22-24-306 and is the only circulator of that petition;

22-24-306 and is the only circulator of that petition;

(ii) The signatures on the petition were made in his presence; and

(iii) To the best of his knowledge, such signatures are those of the persons whose names they purport to be.

(b) In determining the sufficiency of the petition, the secretary of state shall not:

(i) Count signatures on petitions not properly verified;

(ii) Count signatures on a petition circulated by an individual who has been determined not to be a qualified circulator pursuant to W.S. 22-24-312 or by the secretary of state in accordance with rules of his office.

22-24-315. Petitions; filing by sponsors.

(a) Petitions may be filed with the secretary of state if signed by a sufficient number of qualified registered voters as required by the Wyoming constitution.  (b) Petitions for an initiative shall be submitted to the secretary of state for verification within the eighteen (18) month period following the date the first set of petition forms are provided to the sponsors. Any petition not submitted within the eighteen (18) month period is void for all purposes.

22-24-316. Petitions; review by secretary of state.

(a) Within not more than sixty (60) days of the date all petitions are filed, the secretary of state shall review the petitions and shall notify the committee of applicants whether the petitions were properly or improperly filed. The petitions shall be determined to be improperly filed if:

(i) There is an insufficient total number of signatures of qualified registered voters; or

(ii) There is an insufficient number of signatures of qualified registered voters in at least two-thirds (2/3) of the counties of the state.

22-24-317. Ballot proposition; preparation and contents.

(a) If a sufficient number of qualified petitions are filed, the secretary of state, with the assistance of the attorney general, shall prepare a ballot proposition. The ballot proposition shall give a true and impartial summary of the proposed law, including the estimated fiscal impact or range of estimated fiscal impact on the state and explanation of the impact prepared in accordance with W.S. 22-24-309, and shall make provision for approval and for disapproval thereof.

(b) When any proposal relating to the investment of the permanent funds of the state of Wyoming is placed on the ballot, the secretary of state shall include in the ballot statement an estimate from the state treasurer of the estimated loss or gain in revenue from the proposal. If the final estimated loss or gain by the state treasurer and the final estimated loss or gain by the committee of sponsors of the ballot proposition differ by more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00), the ballot statement shall contain the range of estimated loss or gain reflecting both estimates.

22-24-318. Ballot proposition; procedure for placing on ballot; publication requirements.  (a) Except as required under subsection (b) of this section, the same procedure for placing constitutional amendment questions on the ballot shall be used to place the initiative ballot proposition on the ballot.

(b) The ballot proposition for an initiative shall be published by the secretary of state in a newspaper of general circulation in the state in the newspaper edition immediately preceding the general election. Publication under this subsection shall contain the text of the initiative ballot and shall identify both a physical location and a web site address or other electronic location where the entire text of the initiative can be viewed.

22-24-319. Ballot proposition; when placed on ballot.

(a) The ballot proposition for an initiative shall be placed on the election ballot of the first statewide general election that is held after:

(i) A sufficient number of qualified petitions were filed;

(ii) A legislative session has convened and adjourned; and

(iii) A period of one hundred twenty (120) days has expired since the adjournment of the legislative session. If the attorney general determines that an act of the legislature enacted after the petition is filed is substantially the same as the proposed law, the petition shall be void and the ballot proposition shall not be placed on the election ballot, and the secretary of state shall so notify the committee of applicants.

22-24-320. Insufficiency of application or petition.

An initiative submitted to the voters shall not be void because of the insufficiency of the application or petitions by which the submission was procured.

22-24-321. Action for review of determination.

Any person aggrieved by any determination made under this article, by the secretary of state or by the attorney general, may bring an action in the district court of Laramie county to have the determination reviewed by filing application within thirty (30) days of the date on which notice of the determination was given.

22-24-322. Penalties.

(a) Any person who signs a name other than his own on a petition for initiative, or who knowingly signs his name more than once for the same proposition at one (1) election, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned for not more than one (1) year, or both.

(b) Any member of the committee of applicants, sponsor or circulator who knowingly and willfully makes a false verification of the qualifications of a circulator pursuant to W.S. 22-24-306(a) or knowingly and willfully makes a false verification under W.S. 22-24-314, shall be guilty of false swearing and subject to the penalties provided by W.S.