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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 11 - Solid Waste Disposal Districts › Section 18-11-101 - Solid Waste Disposal Districts; Creation.

18-11-101. Solid waste disposal districts; creation.
(a) Each board of county commissioners may establish by resolution one (1) or more solid waste disposal districts composed of any portion of the county. Solid waste disposal districts consolidated under W.S. 18-11-106 may be composed of any portion of two (2) or more counties in accordance with W.S. 18-11-106. Areas may be added to or subtracted from an existing district in the same manner.
(b) Not less than sixty (60) days before any resolution pursuant to this section is signed, the board of county commissioners shall submit the proposed boundaries of the district to the county assessor and the department of revenue for review for any conflict, overlap, gap or other boundary issue. The assessor and the department may make written comments thereon to the county commissioners.
(c) The board of county commissioners may dissolve a solid waste disposal district established under subsection (a) of this section in accordance with W.S. 18-3-525. For solid waste disposal districts consolidated under W.S. 18-11-106 that consist of two (2) or more counties, each board of county commissioners in the counties where the consolidated solid waste disposal district is located shall complete the steps required in W.S. 18-3-525 before the solid waste disposal district may be dissolved under this subsection.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 11 - Solid Waste Disposal Districts › Section 18-11-102 - Powers; Management; Rates; Penalty for Violation of Rules; Removal.

18-11-102. Powers; management; rates; penalty for violation of rules; removal.
(a) Following the creation of a solid waste disposal district the board of county commissioners shall appoint not less than three (3) nor more than nine (9) residents of the district to constitute the governing board of the district. Appointees shall serve a term of three (3) years and may be reappointed. Terms of office shall be staggered. The governing board may exercise all powers granted to cities and towns by W.S. 15-1-103(a)(xxi) and (xl) and shall adopt rules and regulations in managing the disposal of solid wastes within the district. Violation of a rule or regulation of the governing board requiring disposal of solid wastes in designated sites constitutes a misdemeanor punishable upon conviction by a fine not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) or imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months or both. A governing board may also enforce its rules and regulations by appropriate legal proceedings and expend and generate revenue relative to the purpose of a solid waste disposal district. The governing board may permit persons or entities not included within the district to utilize the facilities of the district. The governing board may impose fees upon persons or entities included within or outside of the district for the privilege of utilizing the facilities of the district at rates established by the governing board and any revenue generated in this manner shall only be used to operate the district.
(b) The county commissioners may remove any member of the governing board for cause without a public hearing unless the member requests that the action be taken during a public hearing. Vacancies on the governing board shall be filled by the county commissioners for the balance of the unexpired term created by the vacancy.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 11 - Solid Waste Disposal Districts › Section 18-11-103 - Taxation; Limitation.

18-11-103. Taxation; limitation.
(a) A solid waste disposal district board may submit to the qualified electors of the district the question of whether or not the district shall annually levy not to exceed three (3) mills on the dollar of assessed valuation of the district to operate the district. The question shall be submitted by the county clerk as ordered by the board of county commissioners 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) The board of county commissioners at the time of making the levy for county purposes shall levy a tax upon the taxable property within a solid waste disposal district to be used solely to operate the district. These monies shall be placed in an account certified by the solid waste disposal district governing board if the mill levy authorization has been approved pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 11 - Solid Waste Disposal Districts › Section 18-11-106 - Consolidation of Solid Waste Disposal Districts; Procedures.

18-11-106. Consolidation of solid waste disposal districts; procedures.
(a) Two (2) or more solid waste disposal districts may consolidate into one (1) solid waste disposal district. Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the following shall apply to any consolidation of two (2) or more solid waste disposal districts:
(i) Consolidation of solid waste disposal districts may be initiated:
(A) In accordance with W.S. 22-29-304(a); or
(B) By resolution of the board of county commissioners in the county or counties where the districts are located, provided that each solid waste disposal board involved in the proposed consolidation first approve the consolidation and no election shall be required to consolidate solid waste disposal districts located in the same county upon entry of a resolution by the board of county commissioners.
(ii) Any consolidation under this section shall not enlarge or otherwise alter the existing boundaries of the solid waste disposal districts to be consolidated under this section;
(iii) Solid waste disposal districts located in different counties may be consolidated, provided that:
(A) Each solid waste disposal board involved in the proposed consolidation shall first approve the consolidation before the consolidation is submitted to each board of county commissioners. Each board of county commissioners in the counties where the solid waste disposal districts are located first approve the proposed consolidation before the consolidation is submitted to the voters of each county for approval;
(B) The number of directors of the consolidated district shall not exceed nine (9) residents of the district. Directors shall be appointed in accordance with W.S. 18-11-102(a). The number of directors appointed from each county shall be in the proportion that the population of the district's residents from each county bears to the total population of the consolidated district.
(iv) No taxes in excess of the limit specified in W.S. 18-11-103(a) shall be levied in the consolidated solid waste disposal district.
(b) Unless in conflict with a provision of this section, the provisions of the Special District Elections Act of 1994 providing for the consolidation of special districts shall apply to the consolidation of solid waste disposal districts under this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts › Section 18-12-102 - Definitions.

18-12-102. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Assessed value" means the total assessed value of real property within the district. Assessed value shall be determined from the last assessment roll of the county within which the district is located;
(ii) "Board" means the board of directors of an improvement and service district;
(iii) "Bonds" means bonds, warrants, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of an improvement and service district;
(iv) "Charges" means fees, tolls, rates and rentals;
(v) "Commissioners" means the board of county commissioners;
(vi) "District" means an improvement and service district as organized under the terms of this act;
(vii) "Elector" or "voter" means a person who is a qualified elector or an owner of land in the district, including any corporation, partnership or association owning land in the district provided the individual who casts the vote for a corporation, partnership or association presents the election judge with a written authorization to vote for the corporation, partnership or association. No person is a qualified elector who is under eighteen (18) years of age, a mentally incompetent person, or who has been convicted of a felony and his civil or voting rights have not been restored. In applying provisions of the Special District Elections Act of 1994 to this act, the terms "elector" or "voter" shall include qualified electors and landowners;
(viii) "Improvement" means and includes buildings, structures and all facilities of a public nature intended for public use, including but not limited to streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, alleys and other public ways, parks, recreational facilities, water, sewage, solid waste disposal and other sanitary systems and facilities, and with respect to the foregoing, such additional facilities or improvements as relate or contribute to the full public use and enjoyment thereof;
(ix) "Service" means:
(A) The operation and maintenance of improvements and any other service authorized by this act; or
(B) The provision of emergency medical services.
(x) "Landowner" or "owner of land" means the person or persons holding a majority interest in the record fee title to one (1) or more parcels of real property or a person or the persons who are obligated to pay general property taxes under a contract to purchase real property;
(xi) "This act" means W.S. 18-12-101 through 18-12-141;
(xii) "Written authorization" means an affidavit filed with the election official conducting the election setting forth a general legal description of the property owned, the street or common name address for the property, the name or names of all owners of the property described, and a statement that the person signing the written authorization is the only person having authority to act on behalf of the owner or owners of the property.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts › Section 18-12-103 - Districts Authorized; General Function.

18-12-103. Districts authorized; general function.
(a) Any unincorporated territory in this state may be formed into an improvement and service district to perform any of the following functions:
(i) Acquire, construct, operate and maintain improvements of local necessity and convenience;
(ii) Obtain improvements or services hereunder by contracting for the same with any city, town, county or other entity;
(iii) Furnish or perform any special local service which enhances the use or enjoyment of any improvement or facility or enhances the provision of emergency medical services.
(b) A district is a separate entity and a political subdivision of the state.
(c) Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 157, 4.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts › Section 18-12-105 - Commencement of Districts; Districts to Provide Emergency Medical Services.

18-12-105. Commencement of districts; districts to provide emergency medical services.
(a) Proceedings for the formation of an improvement and service district under this act, except a district to provide emergency medical services formed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, shall be commenced by filing a petition addressed to the commissioners of the county in which the land proposed to be included in the district is situated. The petition shall be accompanied by a filing fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00).
(b) After July 1, 2023, as an alternative to forming a district under subsection (a) of this section, a district to provide emergency medical services under W.S. 18-12-112(a)(xxii) may be established by resolution of the board of county commissioners. A resolution under this subsection shall establish one (1) or more districts to provide emergency medical services composed of any portion of the county. Areas may be added to or subtracted from an existing district by resolution of the board of county commissioners. Not less than sixty (60) days before any resolution pursuant to this subsection is signed, the board of county commissioners shall hold a public hearing and publish the proposed resolution, including the date and time of the public hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county and on the county's website. The board of county commissioners shall submit the proposed boundaries of the district to the county assessor and the department of revenue for review for any conflict, overlap, gap or other boundary issue. The assessor and the department may make written comments thereon to the county commissioners before the public hearing. The board of county commissioners may dissolve a district established under this subsection in accordance with W.S. 18-3-525.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts › Section 18-12-106 - Petition for Formation.

18-12-106. Petition for formation.
A petition to form a district shall be signed by not less than sixty percent (60%) of the persons owning land within the territory proposed to be included in the district, whose land in the proposed district has an assessed value of sixty percent (60%) or more of the assessed value of all of the land within the proposed district.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts › Section 18-12-113 - District Board of Directors; Requirements.

18-12-113. District board of directors; requirements.
(a) Except for districts to provide emergency medical services established under W.S. 18-12-105(b) as provided in subsection (e) of this section, an improvement and service district shall be managed and controlled by a board of directors consisting of three (3) or five (5) members. The initial board shall consist of three (3) or five (5) members elected at the organizational election. A simple majority of members shall serve an initial term of two (2) years and the remaining members shall serve an initial term of four (4) years after formation of the district and until their successors are elected and qualified at the regular scheduled subsequent director election as provided in W.S. 22-29-112. Thereafter, members shall be elected for terms of four (4) years. A vacancy occurring on the board during the term of an original director or his successor shall be filled as provided in the Special District Elections Act of 1994.
(b) Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 157, 4.
(c) Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 157, 4.
(d) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section and except as provided by subsection (e) of this section, any district may increase or decrease the membership of its board from three (3) to five (5) members if a proposition for the modification is submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the district and a majority of those casting their ballots vote in favor of the increase or decrease. Additional offices created under this subsection shall be filled as provided in W.S. 22-29-112(a). At the election, not more than one (1) member shall be elected for a term of two (2) years, and the election ballots shall so state. Each term shall otherwise be four (4) years. A vote to decrease membership shall be in the election preceding the election of three (3) members.
(e) After July 1, 2023, if a district to provide emergency medical services is established under W.S. 18-12-105(b), the board of county commissioners shall appoint not less than three (3) nor more than nine (9) residents of the district to constitute the board of directors of the district. Appointees shall serve a term of three (3) years and may be reappointed. Terms of office shall be staggered.
(f) The board of directors for an emergency medical services district shall attempt to collect for emergency medical services rendered when patients are covered by a private health insurance plan, Medicare, Medicaid or any other plan that provides coverage for emergency medical services.
(g) The board of directors for an emergency medical services district shall report to the board of county commissioners on a quarterly basis regarding the total number of patients served by the emergency medical services district and the total number of patients who were covered by a private health insurance plan, Medicare, Medicaid or any other plan that provides coverage for emergency medical services.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts › Section 18-12-114 - Compensation; Officers; Rules and Regulations; Meetings.

18-12-114. Compensation; officers; rules and regulations; meetings.
(a) The members of the board shall serve without compensation but shall receive reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their duties.
(b) The board shall adopt rules, regulations and procedures for the district whether or not included in its bylaws, including those to govern the use and enjoyment of public improvements, facilities and services of the district.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts › Section 18-12-115 - Cost Assessed in Accordance With Benefits.

18-12-115. Cost assessed in accordance with benefits.
When an improvement proposed by the board will benefit specific property in the district to a greater extent than other property the improvement may be financed with an assessment against the property specially benefited upon a frontage, zone or other equitable basis, in accordance with benefits.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts › Section 18-12-116 - Resolution of Intent to Provide for Special Assessment.

18-12-116. Resolution of intent to provide for special assessment.
(a) The board may declare by resolution their intent to order improvements to be paid for by special assessment. The resolution shall specify:
(i) The nature of the improvement proposed;
(ii) The extent of the district to be improved;
(iii) The probable cost per unit of measurement as shown by estimates of a qualified engineer;
(iv) The time in which the cost will be payable; and
(v) The time when a resolution authorizing the improvements will be considered.
(b) Any resolution or directive in the premises may be modified, confirmed or rescinded at any time prior to the passage of the resolution authorizing the improvements.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts › Section 18-12-117 - Notice of Resolution; Hearing; Objections.

18-12-117. Notice of resolution; hearing; objections.
(a) At the request of the board the county clerk shall give notice, by advertisement once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, to the owners of the property to be assessed to provide:
(i) The nature of the improvement proposed;
(ii) The extent of the district to be improved;
(iii) The probable cost of the improvement;
(iv) The time at which the cost will be payable;
(v) The time when a resolution authorizing the improvements will be considered by the board;
(vi) That maps, estimates and schedules showing the approximate amounts to be assessed and all resolutions and proceedings are on file and may be seen or examined at the office of the county clerk or other designated place; and
(vii) That all complaints and objections concerning the proposed improvement by owners of property subject to assessment will be heard and considered by the board before final action, under the provisions of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
(b) If objections to the improvement are made by owners or agents representing property subject to thirty percent (30%) or more of the projected dollar assessments the improvement may not be authorized and a new resolution for the same or a similar purpose encompassing property representing objections may not be considered within one (1) year thereafter.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts › Section 18-12-118 - Notice of Apportionment; Assessment Roll.

18-12-118. Notice of apportionment; assessment roll.
(a) A copy of the resolution as finally adopted shall be recorded by the county clerk who shall within sixty (60) days after the adoption of the resolution by written notice, mailed or otherwise delivered, notify each owner of property to be assessed of the amount of assessment, the purpose for which the levy is made, the tax against each lot or parcel of land, and the date it becomes delinquent. The county clerk shall also notify each owner of property the amount of any operation and maintenance charges to be assessed within sixty (60) days after the assessment is approved by the board of county commissioners under W.S. 18-12-112(a)(xxi).
(b) The county assessor shall prepare a local assessment roll showing land assessed, the total amount of assessment and operation and maintenance charges if approved under W.S. 18-12-112(a)(xxi), the amount of each installment of principal and interest if the same is payable in installments, and the date when each installment will become due, and deliver the same, duly certified, to the county treasurer for collection.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts › Section 18-12-120 - Bond Elections; Resolution for Submission of Proposition to Voters.

18-12-120. Bond elections; resolution for submission of proposition to voters.
By resolution of its board a district may submit to its qualified voters, by mail ballot or at an election on a date authorized under W.S. 22-21-103, as determined by the board of county commissioners, the proposition of issuing bonds pursuant to this act to provide funds for the acquisition, construction, improving or financing of improvements as well as performing services for the benefit of the residents of the district, including any or all expenses incidental thereto or connected therewith.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts › Section 18-12-121 - Contents of Resolution; Notice of Election.

18-12-121. Contents of resolution; notice of election.
(a) The resolution shall:
(i) State the purpose for which the bonds are proposed to be issued;
(ii) State the estimated amount of money to be raised by the bond issue;
(iii) State the principal amount of the bonds;
(iv) State the maximum rate of interest on the bonds;
(v) Fix the date of the election;
(vi) Fix the manner of holding the election.
(b) The notice of bond election shall include the following information:
(i) The amount of the proposed bond issue;
(ii) The maximum maturity of the bonds;
(iii) Statement by the board of the need for the issuance of the bonds and the purposes for which the proceeds of the bonds shall be devoted;
(iv) A description of the exterior boundaries of the district;
(v) A general description of the proposed improvement, utility or local service to be provided by the district;
(vi) Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 157, 4.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts › Section 18-12-122 - Election Procedures.

18-12-122. Election procedures.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the bond elections of districts shall be called by the board of county commissioners at the request of the district and held in accordance with election dates and procedures set forth in W.S. 22-21-101 through 22-21-112. A proposal submitted in the bond election shall be approved by a majority of the voters in the district casting ballots in the election.
(b) The bond election ballot shall specify the name of the district, the total amount of the proposed bond issue, the maximum interest rate payable thereon, the term of years over which the bonds shall be repaid, and a brief description of the improvements, facilities or utilities to be acquired or constructed and the services to be rendered with the proceeds thereof. The question to be submitted on the ballot after such description shall be as follows:
For Issuance of Bonds
Against Issuance of Bonds
The voter shall place a mark in the square space immediately following the proposition shown on the ballot.
(c) If requested in the petition and if approved by the commissioners, the commissioners may order that a bond election, as described in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, be held concurrently with the organizational election, and if the bond election is ordered, the notice of election shall include the information required by W.S. 18-12-121(b). The judges of the election shall certify the returns of the election to the commissioners, and if a majority of the votes are in favor of the organization, the commissioners, by resolution shall declare the district organized.
(d) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, 5.
(e) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, 5.
(f) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, 5.
(g) A written authorization for voting purposes shall be filed with the election official conducting the special district election not later than thirty (30) days prior to the election.
(h) In examining any written authorization required or permitted to be signed by landowners, the county clerk or district secretary shall accept the first written authorization filed unless prior to certification the secretary or county clerk is furnished with written evidence, satisfactory to the county clerk or district secretary, that a new representative has been appointed by the owners, signed by a majority of the persons named as owners on the previously filed written authorization or as shown on a copy of a recorded deed attached to the written authorization.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts › Section 18-12-123 - Resolution for Issuance of Bonds.

18-12-123. Resolution for issuance of bonds.
The board, by resolution, shall determine whether coupon bonds or registered bonds of the district shall be issued and sold to raise money for any of the purposes for which the district was formed, if the bonds are authorized, and shall similarly fix and determine the denomination of each bond, which shall be not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), and the rate of interest which shall be paid thereon, payable annually or semiannually as the board shall by resolution determine, and the resolution shall also fix the number of years that the whole or a part of the bonds shall run and the maturity thereof, neither of which shall exceed twenty-five (25) years from the date of the bond or the date of any series of the bonds.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts › Section 18-12-124 - Bonds Secured by Pledge of District.

18-12-124. Bonds secured by pledge of district.
The payment of the principal and interest on the bonds constitutes a liability of the district. The full faith and credit, and all taxable property lying within the district is pledged for the payment of the bonds in accordance with the terms thereof.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts › Section 18-12-126 - Offer of Bonds by the Board; Bond Brochures.

18-12-126. Offer of bonds by the board; bond brochures.
(a) If the majority of the votes cast by the voters at the election on the proposition of issuing bonds of the district favors issuing the bonds, and if the issuance of the bonds is authorized by the board, the bonds may be sold at either public or private sale.
(b) After the voters of the district have approved issuance of the bonds, the board may prepare bond brochures to assist in the sale of the bonds. The board shall pay the expenses of preparing the bond brochures from the funds of the district or from the proceeds of the bond issue.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts › Section 18-12-127 - Deposit of Proceeds of Bonds.

18-12-127. Deposit of proceeds of bonds.
Bonds issued by the board shall be sold at the time and in the amounts prescribed by the board but for not less than par. The proceeds of the sale of the bonds, exclusive of any premiums received, shall be deposited to the credit of the district in the county treasury. The proceeds deposited shall be drawn out as other district monies are drawn. The bond proceeds withdrawn shall not be applied to any purposes other than those for which the bonds were issued. Any premiums or accrued interest received from the sale of the bonds shall be deposited in the interest and sinking fund of the district. The expenses incurred for the preparation, sale and delivery of the bonds, including legal fees of independent bond counsel retained by the district are legal charges against the fund of the district and may be paid from the proceeds of the sale of the bonds.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts › Section 18-12-128 - Printing of Bonds.

18-12-128. Printing of bonds.
After ascertaining the best terms upon, and the lowest interest at which the bonds can be sold, the board shall cause the bonds to be printed, with coupons if any attached, and shall have the bonds consecutively numbered and properly executed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts › Section 18-12-129 - Signature on Bonds.

18-12-129. Signature on bonds.
Bonds shall be signed by the chairman and the treasurer of the board and countersigned by the secretary of the board. Coupons, if any, shall be signed by the treasurer of the board. At least one (1) of the signatures or counter signatures on the bond shall be manually affixed. Other signatures or counter signatures may be printed or mechanically reproduced. It is not necessary for any bond to bear the seal of the district.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts › Section 18-12-130 - How Bonds Mature.

18-12-130. How bonds mature.
All bonds shall mature serially in substantially equal annual installments of principal, or upon an amortization plan for the bonds of the series, or upon an amortization plan for the proposed bonds and all outstanding bonds of the district, or in any other manner as the board may determine.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts › Section 18-12-131 - Bonds Subject to Call and Redemption.

18-12-131. Bonds subject to call and redemption.
All or any part of the bonds issued by the board may be issued subject to call and redemption before maturity at the option of the board. Such bonds and the resolution authorizing issuance thereof shall contain a provision to that effect and the resolution shall contain the price at which the bond shall be redeemed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts › Section 18-12-134 - Duty to Levy Tax for Interest and Redemption of Outstanding Bonds.

18-12-134. Duty to levy tax for interest and redemption of outstanding bonds.
The commissioners shall annually levy a tax for that year upon the property of the district for the interest and principal falling due on all outstanding bonds of the district. The levy shall be made at the same time as the levy of taxes for county purposes. The tax shall be sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds as it becomes due and to provide a sinking fund for the payment of the principal on or before maturity and may include an allowance for an annual reserve established to adjust for fluctuating tax levies.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts › Section 18-12-135 - Disposition of Proceeds of Taxes Collected.

18-12-135. Disposition of proceeds of taxes collected.
All taxes levied and collected pursuant to the foregoing provision shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the interest and sinking fund of the district and shall be used for the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds and for no other purpose.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts › Section 18-12-139 - Rules and Regulations; Enforcement.

18-12-139. Rules and regulations; enforcement.
The board may adopt reasonable rules and regulations not inconsistent with law for the government and control of the district organization and to facilitate the collection of assessments or charges. All rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section shall be promulgated in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act and filed with the county clerk for each county in which the district is located.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts › Section 18-12-140 - Power to Create Local Improvement Districts Vested in Board.

18-12-140. Power to create local improvement districts vested in board.
In addition to all other powers provided in this chapter, the power to create local improvement districts in any district organized pursuant to this chapter, to assess the cost of the construction of public improvements of a local and municipal character or any part thereof against benefited property therein and to issue special assessment bonds, is vested in the board, and in exercising the powers granted in this section, the board need not follow the procedures listed elsewhere in this chapter but the local improvement districts shall be created, local improvements acquired, special assessments levied and collected, and special assessment bonds issued as provided in W.S. 15-6-101 through 15-6-448, except the board may act by resolution whenever W.S. 15-6-101 through 15-6-448 specify action by ordinance.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 12 - Improvement and Service Districts › Section 18-12-141 - New Improvements, Facilities or Services; Voter Approval.

18-12-141. New improvements, facilities or services; voter approval.
A district shall not acquire any new improvement or facility or provide any new service that was not originally described in the petition for formation of the district unless the new improvement, facility or service is authorized by this act, approved by the board of county commissioners of the county in which the district is situated and approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the district. Upon approval of the board of county commissioners and by resolution of its board, a district may submit to its qualified voters, by mail ballot election pursuant to W.S. 22-29-116 or concurrently with any other district election, the proposition of acquiring any new improvement or facility or providing any new service authorized under this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 13 - Day Care Centers › Section 18-13-101 - Day Care Centers; Funding or Operation Authorized.

18-13-101. Day care centers; funding or operation authorized.
(a) As used in this section "day care center" means a facility established to provide care for children from families with special needs during normal working hours of the day to enable the parent or parents to pursue employment.
(b) A board of county commissioners may establish a fund to promote, establish and maintain day care centers. The money may only be expended upon resolution for the establishment, promotion, maintenance and development of day care centers and may be paid to corporations or associations engaged in operating day care centers. A board of county commissioners may also be the governing authority of a day care center and appoint and supervise a board of directors to operate a day care center.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 14 - Regional Transportation Authority › Section 18-14-101 - Establishment; Appointment; Terms; Officers; Meetings; Compensation; Establishment Under Joint Powers Agreement.

18-14-101. Establishment; appointment; terms; officers; meetings; compensation; establishment under joint powers agreement.
(a) A regional transportation authority may be established by resolution of any board of county commissioners or by joint powers agreement entered into by any two (2) or more boards of county commissioners and governing bodies of municipalities.
(b) A regional transportation authority established by resolution of any board of county commissioners shall be comprised of not less than five (5) nor more than nine (9) residents of the county appointed by the board. Appointees shall serve a term of three (3) years and may be appointed for one (1) additional term. Terms of office shall be staggered. The board of county commissioners shall appoint a county resident to fill the unexpired term of any vacancy occurring on the authority. The authority shall elect from its membership a chairman, secretary and a treasurer and shall meet at least once every three (3) months at the call of the chairman or upon the request of a majority of the membership. Members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for necessary travel and per diem expenses in the manner and amount provided state employees.
(c) A regional transportation authority created under a joint powers agreement between two (2) or more boards of county commissioners and governing bodies of municipalities shall be established as a joint powers board in accordance with W.S. 16-1-106.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 14 - Regional Transportation Authority › Section 18-14-102 - Powers and Duties.

18-14-102. Powers and duties.
(a) A regional transportation authority established under W.S. 18-14-101 shall promote and develop regional air and ground transportation for residents under jurisdiction of the authority. In promoting and developing regional transportation, the authority may:
(i) Conduct studies to plan for the development of regional transportation centers providing air transportation and served by sufficient ground transportation to enable use of air services by residents within the jurisdiction of the authority;
(ii) Conduct studies to plan for the development of intracity transportation services;
(iii) Enter into contract with private air and ground transportation carriers for provision of transportation services;
(iv) Negotiate air and ground transportation fares under any contract entered into pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) of this section;
(v) Receive grants and loans from state or federal agencies and from private sources for purposes of developing transportation within the region;
(vi) Enter into agreement with any other regional transportation authority;
(vii) Employ technical, legal and administrative assistance and engage the services of research and consulting services as necessary to carry out duties prescribed by this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 14 - Regional Transportation Authority › Section 18-14-103 - Taxation; Limitation; Submission to Voters; Disposition of Revenue.

18-14-103. Taxation; limitation; submission to voters; disposition of revenue.
(a) Upon adoption of any resolution by a regional transportation authority for any county or of any resolution by the board of county commissioners for each participating county and of any ordinance by the governing body of a municipality participating in a joint powers agreement pursuant to W.S. 18-14-101 and in accordance with an agreement on the contribution of funds by each participating county and municipality, the appropriate board of county commissioners shall submit to the qualified electors of the county or municipality, as appropriate, the question of whether the board shall annually levy not to exceed one-half (1/2) mill on the dollar of assessed valuation of the county or municipality. Revenues collected under the levy authorized by this subsection shall be used solely for planning, developing and providing regional transportation in the manner specified under W.S. 18-14-102. The question may be submitted by the county clerk 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, as specified by the board of county commissioners upon request of the regional transportation authority.
(b) If the proposition is approved, the levy shall expire four (4) years from the date of initial imposition and the same proposition shall be submitted at the general election held four (4) years from the date the proposition is approved and until the proposition is defeated. If the proposition to impose or continue the levy is defeated, it shall not again be submitted to the electors for at least twenty-three (23) months.
(c) If approved by the qualified electors, the board of county commissioners shall certify the levy authorized under subsection (a) of this section and the levy shall be imposed upon the taxable property of the county or municipality. Revenues collected under this levy shall be deposited by the county treasurer into an account certified by the board and used solely for the purpose for which the levy was imposed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 15 - Senior Citizen Service Districts › Section 18-15-102 - Formation of District; Mill Levy.

18-15-102. Formation of district; mill levy.
(a) A senior citizen service district, with boundaries of any area within county boundaries, may be formed in any county as provided by this chapter.
(b) Any board of county commissioners shall submit the question of establishing a special district to the county clerk not later than the first Monday in June in even-numbered years for submission of the question of establishing the special district to the resident electors of the proposed district at the next primary election if:
(i) A majority of the board of county commissioners adopt a resolution favoring establishing a district; or
(ii) The board of county commissioners receives a petition for the establishment of a special district signed by qualified electors resident in the proposed district equal in number to at least fifteen percent (15%) of the voters resident in the proposed district who voted in the last general election. The county clerk shall verify the signatures before consideration by the board pursuant to this paragraph. The petition shall state:
(A) The proposed name of the district;
(B) A description of the territory proposed to be organized as a district, which description need not be given by metes and bounds or by legal subdivisions, but is sufficient if generally accurate;
(C) A request that the board of county commissioners define the boundaries for the district. When more than one (1) petition is filed covering parts of the same territory, the board may consolidate all or any such petitions, or may exclude from any petition areas in conflict with another petition or petitions.
(c) The ballot proposition for formation of a district shall appear substantially as follows:
Shall the (name of district) senior citizen service district be established with a maximum levy of .... mills (not to exceed two (2) mills) to be imposed on the taxable property of the district? Yes  No 
(d) If the proposition to authorize a mill levy is approved by the qualified electors of the proposed district, the proposition to impose a levy in the same or at a different amount not to exceed two (2) mills, shall be submitted to the resident electors within the proposed district at the first general election held two (2) years after the election authorizing the district and every four (4) years thereafter, until defeated. If the proposition to impose or continue a mill levy is defeated, the proposition shall not be submitted to the electors for a period of not less than one (1) year.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 15 - Senior Citizen Service Districts › Section 18-15-103 - When District Considered Established; Failure to Establish District.

18-15-103. When district considered established; failure to establish district.
If a majority of the electors in the proposed district voting at the election vote for the establishment of the proposed district, the board of county commissioners shall enter that fact upon its records and the district is established.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 15 - Senior Citizen Service Districts › Section 18-15-104 - District a Body Corporate; Name; Powers.

18-15-104. District a body corporate; name; powers.
(a) Each district established under this chapter is a body corporate and shall be designated by the name of "the .... senior citizen service district."
(b) The district may:
(i) Hold property and be a party to contracts;
(ii) Sue and be sued;
(iii) Through its governing board acquire property for district purposes by gift, devise, bequest or purchase or contract for the acquisition by purchase or lease of real and personal property and equipment;
(iv) Convey, lease and otherwise dispose of property for district purposes;
(v) Establish sinking funds for district purposes;
(vi) Make rules and regulations as necessary for the proper operation of the district.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 18 - Counties › Chapter 15 - Senior Citizen Service Districts › Section 18-15-105 - Election of Trustees; Generally.

18-15-105. Election of trustees; generally.
(a) The district shall be managed by a board of five (5) trustees who shall serve without compensation.
(b) Members of the board shall be elected at the general election immediately following the primary election establishing the district. At the first board election, three (3) members shall be elected for two (2) year terms and two (2) members shall be elected for four (4) year terms and until their successors are elected and qualified at the regular scheduled subsequent board election. The board members shall decide by lot which members shall serve these terms. Thereafter, members shall be elected for terms of four (4) years.
(c) For districts existing prior to July 1, 2017, at the first subsequent board election after the effective date of this act, three (3) members shall be elected for two (2) year terms and two (2) members shall be elected for four (4) year terms. The board members shall decide by lot which members shall serve these terms. Thereafter, members shall be elected for terms of four (4) years.