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WY Stat § 41-9-230 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts|Article 2 - Operation and Administration|Section 41-9-230 - Hearings; Supplemental Report; Amending Original Report.

41-9-230. Hearings; supplemental report; amending original report.| 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 § 41-9-231 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts|Article 2 - Operation and Administration|Section 41-9-231 - Judgment; Entry When Petition on Proceedings Dismissed.

41-9-231. Judgment; entry when petition on proceedings dismissed.| (a) In case the petition or proceedings are dismissed as provided in W.S. 41-9-132, a judgment shall be entered against the petitioners and in favor of the commissioners for the costs, expenses, and liabilities incurred in said proceedings, but for the benefit of those who have rendered services or advanced money in the prosecution of said proceedings, or have recovered costs on successful contests therein.  (b) In case the proceedings are dismissed at any time, or the district is discontinued for any cause subsequent to the time provided in W.S. 41-9-132, a judgment shall be entered against the owners of all the lands then within the boundaries of said drainage district and in favor of the commissioners for all costs, expenses and liabilities incurred in said proceedings up to and including the time of said dismissal or said discontinuance, but for the benefit of those who have rendered service, or advanced money in connection with said drainage district, or have recovered costs on successful contests herein.
WY Stat § 41-9-232 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts|Article 2 - Operation and Administration|Section 41-9-232 - Judgment; Filing of Statement of Costs; Hearing.

41-9-232. Judgment; filing of statement of costs; hearing.| Before any judgment is entered, said commissioners shall file with the clerk of the district court, in which said proceedings were instituted, an itemized statement of such costs and expenses, duly verified, upon which an order shall issue, requiring said petitioners to show cause before said court, at a time and place named, why judgment should not be entered against said petitioners for the amount of said costs and expenses. Notice of the hearing on said order to show cause, shall be given to said petitioners, by mailing to each a copy thereof, to their last known post-office address, at least twenty (20) days prior to the time set for hearing, and by publication of the same in one (1) or more newspapers, published in the county, where the proceedings are pending, at least three (3) successive weeks prior to the day set for such hearing. Said notice need not contain an itemized statement of said account.
WY Stat § 41-9-233 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts|Article 2 - Operation and Administration|Section 41-9-233 - Judgment; Contributions for Payment Prorated.

41-9-233. Judgment; contributions for payment prorated.| All petitioners shall, among themselves, contribute in the payment of said judgment, in proportion to the number of acres of land they have within the boundaries of the proposed district at the time of the filing of said petition.
WY Stat § 41-9-240 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts|Article 2 - Operation and Administration|Section 41-9-240 - Payment Generally; Unpaid Assessments as Liens; Duty of Clerk of Court; State Lands.

41-9-240. Payment generally; unpaid assessments as liens; duty of clerk of court; state lands.| Unless otherwise provided by said order, such assessment shall be payable at once; and from the time of the entry of said order, assessments for construction of new work and additional assessments and interest thereon, shall be a lien upon the lands assessed, until paid. Any owner of land, or any corporation assessed for construction, may at any time within thirty (30) days after the confirmation of said report, pay into court, the amount of the assessment against his land or any tract thereof, or against any such corporation. Said payment shall relieve said lands from the lien of said assessment, and said corporation from all liability on said assessment. The clerk of said court shall collect no fees or commissions for collecting or disbursing such payments, and shall on demand of the commissioners of the district pay over to them all sums thus coming into his hands. Upon presentation to the state auditor of an order of the district court having jurisdiction of such drainage district, properly certified, the auditor shall draw his warrant on the treasurer on the common school account within the permanent land income fund in favor of the commissioners of such drainage district for the total amount that may be assessed against any lands included in such district, the title to which is in the state of Wyoming, and upon the payment of such warrants such lands shall thereby be relieved from the lien theretofore created for such costs of construction.
WY Stat § 41-9-241 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts|Article 2 - Operation and Administration|Section 41-9-241 - Payment in Installments.

41-9-241. Payment in installments.| At the time of confirmation of any assessment provided for by chapter 76, Wyoming Compiled Statutes 1920, or acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, it shall be competent for the court to order the same to be paid in installments of such amount and at such time as will be convenient for the accomplishment of the purposes for which such assessment was made, and the payment of the principal and interest of such notes or bonds of said district as the court shall grant authority to issue, such installments to become delinquent on the same date or dates as may be fixed by law for state and county taxes to become delinquent, and such installments shall draw interest from the date of any notes or bonds issued by the district and for the payment of which said assessments are pledged, at such rate, not to exceed seven percent (7%) per annum, as may be fixed by the court.
WY Stat § 41-9-242 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts|Article 2 - Operation and Administration|Section 41-9-242 - Current Expenses; Annual Budget Generally.

41-9-242. Current expenses; annual budget generally.| 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 drain 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 .... Drainage District for the year (year)" and also be verified under oath by any one (1) of the commissioners.
WY Stat § 41-9-243 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts|Article 2 - Operation and Administration|Section 41-9-243 - Assessment Roll Generally.

41-9-243. Assessment roll generally.| It shall be the duty of the commissioners of each drainage district, on or before the first Monday of August of each year to prepare an assessment roll of said district, which shall contain the name of the owner, if known, together with a description of each lot, tract and easement of land within said district, and the aggregate assessments of benefits confirmed by the court against the same; and the name of all corporations assessed, together with the aggregate assessment levied against such corporations respectively. The assessment roll shall also show the amount assessed against each lot, tract and easement of land, and against each corporation in the district, for current expense and to meet the principal and interest on the indebtedness of the district for the current year. All such assessments shall be apportioned on the aggregate assessment of benefits last confirmed by the court. When such assessment roll is completed it shall be signed by the commissioners of said district and verified by any one of them. On or before the first Monday in August, of each year the commissioners of the drainage district shall deliver to the county commissioners of the county having jurisdiction of such drainage district the assessment roll of such district. The county commissioners of said county immediately upon the receipt of the assessment roll of such 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 and against each corporation, 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 such 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 § 41-9-244 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts|Article 2 - Operation and Administration|Section 41-9-244 - Certification Procedure.

41-9-244. Certification procedure.| When the commissioners shall fail to certify to the county commissioners of the proper county, any one (1) or more drainage assessments for construction, reconstruction, enlargement, extension, improvement, or repair, against any lands in said district, at the proper time, they may certify the same to the county commissioners of the proper county at any time thereafter, whether in the same or any subsequent year, as an additional assessment roll of said district for the then current year, and upon receipt of such additional assessment roll by such county commissioners it shall be the duty of such commissioners to make a levy therefor and to certify the same to the county assessor in the manner hereinbefore provided, and it shall then be the duty of the county assessor to add the said levy to the tax roll for the then current calendar year.
WY Stat § 41-9-245 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts|Article 2 - Operation and Administration|Section 41-9-245 - Additional Assessments; Generally.

41-9-245. Additional assessments; generally.| If in the first assessment for construction the commissioners shall have reported to the court a smaller sum than is needed to complete the work of construction, or if in any year an additional sum is necessary to pay the principal of or interest on lawful indebtedness of said drainage district, further or additional assessments on the lands and corporations benefited, proportioned on the last assessment of benefits which has been approved by the court, shall be made by the commissioners of said drainage district under the order of the court or presiding judge thereof. Notice of hearing of the application for such additional assessment shall be published at least once each week for three (3) consecutive weeks in one (1) newspaper published in each county in which said lands, or any part thereof, within said district are situated which further or additional assessments may be made payable in installments, as specified in W.S. 41-9-241, and shall be treated and collected in the same manner as the original assessments for construction confirmed by the court, in said drainage district.
WY Stat § 41-9-246 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts|Article 2 - Operation and Administration|Section 41-9-246 - Additional Assessments; Commissioner's Petition; Hearings; Modification of Budget.

41-9-246. Additional assessments; commissioner's petition; hearings; modification of budget.| The commissioners of any drainage district within the state of Wyoming shall not incur any indebtedness for 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 § 41-9-247 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts|Article 2 - Operation and Administration|Section 41-9-247 - Omissions; Generally.

41-9-247. Omissions; generally.| Omission to assess benefits, or to assess for construction, or to make additional assessment, or to make assessment for repairs, or to award damages to any one (1) or more tracts of land or easements in a drainage district, or to assess benefits, or to assess for construction, or to assess for repairs, or to make additional assessments against any corporation which should have been assessed, 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 repairs against other lands, or assessments against any corporation voidable, but the commissioners of said drainage district shall thereafter, as soon as they discover the omission, or as soon as notice thereof, either agree with the omitted parties upon the proper assessments and award the damages or assess such benefits, make such assessments for construction 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 § 41-9-248 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts|Article 2 - Operation and Administration|Section 41-9-248 - Omissions; Agreement Between Landowner and Commissioners.

41-9-248. Omissions; agreement between landowner and commissioners.| In case of omission to assess any corporation or land that should be assessed for benefits, or construction, or repair, or additional assessment, or to award damages, said omitted party and the owner of omitted land may in writing agree with the commissioners of said district what the assessment should be against said land, or against said corporation, or what said damages should be and such agreement shall be acknowledged and witnessed as provided above for waivers, and be filed in the court.
WY Stat § 41-9-250 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts|Article 2 - Operation and Administration|Section 41-9-250 - Objections; Landowners to Show Cause; Presumption of Validity of Assessments.

41-9-250. Objections; landowners to show cause; presumption of validity of assessments.| Any owner of land, or any interest in land, within a drainage district, who claims that his land in said district is exempt from liability for, or lien of any assessment for construction or repairs, or any additional assessment by said commissioners levied against the same whether said assessments be the first or any subsequent assessment or questions the legality of such assessment, may at any time, on ten (10) days notice, or order to show cause, be brought before the court having jurisdiction and required to show cause why said land should not be bound by all drainage district assessments in any report or reports of the commissioners of said district assessed against the same. The presumption shall be in favor of the regularity of such assessments, and they shall stand as valid assessments unless the owner of such land, or some interest therein shall show that said assessment is inequitable, or is void because the lands were not subject to assessment in the first instance.
WY Stat § 41-9-251 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts|Article 2 - Operation and Administration|Section 41-9-251 - Objections; Statement of Owner; Default; Decrees; Appeal; Adjournment of Hearing; Trial.

41-9-251. Objections; statement of owner; default; decrees; appeal; adjournment of hearing; trial.| On the return day of said notice, or order to show cause, the said owner shall in writing, verified on oath, state the facts on which his claim is based. If he fails to appear and set forth such facts, upon the filing of the proof of service of such notice, or order to show cause upon him when notice is necessary, an order shall be made by the court confirming such assessment or assessments, which order shall be final and conclusive unless appealed from to the supreme court within thirty (30) days. The court may adjourn the hearing on said return day and thereafter, and if on the return day, or adjourned day, a trial is found necessary, the court shall fix the time and place of trial, and frame all necessary issues as provided in W.S. 41-9-104.
WY Stat § 41-9-252 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts|Article 2 - Operation and Administration|Section 41-9-252 - Objections; Procedure When Assessments Declared Void.

41-9-252. Objections; procedure when assessments declared void.| In case the court decides that such lands could not, at the time said assessment or assessments were made, be assessed for drainage purposes, and that said assessment or assessments, are void, the commissioner shall levy an additional assessment on all of the assessable lands and corporations in said district based on the last assessment of benefits approved by the court, to pay the sum lost to the district by reason of the void assessment, or shall pay said sum out of the general funds of the district.
WY Stat § 41-9-253 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts|Article 2 - Operation and Administration|Section 41-9-253 - Assessments as Liens Generally.

41-9-253. Assessments as liens generally.| All assessment provided for in chapter 76, Wyoming Compiled Statutes 1920, and acts amendatory thereto and supplemental thereof, together with all interest thereon, and all penalties for default in the payment of same, and all costs of collecting the same shall, from the date of the order of court confirming such assessments until paid, constitute a perpetual lien in amount not in excess of the benefits severally assessed, upon all the land and other property against which such assessments shall be levied, as provided in this act, to which only the lien of the state for general state, county, city, town or school taxes, shall be paramount, and no sale of such property to enforce any general state, county, municipal, or school tax, or other lien shall extinguish the lien of such assessments.
WY Stat § 41-9-254 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts|Article 2 - Operation and Administration|Section 41-9-254 - Assessment as Court Judgment.

41-9-254. Assessment as court judgment.| Each and every sum assessed for construction, for additional assessment or for repairs against any land or against any corporation, as soon as such assessment is confirmed by the court, shall be and is declared to be a judgment of the district court in favor of said drainage district and against said land or corporation, and unless some other method of collection is herein provided, shall be collected in the same manner as any other money judgment is collected, provided that whenever said assessment is a lien upon land it shall only be collected out of said land on which it is a lien.
WY Stat § 41-9-255 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts|Article 2 - Operation and Administration|Section 41-9-255 - Conclusiveness of Order; Appeals Generally.

41-9-255. Conclusiveness of order; appeals generally.| The collection of any assessments made by the commissioners for construction and confirmed by the court, shall not be restrained or obstructed by reason of any omission, imperfection or defect in the organization of any district or in any proceedings occurring prior to the order confirming the assessments of benefits, but such order shall be conclusive as to the regularity of all proceedings relating to the assessments of the benefits unless appealed from within thirty (30) days after the entry of such order.