(a)Any power, privilege or authority exercised or capable
of being exercised by an agency may be exercised and enjoyed
jointly with any other agency having a similar power, privilege
or authority. No cost shall be incurred, debt accrued, nor money
expended by any contracting party, which will be in excess of
limits prescribed by law. If the cooperative tribal governing
body, the business council of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe or the
business council of the Northern Arapaho Tribe participates in a
joint powers board under this act with political subdivisions
and special districts of Wyoming, the powers of the cooperative
tribal governing body, the powers of the business council of the
Eastern Shoshone Tribe, the powers of the business council of
the Northern Arapaho Tribe, Wyoming political
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(a) Any power, privilege or authority exercised or capable
of being exercised by an agency may be exercised and enjoyed
jointly with any other agency having a similar power, privilege
or authority. No cost shall be incurred, debt accrued, nor money
expended by any contracting party, which will be in excess of
limits prescribed by law. If the cooperative tribal governing
body, the business council of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe or the
business council of the Northern Arapaho Tribe participates in a
joint powers board under this act with political subdivisions
and special districts of Wyoming, the powers of the cooperative
tribal governing body, the powers of the business council of the
Eastern Shoshone Tribe, the powers of the business council of
the Northern Arapaho Tribe, Wyoming political subdivisions and
Wyoming special districts are neither increased nor decreased by
that participation. Rather the participation of the cooperative
tribal governing body, the business council of the Eastern
Shoshone Tribe or the business council of the Northern Arapaho
Tribe is intended to facilitate implementation of programs and
projects designed to more effectively benefit Wyoming's
citizens.
(b) A county may enter into and operate under a joint
powers agreement with one (1) or more counties, cities, school
districts or community college districts for the performance of
any function that the county, city, school district or community
college district is authorized to perform, except the planning,
expansion, creation, financing or operation of municipally owned
electrical facilities.
(c) Specifically, without limiting but subject to the
provisions of subsection (a) of this section, two (2) or more
agencies may jointly plan, own, lease, assign, sell, create,
expand, finance and operate:
(i) Water including surface water drainage, sewerage,
water and soil conservation or solid waste facilities;
(ii) Recreational facilities;
(iii) Police protection agency facilities;
(iv) Fire protection agency facilities;
(v) Transportation systems facilities, including
airports;
(vi) Public school facilities;
(vii) Community college facilities;
(viii) Hospital and related medical facilities;
(ix) Courthouse and jail or administrative office
facilities;
(x) Public health facilities;
(xi) Electrical systems owned by municipalities prior
to March 1, 1975;
(xii) Rights-of-way for electric transmission
systems, oil and natural gas pipelines, telecommunications and
utilities. Any right-of-way acquired under the provisions of
this subsection shall follow an existing utility corridor
whenever practical;
(xiii) Municipal natural gas facilities and systems.
(d) Any city-county airport board heretofore organized and
operating pursuant to W.S. 10-5-101 through 10-5-204 shall be
deemed a joint powers board, and shall not be required to
reorganize as provided for by W.S. 16-1-106(a) but is subject to
all other provisions of this act.
(e) A governing body of an eligible senior citizen center
may enter into a joint powers agreement under this act in order
to participate in the local government self-insurance program as
provided in W.S. 1-42-201 through 1-42-206. An eligible senior
citizen center which enters into a joint powers agreement
pursuant to this subsection shall be bound by all provisions of
the agreement, but shall not be entitled to participate as a
member of the joint powers board.
(f) An agency may enter into an agreement with any
governmental entity of another state, as defined in W.S.
1-39-103(a)(viii), for purposes of operating a cooperative
public transportation program to transport passengers on one (1)
or more routes beginning in, ending in or passing through
Wyoming. Any agreement entered into under this subsection shall
only apply to the operation of a cooperative public
transportation program and shall be conditioned upon the other
state extending or agreeing to extend its governmental immunity
or other limitations of liability to any governmental entity of
Wyoming while operating a cooperative public transportation
program. As used in this subsection, "cooperative public
transportation program" means a not-for-profit program designed
to transport passengers to and from work or to another location
on a regularly scheduled basis using vehicles operated by an
agency or a governmental entity of another state.