Title 16 — Title 16 — City, County, State And Local Powers

Authority to cooperate. In exercising, performing or carrying out any power, privilege, authority, duty or function legally vested in any one (1) or more of them by Wyoming law, the state of Wyoming, and any one (1) or more of its counties, municipal corporations, school district…

Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Wyoming Joint Powers Act".

(a) Definitions. As used in this act: (i) "Agencies" means Wyoming counties, municipal corporations, school districts, community college districts, the cooperative tribal governing body, the business council of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, the business council of the Northern Arap…

Joint powers, functions and facilities; citycounty airport board; eligible senior citizen centers; cooperative public transportation programs. (a) Any power, privilege or authority exercised or capable of being exercised by an agency may be exercised and enjoyed jointly with any …

Financing of joint projects. (a) Any joint project consisting of property or improvements or an interest therein to be owned by participating agencies or a joint powers board undertaken pursuant to this act may be financed: (i) By the contribution of funds from one (1) or more pa…

Obligations and responsibilities of participating agencies. (a) No participating agency nor any legal entity created pursuant to this act shall construct, operate or maintain any facility or improvement other than for service to and use by the participating agencies and their res…

State loan and investment board loans; amount; interest; security; conditions. (a) Before April 1, 2023, the state loan and investment board may negotiate and make loans to one (1) or more agencies, the University of Wyoming, or joint powers boards presently existing, permitted o…

Loss reserve account created; deposits; disposition of funds. (a) Revenues received by the state loan and investment board for deposit in the loss reserve account pursuant to W.S. 16-1-109(a) shall be transmitted to the state treasurer for deposit to the credit of the loss reserv…

Loans to political subdivisions; requirements; limitations; rulemaking. (a) The state loan and investment board may negotiate and make loans from the permanent Wyoming mineral trust fund to political subdivisions of this state as provided in this section. The aggregate sum of all…

(a) Definitions. As used in this article: (i) "Account" means the state water pollution control revolving loan account created by W.S. 16-1-202; (ii) "Board" means the state loan and investment board; (iii) "Capitalization grant" means the federal grant made to Wyoming by the fed…

Account established; state match. (a) There is established the state water pollution control revolving loan account. All monies received from federal capitalization grants, excluding any set-aside authorized by Title VI, and all state matching funds shall be deposited in the acco…

Account administration; board powers and duties; department powers and duties; fiscal procedures. (a) The board shall administer the account including issuing loans and other forms of financial assistance for the purposes authorized in this article. The board shall adopt reasonab…

Environmental review process. (a) Through the department the board shall conduct a review of potential environmental impacts of projects receiving assistance from the account. The environmental review process shall: (i) Contain mechanisms requiring implementation of mitigation me…

assistance. Authorized projects; authorized financial (a) The account may be used for financial assistance for the following types of projects: (i) Construction of wastewater treatment works as allowed by Title VI; (ii) Implementation of nonpoint source pollution control manageme…

Financial assistance priorities. (a) If there are publicly owned wastewater treatment works identified as not being in compliance with the federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq., then the monies in the account shall initially be used for such wastewater tre…

Department loans; repayment. Principal payments on loans made to the department for taking corrective actions at leaking underground and aboveground storage tank and solid waste landfill remediation sites shall be paid from the corrective action account directly to the state wate…

(a) Definitions. As used in this article: (i) "Account" means the state drinking water revolving loan account created by W.S. 16-1-302; (ii) "Administrative account" means the account which may receive up to four percent (4%) of the federal capitalization funds, loan administrati…

Account established; state match. (a) There is established the state drinking water revolving loan account. All monies received from the federal capitalization grants, excluding any set-aside authorized by the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. § 300j-12), and all state matching …

Account administration; board powers and duties; department powers and duties; water development office powers and duties; fiscal procedures. (a) The board, the department and commission are designated as the implementing and administrative agencies for the drinking water state r…

Environmental review process. (a) The department shall conduct and make available to the office of state lands and investments a review of potential environmental impacts of projects receiving assistance from the account. The environmental review process shall: (i) Contain mechan…

assistance. Safe Authorized projects; authorized financial (a) Subject to select water committee review and recommendation of projects, the account may be used for financial assistance for the planning, design and construction of projects on eligible publicly owned water systems …

Inventory of publicly owned water systems; sanitary surveys. (a) The department and water development office shall maintain an inventory of publicly owned water systems within the state, which inventory may consist of such information as the department and water development offic…

Transfer of funds. The governor may transfer capitalization grant funds from the water pollution control revolving loan account established by W.S. 16-1-202 to the drinking water state revolving fund account created by W.S. 16-1-302 and from the drinking water state revolving fun…

Emergency financial assistance. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of W.S. 16-1-303(b) or (j) or 16-1-305(a), the board may, without further select water committee review and recommendation, authorize loans or other forms of financial assistance from the account for purposes autho…

[Repealed or reserved.]