HB0089 • 2020

Improvement and service districts-financial enforcement.

AN ACT relating to improvement and service districts; providing a limitation on the imposition of fees, charges, mill levies, taxes and other assessments; providing exceptions; and providing for an effective date.

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Did Not Pass

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

Sponsor: Representative Stith
Last action: 2020-03-09
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2020

Plain English Breakdown

Official source material does not provide a detailed summary or text of the bill's content beyond what was provided, so some details are inferred from the title and official status.

Improvement and Service Districts Financial Enforcement Act

The bill sets limits on fees, charges, taxes, and other assessments that improvement and service districts can impose on landowners.

What This Bill Does

Creates a rule limiting the total amount of fees, charges, mill levies, taxes, and other assessments an improvement or service district can charge to what was stated in their original formation petition.
Allows these limitations to be changed by a majority vote from qualified voters within the district.
Exempts bond payments from this limitation rule.

Who It Names or Affects

Improvement and service districts
Landowners within improvement and service districts

Terms To Know

Mill levy: A tax rate used to calculate property taxes based on the value of land.
Petition for formation: The document that starts the process of creating an improvement or service district, outlining its purpose and proposed fees.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass in the session.
It is unclear how many districts will be affected by this rule change.

Bill History

2020-03-09 Senate
S COW:S Did not consider for COW
2020-03-04 Senate
S Placed on General File
2020-03-04 Senate
S03 - Revenue:Recommend Do Pass 3-2-0-0-0
2020-02-27 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S03 - Revenue
2020-02-19 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2020-02-19 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 56-2-2-0-0
2020-02-18 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2020-02-17 House
H COW:Passed
2020-02-14 House
H Placed on General File
2020-02-14 House
H07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
2020-02-11 House
H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations 59-0-1-0-0
2020-02-07 House
H Received for Introduction
2020-02-03 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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20LSO-0425
2020
STATE OF WYOMING
20LSO-0425
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0089

Improvement and service districts-financial enforcement.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Stith, Eyre and Jennings

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to improvement and service districts; providing a limitation on the imposition of fees, charges, mill levies, taxes and other assessments; providing exceptions; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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W.S. 18
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142 is created to read:

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Limitation on fees, charges, mill levies, taxes and other assessments; exceptions.

(a)

Except as otherwise provided in this section, a district shall not impose any fee, charge, mill levy, tax or other assessment, or adopt a budget that results in imposition of the same, that when aggregated would create a payment burden on landowners within the district that exceeds any limit stated in the district's original petition for formation on the maximum fee, charge, mill levy, tax or other assessment that may be imposed by the district. A fee, charge, mill levy, tax or other assessment that results in a payment obligation of a landowner shall be calculated as a dollar amount and added with all fees, charges, mill levies, taxes and other assessments, however designated, to determine the total payment burden of the landowner.

(b)

Any limitation stated in a district's original petition for formation on the maximum fee, charge, mill levy, tax or other assessment that may be imposed by the district:

(i)

Shall be calculated as a dollar amount determined at the time of the imposition for purposes of subsection (a) of this section;

(ii)

Shall apply to any local improvement district created under W.S. 18
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(iii)

Shall be enforceable by a landowner within the district;

(iv)

May be eliminated, reduced or increased if approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the district in the same manner as provided in W.S. 18
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(c)

The prohibition in subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to an assessment imposed for the payment of any bond issued pursuant to this act.

Section 2.

W.S. 18
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Definitions.

(a)

As used in this act:

(xi)

"This act" means W.S. 18
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Section 3
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This act is effective July 1, 2020
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