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HJ0001 • 2009

City and county unification.

A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to amend the Wyoming Constitution to allow the legislature to provide for a procedure and laws governing unification of counties and municipalities; defining unified governments as counties for taxation and revenue purposes; requiring a vote; and defining unified governments as municipalities for purposes of Article 13 of the constitution.

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Corporations
Last action
2009-03-03
Official status
inactive
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2009-03-03 House

    H Died In Committee

  2. 2009-01-13 House

    H Received for Introduction

  3. 2009-01-13 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H07; No Report Prior to CoW Cutoff

  4. 2008-12-09 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT
2009
STATE OF
WYOMING
09LSO-0095

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
NO.
HJ0001

City and county
unification
.

Sponsored by:
Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Interim Committee

A BILL

for

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing to amend the Wyoming Constitution
to allow the legislature to provide for a procedure and laws governing unification of counties and municipalities; defining unified governments as counties for taxation and revenue purposes;
requiring a vote;
and defining unified governments as municipalities for purposes of Article 13 of the constitution.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
,
two-thirds of all the members of the two houses, voting separately, concurring therein:

Section 1.
The following proposal to amend Wyoming Constitution, Article
14
, Section
6
is proposed for submission to the electors of the State of
Wyoming
at the next general election for approval or rejection to become valid as a part of the Constitution if ratified by a majority of the electors at the election:

Article 14, Section 6.

Consolidation of offices
.

(a)

Whenever practicable the legislature may, and whenever the same can be done without detriment to the public service, shall consolidate offices in state, county and municipalities respectively, and whenever so consolidated, the duties of such additional office shall be performed under an ex officio title.

(b)

The legislature may establish through general law a procedure and laws governing the unification of counties and municipalities. A unified government shall be recognized under this constitution and the laws of the state as a county for purposes of taxation and revenues and as a municipality for
all other purposes
.
Any procedure adopted by the legislature shall include a requirement for a vote of the electors of the affected county and municipalities.

Section 2.
That the Secretary of State shall endorse the following statement on the proposed amendment:

The passage of this amendment would
allow the legislature to
create a method to combine county and municipal governments. The combined governmental entity would be like a county for tax and revenue purposes and like a municipality for all other purposes. No combination may occur without a vote of the people
.

(END)

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