§ 22-21-110 — The number of electors required for a petition shall be determined by the number of votes cast at the last general election

Wyoming § 22-21-110

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 21: Education
• Ch. 18: COMMUNITY COLLEGES
• Art. 3: COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS

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(c) The community college district board shall pay all
costs incident to the election.
(d) The ballot in an election for annexation of any county
to an existing community college district shall state the
question in substantially the following form:
(i) "Shall .... County, Wyoming be annexed to the
established .... Community College District, giving ....
Community College District the authority to levy a tax not to
exceed four (4) mills on the assessed value of the county and in
addition, to impose a levy of .... mills (not to exceed five (5)
mills) on the assessed value of the county as previously
approved by the district electors and imposed under W.S.
21-18-311(f), all revenues of which shall be used for the
operation and maintenance of the Community College located at
...., Wyoming?"

Annexation and mill levy YES

Annexation and mill levy NO
(e) Only qualified voters residing within the county to be
annexed shall be allowed to vote in the election.
(f) If the annexation is approved by the voters of the
county to be annexed:
(i) The county clerk shall immediately notify the
county commissioners and the county commissioners shall levy the
special mill tax in the manner provided by law;
(ii) The community college district board shall
immediately and by resolution partition the enlarged district
into election subdistricts to provide for board representation
based upon population and shall designate the number of board
members to be elected from each subdistrict in accordance with
the population of the enlarged district and the respective
election subdistricts. In accordance with W.S. 21-18-308(a),
the board of the enlarged district shall be comprised of not
more than seven (7) members;
(iii) An election of members of the board of trustees
of the enlarged community college district shall be held as
determined by the board of county commissioners, on a date which
is not less than sixty (60) days following the date annexation
is approved based upon the apportionment by the board under
paragraph (f)(ii) of this section. Nominations to the board of
the enlarged district shall be submitted in substantially the
same manner as prescribed under W.S. 21-18-312(j) for initial
community college district boards and the election shall be
otherwise conducted as provided by law. Terms of office of
board members filled prior to the date annexation is approved
shall expire at 12:00 noon on the first day immediately
following the election of board members of the enlarged
district. Initial terms of trustees to be elected to the
enlarged community college district board shall begin on the
first day immediately following the election and shall be for
not less than two (2) or not less than four (4) years as
determined by the board as necessary to coincide with the terms
of office prescribed under W.S. 22-22-102. Not more than four
(4) initial members shall be elected for terms of not less than
four (4) years and the board shall designate and report to the
appropriate county clerk the length of term for each trustee
office to be filled in the election. Thereafter, all terms
shall be for four (4) years in accordance with W.S. 22-22-102;
(iv) The community college district board may
contract to provide educational programs to the annexed county.
(g) Notwithstanding W.S. 21-18-314, a majority of the
community college district board of an enlarged district may
submit the question of issuing general obligation bonds for
purposes enumerated under W.S. 21-18-314(a) to only the electors
of the county in which the buildings, facilities or equipment
are to be situated or to all electors of the enlarged district.
If the bonding question is submitted only to the electors of the
county in which the proposed facilities are to be located, the
four percent (4%) limitation prescribed under W.S. 21-18-314(a)
and the levy for payment of the bonds shall apply only to the
assessed value of the voting county. The provisions of W.S.
21-18-314 and 21-18-315 governing general obligation bonds
otherwise apply to any bonds issued under this section. A board
of an enlarged district shall not use revenues collected under
taxes imposed upon any annexed county for purposes of this
subsection to pay interest and principal on any bonded
indebtedness outstanding on or before the date of annexation.
(h) Annexation approved by the electors in accordance with
this section shall remain in effect unless within four (4) years
or by the second general election following initial adoption,
whichever is later, the proposition is again submitted to and
defeated by the electors of the annexed county. The proposition
for continuing annexation shall be submitted only at an election
held on a date authorized under W.S. 22-21-103 upon petition of
the electors in the manner prescribed for an initial petition
requesting annexation under subsection (b) of this section,
except community college district board approval of the petition
is not required prior to submission to the electors. If the
proposition is submitted to the electors of the annexed county,
the ballot shall state the question in substantially the
following form:
(i) "Shall .... County, Wyoming, remain annexed to
the established .... Community College District, extending ....
Community College District authority to levy a tax not to exceed
four (4) mills on the assessed value of the county for the
operation and maintenance of the Community College located at
...., Wyoming?"

Continued Annexation and Mill Levy YES

Continued Annexation and Mill Levy NO
(j) If a proposition for continuing annexation under
subsection (h) of this section is not approved, the county for
which continued annexation is not approved shall be eliminated
from the established community college district and:
(i) The county clerk shall immediately notify the
county commissioners and the special mill levy imposed upon the
assessed value of the county for the operation and maintenance
of the community college shall terminate effective the end of
that calendar year. This paragraph shall not apply to any levy
which may be imposed for the payment of general obligation bonds
issued by the enlarged district under subsection (g) of this
section;
(ii) Any buildings, facilities or equipment of the
community college district located within the county eliminated
from the district shall remain the property of that district;
(iii) Any contract to which the community college
district is a party and entered into prior to the defeat of
continued annexation shall remain in force and effect for the
period provided within the contract. The county commissioners
of any county eliminated from the district shall be subject to
any liability of the county under the contract;
(iv) An election of members of the board of trustees
of the reduced district shall be held as determined by the board
of county commissioners, on a date which is not less than sixty
(60) days following the date continued annexation is defeated.
The board of the reduced district shall be comprised of not more
than seven (7) members and the election shall be held in
accordance with law. Terms of office of board members filled
prior to the date continued annexation is defeated shall expire
at 12:00 noon of the first day immediately following the
election of board members of the reduced district. The initial
terms of office of trustees to be elected shall begin on the
first day immediately following the election and shall be
staggered in the manner prescribed under subsection (f) of this
section.
(k) An area smaller than a county cannot be removed from a
community college district.