Wyoming 2025 Regular Session

Wyoming House Bill HB0298 Compare Versions

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1	1	2025
2	2	STATE OF WYOMING
3	3	25LSO-05901HB0298
4	4	HOUSE BILL NO. HB0298
5	5	Centralized electronic notice system.
6	6	Sponsored by: Representative(s) Singh and Styvar and
7	7	Senator(s) Hutchings
8	8	A BILL
9	9	for
10	10	1 AN ACT relating to the administration of government;
11	11	2 requiring the secretary of state to establish a centralized
12	12	3 electronic notice system; requiring preservation of notices
13	13	4 as specified; providing for governmental entities and other
14	14	5 persons to publish public or legal notices on the
15	15	6 centralized electronic notice system in lieu of publication
16	16	7 in a newspaper as specified; authorizing fees; providing
17	17	8 definitions; making conforming amendments; requiring
18	18	9 rulemaking; providing an appropriation; and providing for
19	19	10 effective dates.
20	20	11
21	21	12
22	22	13
23	23	14W.S. 2-7-207, 9-1-309 and 9-1-310 are
24	24	15 created to read: 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-05902HB02981
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26	26	3
27	27	4 Any person who is required to provide notice by publication
28	28	5 in a newspaper may publish the notice on the centralized
29	29	6 electronic notice system established under W.S. 9-1-309.
30	30	7 Publication on the centralized electronic notice system
31	31	8 shall satisfy the applicable publication requirement,
32	32	9 pursuant to W.S. 9-1-310.
33	33	10
34	34	11
35	35	12
36	36	13
37	37	14
38	38	15 (a) The secretary of state shall create and maintain
39	39	16 a centralized electronic notice system on the secretary of
40	40	17 state's official website.
41	41	18
42	42	19 (b) The centralized electronic notice system shall
43	43	20 allow:
44	44	21
45	45	22 (i) Legal or public notice by electronic means
46	46	23 by any governmental entity or other person when the notice 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-05903HB0298
47	47	1 is authorized or permitted by law, rule or regulation to be
48	48	2 made on the centralized electronic notice system or by
49	49	3 publication;
50	50	4
51	51	5 (ii) Any notice posted to the system to remain
52	52	6 posted for not less than the total period of time required
53	53	7 for the notice to comply with the applicable law, rule or
54	54	8 regulation;
55	55	9
56	56	10 (iii) Members of the public to subscribe to the
57	57	11 system and be notified when notices are posted to the
58	58	12 system.
59	59	13
60	60	14 (c) The secretary of state shall preserve all notices
61	61	15 posted to the centralized electronic notice system for a
62	62	16 period of not less than seven (7) years.
63	63	17
64	64	18 (d) The secretary of state shall promulgate rules
65	65	19 regulating the centralized electronic notice system in
66	66	20 accordance with this section and may receive technical
67	67	21 support from the department of enterprise technology
68	68	22 services as necessary.
69	69	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-05904HB02981 (e) The secretary of state shall collect a reasonable
70	70	2 fee of not more than ten dollars ($10.00) to publish legal
71	71	3 or public notice on the centralized electronic notice
72	72	4 system.
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78	78	10 (a) If any law, rule or regulation requires or
79	79	11 permits a governmental entity or any other person to
80	80	12 provide public or legal notice to be made on the
81	81	13 centralized electronic notice system or by publication in a
82	82	14 newspaper, the governmental entity or person may publish
83	83	15 the notice on the centralized electronic notice system
84	84	16 established under W.S. 9-1-309. Publication on the
85	85	17 centralized electronic notice system shall satisfy all
86	86	18 requirements that the publication be made in a newspaper.
87	87	19 If a governmental entity or any other person provides
88	88	20 notice on the centralized electronic notice system the
89	89	21 secretary of state shall provide the governmental entity or
90	90	22 person proof of the notice which shall satisfy any legal
91	91	23 requirement regarding proof of publication in a newspaper. 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-05905HB0298
92	92	1 When a notice is published on the centralized electronic
93	93	2 notice system there shall be no additional requirement to
94	94	3 publish the notice in a newspaper but this section shall
95	95	4 not prohibit a governmental entity or other person from
96	96	5 publishing the notice in a newspaper.
97	97	6
98	98	7 (b) Beginning January 1, 2030, all public and legal
99	99	8 notices required by a law, rule or regulation to be
100	100	9 published in a newspaper shall be published on the
101	101	10 centralized electronic notice system.
102	102	11
103	103	12 (c) When a governmental entity or person is required
104	104	13 by law, rule or regulation to designate a newspaper for the
105	105	14 publication of notices, the governmental entity or person
106	106	15 may designate the centralized electronic notice system in
107	107	16 lieu of designating a newspaper. On and after January 1,
108	108	17 2030, no governmental entity or person shall be required to
109	109	18 designate a newspaper in accordance with W.S. 15-1-110 or
110	110	19 W.S. 18-3-517.
111	111	20
112	112	21W.S. 1-6-201, 1-16-402, 1-17-311,
113	113	22 1-17-312, 1-18-101(a)(ii), 1-21-601, 1-21-1210(a)(i)(C),
114	114	23 1-26-812(c)(ii), 1-33-108, 1-37-106(a)(ii), 1-38-105(a), 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-05906HB0298
115	115	1 2-1-205(d), 2-6-122(d), 2-7-505, 2-7-703(a), 2-9-101,
116	116	2 2-9-202, 2-9-204(b), 2-12-102, 4-10-507(a)(ii),
117	117	3 6-2-711(e)(i), 8–1-102(a) by creating a new paragraph
118	118	4 (xxiii), 9-1-303 by creating a new subsection (g),
119	119	5 9-1-305(a) by creating a new paragraph (viii) and (c)(i),
120	120	6 9-1-507(j)(iv), 9-4-814, 9-4-818(b), 9-23-104(b),
121	121	7 10-5-101(a)(iv), 11-5-104(a), 11-5-303(c)(v),
122	122	8 11-6-203(a)(ii), 11-16-102(a)(vi), 11-16-134(c)(intro),
123	123	9 11-24-114(a), 11-31-212(b), 11-31-301(b)(intro), 11-33-103,
124	124	10 11-35-109, 12-4-104(a), 13-2-207, 13-2-402(b),
125	125	11 13-2-702(b)(iii), 13-2-704, 13-4-101(c), 13-4-106(b),
126	126	12 13-4-107, 13-4-109(c), 13-4-604(b), 13-4-701(a),
127	127	13 13-5-425(b)(iii), 13-5-502(b), 13-5-519(b), 13-12-112(b),
128	128	14 15-1-110(a), 15-1-112(a) and (b)(intro), 15-1-113(b),
129	129	15 15-1-116(a), 15-1-205(b)(ii)(A), 15-1-206(a), 15-1-405(b),
130	130	16 15-1-416(c), 15-1-421(b), 15-1-602(b), 15-2-204(a)(intro),
131	131	17 15-3-101, 15-6-202(d), 15-6-301(b), 15-6-405(a),
132	132	18 15-6-410(b), 15-6-417(b), 15-6-418(a), 15-6-435, 15-6-439,
133	133	19 15-6-501, 15-6-603(b), 15-6-604(b), 15-7-106(a), 15-7-107,
134	134	20 15-7-113, 15-7-207, 15-7-303, 15-9-109(b)(intro),
135	135	21 15-9-116(a)(ii)(intro), 15-9-124, 15-9-136, 15-9-208(c),
136	136	22 15-11-301(a)(iv), 16-4-109(a), 16-4-114, 16-4-404(b),
137	137	23 16-6-116(a)(ii), 16-10-105(e), 17-10-112, 17-16-141(a) and 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-05907HB0298
138	138	1 (b), 17-16-1407(b)(i), 17-19-1408(b)(i), 17-20-729(b)(iii),
139	139	2 17-29-704(b)(i), 17-30-903(b)(i), 18-3-501(d), 18-3-515,
140	140	3 18-3-516(a) and (f), 18-3-518(a), 18-3-519(a),
141	141	4 18-3-524(a)(ii), 18-3-525(a)(ii)(intro), 18-3-704(a)(i),
142	142	5 18-4-105, 18-4-306, 18-4-405, 18-4-502, 18-4-504(a),
143	143	6 18-5-202(b) and (c), 18-5-503(a)(ii), 18-6-101(b),
144	144	7 18-6-201(a), 18-10-216, 18-12-105(b), 18-12-117(a)(intro),
145	145	8 18-15-106(c), 18-15-111(d)(i)(C), 18-16-112(a)(intro),
146	146	9 21-3-110(a)(i), 21-3-118(a)(iii), 21-6-206,
147	147	10 21-6-207(b)(vii), 21-13-103, 21-13-704, 21-18-303(b),
148	148	11 21-18-312(g) and (j), 21-18-314(d), 21-20-110(b),
149	149	12 22-2-109(a) and (b)(intro), 22-3-104(j), 22-4-104,
150	150	13 22-4-105, 22-6-105, 22-7-102(a), 22-12-101, 22-16-122(g),
151	151	14 22-18-111(a)(i), (ii) and (iii)(C), 22-20-104, 22-21-104,
152	152	15 22-23-802, 22-24-318(b), 22-24-415(b),
153	153	16 22-29-109(a)(ii)(intro), 22-29-110(a) and (c), 22-29-112(c)
154	154	17 and (e), 22-29-117(b), 24-1-101(a), 24-1-132(e),
155	155	18 24-3-110(a), 24-3-204(a), 24-5-109(a), 24-8-103,
156	156	19 26-3-117(c), 26-31-109(a)(iii), 27-4-406(b)(i),
157	157	20 29-7-205(a)(intro), 30-2-306, 30-5-111(d), 31-5-1212(b),
158	158	21 31-11-104, 31-13-106(b), 31-13-108(a), 31-13-109(d)(intro),
159	159	22 31-18-707, 34-4-104(a), 34-4-109, 34-14-210(b)(ii),
160	160	23 34-23-102(c), 34-24-123(a), 34.1-7-210(b)(v), 35-2-340, 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-05908HB0298
161	161	1 35-2-417, 35-2-709(b), 35-3-105, 35-3-121, 35-3-124(c),
162	162	2 35-8-212, 35-8-318, 35-9-206, 35-11-313(f)(ii)(N)(I),
163	163	3 35-11-406(g), (j) and (p)(ii), 35-11-415(b)(xi)(A),
164	164	4 35-11-502(g), (j) and (k), 35-11-514(a)(intro),
165	165	5 35-11-601(a), 35-11-1204(b), 35-11-1604(a) and (d),
166	166	6 35-11-1609(d), 35-12-108(c), 35-24-110(a), 36-3-104,
167	167	7 36-5-114(d)(ii), 36-7-322, 36-7-401, 36-7-504, 36-9-104,
168	168	8 37-2-205(e), 37-5-503(g), 37-5-505(h), 37-7-114, 37-7-128,
169	169	9 37-13-116, 37-13-125(b), 37-13-128, 37-17-101(a)(iii),
170	170	10 39-13-108(e)(ii)(A) and (v)(B)(II), 39-15-108(e)(i),
171	171	11 39-15-203(a)(i)(C), (ii)(D), (v)(C) and (vi)(E),
172	172	12 39-15-211(b)(iv), 39-16-108(e), 39-16-203(a)(i)(C), (iv)(C)
173	173	13 and (v)(E), 39-16-211(b)(iv), 41-3-106(d), 41-3-107(b),
174	174	14 41-3-114(f), 41-3-115(o), 41-3-212, 41-3-401(c),
175	175	15 41-3-402(b), 41-3-702(a), 41-3-755, 41-3-758, 41-3-772(b),
176	176	16 41-3-776(a), 41-3-913(b), 41-3-914(a), 41-3-915(a)(intro)
177	177	17 and (d), 41-3-932(a) and (b), 41-3-1006(d), 41-4-302,
178	178	18 41-4-309, 41-4-310, 41-4-506, 41-4-511, 41-4-514(b) and
179	179	19 (e), 41-7-204(a)(ii), 41-7-206, 41-7-308, 41-7-412,
180	180	20 41-7-502, 41-7-602, 41-7-832(a)(ii), 41-7-854, 41-7-916,
181	181	21 41-7-921, 41-7-933, 41-7-1005, 41-8-101(d),
182	182	22 41-9-104(a)(ii), 41-9-109, 41-9-128, 41-9-224, 41-9-245,
183	183	23 41-9-260, 41-9-303(a)(iii), 41-9-605, 41-10-101(a)(xiv), 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-05909HB0298
184	184	1 41-10-110(g), 41-10-140 and 41-12-605(c) are amended to
185	185	2 read:
186	186	3
187	187	4
188	188	5
189	189	6 All notices by law directed, authorized or
190	190	7 permitted to be made by publication may be published
191	191	8
192	192	9
193	193	10
194	194	11
195	195	12
196	196	13nce each week during the period of time
197	197	14 for which the notice is required by law to be published.
198	198	15 All such weekly publications made in a newspaper issued
199	199	16 more than once each week shall be published in the same
200	200	17 issue in each succeeding week for the required publication
201	201	18 period.
202	202	19
203	203	20
204	204	21
205	205	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059010HB0298
206	206	1 A party against whom a judgment or order has been rendered
207	207	2 without service other than by publication in a newspaper
208	208	3
209	209	4 may have the same opened and be allowed to defend within
210	210	5 six (6) months after the date of the judgment or order.
211	211	6 Before the judgment or order can be opened, the applicant
212	212	7 shall give notice to the adverse party of his intended
213	213	8 application, file a full answer to the petition, pay all
214	214	9 costs if the court requires them to be paid and make it
215	215	10 appear to the satisfaction of the court that during the
216	216	11 pendency of the action he had no actual notice thereof in
217	217	12 time to appear in court and make his defense. Each party
218	218	13 may present affidavits.
219	219	14
220	220	15
221	221	16
222	222	17
223	223	18 When an officer levies an execution upon any goods and
224	224	19 chattels which afterwards remain unsold for any reasonable
225	225	20 cause, the officer may for his own security, take a bond
226	226	21 from the defendant, with security he deems sufficient to
227	227	22 the effect that the property shall be delivered to the
228	228	23 officer holding the execution for the sale of same at the 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059011HB0298
229	229	1 time and place appointed by the officer, either by notice
230	230	2 given in writing to the defendant in execution or by
231	231	3 advertisement printed in a newspaper published in the
232	232	4 county,
233	233	5 naming the day and place of sale. If the
234	234	6 defendant fails to deliver the goods and chattels at the
235	235	7 time and place mentioned in the notice or to pay to the
236	236	8 officer holding the execution the full value of the goods
237	237	9 and chattels or the amount of the debt and costs, the bond
238	238	10 shall be considered broken and may be proceeded on as in
239	239	11 other cases.
240	240	12
241	241	13
242	242	14
243	243	15 Unless a private sale is ordered as provided in W.S.
244	244	16 1-17-314, the officer who levies execution upon goods and
245	245	17 chattels, shall cause public notice to be given of the time
246	246	18 and place of sale at least ten (10) days before the day of
247	247	19 sale. The notice shall be given by advertisement
248	248	20 in a newspaper
249	249	21 published in the county or, if no newspaper is published
250	250	22 therein, then in a newspaper of general circulation in the
251	251	23 county. 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059012HB0298
252	252	1
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256	256	5
257	257	6 (a) No lands or tenements shall be sold by virtue of
258	258	7 any execution or decree of foreclosure unless:
259	259	8
260	260	9 (ii) The time and place of holding the sale was
261	261	10 previously advertised for four (4) consecutive weeks
262	262	11 in a legal
263	263	12 newspaper of general circulation in the county where the
264	264	13 lands and tenements are situate; and
265	265	14
266	266	15
267	267	16
268	268	17 The officer having levied upon goods and chattels by virtue
269	269	18 of an execution shall without delay give public notice by
270	270	19 advertisement
271	271	20
272	272	21 county where the property is to be sold. The notice shall
273	273	22 state the time and place of sale, describe the goods and 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059013HB0298
274	274	1 chattels, and shall be published at least ten (10) days
275	275	2 before the day of sale.
276	276	3
277	277	4
278	278	5
279	279	6
280	280	7
281	281	8 (a) Upon regaining lawful possession of the rental
282	282	9 unit following termination of the rental agreement, the
283	283	10 owner may immediately dispose of any trash or property the
284	284	11 owner reasonably believes to be hazardous, perishable or
285	285	12 valueless and abandoned. Any property remaining within the
286	286	13 rental unit after termination of the rental agreement shall
287	287	14 be presumed to be both valueless and abandoned. Any
288	288	15 valuable property may be removed from the residential
289	289	16 rental unit and shall thereafter be disposed of as follows:
290	290	17
291	291	18 (i) The owner shall provide written notice to
292	292	19 the renter in accordance with this paragraph, describing
293	293	20 the property claimed to be abandoned and stating that the
294	294	21 property shall be disposed of after seven (7) days from the
295	295	22 date of service of the notice if the renter or his agent
296	296	23 does not, within the seven (7) day period, take possession 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059014HB0298
297	297	1 of the property or notify the owner in writing of the
298	298	2 renter's intent to take possession of the property. The
299	299	3 notice provided by the owner under this paragraph shall be
300	300	4 deemed served:
301	301	5
302	302	6 (C) On the date the notice is published
303	303	7
304	304	8 published in the county or widely circulated in the county
305	305	9 where the residential rental unit is located.
306	306	10
307	307	11
308	308	12
309	309	13
310	310	14 (c) No railroad shall abandon, close or fail to
311	311	15 maintain any other existing crossing which has been
312	312	16 maintained or recognized by the railroad for more than five
313	313	17 (5) years prior to the effective date of this act without:
314	314	18
315	315	19 (ii) Advertising its intended action
316	316	20 in a newspaper of
317	317	21 general circulation in the county of the crossing; and
318	318	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059015HB02981
319	319	2
320	320	3
321	321	4 Within thirty (30) days after a receiver is appointed and
322	322	5 qualified if the court so orders, the receiver shall
323	323	6 publish for three (3) weeks
324	324	7 in a newspaper of the county in which he
325	325	8 is appointed a notice that he is appointed receiver,
326	326	9 stating the date of the appointment and requiring all
327	327	10 persons having claims against the person, company,
328	328	11 corporation or partnership for which the receiver is
329	329	12 appointed to exhibit their claims to the receiver within
330	330	13 the four (4) months from the date of the first publication
331	331	14 of the notice, and if the claims are not exhibited within
332	332	15 the four (4) months they are forever barred from
333	333	16 participation in the assets of the receivership.
334	334	17
335	335	18
336	336	19
337	337	20 (a) The state of Wyoming upon the relation of the
338	338	21 attorney general may institute an action to have determined
339	339	22 in a general adjudication the nature, extent, and relative 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059016HB0298
340	340	1 priority of the water rights of all persons in any river
341	341	2 system and all other sources, provided:
342	342	3
343	343	4 (ii) When the potential defendants number one
344	344	5 thousand (1,000) or more, personal service of a summons and
345	345	6 complaint shall not be required and (A) the court shall
346	346	7 order that the clerk obtain service on known potential
347	347	8 defendants by mailing a court-approved notice of the action
348	348	9 by certified mail, return receipt requested, and (B) the
349	349	10 court shall order that the clerk obtain service on all
350	350	11 unknown parties by publication of said notice for four (4)
351	351	12 consecutive weeks
352	352	13 in a newspaper published in each of the counties
353	353	14 within which interests in and rights to the use of water
354	354	15 may be affected by the adjudication. If
355	355	16
356	356	17 there is no newspaper in one (1) or more of said counties,
357	357	18 then publication for such counties shall be in one (1) or
358	358	19 more newspapers published in the state, and of general
359	359	20 circulation within said counties. If publication is in a
360	360	21 daily newspaper, one (1) insertion a week shall be
361	361	22 sufficient;
362	362	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059017HB02981
363	363	2
364	364	3 (a) Within thirty (30) days of the filing of an
365	365	4 action to appoint the wrongful death representative, the
366	366	5 plaintiff shall cause to be published
367	367	6
368	368	7 once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a
369	369	8 daily or weekly newspaper of general circulation in the
370	370	9 county in which the decedent resided at the time of death,
371	371	10 a notice that an action to appoint the wrongful death
372	372	11 representative has been instituted and that any person
373	373	12 claiming to qualify under W.S. 1-38-104(a) may intervene as
374	374	13 a matter of right.
375	375	14
376	376	15
377	377	16
378	378	17
379	379	18
380	380	19
381	381	20 (d) Subject to subsection (j) of this section, a
382	382	21 notice of application for a decree of summary distribution
383	383	22 of property shall be published
384	384	23 once a 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059018HB0298
385	385	1 week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of
386	386	2 general circulation in the county in which the application
387	387	3 was filed. The notice of application shall be served by
388	388	4 first class mail to the last known address, with copy of
389	389	5 application attached, to the surviving spouse of the
390	390	6 decedent, if any, and to all other distributees, so far as
391	391	7 known, or to their guardians if any of them are minors, or
392	392	8 to their personal representatives if any of them are
393	393	9 deceased and to any reasonably ascertainable creditors not
394	394	10 later than ten (10) days after the date of first
395	395	11 publication.
396	396	12
397	397	13
398	398	14
399	399	15
400	400	16 (d) After the entry of the order admitting the will
401	401	17 to probate, the petitioner shall, at his own expense, cause
402	402	18 to be published
403	403	19 once a week for
404	404	20 three (3) consecutive weeks in a daily or weekly newspaper
405	405	21 of general circulation in the county in which the probate
406	406	22 was granted a notice in substantially the following form:
407	407	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059019HB0298
408	408	1 State of Wyoming )
409	409	2
410	410	3 ) In the District Court
411	411	4
412	412	5 ) ....Judicial District
413	413	6
414	414	7 County of.... ) Probate No. ....
415	415	8
416	416	9 In the Matter of the) Notice of Proof of
417	417	10
418	418	11 Estate of ....... ) Will Without
419	419	12
420	420	13 ) Administration
421	421	14
422	422	15 ......., Deceased. )
423	423	16
424	424	17 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN SAID ESTATE:
425	425	18
426	426	19 You are hereby notified that on the .... day of ....,
427	427	20 (year), the Last Will and Testament of Decedent was
428	428	21 admitted to probate by the above named court and there will
429	429	22 be no present administration of the estate. Any action to
430	430	23 set aside the Will shall be filed in the Court within three 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059020HB0298
431	431	1 (3) months from the date of the first publication of this
432	432	2 notice, or thereafter be forever barred.
433	433	3
434	434	4 Dated ...., (year).
435	435	5
436	436	6 Proponent .............
437	437	7
438	438	8 PUBLISH: (once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks)
439	439	9
440	440	10
441	441	11
442	442	12 Any time during the administration of an estate and after
443	443	13 the first publication of notice of opening the probate and
444	444	14 the filing of the appraisement, any person interested may
445	445	15 file a petition showing the necessary facts and praying to
446	446	16 have the exempt property of the estate including the
447	447	17 homestead set over to the person or persons entitled
448	448	18 thereto. Upon filing of the petition, the court shall
449	449	19 require all persons interested to appear on a day certain
450	450	20 to show cause why the exempt property should not be set
451	451	21 over to the person or persons entitled thereto. The order
452	452	22 shall be published
453	453	23 once in a newspaper 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059021HB0298
454	454	1 of general circulation in the county in which the probate
455	455	2 is pending and a copy of the order to show cause shall be
456	456	3 mailed by the personal representative to each heir and
457	457	4 beneficiary. The publication and mailing shall be not less
458	458	5 than ten (10) days prior to the date set for the hearing.
459	459	6 At the time set for the hearing or to which the hearing is
460	460	7 continued, the court shall hear the evidence and make such
461	461	8 order as the facts and law require. If the whole estate of
462	462	9 the decedent is found to be exempt and is set over to the
463	463	10 person or persons entitled thereto, no further proceeding
464	464	11 is required in the administration of the estate unless
465	465	12 further estate is discovered. The publication and notice
466	466	13 may be combined with and included in the notice of opening
467	467	14 the probate, but the hearing shall not be held less than
468	468	15 ten (10) days after the filing of the appraisement.
469	469	16
470	470	17
471	471	18
472	472	19
473	473	20 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all
474	474	21 claims whether due, not due or contingent, shall be filed
475	475	22 in duplicate with the clerk within the time limited in the
476	476	23 notice to creditors and any claim not so filed is barred 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059022HB0298
477	477	1 forever. Any claimant to whom the personal representative
478	478	2 has mailed a notice pursuant to W.S. 2-7-205(a)(ii) shall
479	479	3 file his claim within three (3) months after the date of
480	480	4 first publication of the notice
481	481	5 in the newspaper, or before the
482	482	6 expiration of thirty (30) days after the mailing, whichever
483	483	7 date is later, and any claim not so filed is barred
484	484	8 forever. If only one (1) copy of a claim is filed, the
485	485	9 clerk shall make a duplicate and shall charge the claimant
486	486	10 a reasonable fee not to exceed two dollars ($2.00) per
487	487	11 page.
488	488	12
489	489	13
490	490	14
491	491	15
492	492	16
493	493	17 If any person dies seized of a life estate which terminates
494	494	18 by reason of his death, or of an estate by the entireties,
495	495	19 or of an estate by joint tenancy or joint estate with
496	496	20 another, any person interested in the property or in the
497	497	21 title thereto may file in the district court of the county
498	498	22 in which the property is situated a verified petition
499	499	23 setting forth such facts. After two (2) weeks notice by 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059023HB0298
500	500	1 publication
501	501	2 in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, or
502	502	3 otherwise as the court may order, the court shall hear the
503	503	4 petition and the evidence offered in support thereof. If
504	504	5 upon hearing it appears to the court that such life estate,
505	505	6 estate by entireties, estate by joint tenancy or joint
506	506	7 estate was created and vested, and that the life estate of
507	507	8 the deceased person terminated by reason of death, or that
508	508	9 the estate by entireties remains vested solely in the
509	509	10 surviving spouse by reason of death, or that the estate by
510	510	11 joint tenancy or joint estate remains vested solely in the
511	511	12 surviving joint tenant or joint tenants, the court shall so
512	512	13 decree. A certified copy of the decree shall be recorded in
513	513	14 the office of the county clerk and thereafter the decree
514	514	15 and the record thereof together with the record of the
515	515	16 instrument or instruments purporting to create the life
516	516	17 estate, estate by entireties, estate by joint tenancy or
517	517	18 joint estate, shall be presumptive evidence of the creation
518	518	19 of such estate, the termination thereof and the
519	519	20 survivorship of the estate by entireties, estates by joint
520	520	21 tenancy or joint estate.
521	521	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059024HB02981
522	522	2
523	523	3
524	524	4 Upon filing the petition the court shall fix a time for
525	525	5 hearing the petition not less than thirty (30) days after
526	526	6 the filing thereof. Notice of the time and place of hearing
527	527	7 shall be given to all persons interested in the proceeding
528	528	8 including creditors, heirs and devisees, setting forth the
529	529	9 filing of the petition, the date of the supposed death of
530	530	10 the deceased, his place of residence, a description of the
531	531	11 real property or interest therein of which he died seized
532	532	12 or a description of the real property on which he had made
533	533	13 an entry but had not yet received patent and the interest
534	534	14 in the real estate of the petitioner. The notice shall be
535	535	15 published
536	536	16 once a
537	537	17 week in a newspaper of general circulation in the county
538	538	18 for four (4) consecutive weeks prior to the hearing, and
539	539	19 shall be mailed simultaneously with the first publication
540	540	20 to those persons designated in W.S. 2-7-205.
541	541	21
542	542	22
543	543	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059025HB0298
544	544	1
545	545	2 (b) Notice of the time and place for hearing the
546	546	3 petition shall be given by publishing notice thereof
547	547	4
548	548	5 at least once each week for three (3)
549	549	6 successive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation
550	550	7 in the county and the mailing of true copies to all known
551	551	8 heirs of the deceased person at least ten (10) days prior
552	552	9 to the date fixed for the hearing. Proof of publication and
553	553	10 mailing shall be made to the court upon the hearing. Any
554	554	11 time before the date fixed for the hearing any person
555	555	12 interested in the lands as heir at law or devisee of the
556	556	13 decedent or as the grantee of any such heir at law or
557	557	14 devisee, may answer the petition and deny any of the
558	558	15 matters contained therein. At the time fixed for the
559	559	16 hearing or at such time thereafter as may be fixed by the
560	560	17 court, the court shall hear the proofs offered by
561	561	18 petitioner and any person answering the same, and shall
562	562	19 make a decree conformable to the proofs. The decree shall
563	563	20 have the same force and effect as decrees entered in
564	564	21 accordance with the provisions of the Code of Civil
565	565	22 Procedure.
566	566	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059026HB02981
567	567	2
568	568	3
569	569	4uring the ten
570	570	5 (10) days prior to the day appointed,
571	571	6
572	572	7
573	573	8
574	574	9 in the county, stating that the petition
575	575	10 will be heard at the courtroom of the court at the time
576	576	11 appointed for the hearing. The clerk shall cause personal
577	577	12 service of the notice of hearing to be served upon all
578	578	13 persons named in the petition as heirs of the missing
579	579	14 person should he be deceased resident in the county, and
580	580	15 cause to be mailed by certified mail a copy of the notice
581	581	16 addressed to each of the supposed heirs at their address
582	582	17 shown in the petition. The court may direct further notice
583	583	18 of the filing of the petition be given in such manner and
584	584	19 to such persons as it may deem proper.
585	585	20
586	586	21
587	587	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059027HB02981 (a) Subject to the rights of persons dealing with a
588	588	2 fiduciary as provided in W.S. 4-10-1013, a creditor may
589	589	3 file a claim against the assets of the trust or commence a
590	590	4 judicial proceeding to contest the validity of a trust that
591	591	5 was revocable at the settlor's death within the earlier of:
592	592	6
593	593	7 (ii) One hundred twenty (120) days after the
594	594	8 first publication of a notice of the intent of the trustee
595	595	9 to have the property of the settlor distributed as
596	596	10 permitted under the terms of the trust. The notice shall be
597	597	11 published
598	598	12 once per week for two (2)
599	599	13 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in
600	600	14 the county or counties where venue of the trust is properly
601	601	15 established as provided in W.S. 4-10-204; or
602	602	16
603	603	17
604	604	18
605	605	19 (e) If the court makes a preliminary order of
606	606	20 forfeiture of property, legal interests of persons other
607	607	21 than a party to the criminal action shall be determined,
608	608	22 subject to the following:
609	609	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059028HB02981 (i) Following an entry of a preliminary order of
610	610	2 forfeiture, the state shall publish notice of the order
611	611	3
612	612	4 in a newspaper of general circulation in
613	613	5 the state once a week for two (2) weeks and shall provide
614	614	6 written notice by first class mail to the last known
615	615	7 address of any person who, after reasonable inquiry,
616	616	8 appears to be a potential owner or lien holder in the
617	617	9 property. The notice shall describe the forfeited property
618	618	10 and shall advise that parties with a potential interest in
619	619	11 the property may contest the forfeiture by filing a
620	620	12 petition with the court not later than sixty (60) days
621	621	13
622	622	14 after the
623	623	15 date of the second published notice or, if
624	624	16 notice is mailed under this paragraph, not later than
625	625	17 thirty (30) days after mailing written notice;
626	626	18
627	627	19
628	628	20
629	629	21 (a) As used in the statutes unless the legislature
630	630	22 clearly specifies a different meaning or interpretation or
631	631	23 the context clearly requires a different meaning: 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059029HB0298
632	632	1
633	633	2
634	634	3
635	635	4
636	636	5
637	637	6
638	638	7
639	639	8
640	640	9
641	641	10
642	642	11
643	643	12
644	644	13
645	645	14
646	646	15
647	647	16 (a) The secretary of state shall collect the
648	648	17 following fees in advance for:
649	649	18
650	650	19
651	651	20
652	652	21
653	653	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059030HB02981 (c) When any document is delivered to the office of
654	654	2 the secretary of state for filing
655	655	3
656	656	4, the secretary of state may refuse
657	657	5 the document for filing or publication if:
658	658	6
659	659	7 (i) The correct filing fee, any
660	660	8 franchise tax, license fee, penalty or past due fees, taxes
661	661	9 or penalties required to be paid have not been paid; and
662	662	10
663	663	11
664	664	12
665	665	13
666	666	14
667	667	15 (j) The director of the department of audit shall
668	668	16 certify:
669	669	17
670	670	18 (iv) To the board of county commissioners and to
671	671	19 the special district or entity described in W.S.
672	672	20 16-4-125(c) that receives funding from a municipality as
673	673	21 defined by W.S. 16-4-102(a)(xiv) or other entities
674	674	22 specified in W.S. 16-12-202(a) by October 5 of each year
675	675	23 any special district or other entity in the county, no 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059031HB0298
676	676	1 matter how formed, that failed to comply with paragraph
677	677	2 (a)(vii) of this section. If, by November 30 of that same
678	678	3 year, the district or other entity has failed to comply
679	679	4 with paragraph (a)(vii) of this section, the director of
680	680	5 the department of audit shall file notice with the county
681	681	6 commissioners, the county treasurer and the county clerk.
682	682	7 The county commissioners shall place a public notice
683	683	8 in a newspaper of
684	684	9 general circulation in the county indicating the special
685	685	10 district or other entity is in danger of being dissolved
686	686	11 due to failure to comply with the legal reporting
687	687	12 requirements. The county commissioners shall assess the
688	688	13 special district or other entity the cost of the public
689	689	14 notice. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
690	690	15 county treasurer shall withhold any further disbursements
691	691	16 of money to the district or other entity until the
692	692	17 department certifies to the county treasurer that the
693	693	18 district or other entity has complied with all reporting
694	694	19 requirements unless good cause for noncompliance is shown
695	695	20 to the director of the department of audit as described in
696	696	21 W.S. 9-1-510(b). If the special district or other entity
697	697	22 fails to file the required report on or before December 30
698	698	23 of that same year, the county commissioners shall seek to 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059032HB0298
699	699	1 dissolve the special district or other entity in accordance
700	700	2 with the process described by W.S. 22-29-401 et seq. This
701	701	3 paragraph shall apply in addition to any other provision
702	702	4 for dissolution in the principal act for a special district
703	703	5 or other entity. The county treasurer shall certify monthly
704	704	6 to the department of audit, the legislature and the
705	705	7 noncompliant district or entity the amount of disbursements
706	706	8 withheld until the noncompliant district or entity has come
707	707	9 into compliance.
708	708	10
709	709	11
710	710	12
711	711	13 The state treasurer may sell any or all collateral that may
712	712	14 be pledged as security for the deposit of any state funds
713	713	15 in any depository under this act, at public or private
714	714	16 sale, whenever there shall be a failure or refusal upon the
715	715	17 part of any state depository, to pay over the funds, or any
716	716	18 part thereof or interest thereon, upon the demand or order
717	717	19 of the state treasurer, or his authorized deputy on the
718	718	20 state depository. Notice of the sale of collateral given as
719	719	21 security for deposits is required only if the state
720	720	22 treasurer finds that the collateral is illiquid. If notice
721	721	23 is required, it shall be given by publication 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059033HB0298
722	722	1
723	723	2 once each week for three (3) consecutive weeks in
724	724	3 a newspaper of general circulation in the county or
725	725	4 counties in which real estate, in the case of mortgages, or
726	726	5 the local governments, in the case of local government
727	727	6 bonds, are located. When a sale of collateral is made by
728	728	7 the state treasurer, either at public or private sale, and
729	729	8 the collateral has been transferred by the chairman and
730	730	9 secretary of the board of deposits, the absolute ownership
731	731	10 of the collateral shall vest in the purchasers, upon the
732	732	11 payment of the purchase money to the state treasurer.
733	733	12 Should there be any surplus after paying the amount due the
734	734	13 state and expenses of sale, it shall be paid to the state
735	735	14 depository which made the pledge of the collateral.
736	736	15
737	737	16
738	738	17
739	739	18
740	740	19
741	741	20 (b) If any depository defaults, the treasurer for the
742	742	21 local government may sell any or all collateral that is
743	743	22 pledged as security for the deposit of public funds in the
744	744	23 depository at public or private sale. Notice of the sale 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059034HB0298
745	745	1 of the collateral is required only if the treasurer
746	746	2 determines that the collateral is illiquid. If notice is
747	747	3 required, it shall be given by publication
748	748	4
749	749	5
750	750	6 in the county or counties in which real estate, in the case
751	751	7 of mortgages, or local governments, in the case of local
752	752	8 government bonds, are located, once each week for three (3)
753	753	9 consecutive weeks.
754	754	10
755	755	11
756	756	12
757	757	13 (b) For any professional services fee estimated by
758	758	14 the agency to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00),
759	759	15 the agency or the department shall give notice of the need
760	760	16 for professional services
761	761	17 in a
762	762	18 newspaper of general circulation in the state at least once
763	763	19 each week for two (2) consecutive weeks
764	764	20
765	765	21
766	766	22 on the state
767	767	23 procurement website for not less than two (2) consecutive 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059035HB0298
768	768	1 weeks prior to initiation of selection procedures in
769	769	2 accordance with W.S. 9-23-105. All notifications under this
770	770	3 subsection shall contain a general description of the
771	771	4 proposed project, and shall indicate the procedures by
772	772	5 which interested firms may apply for consideration for a
773	773	6 contract to provide professional services for the proposed
774	774	7 project.
775	775	8
776	776	9
777	777	10
778	778	11
779	779	12 (a) Municipal corporations and counties within the
780	780	13 state are authorized at the discretion of their governing
781	781	14 boards, acting either singly or jointly to:
782	782	15
783	783	16 (iv) Lease or let any portion of the area,
784	784	17 buildings or facilities to any private person or
785	785	18 corporation, upon terms deemed satisfactory. Notice shall
786	786	19 be given by publication
787	787	20 at least once a
788	788	21 week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper published
789	789	22 in a town or county in which the airport is located when it 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059036HB0298
790	790	1 is proposed that all the area and total facilities are to
791	791	2 be leased;
792	792	3
793	793	4
794	794	5
795	795	6
796	796	7 (a) The county commissioners of each district shall
797	797	8 hold a public meeting for appointing a district board of
798	798	9 directors for the district. Prior to the meeting the county
799	799	10 commissioners shall establish the number of members of the
800	800	11 district board and shall establish district board member
801	801	12 areas. The county commissioners may seek the advice and
802	802	13 counsel of the members of the former district board for the
803	803	14 establishment of district board member areas. Each district
804	804	15 board member area shall be contiguous.
805	805	16otice of the meeting shall be
806	806	17 advertised at least once in the designated official
807	807	18 newspaper of the county and posted on the county's official
808	808	19 website in the manner provided in W.S. 18-3-516(f) at least
809	809	20 twenty (20) days prior to the date of the meeting. The
810	810	21 notice shall solicit nominations for directors by petition
811	811	22 signed by at least ten (10) landowners to be submitted at
812	812	23 least five (5) days before the date of the meeting. 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059037HB02981
813	813	2
814	814	3
815	815	4
816	816	5 (c) Any district which implements a special
817	817	6 management program under this article shall:
818	818	7
819	819	8 (v) At least ten (10) days before final approval
820	820	9 of the program by the district board, give notice to the
821	821	10 public in at
822	822	11 least one (1) newspaper of general circulation within the
823	823	12 county describing the special management program and
824	824	13 approximating the cost of the program. Notice shall also be
825	825	14 given through another medium if the board determines
826	826	15 additional publication is necessary to ensure sufficient
827	827	16 notice to the public.
828	828	17
829	829	18
830	830	19
831	831	20
832	832	21
833	833	22 (a) The annual meeting of each predator management
834	834	23 district shall be held within the first two (2) weeks of 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059038HB0298
835	835	1 December. Any person having paid predator fees in the
836	836	2 district within the preceding twelve (12) months shall be
837	837	3 entitled to one (1) vote at the annual meeting. Predator
838	838	4 fees paid in the name of a business entity may be
839	839	5 represented by one (1) representative of the entity paying
840	840	6 the fees, provided that the representative is authorized by
841	841	7 the entity to vote on behalf of the entity and has provided
842	842	8 proof of such written authorization. Proof of payment of
843	843	9 predator fees within the district shall only be through a
844	844	10 verified copy of a brand inspection certificate which
845	845	11 clearly shows that the fees have been paid and the date
846	846	12 upon which the fees were paid. No person paying fees within
847	847	13 the district shall be entitled to more than one (1) vote at
848	848	14 the annual meeting and no proxies shall be allowed. Each
849	849	15 board shall:
850	850	16
851	851	17 (ii) Publish a notice stating the time and place
852	852	18 of any meeting of the district and that directors of the
853	853	19 board representing livestock interests as provided in W.S.
854	854	20 11-6-202(a)(i) and (ii) shall be elected at the meeting.
855	855	21 Notice shall be published
856	856	22
857	857	23 once in a newspaper of 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059039HB0298
858	858	1 general circulation in the district ten (10) days prior to
859	859	2 the date of the meeting;
860	860	3
861	861	4
862	862	5
863	863	6 (a) As used in this act:
864	864	7
865	865	8 (vi) "Due notice" for those provisions other
866	866	9 than election and referendum provisions, means notice
867	867	10 published at least twice, with an interval of six (6) days
868	868	11 between the two (2) publication dates, in a newspaper of
869	869	12 general circulation within the boundaries of the proposed
870	870	13 or organized district,
871	871	14 or by posting at five
872	872	15 (5) conspicuous places within the organized or proposed
873	873	16 district, such posting to include, where possible, posting
874	874	17 at public places where it may be customary to post notices
875	875	18 concerning county or municipal affairs generally. Except as
876	876	19 otherwise provided in this act, the notice of any hearing
877	877	20 required under this act shall fix the time, place and
878	878	21 purpose, which shall be not less than ten (10) or more than
879	879	22 fifteen (15) days after the first publication or first
880	880	23 posting of the notice. Any hearing held pursuant to such 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059040HB0298
881	881	1 notice may be adjourned from time to time without renewing
882	882	2 the notice for the adjourned dates. Notice for any election
883	883	3 or referendum required by this act shall be as specifically
884	884	4 provided in this act, or if not specifically provided in
885	885	5 this act, as required in the Special District Elections Act
886	886	6 of 1994;
887	887	7
888	888	8
889	889	9
890	890	10
891	891	11 (c) Subject to the limitation of subsection (b) of
892	892	12 this section, the proposition to impose a tax under this
893	893	13 act shall be submitted on an election date authorized under
894	894	14 W.S. 22-21-103, or by mail ballot pursuant to W.S.
895	895	15 22-29-115 and 22-29-116. A notice of election shall be
896	896	16 given by the county clerk
897	897	17 in at
898	898	18 least one (1) newspaper of general circulation published in
899	899	19 the county wherein the election is to be held and shall
900	900	20 specify the object of the election.
901	901	21he notice shall be
902	902	22 published at least once each week for a thirty (30) day
903	903	23 period preceding the election. At the election the ballots 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059041HB0298
904	904	1 shall contain the words "for the conservation district tax"
905	905	2 and "against the conservation district tax". Upon the
906	906	3 initial submission of the conservation district tax, or any
907	907	4 renewal thereof, after July 1, 1995, the conservation
908	908	5 district board of supervisors shall choose one (1) of the
909	909	6 following options and the words of the chosen option shall
910	910	7 be clearly printed in the appropriate area on the election
911	911	8 ballot:
912	912	9
913	913	10
914	914	11
915	915	12 (a) The executive officer of the livestock board
916	916	13 shall annually, during the last week of December, send two
917	917	14 (2) lists of unclaimed estrays for which he has received
918	918	15 payments, to the county clerk of each county, who shall
919	919	16 post one (1) copy in a conspicuous place in the courthouse
920	920	17 and place one (1) copy on file in his office. The executive
921	921	18 officer shall also cause to be published
922	922	19 in a newspaper of general
923	923	20 circulation in each county from which any estray included
924	924	21 in the list was shipped, a notice to the public that the
925	925	22 list of estrays is available for examination.
926	926	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059042HB02981
927	927	2
928	928	3
929	929	4 (b) The resolution creating the rabies control
930	930	5 district shall be published
931	931	6 at least once a
932	932	7 week for two (2) successive weeks in a newspaper of general
933	933	8 circulation in the county wherein the district is located.
934	934	9
935	935	10
936	936	11
937	937	12
938	938	13 (b) Notice of such a declaration shall be published
939	939	14 in a
940	940	15 newspaper of general circulation within the county and
941	941	16 notices may be placed in appropriate locations. The notice
942	942	17 shall specify any regulations necessary and convenient for
943	943	18 animal control and shall state that:
944	944	19
945	945	20
946	946	21
947	947	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059043HB0298
948	948	1 Within twenty (20) days after a petition has been filed,
949	949	2 the board of county commissioners shall set a date for
950	950	3 hearing the petition. Notice of the hearing shall be given
951	951	4 by posting notices in three (3) conspicuous places in the
952	952	5 proposed livestock district and by publication
953	953	6
954	954	7 for two (2) weeks previous to
955	955	8 the hearing in a newspaper published in the county nearest
956	956	9 the proposed livestock district.
957	957	10
958	958	11
959	959	12
960	960	13
961	961	14 Upon the issuance of any marketing order or any suspension,
962	962	15 amendment or termination thereof, a copy of the notice
963	963	16 shall be published
964	964	17 in the official newspaper of general circulation
965	965	18 published in each county of the state. No order of
966	966	19 suspension, amendment or termination is effective until
967	967	20 thirty (30) days after the date of posting and publication.
968	968	21 The director shall mail a copy of the notice to all persons
969	969	22 affected by the terms of the order, suspension, amendment 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059044HB0298
970	970	1 or termination who files in the office of the director a
971	971	2 written request for notice.
972	972	3
973	973	4
974	974	5
975	975	6
976	976	7
977	977	8 (a) When an application for a license, permit,
978	978	9 renewal or any transfer of location or ownership thereof
979	979	10 has been filed with a licensing authority, the clerk shall
980	980	11 promptly prepare a notice of application and publish the
981	981	12 notice
982	982	13 in a newspaper of local
983	983	14 circulation once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks.
984	984	15 When a county is the licensing authority, the county clerk
985	985	16 shall also post the notice on the official website of the
986	986	17 county in the manner provided in W.S 18-3-516(f), subject
987	987	18. When a city or town is the
988	988	19 licensing authority, the city clerk shall also post the
989	989	20 notice on the city or town's official website if one
990	990	21 exists. The notice shall state that a named applicant has
991	991	22 applied for a license, permit, renewal or transfer thereof,
992	992	23 and that protests against the issuance, renewal or transfer 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059045HB0298
993	993	1 of the license or permit will be heard at a designated
994	994	2 meeting of the licensing authority. Each applicant shall,
995	995	3 at the time of filing his application, pay the clerk an
996	996	4 amount sufficient to cover the costs of publishing notice.
997	997	5 Notices may be substantially in the following form:
998	998	6
999	999	7 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A ....
1000	1000	8
1001	1001	9 Notice is hereby given that on the .... day of ....
1002	1002	10 (year) (name of applicant) filed an application for a ....
1003	1003	11 license (permit), in the office of the clerk of the city
1004	1004	12 (or town or county) of .... for the following building
1005	1005	13 (insert address) and protests, if any there be, against the
1006	1006	14 issuance (transfer or renewal) of the license (permit) will
1007	1007	15 be heard at the hour of ....M., on the .... day of ....
1008	1008	16 (year), in the (meeting place of the governing body).
1009	1009	17
1010	1010	18 Dated .... Signed ....
1011	1011	19
1012	1012	20
1013	1013	21
1014	1014	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059046HB0298
1015	1015	1 Upon filing with the state banking commissioner the
1016	1016	2 articles of incorporation as required by W.S. 13-2-201 and
1017	1017	3 13-2-202, an application and any other information required
1018	1018	4 by the rules and regulations of the board, the state
1019	1019	5 banking commissioner shall notify the applicants in writing
1020	1020	6 within thirty (30) calendar days of any deficiency in the
1021	1021	7 required information or that the application has been
1022	1022	8 accepted for filing. When the state banking commissioner is
1023	1023	9 satisfied that all required information has been furnished,
1024	1024	10 he shall notify the chairman of the board who shall
1025	1025	11 establish a time and place within the county of the
1026	1026	12 proposed financial institution location for a public
1027	1027	13 hearing which shall be not less than sixty (60) days nor
1028	1028	14 more than one hundred twenty (120) days after notice from
1029	1029	15 the state banking commissioner that the application is in
1030	1030	16 order. Within thirty (30) days after receipt of notice of
1031	1031	17 the time and place of the public hearing, the applicant
1032	1032	18 shall cause notice of filing of the application and of the
1033	1033	19 hearing to be published at applicant's expense
1034	1034	20 in a newspaper of
1035	1035	21 general circulation within the county where the proposed
1036	1036	22 financial institution is to be located. Publication shall
1037	1037	23 be made 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059047HB0298
1038	1038	1
1039	1039	2 at least once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks
1040	1040	3 before the hearing
1041	1041	4 the proposed location of the
1042	1042	5 financial institution, the names of the proposed applicants
1043	1043	6 for a charter, the nature of the activities to be conducted
1044	1044	7 by the proposed institution and other information as the
1045	1045	8 board shall prescribe from time to time by rules and
1046	1046	9 regulations. The applicant shall furnish proof of
1047	1047	10 publication to the state banking commissioner not more than
1048	1048	11 ten (10) days prior to the hearing. The state banking
1049	1049	12 commissioner shall send notice of the hearing to state and
1050	1050	13 national banks, federal savings and loan associations and
1051	1051	14 other financial institutions in the state who have
1052	1052	15 requested notice from the state banking commissioner and to
1053	1053	16 the appropriate federal financial institution regulatory
1054	1054	17 authorities.
1055	1055	18
1056	1056	19
1057	1057	20
1058	1058	21 (b) If the annual election of directors is not held
1059	1059	22 at the time designated an election may be held within sixty
1060	1060	23 (60) days thereafter following notice 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059048HB0298
1061	1061	1
1062	1062	2 by publication in three (3) consecutive issues of a weekly
1063	1063	3 newspaper printed in the county in which the bank is
1064	1064	4 located, or if no newspaper is printed in the county then
1065	1065	5 in a newspaper of general circulation in the state.
1066	1066	6
1067	1067	7
1068	1068	8
1069	1069	9
1070	1070	10 (b) All applications for establishing and operating a
1071	1071	11 branch shall be filed with the commissioner and be
1072	1072	12 accompanied by a filing fee established by rule and
1073	1073	13 regulation of the commissioner. The application shall be
1074	1074	14 signed by the chief executive officer of the applicant bank
1075	1075	15 and contain and be accompanied by the following
1076	1076	16 information:
1077	1077	17
1078	1078	18 (iii) Certification of publication of notice of
1079	1079	19 the application
1080	1080	20 at least once in a
1081	1081	21 newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the
1082	1082	22 proposed branch will be located;
1083	1083	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059049HB02981
1084	1084	2
1085	1085	3 No branch shall be closed unless the parent bank certifies
1086	1086	4 to the commissioner that all persons with an account at
1087	1087	5 that branch have been notified of the date of closure not
1088	1088	6 less than sixty (60) days before the date of closure and
1089	1089	7 that a notice indicating the branch will be closed will be
1090	1090	8 published
1091	1091	9
1092	1092	10
1093	1093	11 general circulation in the county in which the branch is
1094	1094	12 located at least weekly for three (3) consecutive weeks
1095	1095	13 prior to the calendar week in which the date of closure
1096	1096	14 will occur.
1097	1097	15
1098	1098	16
1099	1099	17
1100	1100	18 (c) The applicant shall publish notice of the hearing
1101	1101	19
1102	1102	20 once a week for three (3)
1103	1103	21 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in
1104	1104	22 all municipalities affected by the change. At the
1105	1105	23 conclusion of the hearing if the state banking commissioner 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059050HB0298
1106	1106	1 finds that a change of location is desirable and in the
1107	1107	2 best interests of the bank and the municipality to which
1108	1108	3 the bank is proposing to move, he shall grant a certificate
1109	1109	4 authorizing the change of location.
1110	1110	5
1111	1111	6
1112	1112	7
1113	1113	8 (b) Notice of the meeting of the stockholders shall
1114	1114	9 be given by publication
1115	1115	10 in a
1116	1116	11 newspaper of general circulation in the county where the
1117	1117	12 principal office of each merging bank is located, at least
1118	1118	13 once a week for three (3) successive weeks, and
1119	1119	14
1120	1120	15 by mail, at least fifteen (15) days before the date
1121	1121	16 of the meeting, to each stockholder of record of each
1122	1122	17 merging bank at his address on the books of his bank, who
1123	1123	18 has not waived notice in writing. No notice by publication
1124	1124	19 need be given if written waivers are received from the
1125	1125	20 holders of two-thirds (2/3) of the outstanding shares of
1126	1126	21 each class of voting stock. The notice shall state that
1127	1127	22 dissenting stockholders will be entitled to payment of the 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059051HB0298
1128	1128	1 value of only those shares which are voted against approval
1129	1129	2 of the plan.
1130	1130	3
1131	1131	4
1132	1132	5
1133	1133	6 Upon approval of a merger agreement by the stockholders of
1134	1134	7 each merging bank, the elements of the agreement shall be
1135	1135	8 incorporated in a notice of the proposed merger with the
1136	1136	9 effective date of the merger. The notice shall be published
1137	1137	10
1138	1138	11 once each week for three (3)
1139	1139	12 successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in
1140	1140	13 each of the counties in which the merging banks are
1141	1141	14 located.
1142	1142	15
1143	1143	16
1144	1144	17
1145	1145	18
1146	1146	19
1147	1147	20 (c) Before issuance of a charter notice of a
1148	1148	21 conversion with its effective date shall be published
1149	1149	22
1150	1150	23 once each week for three (3) successive 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059052HB0298
1151	1151	1 weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county
1152	1152	2 in which the financial institution is located.
1153	1153	3
1154	1154	4
1155	1155	5
1156	1156	6 (b) Before the conservator turns back the affairs of
1157	1157	7 the bank to its board of directors he shall give notice
1158	1158	8
1159	1159	9 of general circulation in the community in which the bank
1160	1160	10 is located. The notice shall state the date on which the
1161	1161	11 affairs of the bank will be returned to its board of
1162	1162	12 directors and that the provisions of W.S. 13-4-602 will not
1163	1163	13 be effective fifteen (15) days after that date. On the date
1164	1164	14 of the publication of the notice, the conservator shall
1165	1165	15 send to every depositor under W.S. 13-4-602 a copy of the
1166	1166	16 notice by registered mail addressed to his last known
1167	1167	17 address on the records of the bank and a notice to every
1168	1168	18 person making a deposit in the bank under W.S. 13-4-602
1169	1169	19 after the date of the
1170	1170	20 affairs of the bank are returned to its directors.
1171	1171	21
1172	1172	22
1173	1173	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059053HB02981 (a) If the state banking commissioner has paid the
1174	1174	2 full amount of the claim to each depositor and creditor of
1175	1175	3 the bank whose claims have been allowed, has made provision
1176	1176	4 for unpaid deposits and has paid all the expenses of the
1177	1177	5 liquidation, he shall call a meeting of the stockholders of
1178	1178	6 the bank by giving notice for thirty (30) days
1179	1179	7 in a newspaper
1180	1180	8 published in the county in which the bank was located.
1181	1181	9
1182	1182	10
1183	1183	11
1184	1184	12
1185	1185	13 (b) All applications for establishing and operating a
1186	1186	14 branch shall be filed with the commissioner and be
1187	1187	15 accompanied by a filing fee established by rule of the
1188	1188	16 commissioner. The application shall be signed by the chief
1189	1189	17 executive officer of the applicant supervised trust company
1190	1190	18 and contain and be accompanied by the following
1191	1191	19 information:
1192	1192	20
1193	1193	21 (iii) Certification of publication of notice of
1194	1194	22 the application
1195	1195	23 at least one (1) 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059054HB0298
1196	1196	1 time in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in
1197	1197	2 which the proposed branch will be located;
1198	1198	3
1199	1199	4
1200	1200	5
1201	1201	6
1202	1202	7 (b) Upon filing with the commissioner the
1203	1203	8 organizational instrument as required by W.S. 13-5-501, an
1204	1204	9 application and any other information required by the rules
1205	1205	10 and regulations of the board, the commissioner shall notify
1206	1206	11 the applicants in writing within thirty (30) calendar days
1207	1207	12 of any deficiency in the required information or that the
1208	1208	13 application has been accepted for filing. When the
1209	1209	14 commissioner is satisfied that all required information has
1210	1210	15 been furnished, he shall notify the chairman of the board
1211	1211	16 who shall establish a time and place for a public meeting
1212	1212	17 or hearing if the application is contested which shall be
1213	1213	18 not less than sixty (60) days nor more than one hundred
1214	1214	19 twenty (120) days after notice from the commissioner that
1215	1215	20 the application is in order. Within thirty (30) days after
1216	1216	21 receipt of notice of the time and place of the public
1217	1217	22 meeting or hearing, the applicant shall cause notice of
1218	1218	23 filing of the application and of the meeting or hearing to 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059055HB0298
1219	1219	1 be published at the applicant's expense
1220	1220	2 in a newspaper of general
1221	1221	3 circulation within the county where the proposed public
1222	1222	4 trust company is to be located. Publication shall be made
1223	1223	5
1224	1224	6
1225	1225	7 at least once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks before
1226	1226	8 the meeting,
1227	1227	9
1228	1228	10 location of the public trust company, the names of the
1229	1229	11 proposed applicants for a charter, the nature of the
1230	1230	12 activities to be conducted by the proposed institution and
1231	1231	13 other information as the commissioner shall prescribe by
1232	1232	14 rule. The applicant shall furnish proof of publication to
1233	1233	15 the commissioner not more than ten (10) days prior to the
1234	1234	16 public meeting or hearing.
1235	1235	17
1236	1236	18
1237	1237	19
1238	1238	20 (b) If the annual election of directors or managers
1239	1239	21 is not held at the time designated, an election may be held
1240	1240	22 within sixty (60) days thereafter following notice by
1241	1241	23 publication 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059056HB0298
1242	1242	1 in three (3)
1243	1243	2 consecutive issues of a weekly newspaper printed in the
1244	1244	3 county in which the public trust company is located, or if
1245	1245	4 no newspaper is printed in the county then in a newspaper
1246	1246	5 of general circulation in the state.
1247	1247	6
1248	1248	7
1249	1249	8
1250	1250	9 (b) Within thirty (30) days after receipt of notice
1251	1251	10 of the time and place of the public hearing, the applicants
1252	1252	11 shall cause notice of filing of the application and the
1253	1253	12 hearing to be published at the applicants' expense
1254	1254	13 in a newspaper of
1255	1255	14 general circulation within the county where the proposed
1256	1256	15 special purpose depository institution is to be located.
1257	1257	16 Publication shall be made
1258	1258	17
1259	1259	18 at least once a week for
1260	1260	19 three (3) consecutive weeks before the hearing,
1261	1261	20 the
1262	1262	21 proposed location of the special purpose depository
1263	1263	22 institution, the names of the applicants for a charter, the
1264	1264	23 nature of the activities to be conducted by the proposed 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059057HB0298
1265	1265	1 institution and other information required by rule. The
1266	1266	2 applicants shall furnish proof of publication to the
1267	1267	3 commissioner not more than ten (10) days prior to the
1268	1268	4 hearing. The commissioner shall send notice of the hearing
1269	1269	5 to state and national banks, federal savings and loan
1270	1270	6 associations and other financial institutions in the state
1271	1271	7 and federal agencies who have requested notice from the
1272	1272	8 commissioner.
1273	1273	9
1274	1274	10
1275	1275	11
1276	1276	12
1277	1277	13
1278	1278	14
1279	1279	15 (a) Except where publication is made on the
1280	1280	16
1281	1281	17
1282	1282	18 shall designate a legal newspaper and publish once therein
1283	1283	19 the minutes of all regular and special meetings of the
1284	1284	20 governing body and the titles of all ordinances passed. If
1285	1285	21 a newspaper is not published in the city or town the
1286	1286	22 proceedings or ordinances shall be posted for at least ten
1287	1287	23 (10) days in the city or town clerk's office and in such 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059058HB0298
1288	1288	1 other places as the governing body determines. The clerk of
1289	1289	2 each city or town shall within twelve (12) days after
1290	1290	3 adjournment of every meeting, furnish the newspaper a copy
1291	1291	4 of the proceedings of the meeting. Except for salaries and
1292	1292	5 wages published under subsection (b) of this section, the
1293	1293	6 copy shall include any bill presented to the governing body
1294	1294	7 stating the amount of the bill, the amount allowed, the
1295	1295	8 purpose of the bill and the claimant. Claims for part-time
1296	1296	9 employees may be summarized by department without listing
1297	1297	10 each part-time employee. The newspaper shall publish the
1298	1298	11 copy of proceedings within nine (9) days after receipt.
1299	1299	12
1300	1300	13
1301	1301	14
1302	1302	15
1303	1303	16 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of
1304	1304	17 this section and W.S. 15-1-113(a), before the sale of any
1305	1305	18 property of any city or town valued at five hundred dollars
1306	1306	19 ($500.00) or more, an advertisement of the intended sale,
1307	1307	20 describing the property and the terms of the sale, shall be
1308	1308	21 published
1309	1309	22 at least once each
1310	1310	23 week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper having 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059059HB0298
1311	1311	1 general circulation in the community, announcing a public
1312	1312	2 auction or calling for sealed bids for purchase of the
1313	1313	3 property. The property shall be sold to the highest
1314	1314	4 responsible bidder, unless the governing body of the city
1315	1315	5 or town rejects all bids. The responsibility of the bidders
1316	1316	6 shall be determined by the governing body of the city or
1317	1317	7 town.
1318	1318	8
1319	1319	9 (b) Any city or town, upon terms the governing body
1320	1320	10 thereof determines, without advertising the sale or calling
1321	1321	11 for bids, and after a public hearing, notice of which shall
1322	1322	12 include the appraised value of all real properties involved
1323	1323	13 and notice of proposed terms of any contract with an
1324	1324	14 independent agency pursuant to paragraph (iii) of this
1325	1325	15 subsection and is published
1326	1326	16 at least
1327	1327	17 once each week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a
1328	1328	18 newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the
1329	1329	19 city or town is located, may:
1330	1330	20
1331	1331	21
1332	1332	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059060HB02981 (b) The advertisement shall be published
1333	1333	2
1334	1334	3 on two (2) different occasions, at least seven
1335	1335	4 (7) days apart, in a newspaper having general circulation
1336	1336	5 in the city or town, or if a joint powers board in any city
1337	1337	6 or town which is a member of the board. The published
1338	1338	7 notice shall state the place, date and time when the bids
1339	1339	8 or proposals will be received and bids will be publicly
1340	1340	9 opened and the place where interested persons may obtain
1341	1341	10 complete specifications of work to be performed.
1342	1342	11
1343	1343	12
1344	1344	13
1345	1345	14
1346	1346	15 (a) Every ordinance before becoming effective shall
1347	1347	16 be published
1348	1348	17 at least once in a
1349	1349	18 newspaper of general circulation, which maintains a
1350	1350	19 physical office at which advertisements are accepted and
1351	1351	20 which is open to the public during regularly set business
1352	1352	21 hours within the boundaries of the city or town. The
1353	1353	22
1354	1354	23 within nine (9) days from the date of receipt. If 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059061HB0298
1355	1355	1
1356	1356	2 there is no
1357	1357	3, the ordinance shall be posted for at least ten
1358	1358	4 (10) days in the city clerk's office and in such other
1359	1359	5 places as the governing body determines. Emergency
1360	1360	6 ordinances are effective upon proclamation of the mayor,
1361	1361	7 and as soon thereafter as is practicable they shall be
1362	1362	8 published and posted in the manner required of other
1363	1363	9 ordinances.
1364	1364	10
1365	1365	11
1366	1366	12
1367	1367	13
1368	1368	14 (b) The inspectors shall:
1369	1369	15
1370	1370	16 (ii) Provide for a notice of the election which
1371	1371	17 shall:
1372	1372	18
1373	1373	19 (A) Be published
1374	1374	20
1375	1375	21 least once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in some
1376	1376	22 newspaper published within the territory, and posted in
1377	1377	23 five (5) places within the territory, with the posting and 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059062HB0298
1378	1378	1 publication occurring not less than three (3) weeks prior
1379	1379	2 to the election;
1380	1380	3
1381	1381	4
1382	1382	5
1383	1383	6
1384	1384	7 (a) If a majority of the ballots cast at the election
1385	1385	8 are in favor of incorporation, the county clerk,
1386	1386	9 immediately after the report has been filed in his office,
1387	1387	10 shall publish the result
1388	1388	11 in a newspaper published within the
1389	1389	12 county, or if there is none, the clerk shall post the
1390	1390	13 result in five (5) public places within the limits of the
1391	1391	14 proposed city or town. A copy of the notice with proof of
1392	1392	15 its publication or posting shall be filed in the office of
1393	1393	16 the county clerk with the other documents relating to the
1394	1394	17 incorporation.
1395	1395	18
1396	1396	19
1397	1397	20
1398	1398	21
1399	1399	22 (b) The clerk shall give notice of the public hearing
1400	1400	23 by publishing a notice 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059063HB0298
1401	1401	1
1402	1402	2 in a newspaper of general circulation in the territory
1403	1403	3 sought to be annexed. The first notice shall be given at
1404	1404	4 least fifteen (15) business days prior to the date of the
1405	1405	5 public hearing. The notice shall contain a location map
1406	1406	6 which includes identifiable landmarks and boundaries of the
1407	1407	7 area sought to be annexed and the area which will, as a
1408	1408	8 result of the annexation then be brought within one-half
1409	1409	9 (1/2) mile of the new corporate limits of the city, if it
1410	1410	10 has exercised the authority granted under W.S.
1411	1411	11 15-3-202(b)(ii). The notice shall include a summary of the
1412	1412	12 proposed annexation report prepared pursuant to W.S.
1413	1413	13 15-1-402(c). Upon written request to the clerk of the
1414	1414	14 annexing municipality, the clerk shall provide a legal
1415	1415	15 description of the area and the names of the persons owning
1416	1416	16 property within the area.
1417	1417	17
1418	1418	18
1419	1419	19
1420	1420	20
1421	1421	21
1422	1422	22 (c) The governing body may exclude from any city or
1423	1423	23 town land sufficient for the construction of state 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059064HB0298
1424	1424	1 highways. Notice of the intended action and the time and
1425	1425	2 place of public hearing for objections shall be published
1426	1426	3
1427	1427	4 once each week for
1428	1428	5 four (4) consecutive weeks prior to the hearing in a
1429	1429	6 newspaper of general circulation within the city or town.
1430	1430	7 No action may be taken by the governing body to exclude
1431	1431	8 land for highway purposes over the objection of any owner
1432	1432	9 of property to be excluded.
1433	1433	10
1434	1434	11
1435	1435	12
1436	1436	13 (b) The petitioner shall be responsible for
1437	1437	14 publishing a public notice of the petition
1438	1438	15 in a newspaper of
1439	1439	16 general circulation in the affected municipality no more
1440	1440	17 than ten (10) days after filing the petition with the
1441	1441	18 municipal clerk. The notice shall also include a map
1442	1442	19 showing identifiable landmarks and boundaries.
1443	1443	20
1444	1444	21
1445	1445	22
1446	1446	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059065HB02981 (b) No regulation, restriction or boundary is
1447	1447	2 effective until after a public hearing. At least fifteen
1448	1448	3 (15) days notice of the time and place
1449	1449	4 of the hearing shall be published
1450	1450	5 in a newspaper of general
1451	1451	6 circulation in the city or town.
1452	1452	7
1453	1453	8
1454	1454	9
1455	1455	10
1456	1456	11 (a) Immediately after the end of the fiscal year, the
1457	1457	12 governing body shall publish
1458	1458	13 in a newspaper, if one is published in the
1459	1459	14 town, or if there is none then by posting in three (3) or
1460	1460	15 more public places, an exhibit of the receipts and
1461	1461	16 expenditures specifying:
1462	1462	17
1463	1463	18
1464	1464	19
1465	1465	20
1466	1466	21 If it is ascertained that any city or town has attained a
1467	1467	22 population of more than four thousand (4,000) inhabitants
1468	1468	23 and that fact is certified to the governor by the mayor of 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059066HB0298
1469	1469	1 the city or town, attested by its seal, the governor, by
1470	1470	2 public proclamation, shall declare the city or town to be a
1471	1471	3 city of the first class. The proclamation shall be
1472	1472	4 published by the city for three (3) consecutive weeks
1473	1473	5
1474	1474	6 of general circulation in the city. A certified copy of
1475	1475	7 the proclamation shall be recorded in the office of the
1476	1476	8 county clerk of the county in which the city is situated.
1477	1477	9 The record of the proclamation shall be received as
1478	1478	10 evidence of the organization and corporate existence of the
1479	1479	11 city as a city of the first class in any court within the
1480	1480	12 state.
1481	1481	13
1482	1482	14
1483	1483	15
1484	1484	16
1485	1485	17 (d) The resolution shall fix the time and place, when
1486	1486	18 and where the governing body will meet to consider any
1487	1487	19 remonstrances and objections to the proposed improvements,
1488	1488	20 and the time within which remonstrances and objections must
1489	1489	21 be filed with the city or town recorder. It shall direct
1490	1490	22 the recorder to give a fifteen (15) day notice to all legal
1491	1491	23 owners of record of the property liable to assessment for 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059067HB0298
1492	1492	1 the proposed improvements by publishing the resolution
1493	1493	2 in one (1)
1494	1494	3 issue of some newspaper published in the city or town once
1495	1495	4 a week or more often. If
1496	1496	5 no newspaper is
1497	1497	6 published within the city or town, notice may be published
1498	1498	7 in any newspaper of general circulation in the county once
1499	1499	8 a week or more often. In addition to the publication, a
1500	1500	9 copy of the resolution of intention shall be mailed,
1501	1501	10 postage prepaid, at least fifteen (15) days prior to the
1502	1502	11 hearing, to each legal owner of record of the property
1503	1503	12 within the proposed district.
1504	1504	13
1505	1505	14
1506	1506	15
1507	1507	16
1508	1508	17 (b) The improvements may be made under contracts, or
1509	1509	18 as a part of a contract, publicly let by the state or any
1510	1510	19 agency thereof, or by the city or town in the manner
1511	1511	20 provided in this section and W.S. 15-6-302, or the city or
1512	1512	21 town may make the improvements with its own equipment,
1513	1513	22 labor and materials, without contract, or any combination
1514	1514	23 of methods may be followed. If the improvements are to be 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059068HB0298
1515	1515	1 made by municipal contracts, the city clerk shall call for
1516	1516	2 bids by publishing a notice
1517	1517	3 in at least one (1) issue of some
1518	1518	4 newspaper published within the city or town or within the
1519	1519	5 county in which the city or town is located and in such
1520	1520	6 other papers as the governing body may provide in the
1521	1521	7 ordinance.
1522	1522	8
1523	1523	9
1524	1524	10
1525	1525	11
1526	1526	12
1527	1527	13 (a) When an assessment roll for local improvements
1528	1528	14 has been prepared, it shall be filed with the clerk of the
1529	1529	15 city or town. The governing body shall then fix a date for
1530	1530	16 hearing upon the roll before it and direct the clerk to
1531	1531	17 give notice of the time and place of the hearing. Any
1532	1532	18 person may object to the roll in writing and file the
1533	1533	19 objections with the clerk on or before the date of the
1534	1534	20 hearing. At the time and place fixed and at such other
1535	1535	21 times to which the hearing may be continued, the governing
1536	1536	22 body shall sit as a board of equalization to consider the
1537	1537	23 roll. At the hearing or hearings, the governing body will 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059069HB0298
1538	1538	1 consider the objections or any part thereof, and correct,
1539	1539	2 revise, raise, lower, change or modify the roll or any part
1540	1540	3 thereof, or set it aside and order that the roll
1541	1541	4 assessments be made de novo, in a manner appearing just and
1542	1542	5 equitable, and then proceed to confirm the roll by
1543	1543	6 ordinance. The notice of the hearing shall be published
1544	1544	7
1545	1545	8 at least twice, by two (2) weekly
1546	1546	9 publications in a newspaper of general circulation in the
1547	1547	10 city or town. However, at least fifteen (15) days must
1548	1548	11 elapse between the date of the first publication and the
1549	1549	12 date fixed for the hearing.
1550	1550	13
1551	1551	14
1552	1552	15
1553	1553	16
1554	1554	17 (b) The treasurer shall give notice of such sales by
1555	1555	18 publishing a notice
1556	1556	19 once a week for
1557	1557	20 three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper published within
1558	1558	21 the city or town, or if there is none, then in a newspaper
1559	1559	22 of general circulation within the county. The notice shall
1560	1560	23 contain a list of all property upon which assessments are 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059070HB0298
1561	1561	1 delinquent with the amount of the assessments, interest,
1562	1562	2 penalties and costs to date of sale, including the cost of
1563	1563	3 advertising the sale, together with the names of the owners
1564	1564	4 of the property, or the words "unknown owners," as they
1565	1565	5 appear upon the assessment roll. The notice shall include,
1566	1566	6 in addition to the legal description of the property, the
1567	1567	7 street address for the property used by the United States
1568	1568	8 postal service when available, or the street address used
1569	1569	9 by the county or municipality if available. The notice
1570	1570	10 shall specify the time and place of sale and that the
1571	1571	11 property described will be sold to satisfy the assessments,
1572	1572	12 interest, penalties and costs due upon it. All such sales
1573	1573	13 shall be made between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
1574	1574	14 and shall take place at the front door of the building in
1575	1575	15 which the governing body holds its sessions. The sale shall
1576	1576	16 be continued from day to day, omitting Sundays and legal
1577	1577	17 holidays, until all the property described in the
1578	1578	18 assessment roll on which any assessment or installment is
1579	1579	19 delinquent and unpaid is sold. All sales are public, and
1580	1580	20 each lot, tract or parcel of land, or other property shall
1581	1581	21 be sold separately in the order in which they appear upon
1582	1582	22 the assessment roll.
1583	1583	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059071HB02981
1584	1584	2
1585	1585	3
1586	1586	4 (b) Any such sale shall be conducted only after
1587	1587	5 notice describing the property has been given and stating
1588	1588	6 that the city treasurer, on the day specified, will sell
1589	1589	7 the property at the front door of the building in which the
1590	1590	8 governing body holds its sessions, between the hours of
1591	1591	9 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., and continue the sale from day to
1592	1592	10 day, or withdraw the property from sale after the first day
1593	1593	11 if he deems that the interests of the city or town so
1594	1594	12 require. The notice shall be published
1595	1595	13
1596	1596	14 at least five (5) times in a daily newspaper published
1597	1597	15 within the city or town, or if there is none, then at least
1598	1598	16 twice in any newspaper of general circulation in the
1599	1599	17 county. At least fifteen (15) days shall elapse between the
1600	1600	18 date of the last publication of the notice and the day the
1601	1601	19 property is sold.
1602	1602	20
1603	1603	21
1604	1604	22
1605	1605	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059072HB02981 (a) Any property sold for an assessment is subject to
1606	1606	2 redemption by the former owner, or his grantee, mortgagee,
1607	1607	3 heir or other representative at any time within two (2)
1608	1608	4 years from the date of the sale, upon the payment to the
1609	1609	5 treasurer for the purchaser of the amount for which the
1610	1610	6 property was sold, with interest at the rate of twelve
1611	1611	7 percent (12%) per year, together with all taxes and special
1612	1612	8 assessments, interest, penalties, costs and other charges
1613	1613	9 thereon paid by the purchaser at or since the sale, with
1614	1614	10 like interest thereon. Unless written notice of taxes and
1615	1615	11 assessments subsequently paid, and the amount thereof, is
1616	1616	12 deposited with the city or town treasurer, property may be
1617	1617	13 redeemed without their inclusion. On any redemption, the
1618	1618	14 treasurer shall give to the redemptioner a certificate of
1619	1619	15 redemption and pay over the amount received to the
1620	1620	16 purchaser of the certificate of sale or his assigns. If
1621	1621	17 property is not redeemed within the period of two (2)
1622	1622	18 years, the treasurer, on demand of the purchaser or his
1623	1623	19 assigns and the surrender to him of the certificate of
1624	1624	20 sale, shall execute a deed for the property to the
1625	1625	21 purchaser or his assigns. No deed may be executed until the
1626	1626	22 holder of the certificate of sale has notified the owners
1627	1627	23 of the property that he holds the certificate and that he 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059073HB0298
1628	1628	1 will demand a deed therefor. The notice shall be given by
1629	1629	2 personal service upon the owners. If the owners are
1630	1630	3 nonresidents of the state or cannot be found within the
1631	1631	4 state after diligent search, the notice may be given by
1632	1632	5 publication
1633	1633	6 in a newspaper of general
1634	1634	7 circulation within the city or town once a week for three
1635	1635	8 (3) successive weeks. The notice and return thereof, with
1636	1636	9 the affidavit of the person, or in case of a city or town,
1637	1637	10 of the comptroller or clerk, claiming a deed, showing that
1638	1638	11 service was made, shall be filed with the treasurer. If
1639	1639	12 property is not redeemed within sixty (60) days after the
1640	1640	13 date of service, or the date of the first publication of
1641	1641	14 the notice, the holder of the certificate of sale is
1642	1642	15 entitled to a deed. The deed shall be executed only for the
1643	1643	16 property described in the certificate, and after payment of
1644	1644	17 all delinquent taxes and special assessments, or
1645	1645	18 installments and certificates of delinquency or other
1646	1646	19 certificates issued for special or local assessments,
1647	1647	20 whether levied, assessed or issued before or after the
1648	1648	21 issuance of the certificates of sale. Any deed may be
1649	1649	22 issued to any city or town for the face amount of the
1650	1650	23 certificate of sale, plus accrued interest, costs, 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059074HB0298
1651	1651	1 penalties and charges, and be held by the city or town
1652	1652	2 subject to the liens of general taxes and special
1653	1653	3 assessments.
1654	1654	4
1655	1655	5
1656	1656	6
1657	1657	7
1658	1658	8 The city or town treasurer shall pay the principal and
1659	1659	9 interest on bonds issued out of the respective local
1660	1660	10 improvement funds from which they are payable. If there is
1661	1661	11 sufficient money in any local improvement fund over the
1662	1662	12 amount required for the payment of maturing principal and
1663	1663	13 interest to pay the principal of one (1) or more bonds,
1664	1664	14 which are subject to redemption on the next interest
1665	1665	15 payment date, the treasurer shall call in and pay those
1666	1666	16 bonds in numerical order. Notice of the call shall be made
1667	1667	17 by publication
1668	1668	18 in a newspaper of general circulation within the city or
1669	1669	19 town, or by mail to the holder, if known, not less than
1670	1670	20 fifteen (15) days prior to the date of call and shall state
1671	1671	21 that bonds no. .... (giving the serial number or numbers of
1672	1672	22 the bonds called) will be paid on the call day, and
1673	1673	23 interest on those bonds shall cease upon that date. 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059075HB02981
1674	1674	2
1675	1675	3
1676	1676	4
1677	1677	5 The owner of any lot, tract or parcel of land or other
1678	1678	6 property charged with any assessments may redeem it from
1679	1679	7 all or any portion of the liability for the contract price
1680	1680	8 of the improvement by paying the entire assessment or any
1681	1681	9 portion thereof charged against the lot or parcel of land,
1682	1682	10 without interest, within thirty (30) days after notice to
1683	1683	11 him of the assessment unless the legal owners of record of
1684	1684	12 all of the property assessed in the district have waived
1685	1685	13 this thirty (30) day period. Unless the legal owners of
1686	1686	14 record of all property assessed in the district waive the
1687	1687	15 thirty (30) day cash payment period, the city or town
1688	1688	16 treasurer, as soon as the assessment roll has been placed
1689	1689	17 in his hands for collection, shall publish the notice
1690	1690	18 in a newspaper
1691	1691	19 of general circulation within the city or town. The notice
1692	1692	20 shall be published
1693	1693	21
1694	1694	22 once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks,
1695	1695	23 shall specify that 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059076HB0298
1696	1696	1 the roll is in his hands for collection and that any
1697	1697	2 assessment thereon or any portion of any assessment may be
1698	1698	3 paid at any time within thirty (30) days from the date of
1699	1699	4 the first publication of the notice without penalty,
1700	1700	5 interest or costs. Bonds may be issued prior to the
1701	1701	6 expiration of the thirty (30) day period but only if the
1702	1702	7 legal owners of all of the property assessed in the
1703	1703	8 district have waived the thirty (30) day cash payment
1704	1704	9 period, and bonds may be issued at any time after the
1705	1705	10 expiration of the thirty (30) day period. The governing
1706	1706	11 body may provide that the owner of any lot or parcel of
1707	1707	12 land may redeem it from all liability for the unpaid amount
1708	1708	13 of the assessment at any time after the thirty (30) days,
1709	1709	14 if applicable, by paying all the installments of the
1710	1710	15 assessment remaining unpaid, with interest thereon to the
1711	1711	16 date of the maturity of the installment next falling due.
1712	1712	17 If any sum is paid as provided in this section, it shall be
1713	1713	18 paid to the city treasurer, or to the officer whose duty it
1714	1714	19 is to collect the assessments, and all sums so paid shall
1715	1715	20 be applied solely to the payment of the cost and expense of
1716	1716	21 the improvements or to the redemption of the bonds issued.
1717	1717	22
1718	1718	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059077HB02981
1719	1719	2 Any first class city or any town having a population of
1720	1720	3 four thousand (4,000) or more may provide by ordinance for
1721	1721	4 letting to the lowest responsible bidder for any period not
1722	1722	5 exceeding one (1) year, as prescribed by the ordinance, a
1723	1723	6 contract for the construction, in accordance with
1724	1724	7 specifications prepared by the city engineer and approved
1725	1725	8 by the governing body, of all cement or concrete sidewalks
1726	1726	9 which the governing body may order constructed during the
1727	1727	10 term of the contract. The proposed ordinance shall be
1728	1728	11 published
1729	1729	12 at least two (2) times in a
1730	1730	13 newspaper of general circulation within the city or town,
1731	1731	14 and written notice thereof shall be served in the manner
1732	1732	15 provided by Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure upon the owner
1733	1733	16 or owners of property abutting the sidewalks which have
1734	1734	17 then been ordered and which are then proposed to be ordered
1735	1735	18 to be constructed. The first publication of the ordinance
1736	1736	19 shall be made and written notices served not less than
1737	1737	20 thirty (30) days before the date for hearing objections.
1738	1738	21 Any owner of any lot or parcel of land or property to be
1739	1739	22 assessed for the cost of construction of the sidewalks then
1740	1740	23 ordered or proposed to be ordered to be constructed may 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059078HB0298
1741	1741	1 appear in person or by counsel at the hearing and show
1742	1742	2 cause, if any, why the sidewalks should not be constructed.
1743	1743	3 If objections are made to the construction of the sidewalks
1744	1744	4 by the owners or agents representing more than one-half
1745	1745	5 (1/2) of the total number of lineal feet frontage of all
1746	1746	6 property which would be assessed to defray the cost of the
1747	1747	7 sidewalks, the sidewalks shall not be constructed. The
1748	1748	8 contractor shall give bond for the performance of his
1749	1749	9 contract as required by the ordinance. The ordinance shall
1750	1750	10 provide that upon ordering the construction of any such
1751	1751	11 sidewalk the city engineer or the street commissioner shall
1752	1752	12 immediately give written notice thereof, served personally
1753	1753	13 on the owner or owners, or agents of the abutting property,
1754	1754	14 or by publication
1755	1755	15 once a week for a
1756	1756	16 period of four (4) weeks in a newspaper of general
1757	1757	17 circulation within the city or town, fully describing the
1758	1758	18 termini, course, width and character of the walk ordered.
1759	1759	19 The notice shall provide for a period of thirty (30) days
1760	1760	20 during which parties so desiring may construct the walk
1761	1761	21 abutting their property, and that all the walks so ordered
1762	1762	22 remaining unbuilt at the expiration of the thirty (30) days
1763	1763	23 from the date of service, or of the first publication, 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059079HB0298
1764	1764	1 shall be constructed by the contractor. The ordinance shall
1765	1765	2 also provide that at the expiration of the thirty (30) days
1766	1766	3 the city engineer or the street commissioner shall notify
1767	1767	4 the contractor to build the portions of the sidewalk
1768	1768	5 ordered that have not been built. The contractor shall
1769	1769	6 construct the sidewalk in accordance with the ordinance and
1770	1770	7 his contract within sixty (60) days after he is so
1771	1771	8 notified.
1772	1772	9
1773	1773	10
1774	1774	11
1775	1775	12
1776	1776	13 (b) The proposed resolution shall be published
1777	1777	14
1778	1778	15 at least five (5) times in a daily
1779	1779	16 newspaper of general circulation within the city or town,
1780	1780	17 or in a weekly newspaper in four (4) issues, and written
1781	1781	18 notice thereof shall be served upon the owner or owners, or
1782	1782	19 agents of the abutting property. The first publication of
1783	1783	20 the resolution shall be made and the written notices served
1784	1784	21 not less than thirty (30) days before the date set for
1785	1785	22 hearing objections.
1786	1786	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059080HB02981
1787	1787	2
1788	1788	3
1789	1789	4 (b) A notice signed by the city clerk stating that
1790	1790	5 the resolution levying the assessment to defray the cost of
1791	1791	6 installing the lighting system is on file in his office,
1792	1792	7 subject to inspection for a period of five (5) days, shall
1793	1793	8 be published
1794	1794	9
1795	1795	10 newspaper of general circulation within the city or town,
1796	1796	11 and written notice thereof shall be served upon the owner
1797	1797	12 or owners or agents of the abutting property. The notice
1798	1798	13 shall state the time and place at which the governing body
1799	1799	14 will hear objections to the final adoption of the
1800	1800	15 resolution. The hearing shall not be less than five (5)
1801	1801	16 days after publication of the notice.
1802	1802	17
1803	1803	18
1804	1804	19
1805	1805	20
1806	1806	21 (a) After any bonds to be issued for any of the
1807	1807	22 purposes set forth in this article, other than special
1808	1808	23 improvement bonds, have been approved by a vote of the 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059081HB0298
1809	1809	1 people, the governing body shall give notice by
1810	1810	2 advertisement for three (3) consecutive weeks
1811	1811	3 in a newspaper
1812	1812	4 published in the city or town, if there is one, and if not,
1813	1813	5 then in some newspaper of general circulation in the city
1814	1814	6 or town, and in any newspaper published in other places as
1815	1815	7 may be deemed expedient. The notice shall state that the
1816	1816	8 city or town will receive bids for the sale of the bonds
1817	1817	9 and shall give the time and place where bids will be
1818	1818	10 received and opened. No bonds may be sold for less than
1819	1819	11 their par value.
1820	1820	12
1821	1821	13
1822	1822	14
1823	1823	15
1824	1824	16 A tax to be fixed by ordinance shall be levied each year to
1825	1825	17 pay the interest on the bonds and to create a sinking fund
1826	1826	18 for their redemption. The money that may be on hand at any
1827	1827	19 time belonging to the sinking fund, until there are bonds
1828	1828	20 redeemable, may be loaned or invested by the governing body
1829	1829	21 in any public securities of the state, any subdivision
1830	1830	22 thereof, or of the United States, and the interest that
1831	1831	23 accrues shall be added to the sinking fund. If at any time 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059082HB0298
1832	1832	1 after ten (10) years from the issue of the bonds the sum in
1833	1833	2 the sinking fund equals or exceeds five hundred dollars
1834	1834	3 ($500.00), and from time to time thereafter when it
1835	1835	4 accrues, the city or town treasurer shall publish a notice
1836	1836	5 in a
1837	1837	6 newspaper in the city or town that, thirty (30) days from
1838	1838	7 the date of the notice, he will redeem the amount of bonds
1839	1839	8 then payable, giving their number and giving preference to
1840	1840	9 the oldest issue. If at the expiration of thirty (30) days
1841	1841	10 the holder of those bonds fails to present them for
1842	1842	11 payment, the interest thereon ceases, but the treasurer
1843	1843	12 shall redeem them on presentation. A copy of the notice
1844	1844	13 shall be sent to the bank designated as the place of
1845	1845	14 payment of the interest on the bonds.
1846	1846	15
1847	1847	16
1848	1848	17
1849	1849	18
1850	1850	19 If a majority of the votes are "for the bonds," the
1851	1851	20 governing body shall publish a notice in a newspaper of
1852	1852	21 general circulation in the city or town, and any other
1853	1853	22 newspapers published in other places as deemed expedient,
1854	1854	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059083HB0298
1855	1855	1 effect that the city or town will receive bids for the sale
1856	1856	2 of the bonds and stating the time and place where bids will
1857	1857	3 be received and opened.
1858	1858	4
1859	1859	5
1860	1860	6
1861	1861	7 If the governing body of the city or town decides to submit
1862	1862	8 the question of the sale of the property to a vote of the
1863	1863	9 qualified electors, they shall publish, for a period of at
1864	1864	10 least three (3) weeks before the election
1865	1865	11 in a newspaper of
1866	1866	12 general circulation in the city or town, a notice
1867	1867	13 specifying the amount of the bid and the general terms and
1868	1868	14 conditions contained in the proposal. A copy of the notice
1869	1869	15 shall be posted for three (3) weeks immediately preceding
1870	1870	16 the election in three (3) public places in the city or
1871	1871	17 town.
1872	1872	18
1873	1873	19
1874	1874	20
1875	1875	21
1876	1876	22 If the governing body considers it to be in the public
1877	1877	23 interest to vacate any public park or part thereof from the 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059084HB0298
1878	1878	1 public use to which it was dedicated, it shall set a time
1879	1879	2 and place for a public hearing upon the proposal to vacate.
1880	1880	3 Notice of the hearing shall be published for three (3)
1881	1881	4 consecutive weeks prior to the hearing
1882	1882	5 in a newspaper published in the
1883	1883	6 county in which the city or town is located, or if there is
1884	1884	7 no newspaper published in that county, then in a newspaper
1885	1885	8 published in this state and of general circulation in that
1886	1886	9 county. The notice shall contain a statement of the time,
1887	1887	10 place and purpose of the hearing, the reason for the
1888	1888	11 proposed vacation and shall provide that any person
1889	1889	12 objecting to the proposed vacation shall file his
1890	1890	13 objections with the city or town clerk in writing at least
1891	1891	14 twenty-four (24) hours before the time of the hearing.
1892	1892	15
1893	1893	16
1894	1894	17
1895	1895	18
1896	1896	19 (b) A notice of the hearing shall be published
1897	1897	20
1898	1898	21 in a newspaper having a general circulation in the
1899	1899	22 area of operation of the municipality for two (2)
1900	1900	23 successive weeks, with the last publication thereof to be 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059085HB0298
1901	1901	1 at least five (5) days prior to the hearing. The notice
1902	1902	2 shall:
1903	1903	3
1904	1904	4
1905	1905	5
1906	1906	6
1907	1907	7
1908	1908	8 (a) A municipality may:
1909	1909	9
1910	1910	10 (ii) By notice published
1911	1911	11
1912	1912	12 once each week for four (4) consecutive weeks in
1913	1913	13 a newspaper having a general circulation in the community,
1914	1914	14 prior to the execution of any contract to sell, lease or
1915	1915	15 otherwise transfer real property and prior to the delivery
1916	1916	16 of any instrument of conveyance with respect thereto under
1917	1917	17 the provisions of this section, invite proposals from and
1918	1918	18 make available all pertinent information to private
1919	1919	19 redevelopers or any persons interested in undertaking to
1920	1920	20 redevelop or rehabilitate an urban renewal area or any part
1921	1921	21 thereof. The notice shall:
1922	1922	22
1923	1923	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059086HB02981
1924	1924	2 Bonds may be sold at not less than par at public sales held
1925	1925	3 after notice published prior to the sale
1926	1926	4 in a newspaper having a general
1927	1927	5 circulation in the area of operation and in any other
1928	1928	6 medium of publication as the municipality determines or may
1929	1929	7 be exchanged for other bonds on the basis of par. However,
1930	1930	8 the bonds may be sold to the federal government at a
1931	1931	9 private sale at not less than par. If less than all of the
1932	1932	10 authorized principal amount on the bonds is sold to the
1933	1933	11 federal government, the balance may be sold at private sale
1934	1934	12 at not less than par at an interest cost to the
1935	1935	13 municipality or not to exceed the interest cost to the
1936	1936	14 municipality of the portion of the bonds sold to the
1937	1937	15 federal government.
1938	1938	16
1939	1939	17
1940	1940	18
1941	1941	19 An agency authorized to transact business and exercise
1942	1942	20 powers under this chapter shall file with the local
1943	1943	21 governing body on or before May 31 of each year a report of
1944	1944	22 its activities for the preceding calendar year. The report
1945	1945	23 shall include a complete financial statement setting forth 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059087HB0298
1946	1946	1 its assets, liabilities, income and operating expenses as
1947	1947	2 of the end of that calendar year. At the time of filing the
1948	1948	3 report, the agency shall publish
1949	1949	4 in a newspaper of general
1950	1950	5 circulation in the community a notice to the effect that
1951	1951	6 the report has been filed with the municipality and is
1952	1952	7 available for inspection during business hours in the
1953	1953	8 office of the clerk of the municipality and in the office
1954	1954	9 of the agency.
1955	1955	10
1956	1956	11
1957	1957	12
1958	1958	13
1959	1959	14
1960	1960	15 (c) The governing body shall hold a public hearing on
1961	1961	16 a plan of development or substantial modification of an
1962	1962	17 approved plan of development after public notice by one (1)
1963	1963	18 publication during the week immediately preceding the
1964	1964	19 hearing, in
1965	1965	20 a newspaper having a general circulation in the
1966	1966	21 municipality. The notice shall describe the time, date,
1967	1967	22 place and purpose of the hearing, shall generally identify
1968	1968	23 the plan of development area covered by the plan and shall 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059088HB0298
1969	1969	1 outline the general scope of the development project under
1970	1970	2 consideration.
1971	1971	3
1972	1972	4
1973	1973	5
1974	1974	6
1975	1975	7 (a) An incorporated city or town may adopt the
1976	1976	8 commission or city manager form of government or other
1977	1977	9 lawful form of government as follows:
1978	1978	10
1979	1979	11 (iv) When such petition is filed and determined
1980	1980	12 by the city clerk to be legally sufficient, the mayor shall
1981	1981	13 proclaim a special election on the question stating the
1982	1982	14 present form of government, the proposed new form of
1983	1983	15 government, and the time of the election. The proclamation
1984	1984	16 shall be published
1985	1985	17 at least once a
1986	1986	18 week for four (4) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of
1987	1987	19 general circulation in the city or town;
1988	1988	20
1989	1989	21
1990	1990	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059089HB02981 (a) A summary of the proposed budget shall be entered
1991	1991	2 into the minutes and the governing body shall publish the
1992	1992	3 summary at least one (1) week before the hearing date
1993	1993	4
1994	1994	5 having general circulation in which the municipality is
1995	1995	6 located, if there is one, otherwise by posting the notice
1996	1996	7 in three (3) conspicuous places within the municipality.
1997	1997	8
1998	1998	9
1999	1999	10
2000	2000	11 If the governing body determines an emergency exists and
2001	2001	12 the expenditure of money in excess of the general fund
2002	2002	13 budget is necessary, it may make the expenditures from
2003	2003	14 revenues available under W.S. 16-4-105(a)(ii) as reasonably
2004	2004	15 necessary to meet the emergency. Notice of the declaration
2005	2005	16 of emergency shall be published
2006	2006	17 in a newspaper of general
2007	2007	18 circulation in the municipality.
2008	2008	19
2009	2009	20
2010	2010	21
2011	2011	22 (b) Special meetings may be called by the presiding
2012	2012	23 officer of a governing body by giving verbal, electronic or 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059090HB0298
2013	2013	1 written notice
2014	2014	2 of the meeting to
2015	2015	3 each member of the governing body and to each newspaper of
2016	2016	4 general circulation, radio or television station requesting
2017	2017	5 the notice. The notice shall specify the time and place of
2018	2018	6 the special meeting and the business to be transacted and
2019	2019	7 shall be issued at least eight (8) hours prior to the
2020	2020	8 commencement of the meeting. No other business shall be
2021	2021	9 considered at a special meeting. Proof of delivery of
2022	2022	10 verbal notice to the newspaper of general circulation,
2023	2023	11 radio or television station may be made by affidavit of the
2024	2024	12 clerk or other employee or officer of the agency charged or
2025	2025	13 responsible for distribution of the notice of the meeting.
2026	2026	14
2027	2027	15
2028	2028	16
2029	2029	17
2030	2030	18 (a) When any public work is let by contract, the
2031	2031	19 public entity under whose direction or supervision the work
2032	2032	20 is being carried on and conducted shall:
2033	2033	21
2034	2034	22 (ii) Upon issuance of a certificate of
2035	2035	23 substantial completion, cause notice to be published 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059091HB0298
2036	2036	1
2037	2037	2
2038	2038	3 published nearest the point at which the work is being
2039	2039	4 carried on, once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks, and
2040	2040	5 posted on the state procurement website or the public
2041	2041	6 entity's official website. The notice shall set forth in
2042	2042	7 substance that the public entity has accepted the work, or
2043	2043	8 designated portion thereof, as substantially complete
2044	2044	9 according to the contract and associated documents and that
2045	2045	10 the general contractor is entitled to payment as provided
2046	2046	11 in paragraph (iii) of this subsection upon the forty-first
2047	2047	12 day (and the notice shall specify the exact date) after the
2048	2048	13 notice was first published and posted. If the contract
2049	2049	14 provides for multiple substantial completions, this
2050	2050	15 paragraph shall apply to each substantial completion
2051	2051	16 designated in the contract;
2052	2052	17
2053	2053	18
2054	2054	19
2055	2055	20
2056	2056	21 (e) A governing body shall not fund a surface water
2057	2057	22 utility until the proposition to impose the means of
2058	2058	23 financing the surface water drainage utility has been 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059092HB0298
2059	2059	1 submitted to and adopted by the electors within the
2060	2060	2 proposed surface water drainage area under this subsection.
2061	2061	3 Upon adoption of a resolution or ordinance pursuant to
2062	2062	4 subsection (a) of this section, the proposition to impose
2063	2063	5 the means of financing the surface water drainage utility
2064	2064	6 shall be submitted to the electors within the proposed
2065	2065	7 utility on an election date determined by the governing
2066	2066	8 body and authorized under W.S. 22-21-103.A notice of
2067	2067	9 election shall be given
2068	2068	10
2069	2069	11 circulation published in the county in which the election
2070	2070	12 is to be held or in the city or town if only a city wide or
2071	2071	13 town wide utility is proposed, and the notice shall specify
2072	2072	14 the proposed means of financing the surface water drainage
2073	2073	15 utility. At the election the ballots shall contain
2074	2074	16 appropriate language explaining the proposed means of
2075	2075	17 financing the surface water drainage utility. If the
2076	2076	18 proposition is adopted, the governing body may proceed to
2077	2077	19 issue revenue bonds or otherwise fund the surface water
2078	2078	20 drainage utility as specified in the ballot proposition. If
2079	2079	21 the proposition is defeated, a proposition to impose a
2080	2080	22 means of financing the surface water drainage utility shall
2081	2081	23 not again be submitted to the electors within the utility 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059093HB0298
2082	2082	1 before the next election date authorized under W.S.
2083	2083	2 22-21-103 and occurring not less than two (2) years after
2084	2084	3 the election at which the proposition was defeated.
2085	2085	4
2086	2086	5
2087	2087	6
2088	2088	7
2089	2089	8 In its bylaws each association shall provide for one (1) or
2090	2090	9 more regular meetings annually. The board of directors
2091	2091	10 shall have the right to call a special meeting at any time,
2092	2092	11 and ten percent (10%) of the members or stockholders may
2093	2093	12 file a petition stating the specific business to be brought
2094	2094	13 before the association, and demand a special meeting at any
2095	2095	14 time. Such meeting must thereupon be called by the board of
2096	2096	15 directors. Notice of all meetings, together with a
2097	2097	16 statement of the purposes thereof, shall be mailed to each
2098	2098	17 member at least twenty (20) days prior to the meeting.
2099	2099	18 Provided, however, that the bylaws may require instead that
2100	2100	19 such notice may be given by publication
2101	2101	20 in a newspaper of general
2102	2102	21 circulation, published at the principal place of business
2103	2103	22 of the association. Date of publication of such meeting is 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059094HB0298
2104	2104	1 to be at least twenty (20) days before the date of such
2105	2105	2 meeting.
2106	2106	3
2107	2107	4
2108	2108	5
2109	2109	6 (a) Notice under this act shall be in writing unless
2110	2110	7 oral notice is reasonable under the circumstances. Notice
2111	2111	8 by
2112	2112	9 electronic transmission is written notice.
2113	2113	10
2114	2114	11 (b) Notice may be communicated in person; by
2115	2115	12 telephone, telegraph, teletype, or other form of wire or
2116	2116	13 wireless communication; or by mail or private carrier. If
2117	2117	14 these forms of personal notice are impracticable, notice
2118	2118	15 may be communicated
2119	2119	16 by a newspaper of general circulation in the area
2120	2120	17 where published; or by radio, television, or other form of
2121	2121	18 public broadcast communication.
2122	2122	19
2123	2123	20
2124	2124	21
2125	2125	22
2126	2126	23 (b) The notice shall: 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059095HB02981
2127	2127	2 (i) Be published
2128	2128	3 one (1) time in a
2129	2129	4 newspaper of general circulation in the county where the
2130	2130	5 dissolved corporation's principal office, or, if none in
2131	2131	6 this state, its registered office, is or was last located;
2132	2132	7
2133	2133	8
2134	2134	9
2135	2135	10
2136	2136	11 (b) The notice shall:
2137	2137	12
2138	2138	13 (i) Be published
2139	2139	14 one (1) time in a
2140	2140	15 newspaper of general circulation in the county where the
2141	2141	16 dissolved corporation's principal office, or, if none in
2142	2142	17 this state, its registered office, is or was last located;
2143	2143	18
2144	2144	19
2145	2145	20
2146	2146	21 (b) A cooperative utility shall provide notice of any
2147	2147	22 meeting of the board of directors at which an amendment
2148	2148	23 proposed under subsection (a) of this section is to be 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059096HB0298
2149	2149	1 voted upon at least thirty (30) days before the meeting.
2150	2150	2 The notice shall:
2151	2151	3
2152	2152	4 (iii) Be fair and reasonable. Fair and
2153	2153	5 reasonable notice includes, but is not limited to,
2154	2154	6 advertisement
2155	2155	7 in a newspaper of general circulation within the
2156	2156	8 cooperative utility's service area and direct mailings to
2157	2157	9 members such as in a bill or other communication.
2158	2158	10
2159	2159	11
2160	2160	12
2161	2161	13
2162	2162	14 (b) The notice authorized by subsection (a) of this
2163	2163	15 section shall:
2164	2164	16
2165	2165	17 (i) Be published
2166	2166	18 at least
2167	2167	19 once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in
2168	2168	20 this state in which the dissolved limited liability
2169	2169	21 company's principal office is located or, if it has none in
2170	2170	22 this state, in the county in which the company's designated
2171	2171	23 office is or was last located; 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059097HB02981
2172	2172	2
2173	2173	3
2174	2174	4
2175	2175	5 (b) The notice authorized by subsection (a) of this
2176	2176	6 section shall:
2177	2177	7
2178	2178	8 (i) Be published
2179	2179	9
2180	2180	10 once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county of
2181	2181	11 this state in which the principal office of the terminated
2182	2182	12 statutory foundation was located or, if the foundation does
2183	2183	13 not have a principal office in this state, in the county in
2184	2184	14 which the designated office of the foundation is or was
2185	2185	15 last located;
2186	2186	16
2187	2187	17
2188	2188	18
2189	2189	19
2190	2190	20 (d) The proposition may be submitted at any general
2191	2191	21 election. A notice of election shall be given
2192	2192	22 in at least one (1)
2193	2193	23 newspaper of general circulation published in the county 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059098HB0298
2194	2194	1 wherein the election is to be held and shall specify the
2195	2195	2 object of the election.
2196	2196	3
2197	2197	4
2198	2198	5he notice
2199	2199	6 shall be published at least once each week for a thirty
2200	2200	7 (30) day period preceding the election. At the election the
2201	2201	8 ballots shall contain the words "for increasing the
2202	2202	9 membership of the board of county commissioners from three
2203	2203	10 (3) to five (5) members", and "against increasing the
2204	2204	11 membership of the board of county commissioners from three
2205	2205	12 (3) to five (5) members".
2206	2206	13
2207	2207	14
2208	2208	15
2209	2209	16
2210	2210	17 Each board of county commissioners at their regular July
2211	2211	18 meeting shall request a statement of the receipts and
2212	2212	19 expenditures of the county during the preceding twelve (12)
2213	2213	20 months setting forth the source and amount of all receipts
2214	2214	21 and the purpose and the amount of all expenditures to be
2215	2215	22 prepared upon reconciliation of all accounts by the county
2216	2216	23 treasurer and county clerk, not later than September 30. 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-059099HB0298
2217	2217	1 The statement shall be signed by the chairman and clerk of
2218	2218	2 the board and shall be posted on the county's designated
2219	2219	3 official website in the manner provided in W.S. 18-3-516(f)
2220	2220	4 and published at least once in the county's designated
2221	2221	5 official newspaper, subject to W.S. 9-1-309 and 9-1-310.
2222	2222	6
2223	2223	7
2224	2224	8
2225	2225	9
2226	2226	10 (a) Each board of county commissioners shall post a
2227	2227	11 comprehensive summary of the entire proceedings of all
2228	2228	12 regular and special meetings held by the board on the
2229	2229	13 county's official website in the manner provided in
2230	2230	14 subsection (f) of this section and publish the
2231	2231	15 comprehensive summary of the entire proceedings of all
2232	2232	16 regular and special meetings held by them one (1) time in
2233	2233	17 the county's designated official newspaper
2234	2234	18. The county clerk of each county shall
2235	2235	19 within twelve (12) working days after adjournment of every
2236	2236	20 meeting for which the next scheduled meeting will be called
2237	2237	21 to order in two (2) weeks time or less, or within eighteen
2238	2238	22 (18) working days after adjournment of every meeting for
2239	2239	23 which the next scheduled meeting will be called to order in 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590100HB0298
2240	2240	1 more than two (2) weeks time, furnish the paper with a copy
2241	2241	2 of the proceedings.
2242	2242	3 Except for salaries and wages published under subsection
2243	2243	4 (b) of this section, the copy shall include any bill
2244	2244	5 presented to the board stating the amount of the bill, the
2245	2245	6 amount allowed, the purpose of the bill and the claimant.
2246	2246	7 Claims for part-time employees may be summarized by
2247	2247	8 department without listing each part-time employee. The
2248	2248	9 newspaper shall publish the copy of proceedings within nine
2249	2249	10 (9) days after receipt. The board shall post on its
2250	2250	11 official website, and if practicable publish, notice of the
2251	2251	12 time of all regular and special meetings.
2252	2252	13
2253	2253	14 (f) For all publications required by statute to be
2254	2254	15 posted on a county's official website, the publication
2255	2255	16 shall be posted at times required for publication in a
2256	2256	17 designated official newspaper, subject to W.S. 9-1-309 and
2257	2257	18. Until June 30, 2016, each board of county
2258	2258	19 commissioners shall cause to be published in the designated
2259	2259	20 official newspaper once per month, no less than twelve (12)
2260	2260	21 times per year, a general public notice pertaining to
2261	2261	22 access to county information. After June 30, 2016, this 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590101HB0298
2262	2262	1 general public notice shall be published at least once per
2263	2263	2 year.
2264	2264	3
2265	2265	4
2266	2266	5
2267	2267	6
2268	2268	7 (a) Legal advertising required by law to be published
2269	2269	8
2270	2270	9 the amount charged by a daily newspaper at the lowest rate
2271	2271	10 for display advertising or by a weekly newspaper at the
2272	2272	11 open local display advertising rate. Weekly newspapers
2273	2273	12 shall grant customary discounts or contractual rates to any
2274	2274	13 local government fulfilling the requirements necessary to
2275	2275	14 qualify for the discount or rate. Legal advertising
2276	2276	15 shall be in the same type size used by that
2277	2277	16 publisher in regular classified advertising columns,
2278	2278	17 provided that such type size shall be no larger than nine
2279	2279	18 (9) point type, with spacing between lines not to exceed
2280	2280	19 one-half (1/2) point leading.
2281	2281	20
2282	2282	21
2283	2283	22
2284	2284	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590102HB02981 (a) The publication of any legal notice, printing or
2285	2285	2 advertising required by law is
2286	2286	3 without force or effect unless published in a newspaper
2287	2287	4 which has been regularly issued at least once each week for
2288	2288	5 a period of fifty-two (52) consecutive weeks prior to the
2289	2289	6 date of the first publication of the notice or
2290	2290	7 advertisement, has a paid circulation of at least five
2291	2291	8 hundred (500) and each page is not less than ten (10)
2292	2292	9 inches by twelve and one-half (12.5) inches in size.
2293	2293	10
2294	2294	11
2295	2295	12
2296	2296	13 (a) Within twenty (20) days after the office of any
2297	2297	14 county commissioner becomes vacant the remaining members of
2298	2298	15 the board shall declare a vacancy to exist and immediately
2299	2299	16 give notice of the vacancy in writing to the chairman of
2300	2300	17 the county central committee of the political party which
2301	2301	18 the member whose office is vacant represented at the time
2302	2302	19 of his election under W.S. 22-6-120(a)(vii), or at the time
2303	2303	20 of his appointment if not elected to office. The chairman
2304	2304	21 of the county central committee shall within twenty (20)
2305	2305	22 days after receipt of the notice call a meeting of the
2306	2306	23 county central committee. At the meeting the committee 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590103HB0298
2307	2307	1 shall select three (3) persons qualified to fill the
2308	2308	2 vacancy and transmit the names to the board of county
2309	2309	3 commissioners. The board of county commissioners shall fill
2310	2310	4 the vacancy within twenty (20) days after receiving the
2311	2311	5 list from the county central committee by appointing one
2312	2312	6 (1) of the persons whose names are submitted by the county
2313	2313	7 central committee:
2314	2314	8
2315	2315	9 (ii) If the incumbent commissioner did not
2316	2316	10 represent any political party at the time of his election
2317	2317	11 or appointment, the board of county commissioners shall
2318	2318	12 publish in a
2319	2319	13 newspaper of general circulation in the county notice that
2320	2320	14 within twenty (20) days after publication any qualified
2321	2321	15 person may make application directly to the county
2322	2322	16 commissioners for appointment to fill the vacancy. Within
2323	2323	17 twenty (20) days after the application deadline the county
2324	2324	18 commissioners shall fill the vacancy by appointment of one
2325	2325	19 (1) person qualified from those submitting applications.
2326	2326	20
2327	2327	21
2328	2328	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590104HB02981 (a) Each board of county commissioners may dissolve
2329	2329	2 any board or district created under W.S. 18-11-101,
2330	2330	3 18-12-105 or chapter 9, article 1 of this title in
2331	2331	4 accordance with the following:
2332	2332	5
2333	2333	6 (ii) Not later than one hundred twenty (120)
2334	2334	7 days before the proposed dissolution, the board of county
2335	2335	8 commissioners shall publish
2336	2336	9
2337	2337	10 than two (2) times in the newspaper designated under W.S.
2338	2338	11 18-3-517 a plan to dissolve and terminate the board or
2339	2339	12 district previously created. The plan shall provide for, at
2340	2340	13 a minimum:
2341	2341	14
2342	2342	15
2343	2343	16
2344	2344	17 (a) Whenever the location of any monument which marks
2345	2345	18 the corner of any tract or tracts of land is in dispute
2346	2346	19 between the owners of the adjoining lands, the monument
2347	2347	20 shall be established as follows:
2348	2348	21
2349	2349	22 (i) The county surveyor of the county in which
2350	2350	23 the corner is located or any registered land surveyor 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590105HB0298
2351	2351	1 employed by one of the landowners shall immediately give
2352	2352	2 notice in writing to all parties interested in the
2353	2353	3 establishment of the corner, giving at least thirty (30)
2354	2354	4 days notice and naming a day when he will make the
2355	2355	5 necessary surveys to establish or restore the corner. If
2356	2356	6 written notice cannot be made upon the owners or their
2357	2357	7 agents because of nonresidence, then the notice shall be
2358	2358	8 published
2359	2359	9 once each week for four (4)
2360	2360	10 consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the county,
2361	2361	11 or if there is no newspaper published in the county then in
2362	2362	12 a newspaper of general circulation published nearest such
2363	2363	13 county;
2364	2364	14
2365	2365	15
2366	2366	16
2367	2367	17
2368	2368	18 All taxes and licenses are payable in money, and all
2369	2369	19 properly attested orders and warrants are entitled to
2370	2370	20 preference for payment according to date of presentation
2371	2371	21 and acceptance at the treasurer's office, the oldest date
2372	2372	22 to have preference. The treasurer shall not refuse to pay
2373	2373	23 any order or warrant because there are unpresented prior 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590106HB0298
2374	2374	1 orders or warrants if there is sufficient money in the
2375	2375	2 treasury to pay all prior orders or warrants, with interest
2376	2376	3 due thereon, as well as the order then presented. When the
2377	2377	4 total of payable, interest drawing unpresented orders,
2378	2378	5 amounts to five hundred dollars ($500.00), the treasurer
2379	2379	6 shall cause
2380	2380	7
2381	2381	8 two (2) weekly notices to be
2382	2382	9 inserted in the official county newspaper. The notice shall
2383	2383	10 briefly
2384	2384	11 and in whose favor drawn, notifying the holders that they
2385	2385	12 will cease to draw interest ten (10) days after
2386	2386	13
2387	2387	14
2388	2388	15 the second notice
2389	2389	16. This
2390	2390	17 section shall not apply to Laramie and Albany counties.
2391	2391	18
2392	2392	19
2393	2393	20
2394	2394	21 The board shall give notice by posting on the county's
2395	2395	22 official website in the manner provided in W.S. 18-3-516(f) 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590107HB0298
2396	2396	1 and by publication in the county's designated official
2397	2397	2 newspaper, subject to W.S. 9-1-309 and 9-1-310.
2398	2398	3
2399	2399	4
2400	2400	5
2401	2401	6 The board of county commissioners shall give notice by
2402	2402	7 posting on the county's official website in the manner
2403	2403	8 provided in W.S. 18-3-516(f) and by publication in the
2404	2404	9 county's designated official newspaper, subject to W.S.
2405	2405	10.
2406	2406	11
2407	2407	12
2408	2408	13
2409	2409	14 Any county desiring to fund, refund, pay or redeem any of
2410	2410	15 its outstanding indebtedness as provided by W.S. 18-4-501
2411	2411	16 may call its indebtedness to be redeemed by advertisement
2412	2412	17 for two (2) weeks
2413	2413	18 in the official newspaper of
2414	2414	19 the county. The advertisement shall notify the holders that
2415	2415	20 interest will cease twenty (20) days after the date of
2416	2416	21 notice.
2417	2417	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590108HB02981
2418	2418	2
2419	2419	3
2420	2420	4
2421	2421	5 (a) Each board of county commissioners shall give
2422	2422	6 notice by publication
2423	2423	7 in some newspaper published in the county if
2424	2424	8 there be one otherwise by three (3) notices posted in the
2425	2425	9 county, one (1) of which is at the courthouse door, of its
2426	2426	10 intention to issue and negotiate the bonds and invite
2427	2427	11 bidders therefor. he
2428	2428	12 notice shall also be published in a newspaper of general
2429	2429	13 circulation in Cheyenne.
2430	2430	14
2431	2431	15
2432	2432	16
2433	2433	17
2434	2434	18
2435	2435	19
2436	2436	20
2437	2437	21 (b) The planning and zoning commission may prepare
2438	2438	22 and amend a comprehensive plan including zoning for
2439	2439	23 promoting the public health, safety, morals and general 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590109HB0298
2440	2440	1 welfare of the unincorporated areas of the county, and
2441	2441	2 certify the plan to the board of county commissioners.
2442	2442	3 Before certifying its plan or amendments thereto to the
2443	2443	4 board the commission shall hold at least one (1) public
2444	2444	5 hearing. Notice of the time and place of hearing shall be
2445	2445	6 given
2446	2446	7
2447	2447	8 by one (1) publication in
2448	2448	9 a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least
2449	2449	10 thirty (30) days before the date of the hearing. Any person
2450	2450	11 may petition the planning and zoning commission to amend
2451	2451	12 any zoning plan adopted under the provisions of W.S.
2452	2452	13 18-5-201 through 18-5-208.
2453	2453	14
2454	2454	15 (c) The planning and zoning commission shall prepare
2455	2455	16 recommendations to effectuate the planning and zoning
2456	2456	17 purposes and certify its recommendations to the board of
2457	2457	18 county commissioners. Before adopting the recommendations
2458	2458	19 the board shall hold at least one (1) public hearing.
2459	2459	20 Notice of the time and place of hearing shall be given
2460	2460	21
2461	2461	22
2462	2462	23 by one (1) publication in a 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590110HB0298
2463	2463	1 newspaper of general circulation in the county at least
2464	2464	2 fourteen (14) days before the date of the hearing. After
2465	2465	3 public hearing has been held, the board shall vote upon the
2466	2466	4 adoption of the planning or zoning recommendation. No
2467	2467	5 planning or zoning recommendation shall be adopted unless a
2468	2468	6 majority of the board votes in favor thereof.
2469	2469	7
2470	2470	8
2471	2471	9
2472	2472	10 (a) To obtain the permit required by W.S. 18-5-502,
2473	2473	11 the owner or developer of a facility shall submit an
2474	2474	12 application to the board of county commissioners. The
2475	2475	13 application shall:
2476	2476	14
2477	2477	15 (ii) Certify that notice of the proposed
2478	2478	16 facility will be published
2479	2479	17
2480	2480	18 in a newspaper
2481	2481	19 of general circulation in all counties in which the
2482	2482	20 facility will be located at least twenty (20) days prior to
2483	2483	21 the public hearing required by W.S. 18-5-506. The notice
2484	2484	22 shall include a brief summary of the facility, invite the 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590111HB0298
2485	2485	1 public to submit comments and identify the time and date of
2486	2486	2 the hearing;
2487	2487	3
2488	2488	4
2489	2489	5
2490	2490	6
2491	2491	7 (b) If a courthouse or jail to be replaced is sold it
2492	2492	8 shall be sold at public auction to the highest bidder for
2493	2493	9 cash or on terms of payment as determined by the board and
2494	2494	10 in case of deferred payments, security is required
2495	2495	11 satisfactory to the board. No sale shall occur until public
2496	2496	12 notice has been given by posting on the county's official
2497	2497	13 website in the manner provided in W.S. 18-3-516(f) and by
2498	2498	14 publishing in the county's designated official newspaper
2499	2499	15 once a week for two (2) weeks, subject to W.S. 9-1-309 and
2500	2500	16. The notice shall specify the time, place and terms
2501	2501	17 of sale. All proceeds of the sale shall be paid into the
2502	2502	18 county treasury and only expended for a site or toward the
2503	2503	19 erection of a new building to replace the one sold.
2504	2504	20
2505	2505	21
2506	2506	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590112HB0298
2507	2507	1
2508	2508	2
2509	2509	3
2510	2510	4 (a) Whenever the board of county commissioners deems
2511	2511	5 it in the best interest of the county to have a jail
2512	2512	6 constructed they shall cause plans and specifications for a
2513	2513	7 jail to be prepared by a competent architect. After the
2514	2514	8 plans and specifications are prepared, reviewed and
2515	2515	9 critiqued by the sheriff and adopted by the board of county
2516	2516	10 commissioners they shall deposit them in the office of the
2517	2517	11 county clerk for the county where they shall be available
2518	2518	12 for the inspection of all persons. The board of county
2519	2519	13 commissioners shall give notice that they will receive
2520	2520	14 sealed proposals for the building of the jail according to
2521	2521	15 the plans and specifications by posting on the county's
2522	2522	16 official website in the manner provided in W.S. 18-3-516(f)
2523	2523	17 and by publication in the county's designated official
2524	2524	18 newspaper once each week for two (2) consecutive weeks
2525	2525	19. The notices shall
2526	2526	20 state that the commissioners will until a specified day not
2527	2527	21 less than thirty (30) days from publication of the last
2528	2528	22 notice receive sealed proposals for the building of all or 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590113HB0298
2529	2529	1 part of the jail. Proposals shall be delivered to the
2530	2530	2 county clerk.
2531	2531	3
2532	2532	4
2533	2533	5
2534	2534	6 If the proposal to issue bonds is approved, the board of
2535	2535	7 trustees may issue bonds in such form as they decide and
2536	2536	8 shall give notice by publication in some newspaper
2537	2537	9 published in the counties in which the district is located
2538	2538	10 and in some newspaper of general circulation in Cheyenne,
2539	2539	11 Wyoming, or on the centralized electronic notice system, of
2540	2540	12 its intention to issue and negotiate such bonds and to
2541	2541	13 invite bidders therefor. In no case shall the bonds be sold
2542	2542	14 for less than their full or par value and the accrued
2543	2543	15 interest thereon at the time of their delivery. The
2544	2544	16 trustees may reject any bids or sell the bonds at private
2545	2545	17 sale if they deem it for the best interest of the district.
2546	2546	18
2547	2547	19
2548	2548	20
2549	2549	21
2550	2550	22 (b) After July 1, 2023, as an alternative to forming
2551	2551	23 a district under subsection (a) of this section, a district 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590114HB0298
2552	2552	1 to provide emergency medical services under W.S.
2553	2553	2 18-12-112(a)(xxii) may be established by resolution of the
2554	2554	3 board of county commissioners. A resolution under this
2555	2555	4 subsection shall establish one (1) or more districts to
2556	2556	5 provide emergency medical services composed of any portion
2557	2557	6 of the county. Areas may be added to or subtracted from an
2558	2558	7 existing district by resolution of the board of county
2559	2559	8 commissioners. Not less than sixty (60) days before any
2560	2560	9 resolution pursuant to this subsection is signed, the board
2561	2561	10 of county commissioners shall hold a public hearing and
2562	2562	11 publish the proposed resolution, including the date and
2563	2563	12 time of the public hearing,
2564	2564	13 in a newspaper of general circulation in
2565	2565	14 the county.
2566	2566	15 on the county's website. The board
2567	2567	16 of county commissioners shall submit the proposed
2568	2568	17 boundaries of the district to the county assessor and the
2569	2569	18 department of revenue for review for any conflict, overlap,
2570	2570	19 gap or other boundary issue. The assessor and the
2571	2571	20 department may make written comments thereon to the county
2572	2572	21 commissioners before the public hearing. The board of
2573	2573	22 county commissioners may dissolve a district established
2574	2574	23 under this subsection in accordance with W.S. 18-3-525. 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590115HB02981
2575	2575	2
2576	2576	3
2577	2577	4 (a) At the request of the board the county clerk
2578	2578	5 shall give notice, by advertisement
2579	2579	6 once
2580	2580	7 in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, to the
2581	2581	8 owners of the property to be assessed to provide:
2582	2582	9
2583	2583	10
2584	2584	11
2585	2585	12
2586	2586	13 (c) All names filed shall be printed on a ballot and
2587	2587	14 furnished to each elector at each polling place on the day
2588	2588	15 of election. Nothing in this section shall be construed to
2589	2589	16 prevent a voter from writing in the name of any qualified
2590	2590	17 person on the ballot. The names of all persons filing as
2591	2591	18 candidates shall be published
2592	2592	19 in a newspaper of general circulation in
2593	2593	20 the county not later than the Saturday preceding the
2594	2594	21 election.
2595	2595	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590116HB02981
2596	2596	2
2597	2597	3
2598	2598	4 (d) Between July 1, 2023 and the date on which a
2599	2599	5 district is required to renew a mill levy in accordance
2600	2600	6 with this chapter, a district may designate and provide
2601	2601	7 additional senior citizen service district programs or
2602	2602	8 services under this chapter. The provision of additional
2603	2603	9 programs or services under this subsection shall be in
2604	2604	10 accordance with all of the following:
2605	2605	11
2606	2606	12 (i) Before providing the additional services or
2607	2607	13 programs, the district shall:
2608	2608	14
2609	2609	15 (C) Publish a description of the proposed
2610	2610	16 additional programs or services and the date, time and
2611	2611	17 place of the public hearing
2612	2612	18 not less
2613	2613	19 than one (1) time in a newspaper of general circulation in
2614	2614	20 the district and not later than thirty (30) days before the
2615	2615	21 public hearing;
2616	2616	22
2617	2617	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590117HB02981
2618	2618	2 (a) At the request of the board, the county clerk
2619	2619	3 shall give notice, by advertisement
2620	2620	4 once
2621	2621	5 in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, to the
2622	2622	6 owners of the property to be assessed to provide:
2623	2623	7
2624	2624	8
2625	2625	9
2626	2626	10 (a) The board of trustees in each school district
2627	2627	11 shall:
2628	2628	12
2629	2629	13 (i) Prescribe and enforce rules, regulations and
2630	2630	14 policies for its own government and for the government of
2631	2631	15 the schools under its jurisdiction. Rules and regulations
2632	2632	16 shall be consistent with the laws of the state and rules
2633	2633	17 and regulations of the state board and the state
2634	2634	18 superintendent and shall be open to public inspection. Any
2635	2635	19
2636	2636	20
2637	2637	21;
2638	2638	22
2639	2639	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590118HB0298
2640	2640	1
2641	2641	2 (a) The treasurer of each school district within the
2642	2642	3 state shall:
2643	2643	4
2644	2644	5 (iii) Render a statement of the finances of the
2645	2645	6 district at any time when required by the district board of
2646	2646	7 trustees; and cause a detailed report showing the sources
2647	2647	8 of revenue and the purposes for which moneys were expended
2648	2648	9 to be published at the close of each fiscal year
2649	2649	10
2650	2650	11 of general circulation within the school district.
2651	2651	12
2652	2652	13
2653	2653	14
2654	2654	15 The secretary shall keep an accurate record showing the
2655	2655	16 boundaries of all the districts in his county. The
2656	2656	17 secretary shall give each member one (1) day written notice
2657	2657	18 before each hearing or meeting and shall publish
2658	2658	19 in a newspaper of
2659	2659	20 general circulation within the county, notice of any
2660	2660	21 hearing or meeting at which a change in boundaries or
2661	2661	22 reorganization of a school district or combining of school
2662	2662	23 districts is to be considered 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590119HB0298
2663	2663	1
2664	2664	2
2665	2665	3
2666	2666	4
2667	2667	5 at least once each week for the two (2) weeks immediately
2668	2668	6 preceding the time set for the hearing or meeting.
2669	2669	7
2670	2670	8
2671	2671	9
2672	2672	10
2673	2673	11 (b) Except as provided in this subsection, all
2674	2674	12 actions taken under this article shall conform to the
2675	2675	13 following criteria:
2676	2676	14
2677	2677	15 (vii) A public hearing or hearings shall be held
2678	2678	16 prior to the submission of a proposal by the district
2679	2679	17 boundary boards prior to the organization, reorganization,
2680	2680	18 boundary adjustment or combining of school districts to
2681	2681	19 receive and keep a record of testimony. Notice of each
2682	2682	20 public hearing shall be published
2683	2683	21 in a newspaper of general
2684	2684	22 circulation in the area. If notice is published on the
2685	2685	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590120HB0298
2686	2686	1
2687	2687	2
2688	2688	3 at least once each
2689	2689	4 week for the two (2) weeks immediately preceding the time
2690	2690	5 set for each hearing. The notice shall contain a statement
2691	2691	6 of the time and place of the hearing and a brief summary of
2692	2692	7 its purpose. In addition, at least ten (10) days and not
2693	2693	8 more than fourteen (14) days before the hearing, a copy of
2694	2694	9 the notice shall be sent by mail to each school district
2695	2695	10 trustee residing in the area involved in the hearing. A
2696	2696	11 subcommittee composed of not less than three (3) members of
2697	2697	12 each district boundary board involved, may hold any hearing
2698	2698	13 required to be held under this paragraph.
2699	2699	14
2700	2700	15
2701	2701	16
2702	2702	17
2703	2703	18 The treasurer of each school district shall on the first
2704	2704	19 Monday in April of each year cancel all unpaid warrants of
2705	2705	20 such school district which have been issued for a period
2706	2706	21 exceeding twelve (12) months, and shall at the same time
2707	2707	22 certify to the board of trustees of such school district
2708	2708	23 the number and amount of each warrant which he has 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590121HB0298
2709	2709	1 canceled. Such list of canceled warrants shall be entered
2710	2710	2 in the minutes of the board and published
2711	2711	3
2712	2712	4 at least once in a regular issue of a newspaper published
2713	2713	5 in the county, during the month in which such warrants were
2714	2714	6 canceled. Any person or persons holding a school district
2715	2715	7 warrant which has been canceled under the provisions of
2716	2716	8 this section, may present such warrant to the board of
2717	2717	9 trustees of such school district at any subsequent time,
2718	2718	10 not later than five (5) years after the date such warrant
2719	2719	11 was canceled. The said board of trustees shall issue to the
2720	2720	12 holder of such school district warrant, a new warrant
2721	2721	13 covering the amount due on the original warrant at the time
2722	2722	14 so canceled.
2723	2723	15
2724	2724	16
2725	2725	17
2726	2726	18 If a proposed issue of bonds has been approved in the
2727	2727	19 election and issuance thereof has been authorized by the
2728	2728	20 school district board of trustees as provided by this
2729	2729	21 article, the bonds shall thereafter at one (1) time or from
2730	2730	22 time to time be sold at public or private sale. All costs
2731	2731	23 and expenses incident to the issue and sale of the bonds 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590122HB0298
2732	2732	1 may be paid out of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds.
2733	2733	2 If the bonds are to be sold at public sale, the school
2734	2734	3 district board of trustees shall give notice of sale
2735	2735	4 by at least one (1)
2736	2736	5 insertion of such notice in some newspaper of general
2737	2737	6 circulation in the district of its intention to sell the
2738	2738	7 bonds. The notice shall briefly describe the bonds and the
2739	2739	8 time and place where the sale thereof will take place. If
2740	2740	9 there is no newspaper of
2741	2741	10 general circulation in the district, the board may publish
2742	2742	11 the notice of sale in any newspaper published in the county
2743	2743	12 seat of any county in which the district is wholly or
2744	2744	13 partially located. Publication shall be made not less than
2745	2745	14 ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days prior to the
2746	2746	15 date designated for the sale of the bonds.
2747	2747	16
2748	2748	17
2749	2749	18
2750	2750	19
2751	2751	20 (b) In addition to the levy imposed under W.S.
2752	2752	21 21-18-304(a)(vii) and any levy imposed under W.S.
2753	2753	22 21-18-311(f), the community college district board may
2754	2754	23 approve up to one (1) additional mill levy on the assessed 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590123HB0298
2755	2755	1 value of the district for a period not to exceed two (2)
2756	2756	2 years for the regular support and operation of the college.
2757	2757	3 A determination by the board shall be made at a regular or
2758	2758	4 special meeting following a public hearing announced by the
2759	2759	5 board. Notice of intent to levy all or a portion of the
2760	2760	6 additional one (1) mill shall be published
2761	2761	7 in a newspaper of
2762	2762	8 general circulation within the district at least thirty
2763	2763	9 (30) days before the hearing date. Upon approval, the board
2764	2764	10 shall report the additional levy to the board of county
2765	2765	11 commissioners of each county within the district in the
2766	2766	12 same manner the necessary levy under W.S. 21-18-304(a)(vii)
2767	2767	13 is reported. Any tax imposed under this subsection may be
2768	2768	14 renewed by the board for additional two (2) year periods
2769	2769	15 subject to public hearing requirements specified under this
2770	2770	16 section and shall be levied, collected and distributed
2771	2771	17 separate from the tax imposed under W.S. 21-18-304(a)(vii)
2772	2772	18 and any additional levy imposed under W.S. 21-18-311(f).
2773	2773	19 Revenues collected under this subsection shall not be
2774	2774	20 restricted by the commission in any manner but shall be
2775	2775	21 identified in the biennial funding report of the college
2776	2776	22 under W.S. 21-18-205(b).
2777	2777	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590124HB02981
2778	2778	2
2779	2779	3 (g) The county clerk of the county wherein the
2780	2780	4 proposed community college is to be located shall publish
2781	2781	5 at least one (1) notice of election
2782	2782	6 in a newspaper of general
2783	2783	7 circulation in the proposed community college district. The
2784	2784	8 publication shall be made no more than thirty (30) days nor
2785	2785	9 fewer than fifteen (15) days prior to the date set for the
2786	2786	10 election. The notice shall state that the purpose of the
2787	2787	11 election is to determine the question of creation of a
2788	2788	12 community college district with authority to levy a tax not
2789	2789	13 to exceed four (4) mills on the dollar of assessed
2790	2790	14 valuation of property located within the proposed district
2791	2791	15 and to elect members of the initial community college
2792	2792	16 district board.
2793	2793	17
2794	2794	18 (j) Nominations to the initial community college
2795	2795	19 district board are submitted on forms provided by the
2796	2796	20 county clerk of the county wherein the proposed community
2797	2797	21 college is to be located to be substantially the same as
2798	2798	22 those required for the nomination of a candidate in a
2799	2799	23 regular district board member election. All names so filed 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590125HB0298
2800	2800	1 shall be printed in alphabetical order, without designation
2801	2801	2 of party name or election subdistrict, on the ballot to be
2802	2802	3 furnished the electors at each polling place on the day of
2803	2803	4 the election by the county clerk of the county wherein the
2804	2804	5 proposed community college is to be located. The names of
2805	2805	6 all persons filing as candidates shall be published
2806	2806	7 in a newspaper of
2807	2807	8 general circulation in the proposed community college
2808	2808	9 district not later than the Saturday preceding the date of
2809	2809	10 the election. Nothing in this section prevents a voter
2810	2810	11 from writing the name of any qualified person on such
2811	2811	12 ballot.
2812	2812	13
2813	2813	14
2814	2814	15
2815	2815	16
2816	2816	17 (d) If the proposed issue of bonds is approved in the
2817	2817	18 election and issuance thereof is authorized by the
2818	2818	19 community college district board the bonds may be sold at
2819	2819	20 either public or private sale. All costs and expenses
2820	2820	21 incident to the issue and sale of the bonds made may be
2821	2821	22 paid out of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds. If the
2822	2822	23 bonds are sold at public sale the community college 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590126HB0298
2823	2823	1 district board must give at least one (1) notice by
2824	2824	2 publication in some newspaper of general circulation in the
2825	2825	3 community college district, and also in some newspaper
2826	2826	4 published in the capital of this state,
2827	2827	5 of its intention to
2828	2828	6 sell the bonds, briefly describing same, and the time and
2829	2829	7 place where the sale will take place. The publication
2830	2830	8 shall be made not less than fifteen (15) days, nor more
2831	2831	9 than thirty (30) days prior to the date designated for the
2832	2832	10 sale of the bonds.
2833	2833	11
2834	2834	12
2835	2835	13
2836	2836	14
2837	2837	15
2838	2838	16 (b) Except as provided by subsection (h) of this
2839	2839	17 section, no additional tax shall be levied under this
2840	2840	18 section until a proposition to impose the levy is submitted
2841	2841	19 to a vote of the qualified electors of the member school
2842	2842	20 districts comprising the board and a majority of all votes
2843	2843	21 cast within the member districts vote in favor of imposing
2844	2844	22 the additional tax levy. The proposition to impose the
2845	2845	23 additional levy shall be submitted at an election held on a 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590127HB0298
2846	2846	1 date authorized under W.S. 22-21-103. The board shall
2847	2847	2 publish notice of the election
2848	2848	3 within a newspaper of general
2849	2849	4 circulation in the affected districts and the election
2850	2850	5 shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures
2851	2851	6 provided by W.S. 22-22-301 through 22-22-304. Each member
2852	2852	7 school district shall pay all costs incident to the
2853	2853	8 election within its district or if a concurrent election,
2854	2854	9 an equally proportioned share of the costs as determined by
2855	2855	10 the county clerk.
2856	2856	11
2857	2857	12
2858	2858	13
2859	2859	14 (a) Between one hundred one (101) and ninety-one (91)
2860	2860	15 days before each primary election the county clerk in each
2861	2861	16 county shall publish at least once in a newspaper of
2862	2862	17 general circulation in the county
2863	2863	18 and post in the county clerk's
2864	2864	19 office and at the place where each municipality within the
2865	2865	20 county regularly holds its council meetings a proclamation
2866	2866	21 setting forth the date of the election, the offices to be
2867	2867	22 filled at the election including the terms of the offices,
2868	2868	23 the number of persons required by law to fill the offices, 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590128HB0298
2869	2869	1 the filing deadline for the offices and the requirements
2870	2870	2 for filing statements of campaign contributions and
2871	2871	3 expenditures. The proclamation shall also include the
2872	2872	4 aforementioned information regarding offices to be filled
2873	2873	5 at the general election and any other pertinent primary
2874	2874	6 election information. In addition, the description of any
2875	2875	7 ballot proposition submitted to the voters of the state, a
2876	2876	8 political subdivision thereof, county or other district
2877	2877	9 shall be included.
2878	2878	10
2879	2879	11 (b) Between ninety (90) and seventy (70) days before
2880	2880	12 each general election, the county clerk in each county
2881	2881	13 shall publish at least once in a newspaper of general
2882	2882	14 circulation in the county
2883	2883	15 and post in the county clerk's office and at
2884	2884	16 the place where each municipality within the county
2885	2885	17 regularly holds its council meetings a proclamation setting
2886	2886	18 forth the following:
2887	2887	19
2888	2888	20
2889	2889	21
2890	2890	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590129HB02981 (j) A county or city clerk may establish and maintain
2891	2891	2 registration facilities in a public area owned or occupied
2892	2892	3 by a political subdivision or governmental institution,
2893	2893	4 agency or entity, after giving not less than two (2) days
2894	2894	5 notice by publication in a newspaper of general circulation
2895	2895	6 in the county
2896	2896	7 and by posting such notice in such clerk's office.
2897	2897	8 The requirements of subsection (h) of this section
2898	2898	9 regarding the place of registration shall not apply to a
2899	2899	10 person registering in accordance with this subsection.
2900	2900	11
2901	2901	12-4-
2902	2902	13
2903	2903	14
2904	2904	15 The county central committee shall meet and organize under
2905	2905	16 the direction of the county chairman at the time and place
2906	2906	17 determined by the county chairman within thirty (30) days
2907	2907	18 after the term of its members begins. The county chairman
2908	2908	19 shall also publish a notice of all meetings of the county
2909	2909	20 central committee in a newspaper of general county
2910	2910	21 circulation
2911	2911	22 not less than two (2) days prior to a meeting.
2912	2912	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590130HB02981
2913	2913	2
2914	2914	3
2915	2915	4
2916	2916	5 The county central committee shall meet at the county seat
2917	2917	6 each odd-numbered year at a time and place determined by
2918	2918	7 the county chairman. The county chairman shall publish
2919	2919	8 notice of the meeting in a newspaper of general circulation
2920	2920	9 within the county
2921	2921	10 not less than ten (10) days before this meeting. At
2922	2922	11 the meeting, the county central committee shall elect the
2923	2923	12 chairman of the county central committee, one (1) state
2924	2924	13 committeeman and one (1) state committeewoman and other
2925	2925	14 offices as provided by the party bylaws. A state political
2926	2926	15 party may provide in its rules for the election of
2927	2927	16 additional state committeemen and additional state
2928	2928	17 committeewomen. Neither the chairman, state committeeman or
2929	2929	18 state committeewoman need be members of the county central
2930	2930	19 committee.
2931	2931	20
2932	2932	21
2933	2933	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590131HB0298
2934	2934	1 The officer providing the official ballots shall publish
2935	2935	2 sample ballots at least once in a newspaper of general
2936	2936	3 circulation in the district in which each primary and
2937	2937	4 general election is held
2938	2938	5 within two (2) weeks prior to the election.
2939	2939	6 This notice shall also state that the names of candidates
2940	2940	7 will be rotated on the official ballots and will not always
2941	2941	8 appear in the order indicated in the sample ballots.
2942	2942	9
2943	2943	10
2944	2944	11
2945	2945	12 (a) A precinct boundary shall not be changed unless a
2946	2946	13 notice describing all proposed changes is posted on the
2947	2947	14 county's official website in the manner provided in W.S.
2948	2948	15 18-3-516(f) and published once a week for two (2)
2949	2949	16 consecutive weeks in the designated official newspaper of
2950	2950	17 the county, subject to W.S. 9-1-309 and 9-1-310. The board
2951	2951	18 shall also mail by certified mail return receipt requested
2952	2952	19 copy of this notice to the county chairman of each
2953	2953	20 political party in the county not later than fifteen (15)
2954	2954	21 days before the meeting at which the proposed changes will
2955	2955	22 be discussed. A proposed change in a precinct boundary may 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590132HB0298
2956	2956	1 be finalized by the board only at the designated meeting.
2957	2957	2 Each precinct shall be designated by number.
2958	2958	3
2959	2959	4
2960	2960	5
2961	2961	6
2962	2962	7 (a) Polling places shall be designated by the county
2963	2963	8 clerk, who shall publish their location at least once in a
2964	2964	9 newspaper of general circulation in the county
2965	2965	10 within two (2) weeks
2966	2966	11 prior to a statewide election. Polling places may be
2967	2967	12 located outside of the precinct if the board of county
2968	2968	13 commissioners determines and records in its minutes the
2969	2969	14 reasons that it is required by the public convenience.
2970	2970	15
2971	2971	16 (b) A polling place designated pursuant to subsection
2972	2972	17 (a) of this section and used in the 2014 general election
2973	2973	18 shall be not be changed unless a notice describing the
2974	2974	19 proposed change is posted on the county's official website
2975	2975	20 in the manner provided in W.S. 18-3-516(f) and published
2976	2976	21 once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in the designated
2977	2977	22 official newspaper of the county, subject to W.S. 9-1-309
2978	2978	23. The notice shall include the date and place of 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590133HB0298
2979	2979	1 the county commissioners' meeting where the proposed change
2980	2980	2 will be discussed. The county clerk shall notify the county
2981	2981	3 chairman of each political party in the county not later
2982	2982	4 than fifteen (15) days before the meeting. A proposed
2983	2983	5 change in the location of a polling place may be adopted by
2984	2984	6 the county clerk at a meeting of the county commissioners
2985	2985	7 during which the proposed change is discussed.
2986	2986	8
2987	2987	9
2988	2988	10
2989	2989	11
2990	2990	12 (g) Not more than fourteen (14) nor less than five
2991	2991	13 (5) days before the special election the county clerk shall
2992	2992	14 publish at least once in a newspaper of general circulation
2993	2993	15 in the county
2994	2994	16 a proclamation setting forth the date of the
2995	2995	17 election, the offices to be filled at the election
2996	2996	18 including the terms of the offices, the number of persons
2997	2997	19 required by law to fill the offices, the requirements for
2998	2998	20 filing statements of campaign contributions and
2999	2999	21 expenditures, and any other pertinent information.
3000	3000	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590134HB02981
3001	3001	2
3002	3002	3
3003	3003	4 (a) Any vacancy in any other elective office in the
3004	3004	5 state except representative in congress or the board of
3005	3005	6 trustees of a school or community college district, shall
3006	3006	7 be filled by the governing body, or as otherwise provided
3007	3007	8 in this section, by appointment of a temporary successor.
3008	3008	9 The person appointed shall serve until a successor for the
3009	3009	10 remainder of the unexpired term is elected at the next
3010	3010	11 general election and takes office on the first Monday of
3011	3011	12 the following January. Provided, if a vacancy in a four
3012	3012	13 (4) year term of office occurs in the term's second or
3013	3013	14 subsequent years after the first day for filing an
3014	3014	15 application for nomination pursuant to W.S. 22-5-209, no
3015	3015	16 election to fill the vacancy shall be held and the
3016	3016	17 temporary successor appointed shall serve the remainder of
3017	3017	18 the unexpired term. The following apply:
3018	3018	19
3019	3019	20 (i) If a vacancy occurs in the office of United
3020	3020	21 States senator or in any state office other than the
3021	3021	22 governor, member of the state legislature, the office of
3022	3022	23 justice of the supreme court and the office of district 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590135HB0298
3023	3023	1 court judge, the governor shall immediately notify in
3024	3024	2 writing the chairman of the state central committee of the
3025	3025	3 political party which the last incumbent represented at the
3026	3026	4 time of his election under W.S. 22-6-120(a)(vii), or at the
3027	3027	5 time of his appointment if not elected to office. The
3028	3028	6 chairman shall call a meeting of the state central
3029	3029	7 committee to be held not later than fifteen (15) days after
3030	3030	8 he receives notice of the vacancy. At the meeting the
3031	3031	9 state central committee shall select and transmit to the
3032	3032	10 governor the names of three (3) persons qualified to hold
3033	3033	11 the office. Within five (5) days after receiving these
3034	3034	12 three (3) names, the governor shall fill the vacancy by
3035	3035	13 temporary appointment of one (1) of the three (3) to hold
3036	3036	14 the office. If the incumbent who has vacated office did
3037	3037	15 not represent a political party at the time of his
3038	3038	16 election, or at the time of his appointment if not elected
3039	3039	17 to office, the governor shall notify in writing the
3040	3040	18 chairman of all state central committees of parties
3041	3041	19 registered with the secretary of state. The state central
3042	3042	20 committees shall submit to the governor, within fifteen
3043	3043	21 (15) days after notice of the vacancy, the name of one (1)
3044	3044	22 person qualified to hold the office. The governor shall
3045	3045	23 also cause to be published in a newspaper of general 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590136HB0298
3046	3046	1 circulation in the state
3047	3047	2
3048	3048	3 qualified to hold the office who do not belong to a party
3049	3049	4 may, within fifteen (15) days after publication of the
3050	3050	5 vacancy in office, submit a petition signed by one hundred
3051	3051	6 (100) registered voters, seeking consideration for
3052	3052	7 appointment to the office. Within five (5) days after
3053	3053	8 receiving the names of persons qualified to hold the
3054	3054	9 office, the governor shall fill the vacancy by temporary
3055	3055	10 appointment to the office, from the names submitted or from
3056	3056	11 those petitioning for appointment;
3057	3057	12
3058	3058	13 (ii) If a vacancy occurs in a county elective
3059	3059	14 office, except as provided in W.S. 18-3-524, the board of
3060	3060	15 county commissioners of the county in which the vacancy
3061	3061	16 occurs shall immediately notify in writing the chairman of
3062	3062	17 the county central committee of the political party which
3063	3063	18 the last incumbent represented at the time of his election
3064	3064	19 under W.S. 22-6-120(a)(vii), or at the time of his
3065	3065	20 appointment if not elected to office. The chairman shall
3066	3066	21 call a meeting of the county central committee to be held
3067	3067	22 not later than fifteen (15) days after he receives notice
3068	3068	23 of the vacancy. At the meeting the county central 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590137HB0298
3069	3069	1 committee shall select and transmit to the board of county
3070	3070	2 commissioners the names of three (3) persons qualified to
3071	3071	3 hold the office. Within five (5) days after receiving
3072	3072	4 these three (3) names, the board of county commissioners
3073	3073	5 shall fill the vacancy by appointment of one (1) of the
3074	3074	6 three (3) to hold the office. If the incumbent who has
3075	3075	7 vacated office did not represent a political party at the
3076	3076	8 time of his election, or at the time of his appointment if
3077	3077	9 not elected to office, the county commissioners shall
3078	3078	10 publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the county
3079	3079	11, notice that
3080	3080	12 within fifteen (15) days after publication any person
3081	3081	13 qualified to hold the office may make application directly
3082	3082	14 to the county commissioners for appointment to fill the
3083	3083	15 vacancy. Within twenty (20) days after the publication of
3084	3084	16 the vacancy in office the county commissioners shall fill
3085	3085	17 the vacancy by appointment of one (1) person qualified to
3086	3086	18 hold the office from those submitting applications;
3087	3087	19
3088	3088	20 (iii) If a vacancy occurs in the office of a
3089	3089	21 member of the state legislature:
3090	3090	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590138HB02981 (C) If the incumbent who has vacated office
3091	3091	2 did not represent a political party at the time of his
3092	3092	3 election under W.S. 22-6-120(a)(vii), or at the time of his
3093	3093	4 appointment if not elected to office, the county
3094	3094	5 commissioners shall proceed in accordance with the
3095	3095	6 provisions of this subparagraph. The county commissioners
3096	3096	7 shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the
3097	3097	8 county or on the centralized electronic notice system,
3098	3098	9 notice that within fifteen (15) days after publication, any
3099	3099	10 person qualified to hold the office may make application
3100	3100	11 directly to the county commissioners for appointment to
3101	3101	12 fill the vacancy. Within twenty (20) days after
3102	3102	13 publication of the notice of the vacancy in office, the
3103	3103	14 county commissioners shall fill the vacancy by appointing
3104	3104	15 one (1) person qualified to hold the office from among
3105	3105	16 those submitting applications;
3106	3106	17
3107	3107	18
3108	3108	19
3109	3109	20
3110	3110	21 (a) The secretary of state shall publish each
3111	3111	22 proposed amendment and a notice that it will be submitted 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590139HB0298
3112	3112	1 to the electors at the next general election,
3113	3113	2
3114	3114	3
3115	3115	4
3116	3116	5
3117	3117	6
3118	3118	7nce a week for at least twelve (12)
3119	3119	8 consecutive weeks prior to the election in a newspaper of
3120	3120	9 general circulation published in each county and, if
3121	3121	10 possible, once each week for three (3) consecutive weeks
3122	3122	11 within thirty (30) days prior to the election in one (1)
3123	3123	12 other newspaper of general circulation in each county.
3124	3124	13
3125	3125	14 (b) The clerk may supplement publication thereof by
3126	3126	15 radio or television broadcasts or both. The broadcasts
3127	3127	16 shall identify the proposed amendment or other question, by
3128	3128	17 letter and statement of purpose as prescribed by law, and
3129	3129	18 shall state the name of the newspaper in which the
3130	3130	19 published notice will appear
3131	3131	20
3132	3132	21 and shall state the date on which it will appear.
3133	3133	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590140HB02981
3134	3134	2
3135	3135	3
3136	3136	4 Between one hundred one (101) and ninety-one (91) days
3137	3137	5 before a bond election held in conjunction with a primary
3138	3138	6 or other August election and between ninety (90) and
3139	3139	7 seventy (70) days before a bond election held in
3140	3140	8 conjunction with a May, general or other November election,
3141	3141	9 the county clerk shall publish notice of the election at
3142	3142	10 least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the
3143	3143	11 political subdivision
3144	3144	12. If
3145	3145	13 there is no newspaper of
3146	3146	14 general circulation in the political subdivision, notice
3147	3147	15 shall be posted at each polling place in the political
3148	3148	16 subdivision between ninety (90) and seventy (70) days
3149	3149	17 before the election. Any notice of election hereunder shall
3150	3150	18 specify the name of the political subdivision, the date,
3151	3151	19 time and place of election, the question or questions to be
3152	3152	20 submitted, and the fact that only qualified electors of the
3153	3153	21 political subdivision may vote thereon. If a bond election
3154	3154	22 is being held within a political subdivision at the same
3155	3155	23 time and place as a regular or other election, the notice 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590141HB0298
3156	3156	1 of bond election may, at the discretion of the county
3157	3157	2 clerk, be combined with and given in the same manner as the
3158	3158	3 notice of the regular or other election in such political
3159	3159	4 subdivision.
3160	3160	5
3161	3161	6
3162	3162	7
3163	3163	8
3164	3164	9 The date of a special election and the location of polling
3165	3165	10 places shall be proclaimed by the governing body of the
3166	3166	11 municipality not more than thirty (30) nor less than
3167	3167	12 fifteen (15) days before the special election. The
3168	3168	13 proclamation shall state the purpose of the election and
3169	3169	14 shall be published at least twice in a newspaper of general
3170	3170	15 circulation in the municipality
3171	3171	16. The
3172	3172	17 advertisement may be supplemented by the county or
3173	3173	18 municipality as provided by W.S. 22-20-104(b).
3174	3174	19
3175	3175	20
3176	3176	21
3177	3177	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590142HB02981 (b) The ballot proposition for an initiative shall be
3178	3178	2 published by the secretary of state in a newspaper of
3179	3179	3 general circulation in the state in the newspaper edition
3180	3180	4 immediately
3181	3181	5 preceding the general election. Publication under this
3182	3182	6 subsection shall contain the text of the initiative ballot
3183	3183	7 and shall identify both a physical location and a web site
3184	3184	8 address or other electronic location where the entire text
3185	3185	9 of the initiative can be viewed.
3186	3186	10
3187	3187	11
3188	3188	12
3189	3189	13
3190	3190	14 (b) The ballot proposition for a referendum shall be
3191	3191	15 published by the secretary of state in a newspaper of
3192	3192	16 general circulation in the state in the newspaper edition
3193	3193	17 immediately
3194	3194	18 preceding the general election. Publication under this
3195	3195	19 subsection shall contain the text of the referendum ballot
3196	3196	20 and shall identify both a physical location and a web site
3197	3197	21 address or other electronic location where the entire text
3198	3198	22 of the referendum can be viewed.
3199	3199	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590143HB02981
3200	3200	2
3201	3201	3
3202	3202	4 (a) A petition for formation of a district shall be
3203	3203	5 filed with the county commissioners. Before the petition
3204	3204	6 is filed, the county assessor and the department of revenue
3205	3205	7 shall review, within sixty (60) days of receiving notice of
3206	3206	8 the petition, the boundaries of the proposed district for
3207	3207	9 any conflict, overlap, gap or other boundary issue and make
3208	3208	10 written comments thereon to be submitted with the petition.
3209	3209	11 Further, the petition shall be approved by any agency
3210	3210	12 required by the principal act to approve the petition. If
3211	3211	13 the petition satisfies all requirements of the principal
3212	3212	14 act, the county commissioners shall:
3213	3213	15
3214	3214	16 (ii) The county commissioners shall cause notice
3215	3215	17 of the hearing to be posted in at least three (3) public
3216	3216	18 places and published by two (2) insertions in a newspaper
3217	3217	19 of general circulation in that county or counties in which
3218	3218	20 all or any part of the district is proposed to be located
3219	3219	21
3220	3220	22. The last of the 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590144HB0298
3221	3221	1 notices shall be published at least ten (10) business days
3222	3222	2 prior to the hearing. The notice shall state:
3223	3223	3
3224	3224	4
3225	3225	5
3226	3226	6
3227	3227	7 (a) Between one hundred one (101) and ninety-one (91)
3228	3228	8 days before an organizational election held in conjunction
3229	3229	9 with a primary or other August election, between ninety
3230	3230	10 (90) and seventy (70) days before an organizational
3231	3231	11 election held in conjunction with a May, general, November
3232	3232	12 or mail ballot election held at any other time, the county
3233	3233	13 clerk shall publish at least once in a newspaper of general
3234	3234	14 circulation in each county in which all or part of the
3235	3235	15 proposed district is situated
3236	3236	16 a
3237	3237	17 proclamation setting forth the date of the election, what
3238	3238	18 county clerk is the filing officer, the question of
3239	3239	19 formation, what offices are to be filled including the
3240	3240	20 terms of the offices, the filing period for the offices and
3241	3241	21 other pertinent election information. Minor errors in the
3242	3242	22 proclamation shall not invalidate the forthcoming election.
3243	3243	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590145HB02981 (c) The county clerk shall publish a sample ballot
3244	3244	2 with the question of formation and candidates for directors
3245	3245	3 together with any other ballot proposition at least once in
3246	3246	4 a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which
3247	3247	5 all or part of the proposed district is located or for not
3248	3248	6
3249	3249	7, at least ten (10) business days prior to the
3250	3250	8 election.
3251	3251	9
3252	3252	10
3253	3253	11
3254	3254	12 (c) Not more than one hundred twenty (120) and not
3255	3255	13 less than one hundred (100) days before the election, the
3256	3256	14 secretary of the district shall publish at least once in a
3257	3257	15 newspaper of general circulation in each county in which
3258	3258	16 all or part of the district is situated
3259	3259	17
3260	3260	18, a proclamation setting forth the date of the
3261	3261	19 election, what district officer is the filing officer, what
3262	3262	20 offices are to be elected and the terms of office, the
3263	3263	21 filing period for the offices and other pertinent election
3264	3264	22 information.
3265	3265	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590146HB02981 (e) The name of all qualified candidates shall be
3266	3266	2 published in a newspaper of general circulation in each
3267	3267	3 county in which the district is located
3268	3268	4 not later than ten
3269	3269	5 (10) business days prior to the date of such election.
3270	3270	6
3271	3271	7
3272	3272	8
3273	3273	9 (b) The directors shall not adopt a resolution for a
3274	3274	10 district name change without publishing notice once of the
3275	3275	11 proposed name change in a newspaper of general circulation
3276	3276	12 in the county or on the centralized electronic notice
3277	3277	13.
3278	3278	14
3279	3279	15
3280	3280	16
3281	3281	17
3282	3282	18 (a) On and after January 1, 1924, all roads within
3283	3283	19 this state shall be highways, which have been or may be
3284	3284	20 declared by law to be state or county highways. It shall be
3285	3285	21 the duty of the several boards of county commissioners,
3286	3286	22 within their respective counties, prior to said date, to
3287	3287	23 determine what, if any, such roads now or heretofore 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590147HB0298
3288	3288	1 traveled but not heretofore officially established and
3289	3289	2 recorded, are necessary or important for the public use as
3290	3290	3 permanent roads, and to cause such roads to be recorded, or
3291	3291	4 if need be laid out, established and recorded, and all
3292	3292	5 roads recorded as aforesaid, shall be highways. No other
3293	3293	6 roads, except roads located on federal public lands prior
3294	3294	7 to October, 1976 which provide access for a private
3295	3295	8 residence or agricultural operation shall be highways upon
3296	3296	9 acceptance by the board of county commissioners of the
3297	3297	10 county where the road is located, shall be highways unless
3298	3298	11 and until lawfully established as such by official
3299	3299	12 authority. Except, nothing contained herein shall be
3300	3300	13 construed as preventing the creation or establishment of a
3301	3301	14 public highway right-of-way with reference to state and
3302	3302	15 county highways under the common-law doctrines of adverse
3303	3303	16 possession or prescription either prior to or subsequent to
3304	3304	17 the enactment hereof. If any such board shall resolve the
3305	3305	18 creation or establishment of a public highway right-of-way
3306	3306	19 based upon the common-law doctrines of adverse possession
3307	3307	20 or prescription, it shall, following the filing of a plat
3308	3308	21 and accurate survey required in accordance with the terms
3309	3309	22 and provisions of W.S. 24-3-109, proceed with the
3310	3310	23 publication of the proposed road for 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590148HB0298
3311	3311	1
3312	3312	2 three (3) successive weeks in three (3) successive issues
3313	3313	3 of some official newspaper published in the county, if any
3314	3314	4 such there be, and if no newspaper be published therein,
3315	3315	5 such notice shall be posted in at least three (3) public
3316	3316	6 places along the line of the proposed road, which notice
3317	3317	7 shall be exclusive of all other notices and may be in the
3318	3318	8 following form:
3319	3319	9
3320	3320	10 To all whom it may concern: The board of county
3321	3321	11 commissioners of .... county has resolved the creation and
3322	3322	12 establishment of a public highway right-of-way under the
3323	3323	13 common-law doctrine of prescription in that the road was
3324	3324	14 constructed or substantially maintained by the (either the
3325	3325	15 state or county) for general public use for a period of
3326	3326	16 (ten years or longer) said road commencing at .... in ....
3327	3327	17 county, Wyoming, running thence (here describe in general
3328	3328	18 terms the points and courses thereof), and terminating at
3329	3329	19 ....
3330	3330	20
3331	3331	21 All objections thereto must be filed in writing with
3332	3332	22 the county clerk of said county before noon on the .... day 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590149HB0298
3333	3333	1 of .... A.D., ...., or such road will be established
3334	3334	2 without reference to such objections.
3335	3335	3
3336	3336	4 .... County Clerk
3337	3337	5
3338	3338	6 Dated .... A.D.
3339	3339	7
3340	3340	8
3341	3341	9
3342	3342	10
3343	3343	11 (e) The board of county commissioners of any county
3344	3344	12 or governing body of any city or town shall cause notices
3345	3345	13 of the contract to be let to be published for two (2)
3346	3346	14 consecutive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation
3347	3347	15 within the state
3348	3348	16
3349	3349	17 means available to achieve as wide a notice as possible,
3350	3350	18 but in no case shall any letting of the contract be held
3351	3351	19 within fifteen (15) days of the last published notice.
3352	3352	20
3353	3353	21
3354	3354	22
3355	3355	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590150HB02981 (a) Notice shall be published of the proposed
3356	3356	2 location or alteration of any road by posting on the
3357	3357	3 county's official website in the manner provided in W.S.
3358	3358	4 18-3-516(f) and by publication for two (2) successive weeks
3359	3359	5 in the designated official newspaper of the county,
3360	3360	6
3361	3361	7
3362	3362	8 notice
3363	3363	9 may be in the following form:
3364	3364	10
3365	3365	11 To all to whom it may concern: The Board of County
3366	3366	12 Commissioners have decided to locate (or alter, as the case
3367	3367	13 may be) a road commencing at .... in .... County, Wyoming,
3368	3368	14 running thence (here describe in general terms the points
3369	3369	15 and courses thereof), and terminating at .... .
3370	3370	16
3371	3371	17 All objections thereto or claims for damages by reason
3372	3372	18 thereof must be filed in writing with the county clerk of
3373	3373	19 said county, before noon on the .... day of .... A.D. ....
3374	3374	20 or such road will be established (or altered) without
3375	3375	21 reference to such objections or claims for damages.
3376	3376	22
3377	3377	23 ........... County Clerk 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590151HB02981
3378	3378	2 Dated .... A.D.
3379	3379	3
3380	3380	4
3381	3381	5
3382	3382	6 (a) Prior to adoption of a resolution identifying
3383	3383	7 county roads in any area in the county, notice of the
3384	3384	8 proposed identification shall be posted on the county's
3385	3385	9 official website in the manner provided in W.S. 18-3-516(f)
3386	3386	10 and published for two (2) successive weeks in the
3387	3387	11 designated official newspaper of the county, subject to
3388	3388	12
3389	3389	13
3390	3390	14
3391	3391	15 in substantially the following form:
3392	3392	16
3393	3393	17 NOTICE OF IDENTIFICATION OF COUNTY ROADS UNDER
3394	3394	18
3395	3395	19 W.S. 24-3-201 THROUGH 24-3-206
3396	3396	20
3397	3397	21 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The Board of County
3398	3398	22 Commissioners intends to identify county roads in the
3399	3399	23 following areas of .... (name of county) county under the 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590152HB0298
3400	3400	1 identification procedure contained in W.S. 24-3-201 through
3401	3401	2 24-3-206: (general description of areas described in the
3402	3402	3 map, i.e. USGS Quad map, section, township, range, etc.)
3403	3403	4
3404	3404	5 The only county roads in the township which shall
3405	3405	6 exist after this identification procedure are described as
3406	3406	7 follows:
3407	3407	8
3408	3408	9 (Road name, road number or petition number) .........
3409	3409	10
3410	3410	11 All other county roads within the area identified in
3411	3411	12 the map which are not described above shall be accordingly
3412	3412	13 vacated upon adoption of the resolution for identification.
3413	3413	14 All objections to or claims for damage by reason of this
3414	3414	15 identification procedure shall be filed in writing with the
3415	3415	16 county clerk of this county before 12:00 noon on the ....
3416	3416	17 day of .... (not less than thirty (30) days after
3417	3417	18 publication of the second notice) or the county roads will
3418	3418	19 be vacated as indicated without reference to the objections
3419	3419	20 or claims.
3420	3420	21
3421	3421	22
3422	3422	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590153HB0298
3423	3423	1
3424	3424	2 (a) Notice shall be published of the proposed
3425	3425	3 location of such road by posting on the county's official
3426	3426	4 website in the manner provided in W.S. 18-3-516(f) and by
3427	3427	5 publishing once weekly for two (2) successive weeks in the
3428	3428	6 designated official newspaper of the county,
3429	3429	7
3430	3430	8
3431	3431	9 notice shall be
3432	3432	10 in the following form:
3433	3433	11
3434	3434	12 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The Board of the County
3435	3435	13 Commissioners have decided to locate a road commencing at
3436	3436	14 .... in .... County, Wyoming, running thence (here describe
3437	3437	15 in general terms the points and courses thereof), and
3438	3438	16 terminating at ..... All objections thereto or claims for
3439	3439	17 damages by reason thereof must be filed in writing with the
3440	3440	18 County Clerk of said county, before noon on the .... day of
3441	3441	19 ...., (year), or such road will be established without
3442	3442	20 reference to such objections or claims for damages.
3443	3443	21
3444	3444	22 Dated .... County Clerk.............
3445	3445	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590154HB02981
3446	3446	2
3447	3447	3
3448	3448	4 The state treasurer shall give notice by publication in not
3449	3449	5 less than three (3) newspapers published in the state and
3450	3450	6 at least one (1) newspaper published outside the state,
3451	3451	7 of his
3452	3452	8 intention to issue and negotiate bonds in all cases where
3453	3453	9 the same are not purchased out of state funds and the bonds
3454	3454	10 shall be sold at not less than the par value thereof to the
3455	3455	11 highest responsible bidder in response to such
3456	3456	12 advertisement. The state treasurer, however, may reject any
3457	3457	13 or all bids.
3458	3458	14
3459	3459	15
3460	3460	16
3461	3461	17
3462	3462	18 (c) The commissioner shall publish notice of any
3463	3463	19 suspension, revocation or refusal to continue in a
3464	3464	20 newspaper in general circulation
3465	3465	21
3466	3466	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590155HB02981
3467	3467	2
3468	3468	3
3469	3469	4 (a) The commissioner shall:
3470	3470	5
3471	3471	6 (iii) Require that the association notify the
3472	3472	7 insolvent insurer's insureds and any other interested
3473	3473	8 parties of the insolvency determination and of their rights
3474	3474	9 under this chapter. The notification shall be by mail at
3475	3475	10 their last known address, if available, but if sufficient
3476	3476	11 information for notification by mail is not available,
3477	3477	12 notice by publication in a newspaper of general circulation
3478	3478	13
3479	3479	14 sufficient.
3480	3480	15
3481	3481	16
3482	3482	17
3483	3483	18
3484	3484	19 (b) Upon determining the prevailing hourly rate of
3485	3485	20 wages under subsection (a) of this section, the department
3486	3486	21 shall provide notice of its determination to:
3487	3487	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590156HB02981 (i) The general public by publication in a
3488	3488	2 newspaper of general circulation within each locality for
3489	3489	3 which a prevailing wage rate is determined or on the
3490	3490	4
3491	3491	5
3492	3492	6
3493	3493	7
3494	3494	8
3495	3495	9
3496	3496	10
3497	3497	11 (a) A sale shall be made at public auction. The
3498	3498	12 lienholder shall first give ten (10) days notice in any
3499	3499	13 newspaper published in the county where the notice of lien
3500	3500	14 is filed . If
3501	3501	15
3502	3502	16
3503	3503	17 notice shall be posted for two (2) weeks in at least three
3504	3504	18 (3) public places in the county, one (1) of which shall be
3505	3505	19 at the front door of the courthouse. The notice shall:
3506	3506	20
3507	3507	21
3508	3508	22
3509	3509	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590157HB0298
3510	3510	1
3511	3511	2 The state mining council shall examine applicants for
3512	3512	3 certification as mine foreman and mine examiner, and shall
3513	3513	4 issue certificates of competency to qualified applicants
3514	3514	5 who pass the examination. The council shall meet at least
3515	3515	6 annually in May at Rock Springs to examine applicants for
3516	3516	7 certificates and may meet at other times and places. The
3517	3517	8 council shall decide the day and place of all meetings. At
3518	3518	9 least fifteen (15) days notice of the place and date of
3519	3519	10 every meeting of the council held for the purpose of
3520	3520	11 examining applicants shall be given by publication in a
3521	3521	12 newspaper published in the area where the examination is to
3522	3522	13 be held or on the centralized electronic notice system, and
3523	3523	14 by posting copies of the published notice at all mines in
3524	3524	15 the vicinity of said place. A meeting held pursuant to
3525	3525	16 this section may be held in conjunction with regular
3526	3526	17 council meetings required by W.S. 30-2-303.
3527	3527	18
3528	3528	19
3529	3529	20
3530	3530	21
3531	3531	22 (d) Notice of all hearings before the commission
3532	3532	23 shall be given by the commission by one (1) publication in 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590158HB0298
3533	3533	1 a newspaper of general circulation in Natrona county, and
3534	3534	2 by one (1) publication in a newspaper of general
3535	3535	3 circulation in the county where the land affected, or some
3536	3536	4 part thereof, is situated, or by publication for not less
3537	3537	5
3538	3538	6. In all cases where there is an application for the
3539	3539	7 entry of a pooling order, the commission, in addition to
3540	3540	8 such publication notice, shall cause notice of the hearing
3541	3541	9 to be mailed to all owners whose interests are sought to be
3542	3542	10 pooled. In all cases where a complaint is made by the
3543	3543	11 commission, or by the state oil and gas supervisor or by
3544	3544	12 any party that any provision of this act, or any rule,
3545	3545	13 regulation or order of the commission is being violated,
3546	3546	14 notice of the hearing on such complaint shall be served on
3547	3547	15 the parties charged with such violation by any officer
3548	3548	16 authorized by law to serve summons in civil actions or by
3549	3549	17 an agent authorized and directed by the commission or its
3550	3550	18 secretary, in the same manner as is provided in the code of
3551	3551	19 civil procedure for service of process in civil actions in
3552	3552	20 the district courts of this state; proof of such service by
3553	3553	21 an officer shall be in the form provided by law with
3554	3554	22 respect to civil process and proof of such service by an
3555	3555	23 agent shall be by such agent's affidavit. 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590159HB0298
3556	3556	1
3557	3557	2
3558	3558	3
3559	3559	4
3560	3560	5 (b) The fiscal officer shall publish or cause to be
3561	3561	6 published an annual summary of all traffic violation
3562	3562	7 notices issued by the traffic enforcement agency and the
3563	3563	8 dispositions thereof in at least one (1) local daily
3564	3564	9 newspaper of general circulation or for not less than one
3565	3565	10.
3566	3566	11
3567	3567	12
3568	3568	13
3569	3569	14
3570	3570	15 All vehicles seized under W.S. 31-11-111 remaining
3571	3571	16 unclaimed after ninety (90) days from the date of seizure,
3572	3572	17 shall be sold by the department or its authorized
3573	3573	18 representative, at public auction, to the highest bidder.
3574	3574	19 Notice of sale shall be published not less than ten (10)
3575	3575	20 days preceding the date of the sale, in a newspaper of
3576	3576	21 general circulation in the county where the vehicle is to
3577	3577	22 be sold ,
3578	3578	23 giving a full description of the vehicle together with 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590160HB0298
3579	3579	1 engine or serial numbers or marks, if any. All expenses
3580	3580	2 incident to the sale and storage of the vehicle shall be
3581	3581	3 first paid from the receipts from the sale, and any residue
3582	3582	4 shall be paid by the department to the state treasurer for
3583	3583	5 credit to the general fund. Should any claimant prove
3584	3584	6 ownership of a vehicle sold by the department under this
3585	3585	7 act within six (6) months after the date of sale, the state
3586	3586	8 auditor shall upon proper proof of ownership approved by
3587	3587	9 the department, draw a warrant upon the state treasurer in
3588	3588	10 favor of the claimant for the amount which was paid into
3589	3589	11 the state treasury.
3590	3590	12
3591	3591	13
3592	3592	14
3593	3593	15
3594	3594	16 (b) The notice required by W.S. 31-13-104, if the
3595	3595	17 identity of the vehicle owner of record or lienholders of
3596	3596	18 record, if any, cannot be determined or if the registration
3597	3597	19 contains no address for the owner, shall be by one (1)
3598	3598	20 publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the
3599	3599	21 county where the vehicle was abandoned
3600	3600	22. Notice by publication
3601	3601	23 may contain multiple listings of abandoned vehicles. Any 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590161HB0298
3602	3602	1 notice shall be in compliance with the provisions of
3603	3603	2 subsection (a) of this section.
3604	3604	3
3605	3605	4
3606	3606	5
3607	3607	6
3608	3608	7
3609	3609	8 (a) As to vehicles impounded by a police officer
3610	3610	9 having a fair market value of two thousand dollars
3611	3611	10 ($2,000.00) or more after thirty (30) days have elapsed
3612	3612	11 from the date notice was given as provided in W.S.
3613	3613	12 31-13-106, the sheriff shall sell the vehicle and its
3614	3614	13 contents, if any, at public auction to the highest bidder
3615	3615	14 or cause an action to be filed pursuant to W.S.
3616	3616	15 31-13-112(e). Notice of the sale shall be published once in
3617	3617	16 a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the
3618	3618	17 vehicle is impounded
3619	3619	18 not less than ten
3620	3620	19 (10) days preceding the date of the sale, giving a full
3621	3621	20 description of the vehicle together with engine or serial
3622	3622	21 numbers or marks, if any, and the amount of money claimed
3623	3623	22 to be due thereon and the time and place of sale. All
3624	3624	23 expenses incident to the removal, preservation, custody, 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590162HB0298
3625	3625	1 sale and storage of the vehicle shall be paid and any
3626	3626	2 proceeds shall be distributed pursuant to W.S. 31-13-111.
3627	3627	3 After any vehicle has been sold under this section, the
3628	3628	4 former owner, any lienholder or person entitled to
3629	3629	5 possession of the vehicle has no further right, title,
3630	3630	6 claim or interest in or to the vehicle or its contents, and
3631	3631	7 all liens, encumbrances and security interests are
3632	3632	8 extinguished.
3633	3633	9
3634	3634	10
3635	3635	11
3636	3636	12
3637	3637	13
3638	3638	14 (d) The owner or person in lawful control of the
3639	3639	15 property shall give a written notice of sale after the
3640	3640	16 thirty (30) day time period provided in subsection (a) of
3641	3641	17 this section expires but not less than ten (10) days
3642	3642	18 preceding the date of sale to the sheriff of the county in
3643	3643	19 which the vehicle is sold and by certified mail, return
3644	3644	20 receipt requested, to the owner and any lienholder of
3645	3645	21 record, if they are identified through reasonable efforts.
3646	3646	22 The owner or person in lawful control of the property shall
3647	3647	23 publish notice of the sale 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590163HB0298
3648	3648	1
3649	3649	2 for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general
3650	3650	3 circulation in the county where the vehicle is abandoned.
3651	3651	4 The notice shall contain the following:
3652	3652	5
3653	3653	6
3654	3654	7
3655	3655	8
3656	3656	9 All fees under chapter 18 of title 31, diesel fuel taxes,
3657	3657	10 penalty or interest under title 39 or commercial vehicle
3658	3658	11 registration fees under title 31 become delinquent if not
3659	3659	12 paid as provided for by law from the date due. Delinquent
3660	3660	13 diesel fuel taxes, penalties, interest or commercial
3661	3661	14 vehicle registration fees are a lien on all motor vehicles
3662	3662	15 owned or operated in this state by the person liable for
3663	3663	16 payment of the taxes, penalties, interest or fees. If any
3664	3664	17 such taxes, penalties, interest or fees remain delinquent
3665	3665	18 for thirty (30) days or if any vehicle subject to the lien
3666	3666	19 is about to be removed from the state, the department or
3667	3667	20 its authorized enforcement agent may seize and sell the
3668	3668	21 vehicle subject to all existing liens and security
3669	3669	22 interests held by others, at public auction upon notice to
3670	3670	23 the owner and lienholder of record as provided by Rule 4 of 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590164HB0298
3671	3671	1 the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure, and upon four (4)
3672	3672	2 weeks notice of the sale in a newspaper published in the
3673	3673	3 counties in which the vehicle is titled and registered or
3674	3674	4. The department
3675	3675	5 may bring suit in any court of competent jurisdiction to
3676	3676	6 collect any delinquent fees or taxes, penalties and
3677	3677	7 interest under this section.
3678	3678	8
3679	3679	9
3680	3680	10
3681	3681	11
3682	3682	12 (a) Notice that the mortgage will be foreclosed by a
3683	3683	13 sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, shall
3684	3684	14 be given by publishing the notice for four (4) consecutive
3685	3685	15 weeks
3686	3686	16
3687	3687	17
3688	3688	18 at least once in each week, in
3689	3689	19 a newspaper printed in the county where the premises
3690	3690	20 included in the mortgage and intended to be sold, or some
3691	3691	21 part of them, are situated, if there be one; and if no
3692	3692	22 newspaper be printed in the county, then notice shall be
3693	3693	23 published in a paper printed in the state and of general 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590165HB0298
3694	3694	1 circulation in the county. Prior to first date of
3695	3695	2 publication, a copy of the notice shall be served by
3696	3696	3 certified mail with return receipt requested upon the
3697	3697	4 record owner, the person in possession of mortgaged
3698	3698	5 premises, if different than the record owner, and all
3699	3699	6 holders of recorded mortgages and liens subordinate to the
3700	3700	7 mortgage being foreclosed, which appear of record at least
3701	3701	8 twenty-five (25) days before the scheduled foreclosure
3702	3702	9 sale. The notice shall be sent to the last known address
3703	3703	10 for the addressee, which shall be the address set forth in
3704	3704	11 the mortgage or lien filed of record unless another address
3705	3705	12 has been recorded in the real estate records or has been
3706	3706	13 provided to the foreclosing mortgagee or lienholder. Proof
3707	3707	14 of compliance with this section shall be made by affidavit
3708	3708	15 of an authorized representative of the foreclosing
3709	3709	16 mortgagee or lienholder. A person or entity who acts in
3710	3710	17 reliance upon the affidavit without knowledge that the
3711	3711	18 representations contained therein are incorrect shall not
3712	3712	19 be liable to any person for so acting and may assume
3713	3713	20 without inquiry the existence of the facts contained in the
3714	3714	21 affidavit.
3715	3715	22
3716	3716	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590166HB0298
3717	3717	1
3718	3718	2 A foreclosure sale may be postponed from time to time by
3719	3719	3 inserting a notice of the postponement as soon as
3720	3720	4 practicable
3721	3721	5 in the newspaper in which the original advertisement was
3722	3722	6 published and continuing the publication until the time to
3723	3723	7 which the sale shall be postponed, at the expense of the
3724	3724	8 party requesting the postponement, provided that the
3725	3725	9 original advertisement is published
3726	3726	10
3727	3727	11
3728	3728	12
3729	3729	13 four (4) consecutive weeks, and
3730	3730	14 the notice of postponement is published
3731	3731	15
3732	3732	16 two (2) consecutive weeks.
3733	3733	17
3734	3734	18
3735	3735	19
3736	3736	20
3737	3737	21
3738	3738	22
3739	3739	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590167HB02981
3740	3740	2
3741	3741	3 (b) A claim for relief with respect to a fraudulent
3742	3742	4 transfer or obligation under this act involving qualified
3743	3743	5 transfers to a qualified spendthrift trust as provided by
3744	3744	6 W.S. 4-10-510 through 4-10-515 or involving transfers to an
3745	3745	7 irrevocable discretionary trust, provided that the trustee
3746	3746	8 may only make discretionary distributions under W.S.
3747	3747	9 4-10-506(c), is extinguished unless an action is brought:
3748	3748	10
3749	3749	11 (ii) With respect to a creditor not known to the
3750	3750	12 settlor, one hundred twenty (120) days after the date on
3751	3751	13 which notice of the transfer is first published in a
3752	3752	14 newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the
3753	3753	15 settlor resides
3754	3754	16, provided that the notice includes the information
3755	3755	17 required in paragraph (i) of this subsection;
3756	3756	18
3757	3757	19
3758	3758	20
3759	3759	21 (c) Notice to a lender by a museum shall be deemed
3760	3760	22 given under this chapter if sent by certified mail to the
3761	3761	23 lender's address, return receipt requested. If the lender's 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590168HB0298
3762	3762	1 address is not available to the museum or if proof of
3763	3763	2 receipt is not received by the museum, notice shall be by
3764	3764	3 publication
3765	3765	4 at
3766	3766	5 least once a week for three (3) successive weeks in a
3767	3767	6 newspaper of general circulation in both the county in
3768	3768	7 which the museum is located and the county of the lender's
3769	3769	8 address, if any.
3770	3770	9
3771	3771	10
3772	3772	11
3773	3773	12 (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of
3774	3774	13 this section, the administrator, within three (3) years
3775	3775	14 after the receipt of abandoned property, shall sell it to
3776	3776	15 the highest bidder at public sale in whatever city in the
3777	3777	16 state affords in the judgment of the administrator the most
3778	3778	17 favorable market for the property involved. The
3779	3779	18 administrator may decline the highest bid and reoffer the
3780	3780	19 property for sale if in the judgment of the administrator
3781	3781	20 the bid is insufficient. If in the judgment of the
3782	3782	21 administrator the probable cost of sale exceeds the value
3783	3783	22 of the property, it need not be offered for sale. Any sale
3784	3784	23 held under this section shall be preceded by a single 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590169HB0298
3785	3785	1 publication of notice, at least three (3) weeks in advance
3786	3786	2 of sale, in a newspaper of general circulation in the
3787	3787	3 county in which the property is to be sold
3788	3788	4
3789	3789	5
3790	3790	6
3791	3791	7
3792	3792	8 (b) A warehouse may enforce its lien on goods, other
3793	3793	9 than goods stored by a merchant in the course of its
3794	3794	10 business, only if the following requirements are satisfied:
3795	3795	11
3796	3796	12 (v) After the expiration of the time given in
3797	3797	13 the notification, an advertisement of the sale shall be
3798	3798	14 published
3799	3799	15 one (1) time per week for two
3800	3800	16 (2) weeks consecutively in a newspaper of general
3801	3801	17 circulation where the sale is to be held. The advertisement
3802	3802	18 shall include a description of the goods, the name of the
3803	3803	19 person on whose account the goods are being held, and the
3804	3804	20 time and place of the sale. The sale shall take place at
3805	3805	21 least fifteen (15) days after the first publication. If
3806	3806	22
3807	3807	23 there is no 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590170HB0298
3808	3808	1 newspaper of general circulation where the sale is to be
3809	3809	2 held, the advertisement shall be posted at least ten (10)
3810	3810	3 days before the sale in not fewer than six (6) conspicuous
3811	3811	4 places in the neighborhood of the proposed sale.
3812	3812	5
3813	3813	6
3814	3814	7
3815	3815	8
3816	3816	9
3817	3817	10 The commissioner shall prepare and submit to the surgeon
3818	3818	11 general a state plan which shall include the hospital and
3819	3819	12 medical facilities construction program developed under
3820	3820	13 W.S. 35-2-320 through 35-2-322 and which shall provide for
3821	3821	14 the establishment, administration, and operation of the
3822	3822	15 hospital and medical facilities construction activities in
3823	3823	16 accordance with the requirements of the federal act and
3824	3824	17 regulations thereunder. The commissioner shall, prior to
3825	3825	18 the submission of such plan to the surgeon general, give
3826	3826	19 adequate publicity to a general description of all the
3827	3827	20 provisions proposed to be included therein, and hold a
3828	3828	21 public hearing at which all persons or organizations with a
3829	3829	22 legitimate interest in such plan may be given an
3830	3830	23 opportunity to express their views. After approval of the 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590171HB0298
3831	3831	1 plan by the surgeon general, the commissioner shall publish
3832	3832	2 a general description of the provisions thereof in at least
3833	3833	3 one (1) newspaper having general circulation in each county
3834	3834	4 in the state
3835	3835	5, and shall make the plan, or a copy thereof,
3836	3836	6 available upon request to all interested persons or
3837	3837	7 organizations. The commissioner shall from time to time
3838	3838	8 review the hospital and medical facilities construction
3839	3839	9 program and submit to the surgeon general any modifications
3840	3840	10 thereof which he may find necessary and may submit to the
3841	3841	11 surgeon general such modifications of the state plan, not
3842	3842	12 inconsistent with the requirements of the federal act, as
3843	3843	13 he may deem advisable.
3844	3844	14
3845	3845	15
3846	3846	16
3847	3847	17
3848	3848	18 If the proposal to issue said bonds shall be approved, the
3849	3849	19 board of trustees may issue such bonds in such form as the
3850	3850	20 board may direct and shall give notice by publication in
3851	3851	21 some newspaper published in the counties in which said
3852	3852	22 district is located and in some newspaper of general
3853	3853	23 circulation in the capital of this state 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590172HB0298
3854	3854	1 of its intention to
3855	3855	2 issue and negotiate such bonds, and to invite bidders
3856	3856	3 therefor; provided that in no case shall such bonds be sold
3857	3857	4 for less than their full or par value and the accrued
3858	3858	5 interest thereon at the time of their delivery. And the
3859	3859	6 said trustees are authorized to reject any bids, and to
3860	3860	7 sell said bonds at private sale, if they deem it for the
3861	3861	8 best interests of the district.
3862	3862	9
3863	3863	10
3864	3864	11
3865	3865	12 (b) If the proposal to issue bonds is approved, the
3866	3866	13 board of trustees may issue bonds in such form as the board
3867	3867	14 directs, provided any bonds issued under this article shall
3868	3868	15 be in registered or bearer form and shall otherwise comply
3869	3869	16 with W.S. 16-5-501 through 16-5-504. The board of trustees
3870	3870	17 shall give notice by publication in some newspaper
3871	3871	18 published in the counties in which the district is located
3872	3872	19
3873	3873	20 intention to issue and negotiate the bonds and to invite
3874	3874	21 bidders therefor. In no case shall the bonds be sold for
3875	3875	22 less than their full or par value and the accrued interest
3876	3876	23 thereon at the time of their delivery. The trustees are 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590173HB0298
3877	3877	1 authorized to reject any bids, and to sell the bonds at
3878	3878	2 private sale, if they deem it for the best interests of the
3879	3879	3 district.
3880	3880	4
3881	3881	5
3882	3882	6
3883	3883	7
3884	3884	8
3885	3885	9 The board of trustees shall elect one (1) of their members
3886	3886	10 clerk and have the power to appoint, employ and pay an
3887	3887	11 engineer, who shall be removable at pleasure. The clerk may
3888	3888	12 be paid not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) per
3889	3889	13 year by said board. The board shall have power to pass all
3890	3890	14 necessary ordinances, orders, rules and regulations for the
3891	3891	15 necessary conduct of its business and to carry into effect
3892	3892	16 the objects for which such sanitary and improvement
3893	3893	17 district is formed. Immediately after each regular and
3894	3894	18 special meeting of said board, it shall cause to be
3895	3895	19 published in one (1) newspaper of general circulation in
3896	3896	20 the district or on the centralized electronic notice
3897	3897	21, a brief statement of its proceedings, including an
3898	3898	22 itemized list of bills and claims allowed, specifying the
3899	3899	23 amount of each, to whom paid and for what purpose; 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590174HB0298
3900	3900	1 provided, no publication shall be required unless the same
3901	3901	2 can be done at an expense not exceeding one-third of the
3902	3902	3 rate for publication of legal notices.
3903	3903	4
3904	3904	5
3905	3905	6
3906	3906	7
3907	3907	8
3908	3908	9 If the electors of the district, equal in number to forty
3909	3909	10 percent (40%) of the electors of the district voting at the
3910	3910	11 last general state election, file written objections to the
3911	3911	12 proposed issuance of the bonds with the clerk of the board
3912	3912	13 of trustees within twenty (20) days after the first
3913	3913	14 publication of notice, the board of trustees shall submit
3914	3914	15 the proposition of issuing the bonds to the electors of the
3915	3915	16 district at an election on a date as determined by the
3916	3916	17 board of county commissioners and authorized under W.S.
3917	3917	18 22-21-103, notice of which shall be given by publication in
3918	3918	19 a legal newspaper published or of general circulation in
3919	3919	20 the district three (3) consecutive weeks
3920	3920	21
3921	3921	22. If a majority of the qualified electors
3922	3922	23 of the district, voting upon the proposition, vote in favor 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590175HB0298
3923	3923	1 of issuing bonds, the board of trustees may issue and sell
3924	3924	2 bonds and, if revenue bonds are issued, pledge for the
3925	3925	3 payment of same the revenues and earnings of the
3926	3926	4 improvements as proposed in the notice, and enter into
3927	3927	5 contracts in connection therewith as may be necessary or
3928	3928	6 proper. The bonds shall draw interest from and after the
3929	3929	7 date of the issuance thereof, at a rate determined by the
3930	3930	8 board. In the event the electors fail to approve the
3931	3931	9 proposition by majority vote, the proposition shall not be
3932	3932	10 again submitted to the electors for their consideration
3933	3933	11 until five (5) months have elapsed from the date of the
3934	3934	12 election.
3935	3935	13
3936	3936	14
3937	3937	15
3938	3938	16
3939	3939	17
3940	3940	18 (c) Such notice shall be signed by the clerk of the
3941	3941	19 board of trustees and be published three (3) consecutive
3942	3942	20 weeks in a legal newspaper published or of general
3943	3943	21 circulation in the district
3944	3944	22.
3945	3945	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590176HB02981
3946	3946	2
3947	3947	3
3948	3948	4 Any city, town or special cemetery district may declare
3949	3949	5 abandoned the ownership of any unoccupied lots or parcels
3950	3950	6 of land in municipally owned cemeteries, created under and
3951	3951	7 by virtue of W.S. 35-8-201 through 35-8-211, inclusive, or
3952	3952	8 any special cemetery district whenever there has been no
3953	3953	9 contact with or knowledge of the owners, heirs, or assigns,
3954	3954	10 as the case may be, of such lots or parcels for more than
3955	3955	11 twenty-five (25) years. Prior to declaring such
3956	3956	12 abandonment, notice shall be served by registered mail at
3957	3957	13 the last known address of such owner, heirs, or assigns. In
3958	3958	14 the event that the address cannot be ascertained, notice
3959	3959	15 shall be given by one (1) publication in the official
3960	3960	16 newspaper of the municipality or special cemetery district
3961	3961	17 in which the cemetery is located
3962	3962	18. Said notice shall allow thirty
3963	3963	19 (30) days for the owner, heirs, or assigns to advise the
3964	3964	20 city or town or special cemetery district of his identity
3965	3965	21 and address; and if he does so, the city or town or special
3966	3966	22 cemetery district shall not declare the abandonment. Upon
3967	3967	23 the failure of the owner, heirs, or assigns to so 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590177HB0298
3968	3968	1 communicate with the city or town, it may by resolution
3969	3969	2 declare such lots or parcels abandoned. Thereafter, it may
3970	3970	3 resell such lots or parcels, but shall place in trust an
3971	3971	4 amount of money equivalent to the original selling price of
3972	3972	5 such lots or parcels for payment to the owner, heirs, or
3973	3973	6 assigns. Said trust fund shall be placed in legal
3974	3974	7 investments, and the interest received therefrom shall
3975	3975	8 annually be deposited to the city's or town's general fund
3976	3976	9 or the general fund of the special cemetery district. Money
3977	3977	10 received from the resale of such lots and parcels and
3978	3978	11 deposited in said trust fund may be withdrawn by the cities
3979	3979	12 or towns or the special cemetery district and placed in
3980	3980	13 their general fund if not claimed by the owner, heirs, or
3981	3981	14 assigns within twenty-five (25) years after being so
3982	3982	15 deposited. So long as such lots or parcels remain unsold,
3983	3983	16 the owners, heirs, or assigns may reclaim them by
3984	3984	17 identifying themselves and establishing their right to such
3985	3985	18 lots or parcels.
3986	3986	19
3987	3987	20
3988	3988	21
3989	3989	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590178HB0298
3990	3990	1 If the proposal to issue said bonds shall be approved, the
3991	3991	2 board of trustees may issue such bonds in such form as the
3992	3992	3 board may direct and shall give notice by publication in
3993	3993	4 some newspaper published in the counties in which said
3994	3994	5 district is located and in some newspaper of general
3995	3995	6 circulation in the capital of this state of its intention
3996	3996	7 to issue and negotiate such bonds,
3997	3997	8 and to invite bidders therefor;
3998	3998	9 provided that in no case shall such bonds be sold for less
3999	3999	10 than their full or par value and the accrued interest
4000	4000	11 thereon at the time of their delivery. And the said
4001	4001	12 trustees are authorized to reject any bids, and to sell
4002	4002	13 said bonds at private sale, if they deem it for the best
4003	4003	14 interests of the district.
4004	4004	15
4005	4005	16
4006	4006	17
4007	4007	18 If the proposal to issue said bonds shall be approved, the
4008	4008	19 board of directors must issue such bonds in such form as
4009	4009	20 the board may direct and shall give notice by publication
4010	4010	21 in some newspaper published in the counties in which said
4011	4011	22 district is located and in some newspaper of general
4012	4012	23 circulation in the capital of the state of its intention to 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590179HB0298
4013	4013	1 issue and negotiate such bonds,
4014	4014	2 and to invite bidders therefor;
4015	4015	3 provided that in no case shall such bonds be sold for less
4016	4016	4 than their full or par value and the accrued interest
4017	4017	5 thereon at the time of their delivery. And the said
4018	4018	6 trustees are authorized to reject any bids, and to sell
4019	4019	7 said bonds at private sale, if they deem it for the best
4020	4020	8 interests of the district.
4021	4021	9
4022	4022	10
4023	4023	11
4024	4024	12 (f) The administrator of the water quality division
4025	4025	13 of the department of environmental quality, after receiving
4026	4026	14 public comment and after consultation with the state
4027	4027	15 geologist, the Wyoming oil and gas conservation commission
4028	4028	16 and the advisory board created under this act, shall
4029	4029	17 recommend to the director rules, regulations and standards
4030	4030	18 for:
4031	4031	19
4032	4032	20 (ii) Requirements for the content of
4033	4033	21 applications for geologic sequestration permits. Such
4034	4034	22 applications shall include:
4035	4035	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590180HB02981 (N) Proof of notice to surface owners,
4036	4036	2 mineral claimants, mineral owners, lessees and other owners
4037	4037	3 of record of subsurface interests as to the contents of
4038	4038	4 such notice. Notice requirements shall at a minimum
4039	4039	5 require:
4040	4040	6
4041	4041	7 (I) The publishing of notice of the
4042	4042	8 application
4043	4043	9 in a newspaper of general
4044	4044	10 circulation in each county of the proposed operation at
4045	4045	11 weekly intervals for four (4) consecutive weeks;
4046	4046	12
4047	4047	13
4048	4048	14
4049	4049	15
4050	4050	16 (g) After the application is determined complete, the
4051	4051	17 applicant shall publish a notice of the filing of the
4052	4052	18 application
4053	4053	19 once each week for two (2)
4054	4054	20 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in
4055	4055	21 the locality of the proposed mining site.
4056	4056	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590181HB02981 (j) The applicant shall cause notice of the
4057	4057	2 application to be published
4058	4058	3
4059	4059	4
4060	4060	5 in a newspaper of general circulation in
4061	4061	6 the locality of the proposed mining site once a week for
4062	4062	7 four (4) consecutive weeks commencing within fifteen (15)
4063	4063	8 days after being notified by the administrator. The notice
4064	4064	9 shall contain information regarding the identity of the
4065	4065	10 applicant, the location of the proposed operation, the
4066	4066	11 proposed dates of commencement and completion of the
4067	4067	12 operation, the proposed future use of the affected land,
4068	4068	13 the location at which information about the application may
4069	4069	14 be obtained, and the location and final date for filing
4070	4070	15 objections to the application. For initial applications or
4071	4071	16 additions of new lands the applicant shall also mail a copy
4072	4072	17 of the notice within five (5) days after first publication
4073	4073	18 to all surface owners of record of the land within the
4074	4074	19 permit area, to surface owners of record of immediately
4075	4075	20 adjacent lands, and to any surface owners within one-half
4076	4076	21 (1/2) mile of the proposed mining site. The applicant shall
4077	4077	22 mail a copy of the application mining plan map within five
4078	4078	23 (5) days after first publication to the Wyoming oil and gas 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590182HB0298
4079	4079	1 commission. Proof of notice and sworn statement of mailing
4080	4080	2 shall be attached to and become part of the application.
4081	4081	3
4082	4082	4 (p) The following objection procedure shall apply to
4083	4083	5 applications for mining permits for coal:
4084	4084	6
4085	4085	7 (ii) If an informal conference is requested by
4086	4086	8 the applicant or objector, the director shall hold the
4087	4087	9 informal conference in the locality of the proposed
4088	4088	10 operation within thirty (30) days after the final date for
4089	4089	11 filing objections under paragraph (i) of this subsection
4090	4090	12 unless a different period is stipulated to by the parties.
4091	4091	13 The director shall publish notice of the time, date and
4092	4092	14 location of the informal conference in a newspaper of
4093	4093	15 general circulation in the locality of the proposed
4094	4094	16 operation at
4095	4095	17 least two (2) weeks before the date of the informal
4096	4096	18 conference;
4097	4097	19
4098	4098	20
4099	4099	21 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590183HB02981 (b) The operator, pursuant to an approved surface
4100	4100	2 mining permit and mining plan and reclamation plan, or any
4101	4101	3 approved revisions thereto, shall:
4102	4102	4
4103	4103	5 (xi) For surface coal mining operations, insure
4104	4104	6 that explosives are used only in accordance with existing
4105	4105	7 state and federal law and the rules and regulations
4106	4106	8 promulgated by the council, which shall include but are not
4107	4107	9 limited to provisions to:
4108	4108	10
4109	4109	11 (A) Provide adequate advance written notice
4110	4110	12 to local governments and residents who might be affected by
4111	4111	13 the use of these explosives by publication of the planned
4112	4112	14 blasting schedule in a newspaper of general circulation in
4113	4113	15 the locality
4114	4114	16 and by mailing a copy of the proposed blasting schedule to
4115	4115	17 every resident within one-half (1/2) mile of the proposed
4116	4116	18 blasting site and by providing daily notice to the resident
4117	4117	19 or occupiers in these areas prior to any blasting;
4118	4118	20
4119	4119	21
4120	4120	22
4121	4121	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590184HB02981 (g) After the application is determined complete, the
4122	4122	2 applicant shall give written notice of the application to
4123	4123	3 the county where the applicant plans to locate the facility
4124	4124	4 and to any municipalities which may be affected by the
4125	4125	5 facility. The applicant shall simultaneously cause to be
4126	4126	6 published
4127	4127	7 once a week for two (2)
4128	4128	8 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation
4129	4129	9 within the county where the applicant plans to locate the
4130	4130	10 facility, notice of the proposed location, method and
4131	4131	11 length of operation, and such other information as the
4132	4132	12 council may require by rule and regulation. In addition,
4133	4133	13 the council may by rule require an applicant for a proposed
4134	4134	14 permit or for amendment to an existing permit to notify
4135	4135	15 other affected persons of the application and any other
4136	4136	16 information required by the council.
4137	4137	17
4138	4138	18 (j) The applicant shall give written notice of the
4139	4139	19 proposed permit to the governing board of any county where
4140	4140	20 the applicant plans to locate the facility and to any
4141	4141	21 governing board of municipalities which may be affected by
4142	4142	22 the facility. The applicant shall simultaneously cause
4143	4143	23 notice of the proposed permit to be published in a 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590185HB0298
4144	4144	1 newspaper of general circulation within the county where
4145	4145	2 the applicant plans to locate the facility
4146	4146	3
4147	4147	4he notice shall be published
4148	4148	5 once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks commencing within
4149	4149	6 fifteen (15) days after being notified by the administrator
4150	4150	7 that the application is suitable for publication.
4151	4151	8
4152	4152	9
4153	4153	10
4154	4154	11
4155	4155	12 The notice shall contain
4156	4156	13 information regarding the identity of the applicant, the
4157	4157	14 location of the proposed operation, the method and length
4158	4158	15 of the operation, the location at which information about
4159	4159	16 the application may be obtained, and the location and final
4160	4160	17 date for filing objections to the application. In
4161	4161	18 addition, the council may by rule require an applicant for
4162	4162	19 a proposed permit or for amendment of an existing permit to
4163	4163	20 notify other affected persons as authorized under
4164	4164	21 subsection (g) of this section.
4165	4165	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590186HB02981 (k) Any interested person has the right to file
4166	4166	2 written objections to the proposed permit with the director
4167	4167	3 within thirty (30) days after the last publication of the
4168	4168	4 notice given pursuant to subsection (j) of this section. If
4169	4169	5 substantial written objections are filed, a public hearing
4170	4170	6 shall be held within twenty (20) days after the final date
4171	4171	7 for filing objections unless a different period is deemed
4172	4172	8 necessary by the council. The council or director shall
4173	4173	9 publish notice of the time, date and location of the
4174	4174	10 hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county
4175	4175	11 where the applicant plans to locate the facility once a
4176	4176	12 week for two (2) consecutive weeks immediately prior to the
4177	4177	13 hearing
4178	4178	14.
4179	4179	15 The hearing shall be conducted as a contested case in
4180	4180	16 accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act,
4181	4181	17 and right of judicial review shall be afforded as provided
4182	4182	18 in that act.
4183	4183	19
4184	4184	20
4185	4185	21
4186	4186	22
4187	4187	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590187HB02981 (a) No construction shall commence of, nor shall any
4188	4188	2 wastes be accepted or received at, any commercial solid
4189	4189	3 waste management facility, or any commercial waste
4190	4190	4 incineration or disposal facility subject to regulation
4191	4191	5 under W.S. 35-12-102(a)(vii) unless the facility has been
4192	4192	6 approved by resolution of the board of county commissioners
4193	4193	7 of the county where the proposed facility is to be located.
4194	4194	8 The county commissioners shall hold one (1) or more public
4195	4195	9 hearings before making their decision. The county
4196	4196	10 commissioners shall publish notice of each hearing in a
4197	4197	11 newspaper of general circulation in the area of the
4198	4198	12 proposed facility once each week for at least two (2)
4199	4199	13 consecutive weeks prior to the hearing
4200	4200	14
4201	4201	15. The board of county
4202	4202	16 commissioners may authorize a proposed facility upon
4203	4203	17 considering that the facility:
4204	4204	18
4205	4205	19
4206	4206	20
4207	4207	21
4208	4208	22 (a) Any person who owns or is in control of any real
4209	4209	23 or personal property, any plant, building, structure, 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590188HB0298
4210	4210	1 process or equipment may apply to the administrator of the
4211	4211	2 appropriate division for a variance from any rule,
4212	4212	3 regulation, standard or permit promulgated under this act.
4213	4213	4 A variance may be granted upon notice and hearing.
4214	4214	5
4215	4215	6he administrator shall give public notice
4216	4216	7 of the request for a variance in the county in which such
4217	4217	8 real or personal property, plant, building, structure,
4218	4218	9 process or equipment is in existence for which the variance
4219	4219	10 is sought. The notice shall designate who has applied for
4220	4220	11 the variance and the nature of the variance requested and
4221	4221	12 the time and place of hearing and shall be published in a
4222	4222	13 newspaper of general circulation in said county once a week
4223	4223	14 for four (4) consecutive weeks prior to the date of the
4224	4224	15 hearing
4225	4225	16
4226	4226	17. The cost of publication shall be paid by the
4227	4227	18 person applying for the variance. The administrator of the
4228	4228	19 division shall promptly investigate the request, consider
4229	4229	20 the views of the persons who may be affected by the grant
4230	4230	21 of the variance, and all facts bearing on the request, and
4231	4231	22 make a decision with the approval of the director within 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590189HB0298
4232	4232	1 sixty (60) days from the date the hearing for a variance is
4233	4233	2 held.
4234	4234	3
4235	4235	4
4236	4236	5
4237	4237	6 (b) Prior to entry, notice shall be given by mail to
4238	4238	7 the owners, if known, or if not known, by posting notice
4239	4239	8 upon the premises and advertising once in a newspaper of
4240	4240	9 general circulation in the locality of the land or for not
4241	4241	10
4242	4242	11.
4243	4243	12
4244	4244	13
4245	4245	14
4246	4246	15 (a) Following any determination by the department
4247	4247	16 that a site is an eligible site, or following the
4248	4248	17 submission of any application to modify an existing remedy
4249	4249	18 agreement, the owner or operator shall give written notice
4250	4250	19 to all surface owners of record of land which is contiguous
4251	4251	20 to the site, and to all known adjacent surface owners of
4252	4252	21 record of land, and shall publish notice once per week for
4253	4253	22 four (4) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general
4254	4254	23 circulation in the county in which the site is located or 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590190HB0298
4255	4255	1
4256	4256	2. The notice published in a newspaper
4257	4257	3 shall be a
4258	4258	4 display advertisement. The notice to individual landowners
4259	4259	5 and the notice published in a newspaper
4260	4260	6 shall identify the
4261	4261	7 site, provide a summary of the criterion in W.S. 35-11-1602
4262	4262	8 which makes the site eligible for participation in the
4263	4263	9 voluntary remediation program under this article, describe
4264	4264	10 the process for the public to request the development of a
4265	4265	11 public participation plan under subsection (b) of this
4266	4266	12 section, and provide a thirty (30) day period for the
4267	4267	13 public to request that a public participation plan be
4268	4268	14 developed.
4269	4269	15
4270	4270	16 (d) At a minimum for any eligible site regardless of
4271	4271	17 whether a public participation plan has been required,
4272	4272	18 prior to entering into a remedy agreement, the owner shall
4273	4273	19 give written notice of the proposed remedy agreement to all
4274	4274	20 surface owners of record of land adjacent to the site, and
4275	4275	21 publish notice once per week for four (4) consecutive weeks
4276	4276	22 in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in
4277	4277	23 which the site is located 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590191HB0298
4278	4278	1. The notice
4279	4279	2 shall be of a form and content prescribed by the
4280	4280	3 department, and shall summarize the proposed remedy
4281	4281	4 agreement, provide a description of the site, provide for a
4282	4282	5 thirty (30) day public comment period after the date of the
4283	4283	6 last publication, and provide an opportunity for an oral
4284	4284	7 hearing. An oral hearing on the proposed remedy agreement
4285	4285	8 shall be held if the department finds sufficient interest.
4286	4286	9 The department may enter into a remedy agreement following
4287	4287	10 the public comment period or any hearing, whichever is
4288	4288	11 later.
4289	4289	12
4290	4290	13
4291	4291	14
4292	4292	15
4293	4293	16
4294	4294	17 (d) Upon submission of a petition for long term use
4295	4295	18 restrictions, the governmental entity to whom the use area
4296	4296	19 designation petition has been submitted shall cause the
4297	4297	20 owner to give written notice of the petition to all surface
4298	4298	21 owners of record of land contiguous to the site, and to
4299	4299	22 publish notice of the petition and a public hearing once
4300	4300	23 per week for four (4) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590192HB0298
4301	4301	1 general circulation in the county in which the site is
4302	4302	2 located
4303	4303	3. The notice shall
4304	4304	4 identify the property, generally describe the petition and
4305	4305	5 proposed use restrictions, direct that comments may be
4306	4306	6 submitted to the governmental entity or entities to whom
4307	4307	7 the petition has been submitted, and provide the date, time
4308	4308	8 and place of a public hearing. The public hearing shall be
4309	4309	9 held no sooner than thirty (30) days after the first
4310	4310	10 publication of the notice. After the public hearing has
4311	4311	11 been held, the governing board, commission or council shall
4312	4312	12 vote upon the creation of the use control area in
4313	4313	13 accordance with applicable rules, regulations and
4314	4314	14 procedures. No use control area shall be created except
4315	4315	15 upon petition of the owner and a majority vote of the
4316	4316	16 appropriate board, commission or council.
4317	4317	17
4318	4318	18
4319	4319	19
4320	4320	20
4321	4321	21 (c) Within five (5) days after completion of the
4322	4322	22 review, the state engineer shall render a preliminary
4323	4323	23 opinion as to the quantity of water available for the 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590193HB0298
4324	4324	1 proposed facility. The preliminary opinion, or a reasonable
4325	4325	2 summary, shall be published for three (3) consecutive weeks
4326	4326	3 in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in
4327	4327	4 which the proposed facility is to be located
4328	4328	5
4329	4329	6. The expense of the publication shall be borne by
4330	4330	7 the applicant.
4331	4331	8
4332	4332	9
4333	4333	10
4334	4334	11
4335	4335	12 (a) If required by W.S. 35-24-107, the director shall
4336	4336	13 order a contested case hearing. The director shall publish
4337	4337	14 notice of the time, date and location of the hearing in a
4338	4338	15 newspaper of general circulation
4339	4339	16 at least a week prior to the
4340	4340	17 hearing.
4341	4341	18
4342	4342	19
4343	4343	20
4344	4344	21 Before any selection of lands granted to the state is made,
4345	4345	22 it shall be the duty of the director to publish in at least
4346	4346	23 one (1) newspaper of general circulation in each county in 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590194HB0298
4347	4347	1 the state a
4348	4348	2 notice giving the area of the said lands so to be selected,
4349	4349	3 and the time on or about when the director will receive
4350	4350	4 applications for and begin the selection of said lands, and
4351	4351	5 before any lands so selected shall be leased, sold or
4352	4352	6 otherwise disposed of, a description of such lands together
4353	4353	7 with the name of the person for whom selected, shall be
4354	4354	8 published at least once in a newspaper of general
4355	4355	9 circulation in each county wherein said lands are located,
4356	4356	10 and such
4357	4357	11 lands shall thereafter be sold, leased or otherwise
4358	4358	12 disposed of in the same manner and under the same
4359	4359	13 restrictions as provided by law for the disposition of
4360	4360	14 other state lands.
4361	4361	15
4362	4362	16
4363	4363	17
4364	4364	18
4365	4365	19
4366	4366	20 (d) The board shall promulgate rules and regulations
4367	4367	21 implementing policies, procedures and standards for the
4368	4368	22 long-term leasing of state lands for industrial, commercial
4369	4369	23 and recreational purposes under the provisions of W.S. 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590195HB0298
4370	4370	1 36-5-114 through 36-5-117, including provisions requiring
4371	4371	2 compliance with all applicable land use planning and zoning
4372	4372	3 laws and permitting the board to terminate a lease for good
4373	4373	4 cause shown. When the office of state lands and investments
4374	4374	5 initiates a request for a proposed leasing of state lands,
4375	4375	6 the office shall require not less than thirty (30) days
4376	4376	7 notice be provided:
4377	4377	8
4378	4378	9 (ii) In a newspaper of general circulation in
4379	4379	10 the county or counties where the state lands are to be
4380	4380	11 leased or on the centralized electronic notice system; and
4381	4381	12
4382	4382	13
4383	4383	14
4384	4384	15
4385	4385	16 Upon the failure of any parties, having contracts with the
4386	4386	17 state for the construction of irrigation works, to begin
4387	4387	18 the same within the time specified by the contract, or to
4388	4388	19 complete the same within the time or in accordance with the
4389	4389	20 specifications of the contract with the state, it shall be
4390	4390	21 the duty of the director to give such parties written
4391	4391	22 notice of such failure, and if, after a period of sixty
4392	4392	23 (60) days from the sending of such notice, they shall have 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590196HB0298
4393	4393	1 failed to proceed with the work, or to conform to the
4394	4394	2 specifications of their contract with the state, unless
4395	4395	3 said parties shall show to the satisfaction of the board
4396	4396	4 good and sufficient reason for such delay and failure to
4397	4397	5 complete said works or conform to said specifications and
4398	4398	6 demonstrate to the satisfaction of said board their
4399	4399	7 financial ability and intentions to proceed with said work
4400	4400	8 in good faith, the bond and contract of such parties and
4401	4401	9 all work constructed thereunder shall be at once and
4402	4402	10 thereby forfeited to the state, and it shall be the duty of
4403	4403	11 the board at once so to declare and to give notice once
4404	4404	12 each week, for a period of four (4) weeks, in some
4405	4405	13 newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the
4406	4406	14 work is situated, and in one (1) newspaper at the state
4407	4407	15 capital, in like manner and for a like period, of the
4408	4408	16 forfeiture of said contract,
4409	4409	17 and that
4410	4410	18 upon a day fixed, proposals will be received at the office
4411	4411	19 of state lands and investments in the capitol at Cheyenne,
4412	4412	20 for the purchase of the incompleted works and for the
4413	4413	21 completion of said contract; the time for receiving said
4414	4414	22 bids to be at least sixty (60) days subsequent to the
4415	4415	23 issuing of the last notice of forfeiture. The money 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590197HB0298
4416	4416	1 received from the sale of partially completed works under
4417	4417	2 the provisions of W.S. 36-7-321, shall first be applied to
4418	4418	3 the expenses incurred by the state in their forfeiture and
4419	4419	4 disposal; secondly, to satisfying the bond; and the
4420	4420	5 surplus, if any exists, shall be paid to the original
4421	4421	6 contractors with the state; provided, however, that the
4422	4422	7 board may, in its discretion, accept from any parties
4423	4423	8 unable for any reason to fulfill the terms of their
4424	4424	9 contract with the state, the full release, relinquishment
4425	4425	10 and surrender of any rights acquired from the state under
4426	4426	11 and by virtue of said contract, and may thereupon abrogate
4427	4427	12 the same and release said parties from the conditions of
4428	4428	13 the said contract and bond, and may proceed in its
4429	4429	14 discretion to enter into a new contract with other parties,
4430	4430	15 if such there be, for the completion of the works so
4431	4431	16 surrendered.
4432	4432	17
4433	4433	18
4434	4434	19
4435	4435	20 Upon receipt of notice by the contracting company that
4436	4436	21 water for beneficial irrigation can be furnished for all or
4437	4437	22 any part of the lands in any segregation list at stated
4438	4438	23 time, it being shown to the satisfaction of the board that 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590198HB0298
4439	4439	1 the contracting company will be able to deliver water at
4440	4440	2 the said time, it shall be the duty of the board, by
4441	4441	3 publication, at the expense of the contracting company, in
4442	4442	4 one (1) newspaper in the county in which said lands are
4443	4443	5 situated and such other newspaper or newspapers as may be
4444	4444	6 designated by the contracting company,
4445	4445	7 to give notice that
4446	4446	8 certain lands, generally described, are open for
4447	4447	9 settlement; that the land will be sold at fifty cents
4448	4448	10 ($.50) per acre by the state and that proportionate
4449	4449	11 interests in the irrigation system for a perpetual water
4450	4450	12 supply can be purchased at the price named and water for
4451	4451	13 beneficial irrigation can be furnished on the date named,
4452	4452	14 and such other information as the board shall deem
4453	4453	15 advisable.
4454	4454	16
4455	4455	17
4456	4456	18
4457	4457	19
4458	4458	20 All sales shall be advertised
4459	4459	21 in a
4460	4460	22 newspaper of general circulation, published in the county
4461	4461	23 where said land and water right is situate for six (6) 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590199HB0298
4462	4462	1 consecutive weeks, and shall be sold to the highest bidder
4463	4463	2 at the front door of the courthouse of the county, or such
4464	4464	3 place as may be agreed upon by the terms of the aforesaid
4465	4465	4 contract. And the sheriff of said county shall in all such
4466	4466	5 cases give all notices of sale and shall sell all such land
4467	4467	6 and water rights and shall make and execute a certificate
4468	4468	7 of sale to the purchaser thereof, and at such sale no
4469	4469	8 person, company of persons, association or incorporated
4470	4470	9 company, owning and holding any lien shall bid in or
4471	4471	10 purchase any land or water right at a greater price than
4472	4472	11 the amount due on said deferred payment for said water
4473	4473	12 right and land, and the costs incurred in making the sale
4474	4474	13 of said land and water right.
4475	4475	14
4476	4476	15
4477	4477	16
4478	4478	17 All sales of state lands under this act shall be advertised
4479	4479	18 for four (4) consecutive weeks
4480	4480	19 in some newspaper in the county
4481	4481	20 in which such land is situated, if there be such paper; if
4482	4482	21 not, then in some paper published in an adjoining county.
4483	4483	22 Advertisements of such sales may be made in other papers,
4484	4484	23 as the board may direct. The advertisement shall state the 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590200HB0298
4485	4485	1 time, place, description of land, and terms of sale, and
4486	4486	2 the price at which the land was appraised by the board for
4487	4487	3 each parcel.
4488	4488	4
4489	4489	5
4490	4490	6
4491	4491	7
4492	4492	8 (e) Where a certificate for the construction and
4493	4493	9 operation of a high voltage electric transmission line of
4494	4494	10 230 KV or greater is required, the public service
4495	4495	11 commission shall publish notice of application in a
4496	4496	12 newspaper of general circulation in each county where the
4497	4497	13 line will be constructed
4498	4498	14. The public service commission shall give
4499	4499	15 actual notice of hearing on the application by registered
4500	4500	16 mail at the applicant's expense to each landowner who may
4501	4501	17 be affected. The notice of hearing shall be given at least
4502	4502	18 thirty (30) days before the hearing is held and shall
4503	4503	19 contain a summary of the pertinent facts about the
4504	4504	20 application.
4505	4505	21
4506	4506	22
4507	4507	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590201HB02981 (g) Prior to exercising any rights or powers granted
4508	4508	2 to it in this section except for activities related to the
4509	4509	3 administration of pipeline capacity contracted with an
4510	4510	4 entity operating under the jurisdiction of the federal
4511	4511	5 energy regulatory commission or a successor agency, the
4512	4512	6 authority shall publish in a newspaper of general
4513	4513	7 circulation in Wyoming, and in a newspaper in the area
4514	4514	8 where the authority contemplates providing facilities or
4515	4515	9 services,
4516	4516	10 in the manner prescribed by law, a notice describing the
4517	4517	11 acts, facilities or services contemplated by the authority.
4518	4518	12 Private persons, firms or corporations wishing to perform
4519	4519	13 the acts, construct the facilities or provide the services
4520	4520	14 described in the notice shall have ninety (90) days from
4521	4521	15 the date of last publication of the notice within which to
4522	4522	16 notify the authority of their intention to perform the
4523	4523	17 acts, construct the facilities or provide the services
4524	4524	18 described in the notice. A person or entity giving notice
4525	4525	19 to the authority shall include an anticipated timeline for
4526	4526	20 completion of the acts, construction or services. In the
4527	4527	21 absence of notification by a private person, firm or
4528	4528	22 corporation, or if a person, firm or corporation, having
4529	4529	23 given notice of intention to perform the acts, construct 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590202HB0298
4530	4530	1 the facilities or provide the services contemplated by the
4531	4531	2 authority, fails to commence the same within one hundred
4532	4532	3 eighty (180) days from the date of last publication, the
4533	4533	4 authority may proceed to perform the acts, construct the
4534	4534	5 facilities or provide the services for which notice was
4535	4535	6 given. A private person, firm or corporation that has made
4536	4536	7 necessary applications to acquire any federal, state, local
4537	4537	8 or private permits, certificates or other authorizations
4538	4538	9 necessary to perform the acts, construct the facilities or
4539	4539	10 provide the services included in the authority's notice
4540	4540	11 within the time required is deemed to have commenced the
4541	4541	12 same. When a private person, firm or corporation has given
4542	4542	13 notice of intent to perform or is performing the acts,
4543	4543	14 constructing the facilities or providing the services that
4544	4544	15 the authority contemplated, the authority may conduct
4545	4545	16 hearings or meetings with the person, firm or corporation
4546	4546	17 to assess progress toward completion of the intended acts
4547	4547	18 to be performed, the facilities to be constructed or the
4548	4548	19 services to be provided. If it appears to the authority
4549	4549	20 that progress or completion of any or all of the intended
4550	4550	21 acts may be delayed for one (1) year or more, the authority
4551	4551	22 may proceed to perform the acts, construct the facilities
4552	4552	23 or provide the services originally contemplated. 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590203HB0298
4553	4553	1
4554	4554	2
4555	4555	3
4556	4556	4 (h) Any resolution of the authority authorizing the
4557	4557	5 issuance of bonds shall be published once in a newspaper of
4558	4558	6 general circulation published in Wyoming, and in a
4559	4559	7 newspaper in the area where the facility or services are
4560	4560	8 contemplated, or for not less than one (1) day on the
4561	4561	9. For a period of
4562	4562	10 thirty (30) days from the date of the publication any
4563	4563	11 person in interest may contest the legality of the
4564	4564	12 resolution and of the bonds to be issued under the
4565	4565	13 resolution and the provisions securing the bonds, including
4566	4566	14 the validity of any lease or other contract pledged to the
4567	4567	15 payment thereof. After the expiration of thirty (30) days
4568	4568	16 from the date of the publication no one shall have any
4569	4569	17 right of action to contest the validity of the bonds, the
4570	4570	18 validity of the security pledged to the payment thereof or
4571	4571	19 the provisions of the resolution under which the bonds were
4572	4572	20 issued, and all the bonds and all related proceedings shall
4573	4573	21 be conclusively presumed to be legal.
4574	4574	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590204HB02981
4575	4575	2
4576	4576	3
4577	4577	4 Upon the filing of said report, the court or judge thereof
4578	4578	5 shall make and enter an order fixing the time and place
4579	4579	6 when and where all persons interested may appear and
4580	4580	7 remonstrate against the confirmation thereof, and the clerk
4581	4581	8 of said court shall cause notice of the time and place of
4582	4582	9 such hearing to be given to all parties interested which
4583	4583	10 notice shall contain a brief description of the lands
4584	4584	11 benefited and damaged, together with the net damage awarded
4585	4585	12 the several tracts, parcels, easements and corporations to
4586	4586	13 which damages are awarded, and the sum in each case
4587	4587	14 assessed for benefits, and cost of construction against
4588	4588	15 said several benefited parcels, tracts, easements and
4589	4589	16 corporations, and the benefits apportioned to each parcel,
4590	4590	17 tract, easement or corporation in the district. Said notice
4591	4591	18 shall be published at least three (3) successive weeks,
4592	4592	19 prior to the day set for the hearing in one newspaper
4593	4593	20 published in each county in which said lands, or any part
4594	4594	21 thereof within said district are situate (and if no
4595	4595	22 newspaper is published in said county, in some newspaper in
4596	4596	23 an adjoining county), 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590205HB0298
4597	4597	1 and by serving a
4598	4598	2 copy of such notice on each of the persons, or
4599	4599	3 corporations, by said report recommended, to be assessed,
4600	4600	4 or whose lands are by said report recommended to be
4601	4601	5 included in said district and who resides in any of the
4602	4602	6 counties in which any lands of the proposed district are
4603	4603	7 situated, at least twelve (12) days before the day of
4604	4604	8 hearing in the same manner that a summons is required to be
4605	4605	9 served; provided, absence from the county of such person or
4606	4606	10 corporation shall excuse personal service, whereupon due
4607	4607	11 publication of such notice shall be sufficient service.
4608	4608	12
4609	4609	13
4610	4610	14
4611	4611	15
4612	4612	16
4613	4613	17 In all cases where the work to be done at any one time
4614	4614	18 under the directions of the commissioners will, in their
4615	4615	19 opinion, cost to exceed twenty-five hundred dollars
4616	4616	20 ($2,500.00), the same shall be let to the lowest
4617	4617	21 responsible bidder, and the commissioners shall advertise
4618	4618	22 for sealed bids, by notice published in some newspaper
4619	4619	23 published in the county in which the petition is filed, and 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590206HB0298
4620	4620	1 may advertise in one (1) or more newspapers published
4621	4621	2 elsewhere, or by notice published on the centralized
4622	4622	3. If
4623	4623	4 there no
4624	4624	5 newspaper published in the county in which the petition is
4625	4625	6 filed, they shall advertise in some newspaper published in
4626	4626	7 an adjoining county, which said notice shall particularly
4627	4627	8 set forth the time and place when and where the bids
4628	4628	9 advertised will be opened, the kind of work to be let and
4629	4629	10 the terms of payment. Said commissioners may continue the
4630	4630	11 letting from time to time, if in their judgment the same
4631	4631	12 shall be necessary, and shall reserve the right to reject
4632	4632	13 any and all bids. This section shall not be construed to
4633	4633	14 apply to the employment of superintendent, engineer,
4634	4634	15 attorney or other employee engaged in the general work of
4635	4635	16 the district.
4636	4636	17
4637	4637	18
4638	4638	19
4639	4639	20
4640	4640	21 Notice of a public hearing on the proposed assessment
4641	4641	22 resolution shall be given. At least twenty (20) days before
4642	4642	23 the date fixed for the hearing, the notice shall be 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590207HB0298
4643	4643	1 published one (1) time in a newspaper in which the first
4644	4644	2 notice of hearing was published
4645	4645	3. Notice
4646	4646	4 shall also be mailed to each owner of real property whose
4647	4647	5 property will be assessed for part of the cost of the
4648	4648	6 improvement at the last known address of the owner as shown
4649	4649	7 on the last completed real property assessment rolls of the
4650	4650	8 county wherein the affected property is located. In
4651	4651	9 addition, a copy of the notice shall be addressed and
4652	4652	10 mailed to "owner" at the street number of each piece of
4653	4653	11 property affected by the assessment. Each notice shall
4654	4654	12 state that at the specified time and place the governing
4655	4655	13 body will hold a hearing upon the proposed assessments and
4656	4656	14 that the owner of any property to be assessed pursuant to
4657	4657	15 the resolution will be heard on the question of whether his
4658	4658	16 property will be benefited by the proposed improvement to
4659	4659	17 the amount of the proposed assessment against his property
4660	4660	18 and whether the amount assessed against his property
4661	4661	19 constitutes more than his proper proportional share of the
4662	4662	20 total cost of the improvement. The notice shall further
4663	4663	21 state that the owner or owners of any property assessed
4664	4664	22 must file a written objection pursuant to section 37-303 [§
4665	4665	23 37-13-131] of the statutes if the owner or owners wish to 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590208HB0298
4666	4666	1 do the trenching and backfilling on their own property
4667	4667	2 outside of utility easements and thereby not be obligated
4668	4668	3 to pay the public utility therefor, if such is permitted by
4669	4669	4 the district and public utility tariff. The notice shall
4670	4670	5 further state where a copy of the proposed resolution
4671	4671	6 levying the assessments against all real property in the
4672	4672	7 district is on file for public inspection, and that subject
4673	4673	8 to such changes and corrections as may be made by the
4674	4674	9 governing body, it is proposed to adopt the resolution at
4675	4675	10 the conclusion of the hearing. The published notice shall
4676	4676	11 describe the boundaries or area of the district with
4677	4677	12 sufficient particularity to permit each owner of real
4678	4678	13 property therein to ascertain that his property lies in the
4679	4679	14 district. The mailed notice may refer to the district by
4680	4680	15 name and date of creation and shall state the amount of the
4681	4681	16 assessment proposed to be levied against the real property
4682	4682	17 of the person to whom the notice is mailed. In the absence
4683	4683	18 of fraud, the failure to mail any notice does not
4684	4684	19 invalidate any assessment or any proceeding under this
4685	4685	20 chapter.
4686	4686	21
4687	4687	22
4688	4688	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590209HB02981 (b) Any sale shall be conducted only after notice has
4689	4689	2 been given, describing the property and stating that the
4690	4690	3 treasurer will on the day specified sell the property at
4691	4691	4 the front door of the building in which the governing body
4692	4692	5 holds its sessions, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and
4693	4693	6 4:00 p.m. The notice shall be published at least five (5)
4694	4694	7 times in a daily newspaper published within the district,
4695	4695	8 or if there is none, at least twice in a newspaper of
4696	4696	9 general circulation in the district, or for not less than
4697	4697	10.
4698	4698	11 The sale cannot be less than fifteen (15) days after the
4699	4699	12 date of the last publication of the notice.
4700	4700	13
4701	4701	14
4702	4702	15
4703	4703	16
4704	4704	17
4705	4705	18 No special assessment shall be declared void or set aside
4706	4706	19 in consequence of any error or irregularity permitted or
4707	4707	20 appearing in any of the proceedings under this chapter, but
4708	4708	21 any party feeling aggrieved by any special assessment or
4709	4709	22 proceeding may bring a civil action to adjudicate the
4710	4710	23 grievance if the action is commenced prior to the 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590210HB0298
4711	4711	1 expiration of thirty (30) days after adoption of the
4712	4712	2 assessment ordinance. Every person whose property is
4713	4713	3 subject to the special assessment and who fails to appear
4714	4714	4 during the public hearings on assessments to raise his
4715	4715	5 objection to the tax shall be deemed to have waived all
4716	4716	6 objection to the assessment except the objection that the
4717	4717	7 governing body lacks jurisdiction to levy the tax, which
4718	4718	8 objection must be raised within thirty (30) days after
4719	4719	9 adoption of the assessment ordinance. Whenever any
4720	4720	10 enactment authorizing the issuance of any bonds pursuant to
4721	4721	11 the improvement contemplated is adopted, the resolution
4722	4722	12 shall be published once in a newspaper in which the
4723	4723	13 original notice of hearing was published
4724	4724	14. For twenty (20) days
4725	4725	15 thereafter, any person whose property has been assessed and
4726	4726	16 any taxpayer in the district may institute litigation for
4727	4727	17 the purpose of questioning or attacking the legality of
4728	4728	18 such bonds. After the expiration of twenty (20) days, all
4729	4729	19 proceedings by the governing body, the bonds to be issued
4730	4730	20 pursuant thereto, and the special assessments from which
4731	4731	21 the bonds are to be paid, shall be final and no suit
4732	4732	22 challenging the legality thereof may be instituted in this 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590211HB0298
4733	4733	1 state, and no court shall have the authority to inquire
4734	4734	2 into such matters.
4735	4735	3
4736	4736	4
4737	4737	5
4738	4738	6 (a) As used in this article:
4739	4739	7
4740	4740	8 (iii) "Notification" or "written notice" means
4741	4741	9 publication in a newspaper of general circulation within
4742	4742	10 the area served by the cooperative electric utility,
4743	4743	11 or in a newsletter
4744	4744	12 distributed by the cooperative electric utility, or sent
4745	4745	13 with a billing statement by the utility;
4746	4746	14
4747	4747	15
4748	4748	16
4749	4749	17 (e) Tax sales. The following shall apply:
4750	4750	18
4751	4751	19 (ii) The following shall apply to sales of real
4752	4752	20 property:
4753	4753	21
4754	4754	22 (A) If the county treasurer proceeds to
4755	4755	23 collect delinquent taxes by sale of real property, he shall 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590212HB0298
4756	4756	1 advertise notice of all sales of real property by
4757	4757	2 publication thereof, once a week for three (3) weeks in a
4758	4758	3 legal newspaper in the county
4759	4759	4, the
4760	4760	5 first publication to be at least four (4) weeks prior to
4761	4761	6 the day of sale and prior to the first week in September.
4762	4762	7 If
4763	4763	8 there is no legal newspaper published in
4764	4764	9 the county, the county treasurer shall post a written
4765	4765	10 notice of the sale at least thirty (30) days prior to the
4766	4766	11 date of the sale within and near the front door of the
4767	4767	12 courthouse and in three (3) public places in the county in
4768	4768	13 which the major portion of the real property to be sold is
4769	4769	14 situated;
4770	4770	15
4771	4771	16 (v) The following shall apply to tax deeds to
4772	4772	17 purchasers:
4773	4773	18
4774	4774	19 (B) Holders of certificates of purchase of
4775	4775	20 real property sold for delinquent taxes, including a
4776	4776	21 holder's or county's assigns, upon application for a tax
4777	4777	22 deed therefor shall furnish proof to the county treasurer:
4778	4778	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590213HB02981 (II) If no person is in actual
4779	4779	2 possession or occupancy of the property and if the person
4780	4780	3 in whose name the property was taxed or assessed cannot be
4781	4781	4 found in the county, that notice was published in a
4782	4782	5 newspaper printed in the county, or if no newspaper is
4783	4783	6 printed in the county, then in a newspaper printed in
4784	4784	7 Wyoming nearest to the county seat of the county in which
4785	4785	8 the property is located, or on the centralized electronic
4786	4786	9.
4787	4787	10 notice shall be published once a week for three (3) weeks,
4788	4788	11 the first publication not more than five (5) months and the
4789	4789	12 last publication not less than three (3) months prior to
4790	4790	13 the application. If notice is provided on the centralized
4791	4791	14
4792	4792	15
4793	4793	16
4794	4794	17
4795	4795	18; and
4796	4796	19
4797	4797	20
4798	4798	21
4799	4799	22 (e) Tax sales. The following shall apply:
4800	4800	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590214HB02981 (i) The tax due together with interest,
4801	4801	2 penalties and costs may be collected by appropriate
4802	4802	3 judicial proceedings or the department, with board
4803	4803	4 approval, or its representative, may seize and sell at
4804	4804	5 public auction so much of the person's property as will pay
4805	4805	6 all the tax, interest, penalties and costs. Notice of the
4806	4806	7 auction must be published for four (4) weeks in a newspaper
4807	4807	8 published in the resident county of the persons involved
4808	4808	9
4809	4809	10
4810	4810	11
4811	4811	12
4812	4812	13
4813	4813	14 (a) Taxable event. The following shall apply:
4814	4814	15
4815	4815	16 (i) The following provisions apply to imposition
4816	4816	17 of the general purpose excise tax under W.S.
4817	4817	18 39-15-204(a)(i):
4818	4818	19
4819	4819	20 (C) The proposition may be submitted at an
4820	4820	21 election held on a date authorized under W.S. 22-21-103. A
4821	4821	22 notice of election shall be given in at least one (1)
4822	4822	23 newspaper of general circulation published in the county in 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590215HB0298
4823	4823	1 which the election is to be held,
4824	4824	2 and the notice shall specify the
4825	4825	3 object of the election.
4826	4826	4he notice shall be published at least once each
4827	4827	5 week for a thirty (30) day period preceding the election.
4828	4828	6
4829	4829	7
4830	4830	8 At the election the
4831	4831	9 ballots shall contain the words "for the county sales and
4832	4832	10 use tax" and "against the county sales and use tax". If a
4833	4833	11 portion of the proceeds from the tax will be used for
4834	4834	12 economic development as provided by W.S. 39-15-211(a)(i),
4835	4835	13 the ballot shall contain the words "a portion (or specific
4836	4836	14 percentage) of the tax proceeds shall be used for economic
4837	4837	15 development" in a clear and appropriate manner. If the
4838	4838	16 proposition is approved the same proposition shall be
4839	4839	17 submitted at subsequent general elections as provided in
4840	4840	18 this subparagraph until the proposition is defeated. If
4841	4841	19 the tax proposed is approved after July 1, 1989, the same
4842	4842	20 proposition shall be submitted at every other subsequent
4843	4843	21 general election until the proposition is defeated. However
4844	4844	22 in those counties where the tax is not in effect, the
4845	4845	23 county commissioners with the concurrence of the governing 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590216HB0298
4846	4846	1 bodies of fifty percent (50%) of the municipalities may
4847	4847	2 establish the initial term of the tax at four (4) years.
4848	4848	3 The term of the tax shall be stated in the proposition
4849	4849	4 submitted to the voters. If a proposition establishing the
4850	4850	5 term of the tax at four (4) years is approved, the
4851	4851	6 proposition shall be submitted at the second general
4852	4852	7 election following the election at which the proposition
4853	4853	8 was initially approved and at the general election held
4854	4854	9 every four (4) years thereafter until the proposition is
4855	4855	10 defeated;
4856	4856	11
4857	4857	12 (ii) The following provisions apply to
4858	4858	13 imposition of the lodging excise tax under W.S.
4859	4859	14 39-15-204(a)(ii):
4860	4860	15
4861	4861	16 (D) The proposition may be submitted at an
4862	4862	17 election held on a date authorized under W.S. 22-21-103. A
4863	4863	18 notice of election shall be given in at least one (1)
4864	4864	19 newspaper of general circulation published in the county in
4865	4865	20 which the election is to be held or in the city or town if
4866	4866	21 only a city wide or town wide tax is proposed,
4867	4867	22
4868	4868	23 specify the object of the election. 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590217HB0298
4869	4869	1he notice shall be published at
4870	4870	2 least once each week for a thirty (30) day period preceding
4871	4871	3 the election.
4872	4872	4
4873	4873	5
4874	4874	6 At the election the ballots shall contain the
4875	4875	7 words "for the county (or city or town) lodging tax" and
4876	4876	8 "against the county (or city or town) lodging tax". If the
4877	4877	9 proposition is approved the same proposition shall be
4878	4878	10 submitted at subsequent general elections as provided in
4879	4879	11 this subparagraph until the proposition is defeated. If the
4880	4880	12 proposition to impose the lodging tax pursuant to W.S.
4881	4881	13 39-15-204(a)(ii) is approved, the same proposition shall be
4882	4882	14 submitted, until defeated, at the second general election
4883	4883	15 following the election at which the proposition was
4884	4884	16 initially approved and at the general election held every
4885	4885	17 four (4) years thereafter. If a county, city or town has in
4886	4886	18 place a lodging tax pursuant to W.S. 39-15-204(a)(ii),
4887	4887	19 either through a petition or by request of the county, city
4888	4888	20 or town, the proposition posed at the next election may
4889	4889	21 contain a larger tax not to exceed two percent (2%);
4890	4890	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590218HB02981 (v) The following provisions apply to imposition
4891	4891	2 of the excise tax under W.S. 39-15-204(a)(vi) the purpose
4892	4892	3 of which is economic development:
4893	4893	4
4894	4894	5 (C) The proposition may be submitted at an
4895	4895	6 election held on a date authorized under W.S. 22-21-103. A
4896	4896	7 notice of election shall be given in at least one (1)
4897	4897	8 newspaper of general circulation published in the county in
4898	4898	9 which the election is to be held,
4899	4899	10 and the notice shall specify the
4900	4900	11 object of the election.
4901	4901	12he notice shall be published at least once each
4902	4902	13 week for a thirty (30) day period preceding the election.
4903	4903	14
4904	4904	15
4905	4905	16 At the election the
4906	4906	17 ballots shall contain the words "for the county sales and
4907	4907	18 use tax for economic development" and "against the county
4908	4908	19 sales and use tax for economic development". If the tax
4909	4909	20 proposed is approved, the same proposition shall be
4910	4910	21 submitted at every other subsequent general election until
4911	4911	22 the proposition is defeated. However, the county
4912	4912	23 commissioners with the concurrence of the governing bodies 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590219HB0298
4913	4913	1 of fifty percent (50%) of the municipalities may establish
4914	4914	2 the initial term of the tax at four (4) years. The term of
4915	4915	3 the tax shall be stated in the proposition submitted to the
4916	4916	4 voters. If a proposition establishing the term of the tax
4917	4917	5 at four (4) years is approved, the proposition shall be
4918	4918	6 submitted at the second general election following the
4919	4919	7 election at which the proposition was initially approved
4920	4920	8 and at the general election held every four (4) years
4921	4921	9 thereafter until the proposition is defeated;
4922	4922	10
4923	4923	11 (vi) The following provisions apply to
4924	4924	12 imposition of the municipal tax under W.S.
4925	4925	13 39-15-204(a)(vii):
4926	4926	14
4927	4927	15 (E) A notice of election shall be given in
4928	4928	16 at least one (1) newspaper of general circulation published
4929	4929	17 in the county in which the election is to be held,
4930	4930	18 and the notice
4931	4931	19 shall specify the proposition that will be considered at
4932	4932	20 the election.
4933	4933	21he notice shall be published at least once each week for a
4934	4934	22 thirty (30) day period preceding the election.
4935	4935	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590220HB0298
4936	4936	1
4937	4937	2 At the election for each
4938	4938	3 proposition, the ballots shall contain the words "for the
4939	4939	4 municipal sales and use tax" and "against the municipal
4940	4940	5 sales and use tax". The ballot shall describe the purposes
4941	4941	6 of the tax in a clear and appropriate manner;
4942	4942	7
4943	4943	8
4944	4944	9
4945	4945	10 (b) For all revenue collected by the department from
4946	4946	11 the taxes imposed by W.S. 39-15-204(a)(iii) the department
4947	4947	12 shall:
4948	4948	13
4949	4949	14 (iv) If taxes collected exceed the amount
4950	4950	15 necessary for the approved purpose, the excess funds shall
4951	4951	16 be retained by the county treasurer for one (1) year for
4952	4952	17 refund of overpayments of the tax imposed pursuant to this
4953	4953	18 act upon order of the department. After one (1) year any
4954	4954	19 interest earned on the excess funds and the excess funds
4955	4955	20 less any refunds ordered shall be deposited in the
4956	4956	21 applicable reserve account authorized by W.S.
4957	4957	22 39-15-203(a)(iii)(H) or transferred to the county or
4958	4958	23 municipality as specified in the resolution adopted 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590221HB0298
4959	4959	1 pursuant to W.S. 39-15-203(a)(iii)(A). If the resolution
4960	4960	2 fails to specify how excess funds will be expended and
4961	4961	3 after all approved purposes have been completed, the county
4962	4962	4 treasurer shall transfer the excess funds less any refunds
4963	4963	5 ordered to each city and town within the county in the
4964	4964	6 proportion the population of the city or town bears to the
4965	4965	7 population of the county and to the county in the
4966	4966	8 proportion that the population of the unincorporated areas
4967	4967	9 of the county bears to the population of the county. After
4968	4968	10 a public hearing, with notice of the public hearing
4969	4969	11 published in a newspaper of general circulation in the
4970	4970	12 county
4971	4971	13 least thirty (30) days before the public hearing, the
4972	4972	14 governing body of the county and each municipality may
4973	4973	15 appropriate its proportion of excess funds for other
4974	4974	16 specific purposes authorized by a majority vote of the
4975	4975	17 governing body, which shall not include the ordinary
4976	4976	18 operations of local government. Excess funds collected on
4977	4977	19 the propositions approved prior to January 1, 1989, and any
4978	4978	20 interest earned shall be retained by the county treasurer
4979	4979	21 for use in any purposes approved by the electors in
4980	4980	22 accordance with procedures set forth in this section and
4981	4981	23 for refunds of overpayment of taxes imposed pursuant to 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590222HB0298
4982	4982	1 this act upon the order of the department, except that,
4983	4983	2 with the approval of the governing bodies adopting the
4984	4984	3 initial resolution, the excess funds and any interest
4985	4985	4 earned may be used for the needs of the project for which
4986	4986	5 the tax was approved.
4987	4987	6
4988	4988	7
4989	4989	8
4990	4990	9 (e) Tax sales. At any time following a delinquency
4991	4991	10 the department with board approval may seize and sell at
4992	4992	11 public auction any property owned by the delinquent
4993	4993	12 taxpayer to pay all taxes, penalty and interest due plus
4994	4994	13 the cost involved in seizing and selling the property.
4995	4995	14 Notice of the sale showing its time and place shall be
4996	4996	15 mailed to the delinquent taxpayer at least ten (10) days
4997	4997	16 prior to the sale. The notice shall also be printed in a
4998	4998	17 newspaper of general circulation published in the county
4999	4999	18 wherein the seized property is to be sold
5000	5000	19 at least ten (10)
5001	5001	20 days prior to the sale. If
5002	5002	21 no newspaper is
5003	5003	22 published in the county the notice shall be posted in three
5004	5004	23 (3) public places ten (10) days prior to the sale. The 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590223HB0298
5005	5005	1 notice shall contain a description of the property to be
5006	5006	2 sold, a statement of the entire amount due, the name of the
5007	5007	3 delinquent taxpayer and a statement that unless the amount
5008	5008	4 due is paid on or before the time of sale, the property or
5009	5009	5 so much thereof as necessary shall be sold. The department,
5010	5010	6 with board approval, shall give the purchaser a bill of
5011	5011	7 sale for personal property or a deed for real property
5012	5012	8 purchased at the sale. Any unsold property seized may be
5013	5013	9 left at the sale at the risk of the delinquent taxpayer. If
5014	5014	10 the monies received at the sale are in excess of the amount
5015	5015	11 due the excess shall be given to the delinquent taxpayer
5016	5016	12 upon his receipt therefor. If a receipt by the delinquent
5017	5017	13 taxpayer is not given the department shall deposit the
5018	5018	14 excess with the state treasurer as trustee for the
5019	5019	15 delinquent taxpayer.
5020	5020	16
5021	5021	17
5022	5022	18
5023	5023	19 (a) Taxable event. The following shall apply:
5024	5024	20
5025	5025	21 (i) The following provisions apply to imposition
5026	5026	22 of the general purpose excise tax under W.S.
5027	5027	23 39-16-204(a)(i): 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590224HB0298
5028	5028	1
5029	5029	2 (C) The proposition may be submitted at an
5030	5030	3 election held on a date authorized under W.S. 22-21-103. A
5031	5031	4 notice of election shall be given in at least one (1)
5032	5032	5 newspaper of general circulation published in the county in
5033	5033	6 which the election is to be held,
5034	5034	7 and the notice shall specify the
5035	5035	8 object of the election.
5036	5036	9he notice shall be published at least once each
5037	5037	10 week for a thirty (30) day period preceding the election.
5038	5038	11
5039	5039	12
5040	5040	13 At the election the
5041	5041	14 ballots shall contain the words "for the county sales and
5042	5042	15 use tax" and "against the county sales and use tax". If a
5043	5043	16 portion of the proceeds from the tax will be used for
5044	5044	17 economic development as provided by W.S. 39-16-211(a)(i),
5045	5045	18 the ballot shall contain the words "a portion (or specific
5046	5046	19 percentage) of the proceeds will be used for economic
5047	5047	20 development" in a clear and appropriate manner. If the
5048	5048	21 proposition is approved the same proposition shall be
5049	5049	22 submitted at subsequent general elections as provided in
5050	5050	23 this subparagraph until the proposition is defeated. If the 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590225HB0298
5051	5051	1 tax proposed is approved after July 1, 1989, the same
5052	5052	2 proposition shall be submitted at every other subsequent
5053	5053	3 general election until the proposition is defeated. However
5054	5054	4 in those counties where the tax is not in effect, the
5055	5055	5 county commissioners with the concurrence of the governing
5056	5056	6 bodies of fifty percent (50%) of the municipalities may
5057	5057	7 establish the initial term of the tax at four (4) years.
5058	5058	8 The term of the tax shall be stated in the proposition
5059	5059	9 submitted to the voters. If a proposition establishing the
5060	5060	10 term of the tax at four (4) years is approved, the
5061	5061	11 proposition shall be submitted at the second general
5062	5062	12 election following the election at which the proposition
5063	5063	13 was initially approved and at the general election held
5064	5064	14 every four (4) years thereafter until the proposition is
5065	5065	15 defeated;
5066	5066	16
5067	5067	17 (iv) The following provisions apply to
5068	5068	18 imposition of the excise tax under W.S. 39-16-204(a)(v) the
5069	5069	19 purpose of which is economic development:
5070	5070	20
5071	5071	21 (C) The proposition may be submitted at an
5072	5072	22 election held on a date authorized under W.S. 22-21-103. A
5073	5073	23 notice of election shall be given in at least one (1) 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590226HB0298
5074	5074	1 newspaper of general circulation published in the county in
5075	5075	2 which the election is to be held,
5076	5076	3 and the notice shall specify the
5077	5077	4 object of the election.
5078	5078	5he notice shall be published at least once each
5079	5079	6 week for a thirty (30) day period preceding the election.
5080	5080	7
5081	5081	8
5082	5082	9 At the election the
5083	5083	10 ballots shall contain the words "for the county sales and
5084	5084	11 use tax for economic development" and "against the county
5085	5085	12 sales and use tax for economic development". If the tax
5086	5086	13 proposed is approved the same proposition shall be
5087	5087	14 submitted at every other subsequent general election until
5088	5088	15 the proposition is defeated. However, the county
5089	5089	16 commissioners with the concurrence of the governing bodies
5090	5090	17 of fifty percent (50%) of the municipalities may establish
5091	5091	18 the initial term of the tax at four (4) years. The term of
5092	5092	19 the tax shall be stated in the proposition submitted to the
5093	5093	20 voters. If a proposition establishing the term of the tax
5094	5094	21 at four (4) years is approved, the proposition shall be
5095	5095	22 submitted at the second general election following the
5096	5096	23 election at which the proposition was initially approved 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590227HB0298
5097	5097	1 and at the general election held every four (4) years
5098	5098	2 thereafter until the proposition is defeated;
5099	5099	3
5100	5100	4 (v) The following provisions apply to imposition
5101	5101	5 of the municipal tax under W.S. 39-16-204(a)(vi):
5102	5102	6
5103	5103	7 (E) A notice of election shall be given in
5104	5104	8 at least one (1) newspaper of general circulation published
5105	5105	9 in the county in which the election is to be held,
5106	5106	10 and the notice
5107	5107	11 shall specify the proposition that will be considered at
5108	5108	12 the election.
5109	5109	13he notice shall be published at least once each week for a
5110	5110	14 thirty (30) day period preceding the election.
5111	5111	15
5112	5112	16
5113	5113	17 At the election for each
5114	5114	18 proposition, the ballots shall contain the words "for the
5115	5115	19 municipal sales and use tax" and "against the municipal
5116	5116	20 sales and use tax". The ballot shall describe the purposes
5117	5117	21 of the tax in a clear and appropriate manner;
5118	5118	22
5119	5119	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590228HB0298
5120	5120	1
5121	5121	2 (b) For all revenue collected by the department from
5122	5122	3 the taxes imposed by W.S. 39-16-204(a)(ii), the department
5123	5123	4 shall:
5124	5124	5
5125	5125	6 (iv) If taxes collected exceed the amount
5126	5126	7 necessary for the approved purpose, the excess funds shall
5127	5127	8 be retained by the county treasurer for one (1) year for
5128	5128	9 refund of overpayments of the tax imposed pursuant to this
5129	5129	10 act upon order of the department. After one (1) year any
5130	5130	11 interest earned on the excess funds and the excess funds
5131	5131	12 less any refunds ordered shall be deposited in the
5132	5132	13 applicable reserve account authorized by W.S.
5133	5133	14 39-16-203(a)(ii)(H) or transferred to the county or
5134	5134	15 municipality as specified in the resolution adopted
5135	5135	16 pursuant to W.S. 39-16-203(a)(ii)(A). If the resolution
5136	5136	17 fails to specify how excess funds will be expended and
5137	5137	18 after all approved purposes have been completed, the county
5138	5138	19 treasurer shall transfer the excess funds less any refunds
5139	5139	20 ordered to each city and town within the county in the
5140	5140	21 proportion the population of the city or town bears to the
5141	5141	22 population of the county and to the county in the
5142	5142	23 proportion that the population of the unincorporated areas 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590229HB0298
5143	5143	1 of the county bears to the population of the county. After
5144	5144	2 a public hearing, with notice of the public hearing
5145	5145	3 published in a newspaper of general circulation in the
5146	5146	4 county at
5147	5147	5 least thirty (30) days before the public hearing, the
5148	5148	6 governing body of the county and each municipality may
5149	5149	7 appropriate its proportion of excess funds for other
5150	5150	8 specific purposes authorized by a majority vote of the
5151	5151	9 governing body, which shall not include the ordinary
5152	5152	10 operations of local government. Excess funds collected on
5153	5153	11 the propositions approved prior to January 1, 1989, and any
5154	5154	12 interest earned shall be retained by the county treasurer
5155	5155	13 for use in any purposes approved by the electors in
5156	5156	14 accordance with procedures set forth in this section and
5157	5157	15 for refunds of overpayment of taxes imposed pursuant to
5158	5158	16 this act upon the order of the department, except that,
5159	5159	17 with the approval of the governing bodies adopting the
5160	5160	18 initial resolution, the excess funds and any interest
5161	5161	19 earned may be used for the needs of the project for which
5162	5162	20 the tax was approved.
5163	5163	21 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590230HB02981
5164	5164	2
5165	5165	3
5166	5166	4
5167	5167	5 (d) It is the policy of the state to encourage
5168	5168	6 exchanges. The state engineer shall not issue an exchange
5169	5169	7 order if the rights of other appropriators will be
5170	5170	8 injuriously affected thereby, or if the proposed exchange
5171	5171	9 would, in the opinion of the state engineer, be too
5172	5172	10 difficult to administer or would be adverse to the public
5173	5173	11 interest. The state engineer shall cause to be published,
5174	5174	12 at the petitioner's expense, once a week for at least two
5175	5175	13 (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation
5176	5176	14 in each county where the water rights subject to the
5177	5177	15 exchange petition are located, or by publishing notice for
5178	5178	16
5179	5179	17, a notice of the filing of the exchange
5180	5180	18 petition which identifies the place where the exchange
5181	5181	19 petition is available for public inspection. The last date
5182	5182	20 of publication shall occur not less than thirty (30) days
5183	5183	21 before the state engineer enters the order to grant the
5184	5184	22 exchange. All exchanges are subject to the requirements of
5185	5185	23 beneficial use and equality of water exchanged, and no 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590231HB0298
5186	5186	1 exchange will be allowed unless a sufficient quantity of
5187	5187	2 makeup water is introduced to replace the water diverted
5188	5188	3 and withdrawn under the exchange. In making the
5189	5189	4 determination of equality and sufficiency of the makeup
5190	5190	5 water introduced, the state engineer may consider relative
5191	5191	6 consumptive uses and transmission losses.
5192	5192	7
5193	5193	8
5194	5194	9
5195	5195	10
5196	5196	11 (b) After receipt of a petition for such change the
5197	5197	12 state board of control shall cause a public hearing to be
5198	5198	13 held on the petition before the superintendent of the water
5199	5199	14 division in which such appropriation is located, with
5200	5200	15 notice of the hearing to be advertised in at least one (1)
5201	5201	16 issue of a newspaper having general circulation in the
5202	5202	17 community where the water right involved is located
5203	5203	18. The petitioner
5204	5204	19 shall pay the cost of publication prior to the time of
5205	5205	20 hearing and shall provide a stenographic record of the
5206	5206	21 proceedings, which shall be transmitted by the division
5207	5207	22 superintendent to the state board of control with his
5208	5208	23 report. A fee not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) for 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590232HB0298
5209	5209	1 issuance and recording of each amended certificate of
5210	5210	2 appropriation of water shall be collected by the state
5211	5211	3 board of control at the time of filing of the petition and
5212	5212	4 the board shall also require a deposit of sufficient funds
5213	5213	5 to cover the cost of preparing and recording a certified
5214	5214	6 copy of the order of the board granting the petition.
5215	5215	7
5216	5216	8
5217	5217	9
5218	5218	10
5219	5219	11 (f) The state engineer or the superintendent shall
5220	5220	12 set a hearing on the petition and require the petitioner to
5221	5221	13 provide thirty (30) days notice by certified mail with
5222	5222	14 return receipt requested of the time and place of the
5223	5223	15 hearing to any owners of appropriations which divert
5224	5224	16 between the old and new points of diversion and any owners
5225	5225	17 or users of ditches or facilities to be affected by the
5226	5226	18 proposed change. If the state engineer or the state board
5227	5227	19 of control determines that at least twenty (20) owners of
5228	5228	20 appropriations or owners or users of ditches or facilities
5229	5229	21 require notice of the hearing, the state engineer or the
5230	5230	22 state board of control, in lieu of requiring notice by
5231	5231	23 certified mail with return receipt requested, may allow the 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590233HB0298
5232	5232	1 petitioner to provide notice of the hearing by regular mail
5233	5233	2 and publication. Notice by publication under this
5234	5234	3 subsection shall be accomplished by publishing notice for
5235	5235	4 two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general
5236	5236	5 circulation in the county where the new point of diversion
5237	5237	6 is located
5238	5238	7. The last
5239	5239	8 date of publication shall occur not less than ten (10) days
5240	5240	9 and not more than thirty (30) days prior to the hearing.
5241	5241	10 The petitioner shall provide the superintendent with a
5242	5242	11 record of the proceedings which shall be transmitted to the
5243	5243	12 state board of control with the superintendent's report.
5244	5244	13 The state board of control or the state engineer may make
5245	5245	14 such other regulations as may be found necessary. No
5246	5246	15 petition shall be granted if the right of other
5247	5247	16 appropriators will be injuriously affected. The attorney
5248	5248	17 general shall represent the state board of control or the
5249	5249	18 state engineer in any appeal.
5250	5250	19
5251	5251	20
5252	5252	21
5253	5253	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590234HB02981 (o) Upon completion of the state engineer's review,
5254	5254	2 the state engineer shall issue a preliminary analysis of
5255	5255	3 the application. The analysis shall address the factors set
5256	5256	4 forth in subsection (r) of this section, contain a summary
5257	5257	5 of the application and any other information the state
5258	5258	6 engineer deems relevant. The preliminary opinion, or a
5259	5259	7 reasonable summary, shall be published, at the applicant's
5260	5260	8 expense, for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of
5261	5261	9 general circulation in the county where the proposed
5262	5262	10 appropriation of water is located
5263	5263	11
5264	5264	12. At the conclusion of the publication period, the
5265	5265	13 state engineer shall hold a public hearing, at the
5266	5266	14 applicant's expense, in the county where the proposed
5267	5267	15 appropriation is located.
5268	5268	16
5269	5269	17
5270	5270	18
5271	5271	19 It shall be the duty of the board of control at its next
5272	5272	20 regular meeting following the receipt of such petition to
5273	5273	21 examine same and ascertain if it sets forth all the facts
5274	5274	22 required by W.S. 41-3-210, and the validity of the water
5275	5275	23 right granted by the adjoining state. Upon it being made to 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590235HB0298
5276	5276	1 appear to the satisfaction of the board of control that the
5277	5277	2 requirements of law and the regulations of the board have
5278	5278	3 been complied with and that the petitioner is entitled to
5279	5279	4 make the proposed changes, the said petition shall be
5280	5280	5 referred to the division superintendent of the proper water
5281	5281	6 division for a public hearing to be held not later than one
5282	5282	7 hundred and twenty (120) days, following the date so
5283	5283	8 referred. The said superintendent shall, by order, require
5284	5284	9 all persons interested to appear on said certain day to
5285	5285	10 show cause why the petition should not be granted. The said
5286	5286	11 order shall be published for four (4) consecutive weeks in
5287	5287	12 a newspaper having general circulation in the county where
5288	5288	13 the proposed change of point of diversion is located
5289	5289	14
5290	5290	15; provided, that the consent of all owners of
5291	5291	16 intervening diversions be secured, or that those not
5292	5292	17 secured shall be notified by registered mail at least
5293	5293	18 thirty (30) days prior to the hearing date. Any party who
5294	5294	19 may claim injury on account of said proposed change of
5295	5295	20 point of diversion shall have the right to appear before
5296	5296	21 the superintendent at the public hearing as ordered, and
5297	5297	22 present evidence in support of said claim. The evidence of
5298	5298	23 such hearing shall be confined to the subjects enumerated 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590236HB0298
5299	5299	1 in the notice for hearing. Upon completion of the taking of
5300	5300	2 testimony in such hearing, it shall be the duty of the
5301	5301	3 division superintendent to transmit same to the office of
5302	5302	4 the board of control together with a written report setting
5303	5303	5 forth the procedure followed and the results accomplished.
5304	5304	6 At the next regular meeting, the board shall consider the
5305	5305	7 evidence transmitted and enter a proper order either
5306	5306	8 granting or denying the petition.
5307	5307	9
5308	5308	10
5309	5309	11
5310	5310	12
5311	5311	13 (c) The superintendent shall notify the holders of
5312	5312	14 water rights sought to be abandoned by certified mail that
5313	5313	15 a hearing will be held. The hearing shall be conducted
5314	5314	16 pursuant to all applicable provisions of the Wyoming
5315	5315	17 Administrative Procedure Act. All notices shall advise
5316	5316	18 interested parties of the time, place and purpose of the
5317	5317	19 hearing. Parties initiating abandonment actions are
5318	5318	20 designated as contestants. Water right holders or other
5319	5319	21 persons with interests in the rights allegedly abandoned
5320	5320	22 are designated as contestees. In any case where notice by
5321	5321	23 certified mail cannot be accomplished an advertisement 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590237HB0298
5322	5322	1 published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a
5323	5323	2 newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the
5324	5324	3 abandonment is alleged to have occurred,
5325	5325	4
5326	5326	5 naming the parties in the case and setting forth
5327	5327	6 the time, place and purpose of the hearing is sufficient.
5328	5328	7 Cost of advertising shall be paid by the contestant.
5329	5329	8
5330	5330	9
5331	5331	10
5332	5332	11
5333	5333	12 (b) The superintendent shall send notices, by
5334	5334	13 certified mail, of the time, place, and purpose of the
5335	5335	14 hearing to all owners of lands covered by the
5336	5336	15 appropriations involved in the forfeiture proceeding. Such
5337	5337	16 persons shall be joined as parties to the forfeiture
5338	5338	17 proceedings as contestees. The state shall be designated as
5339	5339	18 contestant. In a case where notice by certified mail cannot
5340	5340	19 be accomplished, an advertisement published once a week for
5341	5341	20 three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general
5342	5342	21 circulation in the county in which the forfeiture is
5343	5343	22 alleged to have occurred,
5344	5344	23 naming 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590238HB0298
5345	5345	1 the parties in the case and setting forth the time, place,
5346	5346	2 and purpose of the hearing, and a general description of
5347	5347	3 the water rights whose status is under consideration, shall
5348	5348	4 answer the requirements of notice. Notice by certified mail
5349	5349	5 shall first be attempted before notice by advertisement is
5350	5350	6 employed. Advertisement costs shall be paid by the state
5351	5351	7 engineer. In addition, whenever it appears necessary for
5352	5352	8 full and proper notice, the superintendent may post a
5353	5353	9 notice of the hearing in a conspicuous place on the land or
5354	5354	10 at the place where the water rights are attached or
5355	5355	11 utilized, or on the point of diversion.
5356	5356	12
5357	5357	13
5358	5358	14
5359	5359	15 (a) This act may be known and cited as "Water
5360	5360	16 Conservancy Act"; the districts created hereunder may be
5361	5361	17 termed "water conservancy districts"; and the bonds which
5362	5362	18 may be issued hereunder may be called "water conservancy
5363	5363	19 bonds", and such designation may be engraved or printed on
5364	5364	20 their face. Wherever the term "publication" is used in this
5365	5365	21 act and no manner specified therefor, it shall be taken to
5366	5366	22 mean once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in at
5367	5367	23 least one (1) newspaper of general circulation in each 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590239HB0298
5368	5368	1 county wherein such publication is to be made
5369	5369	2
5370	5370	3. t shall not
5371	5371	4 be necessary that publication be made on the same day of
5372	5372	5 the week in each of the three (3) weeks, but not less than
5373	5373	6 fourteen (14) days (excluding the day of the first
5374	5374	7 publication), shall intervene between the first publication
5375	5375	8 and the last publication, and the publication shall be
5376	5376	9 complete on the date of the last publication.
5377	5377	10
5378	5378	11
5379	5379	12
5380	5380	13
5381	5381	14 The resolution provided in W.S. 41-3-754 shall be published
5382	5382	15 once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks, the last
5383	5383	16 publication of which shall be at least ten (10) days prior
5384	5384	17 to the date set for said election, in a newspaper of
5385	5385	18 general circulation printed and published within the
5386	5386	19 district,
5387	5387	20
5388	5388	21
5389	5389	22 and no other or further notice of such
5390	5390	23 election or publication of the names of election officers 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590240HB0298
5391	5391	1 or of the precincts or polling places need be given or
5392	5392	2 made.
5393	5393	3
5394	5394	4
5395	5395	5
5396	5396	6
5397	5397	7 The board may, in its discretion, at any time file a
5398	5398	8 petition in the court, praying a judicial examination and
5399	5399	9 determination of any power conferred hereby or by any
5400	5400	10 amendment hereto or of any tax or assessment levied or of
5401	5401	11 any act, proceeding or contract of the district, whether or
5402	5402	12 not said contract shall have been executed, including
5403	5403	13 proposed contracts for the acquisition, construction,
5404	5404	14 maintenance and/or operation of works for the district.
5405	5405	15 Such petition shall set forth the facts whereon the
5406	5406	16 validity of such power, assessment, act, proceeding or
5407	5407	17 contract is founded and shall be verified by the president
5408	5408	18 of the board. Notice of the filing of said petition shall
5409	5409	19 be given by the clerk of the court, under the seal thereof,
5410	5410	20 stating in brief outline the contents of the petition and
5411	5411	21 showing where a full copy of any contract or contracts,
5412	5412	22 therein mentioned, may be examined. Said notice shall be
5413	5413	23 served by publication in at least five (5) consecutive 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590241HB0298
5414	5414	1 issues of a weekly newspaper of general circulation
5415	5415	2 published in the county in which the principal office of
5416	5416	3 the district is located,
5417	5417	4 and by posting
5418	5418	5 the same in the office of the district at least thirty (30)
5419	5419	6 days prior to the date fixed in said notice for the hearing
5420	5420	7 on said petition. Any owner of property in the district or
5421	5421	8 person interested in the contract or proposed contract may
5422	5422	9 appear and demur to or answer said petition at any time
5423	5423	10 prior to the date fixed for said hearing or within such
5424	5424	11 further time as may be allowed by the court; and the
5425	5425	12 petition shall be taken as confessed by all persons who
5426	5426	13 fail so to appear. The said petition and notice shall be
5427	5427	14 sufficient to give the court jurisdiction and upon hearing,
5428	5428	15 the court shall examine into and determine all matters and
5429	5429	16 things affecting the question submitted, shall make such
5430	5430	17 findings, with reference thereto, and render such judgment
5431	5431	18 and decree thereon as the case warrants. Costs may be
5432	5432	19 divided or apportioned among the contesting parties in the
5433	5433	20 discretion of the trial court. Review of the judgment of
5434	5434	21 the court may be had as in other similar cases, except that
5435	5435	22 such review must be applied for within thirty (30) days
5436	5436	23 after the time of the rendition of such judgment, or within 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590242HB0298
5437	5437	1 such additional time as may be allowed by the court within
5438	5438	2 thirty (30) days. The Code of Civil Procedure shall govern
5439	5439	3 in matters of pleading and practice where not otherwise
5440	5440	4 specified herein. The court shall disregard any error,
5441	5441	5 irregularity or omission which does not affect the
5442	5442	6 substantial rights of the parties.
5443	5443	7
5444	5444	8
5445	5445	9
5446	5446	10 (b) The secretary of the board shall cause notice of
5447	5447	11 the filing of such petition to be given and published once
5448	5448	12 each week for two (2) successive weeks, in a newspaper
5449	5449	13 published in the county in which said municipality is
5450	5450	14 situated,
5451	5451	15 which notice shall
5452	5452	16 state the filing of such petition and giving notice to all
5453	5453	17 persons interested to appear at the office of the board, at
5454	5454	18 a time named in said notice and show cause, in writing, if
5455	5455	19 any they have, why the petition should not be granted.
5456	5456	20
5457	5457	21
5458	5458	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590243HB02981 (a) Prior to the third Monday in July of each year in
5459	5459	2 which assessments are made, the board shall appoint a time
5460	5460	3 and place or places where it will meet within the district
5461	5461	4 for the purposes of hearing objections to assessments and
5462	5462	5 prior notice of such hearing shall be given by publication
5463	5463	6
5464	5464	7 in two (2) issues a week apart, in some
5465	5465	8 newspaper of general circulation published in each county;
5466	5466	9 provided that if there is any county in the district in
5467	5467	10 which there is no newspaper published, then such notice
5468	5468	11 shall be published in an adjoining county. Said notice
5469	5469	12 shall notify the owners of property in the district that in
5470	5470	13 the secretary's office may be found and examined a
5471	5471	14 description of the property so assessed, the amount of the
5472	5472	15 assessment thereon fixed by the board, and the time and
5473	5473	16 place or places fixed by the board for the hearing of
5474	5474	17 objections to such assessments. It shall not be necessary
5475	5475	18 for said notice to contain separate descriptions of the
5476	5476	19 lots or tracts of real estate, but it shall be sufficient
5477	5477	20 if the notice shall contain such descriptions as will
5478	5478	21 inform the owner whether or not his real estate is covered
5479	5479	22 by such descriptions, and to inform the owners where can be
5480	5480	23 found of record the amount of assessments. If in the 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590244HB0298
5481	5481	1 opinion of any person whose property is assessed, his
5482	5482	2 property has been assessed too high, or has been
5483	5483	3 erroneously or illegally assessed, he may at any time
5484	5484	4 before the date of such hearing, file written objections to
5485	5485	5 such assessments, stating the grounds of such objections,
5486	5486	6 which statement shall be verified by the affidavit of said
5487	5487	7 person or his agent. In such hearing the board shall hear
5488	5488	8 such evidence and arguments as may be offered concerning
5489	5489	9 the correctness or legality of such assessment and may
5490	5490	10 modify or amend the same. Any owner of property desiring to
5491	5491	11 appeal from the findings of the board as to assessment
5492	5492	12 shall, within thirty (30) days from the finding of the
5493	5493	13 board, file with the clerk of the court a written notice
5494	5494	14 making demand for trial by the court. The appellant at the
5495	5495	15 same time shall file a bond with good and sufficient
5496	5496	16 security to be approved by the clerk of said court in the
5497	5497	17 sum not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00) to the
5498	5498	18 effect that if the finding of the court be not more
5499	5499	19 favorable to the appellant than the finding of the board,
5500	5500	20 the appellant will pay the cost of the appeal. The
5501	5501	21 appellant shall state definitely from what part of the
5502	5502	22 order the appeal is taken. In case more than one (1) appeal
5503	5503	23 is taken, the court may upon its showing that the same may 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590245HB0298
5504	5504	1 be consolidated without injury to the interests of any one,
5505	5505	2 consolidate and try the same together.
5506	5506	3
5507	5507	4
5508	5508	5
5509	5509	6
5510	5510	7 (b) The state engineer shall notify the division
5511	5511	8 advisory committee of the division in which the control
5512	5512	9 area is located, of the designation or redesignation of the
5513	5513	10 control area. Within twenty (20) days of notification, the
5514	5514	11 division advisory committee shall select a nominating
5515	5515	12 committee of not less than three (3) persons entitled to
5516	5516	13 vote in the election of the control area advisory board.
5517	5517	14 The nominating committee shall nominate not less than five
5518	5518	15 (5) persons for election to the control area advisory board
5519	5519	16 or, if board member districts have been established, it
5520	5520	17 shall nominate at least one (1) person for election in each
5521	5521	18 district. Within thirty (30) days of its selection, the
5522	5522	19 nominating committee shall report its nominations to the
5523	5523	20 division advisory committee. The division advisory
5524	5524	21 committee shall call an election of members of the control
5525	5525	22 area advisory board, to be held within forty (40) days from
5526	5526	23 the date of the report. The call of the election shall 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590246HB0298
5527	5527	1 state the time, the place within the control area, the
5528	5528	2 purpose of the election, and the names of persons nominated
5529	5529	3 for election. It shall be published for two (2) consecutive
5530	5530	4 weeks at least twenty (20) days prior to the election in a
5531	5531	5 newspaper of general circulation in each county in which a
5532	5532	6 part of the control area or board member district lies
5533	5533	7
5534	5534	8
5535	5535	9.
5536	5536	10
5537	5537	11
5538	5538	12
5539	5539	13 (a) After the boundaries of any control area have
5540	5540	14 been determined by the board, the appropriate
5541	5541	15 superintendent shall proceed with the adjudication of
5542	5542	16 unadjudicated wells within the control area. After
5543	5543	17 completing the adjudication, the superintendent shall hold
5544	5544	18 evidence of the adjudication open for inspection by the
5545	5545	19 public at a time and place to be fixed by the
5546	5546	20 superintendent, and notice thereof shall be published in
5547	5547	21 two (2) issues of a newspaper of general circulation in the
5548	5548	22 county or counties where the control area is situated 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590247HB0298
5549	5549	1
5550	5550	2.
5551	5551	3
5552	5552	4
5553	5553	5
5554	5554	6
5555	5555	7
5556	5556	8 (a) After designation of an area as a control area by
5557	5557	9 the board, the state engineer may temporarily adopt any of
5558	5558	10 the corrective controls provided for by this section, where
5559	5559	11 it appears that immediate regulation is required. After the
5560	5560	12 well adjudication procedure has been completed, the state
5561	5561	13 engineer may, on his own motion, and shall on the petition
5562	5562	14 of twenty (20) appropriators or of one-tenth of the
5563	5563	15 appropriators of water from a control area, cause a hearing
5564	5564	16 to be held before the state engineer and the control area
5565	5565	17 advisory board to determine whether the underground water
5566	5566	18 in the area is adequate for the needs of all appropriators
5567	5567	19 of underground water in such area. Public notice of the
5568	5568	20 time and place of the hearing shall be published once in a
5569	5569	21 newspaper circulated in the area
5570	5570	22 not more than thirty (30) days
5571	5571	23 before the time set for the meeting. If the state engineer 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590248HB0298
5572	5572	1 finds after the hearing, and after receiving the advice of
5573	5573	2 the control area advisory board, that the underground water
5574	5574	3 in the control area is insufficient for all of the
5575	5575	4 appropriators, he may by order adopt one (1) or more of the
5576	5576	5 following corrective controls:
5577	5577	6
5578	5578	7 (d) Any agreement approved by the state engineer may
5579	5579	8 be terminated by the terms of the agreement, by the consent
5580	5580	9 of the parties, or by order of the state engineer if he
5581	5581	10 finds, after investigation and a public hearing before the
5582	5582	11 control area advisory board, held at least two (2) weeks
5583	5583	12 after one (1) published notice in a newspaper of general
5584	5584	13 circulation in each county in which a part of the control
5585	5585	14 area lies,
5586	5586	15
5587	5587	16 that the agreement is not being
5588	5588	17 substantially complied with by the parties, or that changed
5589	5589	18 conditions have made the agreement inequitable, or that the
5590	5590	19 continuance of the agreement is no longer consistent with
5591	5591	20 the intent, purpose and requirements of this act, or is a
5592	5592	21 detriment to the public interest or to the rights of other
5593	5593	22 persons not parties to the agreement.
5594	5594	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590249HB02981
5595	5595	2
5596	5596	3
5597	5597	4
5598	5598	5 (a) Upon the filing of a petition to amend an
5599	5599	6 existing water right or an application to appropriate
5600	5600	7 underground water for any use other than domestic,
5601	5601	8 stockwatering or miscellaneous purposes where the quantity
5602	5602	9 of water to be appropriated is twenty-five (25) gallons of
5603	5603	10 water per minute or less, from an area designated as a
5604	5604	11 control area by the state board of control, the state
5605	5605	12 engineer shall cause to be published, at applicant's
5606	5606	13 expense,
5607	5607	14 in a newspaper
5608	5608	15 of general circulation in the county wherein the proposed
5609	5609	16 well or requested change will be located, for at least once
5610	5610	17 a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, a notice of the
5611	5611	18 filing of the application or requested changes and that
5612	5612	19 objections to the granting thereof may be filed within ten
5613	5613	20 (10) days after the last publication of the notice, on the
5614	5614	21 grounds that there is no unappropriated water in the
5615	5615	22 proposed source of supply or that the granting of the
5616	5616	23 application would be detrimental to the public interest. If 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590250HB0298
5617	5617	1 objections are filed within the time specified in the
5618	5618	2 notice, the state engineer shall set a date for a hearing
5619	5619	3 on the application or requested changes and the objections
5620	5620	4 thereto and shall notify the applicant or petitioner and
5621	5621	5 the objectors thereof. If the applicant or petitioner
5622	5622	6 questions the standing of the objector, the state engineer
5623	5623	7 shall make written findings of fact on the issue and may
5624	5624	8 overrule the objection on that basis. The hearing shall be
5625	5625	9 before the control area advisory board and the state
5626	5626	10 engineer, and shall be held in an appropriate place within
5627	5627	11 the county in which the proposed well or requested change
5628	5628	12 is to be located. The state engineer, for good cause, may
5629	5629	13 impose costs of the hearing proportionally upon the
5630	5630	14 applicant or petitioner and the objectors. The hearing
5631	5631	15 under this subsection shall be a contested case hearing
5632	5632	16 conducted in conformance with and subject to the provisions
5633	5633	17 of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. A decision by
5634	5634	18 the state engineer granting or denying an application or
5635	5635	19 petition under this subsection may be appealed to the board
5636	5636	20 of control within thirty (30) days of the date of receipt
5637	5637	21 of notice of the decision. Upon appeal and based on the
5638	5638	22 contested case record and upon additional evidence, if any,
5639	5639	23 taken at the direction of the board, the board may affirm, 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590251HB0298
5640	5640	1 modify or reverse the findings of the state engineer. An
5641	5641	2 appeal from an order of the board of control may be taken
5642	5642	3 to the district court pursuant to the Wyoming
5643	5643	4 Administrative Procedure Act.
5644	5644	5
5645	5645	6 (b) If no objections are filed against the
5646	5646	7 application or petition under subsection (a) of this
5647	5647	8 section but the state engineer is of the opinion that the
5648	5648	9 application or petition may be detrimental to the public
5649	5649	10 interest, or desires to obtain the recommendations of the
5650	5650	11 control area advisory board, he shall set a date for a
5651	5651	12 public hearing on the application or petition and shall
5652	5652	13 notify the applicant or petitioner of the time and place
5653	5653	14 thereof. Not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the
5654	5654	15 hearing the state engineer shall cause notice of the
5655	5655	16 hearing to be published, at the expense of the applicant or
5656	5656	17 petitioner,
5657	5657	18 in at least one (1) newspaper having general circulation in
5658	5658	19 the county in which the proposed well or requested change
5659	5659	20 is to be located. The state engineer shall notify the
5660	5660	21 applicant or petitioner of the time and place of the
5661	5661	22 hearing. The public hearing shall be held before the
5662	5662	23 control area advisory board and the state engineer in an 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590252HB0298
5663	5663	1 appropriate place in the county in which the proposed well
5664	5664	2 or requested change is to be located. In making any
5665	5665	3 determination required by this section, the state engineer
5666	5666	4 may rely upon records and information on file in his office
5667	5667	5 or in the office of the board of control. In the event a
5668	5668	6 hearing is held he shall make known the records and
5669	5669	7 information upon which he relies at least fifteen (15) days
5670	5670	8 before the hearing. A decision by the state engineer under
5671	5671	9 this subsection may be appealed by the applicant or
5672	5672	10 petitioner to the board of control within thirty (30) days
5673	5673	11 of the date of receipt of notice of the decision. Upon
5674	5674	12 appeal the board of control shall conduct a contested case
5675	5675	13 hearing in accordance with its rules and regulations and
5676	5676	14 the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. An appeal from an
5677	5677	15 order of the board of control may be taken to the district
5678	5678	16 court pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
5679	5679	17
5680	5680	18
5681	5681	19
5682	5682	20
5683	5683	21 (d) The applicant for an instream flow water right
5684	5684	22 shall publish a notice of the application and hearing
5685	5685	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590253HB0298
5686	5686	1
5687	5687	2 in a newspaper of general
5688	5688	3 circulation in the area near the proposed reservoir site or
5689	5689	4 stream segment, once each week for at least two (2)
5690	5690	5 consecutive weeks prior to the hearing provided by
5691	5691	6 subsection (e) of this section which notice shall briefly
5692	5692	7 describe the application.
5693	5693	8
5694	5694	9
5695	5695	10
5696	5696	11
5697	5697	12 The said board shall prepare a notice, setting forth the
5698	5698	13 date when the engineer will begin a measurement of the
5699	5699	14 stream, and the ditches diverting the water therefrom, and
5700	5700	15 a place, and a day certain, when the superintendent of the
5701	5701	16 water division in which the stream to be adjudicated is
5702	5702	17 situated, shall begin the taking of testimony as to the
5703	5703	18 rights of the parties claiming water therefrom. Said notice
5704	5704	19 shall be published
5705	5705	20 in two (2) issues
5706	5706	21 of a newspaper having general circulation in the county in
5707	5707	22 which such stream is situated, the publication of said
5708	5708	23 notice to be at least thirty (30) days prior to the 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590254HB0298
5709	5709	1 beginning of taking testimony by said division
5710	5710	2 superintendent, or for the measurement of the stream by the
5711	5711	3 state engineer, or his assistant; and the superintendent
5712	5712	4 taking such testimony shall have the power to adjourn the
5713	5713	5 taking of evidence from time to time, and from place to
5714	5714	6 place; provided, all places appointed and adjourned to by
5715	5715	7 the superintendent shall be so situated, as related to the
5716	5716	8 streams, as shall best suit the proper convenience of the
5717	5717	9 persons interested in the determination of such priorities
5718	5718	10 and appropriations.
5719	5719	11
5720	5720	12
5721	5721	13
5722	5722	14
5723	5723	15 Upon the completion of the taking of evidence by the
5724	5724	16 division superintendent, it shall be his duty to at once
5725	5725	17 give notice,
5726	5726	18 in one (1) issue of
5727	5727	19 some newspaper of general circulation in the county where
5728	5728	20 such determination is, and by registered mail to the
5729	5729	21 various claimants, that upon a certain day, and a place
5730	5730	22 named in the notice, all of said evidence shall be open to
5731	5731	23 the inspection of the various claimants, and said 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590255HB0298
5732	5732	1 superintendent shall keep said evidence open to inspection
5733	5733	2 at said place, not less than one (1) day and not more than
5734	5734	3 five (5) days.
5735	5735	4
5736	5736	5
5737	5737	6
5738	5738	7
5739	5739	8
5740	5740	9 Whenever the state board of control shall, as provided by
5741	5741	10 law, proceed to adjudicate and determine the rights of the
5742	5742	11 various claimants to the use of water upon any stream or
5743	5743	12 other body of water, it shall be the duty of all claimants
5744	5744	13 interested in such stream or other body of water to appear
5745	5745	14 and submit proof of their respective appropriations, at the
5746	5746	15 time and in the manner required by law; and any such
5747	5747	16 claimant who shall fail to appear in such proceedings and
5748	5748	17 submit proof of his appropriations shall be barred and
5749	5749	18 estopped from subsequently asserting any rights theretofore
5750	5750	19 acquired upon the stream or other body of water embraced in
5751	5751	20 such proceedings, and shall be held to have forfeited all
5752	5752	21 rights to the use of said stream theretofore claimed by
5753	5753	22 him. Provided, that any person claiming the right to the
5754	5754	23 use of water of any stream heretofore adjudicated by the 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590256HB0298
5755	5755	1 board of control who, having been or claiming to have been
5756	5756	2 at the time an appropriator therefrom, shall have failed to
5757	5757	3 appear and submit proof of his claim shall be permitted
5758	5758	4 within one (1) year after the passage of this act, but not
5759	5759	5 thereafter, to apply for a hearing and an adjudication of
5760	5760	6 his rights in the manner hereinafter provided; and
5761	5761	7 provided, further, that any claimant upon whom no other
5762	5762	8 service shall be made than by publication in the newspaper,
5763	5763	9
5764	5764	10 of the notice of such proceedings and taking of testimony,
5765	5765	11 may, within one (1) year after the entry of the order or
5766	5766	12 decree of the board, determining the rights of the various
5767	5767	13 claimants upon any particular stream or other body of
5768	5768	14 water, have the same opened and be let in to give proof of
5769	5769	15 his appropriation; but before the decree of the board can
5770	5770	16 be opened in such case, the applicant shall give notice to
5771	5771	17 all other persons interested in the water of the stream or
5772	5772	18 other body of water in question, and shall with his
5773	5773	19 petition file the same kind of proof as required of
5774	5774	20 claimants in original hearings and make it appear to the
5775	5775	21 satisfaction of the board that during the pendency of the
5776	5776	22 proceedings he had no actual notice thereof in time to
5777	5777	23 appear and make proof of his claim; and all parties 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590257HB0298
5778	5778	1 interested may present affidavits as to the matter of
5779	5779	2 actual notice of the applicant.
5780	5780	3
5781	5781	4-4-
5782	5782	5
5783	5783	6
5784	5784	7
5785	5785	8 Whenever the state engineer places his endorsement of
5786	5786	9 approval on any application for a water permit, he shall
5787	5787	10 require that actual construction work be completed within
5788	5788	11 the time set by him in the permit. The time set for
5789	5789	12 completion shall not exceed a period of five (5) years
5790	5790	13 after the date of approval of application. In the case of
5791	5791	14 an application for a ditch permit, he shall further require
5792	5792	15 that the application of the water to beneficial use must be
5793	5793	16 completed before the date which he shall specify, and which
5794	5794	17 shall not be earlier than the date specified for the
5795	5795	18 completion of construction; and that final proof of
5796	5796	19 appropriation must be submitted within five (5) years after
5797	5797	20 the date specified for the completion of the application of
5798	5798	21 the water to beneficial use. He may limit the application
5799	5799	22 to a less period of time for the completion of construction
5800	5800	23 and application of water to beneficial use than is asked 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590258HB0298
5801	5801	1 for in the application. For good cause shown, the state
5802	5802	2 engineer may at any time, or from time to time, before the
5803	5803	3 date of expiration, extend any or all of these periods. An
5804	5804	4 extension of time for compliance with any of the specified
5805	5805	5 requirements shall be construed to automatically extend for
5806	5806	6 a like period the time for compliance with any of the
5807	5807	7 specific requirements in relation to which the time expires
5808	5808	8 thereafter. Default by the holder of the permit in any of
5809	5809	9 the specified requirements shall work a forfeiture of the
5810	5810	10 water right involved. The state engineer may upon such
5811	5811	11 default cancel the permit. The state engineer shall, at
5812	5812	12 least three (3) months before default in any of these
5813	5813	13 requirements shall be operative, notify the permit holder
5814	5814	14 when the time allowed will expire. Notification may be
5815	5815	15 delivered by United States postal service, by other
5816	5816	16 generally accepted mail delivery method to the post-office
5817	5817	17 address given by the permit holder or by email or other
5818	5818	18 electronic means that provides actual notice to the permit
5819	5819	19 holder. If the permit holder cannot be reached by mail or
5820	5820	20 by email, the state engineer shall notify the permit holder
5821	5821	21 by certified mail to the permit holder's last known address
5822	5822	22 and shall publish notice of the default on the state
5823	5823	23 engineer's official website and for three (3) 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590259HB0298
5824	5824	1 weeks
5825	5825	2 in a newspaper of general circulation published in the
5826	5826	3 county, or in case there is no newspaper of general
5827	5827	4 circulation published in the county, then in a newspaper
5828	5828	5 published in the state of Wyoming and in general
5829	5829	6 circulation in the county, the last publication
5830	5830	7 to
5831	5831	8 be at least two (2) months before cancellation of the
5832	5832	9 permit.
5833	5833	10
5834	5834	11
5835	5835	12
5836	5836	13
5837	5837	14 Whenever an appropriation of water has been perfected in
5838	5838	15 accordance with any permit issued by the state engineer,
5839	5839	16 the appropriator may submit final proof of appropriation of
5840	5840	17 water at any time within the time specified by W.S.
5841	5841	18 41-4-506, to the superintendent of the water division in
5842	5842	19 which the water right involved is situated, or, when more
5843	5843	20 expedient, before the superintendent of another water
5844	5844	21 division or the state engineer, or before a water
5845	5845	22 commissioner in accordance with the provisions of W.S.
5846	5846	23 41-4-308. Proof shall be made by appropriators under oath 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590260HB0298
5847	5847	1 upon forms furnished by the state board of control. The
5848	5848	2 superintendent shall collect for each proof taken a fee not
5849	5849	3 to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00), which fee shall be
5850	5850	4 transmitted to the secretary of the board of control
5851	5851	5 together with the several proofs taken. The secretary of
5852	5852	6 the board of control shall use the fee to pay the
5853	5853	7 appropriate amount for the county recording fee for the
5854	5854	8 recording of the certificate of appropriation in the office
5855	5855	9 of the county clerk of the county in which the water right
5856	5856	10 is situated and the newspaper advertising fee
5857	5857	11 for advertising the several proofs as provided
5858	5858	12 in this section. The remainder of the fee shall be remitted
5859	5859	13 to the state treasurer to the credit of the general fund.
5860	5860	14 If the board of control rejects any proof, the fee shall be
5861	5861	15 returned to the person, association or corporation
5862	5862	16 submitting such proof. At least thirty (30) days prior to
5863	5863	17 any regular meeting of the state board of control the
5864	5864	18 superintendent of each water division shall cause all
5865	5865	19 proofs taken by him to be advertised
5866	5866	20
5867	5867	21 newspaper having general circulation in the community where
5868	5868	22 the water right involved is situated, such advertisement to
5869	5869	23 contain in each case the permit number, the date of 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590261HB0298
5870	5870	1 priority, the name of the ditch, canal or reservoir, the
5871	5871	2 name of the appropriator, the name of the stream from which
5872	5872	3 the appropriation is made, and the amount of the
5873	5873	4 appropriation expressed in acres for ditches designed for
5874	5874	5 the irrigation of lands and in acre-feet for reservoirs, or
5875	5875	6 in cubic feet per second or gallons per minute when the
5876	5876	7 appropriation is for domestic, stock, municipal,
5877	5877	8 industrial, manufacturing, fish hatchery or power purposes.
5878	5878	9 Advertisements shall state the time when, and the place
5879	5879	10 where, the proofs of appropriation of water taken by the
5880	5880	11 superintendent will be open for public inspection for a
5881	5881	12 period of not less than one (1) or more than five (5) days,
5882	5882	13 and the last day of the period shall not be less than
5883	5883	14 fifteen (15) days prior to the meeting of the board. Any
5884	5884	15 party claiming an interest in any water right from the
5885	5885	16 stream or streams to which the advertised proofs refer,
5886	5886	17 shall have the right to contest the proposed adjudications
5887	5887	18 according to the provisions of W.S. 41-4-312 through
5888	5888	19 41-4-315. Upon the completion of the taking of proofs of
5889	5889	20 appropriation and the advertising, the superintendent of
5890	5890	21 each water division shall transmit to the office of the
5891	5891	22 state board of control in Cheyenne the several proofs
5892	5892	23 taken, together with fees collected, and shall accompany 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590262HB0298
5893	5893	1 the same with affidavits of publication as evidence of the
5894	5894	2 required advertisement. At its next regular meeting the
5895	5895	3 board shall consider all proofs of appropriation received
5896	5896	4 from the division superintendents and if satisfied that
5897	5897	5 there are no conflicts and that any appropriation involved
5898	5898	6 has been perfected in accordance with the permit issued by
5899	5899	7 the state engineer, the state board of control by the hand
5900	5900	8 of its president, attested under seal, shall issue a
5901	5901	9 certificate of appropriation of water as described in W.S.
5902	5902	10 41-4-325 and send the certificate to the county clerk of
5903	5903	11 the county in which the use of water has been made to be
5904	5904	12 recorded by the clerk as provided in W.S. 41-4-325.
5905	5905	13
5906	5906	14
5907	5907	15
5908	5908	16
5909	5909	17
5910	5910	18 (b) The state engineer may hold a public hearing on a
5911	5911	19 petition under subsection (a) of this section to gather
5912	5912	20 facts to determine if other appropriators will be
5913	5913	21 injuriously affected. The state engineer shall hold a
5914	5914	22 public hearing on a petition under subsection (a) of this
5915	5915	23 section if requested to do so by any affected appropriator. 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590263HB0298
5916	5916	1 If the state engineer holds a public hearing, the state
5917	5917	2 engineer shall cause to be published no less than fifteen
5918	5918	3 (15) days before the hearing a notice of the hearing.
5919	5919	4
5920	5920	5 advertised
5921	5921	6 in at least one (1) issue of any newspaper having general
5922	5922	7 circulation in the community where the water right or valid
5923	5923	8 permit involved is situated. The petitioner shall pay the
5924	5924	9 cost of the advertisement prior to the time
5925	5925	10 of hearing, and provide a record of proceedings to be
5926	5926	11 transmitted to the state engineer. Following receipt of the
5927	5927	12 record, the state engineer shall promptly review the record
5928	5928	13 and issue a written order granting or denying the permit
5929	5929	14 amendment.
5930	5930	15
5931	5931	16 (e) Upon petition for an amended certificate of
5932	5932	17 appropriation of water, the state board of control may
5933	5933	18 cause a public hearing to be held on the petition before
5934	5934	19 the superintendent of the water division in which such
5935	5935	20 appropriation is located, with notice of the hearing to be
5936	5936	21
5937	5937	22 advertised in at least one (1)
5938	5938	23 issue of a newspaper having general circulation in the 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590264HB0298
5939	5939	1 community where the water right involved is situated. The
5940	5940	2 state board of control shall hold a public hearing if
5941	5941	3 requested to do so by any affected appropriator. The
5942	5942	4 petitioner shall pay the cost of the publication prior to
5943	5943	5 the time of hearing and provide a record of proceedings to
5944	5944	6 be transmitted by the division superintendent to the state
5945	5945	7 board of control, together with his report. At the time the
5946	5946	8 petition is filed a fee not to exceed fifty dollars
5947	5947	9 ($50.00) for each amended certificate issued shall be
5948	5948	10 collected by the state board of control with a deposit of
5949	5949	11 sufficient funds to cover the cost of preparing and
5950	5950	12 recording a certified copy of the order. The fees for
5951	5951	13 recording shall be returned to the petitioner in case the
5952	5952	14 petition is not granted.
5953	5953	15
5954	5954	16
5955	5955	17
5956	5956	18
5957	5957	19 (a) On such petition being filed the court or judge
5958	5958	20 thereof shall make an order fixing the time and place of
5959	5959	21 the hearing thereon and ordering notice; thereupon the
5960	5960	22 clerk of said circuit court, for the county in which the 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590265HB0298
5961	5961	1 proceedings are instituted, shall cause twenty (20) days
5962	5962	2 notice of the filing of such petition to be given:
5963	5963	3
5964	5964	4 (ii) By publishing a copy thereof
5965	5965	5
5966	5966	6 at least once a week for three
5967	5967	7 (3) consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in each
5968	5968	8 county within which any of the lands of the district are
5969	5969	9 situated. If
5970	5970	10 there be no newspaper in any
5971	5971	11 such county, such notice may be published in a newspaper
5972	5972	12 published in an adjoining county.
5973	5973	13
5974	5974	14
5975	5975	15
5976	5976	16
5977	5977	17 If it shall be found before the hearing on the petition for
5978	5978	18 the organization of an irrigation district, that one (1) or
5979	5979	19 more of the persons owning or entitled to possession of
5980	5980	20 land in said district have not been duly served with notice
5981	5981	21 of hearing on said petition, the court or presiding judge
5982	5982	22 shall not thereby lose jurisdiction. The court or presiding
5983	5983	23 judge in such case shall adjourn the hearing, make an order 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590266HB0298
5984	5984	1 directing the serving of said notice upon said person or
5985	5985	2 persons, and fixing the time and manner of service of such
5986	5986	3 notice, which notice shall notify him to appear at said
5987	5987	4 adjourned time and place and be heard on said petition.
5988	5988	5 Said notice shall be served personally or by leaving at the
5989	5989	6 last usual place of abode of said unserved persons, as in
5990	5990	7 W.S. 41-7-204 provided, not less than eight (8) days before
5991	5991	8 said adjourned hearing, or published not less than fourteen
5992	5992	9 (14) days before said adjourned hearing,
5993	5993	10
5994	5994	11 the county in which said persons' lands lie, or if no
5995	5995	12 newspaper may be published in said county, then in some
5996	5996	13 newspaper published in an adjoining county. Upon the
5997	5997	14 adjourned day the same proceedings, adjournments, trial,
5998	5998	15 findings and orders may be had as in case of complete
5999	5999	16 service of notice in the first instance. In case of failure
6000	6000	17 to mail said notice as herein required, the court or judge
6001	6001	18 may order the same mailed later and shall adjourn said
6002	6002	19 hearing so that said notice shall be mailed at least
6003	6003	20 fourteen (14) days before said adjourned hearing. In case
6004	6004	21 of failure to publish or post notice, as in this act
6005	6005	22 required, the court or judge may adjourn said hearing for
6006	6006	23 sufficient time to permit the due posting and publication 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590267HB0298
6007	6007	1 of said notice, and order said notice posted or published
6008	6008	2 as in section 4 hereof directed. In case of adjournment to
6009	6009	3 permit notice to be given, the notice shall state the fact
6010	6010	4 of such adjournment and the time and place of hearing
6011	6011	5 pursuant to said adjournment.
6012	6012	6
6013	6013	7
6014	6014	8
6015	6015	9
6016	6016	10 Upon the filing of the said report, the court or judge
6017	6017	11 thereof, shall make and enter an order fixing the time and
6018	6018	12 place when and where all persons interested may appear and
6019	6019	13 object to the confirmation thereof. All objections shall be
6020	6020	14 in writing and shall clearly specify the grounds of
6021	6021	15 objection and shall be filed in the office of the clerk of
6022	6022	16 court wherein said report is filed at least five (5) days
6023	6023	17 prior to the date set for the hearing. The clerk of said
6024	6024	18 court shall cause notice of the time and place of such
6025	6025	19 hearing to be given to all parties interested, which notice
6026	6026	20 shall contain a brief description of the lands benefited
6027	6027	21 and damaged, together with the net damage awarded the
6028	6028	22 several tracts, parcels, easements and corporations to
6029	6029	23 which damages are awarded, and the sum in each case 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590268HB0298
6030	6030	1 assessed for benefits and cost of construction against the
6031	6031	2 several benefited parcels, tracts, easements and
6032	6032	3 corporations, and the amount of water apportioned to each
6033	6033	4 acre of land in the district. Said notice shall be
6034	6034	5 published for at least three (3) consecutive weeks, prior
6035	6035	6 to the day set for the hearing,
6036	6036	7 in one (1) newspaper published
6037	6037	8 in each county in which said lands, or any part thereof
6038	6038	9 within said district are situate (and if no newspaper is
6039	6039	10 published in said county, in some newspaper in an adjoining
6040	6040	11 county), and by serving a copy of such notice on each of
6041	6041	12 the persons or corporations by said report recommended to
6042	6042	13 be assessed, or whose lands are by said report recommended
6043	6043	14 to be included in said district, and who resides in any of
6044	6044	15 the counties in which any lands of the proposed district
6045	6045	16 are situated, at least twelve (12) days before the day of
6046	6046	17 hearing in the same manner that a summons is required to be
6047	6047	18 served; provided, absence from the county of such person,
6048	6048	19 or corporation shall excuse personal service, whereupon due
6049	6049	20 publication of such notice shall be sufficient service.
6050	6050	21
6051	6051	22
6052	6052	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590269HB0298
6053	6053	1
6054	6054	2 In all cases where the work to be done at any one (1) time
6055	6055	3 under the direction of the commissioners will, in their
6056	6056	4 opinion, cost to exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars
6057	6057	5 ($7,500.00), the same shall be let to the lowest
6058	6058	6 responsible bidder, and the commissioner shall advertise
6059	6059	7 for sealed bids, by notice published
6060	6060	8 in some newspaper published in
6061	6061	9 the county in which the petition is filed, and may
6062	6062	10 advertise in one (1) or more newspapers published
6063	6063	11 elsewhere. If
6064	6064	12 there no newspaper
6065	6065	13 published in the county in which the petition is filed,
6066	6066	14 they shall advertise in some newspaper published in an
6067	6067	15 adjoining county, which said notice shall particularly set
6068	6068	16 forth the time and place when and where the bids advertised
6069	6069	17 will be opened, the kind of work to be let and the terms of
6070	6070	18 payment. Said commissioners may continue the letting from
6071	6071	19 time to time, if in their judgment the same shall be
6072	6072	20 necessary, and shall reserve the right to reject any and
6073	6073	21 all bids. This section shall not be construed to apply to
6074	6074	22 the employment of superintendent, engineer, attorney or
6075	6075	23 other employee engaged in the general work of the district. 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590270HB0298
6076	6076	1
6077	6077	2
6078	6078	3
6079	6079	4
6080	6080	5 Whenever the commissioners of an irrigation district, after
6081	6081	6 their appointment and qualification, shall wish to avail
6082	6082	7 themselves of the provisions of W.S. 41-7-501, they shall
6083	6083	8 file in the district court wherein such district was
6084	6084	9 organized, a petition for authority to issue
6085	6085	10 interest-bearing warrants, setting out the necessity for
6086	6086	11 such issuance, the amounts of warrants to be issued and the
6087	6087	12 purpose thereof; the judge of said court shall thereupon,
6088	6088	13 by order, set a date for hearing said petition and notice
6089	6089	14 of such hearing, setting out briefly the purpose thereof,
6090	6090	15 shall be published for one (1) consecutive week
6091	6091	16 in a newspaper of
6092	6092	17 general circulation in the county wherein the district or
6093	6093	18 the greater portion thereof is situate, the last
6094	6094	19 publication of said notice shall be at least ten (10) days
6095	6095	20 prior to the date set for said hearing and any protests or
6096	6096	21 objections to the said petition must be in writing, setting
6097	6097	22 out the grounds of such protest or objection, signed and
6098	6098	23 verified by the protestant or objector, and filed in the 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590271HB0298
6099	6099	1 proceeding at least five (5) days prior to the date set for
6100	6100	2 said hearing.
6101	6101	3
6102	6102	4
6103	6103	5
6104	6104	6
6105	6105	7 Whenever any contract between the United States and an
6106	6106	8 irrigation district so provides, the assessment or
6107	6107	9 assessments for benefits and construction against the
6108	6108	10 individual tracts of land in the district, as now required
6109	6109	11 under W.S. 41-7-401, may be dispensed with, and in such
6110	6110	12 case the board of commissioners of the district, at any
6111	6111	13 time, or after an election as provided by law has resulted
6112	6112	14 in the approval of such contract, may file in the district
6113	6113	15 court of the county embracing the largest acreage of the
6114	6114	16 district, a petition praying in effect, that the contract
6115	6115	17 and the proceedings leading up to the execution of same and
6116	6116	18 the assessment for benefits and construction as requested
6117	6117	19 therein may be examined, approved and confirmed by the
6118	6118	20 court. The petition shall state generally that the
6119	6119	21 irrigation district was duly authorized, that due and
6120	6120	22 lawful proceedings were taken to execute a contract with
6121	6121	23 the United States which incurred a district indebtedness 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590272HB0298
6122	6122	1 for construction charges to the United States in a maximum
6123	6123	2 amount to be stated, and that the assessments to be levied
6124	6124	3 against the individual tracts of land under the contract do
6125	6125	4 not exceed the benefits to accrue to such tracts of land,
6126	6126	5 respectively, by reason of such contract. The court shall,
6127	6127	6 upon presentation of such a petition, fix a time for the
6128	6128	7 hearing of said petition and shall order the clerk of the
6129	6129	8 court to give and publish notice of the filing of the said
6130	6130	9 petition, and of the time and place fixed for the hearing
6131	6131	10 thereon. The notice of such hearing shall be published
6132	6132	11
6133	6133	12 three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper
6134	6134	13 of general circulation in each county in which such
6135	6135	14 district is located and shall state the time and place
6136	6136	15 fixed for the hearing of the petition, the prayer thereof,
6137	6137	16 and that any person interested in the subject matter of the
6138	6138	17 petition may, on or before three (3) days prior to the day
6139	6139	18 fixed for the hearing thereof, answer or otherwise plead
6140	6140	19 thereto, and no other notice shall be required to be given
6141	6141	20 of the time and place of the hearing thereon. Upon the
6142	6142	21 hearing on such proceedings, the court shall disregard
6143	6143	22 every error, irregularity, or omission which does not
6144	6144	23 affect the substantial rights of any party, and the court 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590273HB0298
6145	6145	1 may make an order confirming and approving the proceedings
6146	6146	2 taken to ratify and confirm such contract and the
6147	6147	3 assessments for benefits and construction as required
6148	6148	4 therein. The costs of the proceedings may be allowed and
6149	6149	5 apportioned among the parties thereto in the discretion of
6150	6150	6 the court.
6151	6151	7
6152	6152	8
6153	6153	9
6154	6154	10 (a) Immediately after the adoption of the resolution
6155	6155	11 by the board the secretary of the district shall proceed to
6156	6156	12 give notice of the time and place of holding such election
6157	6157	13 in the manner following:
6158	6158	14
6159	6159	15 (ii) By publishing a copy of said notice
6160	6160	16
6161	6161	17 at least once a week for three (3)
6162	6162	18 consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in each
6163	6163	19 county within which any of the lands of the district are
6164	6164	20 situated, giving the time, place and object of said
6165	6165	21 election;
6166	6166	22
6167	6167	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590274HB0298
6168	6168	1
6169	6169	2 The clerk of said court shall give notice of the filing of
6170	6170	3 said petition and of the time and place of hearing thereon
6171	6171	4 to any and all persons interested therein by publishing a
6172	6172	5 copy of said order
6173	6173	6 at least once a
6174	6174	7 week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper
6175	6175	8 published in each county within which any of the lands of
6176	6176	9 the said irrigation district is situated. If
6177	6177	10
6178	6178	11 there no newspaper in any such county, such notice
6179	6179	12 may be published in a newspaper published in an adjoining
6180	6180	13 county.
6181	6181	14
6182	6182	15
6183	6183	16
6184	6184	17 Notice designating the bonds called for redemption shall be
6185	6185	18 published
6186	6186	19 once a week for three (3)
6187	6187	20 successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation
6188	6188	21 printed and published in the office county.
6189	6189	22
6190	6190	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590275HB0298
6191	6191	1
6192	6192	2 The board of commissioners shall give notice of the sale by
6193	6193	3 posting on the county's official website in the manner
6194	6194	4 provided in W.S. 18-3-516(f) and by publication for at
6195	6195	5 least two (2) weeks in the designated official newspaper of
6196	6196	6 the county and in any other newspaper at its discretion,
6197	6197	7.
6198	6198	8
6199	6199	9
6200	6200	10
6201	6201	11
6202	6202	12
6203	6203	13
6204	6204	14
6205	6205	15 The resolution together with a notice stating that the time
6206	6206	16 fixed by the board of commissioners for the consideration
6207	6207	17 of the resolution shall be published
6208	6208	18
6209	6209	19 once a week for at least two (2) successive weeks
6210	6210	20 in a newspaper published in the office county.
6211	6211	21
6212	6212	22
6213	6213	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590276HB0298
6214	6214	1
6215	6215	2 A copy of such order to show cause shall be published for
6216	6216	3
6217	6217	4 four (4)
6218	6218	5 successive weeks prior to said hearing in a newspaper
6219	6219	6 published in each county in which said district is
6220	6220	7 situated.
6221	6221	8
6222	6222	9
6223	6223	10
6224	6224	11 (d) "Due notice", for provisions other than election
6225	6225	12 and referendum provisions, means notice published
6226	6226	13
6227	6227	14 at least twice, with an
6228	6228	15 interval of at least six (6) days between the two (2)
6229	6229	16 publication dates, in a newspaper of general circulation
6230	6230	17 within the boundaries of the proposed or organized
6231	6231	18 district. The notice of any hearing required to be held
6232	6232	19 under this act shall fix the time, place and purpose
6233	6233	20 thereof, which time shall be not less than ten (10) or more
6234	6234	21 than fifteen (15) days after the first publication or first
6235	6235	22 posting of such notice. At any hearing held pursuant to
6236	6236	23 such notice, at the time and place designated in such 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590277HB0298
6237	6237	1 notice, adjournment may be made from time to time without
6238	6238	2 the necessity of renewing such notice for such adjourned
6239	6239	3 dates. Notice for any election or referendum required by
6240	6240	4 this act shall be as specifically provided in this act, or
6241	6241	5 if not specifically provided in this act, as required in
6242	6242	6 the Special District Elections Act of 1994.
6243	6243	7
6244	6244	8
6245	6245	9
6246	6246	10
6247	6247	11 (a) On such petition being filed the court or judge
6248	6248	12 thereof shall make an order fixing a time and place of
6249	6249	13 hearing thereon and ordering notice; thereupon the clerk of
6250	6250	14 said court, for the county in which the proceedings are
6251	6251	15 instituted, shall cause twenty (20) days notice of the
6252	6252	16 filing of such petition to be given:
6253	6253	17
6254	6254	18 (ii) By publishing a copy thereof
6255	6255	19
6256	6256	20 at least once a week for three (3) successive
6257	6257	21 weeks in some newspaper published in each county from which
6258	6258	22 any part of the district is proposed to be taken. If
6259	6259	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590278HB0298
6260	6260	1 no newspaper in any such county,
6261	6261	2 such notice may be published in a newspaper published in an
6262	6262	3 adjoining county.
6263	6263	4
6264	6264	5
6265	6265	6
6266	6266	7
6267	6267	8 Said notice shall be served personally or by leaving at the
6268	6268	9 last usual place of abode of said unserved owners, as in
6269	6269	10 W.S. 41-9-104; provided, not less than eight (8) days
6270	6270	11 before said adjourned hearing, or published not less than
6271	6271	12 fourteen (14) days before said adjourned hearing,
6272	6272	13 in some newspaper
6273	6273	14 published in the county in which said owners' lands lie, or
6274	6274	15 if no newspaper be published in said county, then in some
6275	6275	16 newspaper published in an adjoining county.
6276	6276	17
6277	6277	18
6278	6278	19
6279	6279	20 Upon the filing of the preliminary report the court or the
6280	6280	21 presiding judge thereof shall by order fix a time and place
6281	6281	22 when and where the same shall be heard at some general or
6282	6282	23 special term of said court, not less than thirty (30) days 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590279HB0298
6283	6283	1 from the filing of said report. Notice of the time and
6284	6284	2 place of hearing upon said preliminary report shall be
6285	6285	3 given to all interested persons by publishing a brief
6286	6286	4 notice of the filing of said report, including a brief
6287	6287	5 statement of the substance of said report,
6288	6288	6
6289	6289	7
6290	6290	8 in one (1) or more newspapers published in each
6291	6291	9 county in which any land in said proposed drainage district
6292	6292	10 shall be situated (or if no newspaper is published in said
6293	6293	11 county, in one (1) or more newspapers in an adjoining
6294	6294	12 county) once in each week for three (3) successive weeks
6295	6295	13 prior to the day appointed for hearing thereon. Said notice
6296	6296	14 shall describe all lands by said report included in said
6297	6297	15 district, which were not included therein by the petition,
6298	6298	16 and state that such lands are to be included in said
6299	6299	17 district, and shall describe all lands excluded from said
6300	6300	18 district which were by the petition included therein and
6301	6301	19 shall state that such lands are to be excluded from said
6302	6302	20 district.
6303	6303	21
6304	6304	22
6305	6305	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590280HB0298
6306	6306	1
6307	6307	2 Said notice shall be published
6308	6308	3
6309	6309	4
6310	6310	5 for at least three (3) successive weeks, prior to the
6311	6311	6 day set for the hearing in one (1) newspaper published in
6312	6312	7 each county in which said lands, or any part thereof within
6313	6313	8 said district are situate (and if no newspaper is published
6314	6314	9 in said county, in some newspaper in an adjoining county),
6315	6315	10 and by serving a copy of such notice on each of the persons
6316	6316	11 or corporations, by said report recommended to be assessed,
6317	6317	12 or whose lands are by said report recommended to be
6318	6318	13 included in said district, and who resides in any of the
6319	6319	14 counties out of which the proposed district is formed, at
6320	6320	15 least twenty (20) days before the day of hearing in the
6321	6321	16 same manner that a summons is required to be served;
6322	6322	17 provided, absence from the county of such person or
6323	6323	18 corporation shall excuse personal service, whereupon due
6324	6324	19 publication of such notice shall be sufficient service.
6325	6325	20
6326	6326	21
6327	6327	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590281HB0298
6328	6328	1 If in the first assessment for construction the
6329	6329	2 commissioners shall have reported to the court a smaller
6330	6330	3 sum than is needed to complete the work of construction, or
6331	6331	4 if in any year an additional sum is necessary to pay the
6332	6332	5 principal of or interest on lawful indebtedness of said
6333	6333	6 drainage district, further or additional assessments on the
6334	6334	7 lands and corporations benefited, proportioned on the last
6335	6335	8 assessment of benefits which has been approved by the
6336	6336	9 court, shall be made by the commissioners of said drainage
6337	6337	10 district under the order of the court or presiding judge
6338	6338	11 thereof. Notice of hearing of the application for such
6339	6339	12 additional assessment shall be published
6340	6340	13
6341	6341	14 at least once each week for three (3) consecutive weeks in
6342	6342	15 one (1) newspaper published in each county in which said
6343	6343	16 lands, or any part thereof, within said district are
6344	6344	17 situated which further or additional assessments may be
6345	6345	18 made payable in installments, as specified in W.S.
6346	6346	19 41-9-241, and shall be treated and collected in the same
6347	6347	20 manner as the original assessments for construction
6348	6348	21 confirmed by the court, in said drainage district.
6349	6349	22
6350	6350	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590282HB0298
6351	6351	1
6352	6352	2 In all cases where the work to be done at any one time
6353	6353	3 under the direction of the commissioners shall, in their
6354	6354	4 opinion, cost to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), the
6355	6355	5 same shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, and the
6356	6356	6 commissioner shall advertise for sealed bids, by notice
6357	6357	7 published in
6358	6358	8 some newspaper published in the county in which the
6359	6359	9 petition is filed, and may advertise in one (1) or more
6360	6360	10 newspapers published elsewhere. If
6361	6361	11 there
6362	6362	12 no newspaper published in the county in which the petition
6363	6363	13 is filed, they shall advertise in some newspaper published
6364	6364	14 in an adjoining county, which said notice shall
6365	6365	15 particularly set forth the time and place when and where
6366	6366	16 the bids advertised will be opened, the kind of work to be
6367	6367	17 let and the terms of payment. Said commissioners may
6368	6368	18 continue the letting from time to time, if in their
6369	6369	19 judgment the same shall be necessary, and shall reserve the
6370	6370	20 right to reject any and all bids.
6371	6371	21
6372	6372	22
6373	6373	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590283HB0298
6374	6374	1
6375	6375	2 (a) On such petition being filed, the court or judge
6376	6376	3 thereof shall make an order fixing the time and place for a
6377	6377	4 hearing thereon, and ordering notice; thereupon the clerk
6378	6378	5 of said court shall cause twenty (20) days notice of the
6379	6379	6 filing of said petition to be given:
6380	6380	7
6381	6381	8 (iii) By publishing a notice thereof
6382	6382	9
6383	6383	10 at least once a week for three (3) successive
6384	6384	11 weeks in some newspaper published in the county in which
6385	6385	12 any part of the district is located. If
6386	6386	13
6387	6387	14 there no newspaper in any such county, such notice
6388	6388	15 shall be published in a newspaper published in the
6389	6389	16 adjoining county nearest the land in said district.
6390	6390	17
6391	6391	18
6392	6392	19
6393	6393	20 A copy of such order to show cause shall be published for
6394	6394	21
6395	6395	22 four (4)
6396	6396	23 successive weeks prior to said hearing in a newspaper 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590284HB0298
6397	6397	1 published in each county in which lands embraced in said
6398	6398	2 district be situated.
6399	6399	3
6400	6400	4
6401	6401	5
6402	6402	6 (a) As used in this act the following words or
6403	6403	7 phrases shall be defined as follows:
6404	6404	8
6405	6405	9 (xiv) "Publication" or "publish" for provisions
6406	6406	10 other than election provisions, shall mean publication for
6407	6407	11
6408	6408	12 at least once a
6409	6409	13 week for three (3) consecutive weeks by three (3) weekly
6410	6410	14 insertions in at least one (1) newspaper of general
6411	6411	15 circulation in the district, the first publication
6412	6412	16 in
6413	6413	17 the district being at least fifteen (15) days prior to the
6414	6414	18 designated time or event.
6415	6415	19t shall not be necessary that publication be
6416	6416	20 made on the same day of the week in each of the three (3)
6417	6417	21 calendar weeks, but not less than fourteen (14) days shall
6418	6418	22 intervene between the first publication and the last
6419	6419	23 publication, and publication shall be complete on the day 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590285HB0298
6420	6420	1 of the last publication. Publication requirements for any
6421	6421	2 election under this act shall be as specifically provided
6422	6422	3 in this act, or if not specifically provided in this act,
6423	6423	4 as required in the Special District Elections Act of 1994;
6424	6424	5
6425	6425	6
6426	6426	7
6427	6427	8 (g) The district shall be subject to an audit or
6428	6428	9 oversight of its accounts by the director of the state
6429	6429	10 department of audit or his designee as required by W.S.
6430	6430	11 9-1-507(a)(iii). The board of directors shall cause an
6431	6431	12 audit or other oversight to be made of all financial
6432	6432	13 affairs of the district during each fiscal year ending June
6433	6433	14 30, during the next succeeding six (6) months. If an audit
6434	6434	15 is required, a summary of the financial statement shall be
6435	6435	16 certified by the person making the audit, which shall be
6436	6436	17 published
6437	6437	18 in a newspaper of
6438	6438	19 general circulation in the district, one (1) issue during
6439	6439	20 the next succeeding two (2) weeks following the audit.
6440	6440	21 Except as provided in W.S. 9-1-507(d), the audit, if
6441	6441	22 required, shall be made by a certified public accountant,
6442	6442	23 who is not otherwise employed by the district. 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590286HB0298
6443	6443	1
6444	6444	2
6445	6445	3
6446	6446	4
6447	6447	5
6448	6448	6
6449	6449	7 The board may provide for the publication
6450	6450	8 once in a newspaper
6451	6451	9 of general circulation in the district of any resolution or
6452	6452	10 other proceedings adopted by the board ordering the
6453	6453	11 issuance of any bonds. For a period of thirty (30) days
6454	6454	12 after the date of such publication, any person in interest
6455	6455	13 shall have the right to contest the legality of any bond
6456	6456	14 which may be authorized thereby (except for any bond
6457	6457	15 delivered for value, containing a recital therein that it
6458	6458	16 is issued under authority of this act, and thus being
6459	6459	17 incontestable for any cause whatsoever, as herein
6460	6460	18 provided), and of the provisions made for the security and
6461	6461	19 payment of any such bonds, and of any other provisions in
6462	6462	20 such resolution or proceedings; and after the expiration of
6463	6463	21 such thirty (30) day period no one shall have any cause of
6464	6464	22 action to contest the regularity, formality, or legality
6465	6465	23 thereof for any cause whatsoever. 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590287HB0298
6466	6466	1
6467	6467	2
6468	6468	3
6469	6469	4
6470	6470	5 (c) The state engineer shall publish a reasonable
6471	6471	6 summary of the application for three (3) consecutive weeks
6472	6472	7 in at least three (3) newspapers of general circulation
6473	6473	8 within the state and if the proposed point of diversion is
6474	6474	9 within Wyoming, publish the notice in at least one (1)
6475	6475	10 newspaper of general circulation in the county where the
6476	6476	11 diversion point is to be located, or the state engineer
6477	6477	12
6478	6478	13
6479	6479	14.
6480	6480	15
6481	6481	16. The secretary of state shall establish the
6482	6482	17 centralized electronic notice system and promulgate all
6483	6483	18 rules necessary to implement the provisions of this act not
6484	6484	19 later than January 1, 2026.
6485	6485	20
6486	6486	21There is appropriated two hundred fifty
6487	6487	22 thousand dollars ($250,000.00) from the general fund to the
6488	6488	23 secretary of state's office for the purpose of creating and 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590288HB0298
6489	6489	1 maintaining the centralized electronic notice system as
6490	6490	2 required by section 1 of this act. This appropriation shall
6491	6491	3 be for the period beginning with the effective date of this
6492	6492	4 act and ending June 30, 2026. This appropriation shall not
6493	6493	5 be transferred or expended for any other purpose and any
6494	6494	6 unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from this
6495	6495	7 appropriation shall revert as provided by law on June 30,
6496	6496	8 2026. It is the intent of the legislature that the
6497	6497	9 secretary of state include the portion of this
6498	6498	10 appropriation that is necessary for the maintenance of the
6499	6499	11 centralized electronic notice system in the secretary of
6500	6500	12 state's standard budget request for the immediately
6501	6501	13 succeeding fiscal biennium.
6502	6502	14 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0590289HB02981.
6503	6503	2
6504	6504	3 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this
6505	6505	4 section, this act is effective January 1, 2026
6506	6506	5
6507	6507	6 (b) Sections 3, 4 and 5 of this act are effective
6508	6508	7 immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a
6509	6509	8 bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of
6510	6510	9 the Wyoming Constitution.
6511	6511	10
6512	6512	11 (END)