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HB0012 • 2021

Bond elections.

AN ACT relating to bond elections; requiring that bond elections only be held during general elections; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

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Inactive

Wyoming marks this bill as inactive, which usually means it is no longer moving in the current session.

Sponsor
Representative Styvar
Last action
2021-04-07
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2021

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide detailed summaries or additional context beyond what is explicitly stated in the bill text.

Bond Elections Must Be Held During General Elections

The bill requires that bond elections in Wyoming must be held on the same day as general elections and removes other possible dates for these elections.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires all bond elections to take place during a general election, not at any other time.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Voters who participate in bond elections
  • Political subdivisions conducting bond elections

Terms To Know

Bond election
A special election where voters decide whether to approve the issuance of bonds, which are loans that a government entity can use to fund projects.
General election
An election held on a specific date when many different types of votes take place, such as for local and national offices.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if there is no general election scheduled at the time a bond vote is needed.
  • This bill is marked as inactive, meaning it did not pass during its current session.

Bill History

  1. 2021-04-07 House

    H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4

  2. 2021-03-22 House

    H No report prior to CoW Cutoff

  3. 2021-02-04 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations

  4. 2021-01-12 House

    H Received for Introduction

  5. 2020-12-16 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
21LSO-0110
2021
STATE OF WYOMING
21LSO-0110
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0012

Bond elections.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Styvar

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to bond elections; requiring that bond elections only be held during general elections; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

W.S. 22
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104(d), 22
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103 and 22
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104 are amended to read:

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104.

Election dates.

(d)

Every bond election shall be held on the same day as
a primary election or
a general election
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, or on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in May or November, or on the first Tuesday after the third Monday in August.

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103.

How bond question to be submitted to electors; contents.

Each bond question shall be submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the political subdivision. Every bond election shall be held on the same day as
a primary election or
a general election
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, or on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in May or November, or on the Tuesday next following the third Monday in August.

Any other election that is not a bond election authorized to be held on an election date established by reference to this section shall be held on the same day as a primary election or a general election, or on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in May or November, or on the Tuesday next following the third Monday in August.
Not less than one hundred ten (110) days before a bond election, the political subdivision shall provide written notification to the county clerk specifying
the date of the election and
the bond question. The bond question shall state the
purpose of the bonds, the maximum principal amount thereof, the maximum number of years allowed for the indebtedness and the maximum rate of interest to be paid thereon. The secretary of state may promulgate reasonable rules for conducting bond elections
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where the election is not held at the same time as the general or primary election.

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104.

Publication or posting of election notice; contents.

Between one hundred one (101) and ninety
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one (91) days before a bond election held in conjunction with a primary or other August election and
B
etween ninety (90) and seventy (70) days before a bond election held in conjunction with a
May,
general
or other November
election, the county clerk shall publish notice of the election at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the political subdivision. If there is no newspaper of general circulation in the political subdivision, notice shall be posted at each polling place in the political subdivision between ninety (90) and seventy (70) days before the election. Any notice of election hereunder shall specify
the name of the political subdivision, the date, time and place of election, the question or questions to be submitted, and the fact that only qualified electors of the political subdivision may vote thereon.
If a bond election is being held within a political subdivision at the same time and place as a regular or other election,
T
he notice of bond election may, at the discretion of the county clerk, be combined with and given in the same manner as the notice of the
regular or other
general
election in such political subdivision.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2021
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