(a)As used in this act the following words or phrases
shall be defined as follows:
(i)"District" shall mean any district organized or
proposed to be organized in the case of organizational
provisions pursuant to this act;
(ii)"Water district" shall mean any district
organized to acquire any water project for the purpose of
supplying water for domestic purposes by any available means,
the treatment of such water, and its distribution, for which
purposes the district shall have power to acquire water rights,
treatment facilities and lines for a water system, and
appurtenant facilities, within and without its corporate limits;
(iii)"Sewer district" shall mean any district
organized to acquire any sewer project for the purpose of
providing sanitary sewers, treatment facilities, disposal pl
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(a) As used in this act the following words or phrases
shall be defined as follows:
(i) "District" shall mean any district organized or
proposed to be organized in the case of organizational
provisions pursuant to this act;
(ii) "Water district" shall mean any district
organized to acquire any water project for the purpose of
supplying water for domestic purposes by any available means,
the treatment of such water, and its distribution, for which
purposes the district shall have power to acquire water rights,
treatment facilities and lines for a water system, and
appurtenant facilities, within and without its corporate limits;
(iii) "Sewer district" shall mean any district
organized to acquire any sewer project for the purpose of
providing sanitary sewers, treatment facilities, disposal plant
or other treatment and disposal works, and appurtenant
facilities, or storm sewers, flood and surface drainage works,
and appurtenant facilities, or providing both such sanitary and
storm sewers, works and facilities, and providing all necessary,
proper or desirable equipment and appurtenances incident
thereto;
(iv) "Water and sewer district" shall mean any
district organized to acquire any such water and sewer project.
A district may or may not be created for a combination of water
and sewer purposes;
(v) "Board" shall mean the board of directors of a
district and shall be the governing legislative body thereof.
The board shall act whenever any other relevant act empowers or
requires action by the city council, town council or other
governing body of a municipality;
(vi) "Directors" shall mean the members of a board;
(vii) "Acquisition" or "acquire" shall mean the
acquisition by purchase, construction, installation,
reconstruction, condemnation, lease, rent, gift, grant, bequest,
devise, contract or other acquisition as may be deemed necessary
or desirable by the board, or any combination thereof;
(viii) "Improvement" or "improve" shall mean the
extension, betterment, alteration, reconstruction, repair or
other improvement as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the
board, or any combination thereof;
(ix) "Equipment" or "equip" shall mean furnishing all
necessary or desirable, related or appurtenant, facilities, or
any combination thereof;
(x) "Project" shall mean any structure, facility,
undertaking or system which a district is authorized to acquire,
improve, equip, maintain or operate. A project may consist of
all kinds of personal and real property, including but not
limited to land, improvements and fixtures thereon, property of
any nature appurtenant thereto or used in connection therewith,
and every estate, interest and right therein, legal or
equitable, including terms for years, or any combination
thereof;
(xi) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.
(xii) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.
(xiii) An "election" authorized under this act shall
be held, conducted and governed as nearly as practicable
according to the Special District Elections Act of 1994 as
supplemented by this act;
(A) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.
(B) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.
(C) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.
(D) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.
(E) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.
(F) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.
(G) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.
(H) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.
(J) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.
(xiv) "Publication" or "publish" for provisions other
than election provisions, shall mean publication for at least
once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks by three (3) weekly
insertions in at least one (1) newspaper of general circulation
in the district, the first publication in the district being at
least fifteen (15) days prior to the designated time or event.
It shall not be necessary that publication be made on the same
day of the week in each of the three (3) calendar weeks, but not
less than fourteen (14) days shall intervene between the first
publication and the last publication, and publication shall be
complete on the day of the last publication. Publication
requirements for any election under this act shall be as
specifically provided in this act, or if not specifically
provided in this act, as required in the Special District
Elections Act of 1994;
(xv) A "resolution" adopted by at least a majority of
the directors present constituting a quorum in meeting duly
assembled, unless the bylaws of the district require a greater
number, shall constitute the formal written instrument by which
a board shall act in the exercise of any legislative power or
upon a permanent matter, or both. Otherwise a board may act by
resolution or verbal motion so adopted. Whenever any other
relevant act empowers or requires action by ordinance of the
city council, town council or other governing body of a
municipality, the board shall act by resolution;
(xvi) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.
(xvii) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.
(b) For purposes of this act and application of the
Special District Elections Act of 1994 to this act, the term
"electors" or "voters" include qualified electors as defined in
W.S. 22-29-104(a)(v) and landowners as defined in W.S.
22-29-104(a)(ii).