Special district vacancies.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how regular elections should be conducted, only when they must occur.

Clarifying Vacancy Terms for Special Districts

This law clarifies how long someone appointed to fill a vacancy on a special district governing body can serve and when regular elections should be held.

What This Bill Does

• Defines that an appointee filling a vacancy serves until the next regular election, not longer than their term would have been if they were elected normally.

Who It Names or Affects

• Members of special district governing bodies who are appointed to fill vacancies.
• Special districts and their governing bodies that have vacancies to fill.

Terms To Know

special district

A local government unit created by the state for a specific purpose, such as water management or parks.

vacancy

An empty position on a governing body that needs to be filled.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law only applies to special districts and does not affect other types of local government bodies.
• It does not specify how the regular elections should be conducted, just when they must occur.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 24LSO-0100

Bill No.:

SF0026

Effective:

7/1/2024

LSO No.:

24LSO-0100

Enrolled Act No.:

SEA No. 0046

Chapter No.:

81

Prime Sponsor:

Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Interim Committee

Catch Title:

Special district vacancies.

Has Report:

No

Subject:

Special district vacancies.

Summary/Major Elements:

This bill clarifies that if a person is appointed to fill a vacancy as a member of a special

district governing body, the term of office shall not be extended in any manner beyond the term of office that the appointee was appointed to fill.

The bill specifies that if a vacancy exists following a regular election, the vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as any other vacancy for a member of a special district governing body.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent.

While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

24LSO-0100

ORIGINAL Senate

File No
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SF0026

ENROLLED ACT NO. 46,

SENATE

SIXTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2024 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to special districts; clarifying the term of office for members of a special district governing body that filled a vacancy; 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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103(b) and 22
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202(c) are amended to read:

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103.

Applicability to special districts; general provisions.

(b)

This act specifies requirements pertaining to elections and changes in the organization of the districts listed in subsection (a) of this section where the principal act is silent or unclear. Except as provided by W.S. 22
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401(b)
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202(c)
, the specific provisions of a principal act are effective and controlling to the extent they conflict with this act.

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202.

Filling by appointment.

(c)

An appointee to the office of director shall serve until
the office is filled following
the next regular election.
The term of office of an appointee shall not be extended in any manner beyond the term of office that the appointee was appointed to fill. If a vacancy exists following a regular election the vacancy shall be filled as provided in subsection (a) of this section.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2024
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(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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