HB 127

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                        HOUSE BILL NO. HB0127
 Voter approval for recreation mill levy.
 Sponsored by: Representative(s) Neiman, Bear, Heiner, Lien
               and Rodriguez-Williams and Senator(s) Boner,
               Ide, Salazar and Steinmetz
                                 A BILL
                                    for
1 AN ACT relating to taxation; requiring elections for the
2 imposition    of    mill   levies       for     recreational       purposes;
3 specifying     dates       of      the  elections;  specifying
4 applicability;      providing   for      the    expiration    of    existing
5 mill levies; and providing for an effective date.
6
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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9Section 1.    W.S. 18-9-201(b) is amended to read:
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1118-9-201.    Recreational        facilities     and     systems     of
12 public   recreation;    authority        to    establish     and   maintain;
13 joint action by political subdivision; tax levies; removal.
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1(b)   The board of county commissioners may levy and
2 expend funds for recreational purposes. Any levy imposed by
3 a school district for recreational facilities and systems
4 of public recreation shall not exceed one (1) mill on the
5 assessed     valuation      of    a    school    district.      A    levy     for
6 recreational facilities  and systems of public recreation
7 imposed by a school district is in addition to the tax
8 limitations       stated    in   W.S.     21-13-102.    No     tax    shall   be
9 levied under this subsection until a proposition to impose
10 the levy is submitted to a vote of the qualified electors
11 of the county or school district and a majority of all
12 votes cast within the county or school district vote in
13 favor of imposing the additional tax levy. Notwithstanding
14 W.S. 22-21-103, the proposition to impose the additional
15 tax levy shall be submitted at an election held on the same
16 date   of    the    general      election,      and   the    election       shall
17 otherwise be conducted in accordance with the procedures
18 provided by W.S. 22-21-101 through 22-21-112. The term of
19 the tax levy shall be four (4) years and the term of the
20 tax levy shall be stated in the proposition submitted to
21 the voters. If a proposition establishing the tax levy is
22 approved, to continue the tax levy the proposition shall be
23 submitted    at    the     second     general    election      following      the
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1 election at which the proposition was initially approved
2 and    at   the    general      election      held   every      four    (4)   years
3 thereafter until the proposition is defeated.
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5Section      2.    Any     tax        levy    imposed  under    W.S.
6 18-9-201(b) prior to the effective date of this act shall
7 expire      on    December      31,    2028    or    on       the    date   that   a
8 proposition to impose a levy is submitted to the electors
9 as required by this act, whichever occurs first. If the tax
10 levy is approved by the electors, the levy shall continue
11 as provided by law.
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13Section     3.    This    act    is    effective        immediately     upon
14 completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
15 as     provided     by   Article       4,     Section     8     of    the   Wyoming
16 Constitution.
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18(END)
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