Title 18, Counties

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…

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 …

Powers of district. (a) Each district may: (i) Have and use a corporate seal; (ii) Sue and be sued, and be a party to suits, actions and proceedings; (iii) Enter into contracts for the purpose of providing any authorized improvements and the maintenance and operation thereof, or …

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…

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, r…

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,…

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…

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 pro…

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…

Duty of county officials to levy and collect taxes. (a) The body having authority to levy taxes or make assessments within each county shall levy the taxes or assessments authorized herein and all officials charged with the duty of assessing property and collecting taxes shall as…

Bond elections; resolution for submission of proposition to voters. (a) 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 pr…

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 maximu…

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…

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…

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 …

Exemption from taxation in this state. The interest payable upon the bonds is exempt from any taxes levied or assessed by the state of Wyoming or any agency thereof.

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 eit…

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 t…

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.

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 …

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 mann…

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 …

Register of bonds. The county treasurer of each county shall keep a bond registration book which shows at all times by proper designation bonds that are authorized and the name in which the owner of each bond is registered.

Requirement of indemnity bond. The board shall require the county treasurer in whose custody the proceeds of the sale of bonds are placed to be bonded under a suitable bond indemnifying the district against loss.

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 t…

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 …

Manner of payment of interest and principal of bonds. The principal and interest on the bonds shall be paid in due course by the county treasurer of the county at the time and place required by the bonds.

Bonds eligible as investments. The bonds issued under this act are eligible as legal investments for both public and private funds.

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…

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…

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 aut…