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Wyoming Statutes § 22-29-117 Change of district name

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Statute Text

(a) A district may change its name from the name given it in the formation order of the county commissioners, or from the name under which it was otherwise organized, to a name chosen by resolution of a majority of the directors.
(b) The directors shall not adopt a resolution for a district name change without publishing notice once of the proposed name change in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.
(c) All powers, rights, duties and obligations of a district which has adopted a new name shall be continued under the new name. All references to the prior name of the district shall be considered references to the new name.
(d) A district changing its name shall immediately notify the secretary of state if the principal act requires that formation documents be filed with the secretary of state, the county treasurer, the county clerk and the county assessor of each county in which the district is situated.