-7-116 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 7 - Power Districts|Article 1 - In General|Section 37-7-116 - Modification of Report by Order of Court.

37-7-116. Modification of report by order of court.| If the court finds that the report requires modification, the same may by order of the court be referred back to the commissioners, who may be required to modify it in any respect.
WY Stat § 37-7-117 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 7 - Power Districts|Article 1 - In General|Section 37-7-117 - Order of Confirmation of Report or Modified Report; Effect of Confirmation; Appeal.

37-7-117. Order of confirmation of report or modified report; effect of confirmation; appeal.| If there be no remonstrance, or if the finding be in favor of the validity of the proceedings, or after the report shall have been modified to conform to the findings, the court shall confirm the report and the order of confirmation shall be final and conclusive, the proposed work shall be established and authorized, and the proposed assessments approved and confirmed unless within thirty (30) days an appeal be taken to the supreme court, and the said order of confirmation shall also fix the commissioner's bond.
WY Stat § 37-7-118 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 7 - Power Districts|Article 1 - In General|Section 37-7-118 - Petitions Regarding Orders of Confirmation; Supplemental Report From Commissioners.

37-7-118. Petitions regarding orders of confirmation; supplemental report from commissioners.| Said order of confirmation may, at the same or at any subsequent term of said court be revised, modified or changed, in whole or in part, on petition of the commissioners, after such notice as the court may require to parties interested. At any time prior to making the order confirming said report or thereafter, the court may permit the commissioners to present and file a supplemental report, or amend their report, as to any matter which, pursuant to the provisions hereof, was or might have been included in the original report presented by them, and after reasonable notice given to all parties interested, in such manner as the court shall direct, the court may, upon the hearing in said matter make such order as the case may require.
WY Stat § 37-7-119 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 7 - Power Districts|Article 1 - In General|Section 37-7-119 - Assessment for Construction; Time of Payment; Interest.

37-7-119. Assessment for construction; time of payment; interest.| At the time of the confirmation of such assessments, it shall be competent for the court to order the assessment for construction to be paid in not more than twenty (20) installments, of such amounts and at such times as will be convenient for the accomplishment of the proposed work, or for the payment of principal and interest of such notes or bonds of said district, as the court shall grant authority to issue for the construction of said work. The court may also, by such order, fix a date on which the first installment of the assessments of construction shall become due, not more than five (5) years after the date of the order, and each of said installments shall draw interest at a rate not to exceed seven percent (7%) per annum from the date of said order.
WY Stat § 37-7-120 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 7 - Power Districts|Article 1 - In General|Section 37-7-120 - Assessments Due at Same Time as Taxes; Budget to Be Filed and Approved by Court; Expenditures in Excess of Budget; Unauthorized Debts Void.

37-7-120. Assessments due at same time as taxes; budget to be filed and approved by court; expenditures in excess of budget; unauthorized debts void.| (a) Assessments to meet expenses of any current year of any district shall become due, payable and delinquent at such time or times each year as may be fixed by law for state and county taxes to become due, payable and delinquent. Commissioners having charge of any power district shall on or before the first Tuesday of June of each year file with the clerk of the court having jurisdiction of such district, a report showing an itemized estimate of the money to be raised by assessment within the district for the purpose of constructing new work, maintenance, and to meet the yearly current expenses of the district. In addition to the amount above provided, the commissioners may add a sum which in their judgment shall be sufficient to provide for possible delinquencies. Within thirty (30) days after filing such annual report, at a time and place to be fixed by the court or a judge thereof, the judge shall examine such report, hear all objections thereto, fix and determine the amount to be raised by assessments for the current year and cause such adjudication to be entered of record in said court and a certified copy thereof to be delivered to the commissioners of such district. The commissioners shall add thereto such amount as may be necessary to meet the principal and interest on lawful indebtedness of the district maturing during the current year, together with a sum which in their judgment shall be sufficient to provide for possible delinquencies. When thus completed it shall be known as "The Budget of .... District for the year (year)" and also be verified under oath by any one of the commissioners.  (b) The commissioners of any power district within the state of Wyoming are hereby forbidden to incur any indebtedness for the current expenses of the district in excess of the amount provided in the budget. Provided, however, in case a greater sum than that provided in the budget is required, the commissioners may file a petition setting forth the causes therefor, with the clerk of the court having jurisdiction of said district. Immediately upon the filing of said petition the court shall make an order fixing the time and place of hearing and directing the form and manner of notice thereof to be given if the court deem such hearing advisable. If the court shall authorize the expenditure of a greater sum of money the commissioners shall be authorized to incur indebtedness equal to the amount of the additional sum authorized by the court, and in case the expenditure occurs at a time when it is too late to place the amount upon the assessment roll for the current year such amounts may be added to the budget of ensuing years. All debts contracted in contravention of this section shall be void.
WY Stat § 37-7-121 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 7 - Power Districts|Article 1 - In General|Section 37-7-121 - Preparation of Assessment Roll; Assessments Based on County Assessments; Commissioners to Verify; Levy of Assessments; Assessments to Extend to Tax Roll.

37-7-121. Preparation of assessment roll; assessments based on county assessments; commissioners to verify; levy of assessments; assessments to extend to tax roll.| It shall be the duty of the commissioners of each power district on or before the third Monday in July in each year to prepare an assessment roll of said district which shall contain the name of the owner together with the description of each lot, tract and easement of land within said district and the aggregate assessment of benefits confirmed by the court against the same. Assessments to meet the current expense of a power district for any year shall be proportioned upon the assessed valuation of the several benefited lots, tracts and easements in the district as such valuation was last fixed for assessment purposes by the county assessor and county board of equalization of the county in which the same are situated. The assessment roll shall also show the amount assessed against each lot, tract, and easement of land in the district to meet the principal and interest or the indebtedness of the district for the current year. When such assessment roll is completed it shall be signed by the commissioners of said district and verified by any one of them. The county commissioners of said county upon the receipt of the assessment roll of said district and at the time of making the requisite tax levy for county purposes, shall levy and assess against each lot, tract, and easement of land the respective amounts levied and assessed against the same on said assessment roll. Thereupon the county commissioners shall certify to and deliver said assessment roll to the county assessor of such county and in case the territory embraced in such district is located in two (2) or more counties a copy of the assessment roll as certified to by the county commissioners of the county having jurisdiction of such district shall be delivered to the assessor of each county in which any of the land of the district is located. Upon receipt of the assessment roll the assessors of the counties embracing any of the lands of such district, shall extend upon the tax roll of such county the respective amounts levied and assessed against each lot, tract, and easement of land, and against each corporation as shown by said assessment roll of said district.
WY Stat § 37-7-122 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 7 - Power Districts|Article 1 - In General|Section 37-7-122 - County Treasurer to Collect Taxes; Interest Coupons or Bonds of District Authorized for Payment of District Bond Taxes; Duty of County Commissioners as to Unpaid Taxes.

37-7-122. County treasurer to collect taxes; interest coupons or bonds of district authorized for payment of district bond taxes; duty of county commissioners as to unpaid taxes.| It shall be the duty of the county treasurer of each county in which any power district is located in whole or in part to collect and receipt for all taxes levied as herein provided in the same manner as is required in the receipt for and collection of taxes upon real estate for county purposes. The county treasurer in case of taxes heretofore or hereafter levied as herein provided shall receive in payment of the district bond taxes above mentioned for the year in which said taxes were levied, interest coupons or bonds of said power districts maturing within said year the same as so much lawful money in the United States. Provided, however, that in the case of the nonpayment of any taxes which have heretofore or may hereafter be levied as above provided, the board of county commissioners upon application made shall have the power and it shall be their duty, upon written request of the board of such power district, to order the said treasurer to receive in full payment of the bond fund portion of said taxes the principal amount of said taxes levied, payable in bonds or bond interest coupons of said power district at their face value, and maturing within the year in which said tax levies were made, as so much lawful money of the United States.
WY Stat § 37-7-123 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 7 - Power Districts|Article 1 - In General|Section 37-7-123 - Inspection and Repair of Power Lines.

37-7-123. Inspection and repair of power lines.| The commissioners and agents, servants and employees shall have the right to go upon all lands along any power line to inspect and repair the same whenever necessary, doing no unnecessary damage, and shall not be liable for trespass therefor.
WY Stat § 37-7-124 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 7 - Power Districts|Article 1 - In General|Section 37-7-124 - Necessary Additional Assessments Authorized Under Court Order; Notice Required; Payment.

37-7-124. Necessary additional assessments authorized under court order; notice required; payment.| If any assessment for construction, operation, maintenance or repair that the commissioners shall have reported to the court is a smaller sum than is needed to carry out the purpose for which said assessment has been made or if in any year an additional sum is necessary to pay the interest on lawful indebtedness of said power districts, further or additional assessments on the lands benefited shall be made by the commissioners of said power district under the order of the court or presiding judge thereof, upon such notice as the court or judge may direct, which further or additional assessment may be made payable in installments as specified herein and shall be treated and collected in the same manner as the original assessments confirmed by the court in said power district.
WY Stat § 37-7-125 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 7 - Power Districts|Article 1 - In General|Section 37-7-125 - Omission of Assessments Not to Affect Jurisdiction of Court or Render Previous Assessments Voidable; Commissioners to Correct Omissions and Report to Court.

37-7-125. Omission of assessments not to affect jurisdiction of court or render previous assessments voidable; commissioners to correct omissions and report to court.| Omission to assess benefits, or to assess for construction, or to make additional assessment or to make assessment for operation, maintenance or repairs against any land or person which should have been assessed, or to award damages to any one or more tracts of land or assessments in a power district shall neither affect the jurisdiction of the court to confirm the report, nor to render the benefits assessed or the assessments for construction, or additional assessments, or assessments for operation, maintenance, or repairs against other lands or assessments against any person voidable, but the commissioners of said power district shall thereafter, as soon as they discover the omission or receive notice thereof, either agree with the omitted parties upon the proper award or assessments and award the damages or make such assessments of benefits or assessments for construction, operation, maintenance or repair, and make such additional assessments against the omitted lands and corporations and award such damages as shall be just, and report the facts, together with such assessments and awards, to the court.
WY Stat § 37-7-126 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 7 - Power Districts|Article 1 - In General|Section 37-7-126 - Commissioners May Borrow for Unpaid Construction or Lawful Debts; Issuance of Notes or Bonds; Interest Specified.

37-7-126. Commissioners may borrow for unpaid construction or lawful debts; issuance of notes or bonds; interest specified.| The commissioners may borrow money, not exceeding the amount of "assessment for construction" as herein provided, unpaid at the time of borrowing for such purposes, or for the payment of any indebtedness that may have been lawfully incurred, and may secure the same by notes or bonds bearing interest at a rate not to exceed seven percent (7%) per annum and not running beyond one (1) year after the last installment of the assessment, on the account of which the money is borrowed, shall fall due, which said notes or bonds shall not be sold at less than ninety percent (90%) of their face value, which said bonds shall be transferable by delivery to the same extent as negotiable paper of the highest character; and may deliver notes or bonds to the United States to be held and when deemed desirable or when the appraised value of the land in the district is double the bonded indebtedness, sold by it, and the net proceeds received from the notes or bonds applied to the liquidation of contract indebtedness of the district, and said notes or bonds shall be in such form, terms and denominations as may be fixed by the court, but which notes or bonds shall not be held to make the commissioners personally liable, but shall constitute a lien upon the assessments for the repayment of the principal and interest of such notes or bonds. In case any moneys derived from bonds sold to pay for the construction, as herein provided, now or hereafter, remains on hand after such work is completed and paid for, and not raised for damages unpaid for, such residue may be used in the maintenance and repair, as in this chapter provided, before making assessment for such maintenance and repair.
WY Stat § 37-7-127 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 7 - Power Districts|Article 1 - In General|Section 37-7-127 - Refunding of Indebtedness.

37-7-127. Refunding of indebtedness.| The court, may, upon the petition of the commissioners authorize them to refund any lawful indebtedness of the district now existing or which may hereafter be incurred by taking up and canceling all or any part of its outstanding notes and bonds, as fast as they come due or before, if the holders thereof will surrender the same and issue in lieu thereof new notes or bonds of such district, payable in such longer time as the court shall deem proper, in an amount sufficient to retire notes and bonds of the district then outstanding and the unpaid accrued interest thereon, together with such an amount as the commissioners of such district may deem necessary to provide for possible future defaults and delinquencies in the payment of assessments, and bearing interest not exceeding seven percent (7%) per annum. For the purpose of providing funds to pay such refunding bonds with interest thereon, the commissioners may levy assessments against the land in such district, but not in excess of the benefits assessed. In the alternative the commissioners may, if they deem it advisable, issue said refunding bonds in an amount sufficient only to retire all notes and bonds of the district then outstanding and the unpaid accrued interest thereon, and delinquencies in the payment of assessments levied, from year to year, assessments against the land in such district for such purposes, but not in excess of the benefits assessed against the same.