§ 18-12-102 — Definitions

Wyoming § 18-12-102

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 18: Counties
• Ch. 12: IMPROVEMENT AND SERVICE DISTRICTS

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(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Assessed value" means the total assessed value
of real property within the district. Assessed value shall be
determined from the last assessment roll of the county within
which the district is located;
(ii) "Board" means the board of directors of an
improvement and service district;
(iii) "Bonds" means bonds, warrants, notes or other
evidences of indebtedness of an improvement and service
district;
(iv) "Charges" means fees, tolls, rates and rentals;
(v) "Commissioners" means the board of county
commissioners;
(vi) "District" means an improvement and service
district as organized under the terms of this act;
(vii) "Elector" or "voter" means a person who is a
qualified elector or an owner of land in the district, including
any corporation, partnership or association owning land in the
district provided the individual who casts the vote for a
corporation, partnership or association presents the election
judge with a written authorization to vote for the corporation,
partnership or association. No person is a qualified elector who
is under eighteen (18) years of age, a mentally incompetent
person, or who has been convicted of a felony and his civil or
voting rights have not been restored. In applying provisions of
the Special District Elections Act of 1994 to this act, the
terms "elector" or "voter" shall include qualified electors and
landowners;
(viii) "Improvement" means and includes buildings,
structures and all facilities of a public nature intended for
public use, including but not limited to streets, sidewalks,
curbs, gutters, alleys and other public ways, parks,
recreational facilities, water, sewage, solid waste disposal and
other sanitary systems and facilities, and with respect to the
foregoing, such additional facilities or improvements as relate
or contribute to the full public use and enjoyment thereof;
(ix) "Service" means:
(A) The operation and maintenance of
improvements and any other service authorized by this act; or
(B) The provision of emergency medical services.
(x) "Landowner" or "owner of land" means the person
or persons holding a majority interest in the record fee title
to one (1) or more parcels of real property or a person or the
persons who are obligated to pay general property taxes under a
contract to purchase real property;
(xi) "This act" means W.S. 18-12-101 through
18-12-141;
(xii) "Written authorization" means an affidavit
filed with the election official conducting the election setting
forth a general legal description of the property owned, the
street or common name address for the property, the name or
names of all owners of the property described, and a statement
that the person signing the written authorization is the only
person having authority to act on behalf of the owner or owners
of the property.