SF0074 • 2022

Water and sewer district elections amendments.

AN ACT relating to water and sewer districts; requiring water and sewer districts serving more than a specified number of taps to hold board member elections in conjunction with general elections; and providing for an effective date.

Elections

Inactive

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

Sponsor: Corporations
Last action: 2022-03-08
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2022

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how director terms are adjusted or set deadlines for implementation.

Water and Sewer District Elections Changes

The bill requires water and sewer districts serving more than 750 taps to hold board member elections during general elections starting in 2024.

What This Bill Does

Changes the election rules for water and sewer district boards that serve over 750 taps.
Requires these districts to hold their board member elections on the same day as general elections, beginning in 2024.

Who It Names or Affects

Water and sewer districts serving more than 750 taps
Voters in these districts who elect board members

Terms To Know

Taps: Connections to a water supply system, used as a measure of the number of customers or users.
General elections: Elections held on a regular schedule where voters choose representatives for government positions.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens if a district reaches the threshold after January 1 of an election year.
It is unclear how districts will transition to holding elections during general elections in 2024.
This bill was marked as inactive and did not pass.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

SF0074SS001

Standing Committee • Senate Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivi

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment changes the number of taps required for water and sewer districts to hold board member elections during general elections from 1,000 to 750.

Reduces the threshold number of taps needed for a water or sewer district to be required to conduct board member elections concurrently with general elections from 1,000 to 750.

Bill History

2022-03-08 House
H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4
2022-03-08 House
H No report prior to CoW Cutoff
2022-03-07 House
H07 - Corporations:Do Pass Failed 4-4-1-0-0
2022-02-23 House
H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations
2022-02-21 House
H Received for Introduction
2022-02-18 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-0-1-0-0
2022-02-17 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2022-02-16 Senate
S COW:Passed
2022-02-16 Senate
S Placed on General File
2022-02-16 Senate
S07 - Corporations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2022-02-14 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations 29-1-0-0-0
2022-02-11 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2022-02-11 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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22LSO-0061
2022
STATE OF WYOMING
22LSO-0061
ENGROSSED
3.0

SENATE FILE NO. SF0074

Water and sewer district elections amendments.

Sponsored by: Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Interim Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to water and sewer districts; requiring water and sewer districts serving more than a specified number of taps to hold board member elections in conjunction with general elections; 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. 41
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112(b) and by creating a new subsection (d) is amended to read:

41
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112.

Subsequent elections of members of board of directors of district.

(b)

District board members shall serve for a term of four (4) years, except
as provided in subsection (d) of this section, and except
that at the first regular subsequent director election following the formation of the district there shall be elected by the voters of the district two (2) members of the board to serve for a term of two (2) years and three (3) members to serve for terms of four (4) years. Thereafter elections shall be held every two (2) years. Each director shall be a voter of the district.

(d)

Beginning January 1, 2024 any district providing services to seven hundred fifty (750) taps or more as of January 1 of a general election year shall hold all elections for the district board of directors at a general election, notwithstanding W.S. 22
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112(a). Upon being required to hold elections for the district board under this subsection each of the following apply:

(i)

The office of any director whose term would otherwise expire in the general election year that district board elections are first required to be held at the general election or in January of the year following shall
be voted upon at the general election and the directors' term shall expire at either the expiration of the term established by subsection (b) of this section or upon the election and assumption of office of a qualified successor, whichever is earlier;

(ii)

The term of any director who does not fall under paragraph (i) of this subsection shall expire as scheduled;

(iii)

Vacancies created by gaps in the expiration of a term and the next regularly scheduled general election shall be filled as specified in W.S. 41
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111;

(iv)

The term of office of one (1) or more directors elected at the first general election under paragraph (i) of this subsection shall be either two (2) or four (4) years, whichever is necessary to maintain the staggered terms that would otherwise be in place consistent with subsection (b) of this section.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2022
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