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ORIGINAL SENATE
FILE

NO.
0020

ENROLLED ACT NO. 29, SENATE

SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2014 BUDGET SESSION

AN ACT relating to local government notice publications; amending requirements for local government notices and publications; providing for online publications; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.
W.S. 11
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104(a), 12
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104(a), 18
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516 by creating a new subsection (f), 22
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102(a), 24
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110(a), 24
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204(a), 24
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109(a) and 41
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921 are amended to read:

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104.

District board of directors; appointment; terms; vacancies; compensation and expenses.

(a)

The county commissioners of each district shall hold a public meeting for appointing a district board of directors for the district. Prior to the meeting the county commissioners shall establish the number of members of the district board and shall establish district board member areas. The county commissioners may seek the advice and counsel of the members of the former district board for the establishment of district board member areas. Each district board member area shall be contiguous. Notice of the meeting shall be advertised
at least once
in the

designated
official newspaper of the county
at least two (2) times before the date of the meeting, with the last publication being

and posted on the county's
official
website in the manner provided in W.S. 18
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516(f)
at least
ten (10)

twenty (20)
days prior to the date of the meeting. The notice shall solicit nominations for directors by petition signed by at least ten (10) landowners to be submitted at least five (5) days before the date of the meeting.

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104.

Publication of notice; grant or denial; renewal preference; copy of application and notice to commission; judicial review.

(a)

When an application for a license, permit, renewal or any transfer of location or ownership thereof has been filed with a licensing authority, the clerk shall promptly prepare a notice of application, place the notice conspicuously upon the premises shown by the application as the proposed place of sale and publish the notice in a newspaper of local circulation once a week for
four (4)

two (2)
consecutive weeks.

When a county is the licensing authority, the county clerk shall also post the notice on the official website of the county in the manner provided in W.S 18
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516(f). When a city or town is the licensing authority, the city clerk shall also post the notice on the city or town's official website if one exists.

The notice shall state that a named applicant has applied for a license, permit, renewal or transfer thereof, and that protests against the issuance, renewal or transfer of the license or permit will be heard at a designated meeting of the licensing authority.

Each applicant shall, at the time of filing his application, pay the clerk an amount sufficient to cover the costs of publishing notice. Notices may be substantially in the following form:

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A ....

Notice is hereby given that on the .... day of .... (year) (name of applicant) filed an application for a .... license (permit), in the office of the clerk of the city (or town or county) of .... for the following described place (and room) (insert description) and protests, if any there be, against the issuance (transfer or renewal) of the license (permit) will be heard at the hour of ....M., on
the .... day of .... (year), in the (meeting place of the governing body).

Dated ....
Signed ....

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516.

Publication of proceedings; publication of names, salaries and wages of certain officials and employees.

(f)

For all publications required by statute to be posted on a county's
official
website, the publication shall be posted at times required for publication in a
designated official
newspaper.
Until June 30, 2016, each board of county commissioners shall cause to be published in the
designated
official newspaper once per month, no less than twelve (12) times per year, a general public notice pertaining to access to county information. After June 30, 2016, this general public notice shall be published at least once per year.

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102.

Change in precinct boundary.

(a)

A precinct boundary shall not be changed unless a notice describing all proposed changes is
posted on the county's
official
website in the manner provided in W.S. 18
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516(f) and
published once a week for
three (3)

two (2)
consecutive weeks in
a

the
designated
official
newspaper
of
general circulation

in
the county.

The board shall also mail by certified mail return receipt requested copy of this notice to the county chairman of each political party in the county not later than fifteen (15) days before the meeting at which the proposed changes will be discussed. A proposed change in a precinct boundary may be finalized by the board only at the designated meeting. Each precinct shall be designated by number.

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110.

Notice of location of road to be published or posted; notice by mail to property owners.

(a)

Notice shall be published of the proposed location or alteration of any road
by posting on the county's
official
website in the manner provided in W.S. 18
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516(f) and by publication
for
three (3)

two (2)
successive weeks in
three (3) successive issues of some

the
designated
official newspaper
published in

of
the county
,
if any such there be, and if no newspaper be published therein, such notice shall be posted in at least three (3) public places along the line of said proposed or altered road,

which notice may be in the following form:

To all to whom it may concern: The Board of County Commissioners have decided to locate (or alter, as the case may be) a road commencing at .... in .... County, Wyoming, running thence (here describe in general terms the points and courses thereof), and terminating at .... .

All objections thereto or claims for damages by reason thereof must be filed in writing with the county clerk of said county, before noon on the .... day of .... A.D. .... or such road will be established (or altered) without reference to such objections or claims for damages.

....................
County Clerk
Dated .... A.D.

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204.

Notice of identification to be published.

(a)

Prior to adoption of a resolution identifying county roads in any area in the county, notice of the proposed identification shall be
posted on the county's
official
website in the manner provided in W.S. 18
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516(f) and
published for
four (4)

two (2)
successive weeks in
four
(4)

successive issues in a

the
designated
official
newspaper
of

general circulation in
the county in substantially the following form:

NOTICE OF IDENTIFICATION OF COUNTY ROADS UNDER
W.S.

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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The Board of County Commissioners intends to identify county roads in the following areas of .... (name of county) county under the identification procedure contained in W.S. 24
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201 through 24
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206: (general description of areas described in the map, i.e. USGS Quad map, section, township, range, etc.)

The only county roads in the township which shall exist after this identification procedure are described as follows:

(Road name, road number or petition number)

All other county roads within the area identified in the map which are not described above shall be accordingly vacated upon adoption of the resolution for identification. All objections to or claims for damage by reason of this identification procedure shall be filed in writing with the county clerk of this county before 12:00 noon on the .... day of .... (not less than thirty (30) days after publication of the
fourth

second
notice) or the county roads will be vacated as indicated without reference to the objections or claims.

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109.

Notice of proposed location of road; form of notice; publication; posting; registered mail.

(a)

Notice shall be published of the proposed location of such road
by posting on the county's
official
website in the manner provided in W.S. 18
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516(f) and by publishing
once weekly for
three (3)

two (2)
successive weeks in the

designated
official newspaper
published in said

of the
county,
if any there be, and if no newspaper be published therein such notice shall be posted in at least three (3) public places along the line of such proposed industrial road,
which notice shall be in the following form:

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The Board of the
County

Commissioners
have decided to locate a road commencing at .... in .... County,
Wyoming
, running thence (here describe in general terms the points and courses thereof), and terminating at ..... All objections thereto or claims for damages by reason thereof must be filed in writing with the
County

Clerk
of said county, before noon on the .... day of ...., (year), or such road will be established without reference to such objections or claims for damages.

Dated ....
County

Clerk
.............

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921.

Publication of notice of sale.

The board of commissioners shall give notice of the sale by
posting on the county's
official
website in the manner provided in W.S. 18-3-516(f) and by
publication for at least
three (3)

two (2)
weeks in
some

the
designated
official

newspaper
published in the office

of the

county and in any other newspaper at its discretion.

Section 2.
This act is effective July 1, 2014.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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