Municipal services-recovery actions.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not move forward and was not considered for introduction after being received.

Municipal Services Recovery Actions

The bill allows cities and towns to collect past due payments for certain services if the property owner has a contract with them, but it does not affect existing contracts.

What This Bill Does

• Creates a new law that lets cities and towns try to get back money owed by people who use their trash or recycling collection, water, or sewer services.
• Requires that for these collections to happen, the property owner must have agreed to receive the service from the city or town.
• Makes sure this new rule does not change any agreements already in place between cities/towns and property owners.

Who It Names or Affects

• Cities and towns that provide services like trash collection, water, and sewer systems.
• Property owners who use these municipal services.

Terms To Know

Municipal Services

Services provided by cities or towns such as trash pickup, recycling, water supply, and sewage treatment.

Past Due Payments

Money that people owe for services but have not paid on time.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if a property owner has not signed a contract with the city or town.
• It is unclear how this law will be enforced and what consequences there might be for non-compliance.
• This act did not pass in its session.

Current Bill Text

22LSO-0407
2022
STATE OF WYOMING
22LSO-0407
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0112

Municipal services-recovery actions.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Blackburn, Clausen, Duncan, Fortner, Haroldson, Henderson, Jennings, Laursen, Neiman, Olsen, Washut and Zwonitzer and Senator(s) Biteman, Case, Ellis, James and McKeown

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to municipal services; allowing municipalities to recover past due payments for municipal services as specified; providing applicability; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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Municipal services recovery actions.

A city or town that operates a trash or recycling collection service, municipal waterworks or sanitary sewer
system may not collect or attempt to collect past due payments from a property owner for any of those services unless the property owner has contracted with the city or town for the provision of the applicable service.

Section 2
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Nothing in this act shall be construed to modify or impair any existing contract or obligation between a property owner and a city or town executed before the effective date of this act.

Section 3
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This act is effective July 1, 2022
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