Public recreation facilities.

WORKING DRAFT
2006
STATE OF
WYOMING
06LSO-0221.E1

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0057

Public recreation facilities.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s)
Warren
, Berger, Brown, Bucholz, Harshman,
Hinckley
, Pedersen, Simpson and Zwonitzer and Senator(s) Burns, Massie, Nicholas and Peck

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to recreational facilities; increasing the mill levy authorization for public recreation systems as specified; providing for election; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.
W.S. 18
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201(b) and by creating a new subsection (c) and 39
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104(d)(iii) are amended to read:

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201.

Recreational facilities and systems of public recreation; authority to establish and maintain; joint action by political subdivision; tax levies.

(b)

The board of county commissioners may levy and expend funds for recreational purposes.
Subject to subsection (c) of this section, a
ny levy imposed by a school district for recreational facilities and systems of public recreation shall not exceed
one (1) mill
two (2) mills
on the assessed valuation of a school district. A levy for recreational facilities and systems of public recreation imposed by a school district is in addition to the tax limitations stated in W.S. 21
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102.

(c)

The following provisions apply to imposition by a school district of more than one (1) mill levy authorized under subsection (b) of this section:

(i)

Not more than one (1) mill may be imposed by a school district under subsection (b) of this section unless the proposition to impose any additional levy is submitted to the vote of the qualified electors of the school district, and a majority of those casting their ballots vote in favor of imposing the additional levy. Any additional levy imposed under this paragraph shall commence in the calendar year next following the election approving the imposition of the tax.

The election to impose the additional levy shall be at the expense of the school district;

(ii)

The proposition may be submitted at an election held on a date authorized under W.S. 22
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103. A notice of election shall be given in at least one (1) newspaper of general circulation in the school district in which the election is to be held, and the notice shall specify the object of the election. The notice shall be published at least once each week for a thirty (30) day period preceding the election. At the election the ballots shall contain the words "for the additional recreation levy" and "against the additional recreation levy". If the proposition is approved the same proposition shall be submitted at every other subsequent general election as provided in this paragraph until the proposition is defeated;

(iii)

If the proposition to impose or continue the additional recreation levy is defeated the proposition shall not again be submitted to the electors of the school district for at least eleven (11) months. If the proposition is defeated following initial adoption of the proposition, the additional recreation levy is repealed and shall not be collected in the calendar year next following the election at which the proposition is defeated.

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Taxation rate.

(d)

There shall be annually levied and assessed upon the taxable value of property within the limits of
Wyoming
school districts the following school taxes when applicable:

(iii)

Not to exceed
one (1) mill
two (2) mills
for recreation purposes as provided by W.S. 18
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201;

Section 2.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

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