Wyo. Stat. § 41-3-803 (2026)

into cooperative agreements; authority to make rules and hire
employees.

     (a) The board of county commissioners of the county
wherein each district is situated shall, at the time of the
annual levy of general taxes, levy an additional special tax
upon the real property in the amount certified to it by the
district board of directors under W.S. 41-3-802, but not to
exceed twelve (12) mills on each dollar of assessed valuation on
all real property in the respective districts for the equipping
and operational expenses of such district and for the payment of
the bonded indebtedness of the same. The district board may
receive voluntary donations and appropriations of money from any
other source, and such donation hereinafter provided, by the
county treasurer upon request of the district board. Nothing in
this act shall be construed to prohibit boards of county
commissioners from appropriating funds, paying any money or
cooperating with any district so established under this act for
the purpose of controlling or eradicating floods and all
aforementioned moneys shall be turned over to the county
treasurer to be kept in a fund designated as ".... Flood Control
District of .... County Fund". Authority for such
appropriations, payments or cooperation by boards of county
commissioners is hereby authorized.

     (b) Districts created under this act are authorized to
enter into cooperative agreements with any federal, state,
local, or private agency for the control and eradication of
floods on highways, rights-of-way, rivers, streams, canals or
ditches. Flood control district boards are hereby authorized and
empowered to make and adopt rules and regulations necessary for
carrying out the purposes and provisions of this act and to
enforce such rules and regulations and shall file those rules
with the county clerk for each county in which the district is
located. The boards are hereby empowered to appoint employees
and assistants as may be necessary and to fix their
compensation.