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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 3 - State Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction › Section 35-2-345 - Inspection of Construction Projects; Payment of Installment of Federal Funds.

35-2-345. Inspection of construction projects; payment of installment of federal funds.
From time to time the commissioner shall inspect each construction project approved by the surgeon general, and, if the inspection so warrants, the commissioner shall certify to the surgeon general that work has been performed upon the project, or purchases have been made, in accordance with the approved plans and specifications, and that payment of an installment of federal funds is due to the applicant.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 4 - Hospital Districts › Section 35-2-401 - Establishment of Hospital District.

35-2-401. Establishment of hospital district.
(a) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, 5.
(b) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, 5.
(c) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, 5.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) A special hospital district may be established and subsequent elections held under the procedures for petitioning, hearing and election of special districts as set forth in the Special District Elections Act of 1994.
(i) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 106, 2.
(ii) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 106, 2.
(iii) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 106, 2.
(e) As an alternative to the procedures specified in subsection (d) of this section, a special hospital district may be established and subsequent elections held through the following procedures:
(i) The board of county commissioners may, by resolution, submit the question of establishing the special hospital district to the electors of the proposed district at the next general election or another date as provided by W.S. 22-2-104. The board shall provide notice that it will consider the resolution at least thirty (30) days prior to the meeting at which the resolution will be considered. Notice of the election shall be given as required by W.S. 22-29-110;
(ii) If a majority of the voters in the proposed district voting at the election specified in paragraph (i) of this subsection vote for the establishment of the district the board of county commissioners shall enter that fact upon its record and the district is established;
(iii) Any subsequent election for a special hospital district established under this subsection shall be held as set forth in the Special District Elections Act of 1994.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 4 - Hospital Districts › Section 35-2-404 - Procedure for Initial Election of Trustees; Number, Term of Trustees; Qualifications; Disposition of Ballots and Affidavits.

35-2-404. Procedure for initial election of trustees; number, term of trustees; qualifications; disposition of ballots and affidavits.
(a) An election of trustees shall be held in accordance with the Special District Elections Act of 1994 at the same time as the election for the formation of the district. At the election a board of five (5) trustees shall be elected who shall serve without compensation to govern the affairs of the district. There shall be elected three (3) members to serve until the next succeeding district election and two (2) members to serve until the second succeeding district election and until their successors are elected and qualified. Thereafter, members shall be elected for terms of four (4) years. The board of trustees shall, prior to the publication of notice required under W.S. 22-29-112(c), determine whether the board of trustees should be established at five (5) members or seven (7) members. If the board determines that the number of trustees should be expanded it may appoint the additional members in accordance with W.S. 22-29-202 until the next subsequent trustee election. The next subsequent trustee election shall reflect any modification made. If a board of trustees fails to establish the number of trustees to be elected, the board shall be established at five (5) members. No current term of any trustee shall be affected by any modification made under this subsection. Subsequent elections shall be held in accordance with the Special District Elections Act of 1994.
(b) Excluding employees of the district, any qualified elector resident in a hospital district is eligible to hold the office of hospital district trustee in the hospital district.
(c) After the official certificate of election has been prepared, ballots and affidavits shall be sealed in envelopes and retained by the appropriate board for six (6) months or until termination of any election contest affected by the ballots or affidavits and shall then be destroyed. Prior to destruction, the envelope shall be opened only on court order.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 4 - Hospital Districts › Section 35-2-415 - General Obligation Coupon Bonds; Requirements as to Issuance Generally; Submission of Question to Electors.

35-2-415. General obligation coupon bonds; requirements as to issuance generally; submission of question to electors.
The board of trustees of a hospital district may upon approval of the board of county commissioners submit to the electors of the district the question whether the board shall be authorized to issue the general obligation coupon bonds of the district in a certain amount, not to exceed five percent (5%) of the assessed value of the taxable property in the district, and bearing a certain rate of interest, payable and redeemable at a certain time, not exceeding twenty-five (25) years for the purchase of real property, for the construction or purchase of improvements and for equipment for hospital purposes.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 4 - Hospital Districts › Section 35-2-416 - General Obligation Coupon Bonds; Conduct and Results of Election.

35-2-416. General obligation coupon bonds; conduct and results of election.
The election authorized under W.S. 35-2-415 shall be called, conducted and the results thereof canvassed and certified in all respects as near as practicable in the same manner as is provided for bond elections by the Political Subdivision Bond Election Law, W.S. 22-21-101 through 22-21-112.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 4 - Hospital Districts › Section 35-2-417 - General Obligation Coupon Bonds; Issuance, Form, Notice, Value, Rejection of Bids, and Private Sale.

35-2-417. General obligation coupon bonds; issuance, form, notice, value, rejection of bids, and private sale.
If the proposal to issue said bonds shall be approved, the board of trustees may issue such bonds in such form as the board may direct and shall give notice by publication in some newspaper published in the counties in which said district is located and in some newspaper of general circulation in the capital of this state of its intention to issue and negotiate such bonds, and to invite bidders therefor; provided that in no case shall such bonds be sold for less than their full or par value and the accrued interest thereon at the time of their delivery. And the said trustees are authorized to reject any bids, and to sell said bonds at private sale, if they deem it for the best interests of the district.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 4 - Hospital Districts › Section 35-2-418 - General Obligation Coupon Bonds; Preparation and Execution; Register to Be Kept.

35-2-418. General obligation coupon bonds; preparation and execution; register to be kept.
After ascertaining the best terms upon and the lowest interest at which said bonds can be negotiated, the board shall secure the proper engraving and printing and consecutive numbering thereof, and said bonds shall thereupon be otherwise properly prepared and executed. They must bear the signature of the president of the board of trustees and be countersigned by the secretary of the board and bear the district seal and be countersigned by the county treasurer of the county in which said district's funds are kept, and the coupons attached to the bonds must be signed by the said president, secretary and county treasurer; and the secretary of the board shall endorse a certificate upon every such bond, that the same is within the lawful debt limit of such district and is issued according to law and he shall sign such certificate in his official character. When so executed, they shall be registered by the county treasurer where said district's funds are kept in a book provided for that purpose, which must show the number and amount of each bond and the person to whom the same is issued.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 4 - Hospital Districts › Section 35-2-419 - General Obligation Coupon Bonds; Payment Guaranteed.

35-2-419. General obligation coupon bonds; payment guaranteed.
The full faith and credit of each hospital district is solemnly pledged for the payment of the interest and the redemption of the principal of all bonds which are issued by such district.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 4 - Hospital Districts › Section 35-2-420 - General Obligation Coupon Bonds; Payment of Interest and Principal.

35-2-420. General obligation coupon bonds; payment of interest and principal.
The county treasurer where said district's funds are kept may pay out of any moneys belonging to said district tax fund, the interest and the principal upon any bonds issued by such district, when the same becomes due, upon the presentation at his office of the proper coupon or bond, which must show the amount due, and each coupon must also show the number of the bond to which it belonged, and all bonds and coupons so paid, must be reported to the district trustees at their first regular meeting thereafter.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 4 - Hospital Districts › Section 35-2-421 - General Obligation Coupon Bonds; Validity.

35-2-421. General obligation coupon bonds; validity.
All hospital districts heretofore formed and organized under the provisions of chapter 58 of the Session Laws of Wyoming, 1949, or under the provisions of chapter 141, Session Laws of Wyoming, 1951, are hereby declared to be duly organized and existing hospital districts; and all bonds heretofore issued and sold for the purpose of providing for the purchase of real property and improvements and equipment for hospital purposes, by any hospital district established under the provisions of chapter 58, Session Laws of Wyoming, 1949, or under the provisions of chapter 141, Session Laws of Wyoming, 1951, where the purchase money for such bonds has been actually received and retained for the purpose for which such bonds were sold, are hereby declared to be the valid and legally binding obligations of such district and all proceedings under which such bonds were issued are approved, ratified and declared valid.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 4 - Hospital Districts › Section 35-2-422 - Additional Area Within District; Annexation; Method.

35-2-422. Additional area within district; annexation; method.
(a) Whenever a hospital district has been established as provided by law, it may be enlarged by annexation of additional, contiguous territory within the county.
(b) Whenever a petition, signed by twenty-five percent (25%) of the registered electors residing within the area to be annexed in the county which is not part of an established hospital district in the county, is presented to the board of county commissioners of the county, the county commissioners shall within five (5) days request the board of trustees of the established hospital district either to approve or reject the petition.
(c) The board of trustees of the hospital district shall act upon the request within thirty (30) days. If no action is taken within that time, the petition is deemed rejected by the trustees. If the petition is accepted by the trustees, the board of county commissioners shall call an election within the county upon the question of whether the area described by the petition shall be annexed to the existing hospital district. The election shall be called for the next election date authorized under W.S. 22-21-103 which is not less than sixty (60) days after the petition is accepted and be conducted in accordance with the procedure for bond elections as provided by the Political Subdivision Bond Election Law, W.S. 22-21-101 through 22-21-112. The annexation is effective only if the question is approved by a majority of those voting thereon both within the existing hospital district and within the area described by the petition. The board of county commissioners shall by resolution declare the district expanded by the additional area and shall designate a name for the expanded hospital district.
(d) After the resolution declaring the existence of the expanded hospital district, the board of county commissioners shall call an election for the purpose of election of trustees of the hospital district as expanded. The board of trustees of the hospital district shall be qualified electors of the entire district so expanded. The election shall be called for a date determined by the board of county commissioners and shall be held in the manner provided by law for the first election of trustees of the original district. Trustees of the original district shall remain in office until the trustees of the expanded district are elected and qualified.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 4 - Hospital Districts › Section 35-2-423 - Restriction on Maintenance of Hospitals in Cities and Towns.

35-2-423. Restriction on maintenance of hospitals in cities and towns.
No city or town which is within the boundaries of a special hospital district organized under W.S. 35-2-401 through 35-2-436 shall construct or operate a hospital more than one (1) year after the formation of the hospital district. Nothing in this section prohibits a city or town from contributing to the support of a hospital district.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 4 - Hospital Districts › Section 35-2-424 - Securities for Acquiring and Improving Hospitals and Related Facilities; Issuance Authorized; Lines of Credit and Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes.

35-2-424. Securities for acquiring and improving hospitals and related facilities; issuance authorized; lines of credit and tax and revenue anticipation notes.
(a) The trustees of a hospital district established pursuant to W.S. 35-2-401, are hereby authorized to issue revenue bonds, notes and warrants or other revenue securities, hereinafter referred to as securities, for the purpose of acquiring, erecting, constructing, reconstructing, improving, remodeling, furnishing and equipping hospitals and related facilities including any facilities for senior health care as defined under W.S. 35-2-1201(b), and acquiring a site or sites therefor, from time to time hereafter as the trustees may determine.
(b) If there are no monies available to the trustees of a hospital district before receipt of property taxes the trustees may issue warrants in anticipation of the receipt of property taxes for payment of operational expenses. The aggregate amount of the warrants shall not exceed the total amount of taxes levied. The warrants shall be payable solely from the collected taxes.
(c) The trustees of a hospital district may obtain financing for its operations by entering into agreements for lines of credit with any financial institution as defined in W.S. 13-1-101(a)(ix). The line of credit may either be unsecured, or secured by a pledge of revenues anticipated to be received during the current fiscal year.
(d) In addition to its authority to issue warrants under this section, the trustees of a hospital district may issue tax and revenue anticipation notes in amounts not to exceed eighty percent (80%) of the total amount of taxes levied for operation of the district for the fiscal year during which the notes are issued when the board determines that insufficient funds are available to meet the obligations of the hospital during any fiscal year. A hospital district shall not enter into agreements or issue instruments of the type allowed by this section for any fiscal year until all debts financed by such agreements or instruments for any prior fiscal year have been paid in full. Tax and revenue anticipation notes issued under this subsection are subject to the procedural requirements of W.S. 9-4-1103 through 9-4-1105 for state tax and revenue anticipation notes, except:
(i) The authority of the state treasurer referenced in W.S. 9-4-1103 through 9-4-1105 shall be exercised by the board issuing the notes; and
(ii) Notwithstanding W.S. 9-4-1105(a), investments of the proceeds of the notes by the board are limited to those investments authorized under W.S. 9-4-831.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 4 - Hospital Districts › Section 35-2-426 - Securities for Acquiring Hospitals and Related Facilities; Not a General Obligation of Hospital District or Trustees; Payable From Special Fund.

35-2-426. Securities for acquiring hospitals and related facilities; not a general obligation of hospital district or trustees; payable from special fund.
The securities to be issued hereunder shall not constitute a general obligation of the hospital district, nor of the trustees, but shall be payable solely from a special fund to contain the net revenue to be derived from the operation of the hospitals and related facilities including any facilities for senior health care as defined under W.S. 35-2-1201(b), such revenues being defined as those remaining after paying the costs of operating and maintaining said facilities.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 4 - Hospital Districts › Section 35-2-427 - Securities for Acquiring Hospitals and Related Facilities; Issuance From Time to Time in One or More Series.

35-2-427. Securities for acquiring hospitals and related facilities; issuance from time to time in one or more series.
The securities authorized hereby may be issued from time to time and in one (1) or more series as the trustees may determine.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 4 - Hospital Districts › Section 35-2-428 - Securities for Acquiring Hospitals and Related Facilities; Obligation of Trustees to Holders; Suit for Default, Misuse of Funds.

35-2-428. Securities for acquiring hospitals and related facilities; obligation of trustees to holders; suit for default, misuse of funds.
The obligation of the trustees to the holders of the securities shall be limited to applying the funds, as set forth above, to the payment of interest and principal on said securities, and the securities shall contain a provision to that effect. In the event of default in the payment of said securities or the interest thereon, and in the event that the trustees are misusing such funds or not using them as provided by this act and the resolution authorizing the securities, or in the event of any other breach of any protective covenant or other contractual limitation, then such holders, or any of them, may bring suit against the trustees in the district court of the county in which the hospital or any of its related facilities including any facilities for senior health care as defined under W.S. 35-2-1201(b), are located for the purpose of restraining the trustees from using such funds for any purpose other than the payment of the principal and interest on such securities in the manner provided, or for any other appropriate remedy.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 4 - Hospital Districts › Section 35-2-429 - Construction to Be Done by Contract Based on Competitive Bidding; Alternate Delivery Methods.

35-2-429. Construction to be done by contract based on competitive bidding; alternate delivery methods.
(a) Except as provided under subsection (b) of this section and otherwise, the work of constructing the various buildings shall be done by contract based on competitive bidding. Notice of call for bids shall be for such period of time and in such manner as the trustees may determine, and the trustees shall have the power to reject any and all bids and readvertise for bids as they consider proper.
(b) Any hospital district may contract for design and construction services through an alternate delivery method as defined in W.S. 16-6-701.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 4 - Hospital Districts › Section 35-2-431 - Investment in Securities.

35-2-431. Investment in securities.
Securities issued pursuant to this act shall be eligible for investment by banking institutions and for estate, trust, and fiduciary funds, and such securities and the interest thereon shall be exempt from taxation by this state and any subdivision thereof. The state treasurer of the state of Wyoming with the approval of the governor and the attorney general is hereby authorized to invest any permanent state funds available for investment in the securities to be issued hereunder.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 4 - Hospital Districts › Section 35-2-432 - Refunding Securities.

35-2-432. Refunding securities.
(a) Any securities of the board of a hospital district issued hereunder or pursuant to any other act and payable from any pledged revenues may be refunded by the board by the adoption of a resolution or resolutions by the board authorizing the issuance of securities at public or private sale:
(i) To refund, pay, and discharge all or any part of such outstanding securities of any one (1) or more or all outstanding issues, including any interest thereon in arrears, or about to become due for any period not exceeding three (3) years from the date of the refunding securities; or
(ii) For the purpose of reducing interest costs or effecting other economies; or
(iii) For the purpose of modifying or eliminating restrictive contractual limitations appertaining to the issuance of additional bonds, otherwise concerning the outstanding securities, or to any facilities appertaining thereto; or
(iv) For the purpose of avoiding or terminating any default; or
(v) For any combination thereof.
(b) Nothing contained in this act nor in any other law of this state shall be construed to permit the board to call securities now or hereafter outstanding for prior redemption in order to refund such securities or in order to pay them prior to their stated maturities, unless the right to call such securities for prior redemption was specifically reserved and stated in such securities at the time of their issuance.
(c) Except as provided in this section, refunding securities shall be subject to the same rights, liabilities, conditions and covenants as are provided for the securities contained in this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 4 - Hospital Districts › Section 35-2-433 - Powers and Responsibility of Board of Trustees.

35-2-433. Powers and responsibility of board of trustees.
The board of trustees have plenary powers and responsibility for the acquisition, construction, and completion of all projects authorized by the resolution to issue revenue securities or refunding securities.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 4 - Hospital Districts › Section 35-2-434 - Board May Accept Grants.

35-2-434. Board may accept grants.
The board may accept grants of money or materials or property of any kind from the federal government, the state, any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any person, upon such terms and conditions as the federal government, the state, or such agency or political subdivision, or person may impose.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 4 - Hospital Districts › Section 35-2-435 - Charges and Rentals.

35-2-435. Charges and rentals.
The board shall establish and collect charges for services and rentals for use of facilities furnished, acquired, constructed, or purchased from the proceeds of such securities, sufficient to pay the principal or the interest, or both, on the securities as they become due and payable, together with such additional sums as may be deemed necessary for accumulating reserves and providing for obsolescence and depreciation and to pay the expenses of operating and maintaining such facilities. The board shall establish all other charges, fees, and rates to be derived from the operation of the hospital or any other facility of the hospital district.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 4 - Hospital Districts › Section 35-2-437 - Trustee Districts by Rule; Requirements.

35-2-437. Trustee districts by rule; requirements.
When the assessed valuation of the property within a hospital district exceeds three million dollars ($3,000,000.00), the board of trustees for that hospital district may divide the district into no more than three (3) trustee districts and provide for the election of at least one (1) trustee from each trustee district. To become effective, the rule creating trustee districts shall be approved by order of the board of county commissioners of the county in which the greater area of property within the district is located. All trustees shall be residents or property owners of the trustee district from which elected. The board of trustees may provide for the trustees to be elected at-large if these trustees are residents of the hospital district.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 4 - Hospital Districts › Section 35-2-438 - Dissolution.

35-2-438. Dissolution.
(a) Subject to the requirements of this section, the trustees of a hospital district may vote to dissolve and terminate the district. The plan to dissolve and terminate the district shall provide for the following:
(i) Payment of all bonded and other indebtedness against the district;
(ii) Disposition of assets of the district upon dissolution. The assets may either be donated to a nonprofit or governmental hospital or health care facility which provides services to the residents of the hospital district upon such conditions as agreed to by the nonprofit or governmental hospital or health care facility, or conveyed to the county to be used solely for health care purposes by the county.
(b) Before any plan to dissolve and terminate a hospital district is effective, the plan shall be approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the hospital district who vote on the question. The vote on the question may be submitted to the qualified electors at an election following the provisions of W.S. 22-29-404 as applicable. The question to be presented to the qualified electors is: "Shall Hospital District .... be dissolved in accordance with the plan of dissolution approved by the board of trustees?"
Yes No
(c) If the qualified electors of the district approve the dissolution and termination plan, the board of trustees are empowered to take all action necessary to effectuate the plan and dissolve and terminate the hospital district.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 6 - Hospital Records and Information › Section 35-2-618 - Medical Staff Committees; Record Confidentiality.

35-2-618. Medical staff committees; record confidentiality.
(a) All reports, findings, proceedings and data of medical staff committees shall be confidential and privileged. No claim or action shall accrue against any hospital, medical staff member or any employee of either arising out of the denial of staff privileges to any applicant or out of the suspension of, expulsion of or any other restrictive or disciplinary action against any medical staff member or hospital employee unless the action is arbitrary, capricious and without foundation in fact.
(b) For the purpose of subsection (a) of this section, "medical staff committee" means any committee within a hospital, consisting of medical staff members or hospital personnel, which is engaged in supervision, discipline, admission, privileges or control of members of the hospital's medical staff, evaluation and review of medical care, utilization of the hospital facilities or professional training.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 7 - Rural Health Care Districts › Section 35-2-701 - Procedure for Proposing Establishment of Special Rural Health Care Districts.

35-2-701. Procedure for proposing establishment of special rural health care districts.
(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) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, 5.
(e) A special rural health care district may be established under the procedures for petitioning, hearing and election of special districts as set forth in the Special District Elections Act of 1994.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 7 - Rural Health Care Districts › Section 35-2-703 - Body Corporate; Name and Style; Powers Generally; Rules and Regulations of Trustees.

35-2-703. Body corporate; name and style; powers generally; rules and regulations of trustees.
(a) Each district so established is a body corporate and shall be designated by the name of the .... rural health care district. The district name shall be entered upon the commissioners' records and shall be selected by the board of county commissioners of the county in which the greater area of land within the district is located. In the name so selected, the district through its governing board may:
(i) Hold property and be a party to contracts;
(ii) Sue and be sued;
(iii) Acquire real and personal property and equipment for rural health care purposes by gift, devise, bequest or purchase;
(iv) Enter into contracts for the acquisition by purchase or lease of real and personal property and equipment;
(v) Convey, lease and otherwise dispose of its property for rural health care purposes;
(vi) Establish sinking funds;
(vii) Issue bonds for the purchase of real property and improvements and equipment;
(viii) Make necessary rules and regulations for the proper operation of the district and shall file them with the county clerk for each county in which the district is located;
(ix) Engage in activities authorized under:
(A) W.S. 18-8-301 subject to specified requirements and conditions;
(B) W.S. 35-2-1202(a) for the purpose of providing senior health care as defined in W.S. 35-2-1201(b). This paragraph shall not be construed to authorize an increase to the district mill level beyond the limits established in W.S. 35-2-708.
(x) Employ or otherwise contract with physicians and other health care providers to provide health care services, including emergency medical services, in the district and any other persons necessary or desirable to effect the purposes of the district. As used in this paragraph "health care provider" means a person or facility licensed, certified or otherwise authorized by the law of this state to provide health care in the ordinary course of business or practice of a profession;
(xi) Construct, purchase or own a hospital, nursing home and related facilities.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 7 - Rural Health Care Districts › Section 35-2-704 - Procedure for Election of Trustees Generally; Number, Compensation and Term of Trustees.

35-2-704. Procedure for election of trustees generally; number, compensation and term of trustees.
The district shall be managed and controlled by a board of five (5) trustees who shall serve without compensation. Members of the initial board shall be elected at the formation election to serve until the first regular subsequent director election and until their successors are elected and qualified. At the first regular subsequent director election members shall be elected to staggered terms so that three (3) members are elected for two (2) year terms and two (2) for four (4) year terms. Thereafter, all members shall be elected for terms of four (4) years.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 7 - Rural Health Care Districts › Section 35-2-705 - Bond of Trustees.

35-2-705. Bond of trustees.
Each trustee of any district, prior to entering upon the duties of office, shall execute and file with the county clerk of the county in which the district, or the greater portion of the area thereof, is located his bond, with one (1) or more sureties, to be approved by the county clerk, running to the state of Wyoming in the penal sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), conditioned for the faithful performance by the trustee of his official duties and the faithful accounting by him for all funds and property of the district that shall come into his possession or control during his term of office. The premium, if any, on any such bond shall be paid out of the funds of the district. Suit may be brought on a bond by any person, firm or corporation that has sustained loss or damage because of a breach of that bond.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 7 - Rural Health Care Districts › Section 35-2-708 - Administration of Finances; Assessment and Levy of Taxes.

35-2-708. Administration of finances; assessment and levy of taxes.
(a) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 62, 3.
(b) The assessor shall assess the property of each rural health care district.
(c) The board of county commissioners, at the time of making the levy for county purposes shall levy a tax for that year upon the taxable property in the district in its county for its proportionate share based on assessed valuation of the estimated amount of funds needed by each rural health care district, but, except as provided in this subsection, in no case shall the tax for the district exceed in any one (1) year the amount of two (2) mills on each dollar of assessed valuation of the property. Up to an additional two (2) mills may be imposed on each dollar of assessed valuation of the property if approved by the board of trustees and if approved by the electors as provided in subsection (d) of this section.
(d) If the board of trustees votes to increase the mill levy beyond two (2) mills as authorized by subsection (c) of this section, the board of county commissioners shall call an election within the district upon the question of whether the mill levy should be increased beyond two (2) mills. The election shall be called, conducted and canvassed as provided for bond elections by the Political Subdivision Bond Election Law, W.S. 22-21-101 through 22-21-112, on the first date authorized under W.S. 22-21-103 which is not less than sixty (60) days after the trustees vote to increase the mill levy beyond two (2) mills. In no event shall the tax in a district exceed in any one (1) year the amount of four (4) mills on each dollar of assessed valuation of property. The increase in mill levy is effective only if the question is approved by a majority of those voting thereon within the rural health care district. The cost of any special election under this subsection shall be borne by the board of trustees.
(e) If the proposition to authorize an additional mill levy is approved, the tax shall remain in effect until a petition to discontinue the tax, signed by not less than ten percent (10%) of the voters of the district, is received by the board of county commissioners, and the proposal to discontinue the tax is approved by the voters. The proposal to discontinue the tax shall be submitted to the voters of the district at the expense of the county at the next general election. If the proposition to impose or continue the tax is defeated, the proposition shall not again be submitted to the electors for at least twenty-three (23) months.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 7 - Rural Health Care Districts › Section 35-2-709 - Bond Issue.

35-2-709. Bond issue.
(a) The board of county commissioners at the request of the board of trustees of any rural health care district may submit to the electors of the district the question of whether the board of trustees shall be authorized to issue the bonds of the district in a certain amount, not to exceed two percent (2%) of the assessed value of the taxable property in the district, and bearing a certain rate of interest, not exceeding ten percent (10%) per annum, payable and redeemable at a certain time, not exceeding twenty-five (25) years, for the purchase of real property, for the construction or purchase of improvements and for equipment for rural health care purposes or senior health care purposes as defined in W.S. 35-2-1201(b). The question shall be submitted at an election called, conducted, canvassed and returned in the manner provided for bond elections by the Political Subdivision Bond Election Law, W.S. 22-21-101 through 22-21-112.
(b) If the proposal to issue bonds is approved, the board of trustees may issue bonds in such form as the board directs, provided any bonds issued under this article shall be in registered or bearer form and shall otherwise comply with W.S. 16-5-501 through 16-5-504. The board of trustees shall give notice by publication in some newspaper published in the counties in which the district is located of its intention to issue and negotiate the bonds and to invite bidders therefor. In no case shall the bonds be sold for less than their full or par value and the accrued interest thereon at the time of their delivery. The trustees are authorized to reject any bids, and to sell the bonds at private sale, if they deem it for the best interests of the district.
(c) The full faith and credit of each rural health care district is solemnly pledged for the payment of the interest and the redemption of the principal of all bonds which are issued by the district.
(d) The county treasurer where the district's funds are kept may pay out of any monies belonging to the district tax fund, the interest and the principal upon any bonds issued by the district, when due, upon presentation at his office of the proper coupon or bond, which shall show the amount due. Each coupon shall also show the number of the bond to which it belonged, and all bonds and coupons so paid, shall be reported to the district trustees at their first regular meeting thereafter.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 7 - Rural Health Care Districts › Section 35-2-710 - Securities for Acquiring and Improving Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Related Facilities; Issuance Authorized; Lines of Credit and Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes.

35-2-710. Securities for acquiring and improving hospitals, nursing homes and related facilities; issuance authorized; lines of credit and tax and revenue anticipation notes.
(a) The trustees of a rural health care district established pursuant to W.S. 35-2-701, are authorized to issue revenue bonds, notes and warrants or other revenue securities for the purpose of acquiring, erecting, constructing, reconstructing, improving, remodeling, furnishing and equipping hospitals, nursing homes and related facilities including facilities for senior health care as defined under W.S. 35-2-1201(b), and acquiring a site or sites as the trustees may determine.
(b) If there are no funds available to the trustees of a rural health care district before receipt of property taxes, the trustees may issue warrants in anticipation of the receipt of property taxes for payment of operational expenses. The aggregate amount of the warrants shall not exceed the total amount of taxes levied. The warrants shall be payable solely from the collected taxes.
(c) The trustees of a rural health care district may obtain financing for its operations by entering into agreements for lines of credit with any financial institution as defined in W.S. 13-1-101(a)(ix). The lines of credit may either be unsecured or secured by a pledge of revenues anticipated to be received during the current fiscal year.
(d) In addition to its authority to issue warrants under this section, the trustees of a rural health care district may issue tax and revenue anticipation notes in amounts not to exceed eighty percent (80%) of the total amount of taxes levied for operation of the district for the fiscal year during which the notes are issued when the trustees determine that insufficient funds are available to meet the obligations of the district during any fiscal year. A rural health care district shall not enter into agreements or issue instruments of the type allowed by this section for any fiscal year until all debts financed by any agreement or instrument for any prior fiscal year have been paid in full. Tax and revenue anticipation notes issued under this subsection are subject to the procedural requirements of W.S. 9-4-1103 through 9-4-1105 for state tax and revenue anticipation notes, except:
(i) The authority of the state treasurer provided in W.S. 9-4-1103 through 9-4-1105 shall be exercised by the trustees issuing the notes; and
(ii) Notwithstanding W.S. 9-4-1105(a), investments of the proceeds of the notes by the trustees are limited to those investments authorized under W.S. 9-4-831.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 7 - Rural Health Care Districts › Section 35-2-712 - Securities for Acquiring Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Related Facilities; Not a General Obligation of Rural Health Care District or Trustees; Payable From Special Fund.

35-2-712. Securities for acquiring hospitals, nursing homes and related facilities; not a general obligation of rural health care district or trustees; payable from special fund.
The securities issued pursuant to W.S. 35-2-711 through 35-2-722 shall not constitute a general obligation of the rural health care district, nor of the trustees, but shall be payable solely from a special fund to contain the net revenue to be derived from the operation of the hospitals, nursing homes and related facilities including any facilities for senior health care as defined under W.S. 35-2-1201(b), the revenues being defined as those remaining after paying the costs of operating and maintaining the facilities.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 7 - Rural Health Care Districts › Section 35-2-713 - Securities for Acquiring Hospitals and Related Facilities; Issuance From Time to Time in One or More Series.

35-2-713. Securities for acquiring hospitals and related facilities; issuance from time to time in one or more series.
The securities authorized may be issued from time to time and in one (1) or more series as the trustees may determine.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 7 - Rural Health Care Districts › Section 35-2-714 - Securities for Acquiring Hospitals and Related Facilities; Obligation of Trustees to Holders; Suit for Default, Misuse of Funds.

35-2-714. Securities for acquiring hospitals and related facilities; obligation of trustees to holders; suit for default, misuse of funds.
The obligation of the trustees to the holders of the securities shall be limited to applying the funds to the payment of interest and principal on the securities and the securities shall contain a provision to that effect. In the event of default in the payment of the securities or the interest thereon and in the event that the trustees are misusing the funds or not using the funds as provided by W.S. 35-2-711 through 35-2-722 and the resolution authorizing the securities, or in the event of any other breach of any protective covenant or other contractual limitation, then any holder may bring suit against the trustees in the district court of the county in which the rural health care district or any of its facilities are located for the purpose of restraining the trustees from using the funds for any purpose other than the payment of the principal and interest on the securities in the manner provided or for any other appropriate remedy.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 7 - Rural Health Care Districts › Section 35-2-715 - Construction to Be Done by Contract Based on Competitive Bidding; Alternate Delivery Methods.

35-2-715. Construction to be done by contract based on competitive bidding; alternate delivery methods.
(a) Except as provided under subsection (b) of this section and otherwise, the work of constructing the various buildings shall be done by contract based on competitive bidding. Notice of call for bids shall be for the period of time and in a manner as the trustees may determine. The trustees shall have the power to reject any and all bids and readvertise for bids as they consider proper.
(b) Any rural health care district may contract for design and construction services through an alternate delivery method as defined in W.S. 16-6-701.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 7 - Rural Health Care Districts › Section 35-2-717 - Investment in Securities.

35-2-717. Investment in securities.
Securities issued pursuant to this article shall be eligible for investment by banking institutions and for estate, trust and fiduciary funds. The securities and the interest shall be exempt from taxation by this state and any subdivision. The state treasurer of the state of Wyoming with the approval of the governor and the attorney general is authorized to invest any permanent state funds available for investment in the securities to be issued pursuant to W.S. 35-2-711 through 35-2-722.