35-3-101 through 35-3-107 and 35-3-109 through 35-3-121 or any

35-3-101 through 35-3-107 and 35-3-109 through 35-3-121 or any water district, sewer district or water and sewer district organized pursuant to W.S. 41-10-101 through 41-10-151.

15-1-1102. Validation of prior organizations; generally.

(a) The organization or reorganization of any quasi-municipal district by decree, order or amendment thereof entered prior to March 5, 1969, is validated.

(b) All acts and proceedings prior to March 5, 1969, by or on behalf of any quasi-municipal district under law or under color of law, including but not limited to the terms, provisions, conditions and covenants of any resolution or motion appertaining to the authorization or issuance of bonds or coupons, are validated, notwithstanding any lack of power or authority, or any defects and irregularities in the acts and proceedings.

15-1-1103. Validation of prior organizations; legislative authority; exceptions.

This article provides necessary legislative authority to validate any organization or reorganization or act or proceeding which the legislature could have authorized in the laws under which the organization or reorganization was accomplished and pursuant to which the acts or proceedings were taken. This article does not validate the organization or reorganization of any quasi-municipal district, or any act, proceeding or other matter the legality of which is being contested or inquired into in any legal proceeding now pending and undetermined and does not validate the organization or reorganization of any quasi-municipal district, or any act, proceeding or other matter which has been determined in any legal proceeding to be illegal, void or ineffective.

CHAPTER 2 - INCORPORATED TOWNS

ARTICLE 1 - IN GENERAL

15-2-101. Governing body generally.

The governing body when organized is a body corporate and politic with perpetual succession, to be known by the name designated and is capable of suing and being sued and of pleading and being impleaded in all courts and places.

15-2-102. Officers; election, appointment and removal; conditions for appointive office or position.

(a) The officers of a town are a mayor and four (4) councilmen, all of whom shall be elected. Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, the clerk, treasurer, marshal, attorney, municipal judge and department heads as specified by ordinance shall be appointed by the mayor with the consent of the governing body and may be removed by the mayor for incompetency or neglect of duty. All other appointments, except the appointment of members of a board or commission, and removals shall be made by the mayor without consent of the governing body, unless consent is required by separate statute. The governing body shall determine the method of appointing members of a board or commission, unless the method of appointing such members is specified by separate statute.

(b) The governing body, by ordinance or resolution, may specify conditions for any office or position to which a person is appointed under this section including:

(i) Level or range of salary;

(ii) A description of the duties and responsibilities of the office or position;  (iii) Term of appointment;

(iv) Requirements for:

(A) Promotion;

(B) Suspension; and

(C) Hearing of appeals from decisions of the mayor to remove or discharge an appointee other than members of a board or commission, after which the governing body may affirm, modify or reverse the mayor's decision; and

(v) Other matters which are part of the personnel policies of the town.

15-2-103. Officers; salaries.

The governing body shall fix the salaries for the mayor and councilmen in towns not operating under the commission or city manager form of government. The salaries shall be fixed before their terms begin and shall not increase during the term for which they are elected. The salary for mayor shall be paid in twelve (12) or more installments and may not exceed the maximum of twenty-four thousand dollars ($24,000.00) per year. The salary for each councilman shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) for actual attendance at each regular or special meeting. All appointed officers shall receive the salary or compensation as provided by law or ordinance. Any elected or appointed officers who are entitled to receive a salary or compensation under this section may elect not to receive all or a portion of the salary or compensation at any time during their term.

15-2-104. Mayoral veto; overriding thereof; failure to act.

The mayor is entitled to sign or veto any ordinance passed by the governing body and to sign or veto any order, bylaw, resolution, award or vote to enter into any contract or the allowance of any claim. A veto may be overridden by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the qualified members of the council. If the mayor neglects or refuses to sign any ordinance and fails to return it with his objections in writing at the next regular meeting of the governing body, it becomes law without his signature. The mayor may veto any item of any appropriation ordinance and approve the remainder thereof. The items vetoed may be passed over the veto as in other cases. The mayor does not have a vote in any matter involving the override of a veto.

ARTICLE 2 - FINANCES AND CLAIMS

15-2-201. Fiscal year; appropriations; taxes; certification; expenditures; contracts and expenses; exception.

(a) The fiscal year of each town begins July 1 in each year. Except as provided in W.S. 16-4-104(h), the governing body, within the last quarter of each fiscal year, shall pass an annual appropriation ordinance for the next fiscal year in which it may appropriate an amount of money necessary to defray all expenses and liabilities of the town. The ordinance shall specify the objects and purposes for which the appropriations are made and the amount appropriated for each object or purpose. No further appropriation may be made at any other time within the fiscal year, except as provided in W.S. 16-4-112 through