Municipal annexation.

WORKING DRAFT
2007
STATE OF
WYOMING
07LSO-0046

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0057

Municipal annexation.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Illoway, Gingery, McOmie and Olsen and Senator(s) Meier and Mockler

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to municipal annexations; prohibiting annexation of land adjacent or contiguous to certain properties owned and annexed by municipalities under specified circumstances; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
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Section 1.
W.S. 15
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407 is amended to read:

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407.

Annexing territories; when notice and public hearing not necessary; statement required.

If the city is the sole owner of any territory whether or not contiguous that it desires to annex, the governing body, by ord
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nance, may annex the territory to the city or town without notice or public hearing as provided in W.S. 15
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405 and without preparing the annexation report or providing the estimates required by W.S. 15
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402(c) and (e) and 15
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404(a)(ii)(C) and (D). All ordinances annexing terr
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tory without notice and public hearing shall contain a statement that the territory is solely owned by the pet
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tioning city or town
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, until property annexed pursuant to this subsection becomes contiguous to the city or town boundaries through additional annexations from the city or town boundaries no annexation shall occur from the property.

Section 2.
This act is effective July 1, 2007.

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