2014 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 15 - CITIES AND TOWNS
CHAPTER 6 - LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS
ARTICLE 4 - ASSESSMENTS AND BONDS GENERALLY
15-6-431. Bonds; authorization; general requirements; signatures; limitation on amount.

15-6-431. Bonds; authorization; general requirements; signatures; limitation on amount.

(a) The governing body of any city or town may provide by ordinance for the issuance of bonds for the payment of the whole or any portion of the cost and expense of any local improvements as provided in this chapter.

(b) The bonds authorized in subsection (a) of this section:

(i) May be issued to the contractor, or be issued and sold as otherwise provided;

(ii) Shall be issued only pursuant to ordinance;

(iii) By their terms shall be made payable on or before a date not more than fifteen (15) years from the date of issuance;

(iv) Shall bear interest as provided in the ordinance payable annually or semiannually at a rate not to exceed twelve percent (12%);

(v) Shall be in the denominations provided in the ordinance and be numbered in each series consecutively from one (1) upwards;

(vi) May be refunded under W.S. 16-5-101 through 16-5-119;

(vii) May be payable in any place within or without the state including the office of the state treasurer.

(c) Each bond shall:

(i) Have interest coupons attached for each payment;

(ii) Have the seal of the city or town affixed to it and refer to the improvement for which issued and the ordinance ordering its issuance;

(iii) Provide that the principal and interest is payable out of the local improvement fund created for the payment of the cost and expense of the improvement and not otherwise.

(d) Each bond and coupon shall be signed by the mayor, countersigned by the treasurer and attested by the clerk or comptroller. Printed facsimile signatures of those officers may be used on the coupons.

(e) No bonds may be issued in any amount in excess of the cost and expense of the improvement.