HOUSE BILL NO.     

County commissioners-budget oversight authority.

Sponsored by:  Joint Revenue Interim Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to the Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures Act; providing for budget submission and approval of special purpose districts as specified; authorizing special purpose district mill levy reduction by county commissioners; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.  W.S. 16-4-104(a)(intro) and 16-4-111(b) and (c) are amended to read:

16-4-104.  Preparation of budgets; contents; review; subsequent authorized projects.

(a)  On or before May 15, the budget officer shall prepare a tentative budget for each fund and file the budget with the governing body. Any special purpose district described in W.S. 16-4-104(f) shall submit its budget to the county clerk of any county in which the district is located.  All departments shall submit budget requests to the appropriate budget officer on or before May 1. The format of the budget shall be prepared to best serve the municipality except that the budget formats for community colleges shall be uniform and approved by the community college commission and the director of the state department of audit. The budget shall set forth:

16-4-111.  Adoption of budget.

(b)  Prior to adopting the budget, the county commissioners may veto, in whole or in part, line items of budgets presented by boards which were totally appointed by the county commissioners deny or reduce any mill levy requested in the budget of any special purpose district described in W.S. 16-4-104(f) if the county commissioners find that the purposes of the district are not being met, or if the resources from the requested mill levy exceed the needs of the district.  For any special purpose district described in W.S. 16-4-104(f) which crosses county boundaries, such determination shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in W.S. 22—29-103(c).

(c)  Boards, the members of which are appointed by the county commissioners, shall expend funds only as authorized by the approved budget pursuant to subsection (b) of this section unless a departure from the budget is authorized by the board of county commissioners.

Section 2.  This act is effective July 1, 2001.

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