Conservation district levy.

2015
STATE OF WYOMING
15LSO-0293
Numbered
2.1

HOUSE BILL

NO.
HB0084

Conservation district levy.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Eklund, Larsen, McKim, Moniz and Zwonitzer, Dn. and Senator(s) Christensen, Driskill, Emerich and Hicks

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to conservation districts; providing for elections for the imposition of both a general conservation tax and a water specific purpose tax; 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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133(a) and 11
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134(c)(intro)
are amended to read:

11
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133.

Tax levied on property in district; maximum amount; soil and water conservation fund; other appropriation authorized.

(a)

Subject to W.S. 11
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134, the county commissioners may annually levy a tax to carry out this act. The tax shall be levied upon all property in the district and shall not exceed one (1) mill on each one dollar ($1.00) of assessed valuation

for a general conservation tax
and one (1) mill on each one
dollar
($1.00)
of assessed valuation for a water specific purpose tax
. The tax is not part of the general county or city mill levies. The tax shall be levied and collected as other county taxes and the county treasurer shall remit the taxes collected to the district to a separate fund to be known as the
general

conservation district fund

or the water specific purpose fund
, which
funds

shall be used only to carry out the purposes of this act.

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134.

Imposition of tax; vote of electors required.

(c)

Subject to the limitation of subsection (b) of this section, the proposition to impose a tax under this act shall be submitted on an election date authorized under
W.S. 22
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103, or by mail ballot pursuant to W.S. 22
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115 and 22
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116. A notice of election shall be given by the county clerk in at least one (1) newspaper of general circulation published in the county wherein the election is to be held and shall specify the object of the election

for a general conservation tax, a water specific purpose tax or both taxes separately
. The notice shall be published at least once each week for a thirty (30) day period preceding the election. At the election the ballots
for the general conservation tax

shall contain the words "for the conservation district tax" and "against the conservation district tax"

and the ballots for the water specific purpose tax shall
contain the words
"for the conservation, development, utilization, flood prevention and disposal of water within the district" and "against the conservation, development, utilization, flood prevention and disposal of water within the district"
. Upo
n the initial submission of
either
the
general

conservation district tax

or the water specific purpose tax
, or any renewal thereof, after July 1, 1995, the conservation district board of supervisors shall choose one (1) of the following options and the words of the chosen option shall
be clearly printed in the appropriate area on the election ballot:

Section
2
.

This
act is effective July 1,
2015
.

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