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WY Stat § 35-8-209 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 8 - Cemeteries and Burials|Article 2 - Municipal Cemeteries|Section 35-8-209 - Bond Issue; Custodian of Moneys Collected.

35-8-209. Bond issue; custodian of moneys collected.| The city or town treasurer shall be custodian of all moneys arising from the sale of bonds issued in pursuance of the authority given by this chapter, and he shall give additional bond, or bonds, for the safekeeping and distributing of all such funds, as may be provided by the city or town council.
WY Stat § 35-8-210 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 8 - Cemeteries and Burials|Article 2 - Municipal Cemeteries|Section 35-8-210 - Ordinances, Rules and Regulations.

35-8-210. Ordinances, rules and regulations.| Any such city or town is hereby authorized and empowered to enact all ordinances necessary to the complete exercise of all the powers in this act granted, and to carry out the same, and is authorized to make all ordinances, rules, and regulations for the protection, maintenance, and improvement of such cemeteries, and of all property connected therewith, and all streets, avenues, and roads leading to such cemeteries.
WY Stat § 35-8-211 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 8 - Cemeteries and Burials|Article 2 - Municipal Cemeteries|Section 35-8-211 - Application.

35-8-211. Application.| This act shall apply to all cities and towns in the state of Wyoming whether incorporated by special charter or under general laws, and the taxes herein provided for, shall be in addition to all other taxes provided or authorized by law.
WY Stat § 35-8-212 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 8 - Cemeteries and Burials|Article 2 - Municipal Cemeteries|Section 35-8-212 - Authority to Declare Abandoned Unoccupied Lots; Procedure; Resale.

35-8-212. Authority to declare abandoned unoccupied lots; procedure; resale.| Any city, town or special cemetery district may declare abandoned the ownership of any unoccupied lots or parcels of land in municipally owned cemeteries, created under and by virtue of W.S. 35-8-201 through 35-8-211, inclusive, or any special cemetery district whenever there has been no contact with or knowledge of the owners, heirs, or assigns, as the case may be, of such lots or parcels for more than twenty-five (25) years. Prior to declaring such abandonment, notice shall be served by registered mail at the last known address of such owner, heirs, or assigns. In the event that the address cannot be ascertained, notice shall be given by one (1) publication in the official newspaper of the municipality or special cemetery district in which the cemetery is located. Said notice shall allow thirty (30) days for the owner, heirs, or assigns to advise the city or town or special cemetery district of his identity and address; and if he does so, the city or town or special cemetery district shall not declare the abandonment. Upon the failure of the owner, heirs, or assigns to so communicate with the city or town, it may by resolution declare such lots or parcels abandoned. Thereafter, it may resell such lots or parcels, but shall place in trust an amount of money equivalent to the original selling price of such lots or parcels for payment to the owner, heirs, or assigns. Said trust fund shall be placed in legal investments, and the interest received therefrom shall annually be deposited to the city's or town's general fund or the general fund of the special cemetery district. Money received from the resale of such lots and parcels and deposited in said trust fund may be withdrawn by the cities or towns or the special cemetery district and placed in their general fund if not claimed by the owner, heirs, or assigns within twenty-five (25) years after being so deposited. So long as such lots or parcels remain unsold, the owners, heirs, or assigns may reclaim them by identifying themselves and establishing their right to such lots or parcels.
WY Stat § 35-8-301 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 8 - Cemeteries and Burials|Article 3 - Special Cemetery Districts|Section 35-8-301 - Procedure for Proposing Establishment of Special Cemetery District.

35-8-301. Procedure for proposing establishment of special cemetery district.| (a) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.  (b) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.  (c) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.  (d) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.  (e) A special cemetery district may be established under the procedures for petitioning, hearing and election of special districts as set forth in the Special District Elections Act of 1994.
WY Stat § 35-8-303 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 8 - Cemeteries and Burials|Article 3 - Special Cemetery Districts|Section 35-8-303 - Body Corporate; Name and Style; Powers Generally; Rules and Regulations of Trustees.

35-8-303. Body corporate; name and style; powers generally; rules and regulations of trustees.| Each district established is hereby declared to be a body corporate by the name and style of the .... cemetery district and the name therefor shall be entered upon the commissioners' records and shall be selected by the board of county commissioners of the county in which the greater area of land within the district is located. In the name so selected, the district may hold property and be a party to contracts, shall have power to sue and be sued, shall be empowered through its governing board to acquire real and personal property and equipment for cemetery purposes by gift, devise, bequest or purchase and to enter into contracts for the acquisition by purchase or lease of real and personal property and equipment; to convey, lease and otherwise dispose of its property for cemetery purposes and as a cemetery district, to establish sinking funds for said purposes; to issue bonds for the purchase of real property and improvements and equipment for the same, for cemetery purposes in the manner hereinafter provided, and the trustees thereof shall have power to make such rules and regulations as are necessary for the proper operation of the district and shall file them with the county clerk for each county in which the district is located.
WY Stat § 35-8-304 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 8 - Cemeteries and Burials|Article 3 - Special Cemetery Districts|Section 35-8-304 - Election of Trustees in Newly Established Districts; Terms.

35-8-304. Election of trustees in newly established districts; terms.| An election of six (6) trustees shall be held therein at the same time as the election for formation of the district. Trustees shall serve without compensation to govern the affairs of the district. There shall be elected three (3) members to serve until the next succeeding district election, and three (3) members to serve until the second succeeding district election and until their successors are elected and qualified.
WY Stat § 35-8-305 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 8 - Cemeteries and Burials|Article 3 - Special Cemetery Districts|Section 35-8-305 - Procedure for Election of Trustees in Previously Existing Districts.

35-8-305. Procedure for election of trustees in previously existing districts.| In all such districts existing as of January 1, 1999, the terms of directors shall be allowed to expire and a vacancy shall be declared and filled pursuant to W.S. 22-29-201 and 22-29-202 until the next regular scheduled subsequent director election as provided under W.S. 22-29-112. At that election three (3) trustees shall be elected for four (4) year terms and three (3) for two (2) year terms.
WY Stat § 35-8-314 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 8 - Cemeteries and Burials|Article 3 - Special Cemetery Districts|Section 35-8-314 - Administration of Finances; Assessment and Levy of Taxes.

35-8-314. Administration of finances; assessment and levy of taxes.| (a) The assessor shall at the time of making the annual assessment of his district also assess the property of each special cemetery district in his county and return to the county assessor at the time of returning the assessment schedules, separate schedules listing the property of each such district assessed by him. The separate schedules shall be compiled by the county assessor, footed and returned to the board of county commissioners as provided for other assessment schedules.  (b) The board of county commissioners, at the time of making the levy for county purposes shall levy a tax for that year upon the taxable property in such district in its county for its proportionate share based on assessed valuation of the estimated amount of funds needed by each such district, but in no case shall the tax for such district exceed in any one (1) year the amount of three (3) mills on each dollar of assessed valuation of such property. The taxes and assessments of all special cemetery districts shall be collected by the county collector at the same time and in the same manner as state and county taxes are collected, provided, however, said assessment and tax levied under provisions of this act shall not be construed as being a part of the general county mill levy.
WY Stat § 35-8-315 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 8 - Cemeteries and Burials|Article 3 - Special Cemetery Districts|Section 35-8-315 - Tax Exemption.

35-8-315. Tax exemption.| The property of such cemetery districts shall be exempt from taxation.
WY Stat § 35-8-316 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 8 - Cemeteries and Burials|Article 3 - Special Cemetery Districts|Section 35-8-316 - Bond Issue; Question of Issuance to Be Submitted to Electors; Amount and Interest.

35-8-316. Bond issue; question of issuance to be submitted to electors; amount and interest.| The board of trustees of any cemetery district may, whenever a majority thereof so decide, request the board of county commissioners to submit to the electors of the district the question whether the board of trustees shall be authorized to issue the coupon bonds of the district in a certain amount, not to exceed two percent (2%) of the assessed value of the taxable property in the district, and bearing a certain rate of interest, payable and redeemable at a certain time, not exceeding twenty-five (25) years for the purchase of real property, for the construction or purchase of improvements and for equipment for cemetery purposes.
WY Stat § 35-8-317 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 8 - Cemeteries and Burials|Article 3 - Special Cemetery Districts|Section 35-8-317 - Bond Issue; Conduct of Election.

35-8-317. Bond issue; conduct of election.| The election authorized under W.S. 35-8-316 shall be called, conducted and the results thereof canvassed and certified in all respects as near as practicable in the same manner as is provided for bond elections by the Political Subdivision Bond Election Law, W.S. 22-21-101 through 22-21-112.
WY Stat § 35-8-318 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 8 - Cemeteries and Burials|Article 3 - Special Cemetery Districts|Section 35-8-318 - Bond Issue; Issuance; Form; Advertising for Bidders; Sale.

35-8-318. Bond issue; issuance; form; advertising for bidders; sale.| If the proposal to issue said bonds shall be approved, the board of trustees may issue such bonds in such form as the board may direct and shall give notice by publication in some newspaper published in the counties in which said district is located and in some newspaper of general circulation in the capital of this state of its intention to issue and negotiate such bonds, and to invite bidders therefor; provided that in no case shall such bonds be sold for less than their full or par value and the accrued interest thereon at the time of their delivery. And the said trustees are authorized to reject any bids, and to sell said bonds at private sale, if they deem it for the best interests of the district.
WY Stat § 35-8-319 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 8 - Cemeteries and Burials|Article 3 - Special Cemetery Districts|Section 35-8-319 - Bond Issue; Preparation and Execution; Certification; to Be Registered by County Treasurer.

35-8-319. Bond issue; preparation and execution; certification; to be registered by county treasurer.| After ascertaining the best terms upon and the lowest interest at which said bonds can be negotiated, the board shall secure the proper engraving and printing and consecutive numbering thereof, and said bonds shall thereupon be otherwise properly prepared and executed. They must bear the signature of the president of the board of trustees and be countersigned by the secretary of the board and bear the district seal and be countersigned by the county treasurer of the county in which the funds of the district are kept, and the coupons attached to the bonds must be signed by said president, secretary and county treasurer; and the secretary of the board shall endorse a certificate upon every such bond, that the same is within the lawful debt limit of such district and is issued according to law and he shall sign such certificate in his official character. When so executed, they shall be registered by the county treasurer where said district's funds are kept in a book provided for that purpose, which must show the number and amount of each bond and the person to whom the same is issued.
WY Stat § 35-8-320 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 8 - Cemeteries and Burials|Article 3 - Special Cemetery Districts|Section 35-8-320 - Bond Issue; Payment Guaranteed.

35-8-320. Bond issue; payment guaranteed.| The full faith and credit of each cemetery district is solemnly pledged for the payment of the interest and the redemption of the principal of all bonds which are issued by such district.
WY Stat § 35-8-321 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 8 - Cemeteries and Burials|Article 3 - Special Cemetery Districts|Section 35-8-321 - Bond Issue; Payment of Principal and Interest.

35-8-321. Bond issue; payment of principal and interest.| The county treasurer where said district's funds are kept may pay out of any moneys belonging to said district tax fund, the interest and the principal upon any bonds issued by such district, when the same becomes due, upon the presentation at his office of the proper coupon or bond, which must show the amount due, and each coupon must also show the number of the bond to which it belonged, and all bonds and coupons so paid, must be reported to the district trustees at their first regular meeting thereafter.
WY Stat § 35-8-322 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 8 - Cemeteries and Burials|Article 3 - Special Cemetery Districts|Section 35-8-322 - Bond Issue; Validity.

35-8-322. Bond issue; validity.| All cemetery districts heretofore formed and organized under the provisions of chapter 58 of the Session Laws of Wyoming, 1949, or under the provisions of chapter 141, Session Laws of Wyoming, 1951, are hereby declared to be duly organized and existing cemetery districts; and all bonds heretofore issued and sold for the purpose of providing for the purchase of real property and improvements and equipment for cemetery purposes, by any cemetery district established under the provisions of chapter 58, Session Laws of Wyoming, 1949, or under the provisions of chapter 141, of the Session Laws of Wyoming, 1951, where the purchase money for such bonds has been actually received and retained or used for the purpose for which such bonds were sold, are hereby declared to be the valid and legally binding obligations of such district and all proceedings under which such bonds were issued are approved, ratified and declared valid.
WY Stat § 35-8-323 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 8 - Cemeteries and Burials|Article 3 - Special Cemetery Districts|Section 35-8-323 - Districts Charged With Maintaining Existing Public Cemeteries.

35-8-323. Districts charged with maintaining existing public cemeteries.| All districts organized under the provisions of this act are charged with the duty of maintaining existing public cemeteries owned and maintained by incorporated cities or towns, or otherwise, within the boundaries of the district; and such maintenance shall be as nearly uniform as possible.
WY Stat § 35-8-324 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 8 - Cemeteries and Burials|Article 3 - Special Cemetery Districts|Section 35-8-324 - Cemeteries in Cities and Towns in Conflict With Special Cemetery District.

35-8-324. Cemeteries in cities and towns in conflict with special cemetery district.| No incorporated city or town which is or may be included within the boundaries of a special cemetery district organized under the laws of the state of Wyoming, shall purchase, establish, operate, maintain, improve or support a cemetery or cemetery grounds for a period of more than one (1) year after the formation of such cemetery district or for a period of more than two (2) months after the effective date of this act, whichever shall be later.
WY Stat § 35-8-401 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 8 - Cemeteries and Burials|Article 4 - Vaults, Crypts and Mausoleums|Section 35-8-401 - Definitions.

35-8-401. Definitions.| (a) As used in this act:  (i) "Columbarium" means any building, structure or any part of a building or structure which is used for the interment of cremated human remains;  (ii) "Community vault, crypt, columbarium, mausoleum or structure" means one constructed for the purpose of containing the bodies or remains of more than six (6) dead human beings;  (iii) "State department of health" means the state department of health created by W.S. 9-2-101;  (iv) "State insurance commissioner" means the insurance commissioner of Wyoming appointed under W.S. 26-2-102;  (v) "This act" means W.S. 35-8-401 through 35-8-407.
WY Stat § 35-8-403 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 8 - Cemeteries and Burials|Article 4 - Vaults, Crypts and Mausoleums|Section 35-8-403 - Supervision of Inspector Required in Erecting Structure; Compliance With Requirements for Perpetual Care and Maintenance.

35-8-403. Supervision of inspector required in erecting structure; compliance with requirements for perpetual care and maintenance.| Such structure shall be erected under the supervision of an inspector to be appointed by the state department of health, which shall determine the amount of his compensation, and the compensation shall be paid by the person, partnership, firm, association, company or corporation erecting the same. No community vault, crypt, niche, mausoleum, columbarium or structure, and no addition or alteration thereof, shall be used for the purpose of interring therein a body or the remains of a deceased human being until the person, partnership, association, company, firm or corporation operating such structure shall have obtained from the department of health a certificate, signed by the state health officer, certifying that the plans and specifications filed pursuant to the provisions of W.S. 35-8-401 and 35-8-402 have been complied with, and from the state insurance commissioner a certificate certifying that the requirements for a perpetual care and maintenance fund set forth in W.S. 35-8-404 have been complied with, which certificates shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county wherein the community vault, crypt, niche, mausoleum, columbarium or structure is located.
WY Stat § 35-8-404 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 8 - Cemeteries and Burials|Article 4 - Vaults, Crypts and Mausoleums|Section 35-8-404 - Perpetual Care and Maintenance Trust Fund.

35-8-404. Perpetual care and maintenance trust fund.| (a) Before any cell, vault, crypt, room or niche in any community mausoleum or columbarium shall be sold, the person, firm, partnership, association, company or corporation operating the same shall first deposit the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) in an institution acceptable to the insurance commissioner, which sum shall be designated as a perpetual care and maintenance trust fund and the income therefrom shall be used for the preservation and upkeep of the mausoleum or columbarium. The insurance commissioner shall regularly audit the fund and shall be empowered to formulate and establish regulations governing the fund and its trustee, which regulations shall be designed to insure the permanence and security of the fund. In the event that sales of cells, vaults, crypts, rooms or niches exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) the person, firm, partnership, association, company or corporation operating the mausoleum or columbarium shall deposit the following percentages of all sales exceeding that amount in the perpetual care trust fund, which additional sums shall be subject to the same regulations as the original deposit:  (i) Twenty percent (20%) of the proceeds received from the sale of each cell, vault, crypt, room or niche; provided, however, that the deposit from the sale of a crypt shall not be less than the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) regardless of the sale price thereof;  (ii) Twenty percent (20%) of each payment or installment received from the sale of every cell, vault, crypt, room or niche in the event that a sale is made on a payment or installment plan; provided, however, that the total amount deposited from the sale of any crypt on the payment or installment plan shall not be less than the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) regardless of the sale price or the amount of the payment or installment.  (b) In the event that any person, firm, partnership, association, company or corporation operating a community mausoleum, columbarium or structure shall fail to continue the active management thereof, the trustee of the perpetual care and maintenance fund established therefor shall continue to administer the fund subject to audit and regulation by the insurance commissioner and disburse the income for the care and maintenance of the mausoleum or columbarium; provided, however, that the district judge may, upon application made by the county attorney of the county in which the mausoleum or columbarium is located, and good cause shown, order the appointment of a successor trustee and/or disbursement of the principal or interest of the fund.