Rural health care districts-mill levy.

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE

BILL

NO.
0145

ENROLLED ACT NO. 45, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTIETH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2009 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to
rural health care districts; increasing authorized mill levies upon
election requested by the board of trustees; providing for an election to levy additional taxes as specified;
and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

W.S. 35
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2
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708(c
)
and by creating new subsections (d) and (e)
and 39
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13
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104(e)(xi) are
amended to read:

35
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2
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708.

Administration of finances; assessment and levy of taxes.

(c)

The board of county commissioners, at the time of making the levy for county purposes shall levy a tax for that year upon the taxable property in the district in its county for its proportionate share based on assessed valuation of the estimated amount of funds needed by each rural health care district, but
, except as provided in this subsection,
in no case shall the tax for the district exceed in any one (1) year the amount of two (2) mills on each dollar of assessed valuation of the property
.

Up to an additional two (2) mills may be imposed
on each dollar of assessed valuation of the property if approved by the board of trustees and
if approved by the electors as provided in subsection (d) of this section.

(d)

If the board of trustees votes to increase the mill levy beyond two (2) mills as authorized by subsection (c) of this section, the board of county commissioners shall call an election within the district upon the question of whether the mill levy should be increased beyond two (2) mills. The election shall be called, conducted and canvassed as provided for bond elections by the Political Subdivision Bond Election Law, W.S. 22
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21
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101 through 22
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112, on the first date authorized under W.S. 22
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103 which is not less than sixty (60) days after the trustees vote to increase the mill levy beyond two (2) mills. In no event shall the tax in a district exceed in any one (1) year the amount of four (4) mills on each dollar of assessed valuation of property. The increase in mill levy is effective only if the question is approved by a majority of those voting thereon within the rural health care district. The cost of any special election under this subsection shall be borne by the board of trustees.

(e)

If the proposition to authorize an additional mill levy is approved, the same proposition or a proposition to impose a mill levy in a different amount, not to exceed two (2) mills, shall be submitted to the voters, until defeated, at the general election held every four (4) years thereafter. If the proposition to impose or continue the tax is defeated, the proposition shall not again be submitted to the electors for at least twenty-three (23) months.

39
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13
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104.

Taxation rate.

(e)

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

(xi)

Not to exceed
two (2)

four (4)
mills by a rural health care district as provided by W.S. 35
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2
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708(c);

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2009.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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