Wyoming Constitution Art. 13 §1 — First-Class City Home Rule (Limited) (WY)
Tracked preemption from the Wyoming overlay bundle.
Overview
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Effective
1972-11-07
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:WY
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Trigger predicate
When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.
AND
city.population≥4000city.home_rule_charter_adopted==True
Preempted fields
1 field on the base district schema is rewritten when the trigger fires.
| Field | Op | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
municipal_powers_scope | expand | home_rule_charter | First-class cities (≥4,000) may adopt a home-rule charter expanding municipal powers beyond the §15-1-103 default, subject to non-override of state law on matters of statewide concern |
Citation
Authority source
Wyoming Constitution Article 13 §1; W.S. §15-1-103
§ Wyo. Const. Art. 13 §1 (Municipal corporations / home rule)
Research notes
Wyoming is a Dillon's Rule state by default; the constitutional home-rule provision allows first-class cities (≥4,000 population) to adopt a home-rule charter, but very few have done so and even adopted charters cannot override state law on matters of statewide concern. Captured here so city records can flag home-rule adoption when present and so the v2-completeness reconciler can audit whether ordinances tether each regulation to a specific enabling-statute hook.