Wyoming HJ 2: Funding sewage systems.

Bill Text

2019
STATE OF WYOMING
19LSO-0513
1HJ0002
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. HJ0002
Funding sewage systems.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Larsen
A JOINT RESOLUTION
for
1   A   JOINT   RESOLUTION   proposing   to   amend   the   Wyoming 
2   Constitution to remove the specific limit on the amount of 
3   debt a municipality can incur for a sewer project and to allow 
4   the  legislature  to  prescribe  by  law  the  debt  limit  for 
5   municipal sewer projects; and to provide a ballot statement.
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7   BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING, 
8   two-thirds  of  all  the  members  of  the  two  houses,  voting 
9   separately, concurring therein:
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11        Section  1.  The  following  proposal  to  amend  Wyoming 
12   Constitution,  Article  16,  Section  5  is  proposed  for 
13   submission  to the electors of the  State  of  Wyoming  at the 
14   next  general  election  for  approval  or  rejection  to  become 
15   valid as a part of the Constitution if ratified by a majority 
16   of the electors at the election:

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2        Article 16, Section 5.  Limitation on municipal, county 
3   or school district debt.
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5   No city or town shall in any manner create any indebtedness 
6   exceeding four per cent (4%) of  the  assessed  value  of the 
7   taxable  property  therein,  except  that   an  additional 
8   indebtedness of four per cent (4%) of the assessed value of 
9   the  taxable  property  therein  may  be  created  for  sewage 
10   disposal  systems  as  the  legislature  may  by  law  prescribe. 
11   Indebtedness created for supplying water to cities or towns 
12   is excepted from the limitation herein.
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14   No  county  shall  in  any  manner  create  any  indebtedness 
15   exceeding two per cent (2%) of the taxable property therein.
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17   No school district shall in any manner create any indebtedness 
18   exceeding  ten per cent (10%) on  the  assessed  value  of  the 
19   taxable property therein for the purpose of acquiring land, 
20   erection, enlarging and equipping of school buildings.
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22   All  limitations  herein  shall  refer  to  the  last  preceding 
23   general assessment.

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2        Section 2.  That the Secretary of State shall endorse 
3   the following statement on the proposed amendment:
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5   This  amendment  will  remove  the  constitutionally  specified 
6   limit on  the  amount  of debt a  municipality can create for 
7   sewer projects and would allow the legislature to prescribe 
8   by law the debt limit for municipal sewer projects. 
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