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House approves requiring voter reapproval every four years for recreation mill levies after contentious debate
Summary
The House Committee of the Whole advanced a bill requiring voter reauthorization of recreation mill levies every four years. Supporters argued it restores voter oversight; opponents warned it could disrupt locally run recreation districts and the programming they fund.
The Wyoming House on Thursday considered and passed Committee of the Whole on House Bill 127, a measure that requires existing recreation mill levies to receive voter reapproval on a four-year cycle.
Speaker Nyman, who sponsored the proposal on the floor, described HB127 as an accountability measure: "If the government wants more tax dollars, the government should ask the people first," he said, arguing that periodic…
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