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HB0288 • 2025

Board of trustees-systems of public recreation amendments-2.

AN ACT relating to public recreation and playgrounds; authorizing the governing body of a city, town, county or school district to act as a board of trustees for a system of public recreation as specified; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

Education
Did Not Pass

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

Sponsor
Representative Lien
Last action
2025-02-10
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2025

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide detailed information about specific changes in requirements or removal procedures, nor does it specify details about filling vacancies if a governing body acts as trustees.

Amendments to Public Recreation Systems

The bill allows city, town, county, or school district governing bodies to act as trustees for public recreation systems and makes changes to existing laws about these systems.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows the governing body of a city, town, county, or school district to act as the board of trustees for a system of public recreation instead of appointing a separate board.

Who It Names or Affects

  • City, town, county, and school district governments

Terms To Know

Board of Trustees
A group that manages a system of public recreation like parks and playgrounds.
Governing Body
The main decision-making group for a city, town, county, or school district.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This bill did not pass in the session it was introduced.
  • It is unclear how many cities, towns, counties, or school districts will choose to use this new authority.
  • The bill does not specify what happens if a governing body decides not to act as trustees.

Amendments

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

HB0288HS001

Standing Committee • House Appropriations Committee

Filed

Plain English: The amendment changes how a board of trustees can be established for public recreation systems by adding requirements and clarifying language.

  • Removes the phrase ', shall' after 'trustees or'.
  • Adds the word 'shall' right after 'trustees or'.
  • Inserts new text after '(h)' that requires a board to have existed for at least five years before July 1, 2025.
  • The exact impact of these changes on existing boards is unclear without further context.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-10 House

    H COW:H Did not consider for COW

  2. 2025-01-30 House

    H Placed on General File

  3. 2025-01-30 House

    H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0

  4. 2025-01-28 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations

  5. 2025-01-27 House

    H Received for Introduction

  6. 2025-01-25 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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25LSO-0771
2025
STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-0771
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0288

Board of trustees-systems of public recreation amendments-2.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Lien

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to public recreation and playgrounds; authorizing the governing body of a city, town, county or school district to act as a board of trustees for a system of public recreation as specified; making conforming amendments; 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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9
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201(a)(intro) and (c) and 18
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9
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202(a) are amended to read:

18
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9
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201.

Recreational facilities and systems of public recreation; authority to establish and maintain; joint action by political subdivision; tax levies; removal.

(a)

The governing body of any city, town, county or school district either independently or jointly through any combination thereof, may establish a system of public recreation as provided by W.S. 18
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9
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101(a)(i) through (iii) and, if it does so, shall
, subject to W.S. 18
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9
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202(a), sit as the board of trustees or
appoint a board of trustees to control, maintain and supervise the properties.
If the governing body of any city, town, county or school district sits as the board of trustees for a system of public recreation, it shall not be subject to the requirements of W.S. 18
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9
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102(a), (b), (d) or (h).
In administering properties under this section, the board may:

(c)

The
A
governing body which appointed
the
a
member of the board of trustees may remove that member of the board of trustees for cause without a public hearing unless the trustee requests that the action be taken during a public hearing.

If the governing body of a city, town, county or school district is sitting as the board of trustees, vacancies shall be filled as provided for by the applicable governing body. If the board is appointed by the governing body, v
acancies on the board of trustees shall be filled by the governing body for the balance of the unexpired term created by the vacancy.

18
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9
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202.

Recreation board of trustees.

(a)

The board of trustees appointed under W.S. 18
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9
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201(a) shall be comprised of not fewer than five (5) members appointed in accordance with and serving staggered terms in the same manner as specified under W.S. 18
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9
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102(a)
unless the board of trustees is comprised of the governing body of any city, town, county or school district pursuant to W.S. 18
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9
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201(a)
. If the public recreation system is established jointly, the
board of trustees
membership shall
be
not
be comprised of a governing body and shall be comprised of not
fewer than five (5) members appointed in accordance with
the
a
joint agreement and each participating governing body shall have at least one (1) member on the board. Any board appointed
or acting as a board
under this article is a body corporate. Liability of board members shall be governed by W.S. 1
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23
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107.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2025
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(END)

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