18-12-102. Definitions.

(a) As used in this act:

(i) "Assessed value" means the total assessed value of real property within the district. Assessed value shall be determined from the last assessment roll of the county within which the district is located;

(ii) "Board" means the board of directors of an improvement and service district;

(iii) "Bonds" means bonds, warrants, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of an improvement and service district;

(iv) "Charges" means fees, tolls, rates and rentals;

(v) "Commissioners" means the board of county commissioners;

(vi) "District" means an improvement and service district as organized under the terms of this act;

(vii) "Elector" or "voter" means a person who is a qualified elector or an owner of land in the district, including any corporation, partnership or association owning land in the district provided the individual who casts the vote for a corporation, partnership or association presents the election judge with a written authorization to vote for the corporation, partnership or association. No person is a qualified elector who is under eighteen (18) years of age, a mentally incompetent person, or who has been convicted of a felony and his civil or voting rights have not been restored. In applying provisions of the Special District Elections Act of 1994 to this act, the terms "elector" or "voter" shall include qualified electors and landowners;

(viii) "Improvement" means and includes buildings, structures and all facilities of a public nature intended for public use, including but not limited to streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, alleys and other public ways, parks, recreational facilities, water, sewage, solid waste disposal and other sanitary systems and facilities, and with respect to the foregoing, such additional facilities or improvements as relate or contribute to the full public use and enjoyment thereof;

(ix) "Service" means:

(A) The operation and maintenance of improvements and any other service authorized by this act; or

(B) The provision of emergency medical services.

(x) "Landowner" or "owner of land" means the person or persons holding a majority interest in the record fee title to one (1) or more parcels of real property or a person or the persons who are obligated to pay general property taxes under a contract to purchase real property;

(xi) "This act" means W.S. 18-12-101 through 18-12-141;

(xii) "Written authorization" means an affidavit filed with the election official conducting the election setting forth a general legal description of the property owned, the street or common name address for the property, the name or names of all owners of the property described, and a statement that the person signing the written authorization is the only person having authority to act on behalf of the owner or owners of the property.