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| 2 | 2 | | STATE OF WYOMING |
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| 3 | 3 | | 25LSO-07711HB0288 |
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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE BILL NO. HB0288 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Board of trustees-systems of public recreation amendments- |
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| 6 | 6 | | 2. |
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| 7 | 7 | | Sponsored by: Representative(s) Lien |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL |
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| 9 | 9 | | for |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1 AN ACT relating to public recreation and playgrounds; |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2 authorizing the governing body of a city, town, county or |
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| 12 | 12 | | 3 school district to act as a board of trustees for a system |
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| 13 | 13 | | 4 of public recreation as specified; making conforming |
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| 14 | 14 | | 5 amendments; and providing for an effective date. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 9. W.S. 18-9-201(a)(intro) and (c) and |
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| 19 | 19 | | 10 18-9-202(a) are amended to read: |
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| 24 | 24 | | 15 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-07712HB02881 (a) The governing body of any city, town, county or |
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| 25 | 25 | | 2 school district either independently or jointly through any |
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| 26 | 26 | | 3 combination thereof, may establish a system of public |
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| 27 | 27 | | 4 recreation as provided by W.S. 18-9-101(a)(i) through (iii) |
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| 28 | 28 | | 5 and, if it does so, shall |
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| 30 | 30 | | 7 control, maintain and supervise the properties. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 11 In administering |
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| 35 | 35 | | 12 properties under this section, the board may: |
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| 37 | 37 | | 14 (c) The governing body which appointed member |
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| 38 | 38 | | 15 of the board of trustees may remove that member of the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 16 board of trustees for cause without a public hearing unless |
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| 40 | 40 | | 17 the trustee requests that the action be taken during a |
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| 41 | 41 | | 18 public hearing. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 22acancies on the board of trustees shall be 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-07713HB0288 |
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| 46 | 46 | | 1 filled by the governing body for the balance of the |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2 unexpired term created by the vacancy. |
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| 51 | 51 | | 6 (a) The board of trustees appointed under W.S. |
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| 52 | 52 | | 7 18-9-201(a) shall be comprised of not fewer than five (5) |
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| 53 | 53 | | 8 members appointed in accordance with and serving staggered |
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| 54 | 54 | | 9 terms in the same manner as specified under W.S. |
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| 55 | 55 | | 10 18-9-102(a) |
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| 58 | 58 | | 13 recreation system is established jointly, the |
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| 59 | 59 | | 14 membership shall |
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| 60 | 60 | | 15 fewer than |
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| 61 | 61 | | 16 five (5) members appointed in accordance with joint |
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| 62 | 62 | | 17 agreement and each participating governing body shall have |
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| 63 | 63 | | 18 at least one (1) member on the board. Any board appointed |
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| 64 | 64 | | 19 under this article is a body |
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| 65 | 65 | | 20 corporate. Liability of board members shall be governed by |
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| 66 | 66 | | 21 W.S. 1-23-107. |
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| 67 | 67 | | 22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-07714HB02881. This act is effective July 1, 2025. |
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| 69 | 69 | | 3 (END) |
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