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WY Stat § 18-12-122 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-122 - Election Procedures.

18-12-122. Election procedures.| (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the bond elections of districts shall be called by the board of county commissioners at the request of the district and held in accordance with election dates and procedures set forth in W.S. 22-21-101 through 22-21-112. A proposal submitted in the bond election shall be approved by a majority of the voters in the district casting ballots in the election.  (b) The bond election ballot shall specify the name of the district, the total amount of the proposed bond issue, the maximum interest rate payable thereon, the term of years over which the bonds shall be repaid, and a brief description of the improvements, facilities or utilities to be acquired or constructed and the services to be rendered with the proceeds thereof. The question to be submitted on the ballot after such description shall be as follows:  For Issuance of Bonds  Against Issuance of Bonds  The voter shall place a mark in the square space immediately following the proposition shown on the ballot.  (c) If requested in the petition and if approved by the commissioners, the commissioners may order that a bond election, as described in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, be held concurrently with the organizational election, and if the bond election is ordered, the notice of election shall include the information required by W.S. 18-12-121(b). The judges of the election shall certify the returns of the election to the commissioners, and if a majority of the votes are in favor of the organization, the commissioners, by resolution shall declare the district organized.  (d) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.  (e) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.  (f) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.  (g) A written authorization for voting purposes shall be filed with the election official conducting the special district election not later than thirty (30) days prior to the election.  (h) In examining any written authorization required or permitted to be signed by landowners, the county clerk or district secretary shall accept the first written authorization filed unless prior to certification the secretary or county clerk is furnished with written evidence, satisfactory to the county clerk or district secretary, that a new representative has been appointed by the owners, signed by a majority of the persons named as owners on the previously filed written authorization or as shown on a copy of a recorded deed attached to the written authorization.
WY Stat § 18-12-123 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-123 - Resolution for Issuance of Bonds.

18-12-123. Resolution for issuance of bonds.| The board, by resolution, shall determine whether coupon bonds or registered bonds of the district shall be issued and sold to raise money for any of the purposes for which the district was formed, if the bonds are authorized, and shall similarly fix and determine the denomination of each bond, which shall be not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), and the rate of interest which shall be paid thereon, payable annually or semiannually as the board shall by resolution determine, and the resolution shall also fix the number of years that the whole or a part of the bonds shall run and the maturity thereof, neither of which shall exceed twenty-five (25) years from the date of the bond or the date of any series of the bonds.
WY Stat § 18-12-124 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-124 - Bonds Secured by Pledge of District.

18-12-124. Bonds secured by pledge of district.| The payment of the principal and interest on the bonds constitutes a liability of the district. The full faith and credit, and all taxable property lying within the district is pledged for the payment of the bonds in accordance with the terms thereof.
WY Stat § 18-12-125 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-125 - Exemption From Taxation in This State.

18-12-125. Exemption from taxation in this state.| The interest payable upon the bonds is exempt from any taxes levied or assessed by the state of Wyoming or any agency thereof.
WY Stat § 18-12-126 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-126 - Offer of Bonds by the Board; Bond Brochures.

18-12-126. Offer of bonds by the board; bond brochures.| (a) If the majority of the votes cast by the voters at the election on the proposition of issuing bonds of the district favors issuing the bonds, and if the issuance of the bonds is authorized by the board, the bonds may be sold at either public or private sale.  (b) After the voters of the district have approved issuance of the bonds, the board may prepare bond brochures to assist in the sale of the bonds. The board shall pay the expenses of preparing the bond brochures from the funds of the district or from the proceeds of the bond issue.
WY Stat § 18-12-127 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-127 - Deposit of Proceeds of Bonds.

18-12-127. Deposit of proceeds of bonds.| Bonds issued by the board shall be sold at the time and in the amounts prescribed by the board but for not less than par. The proceeds of the sale of the bonds, exclusive of any premiums received, shall be deposited to the credit of the district in the county treasury. The proceeds deposited shall be drawn out as other district monies are drawn. The bond proceeds withdrawn shall not be applied to any purposes other than those for which the bonds were issued. Any premiums or accrued interest received from the sale of the bonds shall be deposited in the interest and sinking fund of the district. The expenses incurred for the preparation, sale and delivery of the bonds, including legal fees of independent bond counsel retained by the district are legal charges against the fund of the district and may be paid from the proceeds of the sale of the bonds.
WY Stat § 18-12-128 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-128 - Printing of Bonds.

18-12-128. Printing of bonds.| After ascertaining the best terms upon, and the lowest interest at which the bonds can be sold, the board shall cause the bonds to be printed, with coupons if any attached, and shall have the bonds consecutively numbered and properly executed.
WY Stat § 18-12-129 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-129 - Signature on Bonds.

18-12-129. Signature on bonds.| Bonds shall be signed by the chairman and the treasurer of the board and countersigned by the secretary of the board. Coupons, if any, shall be signed by the treasurer of the board. At least one (1) of the signatures or counter signatures on the bond shall be manually affixed. Other signatures or counter signatures may be printed or mechanically reproduced. It is not necessary for any bond to bear the seal of the district.
WY Stat § 18-12-130 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-130 - How Bonds Mature.

18-12-130. How bonds mature.| All bonds shall mature serially in substantially equal annual installments of principal, or upon an amortization plan for the bonds of the series, or upon an amortization plan for the proposed bonds and all outstanding bonds of the district, or in any other manner as the board may determine.
WY Stat § 18-12-131 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-131 - Bonds Subject to Call and Redemption.

18-12-131. Bonds subject to call and redemption.| All or any part of the bonds issued by the board may be issued subject to call and redemption before maturity at the option of the board. Such bonds and the resolution authorizing issuance thereof shall contain a provision to that effect and the resolution shall contain the price at which the bond shall be redeemed.
WY Stat § 18-12-132 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-132 - Register of Bonds.

18-12-132. Register of bonds.| The county treasurer of each county shall keep a bond registration book which shows at all times by proper designation bonds that are authorized and the name in which the owner of each bond is registered.
WY Stat § 18-12-133 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-133 - Requirement of Indemnity Bond.

18-12-133. Requirement of indemnity bond.| The board shall require the county treasurer in whose custody the proceeds of the sale of bonds are placed to be bonded under a suitable bond indemnifying the district against loss.
WY Stat § 18-12-134 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-134 - Duty to Levy Tax for Interest and Redemption of Outstanding Bonds.

18-12-134. Duty to levy tax for interest and redemption of outstanding bonds.| The commissioners shall annually levy a tax for that year upon the property of the district for the interest and principal falling due on all outstanding bonds of the district. The levy shall be made at the same time as the levy of taxes for county purposes. The tax shall be sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds as it becomes due and to provide a sinking fund for the payment of the principal on or before maturity and may include an allowance for an annual reserve established to adjust for fluctuating tax levies.
WY Stat § 18-12-135 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-135 - Disposition of Proceeds of Taxes Collected.

18-12-135. Disposition of proceeds of taxes collected.| All taxes levied and collected pursuant to the foregoing provision shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the interest and sinking fund of the district and shall be used for the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds and for no other purpose.
WY Stat § 18-12-136 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-136 - Manner of Payment of Interest and Principal of Bonds.

18-12-136. Manner of payment of interest and principal of bonds.| The principal and interest on the bonds shall be paid in due course by the county treasurer of the county at the time and place required by the bonds.
WY Stat § 18-12-137 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-137 - Bonds Eligible as Investments.

18-12-137. Bonds eligible as investments.| The bonds issued under this act are eligible as legal investments for both public and private funds.
WY Stat § 18-12-139 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-139 - Rules and Regulations; Enforcement.

18-12-139. Rules and regulations; enforcement.| The board may adopt reasonable rules and regulations not inconsistent with law for the government and control of the district organization and to facilitate the collection of assessments or charges. All rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section shall be promulgated in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act and filed with the county clerk for each county in which the district is located.
WY Stat § 18-12-140 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-140 - Power to Create Local Improvement Districts Vested in Board.

18-12-140. Power to create local improvement districts vested in board.| In addition to all other powers provided in this chapter, the power to create local improvement districts in any district organized pursuant to this chapter, to assess the cost of the construction of public improvements of a local and municipal character or any part thereof against benefited property therein and to issue special assessment bonds, is vested in the board, and in exercising the powers granted in this section, the board need not follow the procedures listed elsewhere in this chapter but the local improvement districts shall be created, local improvements acquired, special assessments levied and collected, and special assessment bonds issued as provided in W.S. 15-6-101 through 15-6-448, except the board may act by resolution whenever W.S. 15-6-101 through 15-6-448 specify action by ordinance.
WY Stat § 18-12-141 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts|Section 18-12-141 - New Improvements, Facilities or Services; Voter Approval.

18-12-141. New improvements, facilities or services; voter approval.| A district shall not acquire any new improvement or facility or provide any new service that was not originally described in the petition for formation of the district unless the new improvement, facility or service is authorized by this act, approved by the board of county commissioners of the county in which the district is situated and approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the district. Upon approval of the board of county commissioners and by resolution of its board, a district may submit to its qualified voters, by mail ballot election pursuant to W.S. 22-29-116 or concurrently with any other district election, the proposition of acquiring any new improvement or facility or providing any new service authorized under this act.
WY Stat § 18-13-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 13 - Day Care Centers|Section 18-13-101 - Day Care Centers; Funding or Operation Authorized.

18-13-101. Day care centers; funding or operation authorized.| (a) As used in this section "day care center" means a facility established to provide care for children from families with special needs during normal working hours of the day to enable the parent or parents to pursue employment.  (b) A board of county commissioners may establish a fund to promote, establish and maintain day care centers. The money may only be expended upon resolution for the establishment, promotion, maintenance and development of day care centers and may be paid to corporations or associations engaged in operating day care centers. A board of county commissioners may also be the governing authority of a day care center and appoint and supervise a board of directors to operate a day care center.
WY Stat § 18-14-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 14 - Regional Transportation Authority|Section 18-14-101 - Establishment; Appointment; Terms; Officers; Meetings; Compensation; Establishment Under Joint Powers Agreement.

18-14-101. Establishment; appointment; terms; officers; meetings; compensation; establishment under joint powers agreement.| (a) A regional transportation authority may be established by resolution of any board of county commissioners or by joint powers agreement entered into by any two (2) or more boards of county commissioners and governing bodies of municipalities.  (b) A regional transportation authority established by resolution of any board of county commissioners shall be comprised of not less than five (5) nor more than nine (9) residents of the county appointed by the board. Appointees shall serve a term of three (3) years and may be appointed for one (1) additional term. Terms of office shall be staggered. The board of county commissioners shall appoint a county resident to fill the unexpired term of any vacancy occurring on the authority. The authority shall elect from its membership a chairman, secretary and a treasurer and shall meet at least once every three (3) months at the call of the chairman or upon the request of a majority of the membership. Members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for necessary travel and per diem expenses in the manner and amount provided state employees.  (c) A regional transportation authority created under a joint powers agreement between two (2) or more boards of county commissioners and governing bodies of municipalities shall be established as a joint powers board in accordance with W.S. 16-1-106.
WY Stat § 18-14-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 14 - Regional Transportation Authority|Section 18-14-102 - Powers and Duties.

18-14-102. Powers and duties.| (a) A regional transportation authority established under W.S. 18-14-101 shall promote and develop regional air and ground transportation for residents under jurisdiction of the authority. In promoting and developing regional transportation, the authority may:  (i) Conduct studies to plan for the development of regional transportation centers providing air transportation and served by sufficient ground transportation to enable use of air services by residents within the jurisdiction of the authority;  (ii) Conduct studies to plan for the development of intracity transportation services;  (iii) Enter into contract with private air and ground transportation carriers for provision of transportation services;  (iv) Negotiate air and ground transportation fares under any contract entered into pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) of this section;  (v) Receive grants and loans from state or federal agencies and from private sources for purposes of developing transportation within the region;  (vi) Enter into agreement with any other regional transportation authority;  (vii) Employ technical, legal and administrative assistance and engage the services of research and consulting services as necessary to carry out duties prescribed by this section.
WY Stat § 18-14-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 14 - Regional Transportation Authority|Section 18-14-103 - Taxation; Limitation; Submission to Voters; Disposition of Revenue.

18-14-103. Taxation; limitation; submission to voters; disposition of revenue.| (a) Upon adoption of any resolution by a regional transportation authority for any county or of any resolution by the board of county commissioners for each participating county and of any ordinance by the governing body of a municipality participating in a joint powers agreement pursuant to W.S. 18-14-101 and in accordance with an agreement on the contribution of funds by each participating county and municipality, the appropriate board of county commissioners shall submit to the qualified electors of the county or municipality, as appropriate, the question of whether the board shall annually levy not to exceed one-half (1/2) mill on the dollar of assessed valuation of the county or municipality. Revenues collected under the levy authorized by this subsection shall be used solely for planning, developing and providing regional transportation in the manner specified under W.S. 18-14-102. The question may be submitted by the county clerk at an election called, conducted, canvassed and returned in the manner provided for bond elections by the Political Subdivision Bond Election Law, W.S. 22-21-101 through 22-21-112, as specified by the board of county commissioners upon request of the regional transportation authority.  (b) If the proposition is approved, the levy shall expire four (4) years from the date of initial imposition and the same proposition shall be submitted at the general election held four (4) years from the date the proposition is approved and until the proposition is defeated. If the proposition to impose or continue the levy is defeated, it shall not again be submitted to the electors for at least twenty-three (23) months.  (c) If approved by the qualified electors, the board of county commissioners shall certify the levy authorized under subsection (a) of this section and the levy shall be imposed upon the taxable property of the county or municipality. Revenues collected under this levy shall be deposited by the county treasurer into an account certified by the board and used solely for the purpose for which the levy was imposed.
WY Stat § 18-15-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 15 - Senior Citizen Service Districts|Section 18-15-101 - Definition.

18-15-101. Definition.| As used in this chapter "district" or "special district" means a senior citizen service district organized under this chapter.
WY Stat § 18-15-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 15 - Senior Citizen Service Districts|Section 18-15-102 - Formation of District; Mill Levy.

18-15-102. Formation of district; mill levy.| (a) A senior citizen service district, with boundaries of any area within county boundaries, may be formed in any county as provided by this chapter.  (b) Any board of county commissioners shall submit the question of establishing a special district to the county clerk not later than the first Monday in June in even-numbered years for submission of the question of establishing the special district to the resident electors of the proposed district at the next primary election if:  (i) A majority of the board of county commissioners adopt a resolution favoring establishing a district; or  (ii) The board of county commissioners receives a petition for the establishment of a special district signed by qualified electors resident in the proposed district equal in number to at least fifteen percent (15%) of the voters resident in the proposed district who voted in the last general election. The county clerk shall verify the signatures before consideration by the board pursuant to this paragraph. The petition shall state:  (A) The proposed name of the district;  (B) A description of the territory proposed to be organized as a district, which description need not be given by metes and bounds or by legal subdivisions, but is sufficient if generally accurate;  (C) A request that the board of county commissioners define the boundaries for the district. When more than one (1) petition is filed covering parts of the same territory, the board may consolidate all or any such petitions, or may exclude from any petition areas in conflict with another petition or petitions.  (c) The ballot proposition for formation of a district shall appear substantially as follows:  Shall the (name of district) senior citizen service district be established with a maximum levy of .... mills (not to exceed two (2) mills) to be imposed on the taxable property of the district? Yes  No   (d) If the proposition to authorize a mill levy is approved by the qualified electors of the proposed district, the proposition to impose a levy in the same or at a different amount not to exceed two (2) mills, shall be submitted to the resident electors within the proposed district at the first general election held two (2) years after the election authorizing the district and every four (4) years thereafter, until defeated. If the proposition to impose or continue a mill levy is defeated, the proposition shall not be submitted to the electors for a period of not less than one (1) year.
WY Stat § 18-15-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 18 - Counties|Chapter 15 - Senior Citizen Service Districts|Section 18-15-103 - When District Considered Established; Failure to Establish District.

18-15-103. When district considered established; failure to establish district.| If a majority of the electors in the proposed district voting at the election vote for the establishment of the proposed district, the board of county commissioners shall enter that fact upon its records and the district is established.