16-3-114 of the Administrative Procedure Act. The law

16-3-114 of the Administrative Procedure Act. The law enforcement agency's authority to take remediation action shall be stayed while the appeal is pending.

(f) There is created the clandestine laboratory remediation account to be administered by the attorney general. A local law enforcement agency acting as an emergency responder may apply for reimbursement from the account for expenses incurred in responding to a clandestine laboratory operation incident as provided in W.S. 35-9-158(a)(vi).

Division 6. Survivors' Benefits

35-9-161. Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 91, § 3.

35-9-162. Fire training facility; oversight.

The state fire marshal is authorized to purchase on behalf of the state the state fire training academy facility in Riverton. The state fire marshal shall be responsible for all transaction costs involved in the purchase. The state fire marshal is authorized to operate the facility thereafter.

35-9-163. Enforcement of building codes; application of building codes to specific uses.  (a) Except as provided in this article for any county or municipality requesting and granted local enforcement authority pursuant to W.S. 35-9-121, no state or local official authorized to enforce the provisions of this article shall interpret or enforce any building codes or standards adopted by the state or local governmental entity in a way that is more stringent or burdensome than required by the standards or codes.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, short term rental of detached one (1) and two (2) family dwellings and townhomes shall not be regulated as a commercial use for purposes of fire, building and electrical standards and shall not be subject to regulation under the International Building Code.

ARTICLE 2 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS

35-9-201. Applicability; powers of districts generally.

This act shall apply to a fire protection district created under the provisions of this act or under the provisions of article 1, chapter 45, Wyoming Compiled Statutes, 1945, as amended. Such fire protection district is hereby authorized to provide protection from fire and other public safety emergencies for all persons and property within its boundaries, and to contract, including mutual aid agreements, to give or receive such protection to or from one (1) or more other municipal corporations, other fire protection districts, private organizations or individuals. No fire protection district is liable for damages to persons or property resulting from the operation or presence of fire fighting equipment outside the district boundaries pursuant to an agreement or contract under this section. Entry into an agreement or contract pursuant to this section does not create a new or reorganized taxing entity as provided in W.S. 39-13-104(m).

35-9-202. Election of board of directors.

(a) The election of the initial board of directors shall be held by the board of county commissioners at the same time as the election for formation of the district, or at the next general election in the case of a district created pursuant to W.S. 35-9-213. There shall be elected a board of directors consisting of either three (3) or five (5) members, the number of which is to be designated by the county commissioners pursuant to subsection (e) of this section, who are residents living within the district who shall serve without compensation. Within ten (10) days after each election the board shall meet and select a president and a secretary-treasurer. The first elected board shall serve until the next director election as provided in W.S. 22-29-112. At the first director election of a three (3) member board, one (1) member of the board shall be elected for two (2) years, and two (2) members for four (4) years, for staggered terms. Thereafter, directors shall be elected for four (4) year terms. At the first director election of a five (5) member board, two (2) members of the board shall be elected for two (2) years and three (3) members for four (4) years. Biennial elections shall be held in accordance with the Special District Election Act of 1994.

(b) The board is authorized to:

(i) Increase the number of directors to five (5) when the assessed valuation of the property of the district exceeds three million dollars ($3,000,000.00);

(ii) Divide the district into director districts and provide for the election of a director from each director district to be chosen by all voters of the fire protection district. The board may provide for district directors to be apportioned in any combination of single member, multi-member or at-large representation; and

(iii) Fix the initial term of the additional directors so that the term of not more than three (3) directors shall expire in any one (1) year.

(c) Director districts and biennial elections shall be approved by the board of county commissioners of the county in which the district is located.

(d) Directors are subject to the conflict of interest disclosure requirements of W.S. 6-5-106 and 16-6-118.

(e) The board of county commissioners may provide for the election of an initial board of directors with five (5) members if the assessed valuation of property of the district exceeds three million dollars ($3,000,000.00) at the time the district is formed.

35-9-203. Powers and duties of board of directors generally; administration of finances; assessment and levy of taxes.  (a) The board of directors of any fire protection district is hereby authorized to enact such ordinances as may be necessary to establish and operate a fire protection district and shall file them with the county clerk for each county in which the district is located. The board of directors of fire protection districts shall administer the finances of such districts according to the provisions of the Wyoming Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedure Act, except that an annual audit in accordance with W.S. 16-4-121 is not required. Each fire protection district shall comply with the provisions of W.S. 9- 1-507(a)(iii). The assessor shall, at the time of making the annual assessment of his county, also assess the property of each fire protection district in his county and return to the county assessor at the time of returning the assessment schedules, separate schedules listing the property of each fire protection district assessed by him. The separate schedules shall be compiled by the county assessor, footed, and returned to the board of county commissioners as provided for other assessment schedules.

(b) The board of county commissioners, at the time of making the levy for county purposes shall levy a tax for the year upon the taxable property in such district in its county for its proportionate share based on assessed valuation of the estimated amounts of funds needed by each district. In no case shall the tax for each district exceed in any one (1) year the amount of three (3) mills for operation on each dollar of assessed valuation of such property. There shall be no limit on the assessment for payment of principal and interest on bonds approved by the board of and the electors of the districts as provided in W.S. 35-9-204. The taxes and assessments of all fire protection districts shall be collected by the county collector at the same time and in the same manner as state and county taxes are collected. The assessment and tax levied under the provisions of W.S. 35-9-201 through 35-9-209 shall not be construed as being a part of the general county mill levy.

(c) A fire protection district formed pursuant to this act may, as a condition for a position with the district, require applicants to submit to fingerprinting in order to obtain state and national criminal history record information.

35-9-204. Issuance of bonds; authority of board to submit questions to electors; restriction upon amount; interest; purpose. The board of directors of a fire protection district is authorized, whenever a majority thereof so decide, to submit to the electors of the district the question whether the board shall be authorized to issue the coupon bonds of the district in a certain amount, not to exceed four percent (4%) of the assessed valuation of taxable property in the district, and bearing a certain rate of interest, payable and redeemable at a certain time, not exceeding twenty-five (25) years for the purchase of real property, for the construction or purchase of improvements, and for equipment for fire protection district purposes.

35-9-205. Issuance of bonds; conduct of election; canvass of returns.

The election authorized under W.S. 35-9-204 shall be called, conducted and the results thereof canvassed and certified in all respects as near as practicable in the same manner as provided for bond elections by the Political Subdivision Bond Election Law, W.S. 22-21-101 through 22-21-112.

35-9-206. Issuance of bonds; notice; bids.

If the proposal to issue said bonds shall be approved, the board of directors must issue such bonds in such form as the board may direct and shall give notice by publication in some newspaper published in the counties in which said district is located and in some newspaper of general circulation in the capital of the state of its intention to issue and negotiate such bonds, and to invite bidders therefor; provided that in no case shall such bonds be sold for less than their full or par value and the accrued interest thereon at the time of their delivery. And the said trustees are authorized to reject any bids, and to sell said bonds at private sale, if they deem it for the best interests of the district.

35-9-207. Issuance of bonds; form of bonds; execution; registration.

After ascertaining the best terms upon and the lowest interest at which said bonds can be negotiated, the board shall secure the proper engraving and printing and consecutive numbering thereof, and said bonds shall thereupon be otherwise properly prepared and executed; they must bear the signature of the president of the board of directors and be countersigned by the secretary of the board and bear the district seal and be countersigned by the treasurer of the board, and the coupons attached to the bonds must be signed by the president, secretary and treasurer; and the secretary of the board shall endorse a certificate upon every such bond, that the same is within the lawful debt limit of such district and is issued according to law and he shall sign such certificate in his official character. When so executed they shall be registered by the county treasurer where said district's funds are kept in a book provided for that purpose, which shall show the number, date, amount of bond, time and place of payment, rate of interest, number of coupons attached and any other proper description thereof for future identification.

35-9-208. Issuance of bonds; payment of principal and interest.

The county treasurer where said district's funds are kept may pay out of any monies belonging to said district tax fund, and from the tax fund of a detracted district as provided in W.S.