Title 41, Water

Petition for establishment; filing generally; contents; copy to be furnished conservation commission. A petition to establish a watershed improvement district shall be filed with the board of supervisors of the conservation district in which the proposed watershed improvement dis…

Petition for establishment; establishment in more than 1 soil and water conservation district. If a proposed watershed improvement district is situated in more than one (1) conservation district, copies of such petition shall be presented to the board of supervisors of all the co…

Petition for establishment; hearing; notice. (a) The board of supervisors shall act upon the petition for formation in the same manner as set forth in W.S. 22-29-109 for county commissioners in determining if a petition for district formation shall be voted upon. (b) If it appear…

Referendum prerequisite to establishment; generally. After the board of supervisors has made and recorded a determination that there is a need, in the interest of the public health, safety and welfare, for the creation of the proposed watershed improvement district, it shall cons…

Referendum prerequisite to establishment; voting; ballots; right of landowners to vote; proxies. (a) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5. (b) All qualified electors of the district and owners of land lying within the boundaries of the proposed district, as determined by written a…

Referendum prerequisite to establishment; counting and recording votes; action upon results; certification of fact when created. The votes cast in the referendum shall be counted by the polling officers at the close of the polls and a report of the results, along with the ballots…

Inclusion of additional land; detaching land; change of boundaries; change of name. (a) Petitions for including additional territory within an existing watershed improvement district may be filed with the board of supervisors, and in such cases the proceedings herein provided for…

Board of directors; eligibility; election; terms; officers. (a) Within thirty (30) days after a watershed improvement district is created, the board of supervisors shall conduct an election to be held for the election of a board of directors of the watershed improvement district.…

Board of directors; powers generally. (a) Under the supervision of the board of supervisors, the board of directors of a watershed improvement district shall have power to: (i) Levy and collect assessments for special benefits accruing to land, as hereinafter provided; (ii) Acqui…

Board of directors; issuance of bonds. (a) Bonds authorized by W.S. 41-8-113 shall not be issued until proposed by order or resolution of the board of directors specifying the purpose for which the funds are to be used, the rate of interest the bonds are to bear, the amount of th…

Board of directors; per diem and mileage. Members of the board of directors shall receive no salaries, but such members may be entitled to expenses for meetings and travel in the performance of their duties as approved by the board of supervisors.

Hearing on proposed projects. (a) Before any contract shall be let or work begun upon any improvement or project within the watershed improvement district, the cost of which cannot be exclusively financed by funds on hand, grants in aid, or financial assistance or gifts to the di…

Appointment of appraisers and appraisal of benefited property. If the board of directors determines that the proposed improvement or project should be constructed and that the costs thereof should be paid by special assessment against the land benefited by such improvement or pro…

Hearing on report of appraisers. Upon receiving the report of the appraisers the board of directors shall fix a time and place within the watershed improvement district for hearing any complaint that may be made regarding the benefits appraised to any tract of land or the assessm…

Appeal from approval of project or determination of benefits or assessments. (a) Any owner of land or person having an interest therein upon which an assessment is proposed to be levied may, within thirty (30) days from such order or resolution of the board of directors accepting…

Assessment of benefits against land of state and its subdivisions. In case land belonging to the state, or a county, school district, or other public corporation is benefited by any improvement or project constructed under the provisions of this act, all of such benefits shall be…

Assessments generally. (a) The board of directors shall, on or before the third Monday in July of each year, certify to the board of county commissioners of the county within the watershed improvement district in which assessed land is located the amount of the annual installment…

Levy, collection and disposition of taxes and special assessments; expenditure of funds. It shall be the duty of the officer or body having authority to levy taxes within each county, to levy the taxes and special assessments as provided in this act and it shall be the duty of al…

Lien of assessment; collection of delinquent assessments. All taxes and assessments levied against any land under this act together with all interest thereon and penalties for default in payment thereof, and all costs of collecting the same, shall, until paid, constitute a perpet…

Supervision upon discontinuance. If any soil and water conservation district in which a watershed improvement district is situated is discontinued, the state soil and water conservation committee [conservation commission] shall thereafter serve in the same supervising capacity ov…

Existing water rights preserved. Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to in any manner impair existing water rights, appropriations or priorities.