Title 35, Public Health And Safety

Election and compensation of clerk; employment of engineer; ordinances, rules and regulations; publication of proceedings. The board of trustees shall elect one (1) of their members clerk and have the power to appoint, employ and pay an engineer, who shall be removable at pleasur…

Power of trustees to establish water mains, sewers and disposal plants; approval by state department of health. The board of trustees of any district organized under this act shall have power to provide for establishing, maintaining and constructing water mains, sewers and dispos…

Contracts. All contracts for work to be done, the expense of which is more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), may employ alternate design and construction delivery methods as defined in W.S. 16-6-701 and shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, upon notice of not less tha…

Annual tax levy authorized; certification and collection; treasurer designated. The board of trustees may annually levy and collect taxes for corporate purposes upon property within the limits of such sanitary and improvement district, to the amount of not more than one (1) mill …

Eminent domain; power conferred. Such sanitary and improvement district may acquire by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, real or personal property, right-of-way, and privilege, within or without its corporate limits, necessary for its corporate purposes.

Eminent domain; manner of exercise; ascertaining damage to property. Whenever the board of trustees of any sanitary and improvement district shall by order determine to make any public improvement under the provisions of this act which shall require that private property be taken…

Right-of-way over public lands. Whenever it is necessary, in making any improvement under the provisions of this act, to enter upon or cross any state or public lands, the district may acquire a right-of-way over the lands subject to any rules, regulations or requirements as may …

Annual oversight of accounts; information to be shown; powers and duties of director. (a) The director of the state department of audit shall cause there to be oversight of the books of account, kept by the board of trustees of each sanitary and improvement district in the state …

Annexation by city or village. If the district, or any part of it, is annexed by any city or village, such city or village shall assume and pay the bonds and other obligations outstanding at the time of annexation.

Bonds; general requirements as to issuance; tax levy. The district may borrow money for corporate purposes and issue its general obligation bonds therefor, but the principal amount of the general obligation bond shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the assessed valuation of the …

Bonds; judicial examination and approval; prerequisite to sale. The board of trustees of a sanitary and improvement district organized under the provisions of this act, shall, before issuing and before selling any bonds of such district, commence special proceedings, in and by wh…

Bonds; judicial examination and approval; petition. The board of trustees of the district or such holder or holders of any bond or bonds of the district shall file in the district court of the county in which the lands of the district, or the greater portion thereof, are situated…

Bonds; judicial examination and approval; notice and hearing. The court shall fix the time for the hearing of the petition, and shall order the clerk of the court to give and publish a notice of the filing of the petition. The notice shall be given as is provided in section 3. Th…

Bonds; judicial examination and approval; objections to petition; pleading and practice. Any person interested in the district, or in the issuance or sale of the bonds, may move to dismiss the petition or answer thereto. The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure respecting mo…

Bonds; judicial examination and approval; powers of court; confirmation or disapproval of issue; cost; history of proceedings; endorsement and registration. Upon the hearing of such special proceedings, the court shall have power and jurisdiction to examine and determine the lega…

Bonds; objections to issuance; submission of question to voters; issuance upon favorable vote; rate of interest. If the electors of the district, equal in number to forty percent (40%) of the electors of the district voting at the last general state election, file written objecti…

Rules and regulations of trustees; determination and collection of service charges; discontinuance of service. The board of trustees may make all necessary rules and regulations governing the use, operation, and control thereof. The board may establish an initial connection charg…

Required connections with sewer. Whenever a sewer system has been established, all dwellings in the district shall connect therewith and all septic tanks shall be dispensed with. The board of trustees shall have the authority to institute court proceedings in a court of competent…

Preparation of plans and specifications for improvement; estimate of cost; notice required before adoption; information to be shown in notice. (a) The board of trustees of such district shall first cause plans and specifications for said improvements and an estimate of the cost t…