§ 18-15-111 — Fund; disposition of revenue; contract requirements; expansion of the provision of services

Wyoming § 18-15-111

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

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(a) The revenues collected under the tax levy authorized
by W.S. 18-15-110 shall be remitted by the county treasurer to
the district to a separate account and shall be used solely for
senior citizen programs or services authorized by this
subsection and for the payment of bond premiums authorized by
W.S. 18-15-108(b). For purposes of this section, senior citizen
programs or services are limited to the following:
(i) Establishment, expansion, renovation, improvement
or maintenance of facilities owned, occupied or to be occupied
by senior citizen centers and operational expenses of senior
citizen centers, including utilities and other recurring
expenses;
(ii) The continuation or the expansion of existing
programs or services, or the establishment of new programs or
services, provided by or through a senior citizen center
including but not limited to nutrition, health, mental health,
dementia services, in-home services, socialization or
transportation;
(iii) Participation in programs or services
administered through the aging division of the Wyoming
department of health, but only programs offered by the
department as of January 1, 2017;
(iv) Assistance to income based or income restricted
housing facilities within the district that are designated for
senior citizens and that are operated by the senior citizen
service district or another governmental entity to provide
affordable housing to senior citizens within the district.
Assistance under this subsection may include maintenance costs
and upgrades to address code or safety issues with the income
based or income restricted housing facilities.
(b) The district may provide directly or contract for the
provision of senior citizen programs or services. Contracts for
the provision of senior citizen programs or services shall:
(i) Require the provider, if an organization or
agency, to be incorporated under the laws of this state as a
nonprofit corporation prior to the receipt of any funds;
(ii) Specify the manner in which the funds are
expended and the programs or services provided; and
(iii) Require the provider of the programs or
services to present an annual budget for review to determine
compliance with this chapter and for approval by the district.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section,
any senior citizen service district seeking to expand the
services provided by the district using the revenues collected
under the tax levy authorized by W.S. 18-15-110 on or after July
1, 2023 shall not provide the additional programs or services
until the next time a ballot proposition to impose or renew a
mill levy is submitted to the resident electors as required by
this chapter. The question of the proposed expansion or addition
of district programs and services shall be included as a ballot
proposition on the ballot for imposing or renewing a mill levy.
(d) Between July 1, 2023 and the date on which a district
is required to renew a mill levy in accordance with this
chapter, a district may designate and provide additional senior
citizen service district programs or services under this
chapter. The provision of additional programs or services under
this subsection shall be in accordance with all of the
following:
(i) Before providing the additional services or
programs, the district shall:
(A) Determine the anticipated expenditures for
the proposed additional programs or services;
(B) Hold a public hearing on the proposed
additional programs or services;
(C) Publish a description of the proposed
additional programs or services and the date, time and place of
the public hearing not less than one (1) time in a newspaper of
general circulation in the district and not later than thirty
(30) days before the public hearing;
(D) Maintain a balance of not less than four
million dollars ($4,000,000.00) in the account established for
the district under subsection (a) of this section at the time
the additional programs or services are proposed.
(ii) The additional programs or services provided
under this subsection shall only use existing revenues of the
district;
(iii) The provision of additional programs or
services shall cease if the ballot proposition for providing the
additional programs or services is not adopted at the election
for imposing or renewing a mill levy under this chapter.