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Wyoming Statutes Title 15. Cities and Towns § 15-1-701. Definitions; vesting of powers and privileges

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) As used in this article:

(i) “Mortgage” means any security device;

(ii) “Project” means any land, building, pollution control facility or other improvement and all necessary and appurtenant real and personal properties, whether or not in existence, suitable for manufacturing, industrial, commercial or business enterprises, for health care facilities or for manufacturing, processing or assembling agricultural or agricultural-related products. “Project” may also mean an undivided interest as a tenant in common in an electrical generating facility or in pollution control facilities in connection therewith. “Project” may also mean an energy improvements program;

(iii) “Property” means real or personal property, or any interest in property, including any undivided interest as a tenant in common in an electrical generating facility or in pollution control facilities in connection therewith;

(iv) “Energy improvements program” means a program authorizing energy efficiency or renewable energy improvements in a program adopted by a municipality, county or joint powers board.

(b) In order to facilitate and promote the local health and general welfare, the sound economic growth of the state of Wyoming, the development of its natural resources, the protection of its natural environment, the expansion of agricultural and agricultural-related industries, the provision of health care services, energy improvements and to promote employment opportunities for the citizens of Wyoming by creating or encouraging the expansion of manufacturing, industrial plants, processing facilities and all kinds of business, which contribute payrolls and tax base to the state of Wyoming, and by attracting to and encouraging the location or the expansion within this state of such plants, facilities and businesses, all of which are hereby declared to be and constitute public purposes, the counties and municipalities of the state of Wyoming are vested with the powers and privileges hereafter set forth in this article.

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