Wyoming SF 15: Special district budget requirements.

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SENATE FILE NO. SF0015

Special district budget requirements.

Sponsored by: Joint Corporations, Elections & Political
Subdivisions Interim Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to special districts; providing 1
requirements for the administration of finances of special 2
districts as specified; creating definitions; conforming 3
provisions; and providing for an effective date. 4
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming: 6
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Section 1. W.S. 16-12-201, 16-12-202, 16-12-301 8
through 16-12-304 and 16-12-401 through 16-12-414 are 9
created to read: 10
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ARTICLE 2 12
GENERAL PROVISIONS 13
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16-12-201. Definitions. 15

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(a) As used in this chapter: 2
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(i) "Director" or "district director" means a 4
voting member of the governing body of a special district 5
or other specified entity, regardless of what title is used 6
in the principal act; 7
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(ii) "Principal act" means the statutes under 9
which a special district or other specified entity listed 10
under W.S. 16-12-202(a) is formed or is operating; 11
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(iii) "Special district or other specified 13
entity" means an entity listed under W.S. 16-12-202(a). 14
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16-12-202. Applicability to special districts and 16
other specified entities; general provisions. 17
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(a) This chapter applies to the following entities 19
unless otherwise specified: 20
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(i) Airport joint powers boards; 22
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(ii) Cemetery districts; 1
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(iii) Conservation districts; 3
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(iv) Fire protection districts; 5
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(v) Flood control districts; 7
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(vi) Housing authorities; 9
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(vii) Improvement and service districts; 11
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(viii) Joint powers boards; 13
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(ix) Local improvement districts; 15
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(x) Museum districts; 17
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(xi) Predator management districts; 19
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(xii) Recreation districts; 21
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(xiii) Recreation joint powers boards; 23

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(xiv) Regional transportation authorities; 2
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(xv) Resort districts; 4
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(xvi) Rural health care districts; 6
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(xvii) Sanitary and improvement districts; 8
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(xviii) Senior citizens' districts; 10
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(xix) Solid waste disposal districts; 12
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(xx) Water and sewer districts; 14
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(xxi) Water conservancy districts; 16
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(xxii) Watershed improvement districts; 18
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(xxiii) Weed and pest districts; 20
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(xxiv) Other districts as specified by law. 22
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ARTICLE 3 1
PUBLIC RECORDS AND MEETINGS 2
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16-12-301. Short title. 4
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This article may be cited as the "Special District Public 6
Records and Meetings Act." 7
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16-12-302. Applicability; filing requirements. 9
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(a) This article specifies requirements pertaining to 11
public records and meetings of the entities listed in W.S. 12
16-12-202(a) where the principal act is silent or unclear. 13
The specific provisions of a principal act or the Wyoming 14
Public Records Act, W.S. 16-4-201 through 16-4-205, are 15
effective and controlling to the extent they conflict with 16
this article. 17
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(b) If an entity is authorized to promulgate rules 19
and regulations or adopt ordinances or bylaws, the entity 20
shall file any rules and regulations it promulgates, 21
ordinances or bylaws it adopts and any amendments thereto 22
with the county clerk for each county in which it is 23

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located. No rule, regulation, ordinance or bylaw shall be 1
effective unless filed in accordance with this subsection. 2
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16-12-303. Maintaining public records. 4
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(a) All special districts and other specified 6
entities shall maintain a copy of the following documents, 7
if the documents exist, provided that the Wyoming Public 8
Records Act and all applicable federal statutes shall 9
control the obligations of disclosure of those documents: 10
adopted minutes of all meetings of the governing board and 11
the governing board's committees and subcommittees, records 12
of meetings of the governing board and the governing 13
board's committees and subcommittees, audits, financial 14
statements, election results, budgets, bylaws, rate 15
schedules, policies and employment contracts with all 16
administrators. 17
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(b) All special districts and other specified 19
entities shall maintain the records described in subsection 20
(a) of this section for public review at their business 21
office if the business office is open to the public for at 22
least twenty (20) business hours each week. 23

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(c) If a special district or other specified entity 2
cannot maintain the records described in subsection (a) of 3
this section as required under subsection (b) of this 4
section, the special district or other specified entity 5
shall file copies of those records with the county clerk in 6
the county wherein the largest portion of the district or 7
entity lies. The documents may be in an electronic format 8
unless oth