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

Financing; annual property tax; other funds. The governing body shall cause to be levied annually, without limitation of rate or amount, upon all taxable property of the issuer, in addition to other authorized taxes, a sufficient sum to pay the principal of and interest on the re…

Exemption from taxation; exception. The refunding public securities issued by any issuer pursuant to this act, their transfer, and the income therefrom, shall at all times be free from taxation within the state of Wyoming, except for estate taxes.

Other outstanding securities. This act shall have no effect on the legality of any outstanding public security issued for refunding or other purposes pursuant to any other law.

Scope, authority and effect of provisions. This act, without reference to other statutes of the state, except as herein otherwise specifically provided, is full authority for the authorization and issuance of refunding public securities. No other act or law with regard to the aut…

Short title. This act shall be known as the "1965 Public Securities Validation Act".

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Public body" of the state means any state educational institution or other state institution, its board of trustees or other governing body constituting a body corporate, any county, city or town, whether incorporated or governed under a…

Outstanding securities. All public securities of the state and of all public bodies outstanding on February 17, 1965, the right to the payment of which has not been barred by any pertinent statute of limitations, and all acts and proceedings taken, or purportedly taken by or on b…

Prior securities; limitations; exceptions. This act validates any public securities heretofore issued and any acts and proceedings heretofore taken which the legislature could have supplied or provided for in the law under which the public securities were issued and the acts or p…

Voidness of excessive indebtedness; liability of officer and sureties. Any indebtedness created by any county, city, town or other subdivision of the state in any current year in excess of that authorized by the constitution of the state and for which there are no revenues availa…

Issuance of bonds in series; discharge. (a) Whenever the issuance of bonds by the state, or any county, city, town, school district or high school district, is lawful, the board or other public body having authority to issue the bonds may divide the issues into series so that: (i…

Redemption of bonds owned by state. Any bond issued by any county, municipality, school district or other political subdivision of the state and which bond the state owns on any interest payment date, upon thirty (30) days written notice to the state treasurer of the state is sub…

Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Bond Anticipation Note Act of 1981".

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Anticipation note" means notes of the issuer, evidencing short-term borrowings, issued in anticipation of the issuance of bonds which a governing body is authorized to issue; (ii) "Authorizing instrument" means an ordinance, resolution, …

Authority to issue notes; election thereon. (a) If the qualified electors of an issuer authorize the issuance of bonds or the issuance of anticipation notes at an election held pursuant to W.S. 22-21-101 through 22-21-112 and the governing body of the issuer considers it advisabl…

Authorizing instrument. (a) Anticipation notes issued pursuant to this act shall be authorized by instrument of the issuer which shall: (i) Describe the bonds in anticipation of which the notes are to be issued; (ii) Declare the results of the election authorizing the issuance of…

Manner of issuance; form, terms and conditions. Anticipation notes shall be issued and sold in such manner and at such price as the governing body determines by the instrument authorizing their issuance. Anticipation notes shall be in bearer form, except that the governing body m…

Payment, surrender and cancellation. Contemporaneously with the issuance of the bonds in anticipation of which anticipation notes have been issued, all anticipation notes issued, even though they may not then have matured, shall be paid, both as to principal and interest to date …

Security; sources of payment. (a) Whenever the bonds in anticipation of which notes are issued are to be payable from ad valorem taxes and constitute full general obligations of the municipality, the bond anticipation notes and the interest on them shall be secured by a pledge of…

Signing, countersigning, execution or attestation of notes; facsimile seals and signatures. Any anticipation notes or interest coupon may be signed, countersigned, executed or attested by the public official or officials who are authorized by law at the time of the issuance of th…

Recital in notes imparting legality. Any instrument of an issuer authorizing, or any other instrument appertaining to, any anticipation note may provide that each anticipation note therein authorized shall recite that it is issued under the authority of this act. Such recital sha…

Endorsement. The clerk of the issuer shall endorse a certificate upon every anticipation note that the same is issued pursuant to law and is within the debt limit of the issuer if the notes are issued in anticipation of the issuance of general obligation bonds, or, as to notes is…

Governing body's determination of legality. The determination of a governing body that all the limitations imposed upon the issuance of anticipation notes have been met shall be conclusive in the absence of fraud or arbitrary and gross abuse of discretion.

Scope, authority and effect of provisions. (a) This act, without reference to other statutes of the state except as herein otherwise specifically provided, constitutes full authority for the authorization and issuance of anticipation notes hereunder. No other act or law with rega…

Applicability. This article applies to bonds, notes, warrants, certificates or other securities evidencing loans or the advancement of monies, heretofore or hereafter authorized to be issued by or on behalf of the state or any political subdivision, district, public board, agency…

Form, payment and transfer of securities. (a) The securities described in W.S. 16-5-501 shall be in registered or bearer form, with or without interest coupons, be subject to such conditions for transfer, be subject to such provisions for conversion as to denomination or to beare…

Determination by resolution or ordinance. The determination of the body authorized or empowered to issue securities required by W.S. 16-5-502 shall be made in the resolution or ordinance authorizing the issuance of the securities or in any supplemental ordinance, resolution or ot…

No restriction on other acts. This article as to the matters contained herein shall constitute an additional and separate grant of powers and these powers may be exercised without regard to provisions concerning matters in any other act but this article is not a restriction or li…

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Resident" means a natural person, association or business entity authorized to be formed under title 17 of the Wyoming statutes, or the laws of another state that are the functional equivalent, and that is certified as a resident by the …

Resident contractors; preference limitation with reference to lowest bid or qualified response; decertification; denial of application for residency. (a) If a contract is let by a public entity for a public work, the contract shall be let, if advertisement for bids or request for…

Limitation on subcontracting by resident contractors. A successful resident bidder shall not subcontract more than thirty percent (30%) of the work covered by his contract to nonresident contractors.

Preference for Wyoming materials required in contracts. Wyoming made materials and products, and Wyoming suppliers of products and materials of equal quality and desirability shall have preference over materials or products produced or supplied outside the state and any contract …

Preference for Wyoming materials and Wyoming agricultural products required in public purchases; exception; cost differential; definition. (a) A five percent (5%) materials preference for Wyoming materials shall be applied in public purchases, subject to the following: (i) The pr…

Statement of Wyoming materials preference in requests for bids and proposals. All requests by a public entity for bids and proposals for materials, supplies, agricultural products, equipment, machinery and public works shall contain the words "preference is hereby given to materi…

Wyoming materials preference required in public works; exception. All public works in this state shall be constructed and maintained using materials produced or manufactured in Wyoming if Wyoming materials are suitable and can be furnished in marketable quantities. Preference sha…

Governing of federal funds by federal law. The operation of this act upon the letting of any public works contract above mentioned, in connection with which, funds are granted or advanced by the United States of America, shall be subject to the effect, if any, of related laws of …

Use of insurance for rebuilding state structures. When buildings belonging to the state are destroyed, the insurance on the buildings shall be collected by the state treasurer. The governing board of the state institution suffering the loss may draw on the state treasurer for the…

Limitation on work hours; overtime; exceptions. (a) No person shall require laborers, workmen or mechanics to work more than eight (8) hours in any one (1) calendar day or forty (40) hours in any one (1) week upon any public works of a public entity except as hereafter authorized…

Penalty for violating work hours provisions. Any person who violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00).

Contractor's performance and payment bond or other guarantee; when required; conditions; amount; approval; filing; enforcement upon default. (a) Any contract entered into with a public entity for a public work where the contract price exceeds one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($…

Contractor's performance and payment bond or other guarantee; right of action; notice to obligee; intervention by interested parties; pro rata distribution. Any person entitled to the protection of a bond or other form of guarantee approved by a public entity under W.S. 16-6-112 …

Contractor's performance and payment bond or other guarantee; requiring new or additional bond or other guarantee; failure to furnish. If in its judgment any of the sureties on a bond or other form of guarantee approved by the public entity under W.S. 16-6-112 are insolvent or fo…

Contractor's performance and payment bond or other guarantee; limitation of actions. No action shall be maintained on any bond or other form of guarantee satisfactory to the public entity under W.S. 16-6-112 unless commenced within one (1) year after the date of final completion …

Payment to contractor; substantial completion; final completion; required notices. (a) When any public work is let by contract, the public entity under whose direction or supervision the work is being carried on and conducted shall: (i) Issue a certificate of substantial completi…

Payment to contractor; prerequisite filing of contractor's statement of payment; disputed claims. In all contracts entered into by any person with a public entity for a public work, no payments under W.S. 16-6-116(a) shall be made until the person files with the public entity wit…

Unlawful interest of officeholders in public contracts or works; exception. (a) It is unlawful for any person, now or hereafter holding any office, either by election or appointment, under the constitution or laws of this state, to become in any manner interested, either directly…

Contracts for public works; right to reject bids or responses; qualifications of bidders and respondents. Every public entity shall be authorized to determine the qualifications and responsibilities of bidders or respondents on contracts for public works and may reject any or all…