2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 15 - Senior Citizen Service Districts › Section 18-15-111 - Fund; Disposition of Revenue; Contract Requirements; Expansion of the Provision of Services.

18-15-111. Fund; disposition of revenue; contract requirements; expansion of the provision of services.
(a) The revenues collected under the tax levy authorized by W.S. 18-15-110 shall be remitted by the county treasurer to the district to a separate account and shall be used solely for senior citizen programs or services authorized by this subsection and for the payment of bond premiums authorized by W.S. 18-15-108(b). For purposes of this section, senior citizen programs or services are limited to the following:
(i) Establishment, expansion, renovation, improvement or maintenance of facilities owned, occupied or to be occupied by senior citizen centers and operational expenses of senior citizen centers, including utilities and other recurring expenses;
(ii) The continuation or the expansion of existing programs or services, or the establishment of new programs or services, provided by or through a senior citizen center including but not limited to nutrition, health, mental health, dementia services, in-home services, socialization or transportation;
(iii) Participation in programs or services administered through the aging division of the Wyoming department of health, but only programs offered by the department as of January 1, 2017;
(iv) Assistance to income based or income restricted housing facilities within the district that are designated for senior citizens and that are operated by the senior citizen service district or another governmental entity to provide affordable housing to senior citizens within the district. Assistance under this subsection may include maintenance costs and upgrades to address code or safety issues with the income based or income restricted housing facilities.
(b) The district may provide directly or contract for the provision of senior citizen programs or services. Contracts for the provision of senior citizen programs or services shall:
(i) Require the provider, if an organization or agency, to be incorporated under the laws of this state as a nonprofit corporation prior to the receipt of any funds;
(ii) Specify the manner in which the funds are expended and the programs or services provided; and
(iii) Require the provider of the programs or services to present an annual budget for review to determine compliance with this chapter and for approval by the district.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, any senior citizen service district seeking to expand the services provided by the district using the revenues collected under the tax levy authorized by W.S. 18-15-110 on or after July 1, 2023 shall not provide the additional programs or services until the next time a ballot proposition to impose or renew a mill levy is submitted to the resident electors as required by this chapter. The question of the proposed expansion or addition of district programs and services shall be included as a ballot proposition on the ballot for imposing or renewing a mill levy.
(d) Between July 1, 2023 and the date on which a district is required to renew a mill levy in accordance with this chapter, a district may designate and provide additional senior citizen service district programs or services under this chapter. The provision of additional programs or services under this subsection shall be in accordance with all of the following:
(i) Before providing the additional services or programs, the district shall:
(A) Determine the anticipated expenditures for the proposed additional programs or services;
(B) Hold a public hearing on the proposed additional programs or services;
(C) Publish a description of the proposed additional programs or services and the date, time and place of the public hearing not less than one (1) time in a newspaper of general circulation in the district and not later than thirty (30) days before the public hearing;
(D) Maintain a balance of not less than four million dollars ($4,000,000.00) in the account established for the district under subsection (a) of this section at the time the additional programs or services are proposed.
(ii) The additional programs or services provided under this subsection shall only use existing revenues of the district;
(iii) The provision of additional programs or services shall cease if the ballot proposition for providing the additional programs or services is not adopted at the election for imposing or renewing a mill levy under this chapter.