§ 18-15-102 — Formation of district; mill levy

Wyoming § 18-15-102

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 18: Counties
• Ch. 15: SENIOR CITIZEN SERVICE DISTRICTS

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(a) A senior citizen service district, with boundaries of
any area within county boundaries, may be formed in any county
as provided by this chapter.
(b) Any board of county commissioners shall submit the
question of establishing a special district to the county clerk
not later than the first Monday in June in even-numbered years
for submission of the question of establishing the special
district to the resident electors of the proposed district at
the next primary election if:
(i) A majority of the board of county commissioners
adopt a resolution favoring establishing a district; or
(ii) The board of county commissioners receives a
petition for the establishment of a special district signed by
qualified electors resident in the proposed district equal in
number to at least fifteen percent (15%) of the voters resident
in the proposed district who voted in the last general election.
The county clerk shall verify the signatures before
consideration by the board pursuant to this paragraph. The
petition shall state:
(A) The proposed name of the district;
(B) A description of the territory proposed to
be organized as a district, which description need not be given
by metes and bounds or by legal subdivisions, but is sufficient
if generally accurate;
(C) A request that the board of county
commissioners define the boundaries for the district. When more
than one (1) petition is filed covering parts of the same
territory, the board may consolidate all or any such petitions,
or may exclude from any petition areas in conflict with another
petition or petitions.
(c) The ballot proposition for formation of a district
shall appear substantially as follows:
Shall the (name of district) senior citizen service
district be established with a maximum levy of .... mills (not
to exceed two (2) mills) to be imposed on the taxable property
 
of the district? Yes No
(d) If the proposition to authorize a mill levy is
approved by the qualified electors of the proposed district
under subsection (c) of this section, the proposition to impose
a levy in the same or at a different amount not to exceed two
(2) mills, shall be submitted to the resident electors within
the proposed district at the first general election held four
(4) years after the election authorizing the district and every
four (4) years thereafter, until defeated. If the proposition to
impose or continue a mill levy is defeated, the proposition
shall not be submitted to the electors for a period of not less
than one (1) year.