(a)If the formation of the district is approved the board
of county commissioners shall enter a finding to that effect
upon its records after which the district shall be considered to
be established and shall be empowered through its governing
board of directors to acquire personal property and equipment
for control purposes by gift, devise, bequest, donation, or
purchase and to enter into contracts for the acquisition by
purchase or lease, or otherwise, of personal property and
equipment; to convey, lease and otherwise dispose of its
property for flood control purposes and to establish sinking
funds for the replacement of worn out or obsolete equipment; and
upon the vote of a majority of the voters of the district voting
at an election held as provided by W.S. 22-21-101 through
22-21-112
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(a) If the formation of the district is approved the board
of county commissioners shall enter a finding to that effect
upon its records after which the district shall be considered to
be established and shall be empowered through its governing
board of directors to acquire personal property and equipment
for control purposes by gift, devise, bequest, donation, or
purchase and to enter into contracts for the acquisition by
purchase or lease, or otherwise, of personal property and
equipment; to convey, lease and otherwise dispose of its
property for flood control purposes and to establish sinking
funds for the replacement of worn out or obsolete equipment; and
upon the vote of a majority of the voters of the district voting
at an election held as provided by W.S. 22-21-101 through
22-21-112, the district shall be empowered to issue bonds for
the purpose of purchasing equipment and supplies and for the
operational expense of the district.
(b) A district established under this act shall acquire
and hold property in the name of ".... Flood Control District of
.... County", state of Wyoming, and the name and a record
thereof shall be entered upon the board of county commissioners'
records of said county of the establishment of said district,
such name to be selected by the board of directors of the
district, and said district as established shall have power to
sue and be sued by such name.
(c) The election of officers shall be held at the same
time as the election for formation of the district. At the
election a board of six (6) directors shall be elected by
written ballot, who shall serve without compensation to govern
the affairs of the district until the first subsequent director
election pursuant to W.S. 22-29-112. At that election two (2)
members of the board shall be elected for one (1) year, two (2)
for two (2) years, and two (2) for three (3) years, so that each
succeeding year the term of two (2) members will expire and two
(2) members will be elected for a three (3) year term. Each year
the board shall elect one (1) of its members
secretary-treasurer. Before the secretary-treasurer enters on
the discharge of his duties, he shall execute to the state of
Wyoming, a bond with an approved corporate surety or three (3)
or more sufficient sureties, to be approved by the district
board of directors and in such penal sum as they may direct,
which bond with the approval of the board endorsed thereon by
their president, shall be filed in the office of the county
clerk. It is further directed that four (4) members of this
board shall constitute a quorum and that no business shall
transpire without a quorum in attendance. Any expenditure of
funds shall be made only by signed vouchers bearing the
signatures of both president and secretary-treasurer.
(d) At least thirty (30) days prior to the time for annual
levy of general taxes by the board of county commissioners of
the county wherein any such district is situated, the board of
directors of such district shall certify to the board of county
commissioners the amount of special mill levy, provided for in
W.S. 41-3-803, which said district board considers necessary for
district operations during the following year.