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SF0047 • 2025

Board of trustees-systems of public recreation amendment.

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.

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Inactive

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

Sponsor
Senator Landen
Last action
2025-03-03
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2025

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide detailed information about filling vacancies or specific removal procedures, only that certain requirements are waived when local governing bodies act as trustees.

Amending Rules for Public Recreation Boards

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 boards.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows the government of a city, town, county, or school district to be in charge of managing public parks and playgrounds.
  • Changes rules so that if a local government is already running a public recreation system, they don't need to follow certain other laws about how to run it.

Who It Names or Affects

  • City, town, county, and school district governing bodies

Terms To Know

Board of trustees
A group of people chosen to manage public parks and playgrounds.
Public recreation system
Parks, playgrounds, and other places where the community can enjoy outdoor activities.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how much money will be spent on public parks and playgrounds.
  • It is unclear if all local governments will choose to use this new authority or stick with their current ways of managing recreation areas.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-03 Senate

    S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4

  2. 2025-02-10 Senate

    S No report prior to CoW Cutoff

  3. 2025-01-22 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations

  4. 2025-01-02 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  5. 2024-12-19 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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25LSO-0265
2025
STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-0265
Numbered
2.0

SENATE FILE NO. SF0047

Board of trustees-systems of public recreation amendment.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Landen, Anderson, Ide and Schuler and Representative(s) Allemand, Byron and Campbell, E

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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201(a)(intro) and (c) and 18
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202(a) are amended to read:

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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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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.

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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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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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107.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2025
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