Current through the 2024 Budget Session
Section 18-12-105 - Commencement of districts; districts to provide emergency medical services(a) Proceedings for the formation of an improvement and service district under this act, except a district to provide emergency medical services formed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, shall be commenced by filing a petition addressed to the commissioners of the county in which the land proposed to be included in the district is situated. The petition shall be accompanied by a filing fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00).(b) After July 1, 2023, as an alternative to forming a district under subsection (a) of this section, a district to provide emergency medical services under W.S. 18-12-112(a)(xxii) may be established by resolution of the board of county commissioners. A resolution under this subsection shall establish one (1) or more districts to provide emergency medical services composed of any portion of the county. Areas may be added to or subtracted from an existing district by resolution of the board of county commissioners. Not less than sixty (60) days before any resolution pursuant to this subsection is signed, the board of county commissioners shall hold a public hearing and publish the proposed resolution, including the date and time of the public hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county and on the county's website. The board of county commissioners shall submit the proposed boundaries of the district to the county assessor and the department of revenue for review for any conflict, overlap, gap or other boundary issue. The assessor and the department may make written comments thereon to the county commissioners before the public hearing. The board of county commissioners may dissolve a district established under this subsection in accordance with W.S. 18-3-525.Amended by Laws 2023, ch. 72,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2023.