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18-12-125. 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.

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18-12-126. 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 either public or private sale. (b) After the voters of the district have approved issuance of the bonds, the board may prepare bond brochures to assist in the sale of the bonds. The board shall pay the expenses of preparing the bond brochures from the funds of the district or from the proceeds of the bond issue.

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18-12-127. 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 the county treasury. The proceeds deposited shall be drawn out as other district monies are drawn. The bond proceeds withdrawn shall not be applied to any purposes other than those for which the bonds were issued. Any premiums or accrued interest received from the sale of the bonds shall be deposited in the interest and sinking fund of the district. The expenses incurred for the preparation, sale and delivery of the bonds, including legal fees of independent bond counsel retained by the district are legal charges against the fund of the district and may be paid from the proceeds of the sale of the bonds.

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18-12-128. 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.

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18-12-129. 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 manually affixed. Other signatures or counter signatures may be printed or mechanically reproduced. It is not necessary for any bond to bear the seal of the district.

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18-12-130. 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 manner as the board may determine.

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18-12-131. 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 the resolution shall contain the price at which the bond shall be redeemed.

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18-12-132. 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.

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18-12-133. Requirement of indemnity bond.

The board shall require the county treasurer in whose custody the proceeds of the sale of bonds are placed to be bonded under a suitable bond indemnifying the district against loss.

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18-12-134. Duty to levy tax for interest and redemption of outstanding bonds.

The commissioners shall annually levy a tax for that year upon the property of the district for the interest and principal falling due on all outstanding bonds of the district. The levy shall be made at the same time as the levy of taxes for county purposes. The tax shall be sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds as it becomes due and to provide a sinking fund for the payment of the principal on or before maturity and may include an allowance for an annual reserve established to adjust for fluctuating tax levies.

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18-12-135. Disposition of proceeds of taxes collected.

All taxes levied and collected pursuant to the foregoing provision shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the interest and sinking fund of the district and shall be used for the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds and for no other purpose.

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18-12-136. Manner of payment of interest and principal of bonds.

The principal and interest on the bonds shall be paid in due course by the county treasurer of the county at the time and place required by the bonds.

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18-12-137. Bonds eligible as investments.

The bonds issued under this act are eligible as legal investments for both public and private funds.

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18-12-138. Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.

Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.

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18-12-139. Rules and regulations; enforcement.

The board may adopt reasonable rules and regulations not inconsistent with law for the government and control of the district organization and to facilitate the collection of assessments or charges. All rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section shall be promulgated in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act and filed with the county clerk for each county in which the district is located.

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18-12-140. Power to create local improvement districts vested in board.

In addition to all other powers provided in this chapter, the power to create local improvement districts in any district organized pursuant to this chapter, to assess the cost of the construction of public improvements of a local and municipal character or any part thereof against benefited property therein and to issue special assessment bonds, is vested in the board, and in exercising the powers granted in this section, the board need not follow the procedures listed elsewhere in this chapter but the local improvement districts shall be created, local improvements acquired, special assessments levied and collected, and special assessment bonds issued as provided in W.S. 15-6-101 through 15-6-448, except the board may act by resolution whenever W.S. 15-6-101 through 15-6-448 specify action by ordinance.

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18-12-141. New improvements, facilities or services; voter approval.

A district shall not acquire any new improvement or facility or provide any new service that was not originally described in the petition for formation of the district unless the new improvement, facility or service is authorized by this act, approved by the board of county commissioners of the county in which the district is situated and approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the district. Upon approval of the board of county commissioners and by resolution of its board, a district may submit to its qualified voters, by mail ballot election pursuant to W.S. 22-29-116 or concurrently with any other district election, the proposition of acquiring any new improvement or facility or providing any new service authorized under this act.

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18-13-101. Day care centers; funding or operation authorized.

(a) As used in this section "day care center" means a facility established to provide care for children from families with special needs during normal working hours of the day to enable the parent or parents to pursue employment. (b) A board of county commissioners may establish a fund to promote, establish and maintain day care centers. The money may only be expended upon resolution for the establishment, promotion, maintenance and development of day care centers and may be paid to corporations or associations engaged in operating day care centers. A board of county commissioners may also be the governing authority of a day care center and appoint and supervise a board of directors to operate a day care center.

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18-14-101. Establishment; appointment; terms; officers;

meetings; compensation; establishment under joint powers agreement. (a) A regional transportation authority may be established by resolution of any board of county commissioners or by joint powers agreement entered into by any two (2) or more boards of county commissioners and governing bodies of municipalities. (b) A regional transportation authority established by resolution of any board of county commissioners shall be comprised of not less than five (5) nor more than nine (9) residents of the county appointed by the board. Appointees shall serve a term of three (3) years and may be appointed for one (1) additional term. Terms of office shall be staggered. The board of county commissioners shall appoint a county resident to fill the unexpired term of any vacancy occurring on the authority. The authority shall elect from its membership a chairman, secretary and a treasurer and shall meet at least once every three (3) months at the call of the chairman or upon the request of a majority of the membership. Members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for necessary travel and per diem expenses in the manner and amount provided state employees. (c) A regional transportation authority created under a joint powers agreement between two (2) or more boards of county commissioners and governing bodies of municipalities shall be established as a joint powers board in accordance with W.S. 16-1-106.

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18-14-102. Powers and duties.

(a) A regional transportation authority established under W.S. 18-14-101 shall promote and develop regional air and ground transportation for residents under jurisdiction of the authority. In promoting and developing regional transportation, the authority may: (i) Conduct studies to plan for the development of regional transportation centers providing air transportation and served by sufficient ground transportation to enable use of air services by residents within the jurisdiction of the authority; (ii) Conduct studies to plan for the development of intracity transportation services; (iii) Enter into contract with private air and ground transportation carriers for provision of transportation services; (iv) Negotiate air and ground transportation fares under any contract entered into pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) of this section; (v) Receive grants and loans from state or federal agencies and from private sources for purposes of developing transportation within the region; (vi) Enter into agreement with any other regional transportation authority; (vii) Employ technical, legal and administrative assistance and engage the services of research and consulting services as necessary to carry out duties prescribed by this section.

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18-14-103. Taxation; limitation; submission to voters; disposition of revenue.

(a) Upon adoption of any resolution by a regional transportation authority for any county or of any resolution by the board of county commissioners for each participating county and of any ordinance by the governing body of a municipality participating in a joint powers agreement pursuant to W.S. 18-14-101 and in accordance with an agreement on the contribution of funds by each participating county and municipality, the appropriate board of county commissioners shall submit to the qualified electors of the county or municipality, as appropriate, the question of whether the board shall annually levy not to exceed one-half (1/2) mill on the dollar of assessed valuation of the county or municipality. Revenues collected under the levy authorized by this subsection shall be used solely for planning, developing and providing regional transportation in the manner specified under W.S. 18-14-102. The question may be submitted by the county clerk at an election called, 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, as specified by the board of county commissioners upon request of the regional transportation authority. (b) If the proposition is approved, the levy shall expire four (4) years from the date of initial imposition and the same proposition shall be submitted at the general election held four (4) years from the date the proposition is approved and until the proposition is defeated. If the proposition to impose or continue the levy is defeated, it shall not again be submitted to the electors for at least twenty-three (23) months. (c) If approved by the qualified electors, the board of county commissioners shall certify the levy authorized under subsection (a) of this section and the levy shall be imposed upon the taxable property of the county or municipality. Revenues collected under this levy shall be deposited by the county treasurer into an account certified by the board and used solely for the purpose for which the levy was imposed.

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18-15-101. Definition.

As used in this chapter "district" or "special district" means a senior citizen service district organized under this chapter.

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18-15-102. Formation of district; mill levy.

(a) A senior citizen service district, with boundaries of any area within county boundaries, may be formed in any county as provided by this chapter. (b) Any board of county commissioners shall submit the question of establishing a special district to the county clerk not later than the first Monday in June in even-numbered years for submission of the question of establishing the special district to the resident electors of the proposed district at the next primary election if: (i) A majority of the board of county commissioners adopt a resolution favoring establishing a district; or (ii) The board of county commissioners receives a petition for the establishment of a special district signed by qualified electors resident in the proposed district equal in number to at least fifteen percent (15%) of the voters resident in the proposed district who voted in the last general election. The county clerk shall verify the signatures before consideration by the board pursuant to this paragraph. The petition shall state: (A) The proposed name of the district; (B) A description of the territory proposed to be organized as a district, which description need not be given by metes and bounds or by legal subdivisions, but is sufficient if generally accurate; (C) A request that the board of county commissioners define the boundaries for the district. When more than one (1) petition is filed covering parts of the same territory, the board may consolidate all or any such petitions, or may exclude from any petition areas in conflict with another petition or petitions. (c) The ballot proposition for formation of a district shall appear substantially as follows: Shall the (name of district) senior citizen service district be established with a maximum levy of .... mills (not to exceed two (2) mills) to be imposed on the taxable property of the district? Yes • No • (d) If the proposition to authorize a mill levy is approved by the qualified electors of the proposed district under subsection (c) of this section, the proposition to impose a levy in the same or at a different amount not to exceed two (2) mills, shall be submitted to the resident electors within the proposed district at the first general election held four (4) years after the election authorizing the district and every four (4) years thereafter, until defeated. If the proposition to impose or continue a mill levy is defeated, the proposition shall not be submitted to the electors for a period of not less than one (1) year.

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18-15-103. When district considered established; failure to establish district.

If a majority of the electors in the proposed district voting at the election vote for the establishment of the proposed district, the board of county commissioners shall enter that fact upon its records and the district is established.

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18-15-104. District a body corporate; name; powers.

(a) Each district established under this chapter is a body corporate and shall be designated by the name of "the .... senior citizen service district." (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 district purposes by gift, devise, bequest or purchase or contract for the acquisition by purchase or lease of real and personal property and equipment; (iv) Convey, lease and otherwise dispose of property for district purposes; (v) Establish sinking funds for district purposes; (vi) Make rules and regulations as necessary for the proper operation of the district.

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18-15-105. Election of trustees; generally.

(a) The district shall be managed by a board of five (5) trustees who shall serve without compensation. (b) Members of the board shall be elected at the general election immediately following the primary election establishing the district. At the first board election, three (3) members shall be elected for two (2) year terms and two (2) members shall be elected for four (4) year terms and until their successors are elected and qualified at the regular scheduled subsequent board election. The board members shall decide by lot which members shall serve these terms. Thereafter, members shall be elected for terms of four (4) years. (c) For districts existing prior to July 1, 2017, at the first subsequent board election after the effective date of this act, three (3) members shall be elected for two (2) year terms and two (2) members shall be elected for four (4) year terms. The board members shall decide by lot which members shall serve these terms. Thereafter, members shall be elected for terms of four (4) years.

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18-15-106. Candidates to file petition; printing names of candidates on ballot; publication of names.

(a) Candidates for the office of special district trustee shall file an application in the office of the county clerk in substantially the following form: APPLICATION FOR ELECTION FOR SENIOR CITIZEN SERVE DISTRICT TRUSTEE I, the undersigned, certify that I was born on ...., (year); and that I have been a resident of the State of Wyoming since ....; that I am a registered voter of the .... senior citizen service district and I do hereby request that my name, ...., be printed on the ballot of the election to be held on the .... day of ...., (year), as a candidate for the office of .... for a term of four (4) years. I hereby declare that if I am elected, I will qualify for the office. Dated: .... .... (Signature of Candidate) .... (Residence Address) (b) Except for the election of the initial board of trustees, applications under subsection (a) of this section shall be filed not more than ninety-six (96) days and not later than seventy-four (74) days prior to the election. For the election of the initial board of trustees, applications shall be filed not later than ten (10) days after the primary election establishing the district. (c) All names filed shall be printed on a ballot and furnished to each elector at each polling place on the day of election. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a voter from writing in the name of any qualified person on the ballot. The names of all persons filing as candidates shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county not later than the Saturday preceding the election. (d) The official ballot shall contain the following information: (i) The name of the district; (ii) The number of offices to be filled, the length of term for each office and the number and names of candidates for each office for whom each voter is entitled to vote. (e) The names of candidates shall appear without party designation, one (1) name to a line. The names of candidates shall be rotated by precinct. Sufficient blank lines for write-in candidates shall be provided for each office. (f) Unless otherwise provided, a district election shall be governed by the laws regulating statewide elections and be conducted and canvassed by the same election officials, using the same poll lists and at the same times and polling places, as county elections.

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18-15-107. Vacancies on district board of trustees.

If a vacancy occurs on any district board of trustees, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment made by the board of trustees. The appointee shall hold the office until his successor is elected and qualified.

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18-15-108. Oath of trustees; bond.

(a) All trustees shall, within ten (10) days after their election, appear before a person qualified to administer oaths and take an oath for the faithful performance of their duties in accordance with law and shall transmit a written copy of the oath to the county clerk for the first election and to the secretary of the district thereafter. (b) Any district trustee authorized to handle funds, prior to entering upon the duties of his office, shall execute and file with the county clerk his bond with one (1) or more sureties to be approved by the county clerk, payable to the state of Wyoming in the penal sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), conditioned upon the faithful performance by the trustee of his official duties and the faithful accounting by him for all funds and property of the district that shall come into his possession or control during his term of office. The premium, if any, on any bond shall be paid out of the funds of the district.

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18-15-109. Selection of officers of board of trustees;

quorum; trustees not to be interested in contracts, work done or property purchased by district. (a) Annually, not later than December 1, the board of trustees shall choose from their number a president, a treasurer and a secretary of the district. (b) The board of trustees may hold regular, special or recessed meetings as the board determines. All meetings shall be in accordance with W.S. 16-4-401 through 16-4-408. (c) A majority of trustees constitutes a quorum for the transaction of board business. (d) No trustee shall be directly or indirectly interested financially in any contract, work done or property purchased by the district.

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18-15-110. Administration of finances; assessment and levy of taxes.

(a) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 62, § 3. (b) The board of county commissioners, at the time of making the levy for county purposes, shall levy a tax for that year upon the taxable property in the district for necessary expenses of the district as determined by the district board. In no case shall the tax for the district exceed in any one (1) year the amount of two (2) mills on each dollar of assessed valuation. The taxes shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as state and county taxes. The tax levy provided by this section is not part of the general county mill levy.

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18-15-111. Fund; disposition of revenue; contract requirements; expansion of the provision of services.

(a) The revenues collected under the tax levy authorized by W.S. 18-15-110 shall be remitted by the county treasurer to the district to a separate account and shall be used solely for senior citizen programs or services authorized by this subsection and for the payment of bond premiums authorized by W.S. 18-15-108(b). For purposes of this section, senior citizen programs or services are limited to the following: (i) Establishment, expansion, renovation, improvement or maintenance of facilities owned, occupied or to be occupied by senior citizen centers and operational expenses of senior citizen centers, including utilities and other recurring expenses; (ii) The continuation or the expansion of existing programs or services, or the establishment of new programs or services, provided by or through a senior citizen center including but not limited to nutrition, health, mental health, dementia services, in-home services, socialization or transportation; (iii) Participation in programs or services administered through the aging division of the Wyoming department of health, but only programs offered by the department as of January 1, 2017; (iv) Assistance to income based or income restricted housing facilities within the district that are designated for senior citizens and that are operated by the senior citizen service district or another governmental entity to provide affordable housing to senior citizens within the district. Assistance under this subsection may include maintenance costs and upgrades to address code or safety issues with the income based or income restricted housing facilities. (b) The district may provide directly or contract for the provision of senior citizen programs or services. Contracts for the provision of senior citizen programs or services shall: (i) Require the provider, if an organization or agency, to be incorporated under the laws of this state as a nonprofit corporation prior to the receipt of any funds; (ii) Specify the manner in which the funds are expended and the programs or services provided; and (iii) Require the provider of the programs or services to present an annual budget for review to determine compliance with this chapter and for approval by the district. (c) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, any senior citizen service district seeking to expand the services provided by the district using the revenues collected under the tax levy authorized by W.S. 18-15-110 on or after July 1, 2023 shall not provide the additional programs or services until the next time a ballot proposition to impose or renew a mill levy is submitted to the resident electors as required by this chapter. The question of the proposed expansion or addition of district programs and services shall be included as a ballot proposition on the ballot for imposing or renewing a mill levy. (d) Between July 1, 2023 and the date on which a district is required to renew a mill levy in accordance with this chapter, a district may designate and provide additional senior citizen service district programs or services under this chapter. The provision of additional programs or services under this subsection shall be in accordance with all of the following: (i) Before providing the additional services or programs, the district shall: (A) Determine the anticipated expenditures for the proposed additional programs or services; (B) Hold a public hearing on the proposed additional programs or services; (C) Publish a description of the proposed additional programs or services and the date, time and place of the public hearing not less than one (1) time in a newspaper of general circulation in the district and not later than thirty (30) days before the public hearing; (D) Maintain a balance of not less than four million dollars ($4,000,000.00) in the account established for the district under subsection (a) of this section at the time the additional programs or services are proposed. (ii) The additional programs or services provided under this subsection shall only use existing revenues of the district; (iii) The provision of additional programs or services shall cease if the ballot proposition for providing the additional programs or services is not adopted at the election for imposing or renewing a mill levy under this chapter.

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18-16-101. Short title.

This act shall be cited as the "Resort District Act."

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18-16-102. Definitions.

(a) As used in this act: (i) "Assessed value" means the total assessed value of real property within the district, but excludes assessed values attributable to minerals. 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 directors of a resort district; (iii) "Bonds" means bonds, warrants, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of a resort district; (iv) "Commissioners" means the board of county commissioners; (v) "District" means a resort district as organized under the terms of this act; (vi) "Elector" or "voter" means a person who is a qualified elector or a landowner in the district; (vii) "Improvement" means and includes buildings, structures and all facilities of a public nature intended for public use, including but not limited to streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, alleys and other public ways, parks, recreational facilities, water, sewage, solid waste disposal and other sanitary systems and facilities, and with respect to the foregoing, any additional facilities or improvements as relate or contribute to the full public use and enjoyment thereof; (viii) "Landowner" or "owner of land" means the person or persons holding a majority interest in the record fee title to one (1) or more parcels of real property within the district or proposed district or a person or the persons who are obligated to pay general property taxes under a contract to purchase real property and timeshare owners. As used in this paragraph, "person" includes an individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, association or any other entity holding a majority interest in the record fee title to one (1) or more parcels of real property within the district or proposed district provided the individual who signs a petition or casts a vote for a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, association or other entity presents the election official with a written authorization to sign for the corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, association or other entity or is the individual named in the written authorization previously filed with the election official, as applicable; (ix) "Qualified elector" means a natural person who: (A) Is a citizen of the United States; (B) Is a bona fide resident of the district or proposed district; (C) Will be at least eighteen (18) years of age on the day of the next election; (D) Is not currently adjudicated mentally incompetent; (E) Has not been convicted of a felony or if convicted has had his civil rights or voting rights restored; (F) Is registered to vote; and (G) Has been a bona fide resident of Wyoming for not less than thirty (30) days before the date of the next election. (x) "Resident" or "residence" means as defined in the Wyoming election code; (xi) "Resort area" means an area that: (A) Is an unincorporated area and is a defined contiguous geographic boundary within one (1) county; (B) Has a permanent population of less than five hundred (500) people; (C) Derives the major portion of its economic well being from businesses catering to the recreational and personal needs of persons traveling to or through the area; and (D) Does not include real property used for manufacturing, milling, converting, producing, processing or fabricating materials, generating electricity or the extraction or processing of minerals. (xii) "Service" means the operation and maintenance of improvements and any other service authorized by this act; (xiii) "Timeshare owner" means a person owning a fractionalized interest in an individual condominium unit as defined in W.S. 34-20-104(a)(iii) in a multi-unit property; (xiv) "Written authorization" means an affidavit filed by the landowner with the election official conducting the election setting forth a general legal description of the property owned, the street or common name address for the property, the name or names of all owners of the property described, and a statement that the person signing the written authorization is the only person having authority to act on behalf of the owner or owners of the property; (xv) "This act" means W.S. 18-16-101 through 18-16-119.

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18-16-103. Districts authorized; general function.

(a) Any resort area in this state may be formed into a resort district to perform any of the following functions: (i) Acquire, construct, operate and maintain improvements of local necessity and convenience; (ii) Obtain improvements or services hereunder by contracting for the same with any city, town, county or other entity; (iii) Furnish or perform any special local service which enhances the use or enjoyment of the resort area. (b) A district is a separate entity and a political subdivision of the state. A district shall be subject to and covered by the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act. (c) A district shall not include any parcel of agricultural property. For purposes of this section, "agricultural property" means any parcel of real property greater than ten (10) acres, which was assessed as agricultural land under W.S. 39-13-103(b)(x) in the two (2) calendar years before filing of the petition for formation of a resort district, and which at the time of filing of the petition, is being used and employed for the primary purpose of obtaining a monetary profit as agricultural or horticultural use or any combination thereof.

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18-16-104. Jurisdiction.

Unless in conflict with a provision of this act, the Special District Elections Act of 1994 shall govern resort districts.

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18-16-105. Petition for formation; number of signatures required; filing fee.

A petition to form a district shall be in accordance with the provisions of W.S. 22-29-105. W.S. 22-29-109(e) shall not apply to proceedings for the formation of a resort district. The petition shall be accompanied by a filing fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00).

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18-16-106. Formation election; procedures.

(a) In a formation election: (i) Each landowner within the proposed district who is not a timeshare owner, shall have one (1) vote irrespective of the number of parcels of real property owned by that landowner, which shall be cast by the individual named in the written authorization, if applicable; (ii) Each qualified elector shall have one (1) vote; and (iii) Timeshare owners shall have one (1) collective vote for the condominium unit. The one (1) collective vote shall be determined in accordance with the association's bylaws or other governing document or agreement. The vote shall be cast by the person named in a written authorization filed with the election official conducting the election. (b) The formation of the district is approved if a majority of the total votes cast on the proposition vote for formation. (c) The formation election shall be conducted pursuant to procedures set forth in W.S. 18-16-119.

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18-16-107. 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) Purchase insurance; (iv) Enter into contracts for the purpose of providing any authorized improvements and the maintenance and operation thereof, or otherwise to carry out the purposes of the district; (v) Accept from any public or private source grants, loans, contributions and any other benefits available for use in the furtherance of its purposes; (vi) Borrow money and incur indebtedness and other obligations and evidence the same by certificates, notes or debentures, and issue bonds; (vii) Require any person or entity desiring to conduct business within the district to obtain a business license from the board before conducting business within the district; (viii) Charge interest and levy fines and penalties on unpaid assessments; (ix) Create and enforce liens for unpaid assessments; (x) Adopt bylaws not inconsistent with law; (xi) Establish and collect charges for water, sanitation and related services and the use of improvements or services provided by the district, including authority to change the amount or rate thereof, and to pledge the revenues therefrom for the payment of district indebtedness; (xii) Acquire and own or lease real or personal property, including easements and rights-of-way, within or without the district for district purposes; (xiii) Supply the inhabitants of the district with water for domestic and any other lawful use; (xiv) Provide for the collection, treatment or disposal of sewage, waste and storm water of the district and its inhabitants; (xv) Provide for the collection and disposal of garbage or refuse matter; (xvi) Provide all services necessary to protect the health and welfare of residents in the district and the value of property therein and to enter into agreements with any public or private agency, institution or person for the furnishing of such services; (xvii) Provide for public recreation by means of parks, including but not limited to playgrounds, golf courses, swimming pools or recreation buildings; (xviii) Provide for street lighting; (xix) Provide for the opening, widening, extending, straightening and surfacing in whole or in part of any street and snow removal or clearance for the same or other roads or streets; (xx) Provide for the construction and improvement of bridges, culverts, curbs, gutters, drains and works incidental to any street improvement; (xxi) Provide for the development and marketing of the district; (xxii) Impose an optional sales and use tax pursuant to W.S. 39-15-203; (xxiii) With the approval of the board of county commissioners, establish and collect charges for the use of any improvement to cover the cost of operating and maintaining the improvement. Following approval of the county commissioners and upon application by a district, an assessment roll shall be created by the county assessor's office to facilitate the collection of the improvement operation and maintenance charges, whether or not the assessor has created an assessment roll for the collection of indebtedness; (xxiv) Do any and all other things necessary to carry out the purposes of this act. (b) Annually, thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the district's fiscal year, the board of directors shall submit to the board of county commissioners for its review the district's annual proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year and the district's plan for expenditure priorities.

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18-16-108. District board of directors.

The district shall be managed and controlled by a board of directors consisting of three (3) members. The initial board shall consist of three (3) members elected at the organizational election as provided in W.S. 18-16-106. One (1) shall serve for three (3) years, one (1) for four (4) years and one (1) for five (5) years after formation of the district and until their successors are elected and qualified at the regular scheduled subsequent director election as provided in W.S. 22-29-112(a). The subsequent directors shall be elected pursuant to W.S. 18-16-119. Each year, commencing with the third anniversary of the first director election an election shall be held to elect a director to fill the vacancy resulting from expiration of the term of the director whose term expires at that time. A vacancy occurring on the board during the term of an original director or his successor shall be filled as provided in the Special District Elections Act of 1994. The initial board of directors shall determine the qualifications of directors and adopt bylaws listing such qualifications. Directors need not be residents of the district or landowners.

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