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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 2 - Operation and Administration › Section 41-9-257 - Refunding of Indebtedness.

41-9-257. Refunding of indebtedness.
The court may, upon the petition of the commissioners, authorize them to refund any lawful indebtedness of the district now existing or which may hereafter be incurred by taking up and canceling all or a part of its outstanding notes and bonds, as fast as they become due or before, if the holders thereof will surrender the same, and issue in lieu thereof new notes or bonds of the district, payable in a time as the court deems proper, in an amount sufficient to retire all notes and bonds of the district then outstanding and the unpaid accrued interest thereon, together with an amount as the commissioners of the district deem necessary to provide for possible future defaults and delinquencies in the payment of assessments. For the purpose of providing funds to pay the refunding bonds with interest thereon, the commissioners may levy assessments against the land in the district, but not in excess of the benefits assessed. In the alternative the commissioners may, if they deem it advisable, issue refunding bonds in an amount sufficient only to retire all notes and bonds of the district then outstanding and the unpaid accrued interest thereon, and may, if they desire to provide a fund to provide for possible defaults and delinquencies in the payment of assessments, levy from year to year assessments against the land in the district for these purposes, but not in excess of the benefits assessed against the same.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 2 - Operation and Administration › Section 41-9-259 - Collection Generally.

41-9-259. Collection generally.
All drainage assessments shall be collected by the same officer and in the same manner and at the same time as state and county taxes are collected and when collected shall be paid to the treasurer of the district, except such assessments, together with interest, penalty and costs thereon, as are collected upon assessments levied for the payment of principal and interest of bonded indebtedness of said district, which funds shall be retained by the county treasurer of the county in which such district is organized, and the principal and interest of all bonded indebtedness of such district shall be paid by such county treasurer from such fund, at the place of payment designated in said bonds and interest coupons; provided, that when all bonded indebtedness of any drainage district is fully paid and retired such funds remaining in the hands of the county treasurer shall be paid to the treasurer of such district, for the use of the district. The commissioners of any drainage district may elect the treasurer of the county having jurisdiction of such district treasurer of such district.
Division 4. Construction of Works
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 2 - Operation and Administration › Section 41-9-260 - Bidding Procedure When Cost Over $500.00.

41-9-260. Bidding procedure when cost over $500.00.
In all cases where the work to be done at any one time under the direction of the commissioners shall, in their opinion, cost to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), the same shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, and the commissioner shall advertise for sealed bids, by notice published in some newspaper published in the county in which the petition is filed, and may advertise in one (1) or more newspapers published elsewhere. If there be no newspaper published in the county in which the petition is filed, they shall advertise in some newspaper published in an adjoining county, which said notice shall particularly set forth the time and place when and where the bids advertised will be opened, the kind of work to be let and the terms of payment. Said commissioners may continue the letting from time to time, if in their judgment the same shall be necessary, and shall reserve the right to reject any and all bids.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 2 - Operation and Administration › Section 41-9-261 - Commissioners Not to Have Financial Interest in Construction Contracts.

41-9-261. Commissioners not to have financial interest in construction contracts.
(a) While in office no commissioner shall be interested directly or indirectly:
(i) In any contract for the construction of any drain, ditch, levee or other work in a drainage district;
(ii) In the sale of materials used for any work in a drainage district; or
(iii) In the wages of or supplies for men or teams employed on any work in a drainage district.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 2 - Operation and Administration › Section 41-9-262 - Entry of Commissioners on Land; Payment of Damages to Owner.

41-9-262. Entry of commissioners on land; payment of damages to owner.
The damages allowed to the owners of lands shall be paid or tendered before the commissioners shall be authorized to enter upon the lands, for damage to which the award is made, for the construction of any drains, ditches or levees proposed thereon. If the owner is unknown or there shall be a contest in regard to the ownership of the lands, or the owner will not receive payment, or there exists a mortgage or other lien against the same, or the commissioners cannot for any other reason pay him, they may deposit the said damages with the clerk of the court, for the benefit of the owner, or parties interested, to be paid or distributed as the court shall direct, and such payment shall have the same effect as the tender to and acceptance of the damages awarded by the true owner of the land. This section shall not, however, prevent said commissioners, their agents, servants and employees going upon said lands to do any and all work found necessary prior to making their assessment of benefits and award of damages, and the trial on their report thereof.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 2 - Operation and Administration › Section 41-9-264 - Drained Lands Outside of District; Commissioners' Report Requesting Assessments.

41-9-264. Drained lands outside of district; commissioners' report requesting assessments.
Whenever any drained lands outside a drainage district are receiving the benefits of the drains of said district, by direct or indirect, natural or artificial connection therewith, the commissioners of said district may report said facts to the court and ask that said lands, describing them, be brought into said district and assessed for the benefits by them received from the drains, ditches or levees of said district.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 2 - Operation and Administration › Section 41-9-265 - Drained Lands Outside of District; Court Order to Landowners to Show Cause.

41-9-265. Drained lands outside of district; court order to landowners to show cause.
Upon the filing of said report the court shall order the owners of such lands to be notified of the filing of said report and the contents thereof, and shall require such owners to show cause at a time and place therein fixed, not less than twenty (20) days thereafter, why their said lands should not be brought into said district and assessed for said benefits.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 2 - Operation and Administration › Section 41-9-266 - Drained Lands Outside of District; Hearings; Remonstrances; Trial on Issues.

41-9-266. Drained lands outside of district; hearings; remonstrances; trial on issues.
At the time and place fixed for hearing said report any of said landowners may appear and remonstrate against the confirmation of said report. All remonstrances shall be in writing, verified and shall set forth the facts on which they are based. All issues arising on said report shall be tried by the court without a jury.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 2 - Operation and Administration › Section 41-9-267 - Drained Lands Outside of District; Hearings; Findings; Annexation to District.

41-9-267. Drained lands outside of district; hearings; findings; annexation to district.
If the court shall find that said lands or any of them are receiving the benefits of any such drain, ditch or levee, the court shall so find in writing and shall order said lands to be annexed to and made a part of said district and benefits to be assessed against the same by the commissioners of said district.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 2 - Operation and Administration › Section 41-9-268 - Drained Lands Outside of District; Effect of Court Order; Appeal.

41-9-268. Drained lands outside of district; effect of court order; appeal.
Said order shall be final and conclusive unless appealed from the supreme court within thirty (30) days from the date of entry thereof.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 2 - Operation and Administration › Section 41-9-269 - Drained Lands Outside of District; Levy of Assessments by Commissioners.

41-9-269. Drained lands outside of district; levy of assessments by commissioners.
Said commissioners shall, after the time for appeal is past, assess against each parcel, tract and easement of and in said annexed lands reasonable and just benefits, and shall assess against said lands for construction and repairs such sum as shall be just. If lands similarly situated and benefited are found in said district the annexed lands shall be assessed a like sum of benefits and damages as said lands in the said district to which they are sought to be annexed, and a sum for construction of said work which shall be equal to all sums assessed for the complete construction of the drainage system in the district to which they are sought to be annexed against lands having the same assessment of benefits in said district.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 2 - Operation and Administration › Section 41-9-270 - Drained Lands Outside of District; Filing of Commissioners' Assessment Report; Hearing; Trial; Amendment or Confirmation of Report.

41-9-270. Drained lands outside of district; filing of commissioners' assessment report; hearing; trial; amendment or confirmation of report.
The commissioners shall file their said report and assessments in court. The court shall by order require said owners to show cause at a time and place therein fixed, not less than twenty (20) days after the service of said order, why said report and assessments should not be confirmed. And on the hearing on said order to show cause if a jury trial is demanded the court shall frame issues on benefits and damages and empanel a jury or adjourn the hearing thereon until a jury is in attendance and take the verdict of a jury on such issues. All other issues arising on said report shall be tried by the court. The court shall order all necessary amendments of said report and make written findings of fact and when said report is amended shall by order confirm the same.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 2 - Operation and Administration › Section 41-9-271 - Drains Across Railroad Rights-of-Way; Generally.

41-9-271. Drains across railroad rights-of-way; generally.
Said commissioners shall have the right to lay out and construct all necessary drains, ditches and levees across any railway right-of-way or yards in their district, and any railway company, whose right-of-way or yards crosses the line of any proposed drain, ditch or levee, shall open its right-of-way or yards and permit such drain, ditch or levee to cross the same, as soon as said drain, ditch or levee is constructed to such right-of-way.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 2 - Operation and Administration › Section 41-9-272 - Drains Across Railroad Rights-of-Way; Liability of District to Railroad.

41-9-272. Drains across railroad rights-of-way; liability of district to railroad.
Every drainage district shall be liable to the railway company, whose right-of-way or yard any of its drains, ditches or levees crosses, for the reasonable cost of the culverts and bridges, made necessary by said drain, ditch or levee, crossing said right-of-way or yards, but of not more expensive character than the average other culverts and bridges on said division of railway, crossing streams or ditches of approximately the same width and depth, and within a hundred (100) miles of said district ditches.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 2 - Operation and Administration › Section 41-9-273 - Drains Across Railroad Rights-of-Way; Railroads to Grant Free Access; Failure to Comply.

41-9-273. Drains across railroad rights-of-way; railroads to grant free access; failure to comply.
Upon receiving fifteen (15) days notice in writing, any railway company, across whose right-of-way or yard any such drain, ditch or levee is laid out shall open its right-of-way or yards, and permit said commissioners and their contractors, agents and employes to construct said drain, ditch or levee, across said right-of-way or yards. For every day that said railroad company fails, after the end of said fifteen (15) days, to open their said right-of-way or yard, as hereinbefore required, it shall forfeit twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to said drainage district, to be collected in an action, as other forfeitures are collected, or set off against any damages that have been awarded to such company. If said railway company fails to open its right-of-way or yard along the line of said drainage district, drain, ditch or levee, the commissioners may, at any time after the expiration of said fifteen (15) days, open such right-of-way and yard along the line of said drains, ditches and levees, and construct the same.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 2 - Operation and Administration › Section 41-9-274 - Petition for Reconstruction, Enlargement, Extension or Improvement; Filing by Commissioners; Contents.

41-9-274. Petition for reconstruction, enlargement, extension or improvement; filing by commissioners; contents.
(a) If, after the completion of work on any drainage system under the provisions of this act, it shall become necessary to reconstruct, enlarge, extend or improve the said system in order to protect or reclaim any part of the district from waste or seepage water, the commissioners of said district may file in the court, in which the original proceedings were had, a petition setting forth:
(i) The necessity for the proposed work describing the necessity;
(ii) A general description of the proposed work;
(iii) A general description of the starting point routes and termini of any new ditches, drains, levees or other work proposed to be constructed;
(iv) The names of owners of all lands through or over which any such ditch, drain, levee or other work is proposed to be constructed, so far as such names are known to the petitioners;
(v) That the proposed work will promote public health and welfare;
(vi) That the total benefit from the proposed work will exceed the cost, together with the damages resulting therefrom, taking into consideration all benefits and all damages resulting therefrom both within and without said district;
(vii) A prayer that the commissioners be authorized to proceed with the proposed work.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 2 - Operation and Administration › Section 41-9-275 - Petition for Construction; Filing by Landowners in Lieu of Commissioners.

41-9-275. Petition for construction; filing by landowners in lieu of commissioners.
If, in any such case, the commissioners fail or refuse to file such petition, the same may with like effect be signed and filed by not less than fifty percent (50%) of the owners of land within the district, or by the owners representing not less than fifty percent (50%) in area of the lands therein.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 2 - Operation and Administration › Section 41-9-276 - Petition; Hearing Procedures Generally.

41-9-276. Petition; hearing procedures generally.
Upon the filing of such petition like proceedings shall be had as in the case of the filing of the preliminary report of the commissioners, except that the boundaries and organization of the district shall in no way be affected by the proceeding and except that in the notice of hearing shall state the names of the owners of lands over or through which any ditch, drain, levee or other work is proposed to be constructed as stated in the petition, which owners shall be served with said notice as provided for serving of notice of hearing on the petition for organization of the district and if the petition is filed by landowners, the commissioners also shall be served with notice in like manner.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 2 - Operation and Administration › Section 41-9-277 - Petition; Procedure When Petition Granted.

41-9-277. Petition; procedure when petition granted.
If, upon the hearing, the prayer of the petition shall be granted, like proceedings shall be had in all respects as in case of the confirmation of the preliminary report of the commissioners, except that the boundaries and organizations of the district shall not be affected by the proceedings and any costs taxed against the petitioners therein shall be paid by the district, if the petition was filed by the commissioners. If, upon the hearing of the final report of the commissioners, the proposed work or any part thereof is by the court ordered to be done, all subsequent proceedings with respect to the doing thereof and the payment therefor shall be governed by the provisions of the statute applicable in cases of original construction work.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 2 - Operation and Administration › Section 41-9-278 - Petition; Assessments.

41-9-278. Petition; assessments.
In making their assessments of benefits and for the work to be done under the provisions of this amendment, the commissioners shall regard the proposed work as an integral part of an entire system, and shall take into consideration all assessments of benefits and for construction previously made, in order that, insofar as practicable, no part of the district shall bear an unjust portion of the total cost of the entire system.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 3 - Division › Section 41-9-301 - Authorized.

41-9-301. Authorized.
Any drainage district now or hereafter organized under the provisions of chapter 76, Wyoming Compiled Statutes, 1920 and acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, may be divided into two (2) or more districts in the manner provided in this chapter.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 3 - Division › Section 41-9-302 - Contents of Petition.

41-9-302. Contents of petition.
(a) Whenever a majority of the adult owners of lands within any portion of an organized drainage district, who shall represent more than one-half in area of the lands within said portion which it is proposed shall be cut off and divided from the drainage district as organized, desire to effect such division, they may file in the district court of the county having jurisdiction over the original district, a petition setting forth:
(i) The proposed name of the new drainage district to be formed by such division;
(ii) The necessity of the proposed work, if any, and the necessity and reasons for division, describing the same;
(iii) A general description of the proposed starting points, routes and termini of the proposed drains, ditches and laterals;
(iv) A general description of the lands proposed to be included in said district;
(v) The names of the owners of all lands in said proposed district, when known;
(vi) The names of the owners of all other lands in the district proposed to be divided, when known;
(vii) A detailed statement of the existing indebtedness of the original drainage district and the proposed apportionment of said indebtedness as between the remaining portion of the original district and the proposed new district based upon the assessments for benefits against the lands contained therein, as last confirmed by the court.
(b) If the purpose of said petition, in addition to a division of the district, is the enlargement, repair and maintenance of a ditch, or other work heretofore constructed under any law of the state, said petition shall give the general description of the same, with such particulars as may be deemed important.
(c) Said petition shall pray for the organization of a drainage district by name, and with the boundaries proposed, and for the appointment of commissioners for the execution of any proposed work according to the general provisions of chapter 76, Wyoming Compiled Statutes, 1920, as amended.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 3 - Division › Section 41-9-303 - Order for Hearing on Petition; Notice Generally.

41-9-303. Order for hearing on petition; notice generally.
(a) On such petition being filed, the court or judge thereof shall make an order fixing the time and place for a hearing thereon, and ordering notice; thereupon the clerk of said court shall cause twenty (20) days notice of the filing of said petition to be given:
(i) By posting notice thereof in at least five (5) public places in said proposed new district, and in at least five (5) public places in the remainder of the district proposed to be divided;
(ii) By serving or causing to be served a copy of such notice on each owner of land within said district, proposed to be divided, either personally or by registered mail to his last known address at least twenty (20) days prior to the hearing; and by serving in like manner a similar notice on each of the commissioners of the drainage district proposed to be divided; and
(iii) By publishing a notice thereof at least once a week for three (3) successive weeks in some newspaper published in the county in which any part of the district is located. If there be no newspaper in any such county, such notice shall be published in a newspaper published in the adjoining county nearest the land in said district.
(b) Such notice shall state:
(i) In what court said petition is filed;
(ii) A brief description of any proposed new work, with the starting points, routes and termini of new drains and ditches;
(iii) The boundaries of the proposed district;
(iv) The name proposed for such district;
(v) The proposed apportionment of the existing indebtedness as between the remaining portion of the original district and said proposed new district;
(vi) The time and place as fixed by the court for the hearing on said petition.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 3 - Division › Section 41-9-304 - Manner of Service.

41-9-304. Manner of service.
Service of said notice, and proof of service thereof, shall be made in the same manner as is now provided by law in the case of the organization of new districts under chapter 76, Wyoming Compiled Statutes, 1920, as amended.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 3 - Division › Section 41-9-305 - Hearing.

41-9-305. Hearing.
Upon the day fixed for the hearing on such petition, all parties owning lands, or any interest or easement in land, within said district, proposed to be divided, or whomsoever would be affected thereby, or the commissioners of the original district, may appear and contest the granting of said petition on the grounds that said proposed division will not serve the best interests of all parties interested, and the grounds specified in W.S. 41-9-111.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 3 - Division › Section 41-9-306 - Court Order; Creation of New District as Corporate Entity; Apportionment of Indebtedness; Proration of Maintenance Expenses of Existing Works in Both Districts.

41-9-306. Court order; creation of new district as corporate entity; apportionment of indebtedness; proration of maintenance expenses of existing works in both districts.
If it shall appear to the court upon said hearing that the requisite number of signers appear on said petition, as required herein; that due and proper service has been had upon all parties interested as herein provided; and that the best interests of all parties interested will be served by the proposed division, he shall so find, and enter an order creating said new district, appointing commissioners therefor, apportioning the indebtedness of the original district as between the remaining portion of the original district and the proposed new district organized therefrom based upon the assessments for benefits last confirmed by the court against the lands embraced in each, and determining the proportionate amount, if any, of the annual operation and maintenance expense the new district shall bear of and for maintaining the drainage system constructed by the original district, and thereupon such new drainage district shall be, and thereby declared to be organized as an independent drainage district by the name fixed by court, with the boundaries as therein fixed, and with the indebtedness as apportioned to it, to be a body corporate, with the right to sue and be sued, adopt a corporate seal, and have perpetual succession the same as if organized as an original drainage district under the statute in such case provided; provided, however, that no such order shall be effective for the apportionment of indebtedness as herein provided unless and until the owners and holders of the evidences of indebtedness against the original district, whether bonds or otherwise, shall have filed in said court a written consent and approval of the apportionment thereof, as made by the court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 4 - Joint Operation With Municipalities › Section 41-9-401 - Agreement Generally; Apportionment of Maintenance Expenses; Municipal Assessments Generally.

41-9-401. Agreement generally; apportionment of maintenance expenses; municipal assessments generally.
Whenever any incorporated town, city or village lies in whole or in part within the boundaries of any drainage district now organized, or which may hereafter be organized in the state of Wyoming, the commissioners of said district may enter into an agreement with said town, city or village under the terms of which said agreement, said town, city or village may agree to operate, maintain, repair or extend any drainage works lying wholly or in part within said town, city or village; and when such agreement has been entered into, said drainage district shall be relieved from the expense of operation, maintenance, extension or repairs of such drains except where any portion of the district discharges its water through the outlets diverted through said town, city or village in which case the drainage district shall assist in maintaining the said drain on a basis of land drained into said drain and said town, city or village and the individual freeholders within said town, city or village shall be relieved from the payment of assessments for operation, maintenance, repairs or extension levied by said drainage district during the life of said agreement. Such town, city or village shall thereafter levy each year, as a part of its assessment for city purposes, such amount as shall be found necessary to operate, maintain, extend or repair said drains in the same manner as is now provided for assessments for sewerage; provided, however, that any drain lying partly within said town, city or village and partly without may, by agreement between said commissioners by and with the consent of the bondholders and said town, city or village, be jointly maintained by the parties to such agreement.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 4 - Joint Operation With Municipalities › Section 41-9-402 - Assessments for Bond Principal and Interest; Levy and Collection.

41-9-402. Assessments for bond principal and interest; levy and collection.
The commissioners of said drainage district, the holders of any bond or bonds of the said district and the authorities of any such town, city or village shall also enter into an agreement whereby all assessments for bond principal and interest shall be collected by such town, city or village in the same manner as is now provided by law for the collection of sewerage taxes. Upon such agreement being reached, the commissioners and bondholders of such drainage district shall furnish to said town, city or village a roll showing the lots, tracts or parcels of land within said town, city or village assessed for drainage, the assessment for benefits thereon and the assessment for construction thereon. Said town, city or village shall thereupon proceed to levy and collect such amounts as may be necessary for the payment of said assessment for construction in the same manner as is now provided by law for the levy and collection of sewerage assessments, and shall remit payments to the bondholders entitled to receive such payments upon such drainage bonds semi-annually upon the first day of January and the first day of July of each year.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 4 - Joint Operation With Municipalities › Section 41-9-403 - Mill Levy and Indebtedness of Town Not to Be Affected.

41-9-403. Mill levy and indebtedness of town not to be affected.
The provisions in this act contained for levy, assessment and collection of drainage taxes shall not limit the mill levy of said town, city or village and the portion of said bonded debt of said drainage district assumed for collection by said town, city or village shall not be counted as a portion of the town's indebtedness when computing whether or not the debt limit of said town, city or village has been reached.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 5 - Contracts With United States › Section 41-9-501 - Qualifications of Districts as Prerequisites to Contracting.

41-9-501. Qualifications of districts as prerequisites to contracting.
Except as otherwise provided in this act, drainage districts organized under the provisions of chapter 76, Wyoming Compiled Statutes, 1920, and contracting with the United States under authority of this act, shall be organized, administered and have the same powers, duties and obligations as provided for in said chapter 76, Wyoming Compiled Statutes, 1920 and all acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 5 - Contracts With United States › Section 41-9-502 - When District Authorized to Enter Into Contract.

41-9-502. When district authorized to enter into contract.
Any drainage district organized under the provisions of chapter 76, Wyoming Compiled Statutes, 1920, and all acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, through its commissioners, shall have power to enter into contracts with the United States for the construction, operation and maintenance of any drainage or other works authorized to be done under the provisions of said statutes and authorized under any act of congress heretofore or hereafter enacted, providing for or permitting such a contract on the part of the United States, after said contract has been first submitted to the qualified electors of said district at an election held for that purpose, and at which a majority of the qualified electors present and voting has voted in favor of making such a contract.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 5 - Contracts With United States › Section 41-9-503 - Securing of District Indebtedness Due to Contract.

41-9-503. Securing of district indebtedness due to contract.
The commissioners may secure the indebtedness incurred by the district in such contract as provided for in W.S. 41-9-502, by issuing bonds of the district in such form, terms and denominations as may be fixed by the secretary of the interior in carrying out the provisions of any act of congress heretofore or hereafter enacted providing for or permitting such a contract on the part of the United States and the acceptance and deposit or sale of bonds of the district by the United States; said bonds may be delivered to the United States and held by it or, when deemed desirable or when the appraised value of the land in the district is double the bonded indebtedness, sold by the United States, and the net proceeds received from the sale of said bonds applied to the liquidation of the contract indebtedness of the district to the United States.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 5 - Contracts With United States › Section 41-9-504 - Unentered Public Lands as Majority of District; Appointment of Commissioners; Term; Removal; Subsequent Appointment or Election.

41-9-504. Unentered public lands as majority of district; appointment of commissioners; term; removal; subsequent appointment or election.
When a majority of the lands within the district are unentered public lands, a majority of the commissioners of the district, who shall be residents of the state, may be appointed by the secretary of the interior, and shall be subject to removal from office by him and any vacancy so created may be filled by further appointment by the secretary of the interior. Commissioners thus appointed by the secretary of the interior shall hold office until such time that the unentered public lands within the district constitute a minority of the total area, after which they shall be appointed or elected as otherwise provided by this chapter 76, Wyoming Compiled Statutes, 1920, and all acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto; if a majority of the commissioners of the district are so appointed by the secretary of the interior, then the remaining commissioners shall be appointed or elected at large within the entire drainage district for terms of two (2) years each, which terms, however, shall be limited to and expire on the first Tuesday in July next following the date when the unentered public lands within the district constitute less than a majority of the total acreage within the district, after which the commissioners shall be appointed or elected in the same manner and for the same terms as provided for in the case of first appointment or election of commissioners under the said statutes.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 6 - Dissolution › Section 41-9-601 - Petition of Landowners.

41-9-601. Petition of landowners.
When the commissioners of a drainage district by unanimous vote of the total membership thereof shall determine to call an election or whenever a majority of the landowners in any drainage district in this state, who shall represent one-half of the ownership of the lands theretofore assessed for benefits and construction within said drainage district, shall file with the commissioners of such district a petition praying for the dissolution thereof, it shall be the duty of the commissioners of such district to forthwith call an election of all of the landowners of said district to determine whether or not such district shall be dissolved.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 6 - Dissolution › Section 41-9-602 - Election; Notice.

41-9-602. Election; notice.
Notice of such election shall be published for four (4) successive weeks in one (1) or more newspapers published in each county in which any portion of the lands embraced within such district is situated, stating the time and place of said election and the object thereof, and in addition thereto, the commissioners of said district shall give the same notice as is required in case of annual elections in drainage districts.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 6 - Dissolution › Section 41-9-603 - Election; Conduct; Certification of Result; Report of District Indebtedness.

41-9-603. Election; conduct; certification of result; report of district indebtedness.
If at any such election which shall be conducted in the same manner as is now provided by law for the conduct of annual elections in drainage districts, a majority of all of the qualified voters owning a majority in acreage of the lands assessed for benefits in the district, shall be in favor of the dissolution of such district, the commissioners of such district shall forthwith certify to the district court having jurisdiction of such district the result of such election, and at the same time shall report to the court the amount and character of the then existing indebtedness of the district. In the event the question of the dissolution of such district does not carry at such election the question shall not again be raised for a period of one (1) year from the date of such election.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 6 - Dissolution › Section 41-9-604 - Order for Hearing on Results of Election; Generally.

41-9-604. Order for hearing on results of election; generally.
Upon the filing of the commissioners' report and return of election, an order shall be made and entered by the court fixing the time and place for a hearing thereon, at which time and place all creditors and other persons interested may appear and show cause why said district should not be dissolved.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 6 - Dissolution › Section 41-9-605 - Election Hearing Results; Publication.

41-9-605. Election hearing results; publication.
A copy of such order to show cause shall be published for four (4) successive weeks prior to said hearing in a newspaper published in each county in which lands embraced in said district be situated.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 9 - Drainage Districts › Article 6 - Dissolution › Section 41-9-606 - Hearing; Final Settlement.

41-9-606. Hearing; final settlement.
Upon said hearing, the court must find, on the evidence submitted, if the district be ordered dissolved, that the best interests of all parties interested shall be served by the proposed dissolution, and shall determine the amount of the existing indebtedness of such district, if any, and shall make an order requiring the payment of the same. Upon the filing by the commissioners of proper receipts, showing payment of all indebtedness against the district, the court shall thereupon make a final order dissolving the district, and in said order the court may provide for a receiver who shall have full authority to collect and distribute any assets or property formerly belonging to said district, who shall be guided by and shall comply with the provisions of W.S. 1-33-101 through 1-33-110, and the amendments thereof in the performance of his duties.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 10 - Water and Sewer District Law › Section 41-10-102 - Lands Included in District.

41-10-102. Lands included in district.
(a) A district may include all or a portion of the unincorporated area in a county in the state of Wyoming.
(b) No lands included in any city or town shall be included in any district without the written consent of the governing body of the city or town.
(c) No tract of twenty (20) acres or more shall be included in any district without the written consent of each person having legal (as distinguished from equitable) title to the tract.
(d) A district may consist of noncontiguous tracts or parcels of land.
(e) No area within a district may be annexed to a city or town, but nothing herein contained shall be construed as preventing the dissolution of a district or the exclusion therefrom of any land therein as herein authorized for the purpose of permitting such an annexation, or as prohibiting an annexation in accordance with the provisions of W.S. 41-10-152 through 41-10-157.
(f) No two (2) districts created under this act for the same purpose may overlap each other, but nothing herein contained shall be construed as preventing any tract or parcel of land being simultaneously situate in a water district and in a separate sewer district.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 10 - Water and Sewer District Law › Section 41-10-103 - Establishment of Districts; Jurisdiction of Board of County Commissioners.

41-10-103. Establishment of districts; jurisdiction of board of county commissioners.
(a) The board of county commissioners for any county in this state is hereby vested with the jurisdiction, power and authority to establish districts.
(b) The board of county commissioners in which the petition for the organization of a district has been filed shall thereafter for all purposes of this act maintain and have original and exclusive jurisdiction as to any and all proceedings concerning the district coextensive with the boundaries of the district and of the territory which may be proposed to be included in the district and of the property proposed to be included in the district or affected by the district.
(c) Repealed by Laws 1983, ch. 176, 2.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 10 - Water and Sewer District Law › Section 41-10-104 - Organization of Districts; Information Required in the Petition.

41-10-104. Organization of districts; information required in the petition.
(a) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, 5.
(b) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, 5.
(c) A petition to establish a district under this act shall conform to the requirements in the Special District Elections Act of 1994. The petition for organization shall also set forth:
(i) The name of the proposed district, consisting of a chosen name preceding the words "water district," or "sewer district," or "water and sewer district";
(ii) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, 5.
(iii) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, 5.
(iv) The source of water to be used within the proposed district including an estimate of the amount to be used based upon a measurement in gallons of water use per day and a showing that the source is adequate to meet the projected needs of the district;
(v) A detailed description of proposed water service mains, sewer service mains, pump and lift stations servicing mains, distribution or treatment facilities for water or sewer or both and method and place of discharge of wastewater, sewage or both. The board of county commissioners may waive this requirement pending the approval of the remainder of the petition by the commissioners. However, no construction may begin until the detailed description required by this paragraph has been submitted to and approved by the board of county commissioners;
(vi) A showing that the proposed improvement or improvements or service or services is compatible with any adopted area-wide facilities plan or intergovernmental agreement in effect at the time of such petition;
(vii) In the event the proposed district or a portion thereof is located within two (2) miles of any city or town the standards to be used in the construction of the facilities of the proposed district shall also be included. These standards shall be no less stringent than the most stringent standards of the nearest local government entity which is within the two (2) mile limitation.
(d) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, 5.
(e) The provisions of the petition seeking the establishment of the district shall not be considered to be a limitation on the rights of the board to submit a bond issue in whatever amount and for whatever improvement or to take any other action authorized herein which the board may find necessary or desirable after the district is organized.
(f) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, 5.
(g) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, 5.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 10 - Water and Sewer District Law › Section 41-10-105 - Bond or Cash Deposit Required at Time of Filing of Petition; Authority of Board to Require Additional Bond or Deposit.

41-10-105. Bond or cash deposit required at time of filing of petition; authority of board to require additional bond or deposit.
At the time of filing the petition or at any time subsequent thereto, and prior to the time of hearing on the petition a bond shall be filed, with security approved by the board of county commissioners, or a cash deposit made sufficient to pay all expenses connected with the proceedings in case the organization of the district be not effected. If at any time during the proceeding the board of county commissioners shall be satisfied that the bond first executed or the amount of cash deposit is insufficient in amount, it may require the execution of an additional bond or the deposit of additional cash within a time to be fixed, not less than ten (10) days distant, and upon failure of the petitioner to execute or deposit the same, the petition shall be dismissed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 10 - Water and Sewer District Law › Section 41-10-107 - Election in Connection With Establishment.

41-10-107. Election in connection with establishment.
(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) At the formation election the voters shall vote for or against the formation of the district, and for five (5) electors of the district, who shall constitute the board of directors of the district, if organized, to serve until the next regular subsequent director election.
(e) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, 5.
(f) The canvassing board shall certify the returns of the election to the board of county commissioners. If a majority of the votes cast at the election are in favor of the formation, the board of county commissioners shall declare the district organized and give the district the corporate name designated in the petition, by which it shall thereafter be known in all proceedings, and shall designate the first board of directors elected. Thereupon the district shall be a governmental subdivision of the state of Wyoming and a body corporate with all the powers of a public or quasi-municipal corporation.
(g) A resolution of the board of county commissioners establishing the district shall be considered final and no petition in error nor other appeal shall lie therefrom. The resolution of the board of county commissioners shall finally and conclusively establish the regular organization of the district against all persons except the state of Wyoming, in an action in the nature of a writ of quo warranto, commenced by the attorney general within thirty (30) days after the resolution declaring the district as organized and not otherwise. The organization of the district shall not be directly or collaterally questioned in any suit, action or proceeding except as expressly authorized in this subsection.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 10 - Water and Sewer District Law › Section 41-10-108 - Copy of Resolution Establishing District to Be Transmitted to Secretary of State by the County Clerk; Filing; Fee.

41-10-108. Copy of resolution establishing district to be transmitted to secretary of state by the county clerk; filing; fee.
Within thirty (30) days after the district has been declared established by the board of county commissioners, the resolution shall be recorded by the county clerk in the county where the district lies and the county clerk shall transmit to the secretary of state a copy of the resolution establishing the district. The resolution shall be filed in the same manner as articles of incorporation are now required to be filed under the general laws concerning corporations. The secretary of state shall receive a fee of three dollars ($3.00) for filing and preserving the same.