County officials-administrative and fiscal duties.

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE

BILL

NO.
0006

ENROLLED ACT NO. 9, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTIETH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2010 BUDGET SESSION

AN ACT relating to
county
officials
;

providing for delayed preparation of annual statements; providing for timing of payment of taxes, fines and fees collected by county officers; providing for appointment of a secretary for
planning and zoning commissions
; modifying certain publication requirements; repealing requirement of county clerks to compile jury list information;
and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

W.S. 1
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106(a), 1
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128, 1
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129, 18
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515, 18
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814 and 18
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202(a) are amended to read:

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106.

Jury list; preparation of ballots for jury box; drawing jury panel; certificate and summons.

(a)

The list of persons qualified to serve as trial jurors,
certified and delivered to the clerk of the district court in accordance with W.S. 18-3-402 or a list of persons
compiled
under an alternate procedure
pursuant to W.S. 1
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11
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129, is the base jury list for the district court and the circuit court from April 1 of the year in which the list is certified and delivered through March 31 of the following year. By order of the district judge or circuit judge, for their respective courts, the base jury list may be expanded by including some other source or sources of names in addition to voter lists. After the list is delivered and supplemented when applicable, suitable ballots shall be prepared and deposited in a box known as and plainly marked "jury box number one". Upon order of the court, the clerk of the district court, sheriff and county treasurer shall draw from jury box number one a panel of trial jurors, which shall contain such number of names as specified by the court.

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128.

Preparation of jury lists in new counties.

In new counties organized under the laws of Wyoming where no official register of voters for the new county exists, the board of county commissioners of the new county may demand from the county clerk of any county from which the new county was wholly or partially organized, a certified list of the names and addresses of the registered voters residing in that portion of the preexisting county which is included in the new county. The county clerk of the new county shall as soon as practicable compile and deliver to the clerk of court of the new county a list of qualified jurors
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, and shall thereafter update the jury list, all as provided in W.S. 18
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402.

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129.

P
rocedure
for maintaining jury lists, ballots and jury boxes
.

The procedures for compiling and maintaining of jury lists, jury ballots and jury boxes, and for drawing jurors, may be
modified

set
by the court to permit the compilation and maintenance of jury lists and ballots and for the drawing of jurors by any manual, mechanical, electronic or other means calculated to insure the integrity of the system and a random selection process.

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515.

Preparation and publication of annual statements.

Each board of county commissioners at their regular July meeting shall
have prepared

request
a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the county during the preceding twelve (12) months setting forth the source and amount of all receipts and the purpose and the amount of all expenditures

to be prepared upon reconciliation of all accounts by the county treasurer and county clerk, not later than September 30
.

The statement shall be signed by the chairman and clerk of the board and shall be published at least
two (2) times

in a newspaper
printed
of general circulation

in the county, or if there is none, by posting the statement in three (3) public places in the county.

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814.

Officers to pay over monies and prepare statement for commissioners monthly; forfeiture.

Every
district attorney and
elected or appointed county
or precinct
officer required or permitted to receive and pay to the county treasurer any taxes, fines, fees or other monies shall no later than the twenty
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fifth day of each month
following the month of collection
pay the same to the county treasurer and take his official receipt therefor. If the money has not been deposited by the twenty
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fifth day of the month
following the month of collection,
the
district, county or precinct officer shall forfeit to the county twenty
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five dollars ($25.00) a day for each day after the twenty
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fifth day of the month during which no deposits are made

elected or appointed county officer shall be reported by the county treasurer to the board of county commissioners at their next meeting
. Each
district,

elected or appointed
county
or precinct
officer shall prepare a monthly statement showing the source of all monies received by him and file it with the county clerk for presentation to the board of county commissioners.

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202.

Planning and zoning commission; composition; residency requirements, terms and removal of members; vacancies; rules; record; meetings to be public; secretary; preparation and amendments; purpose; certifications and hearing; amendments.

(a)

Each board of county commissioners may by resolution create and establish a planning and zoning commission. The commission shall be composed of five (5) members appointed by the board at least three (3) of whom shall reside in the unincorporated area of the county, provided that this provision shall not affect the membership composition of any existing commission. The terms of the members appointed to the first planning and zoning commission shall be of such length and so arranged that the terms of one (1) member will expire each year, and thereafter each member shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years. Any member of the commission may be removed for cause other than politics or religion and after public hearing by the board of county commissioners. If a vacancy occurs in the commission the board of county commissioners shall fill the vacancy by appointment for the unexpired term. The planning and zoning commission shall organize within thirty (30) days after its establishment, shall adopt rules for the transaction of its business and keep a record of its actions and determinations. Three (3) members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All meetings, records and accounts of the commission shall be public.
The county clerk shall serve as secretary to the commission.

The board of county commissioners shall designate the county clerk, another county employee or a member of the planning and zoning commission to serve as secretary to the commission. The secretary shall keep the record of commission actions in accordance with statute.

Section
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W.S. 18
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402(a)(xix) is repealed.

Section
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This act is effective immediately upon co
m
pletion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constit
u
tion.
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(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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