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The county library tax shall be levied and collected as other county taxes and the money collected shall be set apart as the county library fund. Nothing herein shall be construed to authorize any levy in excess of those authorized by law.
Propose a changedirectors; appointment, powers, duties, terms of directors; manner of filling vacancies on board. (a) The control, use and disposition of the county library fund is entrusted to the county library board of directors which shall budget and expend the fund for the maintenance, operation and promotion of the county library and county library system in order to carry out the informational, educational, cultural and recreational role of the county library. (b) The county library board of directors shall be appointed by the county commissioners and shall be composed of not less than three (3) and not more than five (5) competent and responsible residents who are representative of the entire county and who shall serve without compensation. Before entering upon his duties the treasurer of the county library board shall execute and deposit with the county commissioners a good and sufficient bond for the faithful performance of his duties in an amount required by the county commissioners. The bond shall be payable to the people of the state of Wyoming and be approved by the county commissioners. One (1) director shall be appointed for one (1) year, one (1) director (or two (2) if the board consists of four (4) or five (5) members) shall be appointed for two (2) years, and one (1) director (or two (2), if the board consists of five (5) directors) shall be appointed for three (3) years, each term to commence on July 1 following the appointment. Thereafter the county commissioners shall before July 1 of each year appoint a director or directors to replace the retiring director or directors for a term of three (3) years and until a successor is appointed. A director may be appointed for two (2) consecutive terms and shall not be eligible for reappointment until two (2) years after the expiration of his second term. (c) The county commissioners may remove any director for misconduct or neglect of duty. Vacancies on the board of directors shall be filled by the county commissioners for the balance of the unexpired term created by the vacancy.
Propose a changeThe library board of directors may receive and be responsible for real estate, money or other property to aid the establishment, maintenance or operation of the county library system. If received as a donation, they shall carefully observe as the trustee the conditions accompanying every such gift. When the board of directors determines it is in the best interests of the county library and in keeping with the purpose of the donor, it may with the approval of the board of county commissioners sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of such real estate or other property. The board of directors shall appoint a competent librarian who with the approval of the board of directors shall appoint a library staff. The duties and compensation of the staff shall be determined by the board.
Propose a changefiling of certificate of organization; incorporation; recovery of library materials; establishment of branch libraries; cooperative library service. (a) Every library board of directors shall elect a chairman and other officers as necessary and shall prescribe rules and regulations for the establishment, organization, operation and use of the county library and library system. The board shall enforce such rules and regulations in any court of competent jurisdiction. As soon as the board is organized they shall file with the county clerk and with the secretary of state a certificate showing their organization, for which no filing fee or charge shall be paid. (b) Upon filing of the certificate the board of directors is a body corporate, with power to sue and be sued under the name on file with the secretary of state. (c) No member of the board of directors is personally liable for any action or procedure of the board. The corporation has perpetual existence and it is not necessary to file any other or further certificate than that filed upon the original organization of the board of directors. Every library established and maintained under the provisions of W.S. 18-7-101 through 18-7-106 is free to all residents of the county on the condition that such persons comply with rules and regulations of the library as prescribed by the board of directors. Holders of library cards are responsible for all library materials borrowed on such cards. Whenever library materials are lost, destroyed or taken from the library and not returned the library board may institute proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction to recover the materials or the value thereof. The library board may establish and maintain branch libraries, stations and other library services and facilities. (d) Two (2) or more county library boards may contract to establish a federation of the libraries under their jurisdiction for the purpose of providing cooperative library services. Contracts shall be written, signed by the members of the contracting library boards and are binding upon the contracting library boards and their successors. The participating libraries may reserve the right to terminate the contracts by mutual agreement upon ninety (90) days written notice given to each contracting library board.
Propose a changeEach library board of directors shall keep a record of all its proceedings, file in the library all vouchers for expenditures, and after the close of the fiscal year submit an annual financial, statistical and operational report to the county commissioners and to the Wyoming state library. Whenever practical the annual report shall contain information and data requested or required by the county commissioners and the Wyoming state library.
Propose a changeThe Wyoming public library endowment challenge program is created.
Propose a change(a) As used in this article: (i) "Challenge fund" means the public library endowment challenge fund created under this article; (ii) "Endowment gift" means an irrevocable gift or transfer to a Wyoming public library foundation of money or other property, whether real, personal, tangible or intangible, and whether or not the donor or transferor retains an interest in the property, where the gift of the foundation's interest in the property is required to be used by the foundation exclusively for endowment purposes, where: (A) The gift was received or the transfer occurred during the period July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2022; or (B) A commitment to make the gift or transfer was made in writing to the respective public library foundation, which commitment was received during the period July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2022, and the gift was received or the transfer occurred not later than December 31, 2023. (iii) "Foundation" means an organization established for each public library that among other purposes, exists to generate additional revenues for public library programs and activities; (iv) "Match" means the level of funds the state treasurer will provide to each public library foundation, where: (A) The amount disbursed by the state treasurer will be three (3) times the amount raised by the library foundation of any of the following counties: Albany, Big Horn, Hot Springs, Platte, Crook, Weston, Washakie, Goshen and Niobrara; (B) The amount disbursed by the state treasurer will be two (2) times the amount raised by the library foundation of any of the following counties: Johnson, Lincoln, Carbon, Uinta, Laramie, Park, Sheridan and Converse; (C) The amount disbursed by the state treasurer will be equal to the amount raised by the library foundation of any of the following counties: Campbell, Sublette, Sweetwater, Fremont, Natrona and Teton. (v) "Permanent endowment funds managed by a Wyoming public library foundation" means the endowment funds that are invested by the respective Wyoming public library foundation on a permanent basis and the earnings on those investments are dedicated to be expended exclusively to benefit and promote the mission, operation or any program or activity of the respective public library, including but not limited to augmentation of collections, programs and projects, capital improvements, increases to the corpus of the endowment and defraying reasonable costs of endowment administration.
Propose a change(a) The Wyoming public library endowment challenge fund is created and shall consist of twenty-three (23) separate accounts, one (1) account for each Wyoming public library established pursuant to W.S. 18-7-101. (b) The state treasurer shall invest funds within the fund created under subsection (a) of this section and shall deposit the earnings from fund investments to the general fund.
Propose a changematching payments; agreements with foundations; annual reports. (a) To the extent funds are available in the separate account of any public library within the endowment challenge fund, the state treasurer shall match endowment gifts actually received by that public library's foundation. A match shall be paid under this subsection by the state treasurer at the time any accumulated amounts actually received by a public library foundation total ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) or more. The match shall be made by transferring from the separate challenge fund account to the appropriate public library a match amount calculated as provided by W.S. 18-7-202(a)(iv). The recipient public library shall immediately transfer matching funds received under this subsection to the public library foundation. (b) Each public library shall enter into an agreement with its foundation under which the foundation shall manage the matching funds received under subsection (a) of this section and under W.S. 18-7-205 in the same manner as other permanent endowment funds are managed by its foundation, including the permanent investment of funds, maintenance of the fund corpus as inviolate and the expenditure of fund earnings for endowment purposes only. (c) Earnings from endowment funds established with matching funds under this section, and funds received under W.S. 18-7-205, shall be expended only for the purpose of the endowment, including increasing the balance in the fund corpus and reasonable costs of administration. (d) The state treasurer shall make transfers to the appropriate public library under this section not later than the end of the calendar quarter following the quarter during which foundation gifts total at least ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00). If gifts are made through a series of payments or transfers, no matching funds shall be transferred under this section until the total value of all payments or transfers actually received totals at least ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00). (e) Except as provided under subsection (j) of this section, matching funds transferred under this article shall not be distributed to or encumbered by any public library foundation in excess of the amount in the challenge fund account for that library. Except to the extent authorized under subsection (j) of this section, matching funds shall not be transferred to any public library by the state treasurer except to match gifts actually received by its foundation. (f) If any public library board determines that the purpose of an endowment gift to the public library's foundation is not consistent with the mission or capability of that library, the gift shall not qualify for matching funds under this section. (g) For the purpose of computing the matching amount, the state treasurer shall use the value of an endowment gift based upon its fair market value at the time the gift is received by the public library foundation. The public library shall provide evidence of fair market value for any gift if requested by the state treasurer and shall fund the cost of providing any requested evidence. (h) Each public library shall on or before October 1 of each year, submit a report to the state treasurer from its foundation on the endowment matching program under this section for the preceding fiscal year. The report shall include a summary of funds raised under this program and the expenditure of endowment earnings. The report required under this subsection shall be for each applicable fiscal year through June 30, 2024. (j) Notwithstanding subsection (e) of this section, matching funds may be distributed to or encumbered by a public library foundation in excess of the amount within the challenge fund account of that public library if: (i) Endowment gifts for that public library exceed the amount within its challenge fund account; (ii) The public library enters into a written agreement with another public library having unencumbered amounts remaining within its challenge fund account; (iii) The public library with unencumbered amounts within its account agrees to transfer any portion of its unencumbered amount to that public library; (iv) Matching funds transferred by the state treasurer for amounts transferred between public libraries pursuant to this subsection shall be divided equally between the public libraries participating in the agreement.
Propose a change(a) In addition to the transfer of matching funds authorized under W.S. 18-7-204, when the state treasurer determines that the cumulative amount of endowment gifts received by all twenty-three (23) of the public library foundations has reached two million three hundred thousand dollars ($2,300,000.00), the treasurer shall transfer to each of the public libraries, from its separate challenge fund account, the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) or the amount of the balance remaining in the library's challenge fund account, whichever is less. (b) A library receiving funds under this section shall immediately transfer the funds to its public library foundation.
Propose a change(a) As used in W.S. 18-8-102 through 18-8-109 the words: (i) "County hospital" and "county memorial hospital" mean any institution, place, building or agency in which any accommodation is maintained, furnished or offered for the hospitalization of the sick, injured or care of any person requiring or receiving chronic or convalescent care, including public health centers, community mental health centers and other types of hospitals and centers including but not limited to general, tuberculosis, mental and chronic disease hospitals, medical facilities and related facilities; (ii) "Medical facilities" includes but is not limited to diagnostic or treatment centers, rehabilitation facilities and nursing homes, as those terms are defined in the federal act Public Law 482, 83 congress, July 12, 1954, (C. 471, sec. 4(c)-(f), 68 Stat. 465-466); (iii) "Related facilities" means but is not limited to laboratories, outpatient departments, nurses homes, nurses training facilities and central service facilities operated in connection with hospitals, but does not include any facility furnishing primarily domiciliary care.
Propose a changetrustees; indebtedness authorized for construction; annual tax levy for maintenance. (a) When the board of county commissioners has received sufficient guaranties that not less than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) is available for constructing, acquiring or equipping a county hospital, wing or portion of a building suitable for operation of a county hospital so arranged as to be capable of future enlargement, or where a county has acquired a hospital valued at not less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00), it shall appoint a nonpartisan board of trustees of the hospital, none of which shall be a county commissioner or an employee of the county hospital. (b) A county indebtedness may be created and county bonds authorized and issued for the construction, acquisition and equipment of the hospital in the manner then provided by law for the creation of indebtedness and the issuance of bonds for the construction of a courthouse and jail. When the hospital has been constructed or acquired and equipped the board of county commissioners shall annually levy a sufficient tax on all the taxable property in the county to provide for the maintenance of the hospital or wing or portion thereof. The tax shall be levied and collected as other county taxes and the amount collected shall be set apart as the county memorial hospital fund. No money shall be expended from the fund without the approval of the board of county commissioners.
Propose a changerevenues derived from taxation and from memorial hospital fund. The board of county commissioners of any county having a county memorial hospital may establish a fund of a certain amount to be raised within a certain number of years for the purpose of constructing improvements, equipping improvements already erected or for purchasing land for the county memorial hospital. The fund shall be created and added to from taxation as provided by W.S. 18-8-102 and from any funds in the county memorial hospital fund remaining unexpended at the end of any fiscal year exclusive of funds maintained as reserve for depreciation and the cash reserve fund authorized by W.S. 16-4-105. The fund shall be expended as provided in W.S. 18-8-102(b).
Propose a changetrustees; appointment, powers and duties of trustees; incorporation; use of funds for erection of hospital; term of lease; consolidation of hospitals; acquisition of land; removal of board member; filling of vacancies. (a) The erection, management and control of the county memorial hospital, county memorial hospital fund and all property and funds received for the benefit of the hospital shall be by a board of trustees composed of at least five (5) but not more than eleven (11) competent and responsible citizens of the county appointed by the board of county commissioners. The number of members of any board of trustees shall be an odd number determined by the county commissioners. The first board of trustees, or additional members to a board of trustees, as soon as appointed shall draw lots for the purpose of determining the term of each member of the board. Up to two (2) members of the original board or additional members of the board shall serve for a term of one (1) year, up to two (2) for a term of two (2) years, up to two (2) for a term of three (3) years, up to two (2) for a term of four (4) years and up to two (2) for a term of five (5) years after their appointment. Terms thereafter shall be five (5) years, consecutively staggered. Each trustee shall serve until the first Monday of July following the expiration of their term and the board of county commissioners annually at their meeting in June shall appoint a successor to the trustee or trustees whose term expires. As soon as the original board has determined the terms of its members they shall organize by electing a president, secretary and treasurer of the board. As soon as they are organized they shall file with the county clerk and the secretary of state a certificate showing their organization, for which filing no fee or charge shall be paid. Upon filing the certificate the board of trustees is a body corporate with power to sue and be sued under the name of "Board of Trustees of the Memorial Hospital of .... County". No individual member of the board of trustees is personally liable for any action or procedure of the board. The corporation has perpetual existence and it is not necessary to file any other or further certificate than that filed upon the original organization of the board of trustees. (b) Annually upon the appointment of a new member of the board, the trustees shall meet and organize by electing a president, secretary and treasurer. Each member of the board shall serve without compensation and the treasurer of the board shall give bond in such amount and with such sureties as approved by the board of county commissioners conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties and the full accounting for all monies received as treasurer. The board may allow and pay to the secretary such reasonable compensation as they deem proper for secretarial, accounting and other services required of him in addition to his general duties as a member of the board. (c) The hospital shall be erected and maintained on lands whose title is in the county or upon which the county has a lease for the term of ninety-nine (99) years. If any county hospital is already owned and maintained by the county, the board of county commissioners may permit the erection of the county memorial hospital upon the grounds already owned and used as a county hospital with any additional grounds deemed necessary and may transfer the management and control of the old hospital to the board of trustees of the memorial county hospital so that the old and the new may be consolidated and operated, controlled and maintained as a single hospital. If any county is without title to sufficient land for the county hospital it may acquire necessary lands by gift, purchase or condemnation under the procedure authorized in exercising the right to eminent domain. (d) Subject to constitutional limitations, in addition to any other securities the legislature authorizes or has authorized by law for investment, any funds of the hospital may be invested by the hospital board in any security which has been recommended by an investment advisor registered under the Uniform Investment Advisor's Act of 1940 as amended, or any bank exercising its trust powers, and approved by the board. In approving securities for the investment under this subsection, the board shall be subject to and act in accordance with the provisions of the Wyoming Uniform Prudent Investor Act. The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to authorize the use of any revenues generated from taxes to engage in any activity authorized under W.S. 18-8-301(a). (e) The county commissioners may remove any member of the board of trustees for just cause without a public hearing unless the trustee requests a public hearing. Vacancies on the board of trustees shall be filled by the county commissioners for the balance of the unexpired term created by the vacancy.
Propose a changeThe board of trustees may receive donations of real estate, money or other property in aid of the establishment of the hospital or for the construction of additions or provision of furniture or facilities. They shall permit any donor furnishing means for the construction of any individual portion of the hospital, or for equipping and especially endowing any ward or room therein to name the same in memory of any person chosen by the donor and shall observe the conditions accompanying every gift.
Propose a changefor services; when free services to be given; payment for resident indigent hospitalization. Every county memorial hospital established and maintained as provided by law is a public county hospital. It may charge persons able to pay the same a reasonable price for use of the hospital and its facilities during the time required for proper treatment, and shall furnish free to residents of the county having no means to pay for the same all necessary facilities and maintenance during the time such persons are required to remain there for proper treatment. As long as a county department of public assistance and social services functions in the county as provided by law, the funds in control of the board for hospitalization purposes shall be deemed "means" for payment of resident indigent hospitalization.
Propose a changeThe board of trustees shall keep a careful record of all its proceedings and keep duplicate vouchers of all expenditures, one (1) set of vouchers to be kept in the office of the secretary of the board of trustees and the other to be filed annually with the board of county commissioners at its June session. The board of trustees shall annually report at the June meeting of the board of county commissioners all the important transactions for the previous twelve (12) months specifying in each report the money received from the county memorial hospital fund, all monies and properties received from other sources, the use and disposition of such monies and other property and such other facts as they deem of public interest or the board of county commissioners may require. The board of trustees shall make monthly reports when required by the board of county commissioners.
Propose a change(a) Whenever the board of trustees of a county memorial hospital or special hospital district deems it in the best interests of the county they may with the approval and consent of the board of county commissioners lease or enter into a contract for the operation of the hospital with any person, group, association or corporation. If the board of trustees enters into such a contract or lease the lessee or operator of the hospital shall furnish without charge to residents of the county certified by the county health officer or county department of public assistance and social services as having no means to pay for the same, all necessary facilities and maintenance during the time such persons are required to remain there for proper treatment. The board of trustees shall reimburse the lessee or operator for the hospitalization of indigent persons at rates agreed upon between the board and the operator or lessee, with such reimbursement to be made from funds the board has under its control or made available to it by the board of county commissioners. If a lease or contract is executed the lessee or operator of the hospital shall furnish the board of trustees semiannual reports showing the financial condition of the hospital and all monies received and expended. The board of trustees shall keep the records and make reports required by W.S. 18-8-107 even though the hospital is leased or operated under contract. (b) A county memorial hospital with the approval and consent of the board of county commissioners, or district hospital with the consent of the board of trustees, may contract with another licensed hospital located within a reasonable distance to share or divide speciality or costly hospital services and equipment, or a county memorial hospital or district hospital with such approval may discontinue or avoid duplication of speciality or costly hospital services and equipment otherwise available to the community served for the purpose of minimizing costs for such hospital services or improving health care.
Propose a change(a) Subject to the requirements of this section, the trustees of a memorial hospital may vote to file bankruptcy under chapter 9 of the United States bankruptcy code or to dissolve and terminate the county memorial hospital. The plan to dissolve and terminate the county memorial hospital shall provide for the following: (i) Payment of all bonded and other indebtedness against the county memorial hospital; (ii) Disposition of assets of the county memorial hospital upon dissolution. The assets may either be donated to a nonprofit or governmental hospital or health care facility which provides services to the residents of the county upon such conditions as agreed to by the nonprofit or governmental hospital or health care facility, or retained by the county to be used solely for health care purposes by the county. (b) Before any vote by the trustees to file bankruptcy or plan to dissolve and terminate a county memorial hospital is effective, the bankruptcy petition and initial plan for the adjustment of debts or the dissolution and termination plan shall be approved by the board of county commissioners. (c) If the board of county commissioners approves the bankruptcy petition and initial plan for adjustment of debts or the dissolution and termination plan, the board of trustees may take all action necessary to obtain confirmation of the plan of adjustment and closure of the case under chapter 9 of the United States bankruptcy code or take all action necessary to effectuate the plan and dissolve and terminate the county memorial hospital.
Propose a change(a) When a county memorial hospital as defined in W.S. 18-8-101 has been established as provided in W.S. 18-8-102 the board of county commissioners when requested by the board of trustees of a county memorial hospital may issue revenue bonds, notes and warrants or other revenue securities for the purpose of acquiring, erecting, constructing, reconstructing, improving, remodeling, furnishing or equipping hospitals or related facilities, or acquiring a site or sites therefor. The procedure for issuing or refunding revenue bonds is the same as prescribed by W.S. 35-2-424 through 35-2-436 as from time to time amended. (b) The trustees of a county memorial hospital may obtain financing for its operations by entering into agreements for lines of credit with any financial institution as defined in W.S. 13-1-101(a)(ix). The line of credit may either be unsecured, or secured by a pledge of revenues anticipated to be received during the current fiscal year. (c) In addition to the authority of the county commissioners to issue certificates of indebtedness to meet the obligations of county memorial hospitals under W.S. 18-4-104, with the permission of the board of county commissioners, the trustees of a county memorial hospital may issue tax and revenue anticipation notes in amounts not to exceed eighty percent (80%) of the total amount of taxes levied for operation of the hospital for the fiscal year during which the notes are issued when the board determines that insufficient funds are available to meet the obligations of the hospital during any fiscal year. A county memorial hospital shall not enter into agreements or issue instruments of the type allowed by this section for any fiscal year until all debts financed by such agreements or instruments for any prior fiscal year have been paid in full. Tax and revenue anticipation notes issued under this subsection are subject to the procedural requirements of W.S. 9-4-1103 through 9-4-1105 for state tax and revenue anticipation notes, except: (i) The authority of the state treasurer referenced in W.S. 9-4-1103 through 9-4-1105 shall be exercised by the board issuing the notes; and (ii) Investments of the proceeds of the notes by the trustees are limited to those investments authorized under W.S. 9-4-831 and 18-8-104(d). 18-8-301. Additional powers; requirements and conditions; approval by governing body. (a) Subject to the requirements of this section, any county memorial hospital, special hospital district established under W.S. 35-2-401 through 35-2-438, rural health care district established under W.S. 35-2-701 through 35-2-709 and senior health care district established under W.S. 35-2-1201 through 35-2-1203 may, either within the county of its establishment or without, within this state or without: (i) Engage in shared services and other cooperative ventures; (ii) Enter into partnerships; (iii) Either alone or in conjunction with any other entity, form or be an interest owner of corporations, partnership, limited partnership, cooperative, registered limited liability partnership, nonprofit association limited liability partnerships, limited liability companies and any other trust or association organized under the laws of this state; and (iv) Have members of its governing body or its officers or administrators serve as directors, officers or employees of any venture, association, partnership, corporation or entity entered into or formed pursuant to this subsection. (v) Repealed by Laws 2003, Ch. 22, § 2. (b) No county memorial hospital, special hospital district or rural health care district shall invest or otherwise use any revenues generated from taxes to engage in any activity authorized under subsection (a) of this section. All monies invested or otherwise used in any activity specified under subsection (a) of this section are subject to the requirements of W.S. 16-4-101 through 16-4-124. (c) The authority granted under subsection (a) of this section shall only be exercised: (i) For the delivery of health care services, provided that an entity primarily organized and operated to sell services to health care providers may also sell such services for nonhealth care purposes; and (ii) With the approval and consent of: (A) The board of county commissioners if a county memorial hospital; (B) The district board of trustees if a special hospital district; (C) The board of trustees if a rural health care district; and (D) The board of trustees if a senior health care district. (d) No county memorial hospital, special hospital district, rural health care district or senior health care district shall exercise any authority granted by subsection (a) of this section in any Wyoming municipality in which a hospital currently exists unless and until that hospital has been given an opportunity to participate with the undertaking hospital, special hospital district, rural health care district or senior health care district. This subsection shall not apply to any entity which is organized for the purpose of selling administrative services to health care providers.
Propose a changeproperty, appoint board of trustees; purposes and uses; authority to levy taxes, issue bonds or incur indebtedness; county fair fund. (a) Each board of county commissioners may: (i) Acquire lands and other property for fairgrounds, airports, parks and pleasure grounds; (ii) Construct, maintain and operate a public auditorium, athletic fields, civic center or other community building, which may be designated as a memorial to the war veterans of the United States of America; (iii) Appoint a board of trustees to control, maintain and manage the fairgrounds, airports, parks and pleasure grounds and to conduct agricultural, industrial and other fairs and exhibitions; (iv) Levy taxes, issue bonds or incur indebtedness as then authorized by law for other county purposes. The taxes shall be levied and collected as are other county taxes and the taxes collected, together with other monies received shall be expended as authorized under this section. Monies in the fund shall be expended only by the board of trustees; (v) Dissolve any board of trustees appointed under this subsection in accordance with W.S. 18-3-525; (vi) Perform such other acts necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
Propose a change(a) The board of trustees provided by W.S. 18-9-101(a)(iii) shall be composed of not less than five (5) nor more than nine (9) competent citizens of the county appointed by the board of county commissioners. Trustees shall serve five (5) year terms which shall be staggered. The board of county commissioners shall annually appoint a successor to the trustee whose term expires. The term of each succeeding trustee shall commence on the first Monday in January next following the date of his appointment. A trustee may be appointed for successive terms. (b) As soon as the original board has been appointed they shall organize by electing a chairman, secretary and treasurer of the board. As soon as they organize they shall file without fee a certificate showing their organization with the county clerk and the secretary of state. Upon filing the certificate the board of trustees is a body corporate, empowered to sue and be sued under the name of "Board of Trustees of .... County". (c) No member of the board of trustees shall be personally liable for any action or procedure of the board. The board has perpetual existence and it is not necessary to file any certificate other than that filed upon the original organization. (d) Each year when a new member of the board is appointed the trustees shall meet and again organize by electing a chairman, secretary and treasurer. Each member of the board shall serve without compensation and the board treasurer shall give bond in such amount and such securities as approved by the county commissioners conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties and the accounting for all board monies. The board may pay the secretary such compensation as proper for secretarial, accounting and other services required of him apart from his duties as a member of the board. (e) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 201, § 2. (f) If a county is without title to sufficient land it may acquire such lands as deemed necessary by gift, purchase or condemnation under the right of eminent domain. (g) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 201, § 2. (h) The county commissioners may remove any member of the board of trustees for cause without a public hearing unless the trustee requests that the action be taken during a public hearing. Vacancies on the board of trustees shall be filled by the county commissioners for the balance of the unexpired term created by the vacancy.
Propose a changeEach board of county commissioners may establish a sinking fund of a certain amount to be raised within a certain number of years for erecting or constructing improvements, equipping improvements already erected on a county fairgrounds or for purchasing land for a county fair. The fund is to be created and added to from taxation or from unexpended monies in the county.
Propose a change(a) Each board of county commissioners may establish a county fair endowment fund. (b) The county fair endowment fund may accept grants, gifts, transfers, bequests and donations including those that are limited in their purposes by the grantor. (c) The county treasurer shall invest funds received under this section as permitted by law and the interest accruing from the investment shall be retained in the fund. (d) Endowment funds may be expended by the board of county commissioners or, if authorized by the board of county commissioners, the county fairgrounds board of trustees for purposes of erecting or constructing improvements, equipping improvements already erected on a county fairgrounds, purchasing land for county fairgrounds or operating county fairs.
Propose a changerecreation; authority to establish and maintain; joint action by political subdivision; tax levies; removal. (a) The governing body of any city, town, county or school district either independently or jointly through any combination thereof, may establish a system of public recreation as provided by W.S. 18-9-101(a)(i) through (iii) and, if it does so, shall appoint a board of trustees to control, maintain and supervise the properties. In administering properties under this section, the board may: (i) Adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the governance and the preservation of property within the area. All rules and regulations adopted shall be promulgated as provided by the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act and shall be available for inspection in the office of the board of county commissioners. Any person violating any rule or regulation adopted under this paragraph is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days, or both; (ii) Acquire, equip and maintain land, buildings or other recreational facilities; (iii) Employ trained supervisors and directors of recreation; (iv) Accept gifts, bequests and federal aids-in-grant for the benefit of the recreational service; (v) Allocate money and expend funds allocated for recreational purposes. (b) The board of county commissioners may levy and expend funds for recreational purposes. Any levy imposed by a school district for recreational facilities and systems of public recreation shall not exceed one (1) mill on the assessed valuation of a school district. A levy for recreational facilities and systems of public recreation imposed by a school district is in addition to the tax limitations stated in W.S. 21-13-102. (c) The governing body which appointed the member of the board of trustees may remove that member of the board of trustees for cause without a public hearing unless the trustee requests that the action be taken during a public hearing. Vacancies on the board of trustees shall be filled by the governing body for the balance of the unexpired term created by the vacancy.
Propose a change(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 system is established jointly, the membership shall be not fewer than five (5) members appointed in accordance with the joint agreement and each participating governing body shall have at least one (1) member on the board. Any board appointed under this article is a body corporate. Liability of board members shall be governed by W.S. 1-23-107. (b) The recreation board shall manage, operate and regulate the recreational systems and may take any steps necessary to insure the safe, economical and enjoyable operation of the system. (c) The recreation board may accept and use any gift, donation, bequest, devise or contribution of money or property. Any monies accruing from a tax levy or appropriation made by the governing bodies involved in the recreational system shall be credited to the board and may be expended by them for the maintenance, improvement, development, operation, management and conduct of the system, and the erection and repair of the physical properties under its control. All payments made shall be with the approval of the board and upon the signature of the treasurer. (d) The recreation board shall elect from among its members a president, secretary and a treasurer. The members of the board shall serve without compensation except the board may allow reasonable compensation to the secretary for secretarial or other services required of him. The treasurer shall give bond in such amount and with securities approved by the governing bodies involved, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties and the full accounting of monies received by him.
Propose a changeEach board of county commissioners may purchase, construct or acquire by donation or otherwise archaeological, geological and historical museums and collections of exhibits and articles to be included in or added to the museums and collections.
Propose a changeEach 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 construction, maintenance and support of the museum or collection of exhibits. The levy shall be made at the same time as other county and school levies are made. The proceeds from the collection of the levy shall be placed in a special fund by the county treasurer and used solely for the purpose for which the levy was made.
Propose a changequalifications 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 museum or collection composed of five (5) electors of the county. The initial board of trustees shall be appointed as follows: one (1) member for a one (1) year term, two (2) for a two (2) year term and two (2) for a three (3) year term, with each term commencing on July 1 of the year of appointment. Thereafter the terms shall be three (3) years. Vacancies shall be filled for unexpired terms. (b) The county commissioners may remove any member of the board of trustees for cause without a public hearing unless the trustee requests that the action be taken during a public hearing. Vacancies on the board of trustees shall be filled by the county commissioners for the balance of the unexpired term created by the vacancy.
Propose a change(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 rules and regulations as necessary for the preservation, maintenance, operation and display of the museum or collection of exhibits; (iv) Consult with the department of state parks and cultural resources on matters relating to the management and operation of the county museum and enter into agreements with the department of state parks and cultural resources for the purpose of lending or borrowing materials and improving the management and operation of the county museum; (v) Annually not later than June 1, file with the board of county commissioners a report detailing all gifts and donations made to the museum or collection and the receipts and expenditures during the preceding fiscal year, together with estimated requirements for expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year.
Propose a changeThe board of county commissioners may provide funds for the preservation of historical artifacts and landmarks when the same are threatened with removal or destruction.
Propose a change(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 established under the procedures for petitioning, hearing and election of special districts as set forth in the Special District elections Act of 1994.
Propose a changeRepealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.
Propose a change(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 will be entered in their records. (b) The district may: (i) Hold property and be a party to contracts; (ii) Sue and be sued; (iii) Through its governing board acquire property for museum purposes by gift, devise, bequest or purchase or contract for the acquisition by purchase or lease of real and personal property; (iv) Convey, lease and otherwise dispose of property for museum purposes; (v) Establish sinking funds for museum purposes; (vi) Issue bonds for the purchase of real property, improvements and equipment as provided by W.S. 18-10-214; (vii) Make rules and regulations as necessary for the proper operation of the district, which shall be filed with the county clerk for each county in which the district is located.
Propose a changeAn 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 trustees elected shall govern the district affairs and serve without compensation. At the first subsequent director election three (3) members shall be elected to serve until the next subsequent director district election and three (3) members elected to serve until the second subsequent director district election and until their successors are elected and qualified.
Propose a changeTrustees shall hold office for four (4) years and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
Propose a changeRepealed by Laws 1994, ch. 99, § 3.
Propose a changeRepealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.
Propose a changeRepealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.
Propose a changeRepealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.
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