Education funds used for litigation.

2017
STATE OF WYOMING
17LSO-0427
Introduced
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SENATE FILE

NO.

SF0135

Education funds used for litigation.

Sponsored by:
Senator(s) Burns, Bebout, Dockstader, Driskill and Landen and Representative(s) Burkhart, Lindholm and Walters

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to school districts; prohibiting specified expenditures of funds by school districts; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

W.S. 21
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3
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111(
a)(i), (iv) and by creating a new subsection (d) is amended to read:

21
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3
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111
.

Powers
of boards of trustees.

(a)

The board of trustees in each school district within the state may:

(
i
)

Except as prohibited by subsection (d) of this section, s
ue and be sued in the name by which the district is designated;

(iv)

Except
as prohibited by subsection (d) of this section, e
mploy legal counsel and bear the cost of litigation;

(d)

Notwithstanding paragraphs (a)(i) and (iv) of this section, W.S. 1
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37
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101 through 1
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37
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115 or any other provision of law, a school district board of trustees shall not directly or indirectly expend any funds of the school district for legal fees or other expenses in an action maintained by the district or by any other person against the state, political subdivision of the state or elected state official which challenges or questions the constitutionality or administration of the state's public school finance system, except in support of the state.

Section

2
.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the
Wyoming Constitution
.

(END)

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