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WY Stat § 15-9-137 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 1 - Urban Development|Section 15-9-137 - Voluntary Conflicts of Interest Prohibited; Disclosure of Involuntary Conflicts; Violation.

15-9-137. Voluntary conflicts of interest prohibited; disclosure of involuntary conflicts; violation.| No public official or employee of a municipality, or board or commission thereof, and no commissioner or employee of an urban renewal agency vested by a municipality with urban renewal project powers under W.S. 15-9-133 shall voluntarily acquire any personal interest, direct or indirect, in any urban renewal project, or in any property included or planned to be included in any urban renewal project of that municipality or in any contract or proposed contract in connection with that urban renewal project. If the acquisition is not voluntary, the interest acquired shall be immediately disclosed in writing to the local governing body, and the disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes thereof. If any official, commissioner or employee presently owns or controls, or owned or controlled within the preceding two (2) years, any interest, directly or indirectly, in any property which he knows is included or planned to be included in any urban renewal project, he shall immediately disclose this fact in writing to the local governing body. The disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the governing body, and no such official, commissioner or employee shall participate in any action by the municipality, or board or commission thereof, or urban renewal agency, affecting the property. Any disclosure required to be made by this section to the local governing body shall concurrently be made to an urban renewal agency which has been vested with urban renewal project powers by the municipality pursuant to this chapter. Any violation of the provisions of this section constitutes misconduct in office.
WY Stat § 15-9-201 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 2 - Downtown Development Authority|Section 15-9-201 - Declarations.

15-9-201. Declarations.| (a) The Wyoming legislature declares that the organization of downtown development authorities having the purposes and powers provided in this act will serve a public use; will promote the health, safety, prosperity, security and general welfare of the inhabitants thereof and of the people of this state, will halt or prevent deterioration of property values or structures within central business districts, will halt or prevent the growth of blighted areas within such districts, and will assist municipalities in the development and redevelopment of such districts and in the overall planning to restore or provide for the continuance of the health thereof, and will be of especial benefit to the property within the boundaries of any authority created pursuant to the provisions of this article.  (b) The Wyoming legislature determines, finds and declares that because of a number of atypical factors and special conditions concerning downtown development unique to each locality, the rule of strict construction shall have no application to this article, but it shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes and objects for which it is intended.
WY Stat § 15-9-203 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 2 - Downtown Development Authority|Section 15-9-203 - Powers of Governing Body; Creation of Authority; Status Thereof.

15-9-203. Powers of governing body; creation of authority; status thereof.| A municipality may itself exercise the powers specified in this article, or if the governing body, by resolution, determines it to be in the public interest, it may elect to create and establish a downtown development authority, pursuant to the provisions of this article. The authority shall have all the powers provided in this article that are authorized by the ordinance authorizing the authority, or any amendment thereto. When established, the authority shall be a body corporate and capable of being a party to suits, proceedings and contracts the same as municipalities in this state. The authority may be dissolved by ordinance of the governing body, if there is no outstanding indebtedness of the authority or if adequate provision for the payment of such indebtedness is provided.
WY Stat § 15-9-204 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 2 - Downtown Development Authority|Section 15-9-204 - Organizational Procedure.

15-9-204. Organizational procedure.| (a) Upon petition of twenty-five percent (25%) of the persons owning nonresidential property within the proposed district and following a public hearing, if the governing body of a municipality determines it is necessary to establish a downtown development authority for the public health, safety, prosperity, security and welfare and to carry out the purposes of an authority as stated in W.S. 15-9-201, it may by ordinance establish a downtown development authority. In the ordinance, the governing body shall state the boundaries of the downtown development district, as set forth in the original petition requesting the establishment of a downtown development authority within which the authority shall exercise its powers. Upon request of the governing body, the petitioners may submit an amended petition which modifies the boundaries of the district. The boundaries of the downtown development authority shall be certified to the county assessor of the county in which the municipality is located within sixty (60) days after formation of the district.  (b) Any ordinance creating a downtown development authority shall provide that any ordinance or resolution by which bonds are issued pursuant to this article shall specify the maximum net effective interest rate of such bonds.
WY Stat § 15-9-205 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 2 - Downtown Development Authority|Section 15-9-205 - Board; Appointment; Membership; Terms; Vacancies.

15-9-205. Board; appointment; membership; terms; vacancies.| (a) The affairs of the authority shall be under the direct supervision and control of a board consisting of not less than five (5) nor more than eleven (11) members appointed by the governing body. A majority of the members appointed shall reside, be a lessee or own property in the downtown development district.  (b) The board shall be constituted as follows:  (i) At least one (1) member shall be a member of the governing body, appointed to serve at the pleasure of the governing body;  (ii) Two (2) members shall be appointed for terms expiring June 30 of the year following the date of the ordinance adopted by the governing body establishing the authority;  (iii) Two (2) members shall be appointed for terms expiring June 30 of the second year following the date of the ordinance adopted by the governing body establishing the authority;  (iv) Two (2) members, if the board consists of seven (7) or more members, shall be appointed for terms expiring June 30 of the third year following the date of the ordinance adopted by the governing body establishing the authority;  (v) All other members shall be appointed for terms expiring June 30 of the fourth year following the date of the ordinance adopted by the governing body establishing the authority.  (c) A member shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and qualified. After the terms of the initial members of the board have expired, the terms of all members (except any member who is a member of the governing body) shall expire four (4) years from the expiration date of the terms of their predecessors. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired term. In any municipality in which the charter provides that the appointive authority is the mayor, the mayor shall make appointments to the board.
WY Stat § 15-9-206 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 2 - Downtown Development Authority|Section 15-9-206 - Board; Qualifications; Oath of Office; Rules of Procedure; Meetings; Reimbursement; Removal.

15-9-206. Board; qualifications; oath of office; rules of procedure; meetings; reimbursement; removal.| (a) A majority of the members of the board, except any member from the governing body, shall reside, be a lessee or own real property in the downtown development district within the municipality in which the authority is located. An officer or director of a corporation having its place of business in the downtown development district shall be eligible for appointment to the board. No officer or employee of the municipality where the authority is located, other than any appointee from the governing body, shall be eligible for appointment to the board. Within thirty (30) days after the occurrence of a vacancy, the governing body, except as provided in W.S. 15-9-205(c), shall appoint a successor.  (b) Before assuming the duties of the office, each appointed member shall qualify by taking and subscribing to the oath of office required of officials of the municipality.  (c) The board shall adopt and promulgate rules governing its procedure, including election of officers. The rules shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the governing body. The board shall hold regular or special meetings in the manner provided in the rules of the board. All meetings of the board shall be open to the public except those dealing with land acquisition or sales, personnel matters or legal matters. Members of the board shall serve without compensation, but they may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses.  (d) After notice and an opportunity to be heard, an appointed member of the board may be removed for cause by the governing body.
WY Stat § 15-9-208 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 2 - Downtown Development Authority|Section 15-9-208 - Plan of Development; Procedure for Approval; Public Hearings; Notice Thereof; Findings of Governing Body.

15-9-208. Plan of development; procedure for approval; public hearings; notice thereof; findings of governing body.| (a) An authority shall not actually undertake a development project for a development area unless the governing body, by resolution, has first approved the plan of development which applies to the development project.  (b) Prior to its approval of a plan of development, the governing body shall submit the plan to the planning board of the municipality, if any, for review and recommendations. The planning board shall submit its written recommendations with respect to the proposed plan of development to the governing body within thirty (30) days after receipt of the plan for review. Upon receipt of the recommendations of the planning board or, if no recommendations are received within thirty (30) days, the governing body may proceed with the hearing on the proposed plan of development prescribed by subsection (c) of this section.  (c) The governing body shall hold a public hearing on a plan of development or substantial modification of an approved plan of development after public notice by one (1) publication during the week immediately preceding the hearing, in a newspaper having a general circulation in the municipality. The notice shall describe the time, date, place and purpose of the hearing, shall generally identify the plan of development area covered by the plan and shall outline the general scope of the development project under consideration.  (d) Following the hearing, the governing body may approve a plan of development if it finds there is a need to take corrective measures in order to halt or prevent deterioration of property values or structures within the development area or to halt or prevent the growth of blighted areas therein, or any combination thereof, and if it further finds that the plan will afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs and plans of the municipality as a whole, for the development or redevelopment of the development area by the authority and by private enterprise.
WY Stat § 15-9-210 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 2 - Downtown Development Authority|Section 15-9-210 - Authorization of Bonds; Determination of Costs; Expenditure of Proceeds.

15-9-210. Authorization of bonds; determination of costs; expenditure of proceeds.| (a) By ordinance adopted by the governing body at a regular or special meeting, by a vote of a majority of the members of the governing body, the municipality may issue bonds, payable solely from taxes pledged pursuant to W.S. 15-9-207, to pay all or any part of the cost of any project or for furthering any purpose of this article.  (b) The governing body, in determining such costs, may include all costs and estimated costs of the issuance of the bonds; all engineering, inspection, fiscal and legal expenses; any discount on the sale of the bonds; the cost of any financial, professional or other expert advice; contingencies; any administrative, operating or other expenses of the municipality incurred pursuant to the issuance of the bonds, as may be determined by the governing body; all other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the financing, acquisition, improvement, equipment and completion of any development project or for furthering any purpose of this article; sufficient provision of reserves for working capital, operation, maintenance or replacement expense, or for payment or security of principal of or interest on any bonds during or after an acquisition or improvement, and equipment, as the governing body may determine; and reimbursements to any governmental agency or instrumentality for any monies expended pursuant to agreement on any project or for furthering any purpose of this article.  (c) In each project financed by the proceeds of bonds issued under this article, the governing body shall determine the costs of, and may budget a percentage of bond proceeds for, operation and administration of the project.  (d) The proceeds of the bonds may be expended by the municipality or, with the consent of the municipality, by the authority as agent for, and on behalf of, the municipality. If the proceeds of the bonds are applied for the acquisition of real or personal properties, the governing body may:  (i) Retain title to the properties in its own name, and lease or grant licenses or privileges in the properties to the authority in order that the authority may, as principal or agent, exercise its powers with respect to the properties; or  (ii) Convey title to the properties to the authority for such consideration and subject to such terms and conditions as the governing body may prescribe without regard to any restriction, limitation or condition otherwise imposed by statute on the sale or disposition of the properties by a municipality.
WY Stat § 15-9-213 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 2 - Downtown Development Authority|Section 15-9-213 - Revenue Bonds.

15-9-213. Revenue bonds.| In addition to the bonds authorized pursuant to W.S. 15-9-212, the municipality may issue revenue bonds payable solely from legally available nontax revenues of the municipality. Except for the foregoing, bonds shall be issued pursuant to all the other provisions of W.S. 15-9-211. However, revenue bonds issued pursuant to this section shall not constitute an indebtedness of the municipality within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitations but an election of the qualified electors of the municipality shall be required for the issuance thereof. The election shall be 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. Each revenue bond issued pursuant to this section shall recite in substance that the bond, including interest thereon, is payable solely from the nontax revenues or special funds pledged to the payment thereof and the bond does not constitute a debt of the municipality within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitations.
WY Stat § 15-9-214 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 2 - Downtown Development Authority|Section 15-9-214 - Tax Exemption; Exceptions.

15-9-214. Tax exemption; exceptions.| The bonds and the income therefrom shall be exempt from taxation, except estate and transfer taxes.
WY Stat § 15-9-215 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 2 - Downtown Development Authority|Section 15-9-215 - Limitation of Actions.

15-9-215. Limitation of actions.| After thirty (30) days from the effective date of any ordinance or resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds pursuant to this article, all actions or suits challenging its findings, determinations or contents or challenging the validity of the bonds shall be perpetually barred.
WY Stat § 15-9-216 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 2 - Downtown Development Authority|Section 15-9-216 - Rights and Powers of Bondholders.

15-9-216. Rights and powers of bondholders.| (a) Subject to any contractual limitations binding upon the holders of any issue of bonds or trustee therefor, including but not limited to the restriction of the exercise of any remedy to a specified proportion or percentage of the holders, any holder of bonds or trustee therefor has the right and power, for the equal benefit and protection of all holders of bonds similarly situated:  (i) By an action in the nature of mandamus or other suit, action or proceeding at law or in equity to enforce his rights against the municipality and to require and compel the governing body to perform its duties and obligations under this article and its covenants and agreements with the bondholders;  (ii) By action or suit in equity to require the governing body to account as if they were the trustees of an express trust;  (iii) By action or suit in equity to enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the bondholders;  (iv) To bring suit upon the bonds.  (b) No right or remedy conferred by this article upon any holder of bonds or any trustee therefor is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, but each such right or remedy is cumulative and in addition to every other right or remedy and may be exercised without exhausting and without regard to any other remedy conferred by this article or by any other law.
WY Stat § 15-9-218 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 2 - Downtown Development Authority|Section 15-9-218 - Authority to Adopt Budget; Sources of Finance.

15-9-218. Authority to adopt budget; sources of finance.| (a) The authority shall adopt a budget for each fiscal year, shall maintain accounts, and shall cause an annual audit, or other oversight in accordance with rules applicable to special districts under W.S. 9-1-507(a)(iii), to be made pertaining to the fiscal affairs of the authority. Administrative review of the proposed budget shall be in accordance with the policies of each municipality, prior to submission of the proposed budget to the governing body for approval.  (b) The operations of the authority shall be principally financed from the following sources and such other sources as may be approved by the governing body:  (i) Donations to the authority;  (ii) Monies borrowed and to be repaid from other funds received under the authority of this article.
WY Stat § 15-9-219 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 2 - Downtown Development Authority|Section 15-9-219 - Assessments Against Funds of Authority.

15-9-219. Assessments against funds of authority.| The governing body shall have the power to assess against the funds of the authority for the use and benefit of the general fund of the municipality a reasonable pro rata share of such funds for the cost of handling and auditing, which assessment when made shall be paid annually by the board pursuant to an appropriate item in its budget.
WY Stat § 15-9-220 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 2 - Downtown Development Authority|Section 15-9-220 - Conflict of Interest.

15-9-220. Conflict of interest.| No board member or employee of the board shall vote or otherwise participate in any matter in which he has a specific financial interest, defined as a matter in which the member or employee would receive a benefit or incur a cost substantially greater than other property owners within the district. When such interest appears, the board member or employee shall make such interest known, and shall thenceforth refrain from voting on or otherwise participating in the particular transaction involving such interest. Willful violation of the provisions of this section constitutes grounds for dismissal subject to the provisions of W.S. 15-9-206(d).
WY Stat § 15-9-221 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 2 - Downtown Development Authority|Section 15-9-221 - Provisions to Be Construed Liberally.

15-9-221. Provisions to be construed liberally.| All powers conferred upon municipalities by this article are cumulative and in addition to those conferred by any other general or special law or municipal charter or ordinance and shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes of this article. This article is an alternative method of accomplishing its purposes independent of and in addition to any other powers conferred upon municipalities electing to exercise the authority granted by this article.
WY Stat § 15-9-222 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 2 - Downtown Development Authority|Section 15-9-222 - Property in Development Area Subject to Taxes for Municipality's General Obligation Debts.

15-9-222. Property in development area subject to taxes for municipality's general obligation debts.| Subject to W.S. 15-9-207, all real and personal property located within the development area shall continue to be subject to ad valorem taxes levied by the municipality to pay the principal and interest on all existing general obligation debts of the municipality and any future debts which may be authorized by law.
WY Stat § 15-9-223 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 2 - Downtown Development Authority|Section 15-9-223 - Inclusion of Additional Property Into Development Area; Procedure.

15-9-223. Inclusion of additional property into development area; procedure.| Subsequent to the organization of an authority, additional property may be included in the development area. Proceedings for inclusion shall be initiated by petition to the board of the authority signed by the owner or owners in fee of each parcel of land adjacent to the existing area sought to be included. The petition shall include evidence satisfactory to the board concerning title to the property and an accurate legal description thereof. If the board approves the application, it shall submit the application to the governing body of the municipality. If the governing body also approves the application, it shall then, at a regular or special meeting, by amendment to the ordinance treating the authority, redescribe the development area so as to include the additional property as described in the petition. From the effective date of the amendment the additional property shall be included within the development area and shall be subject to any taxes thereafter imposed by the municipality for the use and benefit of the authority.
WY Stat § 15-11-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 11 - Municipal Election Provisions|Article 1 - Offices and Terms|Section 15-11-101 - When Offices Filled.

15-11-101. When offices filled.| The offices specified in this article shall be filled by the vote of the residents of a city or town at the general municipal election.