Title 18, Title 18 — Counties

Recreation board of trustees. (a) The board of trustees appointed under W.S. 18-9-201(a) shall be comprised of not fewer than five (5) members appointed in accordance with and serving staggered terms in the same manner as specified under W.S. 18-9-102(a). If the public recreation…

County commissioners may purchase, construct, accept by gift, museums and collections of exhibits. Each board of county commissioners may purchase, construct or acquire by donation or otherwise archaeological, geological and historical museums and collections of exhibits and arti…

Appropriation for construction and maintenance; annual tax levy. Each board of county commissioners of any county owning, constructing or acquiring any museum or collection of exhibits may annually levy a tax on the taxable valuation of the property in the county, for the constru…

Board of trustees; appointment; composition; qualifications of members; terms of office; vacancies; removal. (a) Each board of county commissioners of any county owning, constructing or acquiring any museum or collection of exhibits shall appoint a board of trustees for the museu…

Board of trustees; duties generally; employment of personnel; rules and regulations. (a) Each board of trustees of a county museum or collection of exhibits shall: (i) Have the custody and control of the museum or collection; (ii) Employ such personnel as required; (iii) Make rul…

Board of trustees; authority to provide funds for preservation of historical artifacts and landmarks. The board of county commissioners may provide funds for the preservation of historical artifacts and landmarks when the same are threatened with removal or destruction.

Petition of property owners; public hearing; written protests; election. (a) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5. (b) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5. (c) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5. (d) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5. (e) A special museum district may be establ…

District a body corporate; name; powers. (a) Each district established is a body corporate by the name of "the .... museum district". The name shall be selected by the board of county commissioners of the county in which the greater area of land within the district is located and…

Election of trustees; generally; terms. An election of the six (6) initial trustees shall be held at the same time as the election to form the district under W.S. 18-10-201 and in accordance with the Special District Elections Act of 1994, including by mail ballot. The board of t…

Trustee terms. Trustees shall hold office for four (4) years and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

Administration of finances; assessments and taxation. (a) Annually, each county assessor shall provide the board of county commissioners with the total assessed value of all taxable property within a special museum district in his county. (b) The board of county commissioners at …

Coupon bonds; generally. The board of trustees of special museum districts may submit to the electors of the district the question whether the board shall be authorized to issue coupon bonds of the district to a certain amount, not to exceed two percent (2%) of the assessed value…

Election; ballots. The election authorized under W.S. 18-10-214 shall be called by the boards of county commissioners and conducted, canvassed and returned in the manner provided for bond elections by the Political Subdivision Bond Election Law, W.S. 22-21-101 through 22-21-112.

Form; notice; bids; sale. If the proposal to issue bonds is approved, the board of trustees may issue bonds in such form as they decide and shall give notice by publication in some newspaper published in the counties in which the district is located and in some newspaper of gener…

Preparation and execution. After ascertaining the best terms and the lowest interest at which the bonds can be negotiated, the board shall secure the proper engraving and printing and consecutive numbering thereof and the bonds shall then be properly prepared and executed. They m…

Preparation and execution; full faith and credit; payment of principal and interest. (a) The full faith and credit of each museum district is solemnly pledged for the payment of the interest and the redemption of the principal of all bonds which are issued by the district. (b) Th…

Existing museums not affected; museum may submit to electors question of organizing district. All archaeological, geological and historical museums and any mill levy made pursuant to W.S. 18-10-101 through 18-10-105 shall not be affected by the provisions of W.S. 18-10-201 throug…

Solid waste disposal districts; creation. (a) Each board of county commissioners may establish by resolution one (1) or more solid waste disposal districts composed of any portion of the county. Solid waste disposal districts consolidated under W.S. 18-11-106 may be composed of a…

Powers; management; rates; penalty for violation of rules; removal. (a) Following the creation of a solid waste disposal district the board of county commissioners shall appoint not less than three (3) nor more than nine (9) residents of the district to constitute the governing b…

Taxation; limitation. (a) A solid waste disposal district board may submit to the qualified electors of the district the question of whether or not the district shall annually levy not to exceed three (3) mills on the dollar of assessed valuation of the district to operate the di…

Operation of disposal system. Any requirements or exceptions pertaining to the operation of solid waste disposal systems by cities and towns are also applicable to county solid waste disposal districts.

Procedures. The Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act is applicable to all proceedings under W.S. 18-11-101 through 18-11-106 except establishing or changing the boundaries of a solid waste disposal district.

Consolidation of solid waste disposal districts; procedures. (a) Two (2) or more solid waste disposal districts may consolidate into one (1) solid waste disposal district. Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the following shall apply to any consolidation of two (2) or more…

Title; purpose; application and construction. This act may be cited as the "Improvement and Service District Act".

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Assessed value" means the total assessed value of real property within the district. Assessed value shall be determined from the last assessment roll of the county within which the district is located; (ii) "Board" means the board of dir…

Districts authorized; general function. (a) Any unincorporated territory in this state may be formed into an improvement and service district to perform any of the following functions: (i) Acquire, construct, operate and maintain improvements of local necessity and convenience; (…

Jurisdiction. The commissioners of each county shall hear proceedings for the creation of improvement and service districts within the county which unless specifically otherwise provided, shall be governed by the Special District Elections Act of 1994.

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.