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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 10 - Housing Projects › Section 15-10-109 - Financing; Form and Manner of Issuing Obligations; Negotiability; Presumptions.

15-10-109. Financing; form and manner of issuing obligations; negotiability; presumptions.
(a) Obligations issued pursuant to this chapter shall be authorized by resolution and may:
(i) Be issued in a form and manner and subject to the terms and conditions the resolution provides;
(ii) Be sold at public or private sale.
(b) Any provision of any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any obligations issued pursuant to this chapter are fully negotiable.
(c) In any suit, action or proceeding involving the validity or enforceability of any obligation issued pursuant to this chapter or the security therefor, any obligation reciting in substance that it has been issued by the municipality or county to aid in financing a project is conclusively deemed to have been issued for that purpose, and the project is conclusively deemed to have been planned, located and carried out in accordance with the purposes and provisions of this chapter.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 10 - Housing Projects › Section 15-10-110 - Financing; Exemption From Judicial Process; Exception; Waiver.

15-10-110. Financing; exemption from judicial process; exception; waiver.
All property acquired or held by a municipality or county pursuant to this chapter is exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the property, nor shall any judgment against the municipality or county be a charge or lien upon the property. The provisions of this section do not apply to or limit the right of obligees to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given by the municipality or county on its rents, fees or revenues or the right of the federal government to pursue any remedies conferred upon it pursuant to this chapter. A municipality or county may waive its exemption under this section with respect to claims against any profitmaking enterprise occupying any portion of a project, provided that a waiver does not affect or impair the rights of any obligee of the municipality or county.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 10 - Housing Projects › Section 15-10-111 - Financing; Federal Assistance.

15-10-111. Financing; federal assistance.
Any municipality or county may borrow money or accept financial assistance from the federal government for any project or related activities. A municipality or county may include in any contract for financial assistance with the federal government any provisions which the federal government requires as conditions to its financial aid consistent with the purposes of this chapter.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 10 - Housing Projects › Section 15-10-112 - Power of Eminent Domain.

15-10-112. Power of eminent domain.
(a) A municipality or county has the right to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property or interest therein which it deems necessary for its purposes under this chapter after adopting a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the real property described in the resolution is necessary for such purposes. A municipality or county may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by law.
(b) Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired by the power of eminent domain, provided that no real property belonging to any public body may be acquired without its consent.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 10 - Housing Projects › Section 15-10-113 - Powers of Public Bodies Generally; Agreements; Effect Thereof; Notice.

15-10-113. Powers of public bodies generally; agreements; effect thereof; notice.
(a) Consistent with the intent of this chapter, any public body, upon terms it determines, may:
(i) Dedicate, convey or lease any of its interest in any property, or grant easements or any other rights therein to a municipality, or county, or to the federal government;
(ii) Cause parks, playgrounds or recreational, community, educational, water, sewer or drainage facilities, or any other works which it is otherwise empowered to undertake, to be furnished adjacent to or in connection with those projects and to incur the entire expense of any public improvements made pursuant to this chapter;
(iii) Furnish, dedicate, close, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan or replan streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks or other places which it is otherwise empowered to undertake;
(iv) Plan or replan, zone or rezone any parts of a project;
(v) Make exceptions from building regulations and ordinances and make changes in its map;
(vi) Cause services to be furnished to a municipality or county of the character which the public body is otherwise empowered to furnish;
(vii) Do any and all things necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate in the planning, undertaking, construction or operation of the projects;
(viii) Enter into agreements with a municipality or county respecting action to be taken by the public body pursuant to powers granted by this chapter.
(b) If title to or possession of any project is held by any public body or governmental agency authorized by law to engage in the development or administration of low-rent housing or slum clearance projects, including any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the provisions of the agreements shall inure to the benefit of and may be enforced by the public body or governmental agency.
(c) Any sale, conveyance, lease or agreement by a public body provided for in this section may be made after public notice, notwithstanding any other laws to the contrary.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 10 - Housing Projects › Section 15-10-114 - When Investment in Bonds Authorized; Duty of Care; Other Restrictions Inapplicable.

15-10-114. When investment in bonds authorized; duty of care; other restrictions inapplicable.
(a) The state or any officer thereof, any political subdivision, any person carrying on a banking or insurance business and any fiduciary may legally invest any funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds issued pursuant to this chapter or issued by any public housing authority or agency in the United States, any of its territories, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam or the Virgin Islands, when the bonds are secured by:
(i) A pledge of annual contributions or other financial assistance to be paid by the United States government or any agency thereof; or
(ii) An agreement between the United States government or any agency thereof and the municipality, county, public housing authority or agency in which the United States government or any agency thereof agrees to lend to the municipality, county, public housing authority or agency, prior to the maturity of the bonds, monies which:
(A) When together with any other monies irrevocably committed to the payment of interest on the bonds will suffice to pay the principal of the bonds or other obligations with interest to maturity;
(B) Under the terms of the agreement are required to be used for this purpose.
(b) The bonds specified in subsection (a) of this section are authorized security for all public deposits and are fully negotiable in this state.
(c) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as relieving any person from any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.
(d) The provisions of this section apply notwithstanding any restrictions on investments contained in other laws.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 10 - Housing Projects › Section 15-10-115 - Powers Which May Be Exercised by Municipality or County or by Authority.

15-10-115. Powers which may be exercised by municipality or county or by authority.
(a) A municipality or county may exercise its housing project powers or, if its governing body determines such action to be in the public interest, may establish a housing authority pursuant to W.S. 15-10-116 and elect to have these powers exercised by it. A housing authority so established is vested with all powers conferred by this chapter on municipalities and counties except that the following functions must be exercised by the municipality or county itself:
(i) The findings required to be made as provided in W.S. 15-10-102;
(ii) The power to approve a housing project;
(iii) The powers relating to cooperation among municipalities and counties under W.S. 15-10-113;
(iv) The powers of municipalities and counties under subsection (a) of this section; and
(v) The power to establish a housing authority under the provisions of W.S. 15-10-116.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 10 - Housing Projects › Section 15-10-117 - Housing Authority; Removal of Commissioners.

15-10-117. Housing authority; removal of commissioners.
A commissioner of an authority may be removed by the mayor, or in the case of a county or regional authority, by the body or official which appointed the commissioner, for inefficiency, neglect of duty or misconduct in office. A commissioner shall be removed only after a hearing and after he has been given a copy of the charges at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing and has had an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel. If any commissioner is removed, a record of the proceedings, together with the charges and findings thereon, shall be filed in the office of the clerk.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 11 - Municipal Election Provisions › Article 1 - Offices and Terms › Section 15-11-102 - Officers of Incorporated Town; Terms; How Elected.

15-11-102. Officers of incorporated town; terms; how elected.
The elective officers of an incorporated town are one (1) mayor and four (4) councilmen. The term of office of mayor and councilman is four (4) years, and until his successor is qualified. They are elected at large.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 11 - Municipal Election Provisions › Article 1 - Offices and Terms › Section 15-11-103 - Officers of First Class City; Terms; How Elected.

15-11-103. Officers of first class city; terms; how elected.
The elective officers of a first class city, not including a city adopting the commission or city manager form of government, are a mayor and the number of councilmen determined by the governing body of the city when they provide for the number of wards in the city. The term of office of the mayor and a councilman is four (4) years and until his successor is qualified. The mayor shall be elected at large and the councilmen shall be elected at large or by wards or by a combination of at large and ward election districts. The governing body of the city shall determine by ordinance at the time wards are created or reorganized whether individual, multimember or at large election districts shall be provided. The districting system, as approved by the council to apply uniformly to the entire city, may provide individual member election districts, multimember election districts which do not exceed three (3) council members per district, or that a portion of the entire membership of the council not to exceed one-third (1/3) of the total members shall be elected from an at large district constituting the entire city. Once established, the districts, except to modify boundaries because of population changes and to encompass annexed territory, shall not be altered or amended more often than each ten (10) years or when the state reapportions.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 11 - Municipal Election Provisions › Article 1 - Offices and Terms › Section 15-11-104 - Officers in City or Town With Commission Government; Term; How Elected.

15-11-104. Officers in city or town with commission government; term; how elected.
The elective officers of a city or town adopting the commission form of government are a mayor, a commissioner of finance and public property, and a commissioner of streets and public improvements. The term of the mayor is four (4) years and each commissioner is two (2) years and until his successor is qualified. They are elected at large.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 11 - Municipal Election Provisions › Article 1 - Offices and Terms › Section 15-11-106 - Term of Office Subject to Termination.

15-11-106. Term of office subject to termination.
The term of any municipal elective office is subject to termination if a change of the form of municipal government necessitates a termination of an existing term of office.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 11 - Municipal Election Provisions › Article 2 - Terms of Office After First Election › Section 15-11-201 - Councilmen in Newly Incorporated City or Town.

15-11-201. Councilmen in newly incorporated city or town.
At the first meeting of the council after the first election in a newly incorporated city or town, other than a first class city or municipality adopting the city manager or commission form of government, two (2) of the councilmen first elected shall be selected by lots to serve four (4) year terms and two (2) to serve two (2) year terms. At each subsequent general election, two (2) councilmen shall be elected to serve a four (4) year term.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 11 - Municipal Election Provisions › Article 2 - Terms of Office After First Election › Section 15-11-202 - Councilmen in First Class City.

15-11-202. Councilmen in first class city.
(a) At the first election in a city which has divided into wards two (2) or three (3) councilmen shall be elected from each ward for the following terms:
(i) If two (2) councilmen are elected from each ward, one (1) councilman shall serve a two (2) year term and one (1) councilman shall serve a four (4) year term;
(ii) If three (3) councilmen are elected from each ward, one (1) councilman shall serve a two (2) year term and two (2) councilmen shall serve a four (4) year term;
(iii) The terms of office shall be determined by lots cast by the council at its first meeting.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 11 - Municipal Election Provisions › Article 2 - Terms of Office After First Election › Section 15-11-203 - Municipality With Commission Government.

15-11-203. Municipality with commission government.
At the first election in a municipality adopting the commission form of government, the mayor shall be elected to serve a four (4) year term and all other officers shall be elected to serve a two (2) year term.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 11 - Municipal Election Provisions › Article 2 - Terms of Office After First Election › Section 15-11-204 - Municipality With City Manager Government.

15-11-204. Municipality with city manager government.
At the first election in a municipality adopting the city manager form of government, a majority of the councilmen elected shall serve two (2) year terms and the balance of the councilmen elected shall serve four (4) year terms. The terms of office shall be determined by lots cast by the council at its first meeting.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 11 - Municipal Election Provisions › Article 2 - Terms of Office After First Election › Section 15-11-205 - Election of Councilmen in City Manager Government Having Alternate Method of Representation.

15-11-205. Election of councilmen in city manager government having alternate method of representation.
At the first election in a city manager form municipality, after adopting an alternate method of representation, councilmen shall be elected equal in number to the number of council terms expiring. Offices expiring shall be filled by candidates from wards having the lowest number designation and not having a holdover member on the council. At the second election, candidates will be elected from wards not having holdover members. Councilmen shall be elected for the regular four (4) year term.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 11 - Municipal Election Provisions › Article 3 - Changing Form of Government › Section 15-11-301 - Forms of Government Authorized; Procedure for Change.

15-11-301. Forms of government authorized; procedure for change.
(a) An incorporated city or town may adopt the commission or city manager form of government or other lawful form of government as follows:
(i) An incorporated city or town shall submit to the vote of the electors the question whether to change the form of government on the petition of qualified electors residing in the city or town equal in number to fifteen percent (15%) of the number of electors voting at the last preceding municipal general election;
(ii) A petition for a special election on the question of changing the form of government shall be filed with the city clerk at least one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the next regular municipal primary election;
(iii) A petition for change of the form of government may not be filed within four (4) years after the existing form of government was established;
(iv) When such petition is filed and determined by the city clerk to be legally sufficient, the mayor shall proclaim a special election on the question stating the present form of government, the proposed new form of government, and the time of the election. The proclamation shall be published at least once a week for four (4) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the city or town;
(v) The special election on the question of change of the form of government shall be held not less than thirty (30) days nor more than sixty (60) days after the petition is filed;
(vi) Such special election shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by W.S. 22-23-801 through 22-23-809;
(vii) If the majority of votes cast are in favor of the proposed new form of government, the municipality shall at the next municipal primary and general elections nominate and elect officers under the new form of government. When the officers are elected and qualified, the municipality shall be governed by the new form of government;
(viii) Immediately after the special election on the question of change of form of government, the mayor shall certify the result of the election to the county clerk and the secretary of state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 11 - Municipal Election Provisions › Article 3 - Changing Form of Government › Section 15-11-302 - Rejection of Change by Voters.

15-11-302. Rejection of change by voters.
If a change of form of government is rejected by the voters at the special election, the question shall not be resubmitted to the voters for a period of four (4) years following the special election.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 1 - Intergovernmental Cooperation › Article 1 - In General › Section 16-1-101 - Authority to Cooperate.

16-1-101. Authority to cooperate.
In exercising, performing or carrying out any power, privilege, authority, duty or function legally vested in any one (1) or more of them by Wyoming law, the state of Wyoming, and any one (1) or more of its counties, municipal corporations, school districts, special districts, public institutions, agencies, boards, commissions and political subdivisions, and any officer or legal representative of any one (1) or more of them, may cooperate with and assist each other, and like entities or authorities of other states, the United States and the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes of the Wind River Indian Reservation. Cooperation may be informal or subject to resolution, ordinance or other appropriate action, and may be embodied in a written agreement specifying purposes, duration, means of financing, methods of operations, termination, acquisition and disposition of property, employment of executive and subordinate agents, reciprocation of governmental immunity protections or other limitations of liability pursuant to W.S. 16-1-104(f) and other appropriate provisions.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 1 - Intergovernmental Cooperation › Article 1 - In General › Section 16-1-103 - Definitions.

16-1-103. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Agencies" means Wyoming counties, municipal corporations, school districts, community college districts, the cooperative tribal governing body, the business council of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, the business council of the Northern Arapaho Tribe, joint powers boards formed pursuant to this act or special districts specifically involved in providing facilities or functions enumerated in W.S. 16-1-104(c);
(ii) "This act" means W.S. 16-1-102 through 16-1-110.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 1 - Intergovernmental Cooperation › Article 1 - In General › Section 16-1-105 - Joint Agreements.

16-1-105. Joint agreements.
(a) Any two (2) or more agencies may enter into agreements with each other for joint or cooperative action pursuant to this act. No agreement hereunder nor amendment thereto is effective until:
(i) The governing body of each participating agency has approved the agreement or amendment;
(ii) The agreement or amendment is submitted to and approved by the Wyoming attorney general who shall determine whether the agreement or amendment is compatible with the laws and constitution of Wyoming; and
(iii) The agreement or amendment is filed with the keeper of records of each participating agency.
(b) Agreements shall provide:
(i) The duration of the agreement;
(ii) The organization, composition and nature of any separate legal entity created and the powers delegated to the entity;
(iii) The purpose of the agreement;
(iv) The percent ownership of any facility by each participating agency, unless the facility is to be owned by a joint powers board, in which case the agreement shall indicate the interest of each participating agency in the services or product of the joint powers board or the method by which the interest may be determined;
(v) The joint operation and maintenance of any facility unless delegated to an entity pursuant to paragraph (ii) of this subsection;
(vi) The manner of financing the joint or cooperative undertaking and of establishing and maintaining a budget therefor;
(vii) The partial or complete termination of the agreement, dissolution of any entity provided therein, and distribution of any facilities, improvements or other property upon partial or complete termination of the agreement;
(viii) Any other necessary and proper matters.
(c) If the agreement does not establish a separate legal entity to conduct the joint or cooperative undertaking, the agreement may provide for an administrator or administrative board responsible for administering the joint or cooperative undertaking and representation of participating agencies on any administrative board.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 1 - Intergovernmental Cooperation › Article 1 - In General › Section 16-1-107 - Financing of Joint Projects.

16-1-107. Financing of joint projects.
(a) Any joint project consisting of property or improvements or an interest therein to be owned by participating agencies or a joint powers board undertaken pursuant to this act may be financed:
(i) By the contribution of funds from one (1) or more participating agencies which would be available to each agency if proceeding individually;
(ii) By bond issues by one (1) or more participating agencies to construct, improve or acquire an interest in any facility in the same manner as bonds may be issued by the agency for its individual construction, improvement or acquisition of such a facility;
(iii) By revenue bonds issued by a joint powers board to be repaid solely from revenues provided by this section or any revenue received by a joint powers board from the ownership, lease or operation of property or interest in property owned, leased or controlled by the board. Revenue securities may be issued upon majority approval of the members of a joint powers board and may be executed and delivered at any time, in the form, denominations and amounts, and may be redeemed or repurchased prior to maturity with or without premium, and may bear interest as provided by resolution of a joint powers board authorizing the issue. These securities shall meet the procedural requirements and provisions of W.S. 35-2-425 through 35-2-428 as provided for the issuance of bonds by hospital districts;
(iv) By facilities privately owned and leased to two (2) or more agencies or a joint powers board if the lease agreement provides that upon termination of the lease agreement title to the facilities vests in the participating agencies;
(v) By gifts, donations or grants of federal money;
(vi) By industrial development project bonds issued pursuant to W.S. 15-1-701 et seq.
(b) The state treasurer with the approval of the governor may if fiscally prudent invest any permanent state funds in bonds or securities issued pursuant to this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 1 - Intergovernmental Cooperation › Article 1 - In General › Section 16-1-110 - Loss Reserve Account Created; Deposits; Disposition of Funds.

16-1-110. Loss reserve account created; deposits; disposition of funds.
(a) Revenues received by the state loan and investment board for deposit in the loss reserve account pursuant to W.S. 16-1-109(a) shall be transmitted to the state treasurer for deposit to the credit of the loss reserve account. Funds in the account shall be used for the purposes specified in subsection (b) of this section and to pay the administrative and legal expenses of the board in making collections and foreclosing on loans made pursuant to W.S. 16-1-109. If at the end of any fiscal year, the amount in the loss reserve account exceeds five percent (5%) of the total amount of permanent funds invested by the state in loans pursuant to W.S. 16-1-109, the amount in excess of the five percent (5%) shall be transferred and credited to the general fund.
(b) If, as a result of default in the payment of any loan made pursuant to W.S. 16-1-109, there occurs a nonrecoverable loss either to the corpus of, or interest due to, any permanent fund of the state, the state loan and investment board shall restore the loss to the permanent fund account entitled thereto using any funds available in the loss reserve account created by subsection (a) of this section. If the funds in the loss reserve account are insufficient to restore the full amount of the loss, the board shall submit a detailed report of the loss to the legislature and shall request an appropriation to restore the balance of the loss to the permanent fund account entitled thereto.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 1 - Intergovernmental Cooperation › Article 2 - State Revolving Account › Section 16-1-201 - Definitions.

16-1-201. Definitions.
(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Account" means the state water pollution control revolving loan account created by W.S. 16-1-202;
(ii) "Board" means the state loan and investment board;
(iii) "Capitalization grant" means the federal grant made to Wyoming by the federal environmental protection agency for the purpose of establishing a state water pollution control revolving loan account;
(iv) "Corrective action" means as defined by W.S. 35-11-1415(a)(i);
(v) "Corrective action account" means as defined by W.S. 35-11-1415(a)(ii);
(vi) "Department" means the department of environmental quality;
(vii) "Nonpoint source" means any source of pollution other than a point source as defined by W.S. 35-11-103(a)(x) and includes leaking underground storage tanks and aboveground storage tanks;
(viii) "Title VI" means Title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. 1381 to 1387 as amended;
(ix) "Underground storage tank" means as defined by W.S. 35-11-1415(a)(ix);
(x) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 186, 2.
(xi) "Aboveground storage tank" means as defined by W.S. 35-11-1415(a)(xi).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 1 - Intergovernmental Cooperation › Article 2 - State Revolving Account › Section 16-1-202 - Account Established; State Match.

16-1-202. Account established; state match.
(a) There is established the state water pollution control revolving loan account. All monies received from federal capitalization grants, excluding any set-aside authorized by Title VI, and all state matching funds shall be deposited in the account and shall be used only to provide financial assistance as authorized in this article.
(b) The twenty percent (20%) state matching funds for each federal capitalization grant payment to the account shall be paid from the corrective action account. If the available funds from the corrective action account are insufficient to provide the full twenty percent (20%) state match amount, the board may authorize additional match funding to be paid from the mineral royalty capital construction account created by W.S. 9-4-604. Funding received from the corrective action account and the mineral royalty capital construction account for state matching funds shall be reimbursed from eligible program funds to the account from which they were paid.
(c) Payments of principal and interest on all financial assistance made under this article shall be deposited in the account. All funds in the account may be used for and are continuously appropriated for financial assistance as authorized in this article.
(d) Any unexpended balance in the account shall be invested by the state treasurer and the interest earned shall be credited to the account.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 1 - Intergovernmental Cooperation › Article 2 - State Revolving Account › Section 16-1-203 - Account Administration; Board Powers and Duties; Department Powers and Duties; Fiscal Procedures.

16-1-203. Account administration; board powers and duties; department powers and duties; fiscal procedures.
(a) The board shall administer the account including issuing loans and other forms of financial assistance for the purposes authorized in this article. The board shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations necessary to administer the account within the requirements of this article, Title VI and other federal laws.
(b) The board shall:
(i) Enter an agreement with the federal environmental protection agency regional administrator to receive capitalization grants for the account;
(ii) Receive and review applications for financial assistance from the account from municipalities, counties, joint powers boards, state agencies and other entities constituting a political subdivision under the laws of the state on forms supplied by the board;
(iii) Administer the account including processing and receiving repayments on all financial assistance; and
(iv) Conduct or allow the federal environmental protection agency to conduct an annual audit.
(c) The department shall:
(i) Annually prepare and submit to the federal environmental protection agency and the joint minerals, business and economic development interim committee of the legislature an intended use plan which has been subject to public comment and which identifies the intended uses of monies available to the account;
(ii) Prepare and submit an annual report required by Title VI; and
(iii) Evaluate engineering designs and studies and evaluate technical and administrative management of contracts for all projects in accordance with Title VI.
(d) The board and all recipients of financial assistance from the account shall establish fiscal controls and accounting procedures required by Title VI.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 1 - Intergovernmental Cooperation › Article 2 - State Revolving Account › Section 16-1-204 - Environmental Review Process.

16-1-204. Environmental review process.
(a) Through the department the board shall conduct a review of potential environmental impacts of projects receiving assistance from the account. The environmental review process shall:
(i) Contain mechanisms requiring implementation of mitigation measures to ensure the project is environmentally sound;
(ii) Allow the public an opportunity to challenge environmental review determinations and enforcement actions;
(iii) Include documentation of information, processes and premises that influence decisions;
(iv) Require public notice and participation;
(v) Include evaluation criteria and processes allowing consideration of alternative decisions; and
(vi) Comply with the requirements of Title VI and significant issues pertaining to underground storage tanks as specified in Subtitle I of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6991 et seq.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 1 - Intergovernmental Cooperation › Article 2 - State Revolving Account › Section 16-1-205 - Authorized Projects; Authorized Financial Assistance.

16-1-205. Authorized projects; authorized financial assistance.
(a) The account may be used for financial assistance for the following types of projects:
(i) Construction of wastewater treatment works as allowed by Title VI;
(ii) Implementation of nonpoint source pollution control management programs as allowed by Title VI;
(iii) Other projects as allowed by Title VI.
(b) Financial assistance for the projects authorized in subsection (a) of this section may take the forms provided in Title VI including:
(i) Loans at or below market interest rates or for zero interest. Loans may be awarded only if:
(A) All principal and interest payments on loans are credited directly to the account;
(B) The annual repayment of principal and payment of interest begins not later than one (1) year after project completion;
(C) The loan is fully amortized not later than the useful life of the project or thirty (30) years after project completion, whichever is less; and
(D) Each loan recipient establishes a dedicated source of revenue for repayment of the loan.
(ii) Refinancing existing debt obligations of municipalities, counties, joint powers boards and state agencies for wastewater treatment works for which debt was incurred and building began after March 7, 1985;
(iii) Purchasing insurance for or guaranteeing local debt obligations to improve credit market access or reduce interest rates;
(iv) Security or a source of revenue for the payment of principal and interest on revenue or general obligation bonds issued by the state provided that the net proceeds of the sale of such bonds shall be deposited in the account;
(v) Loan guarantees for similar revolving accounts established by municipalities, counties or joint powers boards; and
(vi) Grants and other forms of financial assistance.
(c) Each fiscal year, an amount of up to four percent (4%) of the capitalization grant, four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000.00) or two-tenths of one percent (0.2%) of the current valuation of the account, which ever amount is greatest, may be used for costs of administering the account. The monies and fees provided by subsection (d) of this section, used to administer the account are not forms of financial assistance which are prioritized under W.S. 16-1-206.
(d) The board, as a condition to making a loan or other financial assistance, may impose a reasonable administrative fee or application fee not to exceed one percent (1%) of the loan amount, that may be paid from the proceeds of the loan or financial assistance or other available funds of the applicant. These fees shall be deposited into the account for purposes of payment of administrative costs of the program.
(e) The board may authorize the use of any amount of the allowable percentage of the capitalization grant for any set-aside authorized by Title VI.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 1 - Intergovernmental Cooperation › Article 2 - State Revolving Account › Section 16-1-206 - Financial Assistance Priorities.

16-1-206. Financial assistance priorities.
(a) If there are publicly owned wastewater treatment works identified as not being in compliance with the federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., then the monies in the account shall initially be used for such wastewater treatment works.
(b) If there are no publicly owned wastewater treatment works identified as not being in compliance with the Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., then the monies in the account shall initially be used for noninterest bearing loans to the department for taking corrective actions at leaking underground and aboveground storage tank sites, orphan site remediation and solid waste landfill remediation as provided by W.S. 35-11-1424.
(c) Principal payments to the account from loans made for corrective actions at leaking underground and aboveground storage tank sites, orphan site remediation and remediation at solid waste landfills may be used for any purposes authorized in this article.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 1 - Intergovernmental Cooperation › Article 2 - State Revolving Account › Section 16-1-207 - Department Loans; Repayment.

16-1-207. Department loans; repayment.
Principal payments on loans made to the department for taking corrective actions at leaking underground and aboveground storage tank and solid waste landfill remediation sites shall be paid from the corrective action account directly to the state water pollution control revolving loan account.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 1 - Intergovernmental Cooperation › Article 3 - State Drinking Water Revolving Account › Section 16-1-302 - Account Established; State Match.

16-1-302. Account established; state match.
(a) There is established the state drinking water revolving loan account. All monies received from the federal capitalization grants, excluding any set-aside authorized by the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12), and all state matching funds shall be deposited in the account and shall only be used to provide financial assistance as authorized by this article.
(b) The twenty percent (20%) state matching funds for each federal capitalization grant payment to the account may be paid fifty percent (50%) out of water development accounts I or II created by W.S. 41-2-124(a) and fifty percent (50%) from the federal mineral royalty capital construction account created by W.S. 9-4-604, up to the maximum amount available and authorized from those accounts. If the available and authorized funds from the federal mineral royalty capital construction account and water development accounts I or II are together insufficient to provide the full twenty percent (20%) state match amount, the board may authorize additional matching funds to be paid from the corrective action account or loaned from the mineral royalty capital construction account created by W.S. 9-4-604. Funding received from the corrective action account for state matching funds and any additional monies received from the mineral royalty capital construction account shall be reimbursed from eligible program funds to the account from which they were paid.
(c) Any unexpended balance in the account shall be invested by the state treasurer and the investment proceeds, including the interest earned, shall be credited to the account.
(d) A separate administrative account shall be established outside of the account for the purpose of paying administrative expenses associated with the program as authorized under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Revenue to this account shall be limited to four percent (4%) of the federal capitalization grant through federal fiscal year 2003 and five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) per biennium thereafter.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 1 - Intergovernmental Cooperation › Article 3 - State Drinking Water Revolving Account › Section 16-1-304 - Environmental Review Process.

16-1-304. Environmental review process.
(a) The department shall conduct and make available to the office of state lands and investments a review of potential environmental impacts of projects receiving assistance from the account. The environmental review process shall:
(i) Contain mechanisms requiring implementation of mitigation measures to ensure the project is environmentally sound;
(ii) Allow the public an opportunity to challenge environmental review determinations and enforcement actions;
(iii) Employ an interdisciplinary approach to identify and mitigate adverse environmental effects including all pertinent state and federal authorities;
(iv) Include documentation of information, processes and premises that influence decisions;
(v) Require public notice and participation;
(vi) Include evaluation criteria and a process allowing consideration of alternative decisions; and
(vii) Comply with the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 1 - Intergovernmental Cooperation › Article 3 - State Drinking Water Revolving Account › Section 16-1-305 - Authorized Projects; Authorized Financial Assistance.

16-1-305. Authorized projects; authorized financial assistance.
(a) Subject to select water committee review and recommendation of projects, the account may be used for financial assistance for the planning, design and construction of projects on eligible publicly owned water systems which may be either community or noncommunity water systems. Eligible projects may be comprised of improvements to all components of a water supply system as appropriate and permitted by the Safe Drinking Water Act.
(b) Financial assistance for the projects authorized in subsection (a) of this section may be in the forms authorized by the Safe Drinking Water Act including:
(i) Loans at or below market interest rates. Loans may be awarded only if:
(A) All principal and interest payments on loans are credited directly to the account;
(B) The annual repayment of principal and payment of interest begins not later than one (1) year after project completion;
(C) The loan is fully amortized not later than thirty (30) years after project completion or not later than forty (40) years for disadvantaged communities providing the period of the loan does not exceed the design life of the project; and
(D) Each loan recipient establishes a dedicated source of revenue for repayment of the loan.
(ii) Refinancing existing debt obligation of publicly owned water systems for planning, design and construction of water systems for which the initial debt was incurred and construction started after July 1, 1993;
(iii) Purchasing insurance for or guaranteeing local debt obligations to improve credit market access or reduce interest rates;
(iv) Grants and other forms of financial assistance.
(c) An amount up to four percent (4%) of the capitalization grant may be used for costs of administering the account and shall be deposited into the administrative account.
(d) Repealed By Laws 2010, Ch. 69, 204.
(e) The board may consider the use of an amount of the allowable percentage of the capitalization grant for all of the established set-asides provided for by the Safe Drinking Water Act.
(f) The board may authorize the use of any amount of the allowable percentage of the capitalization grant for any set-aside authorized by the Safe Drinking Water Act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 1 - Intergovernmental Cooperation › Article 3 - State Drinking Water Revolving Account › Section 16-1-306 - Inventory of Publicly Owned Water Systems; Sanitary Surveys.

16-1-306. Inventory of publicly owned water systems; sanitary surveys.
(a) The department and water development office shall maintain an inventory of publicly owned water systems within the state, which inventory may consist of such information as the department and water development office deem necessary to include information as provided by the environmental protection agency.
(b) The department and water development office shall conduct sanitary surveys of community and nontransient noncommunity water systems within the state. The sanitary surveys shall be conducted no less than every five (5) years and information contained in the surveys shall be used in establishing the priority ranking list for eligible projects as part of this program.
(c) The costs incurred by the department and water development office to maintain the inventory of publicly owned water systems and to conduct sanitary surveys may be reimbursed to the agencies from the administrative account.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 1 - Intergovernmental Cooperation › Article 3 - State Drinking Water Revolving Account › Section 16-1-307 - Transfer of Funds.

16-1-307. Transfer of funds.
The governor may transfer capitalization grant funds from the water pollution control revolving loan account established by W.S. 16-1-202 to the drinking water state revolving fund account created by W.S. 16-1-302 and from the drinking water state revolving fund account to the water pollution control revolving loan account, as authorized by the Safe Drinking Water Act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 1 - Intergovernmental Cooperation › Article 3 - State Drinking Water Revolving Account › Section 16-1-308 - Emergency Financial Assistance.

16-1-308. Emergency financial assistance.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of W.S. 16-1-303(b) or (j) or 16-1-305(a), the board may, without further select water committee review and recommendation, authorize loans or other forms of financial assistance from the account for purposes authorized in this article, if the board determines:
(i) An emergency exists which significantly threatens the continued operation of a public water system; and
(ii) There is insufficient time to obtain select water committee review and recommendation of the project in order to effectively address the emergency situation.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 2 - Facsimile Seals and Signatures › Section 16-2-101 - Definitions.

16-2-101. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Authorized officer" means any official of this state or any of its departments, agencies or other instrumentalities or any of its political subdivisions whose signature to a public security or instrument of payment is required or permitted;
(ii) "Facsimile signature" means the reproduction by engraving, imprinting, stamping or other means of the manual signature of an authorized officer;
(iii) "Instrument of payment" means a check, draft, warrant or order for the payment, delivery or transfer of funds;
(iv) "Public security" means a bond, note, certificate of indebtedness or other obligation for the payment of money, issued by this state or by any of its departments, agencies or other instrumentalities or by any of its political subdivisions;
(v) "This act" means W.S. 16-2-101 through 16-2-103.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers › Chapter 2 - Facsimile Seals and Signatures › Section 16-2-102 - Facsimile Signature; Authorized Use; Legal Effect.

16-2-102. Facsimile signature; authorized use; legal effect.
(a) After filing with the secretary of state his manual signature certified by him under oath, any authorized officer may execute or cause to be executed with a facsimile signature in lieu of his manual signature:
(i) Any public security, provided that at least one (1) signature required or permitted to be placed thereon shall be manually subscribed; and
(ii) Any instrument of payment.
(b) Upon compliance with this act by the authorized officer, his facsimile signature has the same legal effect as his manual signature.