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18-10-210. Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.

Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.

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18-10-211. Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.

Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.

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18-10-212. Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.

Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.

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18-10-213. 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 the same time they levy for county purposes shall levy a tax not exceeding one (1) mill upon the taxable property in the district in its county for its proportionate share based on the assessed valuation and the estimated amount of funds needed by each district. 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 shall not be construed as being a part of the general county mill levy.

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18-10-214. 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 of the taxable property in the district, bearing interest at a certain rate, payable and redeemable at a certain time not exceeding twenty-five (25) years, for constructing or acquiring property for museum purposes.

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18-10-215. 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.

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18-10-216. 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 general circulation in Cheyenne, Wyoming of its intention to issue and negotiate such bonds and to invite bidders therefor. In no case shall the bonds be sold for less than their full or par value and the accrued interest thereon at the time of their delivery. The trustees may reject any bids or sell the bonds at private sale if they deem it for the best interest of the district.

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18-10-217. 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 must bear the signature of the president of the board of trustees and be countersigned by the county treasurer of the county in which the funds of the district are kept, and the coupons attached to the bonds must be signed by the president, secretary and county treasurer. The secretary of the board shall endorse and sign in his official capacity a certificate upon every bond that it is within the lawful debt limit of the district and is issued according to law. When so executed the bonds shall be registered by the county treasurer where the funds of the district are kept in a book provided for that purpose, which must show the number and amount of each bond and the person to whom it is issued.

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18-10-218. 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) The county treasurer where the funds of the district are kept may pay out of the district tax fund the interest and principal due upon any bonds upon presentation at his office of the proper coupon or bond which must show the amount due and each coupon must also show the number of the bond to which it belonged. All bonds and coupons so paid must be reported to the district trustees at their first regular meeting thereafter.

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18-10-219. 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 through 18-10-218. Any archaeological, geological or historical museum, by a majority vote of the board of trustees may submit to the qualified electors of the county, or any portion thereof, in which the museum is located the question of organizing a special museum district under the provisions of and in accordance with the procedures specified in W.S. 18-10-201 through 18-10-219.

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18-11-101. 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 any portion of two (2) or more counties in accordance with W.S. 18-11-106. Areas may be added to or subtracted from an existing district in the same manner. (b) Not less than sixty (60) days before any resolution pursuant to this section is signed, the board of county commissioners shall submit the proposed boundaries of the district to the county assessor and the department of revenue for review for any conflict, overlap, gap or other boundary issue. The assessor and the department may make written comments thereon to the county commissioners. (c) The board of county commissioners may dissolve a solid waste disposal district established under subsection (a) of this section in accordance with W.S. 18-3-525. For solid waste disposal districts consolidated under W.S. 18-11-106 that consist of two (2) or more counties, each board of county commissioners in the counties where the consolidated solid waste disposal district is located shall complete the steps required in W.S. 18-3-525 before the solid waste disposal district may be dissolved under this subsection.

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18-11-102. 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 board of the district. Appointees shall serve a term of three (3) years and may be reappointed. Terms of office shall be staggered. The governing board may exercise all powers granted to cities and towns by W.S. 15-1-103(a)(xxi) and (xl) and shall adopt rules and regulations in managing the disposal of solid wastes within the district. Violation of a rule or regulation of the governing board requiring disposal of solid wastes in designated sites constitutes a misdemeanor punishable upon conviction by a fine not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) or imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months or both. A governing board may also enforce its rules and regulations by appropriate legal proceedings and expend and generate revenue relative to the purpose of a solid waste disposal district. The governing board may permit persons or entities not included within the district to utilize the facilities of the district. The governing board may impose fees upon persons or entities included within or outside of the district for the privilege of utilizing the facilities of the district at rates established by the governing board and any revenue generated in this manner shall only be used to operate the district. (b) The county commissioners may remove any member of the governing board for cause without a public hearing unless the member requests that the action be taken during a public hearing. Vacancies on the governing board shall be filled by the county commissioners for the balance of the unexpired term created by the vacancy.

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18-11-103. 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 district. The question shall be submitted by the county clerk as ordered by the board of county commissioners 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. (b) The board of county commissioners at the time of making the levy for county purposes shall levy a tax upon the taxable property within a solid waste disposal district to be used solely to operate the district. These monies shall be placed in an account certified by the solid waste disposal district governing board if the mill levy authorization has been approved pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

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18-11-104. 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.

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18-11-105. 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.

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18-11-106. 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 solid waste disposal districts: (i) Consolidation of solid waste disposal districts may be initiated: (A) In accordance with W.S. 22-29-304(a); or (B) By resolution of the board of county commissioners in the county or counties where the districts are located, provided that each solid waste disposal board involved in the proposed consolidation first approve the consolidation and no election shall be required to consolidate solid waste disposal districts located in the same county upon entry of a resolution by the board of county commissioners. (ii) Any consolidation under this section shall not enlarge or otherwise alter the existing boundaries of the solid waste disposal districts to be consolidated under this section; (iii) Solid waste disposal districts located in different counties may be consolidated, provided that: (A) Each solid waste disposal board involved in the proposed consolidation shall first approve the consolidation before the consolidation is submitted to each board of county commissioners. Each board of county commissioners in the counties where the solid waste disposal districts are located first approve the proposed consolidation before the consolidation is submitted to the voters of each county for approval; (B) The number of directors of the consolidated district shall not exceed nine (9) residents of the district. Directors shall be appointed in accordance with W.S. 18-11-102(a). The number of directors appointed from each county shall be in the proportion that the population of the district's residents from each county bears to the total population of the consolidated district. (iv) No taxes in excess of the limit specified in W.S. 18-11-103(a) shall be levied in the consolidated solid waste disposal district. (b) Unless in conflict with a provision of this section, the provisions of the Special District Elections Act of 1994 providing for the consolidation of special districts shall apply to the consolidation of solid waste disposal districts under this section.

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18-12-101. Title; purpose; application and construction.

This act may be cited as the "Improvement and Service District Act".

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18-12-102. 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 directors of an improvement and service district; (iii) "Bonds" means bonds, warrants, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of an improvement and service district; (iv) "Charges" means fees, tolls, rates and rentals; (v) "Commissioners" means the board of county commissioners; (vi) "District" means an improvement and service district as organized under the terms of this act; (vii) "Elector" or "voter" means a person who is a qualified elector or an owner of land in the district, including any corporation, partnership or association owning land in the district provided the individual who casts the vote for a corporation, partnership or association presents the election judge with a written authorization to vote for the corporation, partnership or association. No person is a qualified elector who is under eighteen (18) years of age, a mentally incompetent person, or who has been convicted of a felony and his civil or voting rights have not been restored. In applying provisions of the Special District Elections Act of 1994 to this act, the terms "elector" or "voter" shall include qualified electors and landowners; (viii) "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, such additional facilities or improvements as relate or contribute to the full public use and enjoyment thereof; (ix) "Service" means: (A) The operation and maintenance of improvements and any other service authorized by this act; or (B) The provision of emergency medical services. (x) "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 or a person or the persons who are obligated to pay general property taxes under a contract to purchase real property; (xi) "This act" means W.S. 18-12-101 through 18-12-141; (xii) "Written authorization" means an affidavit filed 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.

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18-12-103. 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; (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 any improvement or facility or enhances the provision of emergency medical services. (b) A district is a separate entity and a political subdivision of the state. (c) Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 157, § 4.

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18-12-104. 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.

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18-12-105. 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 commenced by filing a petition addressed to the commissioners of the county in which the land proposed to be included in the district is situated. The petition shall be accompanied by a filing fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00). (b) After July 1, 2023, as an alternative to forming a district under subsection (a) of this section, a district to provide emergency medical services under W.S. 18-12-112(a)(xxii) may be established by resolution of the board of county commissioners. A resolution under this subsection shall establish one (1) or more districts to provide emergency medical services composed of any portion of the county. Areas may be added to or subtracted from an existing district by resolution of the board of county commissioners. Not less than sixty (60) days before any resolution pursuant to this subsection is signed, the board of county commissioners shall hold a public hearing and publish the proposed resolution, including the date and time of the public hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county and on the county's website. The board of county commissioners shall submit the proposed boundaries of the district to the county assessor and the department of revenue for review for any conflict, overlap, gap or other boundary issue. The assessor and the department may make written comments thereon to the county commissioners before the public hearing. The board of county commissioners may dissolve a district established under this subsection in accordance with W.S. 18-3-525.

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18-12-106. 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 more of the assessed value of all of the land within the proposed district.

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18-12-107. Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.

Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.

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18-12-108. Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.

Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.

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18-12-109. Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.

Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.

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18-12-110. Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.

Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.

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18-12-111. Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.

Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.

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18-12-112. 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 otherwise to carry out the purposes of the district; (iv) Accept from any public or private source grants, preferred loans, contributions and any other benefits available for use in the furtherance of its purposes; (v) Borrow money and incur indebtedness and other obligations and evidence the same by certificates, notes or debentures, and issue bonds; (vi) Assess the costs of improvements within the district against the property specially benefited upon a frontage, zone, or other equitable basis, in accordance with benefits; (vii) Adopt bylaws not inconsistent with law; (viii) 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; (ix) Acquire and own or lease real or personal property, including easements and rights-of-way, within or without the district for district purposes; (x) Contract with other districts for common use of improvements and services for the benefit of the inhabitants of all contracting districts; (xi) Supply the inhabitants of the district with water for domestic and any other lawful use; (xii) Provide for the collection, treatment or disposal of sewage, waste and storm water of the district and its inhabitants; (xiii) Provide for the collection and disposal of garbage or refuse matter; (xiv) 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; (xv) Provide for public recreation by means of parks, including but not limited to playgrounds, golf courses, swimming pools or recreation buildings; (xvi) Provide for street lighting; (xvii) Provide for the opening, widening, extending, straightening and surfacing in whole or part of any street and maintenance, reconstruction, snow removal and clearance for the same or other roads or streets; (xviii) Provide for the construction, maintenance, reconstruction and improvement of bridges, culverts, curbs, gutters, drains and works incidental to any street improvement; (xix) Provide subdivision control; (xx) Do any and all other things necessary to carry out the purposes hereof; (xxi) 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; (xxii) Provide emergency medical services, enter into agreements with any public or private agency, institution or person for the furnishing of emergency medical services and establish and collect charges for emergency medical services, including authority to change the amount or rate thereof, and to pledge the revenues therefrom for the payment of district indebtedness.

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18-12-113. 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 consisting of three (3) or five (5) members. The initial board shall consist of three (3) or five (5) members elected at the organizational election. A simple majority of members shall serve an initial term of two (2) years and the remaining members shall serve an initial term of four (4) 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. Thereafter, members shall be elected for terms of four (4) years. 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. (b) Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 157, § 4. (c) Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 157, § 4. (d) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section and except as provided by subsection (e) of this section, any district may increase or decrease the membership of its board from three (3) to five (5) members if a proposition for the modification is submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the district and a majority of those casting their ballots vote in favor of the increase or decrease. Additional offices created under this subsection shall be filled as provided in W.S. 22-29-112(a). At the election, not more than one (1) member shall be elected for a term of two (2) years, and the election ballots shall so state. Each term shall otherwise be four (4) years. A vote to decrease membership shall be in the election preceding the election of three (3) members. (e) After July 1, 2023, if a district to provide emergency medical services is established under W.S. 18-12-105(b), the board of county commissioners shall appoint not less than three (3) nor more than nine (9) residents of the district to constitute the board of directors of the district. Appointees shall serve a term of three (3) years and may be reappointed. Terms of office shall be staggered. (f) The board of directors for an emergency medical services district shall attempt to collect for emergency medical services rendered when patients are covered by a private health insurance plan, Medicare, Medicaid or any other plan that provides coverage for emergency medical services. (g) The board of directors for an emergency medical services district shall report to the board of county commissioners on a quarterly basis regarding the total number of patients served by the emergency medical services district and the total number of patients who were covered by a private health insurance plan, Medicare, Medicaid or any other plan that provides coverage for emergency medical services.

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18-12-114. 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, regulations and procedures for the district whether or not included in its bylaws, including those to govern the use and enjoyment of public improvements, facilities and services of the district.

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18-12-115. 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, zone or other equitable basis, in accordance with benefits.

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18-12-116. 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 improved; (iii) The probable cost per unit of measurement as shown by estimates of a qualified engineer; (iv) The time in which the cost will be payable; and (v) The time when a resolution authorizing the improvements will be considered. (b) Any resolution or directive in the premises may be modified, confirmed or rescinded at any time prior to the passage of the resolution authorizing the improvements.

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18-12-117. 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 proposed; (ii) The extent of the district to be improved; (iii) The probable cost of the improvement; (iv) The time at which the cost will be payable; (v) The time when a resolution authorizing the improvements will be considered by the board; (vi) That maps, estimates and schedules showing the approximate amounts to be assessed and all resolutions and proceedings are on file and may be seen or examined at the office of the county clerk or other designated place; and (vii) That all complaints and objections concerning the proposed improvement by owners of property subject to assessment will be heard and considered by the board before final action, under the provisions of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. (b) If objections to the improvement are made by owners or agents representing property subject to thirty percent (30%) or more of the projected dollar assessments the improvement may not be authorized and a new resolution for the same or a similar purpose encompassing property representing objections may not be considered within one (1) year thereafter.

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18-12-118. 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 be assessed of the amount of assessment, the purpose for which the levy is made, the tax against each lot or parcel of land, and the date it becomes delinquent. The county clerk shall also notify each owner of property the amount of any operation and maintenance charges to be assessed within sixty (60) days after the assessment is approved by the board of county commissioners under W.S. 18-12-112(a)(xxi). (b) The county assessor shall prepare a local assessment roll showing land assessed, the total amount of assessment and operation and maintenance charges if approved under W.S. 18-12-112(a)(xxi), the amount of each installment of principal and interest if the same is payable in installments, and the date when each installment will become due, and deliver the same, duly certified, to the county treasurer for collection.

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18-12-119. 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 assess property and collect proceeds at the time and in the form and manner with like interest and penalties as property is assessed and other taxes are collected, and when collected they shall pay the same to the district ordering the assessment or levy and collection. The payment of the collections shall be made monthly to the treasurer of the district and paid into its depository to the credit of the district. All taxes levied under this act, together with interest thereon and penalties for default in payment thereof, and all costs of collecting the same, constitute, until paid, a perpetual lien on and against the property taxed, and such lien shall be administered as and on a parity with the tax lien of other general taxes. (b) For any district established to provide emergency medical services, at the time of making the levy for county purposes, the county shall levy a tax for that year upon the taxable property in the district in its county for its proportionate share based on assessed valuation of the estimated amount of funds needed by each district providing emergency medical services as provided in this subsection. If the district was formed under W.S. 18-12-105(a) and is providing emergency medical services under W.S. 18-12-112(a)(xxii), the tax for the district shall not exceed in any one (1) year the amount of two (2) mills on each dollar of assessed valuation of the property unless up to an additional two (2) mills is approved by the board of directors and approved by the electors as provided in subsection (c) of this section. If the district was formed under W.S. 18-12-105(b) as a district to provide emergency medical services, the tax for the district shall not exceed four (4) mills if the mills are approved by the board of directors and approved by the electors as provided in subsection (c) of this section. (c) If the board of directors votes to impose mills that require approval by the electors under subsection (b) of this section, the board of county commissioners shall call an election within the district upon the question of whether the mill levy should be imposed. The election shall be called, conducted and canvassed as provided for bond elections by the Political Subdivision Bond Election Law, W.S. 22-21-101 through 22-21-112, on the first date authorized under W.S. 22-21-103 which is not less than sixty (60) days after the board of directors votes to impose any mill levy that requires the approval of the electors under subsection (b) of this section. In no event shall the tax in a district providing emergency medical services exceed in any one (1) year the amount of four (4) mills on each dollar of assessed valuation of property. The mill levy is effective only if the question is approved by a majority of those voting thereon within the district providing emergency medical services. The cost of any special election under this subsection shall be borne by the board of directors. (d) If the proposition to authorize a mill levy is approved, the tax shall remain in effect until a petition to discontinue the tax, signed by not less than ten percent (10%) of the voters of the district, is received by the board of county commissioners, at which time the proposal to discontinue the tax shall be submitted to the voters of the district at the expense of the county at the next general election. If the proposition to impose or discontinue the tax is defeated, the proposition shall not again be submitted to the electors for at least twenty-three (23) months. (e) The board of directors shall administer the finances of the district providing emergency medical services in accordance with W.S. 16-4-101 through 16-4-124.

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18-12-120. 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 proposition of issuing bonds pursuant to this act to provide funds for the acquisition, construction, improving or financing of improvements as well as performing services for the benefit of the residents of the district, including any or all expenses incidental thereto or connected therewith. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section and the provisions of W.S. 22-21-101 through 22-21-112, any document executed by the board of a district evidencing an agreement to repay funds borrowed from the United States of America, the state of Wyoming or from any subdivision, agency or department of either the United States or the state of Wyoming, shall not be considered a bond, and shall not require an election under this chapter when: (i) Repayment is to be made solely from revenues generated by the service with which a financed improvement or service is associated; and (ii) Security for the loan or borrowed funds is restricted to a claim on the revenues generated from the service or to a claim on the assets of the improvement or service.

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18-12-121. 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 maximum rate of interest on the bonds; (v) Fix the date of the election; (vi) Fix the manner of holding the election. (b) The notice of bond election shall include the following information: (i) The amount of the proposed bond issue; (ii) The maximum maturity of the bonds; (iii) Statement by the board of the need for the issuance of the bonds and the purposes for which the proceeds of the bonds shall be devoted; (iv) A description of the exterior boundaries of the district; (v) A general description of the proposed improvement, utility or local service to be provided by the district; (vi) Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 157, § 4.

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18-12-122. 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 22-21-112. A proposal submitted in the bond election shall be approved by a majority of the voters in the district casting ballots in the election. (b) The bond election ballot shall specify the name of the district, the total amount of the proposed bond issue, the maximum interest rate payable thereon, the term of years over which the bonds shall be repaid, and a brief description of the improvements, facilities or utilities to be acquired or constructed and the services to be rendered with the proceeds thereof. The question to be submitted on the ballot after such description shall be as follows: For Issuance of Bonds • Against Issuance of Bonds • The voter shall place a mark in the square space immediately following the proposition shown on the ballot. (c) If requested in the petition and if approved by the commissioners, the commissioners may order that a bond election, as described in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, be held concurrently with the organizational election, and if the bond election is ordered, the notice of election shall include the information required by W.S. 18-12-121(b). The judges of the election shall certify the returns of the election to the commissioners, and if a majority of the votes are in favor of the organization, the commissioners, by resolution shall declare the district organized. (d) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5. (e) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5. (f) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5. (g) A written authorization for voting purposes shall be filed with the election official conducting the special district election not later than thirty (30) days prior to the election. (h) In examining any written authorization required or permitted to be signed by landowners, the county clerk or district secretary shall accept the first written authorization filed unless prior to certification the secretary or county clerk is furnished with written evidence, satisfactory to the county clerk or district secretary, that a new representative has been appointed by the owners, signed by a majority of the persons named as owners on the previously filed written authorization or as shown on a copy of a recorded deed attached to the written authorization.

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18-12-123. 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 fix and determine the denomination of each bond, which shall be not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), and the rate of interest which shall be paid thereon, payable annually or semiannually as the board shall by resolution determine, and the resolution shall also fix the number of years that the whole or a part of the bonds shall run and the maturity thereof, neither of which shall exceed twenty-five (25) years from the date of the bond or the date of any series of the bonds.

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18-12-124. 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 thereof.

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