Current through the 2024 Budget Session
Section 18-12-113 - District board of directors; requirements(a) Except for districts to provide emergency medical services established under W.S. 18-12-105(b) as provided in subsection (e) of this section, an improvement and service district shall be managed and controlled by a board of directors consisting of three (3) or five (5) members. The initial board shall consist of three (3) or five (5) members elected at the organizational election. A simple majority of members shall serve an initial term of two (2) years and the remaining members shall serve an initial term of four (4) years after formation of the district and until their successors are elected and qualified at the regular scheduled subsequent director election as provided in W.S. 22-29-112. Thereafter, members shall be elected for terms of four (4) years. A vacancy occurring on the board during the term of an original director or his successor shall be filled as provided in the Special District Elections Act of 1994.(b) Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 157, § 4.(c) Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 157, § 4.(d) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section and except as provided by subsection (e) of this section, any district may increase or decrease the membership of its board from three (3) to five (5) members if a proposition for the modification is submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the district and a majority of those casting their ballots vote in favor of the increase or decrease. Additional offices created under this subsection shall be filled as provided in W.S. 22-29-112(a). At the election, not more than one (1) member shall be elected for a term of two (2) years, and the election ballots shall so state. Each term shall otherwise be four (4) years. A vote to decrease membership shall be in the election preceding the election of three (3) members.(e) After July 1, 2023, if a district to provide emergency medical services is established under W.S. 18-12-105(b), the board of county commissioners shall appoint not less than three (3) nor more than nine (9) residents of the district to constitute the board of directors of the district. Appointees shall serve a term of three (3) years and may be reappointed. Terms of office shall be staggered.(f) The board of directors for an emergency medical services district shall attempt to collect for emergency medical services rendered when patients are covered by a private health insurance plan, Medicare, Medicaid or any other plan that provides coverage for emergency medical services.(g) The board of directors for an emergency medical services district shall report to the board of county commissioners on a quarterly basis regarding the total number of patients served by the emergency medical services district and the total number of patients who were covered by a private health insurance plan, Medicare, Medicaid or any other plan that provides coverage for emergency medical services.Amended by Laws 2023, ch. 72,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2023.