§ 22-29-601 — 22-29-103. Applicability to special districts; general provisions

(a) This act applies to the following districts as
specified in subsection (b) of this section:
(i) Special cemetery districts;
(ii) Conservation districts;
(iii) Fire protection districts, including county
commission fire protection districts;
(iv) Flood control districts;
(v) Hospital districts;
(vi) Improvement and service districts;
(vii) Special museum districts;
(viii) Rural health care districts;
(ix) Sanitary and improvement districts;
(x) Water and sewer districts;
(xi) Watershed improvement districts;
(xii) Resort districts;
(xiii) Senior health care districts;
(xiv) Other districts as specified by law.
(b) This act specifies requirements pertaining to
elections and changes in the organization of the districts
listed in subsection (a) of this section where the principal act
is silent or unclear. Except as provided by W.S. 22-29-202(c)
and 22-29-401(b) and (c), the specific provisions of a principal
act are effective and controlling to the extent they conflict
with this act.
(c) If a proposed district crosses county boundaries, then
any required filing with a county clerk shall be filed with or
certified to the county clerks of the counties affected. Any
action required or permitted by this act, a principal act or
applicable rules to be undertaken by a county commission or the
county commissioners shall be undertaken jointly by the county
commissioners for each county involved. In undertaking joint
action, each county commissioner's vote shall be weighted in
proportion to the number of county commissioners and the
population of electors of the district residing within that
commissioner's county. The population of electors shall be
determined by the most recent voter registration lists. Any
consultation required of the county assessor or county treasurer
shall be made jointly by the county assessor or county treasurer
of all the affected counties.
(d) If a district is authorized to promulgate rules and
regulations or adopt ordinances or bylaws, the district shall
file any rules and regulations it promulgates, ordinances or
bylaws it adopts and any amendments thereto with the county
clerk for each county in which it is located. No rule,
regulation, ordinance or bylaw shall be effective unless filed
in accordance with this subsection.
(e) All special districts shall file a copy of the
document authorizing formation or modification of boundaries, a
citation to the law under which it is formed and a copy of an
official map or legal description designating the geographical
boundaries of the district or the changes to its geographical
boundaries with the department of revenue, the county assessor
and the county clerk in the county or counties within which the
entity is located in accordance with the department's rules
adopted pursuant to W.S. 39-11-102(c)(xxiv) regarding tax
districts and as follows:
(i) Within ten (10) business days after the effective
date of formation; and
(ii) Annually, by a date determined by the
department, if a special district has changes to its
geographical boundaries by enlargement, merger, consolidation,
exclusion or dissolution in the preceding year.
(f) The department of revenue in adopting rules
implementing the provisions of subsection (e) of this section
may accept in lieu of a document authorizing the original
formation of a district a statement of the district secretary
stating that the document is unavailable together with a map or
other description of the current boundaries of the district
which allows the department to accurately ascertain the property
within the district.