§ 15-7-206 — Sale of power plant; election procedure; ballot; vote required

(a) If a written proposal to purchase a city or town owned
works or plant for generating or distributing electrical energy
for light, heat or power, is filed with the city or town clerk
by any bona fide manufacturer or distributor of electricity in
the state of Wyoming, the governing body, if in their judgment
it appears to be in the best interests of the inhabitants of the
city or town to sell the works or plant, may provide for
submitting the question to the qualified electors of the city or
town. The question shall be submitted to both property and
nonproperty owners either at the next regular municipal election
or at a special election called for that purpose. The election
shall be called and conducted in the same manner as other city
or town elections, except as otherwise provided in this section.
(b) The official ballot shall contain the words "For Sale
of Municipal Light Plant" and "Against Sale of Municipal Light
Plant" and shall have a square to the right of each proposition.
The elector shall express his vote by putting a cross in the
square opposite the proposition he favors. If a majority of the
legal votes cast upon the proposition in each ballot box are for
the sale, the proposition is approved by the people, and the
governing body shall take appropriate proceedings to consummate
the sale. If the majority of ballots in either box is against
the proposed sale, it shall not be concluded.