Wyo. Stat. § 37-7-126 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-7-126
§ 37-7-126. Commissioners may borrow for unpaid construction or lawful debts; issuance of notes or bonds; interest specified
Status: in_force

The commissioners may borrow money, not exceeding the amount of “assessment for construction” as herein provided, unpaid at the time of borrowing for such purposes, or for the payment of any indebtedness that may have been lawfully incurred, and may secure the same by notes or bonds bearing interest at a rate not to exceed seven percent (7%) per annum and not running beyond one (1) year after the last installment of the assessment, on the account of which the money is borrowed, shall fall due, which said notes or bonds shall not be sold at less than ninety percent (90%) of their face value, which said bonds shall be transferable by delivery to the same extent as negotiable paper of the highest character; and may deliver notes or bonds to the United States to be held and when deemed desirable or when the appraised value of the land in the district is double the bonded indebtedness, sold by it, and the net proceeds received from the notes or bonds applied to the liquidation of contract indebtedness of the district, and said notes or bonds shall be in such form, terms and denominations as may be fixed by the court, but which notes or bonds shall not be held to make the commissioners personally liable, but shall constitute a lien upon the assessments for the repayment of the principal and interest of such notes or bonds. In case any moneys derived from bonds sold to pay for the construction, as herein provided, now or hereafter, remains on hand after such work is completed and paid for, and not raised for damages unpaid for, such residue may be used in the maintenance and repair, as in this chapter provided, before making assessment for such maintenance and repair.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-219 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-219
§ 37-2-219. Who may appeal commission decision or action; manner and extent of appeal
Status: in_force

Any party in interest or any person or party authorized under W.S. 37-2-118 , to file an original complaint before the commission, may appeal from a final decision or other commission action or inaction, in the same manner, and to the same extent, as provided by the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-15-204 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 15 / Section 37-15-204
§ 37-15-204. Price schedules
Status: repealed

(a) A local exchange company shall file with the commission, in such form and detail as the commission may require, schedules showing all noncompetitive telecommunications services terms, conditions and prices currently in effect and charged to customers by the company in this state. All prices for new noncompetitive telecommunications services, and any increase in prices for noncompetitive telecommunications services as authorized by the commission pursuant to W.S. 37-15-203 , shall be filed thirty (30) days prior to the proposed effective date. No price increase for a noncompetitive service shall be effective unless the customer has been given notice by the provider at least one (1) full billing cycle prior to the proposed increase and the increase has been approved by the commission as required by W.S. 37-15-203 . No price or price change is effective until filed in accordance with this section. For purposes of this subsection, the rules, regulations, policies, practices and other requirements relating to services shall be filed with the commission in such form and detail as the commission may require. Rules, regulations, policies, practices and other requirements relating to noncompetitive services shall be subject to the same requirements under this chapter as the prices of noncompetitive services.

(b), (c) Repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 142, § 2.

(d) Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 96, § 2, eff. July 1, 2015.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-12-402 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 12 / Section 37-12-402
§ 37-12-402. Civil action allowed
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any applicable criminal penalties, a utility may bring a civil action for damages against any person who:

(i) Commits, authorizes, solicits, aids, abets or attempts any act of bypassing, tampering, or unauthorized metering resulting in damages to the utility;

(ii) Knowingly receives utility service through bypassing, tampering or unauthorized metering.

(b) Any action brought under this section shall be commenced within three (3) years after the cause of action accrues.

(c) In any civil action brought under this section, the utility, upon proof of willful or intentional bypassing, tampering or unauthorized metering, may recover as damages two (2) times the amount of its actual damages plus all reasonable expenses incurred because of the bypassing, tampering or unauthorized metering, including expenses for investigation, disconnection, reconnection, service calls, employees and equipment, expert witnesses, costs of the suit and reasonable attorney fees.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-4-101 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 4 / Section 37-4-101
§ 37-4-101. Citation
Status: in_force

This act shall be known, and may be cited as, the “Transmitting Utility Act.”
Wyo. Stat. § 37-7-129 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-7-129
§ 37-7-129. Payment, tender or deposit of damages required before start of construction; exception
Status: in_force

The damages allowed to the owners of lands shall be paid or tendered before the commissioners shall be authorized to enter upon the lands for damage to which the award is made, for the construction of any power line or other work proposed thereon. If the owner is unknown or there shall be a contest in regard to the ownership of the lands, or the owner will not receive payment, or there exists a mortgage or other lien against the same, or the commissioners cannot for any other reason pay him, they may deposit the said damages with the clerk of the court, for the benefit of the owner, or parties interested, to be paid or distributed as the court shall direct, and such payment shall have the same effect as the tender to and acceptance of the damages awarded by the true owners of the land. This section shall not, however, prevent said commissioners, their agents, servants and employees, going upon said lands to do any and all work found necessary prior to making their assessment of benefits and award of damages, and the trial on their report thereof.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-7-114 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-7-114
§ 37-7-114. Notice and hearing on report of commissioners
Status: in_force

Upon the filing of said report, the court or judge thereof shall make and enter an order fixing the time and place when and where all persons interested may appear and remonstrate against the confirmation thereof, and the clerk of said court shall cause notice of the time and place of such hearing to be given to all parties interested which notice shall contain a brief description of the lands benefited and damaged, together with the net damage awarded the several tracts, parcels, easements and corporations to which damages are awarded, and the sum in each case assessed for benefits, and cost of construction against said several benefited parcels, tracts, easements and corporations, and the benefits apportioned to each parcel, tract, easement or corporation in the district. Said notice shall be published at least three (3) successive weeks, prior to the day set for the hearing in one newspaper published in each county in which said lands, or any part thereof within said district are situate (and if no newspaper is published in said county, in some newspaper in an adjoining county), and by serving a copy of such notice on each of the persons, or corporations, by said report recommended, to be assessed, or whose lands are by said report recommended to be included in said district and who resides in any of the counties in which any lands of the proposed district are situated, at least twelve (12) days before the day of hearing in the same manner that a summons is required to be served; provided, absence from the county of such person or corporation shall excuse personal service, whereupon due publication of such notice shall be sufficient service.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-12-105 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 12 / Section 37-12-105
§ 37-12-105. Unlawful riding on railroad trains; penalty
Status: in_force

Every person violating the provisions of 32-818 [ § 37-12-104 ] shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not less than five dollars ($5.00), nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not less than ten (10) days, nor more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-12-111 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 12 / Section 37-12-111
§ 37-12-111. Gas; interference with pipes
Status: in_force

Any person who connects any pipe or other conduit, device or contrivance with any gas main or lateral supply pipe, supplying or intended to supply gas to any house, store or other building, without the knowledge and consent of any person or corporation owning said gas main or lateral supply pipe, in such manner that any portion of such gas may be transmitted or supplied to any lamp burner, heating apparatus, engine or other instrument or thing by or at which gas is consumed or used, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided in section 4 hereof [ § 37-12-114 ].
Wyo. Stat. § 37-12-106 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 12 / Section 37-12-106
§ 37-12-106. Unlawful riding on railroad trains; power of conductor as special constable
Status: in_force

The conductor in charge of any car or train who finds any person on his car or train, violating the provisions of this act, is hereby made a special constable, authorized to arrest any such person and deliver him free of all transportation expense to the first sheriff or deputy sheriff that may be available in the progress of such car or train. Such special constable shall deliver to the sheriff or deputy sheriff with his prisoner a statement in writing showing in a brief and general but not technical way, the offense charged against the prisoner.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-103 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-103
§ 37-2-103. Seal; may sue and be sued
Status: in_force

The commission shall have an official seal bearing the words “Public Service Commission of Wyoming”, of which the courts shall take judicial notice, and may sue and be sued by its official name.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-7-132 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-7-132
§ 37-7-132. Commissioners declared public officers; acts presumed regular and valid; burden of proof on contestant
Status: in_force

Commissioners of power districts are hereby declared to be public officers. The presumption shall be in favor of the regularity and validity of all their official acts. Whenever any report of the commissioners of any power district or any part of any such report is contested, remonstrated against or called in question, the burden of proof shall rest upon the contestant, remonstrant or questioner.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-10-105 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 10 / Section 37-10-105
§ 37-10-105. Transfer and credit of monies to account
Status: in_force

For the purpose of building up sufficient money to be used to defray the expenses of installation and reconstruction of automatic and other safety appliance signals and devices at railroad grade crossings, for the construction or the improvement of existing highway-railroad grade crossings to render them safe and consistent with modern highway construction practice, the custodian of the state highway fund shall reserve to the highway crossing protection account to be used to administer the program up to a maximum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) per month. Monthly contributions shall continue until the unused balance in the account reaches the sum of two hundred forty thousand dollars ($240,000.00), and no further credits or transfers shall be made except during such time that the balance in the account is less than two hundred forty thousand dollars ($240,000.00).
Wyo. Stat. § 37-12-301 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 12 / Section 37-12-301
§ 37-12-301. Short title; definitions
Status: in_force

(a) This act may be known and shall be cited as the “Wyoming Underground Facilities Notification Act.”

(b) As used in this act:

(i) “Business day” means any twenty-four (24) hour period other than Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday;

(ii) “ Emergency ” means a sudden, unforeseen occurrence, including a loss of communications, which demands immediate action to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public and to prevent loss of life, health, property or essential public services and advance notice to the notification center prior to excavation is impracticable under the circumstances. “ Emergency ” shall include, but is not limited to, ruptures and leakage of pipelines, explosions, fires and similar instances where immediate action is necessary to prevent loss of life or significant damage to underground facilities or the environment;

(iii) “ Excavation ” or “ excavates ” means any operation in which earth, rock or other materials on or below the ground is moved or otherwise displaced by means of hand or power tools, power equipment or explosives or other means, and includes grading, trenching, digging, ditching, drilling, augering, tunneling, boring, plowing-in, pulling-in, ripping, scraping and cable or pipe installing, except tilling of soil and gardening or agricultural purposes;

(iv) “ Excavator ” means any person or entity that excavates or conducts excavation activities;

(v) “Impoundment” means a closed basin formed naturally, or artificially built, which is dammed or excavated for the retention of water, slurry or other liquid or semi-liquid material;

(vi) “ Notification center ” means a center that receives notice from excavators of planned excavation or other requests for location and transmits this notice to participating operators;

(vii) “ Operator ” means any person, including public utilities, municipal corporations, political subdivisions or other persons having the legal authority to bury, operate, maintain, repair and replace underground facilities;

(viii) “ Person ” means an individual, partnership, municipality, state, county, political subdivision, utility, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, statutory trust or other business entity and includes the employer of an individual;

(ix) “ Secured facility ” means a parcel of land used for commercial or industrial purposes that is surrounded entirely by a fence or other means of preventing access, including a fence with one (1) or more gates that are locked at all times or monitored by a person who can prevent unauthorized access;

(x) “ Sump ” means a surface pit into which drilling mud flows on reaching the surface of the well after being pumped through the drill pipe and bit, then up through the annular opening between the walls of the hole and the drill pipe, carrying with it cuttings from the well, which settle out of the mud in the sump pits;

(xi) “ Underground facility ” means any item of personal property buried or placed below ground for use in connection with the storage or conveyance of water, sewage, electronic, telephonic or other form of electronic communications, cable television, electric energy, oil, gas, hazardous liquids or other substances and including but not limited to pipes, sewers, conduits, cables, valves, lines, wires, manholes and attachments;

(xii) “ Government entity ” means any agency, department, board, commission, authority, institution or instrumentality of the state and any county, municipality or other political subdivision of the state;

(xiii) “ Public right-of-way ” means any public street, road, highway or sidewalk;

(xiv) “ Soft digging ” means any excavation using tools or equipment that utilize air or water pressure as the direct means to break up soil or earth for removal by vacuum excavation;

(xv) “ Area of risk ” means an area not to exceed fifty (50) feet from each side of an underground facility that is located under or near a county road and that:

(A) Contains hazardous materials that present an extreme risk to the health and safety of persons; or

(B) Is buried at a depth of less than twenty-four (24) inches.

(xvi) “ County road ” means a road that is:

(A) Established pursuant to W.S. 24-3-101 through 24-3-127 , identified pursuant to W.S. 24-3-201 through 24-3-206 or for which the county is responsible for improvements and maintenance as designated by resolution of a board of county commissioners;

(B) Open to the public;

(C) Depicted on county road maps; and

(D) Identified with county road signage.

(xvii) “ Routine county road maintenance ” means the regular grading of a county road for the purpose of maintaining the surface condition of the road or a roadside drainage ditch, that does not extend more than four (4) inches below the surface and does not result in alteration of the original grade, width or flow line;

(xviii) “This act” means W.S. 37-12-301 through 37-12-307 .
Wyo. Stat. § 37-13-129 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 13 / Section 37-13-129
§ 37-13-129. Conversion costs
Status: in_force

(a) In determining the conversion costs included in the costs and feasibility report, the public utility shall be entitled to amounts sufficient to repay the following, as computed and reflected by the uniform system of accounts approved by the Wyoming public service commission, federal power commission or federal communications commission, or in the event the public utility is not subject to regulation by any of the above governmental agencies, by the public utility's system of accounts then in use and in accordance with standard accounting procedures of the public utility:

(i) The recorded original costs less depreciation taken as of the date of the assessment resolution of the existing overhead electric and communication facilities to be removed;

(ii) The estimated costs of removing the overhead electric and communication facilities, less the salvage value of the facilities removed;

(iii) If the estimated cost of constructing underground facilities exceeds the recorded original cost of constructing aerial facilities, then the cost difference between the two; and

(iv) The cost of obtaining new easements, including all reasonable acquisition costs, when technical considerations make it reasonably necessary to utilize easements for the underground facilities different from those used for the aboveground facilities, or where the preexisting easements are insufficient for underground facilities.

(b) If provision for payment of all or a portion of conversion cost by the affected public utility are included in tariffs, rules or regulations filed with or promulgated by the Wyoming public service commission, such conversion costs shall be the costs included in the costs and feasibility report and the rates and conditions of such tariff, rule or regulation shall also be applicable and binding on customers in the district.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-903 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-903
§ 37-9-903. Liability insurance; immunity
Status: in_force

(a) A city, town or county acting either singly or jointly shall require a lessee of railroad lines to obtain comprehensive liability insurance covering damages resulting from the operation of a railroad leased by the city, town, county or joint powers board pursuant to W.S. 37-9-901(a)(ii) .

(b) A city, town or county acting either singly or jointly is immune from liability arising out of any claim, demand, suit or judgment for any damage or injury caused by or involving the operation of a railroad. The lessee of any railroad lines leased by a city, town, county or joint powers board is liable for any injury or damage caused by or involving the operation of railroad lines and no cause of action is allowed against the city, town, county or joint powers board for any injuries or damages caused by or involving the operation of railroad lines.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-3-113 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3 / Section 37-3-113
§ 37-3-113. Interchange and transfer of messages, service and other facilities
Status: in_force

(a) Every public utility shall afford all reasonable, proper and equal facilities for the prompt and efficient interchange and transfer of passengers, property, cars loaded or empty, messages, service, or other facilities between the lines, plants or systems owned, operated, controlled or leased by it, and the lines, plants or systems of every other public utility, and shall make such interchange and transfer promptly without discrimination between shippers, passengers, carriers and all persons either as to compensation charged, service and facilities rendered or afforded. Every public utility operating within the state shall receive and transmit without delay or discrimination, any message, service, passenger or property or facility of or from every other similar public utility with whose line or plant or system a physical connection may have been made. But this act shall not be construed as requiring any public utility to give the use of its tracks or terminal facilities to another public utility engaged in like business.

(b) Nothing in this section contained shall be construed as in anywise limiting or modifying the duty of a public utility to establish joint rates, fares and charges for the transportation of passengers, property, messages, service or other facilities over the lines, plants or systems owned, operated, controlled or leased by it and the lines, plants or systems of other similar public utility, nor as in any manner limiting or modifying the power of the commission to require the establishment of such joint rates, fares and charges, such public utilities have failed to agree upon such use or the terms or conditions of compensation for the same, the commission may by order direct that such use may be permitted, and prescribe a reasonable compensation and reasonable terms and conditions for such joint use. Said commission however, shall not direct or sanction such joint use except in case of clear necessity.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-105 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-105
§ 37-9-105. Company may subscribe to capital stock of other railroad company
Status: in_force

Any railroad company incorporated under the general laws of this state may at any time by means of subscription to the capital stock of any other company or otherwise, aid such company in the construction of its road for the purpose of forming a connection with the line of road owned by such other company.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-6-103 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 6 / Section 37-6-103
§ 37-6-103. Securities which may be issued without approval; not to be refunded by stock without approval; securities exempted from chapter
Status: in_force

(a) Such public utility may issue such securities other than stock or stock certificates, payable at periods of not more than eighteen (18) months after date of issuance of the same, and secured or unsecured, without application to or order of the commission, but no such securities so issued shall in whole or in part be refunded by any issue of stocks, stock certificates or other securities having a maturity of more than eighteen (18) months, except on application to and approval of the commission.

(b) The commission may from time to time by order or rule, and subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed therein, exempt any security or any class of securities for which an application is required under this chapter or any public utility or class of public utility from the provisions of this chapter if it finds that the application thereof to such security, class of securities, public utility or class of public utility is not required by the public interest.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-5-507 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 5 / Section 37-5-507
§ 37-5-507. Authority not subject to the public service commission
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the authority and the authority's fees, rates, rental and other charges shall not be subject to the supervision, regulation, control or jurisdiction of the public service commission.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-13-115 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 13 / Section 37-13-115
§ 37-13-115. Board of equalization and review
Status: in_force

Before the governing body shall propose to levy any tax under any provision of this chapter, it shall sit as a board of equalization and review for the purpose of making corrections in the proposed assessments. After concluding the assessment hearings the governing body shall prepare a report of any changes or corrections made by it in the assessment list together with its finding that each piece of property within the improvement district will be benefited in amounts not less than the assessment to be levied against the property.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-12-127 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 12 / Section 37-12-127
§ 37-12-127. Failure to yield telephone for reporting emergencies; misdemeanor; exception
Status: in_force

Any person who willfully refuses to yield or surrender the use of a party line or a public pay telephone to another person for the purpose of permitting such other person to report a fire or summon police, medical or other aid in case of emergency, is guilty of a misdemeanor. This section shall not apply to persons using a party line for such an emergency call.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-7-211 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-7-211
§ 37-7-211. Rates for services
Status: in_force

Rates for services furnished by any such system shall be fixed precedent to the issuance of the bonds. Such rates shall be sufficient to provide for the payment of the interest upon and the principal of all such bonds as and when the same become due and payable, to create a bond and interest redemption fund therefor, to provide for the payment of the expenses of administration and operation and such expenses for maintenance of the system necessary to preserve the same in good repair and working order, to build up a reserve for depreciation of the existing system, and to build up a reserve for improvements, betterments and extensions to the existing system other than those necessary to maintain the same in good repair and working order as hereinbefore in this section provided. Such rates shall be fixed and revised from time to time so as to produce these amounts, and the court in its order authorizing the issuance of said revenue bonds shall empower and direct the commissioners of such power district to agree in and by the terms of said revenue bonds, and on the face of each bond at all times to maintain such rates for services furnished by such system as shall be sufficient to provide for the foregoing.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-214 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-214
§ 37-2-214. Rehearing
Status: in_force

At any time after an order has been made by the commission any person interested therein may apply for a rehearing in respect to any matter determined therein and the commission shall grant and hold a rehearing if in its judgment sufficient reason therefor be made to appear, which rehearing shall be subject to rules as the commission may prescribe. Applications for rehearing shall stay the effect of any order or decision of the commission only as to the portion of the order addressed in the rehearing application until the commission denies the application or enters an order following rehearing, whichever last occurs, provided, however, that upon the request of any party and a showing of good cause therefor, the commission may vacate the stay and allow the order or decision to remain in effect. An order or decision made after the rehearing vacating, amending or modifying the original order or decision shall not, as to the matter considered on rehearing, be open to a further application for rehearing, and shall have the same force and effect as the original order or decision.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-111 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-111
§ 37-2-111. Attorney general to be legal adviser; duties; representation by commission attorneys
Status: in_force

The attorney general shall be the legal adviser of the commission and it shall be his duty to represent the commission in all proceedings in any court, before any other agency or before any departments of the federal government. Upon the request of the commission, the attorney general may designate any duly qualified attorney employed by the commission to function as an assistant attorney general to assist the attorney general in representing the commission in all proceedings in any court, before any agency or before any departments of the federal government. Wherever he deems it appropriate, the attorney general may authorize a commission attorney to act without his assistance.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-5-509 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 5 / Section 37-5-509
§ 37-5-509. Confidential information
Status: in_force

All information obtained by the authority in connection with any hearing or investigation under this article that contains or that might reveal proprietary data shall be considered as confidential for the purposes of this article. The authority shall not disclose confidential information to any person, governmental entity or agency without prior written consent from the owner of the confidential information. Any board or staff member who discloses or causes to be disclosed any confidential information is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-3-106 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3 / Section 37-3-106
§ 37-3-106. Temporary suspension of rates; burden of proof; notice of rate changes; bonding; refunding of amounts collected in excess of final rates
Status: in_force

(a) At any hearing as provided in this act involving an increase in rates or charges sought by a public utility, the burden of proof to show that the increased rate or charge is just and reasonable shall be upon the utility.

(b) Unless the commission otherwise orders, no public utility shall make any change in any rate which has been duly established except after thirty (30) days notice to the commission, which notice shall plainly state the changes proposed to be made in the rates then in force, and the time when the changed rates will go into effect. The utility shall also give such notice of the proposed changes to other interested persons as the commission in its discretion may direct. All proposed changes shall be shown by filing new tariffs which shall be kept open to public inspection. When the commission establishes any rate which is innovative in form or substance, takes into consideration competitive marketplace elements or provides for incentives to a public utility, the rate may contain any provision for subsequent notice or the absence thereof which is supported by the public interest.

(c) Whenever there is filed with the commission by any public utility any application or tariff proposing a new rate or rates, the commission may, either upon complaint or upon its own initiative, initiate an investigation, hearing, or both, concerning the lawfulness of such rate or rates. Pending its decision thereon, the commission may suspend such rate or rates, before they become effective but not for a longer initial period than six (6) months beyond the time when such rate or rates would otherwise go into effect. If the commission shall thereafter find that a longer time will be required, the commission may extend the period of suspension for an additional period or periods not exceeding in the aggregate, three (3) months.

(d) The public utility may file an application requesting, and the commission may order such suspended rate or rates or any portion thereof to be put into effect at any time, in which event the commission may require a bond which shall secure a refund to persons entitled thereto of the amount, if any, finally determined to be excessive. The application and the bond in terms, amount and sureties shall be subject to the commission's approval.

(e) As ordered by the commission, the utility shall promptly refund to persons entitled thereto all amounts collected by it in excess of the final rates approved by the commission plus reasonable interest at a rate to be determined by the commission, and as ordered by the commission and upon such time and conditions as the commission shall specify, shall promptly pay all amounts not so refunded to the general fund of Wyoming.

(f) In any case involving a proposed change in rates, the commission may permit the utility to make effective without suspension only that portion of the change which the commission may determine to be proper under the circumstances.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-3-304 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3 / Section 37-3-304
§ 37-3-304. Activity in close proximity to lines; clearance arrangements; procedure; payment; notice
Status: in_force

(a) If any person or business entity desires to temporarily carry on any act in closer proximity to any high voltage overhead line than permitted by this act, the person or business entity responsible for performing the work shall promptly notify the appropriate public utility and shall ask the public utility for assistance. An agent or employee of the public utility shall prepare and sign a memorandum stating the public utility received a request for assistance. The person or business entity may perform the work only after developing satisfactory safety arrangements, including coordination of work and construction schedules, with the public utility. Arrangements may include placing temporary mechanical barriers to prevent contact between material, equipment or persons and the high voltage overhead lines or temporary shut down and grounding or temporary relocation or raising of the high voltage overhead lines.

(b) Except where the public utility has installed lines within ten (10) feet of an existing fixture or structure the person or business entity responsible for performing the work in the vicinity of the high voltage overhead lines shall pay the public utility's actual expenses in providing safety arrangements. The public utility is not required to begin the safety arrangements until a written agreement for payment has been made.

(c) The public utility shall begin the safety arrangements according to the agreement signed pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-603 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-603
§ 37-9-603. Verified statement of account; recovery procedure
Status: in_force

Whenever any verified account mentioned in the last preceding section [ § 37-9-602 ] shall be placed in the hands of any railroad company or its agent as above stated, it shall be the duty of such company to furnish the contractor with a copy of such verified account, so that if there be any disagreement between the debtor and creditor as to the amount due the same may be amicably adjusted, and if the contractor or subcontractor, if he be the debtor, shall not, within ten (10) days after the receipt of such account, give the said railroad company or its agent, written notice that the claim is disputed, he shall be considered as assenting to its payment, and the railroad company or its agent, shall be justified in paying the same when due and charging the same to the contractor. The person or persons to whom any such debt is due and who shall deliver a verified account thereof as above provided may recover the amount thereof in an action at law, to the extent of any balance due by the railroad company to the contractor at or after the time of delivering the verified account; provided, that nothing contained in this section or in section 2 of this act [ § 37-9-602 ] shall interfere with the right of action upon the bond or bonds provided for in section 1 of this act [ § 37-9-601 ], or against the railroad company for the full amount of any such debt in case of a failure of the company to take a bond.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-112 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-112
§ 37-2-112. Powers
Status: in_force

The commission shall have general and exclusive power to regulate and supervise every public utility within the state in accordance with the provisions of this act.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-7-130 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-7-130
§ 37-7-130. Assessments as lien against property
Status: in_force

Each and every sum assessed in any power district organized in the manner herein provided, as soon as such assessment is confirmed by the court, shall be and is declared to be a lien against the land so assessed, and unless some other method of collection is herein provided, it shall be collected in the same manner as any other money judgment, provided that whenever said assessment is a lien upon land it shall only be collected on said land on which it is a lien.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-7-115 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-7-115
§ 37-7-115. Notice when lands situate in more than one county
Status: in_force

In case the lands are situated in more than one county the notice published in the county wherein the court having jurisdiction is situated shall contain a description of all the lands in said proposed district [with] the damages awarded to the several parcels thereof, but the notice published in any other county or counties may contain a description of only the lands situate in said county for which said publication is made, together with the damages awarded to and assessments for benefits against the several tracts, parcels, easements and interests situate in said county for which publication is made. In case of service of said notice personally, or the acceptance and waiver thereof of all the owners of the lands within the district, said service shall be sufficient and give the court jurisdiction without said publication.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-5-605 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 5 / Section 37-5-605
§ 37-5-605. Bonds as legal investments
Status: in_force

The bonds of the authority are legal investments that may be used as collateral for public funds of the state, insurance companies, banks, savings and loan associations, investment companies, trustees and other fiduciaries that may properly and legally invest funds in their control or belonging to them in bonds of the authority. With the written approval of the state loan and investment board and the attorney general, the state treasurer may invest monies from the permanent Wyoming mineral trust fund in bonds of the authority in an amount specified by the state loan and investment board and the attorney general but not to exceed the amount specified in W.S. 37-5-602(a) and (b) . The interest payable on the bonds shall be not less than four percent (4%), and revenue under W.S. 37-5-602(b) shall be credited as received to the general fund. The limitation on specific public purpose investments under W.S. 9-4-715(n) shall not apply to investments made under this section.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-203 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-203
§ 37-9-203. Lands heretofore taken may be acquired
Status: in_force

Any railroad company which may have prior to January ninth, A.D. 1891, taken any of the lands of this state for right-of-way and depot grounds shall, upon filing a plat and survey thereof, with the director, and payment for depot grounds, be entitled to a conveyance by letters patent, by the governor, conveying in fee the lands for depot grounds, and granting forever to such railroad company, its successors and assigns, the right to take, use, occupy and enjoy for its railroad purposes, the lands so taken for right-of-way, for tracks and roadways; provided, that in addition to the filing of such survey and plat, proof, to the satisfaction of the land commissioners, shall be made of the construction of such railroad across the land, and the erection of a station on the lands claimed for depot grounds.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-15-301 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 15 / Section 37-15-301
§ 37-15-301. Regulation of interexchange companies
Status: repealed

(a) An interexchange company not authorized to provide intrastate telecommunications service in this state on or before January 1, 1995, shall not provide intrastate interexchange telecommunications services unless it first registers with the commission. An interexchange company authorized by the commission to provide intrastate telecommunications service as of January 1, 1995, is not required to register. The form for registration shall be specified by the commission.

(b) Any interexchange company registered with the commission to provide intrastate telecommunications services shall be authorized to provide statewide services.

(c) to (e) Repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 142, § 2.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-801 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-801
§ 37-9-801. Requirements as to equipment
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any owner or operator of a railroad running through or within the boundaries of the state of Wyoming and engaged in the business of common carrier to operate for or transport its employees in a motor car which is not equipped with a reasonably substantial top for the protection of said employees from rain, snow, sleet and hail, and equipped with a transparent windshield sufficient in width and height to reasonably protect said employees, which windshield shall be of safety glass and such car shall also be equipped with a permanently placed electric headlamp of sufficient candlepower as to render visible at a distance of three hundred (300) feet in advance of such car under ordinary atmospheric conditions, any obstruction, landmark, warning sign or grade crossing on such railroad. Said car shall also be equipped with one (1) red electric light on the rear end thereof with sufficient candlepower as to be visible at a distance of three hundred (300) feet under ordinary atmospheric conditions, and such car shall also be equipped with a windshield wiper that will remove rain, snow and sleet from the windshield on such car while such car is moving and said windshield shall be so devised that the driver of said car can start or stop said windshield wiper while he is driving the car.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-12-208 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 12 / Section 37-12-208
§ 37-12-208. Utility liable for loss or damage
Status: in_force

In case any public utility shall do, cause to be done, or permit to be done, any act, matter or thing prohibited, forbidden or declared to be unlawful, or shall omit to do any act, matter or thing required to be done by this act, or by any lawful order of the commission, such public utility shall be liable to the persons affected thereby for the amount of all loss, damage or injury caused thereby or resulting therefrom. An action to recover for such loss, damage or injury may be brought in any district court in this state by any person.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-7-116 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-7-116
§ 37-7-116. Modification of report by order of court
Status: in_force

If the court finds that the report requires modification, the same may by order of the court be referred back to the commissioners, who may be required to modify it in any respect.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-13-118 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 13 / Section 37-13-118
§ 37-13-118. Adoption of the assessment resolution; civil action; statute of limitations
Status: in_force

After the public hearing has been concluded and all corrections made to the assessment list, the governing body shall proceed to adopt the assessment resolution. The resolution and supporting findings shall be conclusive against all persons unless an action contesting the validity of this law or the acts contemplated by this law shall be commenced in a court of competent jurisdiction within thirty (30) days after the adoption of the assessment ordinance. Thereafter, any such action shall be barred and the organization of the district, the assessment levied pursuant thereto, or any other act authorized by this statute shall not be directly or collaterally questioned in any suit, action, or proceeding. The statute of limitations provided herein shall be an additional limitation to and supplement any requirements of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act [ §§ 16-3-101 through 16-3-115 ] or any rules issued thereunder. If the contest is unsuccessful, the court may order the plaintiff to pay the costs thereof, and, in its discretion, may require a bond in a sufficient amount to cover the costs at the commencement of the action. The burden of proof to show that the special assessment or part thereof is invalid, inequitable or unjust shall rest upon the party who brings the suit.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-210 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-210
§ 37-2-210. Depositions; rules as to hearings and investigations
Status: in_force

The commission, or with the consent of the commission, any party to the proceedings before the commission, may, in any investigation, cause the depositions of witnesses residing within or without the state to be taken in the manner prescribed by law for like depositions in civil actions in the courts of this state. All hearings and investigations before the commission shall be conducted under such rules as the commission may prescribe and adopt.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-12-305 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 12 / Section 37-12-305
§ 37-12-305. Exemptions
Status: in_force

(a) The following oil and gas production facilities are not subject to this act:

(i) Aboveground or underground storage tanks, sumps, impoundments or piping connected to aboveground or underground storage tanks, sumps or impoundments located in the same tract of land as the storage tanks, sumps or impoundments;

(ii) Underground production facilities operated by the owner of a secured facility which are located entirely within the secured facility;

(iii) Piping within a well bore;

(iv) Underground facilities which are located on a production lease or unit and which are operated by a person:

(A) Who owns, in whole or in part, the mineral lease rights to that production lease or unit; and

(B) Who operates the underground facility only for their own use.

(b) An underground facility which extends beyond the boundaries of a production lease or unit is exempt only for that portion of the facility which is located within the boundaries of the lease or unit.

(c) An underground facility which contains gas or hazardous liquid shall not be exempted under the provisions of this act as provided by paragraph (a)(iv) of this section if the facility is located within the boundaries of, or within one-eighth ( 1 / 8 ) of a mile of, an incorporated or unincorporated city or town, or any residential or commercial area, subdivision, business or shopping area, community development or any similarly populated area, or on an established surface or underground easement, or if it contains more than one hundred (100) parts per million of hydrogen sulfide.

(d) Underground facilities located on private property owned by and existing for the exclusive use of that private property owner are exempt from the provisions of this act.

(e) Private domestic water and sewer lines located outside any incorporated area and serving nine (9) or fewer service hook-ups, private irrigation and drainage lines and ditches, irrigation district and drainage district lines and ditches, and private livestock water pipelines and facilities are exempt from the provisions of this act.

(f) Nothing in this section shall prohibit an operator of an underground facility which is exempted under this section to voluntarily register that facility under this act.

(g) Underground facilities operated by the owner of a secured facility which are located entirely within the secured facility are exempt from the provisions of this act.

(h) The following routine maintenance activities in a government entity's public right-of-way are exempt from the provisions of this act:

(i) Snowplowing;

(ii) Adding of granular material to unpaved roads;

(iii) Removal and application of patches to the surface of pavement;

(iv) Cleaning and sealing of road or pavement cracks or joints.

(j) Routine county road maintenance is exempt from the provisions of this act, provided that the maintenance is not within an area of risk as specified in a notice provided under W.S. 37-12-302(n) .
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-105 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-105
§ 37-2-105. Offices, equipment and facilities
Status: in_force

The principal office of the commission shall be at the state capitol, and the commission shall be provided by the state with such offices, equipment and facilities as may be necessary for the performance of its duties.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-130 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-130
§ 37-2-130. Right of review
Status: in_force

A person adversely affected or aggrieved by any action, findings, conclusions or decision of the public service commission is entitled to judicial review thereof according to the procedures established by the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act and the Wyoming Rules of Appellate Procedure. The standards to be applied, to judicial review proceedings, including scope of review, shall be those standards established in the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-5-508 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 5 / Section 37-5-508
§ 37-5-508. Subpoena
Status: in_force

(a) For the purpose of any investigation or proceeding under this article, the authority or any officer it designates may administer oaths and affirmations, subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, take evidence and require the production of any books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, agreements or other documents or records that the authority deems relevant or material to the inquiry.

(b) In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey, a subpoena issued to any person, a Wyoming district court, upon the authority's application, may issue to the person an order requiring him to appear before the authority or the officer it designates. The order may require the person to produce documentary evidence or to give evidence touching the matter under investigation or in question. Failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by the court as a contempt of court.

(c) In considering a request by the authority under subsection (b) of this section, the district court shall review the request in camera to protect the confidentiality of the information sought. The court may also restrict disclosure of any confidential information in any other proceeding, administrative or judicial, and may order that the information be sealed.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-126 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-126
§ 37-2-126. Report to the governor
Status: in_force

The commission shall, as required by W.S. 9-2-1014 , report to the governor, including in such detail as the commission may deem expedient all proceedings and investigations of the commission during such period and shall contain abstracts of the reports of public utilities prepared by the commission. It shall also contain the recommendations of the commission for new legislation and any other matters the commission desires to call to the attention of the governor and the legislature.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-15-412 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 15 / Section 37-15-412
§ 37-15-412. Unauthorized change of telecommunications company; unauthorized services; prohibited practices; penalties
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall engage in any practice which has the effect of changing any Wyoming consumer's telecommunications company if the change is willfully made without the knowledge and consent of that consumer. No person shall willfully charge or attempt to collect charges from any Wyoming consumer for any product or service not provided to the consumer or not authorized by the consumer. The public service commission shall provide upon request of a Wyoming consumer, information or technical assistance regarding appropriate action for the consumer to take in order not to receive telecommunication companies solicitations.

(b) Any change in a Wyoming consumer's telecommunications company shall be effective only if it is in compliance with any method of authorization permitted under federal law, rule or regulation, except that no negative option marketing technique shall be permitted to be used.

(c) If the chosen method is a letter of agency it shall be maintained by the new service provider. No letter of agency under subsection (b) of this section shall be effective if it is physically attached to or part of any inducement, premium, coupon or other promotional material. No letter of agency shall be effective until it is in the actual possession of the new service provider.

(d) Any consumer whose telecommunications company has been willfully changed in violation of subsection (a) of this section is not liable for payment of any unauthorized charge unless the commission determines, after conducting a public hearing on any complaint brought on the matter, that the consumer engaged in any fraudulent or deceptive practice which avoids payment for telecommunications services in connection with the unauthorized charge.

(e) A consumer is not liable for an amount charged for any unauthorized product provided or service initiated by a telecommunications company or its billing agent without the consent of the consumer. No consumer shall be liable to pay for any product not delivered or service not furnished.

(f) Restitution for violation of this section shall be as follows:

(i) The unauthorized telecommunications company shall pay all recurring and nonrecurring fees and charges necessary for the consumer to promptly reinstate service from the original telecommunications company and shall pay that company an amount equal to that which would have been due had the consumer remained with the original telecommunications company;

(ii) In addition to paragraph (f)(i) of this section, the unauthorized telecommunications company shall pay to any consumer any amount the consumer has paid to the unauthorized company for which the consumer is not liable under subsection (d) of this section.

(g) If the commission shall determine by a preponderance of the evidence in a hearing that any person willfully has engaged in any practice which has the effect of changing any Wyoming consumer's telecommunications company without complying with the applicable provisions of this section, has charged or attempted to collect a charge for unauthorized service, or has solicited a Wyoming consumer in violation of this section:

(i) The commission may impose for each change or charge made in violation of this section an administrative penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00); and

(ii) If the commission finds that the person has violated this section with such frequency as to indicate a general business practice it may also permanently revoke the authority of the company involved to provide intrastate interexchange or other telecommunications services in this state.

(h) The following are not subject to the provisions of this section:

(i) Changes in a consumer's telecommunications company or other services effected through a consolidation or merger of the consumer's current telecommunications company;

(ii) Services and corresponding charges required by law or order of the commission.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-101 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-101
§ 37-2-101. Creation; composition; appointment; compensation; terms and oaths of members; removal; chairman and deputy chairman; vacancies
Status: in_force

(a) There is created a commission separate from the state board of equalization to which it has been joined which is known as the “public service commission of Wyoming”. The commission shall consist of three (3) members appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. Not more than seventy-five percent (75%) of the members of the commission shall at any time be members of the same political party. Each member of the commission shall receive an annual salary as provided by law, to be paid in equal monthly installments in the same manner that other state salaries are paid.

(b) Biennially the members shall elect from among their number a chairman and a deputy chairman who shall serve in these offices for a period of two (2) years. The chairman shall receive an additional annual salary as provided by law during his tenure as chairman to be paid in equal monthly installments, in the same manner as other state salaries are paid.

(c) The present elected chairman and two (2) designated members now comprising the public service commission, or their successors, comprise the public service commission for purposes of this section.

(d) Upon the expiration of the term of any member he shall be reappointed or a successor shall be appointed for a term of six (6) years or except in case of a vacancy. Each member shall hold office until his successor is appointed and qualified. The governor may remove any member as provided in W.S. 9-1-202 .

(e) In case of a vacancy, it shall be filled by appointment by the governor in accordance with W.S. 28-12-101 .

(f) Each member, within thirty (30) days after notice of his appointment and before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take, subscribe and file with the secretary of state the oath of office prescribed by the constitution of this state. Effective July 1, 1979, appointments and terms under this act shall be in accordance with W.S. 28-12-101 through 28-12-103 .
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-107 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-107
§ 37-2-107. Assessment regarding telecommunications, gas, electric, water and pipeline service; assessment generally
Status: repealed

(a) On or before the first day of July of each year the director of revenue shall, by requiring special reports or otherwise, determine the total aggregate amount of the gross Wyoming intrastate retail revenues of all public utilities, entities utilizing public utility facilities in the state to furnish retail utility commodities or services to the public, and providers of telecommunication services, except motor carriers, and those utilities exempted under W.S. 37-2-108 , for the preceding calendar year. The director shall then determine the ratio that one-half ( 1 / 2 ) of the total authorized budgeted amount for the biennium is to the total aggregate gross retail Wyoming intrastate operating revenues. The resulting percentage factor shall then be applied to the annual intrastate gross retail operating revenues of each of such persons for the preceding calendar year and the result shall be the assessment of each such person for the ensuing budget fiscal year. However, the assessment rate against the persons for any one (1) year shall not exceed three-thousandths (.003) of the gross Wyoming intrastate retail revenues of the persons unless the assessment of three-thousandths (.003) is insufficient to produce the amount to be collected. If the amount to be collected exceeds the amount produced by the application of the percentage factor to the gross Wyoming intrastate retail revenue of the persons, an additional assessment sufficient to produce the amount to be collected but not to exceed two-thousandths (.002) shall be made against those persons defined as public utilities in W.S. 37-1-101(a)(vi)(C), (D) or (G) but not cooperative utilities that are eligible for exemption and that choose to opt out from retail rate regulation. By the first day of August the director shall assess the persons, and one-half ( 1 / 2 ) of the assessed fees shall be paid to the director by the persons on or before the first day of October and one-half ( 1 / 2 ) of the fees shall be paid to the director by the persons on or before the first day of April in the ensuing year. The director, in computing the percentage upon which fees for the first fiscal year of the ensuing biennium shall be based, shall deduct any unexpended balance in the commission's account, less an amount equal to the total of all properly authorized outstanding accounts payable, from one-half ( 1 / 2 ) the total authorized budgeted amount for the biennium, and the resultant figure shall be used instead of the one-half ( 1 / 2 ) of the total authorized budgeted amount for the biennium, as above provided. Any unexpended balance in the commission's account shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal period. “ Intrastate gross retail operating revenues ” as used in this section shall mean intrastate gross revenues derived from the provision of telecommunications, gas, electric, water and pipeline service offered for final consumption and not for resale.

(b) Repealed by Laws 2012, ch. 84, § 102, eff. July 1, 2012.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-12-206 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 12 / Section 37-12-206
§ 37-12-206. Hindering investigation
Status: in_force

Any person who willfully obstructs or hinders the commission or a member thereof, or an authorized agent or examiner in making an inspection, examination or investigation of the accounts, records, memoranda, books or papers of any public utility, or of the property or facilities thereof is guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisoned as the court may direct for a term not exceeding five (5) years.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-215 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-215
§ 37-2-215. Prosecution of violations
Status: in_force

Whenever the commission shall be of the opinion that any public utility is failing or omitting, or is about to fail or omit to do anything required of it by this act, or by any order of the commission, or is doing anything or is about to do anything or permit anything to be done contrary to or in violation of the provisions of this act, or of any order of the commission, it may begin and prosecute in any district court of this state an appropriate action in law or in equity to remedy or to prevent such real or proposed violation.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-4-102 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 4 / Section 37-4-102
§ 37-4-102. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) When used in this act, the following words, terms and phrases shall have the meaning prescribed to them in this section:

(i) “Transmitting utility” means any corporation or other business entity primarily engaged, pursuant to rights or franchises issued by a state or federal regulatory body, in the railroad or street railway business, the telephone or telegraph business, the transmission of oil, gas or petroleum products by pipeline, or the transmission or the production and transmission of electricity, steam, gas or water;

(ii) “Uniform Commercial Code” means chapter 219, Session Laws of Wyoming, 1961, as amended [ §§ 34.1-1-101 through 34.1-10-104 ].
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-305 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-305
§ 37-9-305. Fences and cattle guards; liability for damages
Status: in_force

Any corporation operating a railway and failing to fence the same and to construct and maintain suitable cattle guards as required by W.S. 37-9-304 , shall be liable to the owner or owners of any livestock killed or injured by reason of its failure to construct or keep in repair the fence or cattle guard in the manner provided in W.S. 37-9-304 , for the full amount of the damage sustained by the owner on account thereof and to make a prima facie case for recovery, it shall only be necessary for the owner to prove the loss or injury to his property; provided, that no corporation operating a railroad shall be liable for any damage occasioned by the willful act of the owner or of his agent or employees or for stock killed or injured on public road crossings unless negligence on the part of the corporation, its agents, servants or employees can be shown.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-7-210 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-7-210
§ 37-7-210. Disposition of proceeds from sale of bonds; funds to be used only on system; unexpended balance; purchase and cancellation of bonds
Status: in_force

The commissioners of any such power district shall require that the proceeds of the sale of bonds issued under the provisions of this act be deposited in a special account or accounts in a bank or banks which are members of the federal reserve system, and shall require, insofar as practicable, that each such deposit be secured by the United States government securities having an aggregate market value at least equal to the sum at the time on deposit, or, in any event, the proceeds shall be deposited in some bank or other depository, either within or without the state, which will secure such deposit satisfactorily to said governing body. All moneys received from any such bonds shall be used solely for the purchase, construction, improvement, enlargement, extension or repair of the system for which issued, including any engineering, legal and other expenses incident thereto; provided, however, that such moneys may be used also to advance the payment of the interest on such bonds during the first three (3) years following the date of such bonds. Provided, that any unexpended balance of the proceeds of the sale of any such bonds remaining after the completion of the project for which issued shall be paid immediately into the bond and interest redemption fund for such bonds, and the same shall be used only for the payment of the principal of the bonds, and interest for the first three (3) years following the date of the bonds, or, in the alternative, to acquire outstanding bonds of the general issue from which the proceeds were derived, by purchase of such bonds at a price (exclusive of accrued interest) not exceeding the face amount thereof. Any bonds so acquired by purchase shall be cancelled and shall not be reissued.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-12-121 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 12 / Section 37-12-121
§ 37-12-121. Damaging public telephones or equipment or telegraph or telephone lines or poles
Status: in_force

Any person who willfully displaces, removes, injures or destroys any public telephone instrument or any part thereof or any equipment or facilities associated therewith or who enters or breaks into any coin box associated therewith or who willfully displaces, removes, injures or destroys any telegraph or telephone line, wire, cable, pole or conduit belonging to another or the material or property appurtenant thereto is guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for not more than five (5) years, to which may be added a fine not exceeding the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).
Wyo. Stat. § 37-15-406 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 15 / Section 37-15-406
§ 37-15-406. Quality of service
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 142, § 2.

(b) Any customer, and the commission on its own motion, may complain concerning the quality of service provided by a telecommunications company. A complaint shall be noticed and heard as provided for in the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. The commission, after notice and hearing, may direct the telecommunications company to take whatever remedial action is technically feasible and economically reasonable to provide reasonably adequate service. The commission shall authorize a telecommunications provider to recover the cost of compliance as reasonably determined by any commission order under this section.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-505 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-505
§ 37-9-505. Two-way radios required; penalty
Status: in_force

(a) When a railroad train is operated in Wyoming with a caboose, it shall be equipped with operable, two-way radios located in the lead locomotive and in the caboose. The radios shall have and be operated at the same frequency as the control operator on the railroad on which the train is operated if the control operator is equipped with radios.

(b) When a railroad train is operated in Wyoming without a caboose, the train crews shall be supplied with an operable, portable two-way radio. The radio shall have and be operated at the same frequency as the control operator on the railroad on which the train is operated if the control operator is equipped with radios.

(c) Violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00). Each train operating without the required radios is a separate violation.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-3-202 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3 / Section 37-3-202
§ 37-3-202. Commission duty to enforce
Status: in_force

(a) The public service commission shall:

(i) Review the quantities of gas stored by natural gas utilities and included in the rate base of those utilities; and

(ii) Bring those utilities into compliance with W.S. 37-3-201 .
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-123 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-123
§ 37-2-123. Order apportioning expenses between joint public utilities
Status: in_force

Whenever any order of the commission involves expenditures of any sum or sums by public utilities rendering any joint service or services, and the public utilities affected thereby shall fail to agree upon the division or apportionment thereof within a reasonable time after the service of such order, the commission may issue a supplemental order declaring the apportionment or division of such expense.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-15-413 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 15 / Section 37-15-413
§ 37-15-413. Limitation on authority of political subdivision to enter exclusive agreement for provision of telecommunications service
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) through (d) of this section, before the governing body of any city or town or other political subdivision of this state shall provide for the construction, maintenance or operation of any telecommunications service by entering into an exclusive franchise, partnership, joint venture, contract, resale agreement or any other exclusive agreement with any party regarding telecommunications service, the city, town or other political subdivision shall:

(i) Determine, after notice and opportunity for a public hearing, that no private provider of telecommunications services is currently providing substantially the same or similar service anywhere within the boundaries of the city, town or political subdivision;

(ii) Have submitted a written request to all private providers of telecommunications services within the boundaries of the city, town or political subdivision for provision of the same quality and grade of telecommunications service within the same time frame and at the same consumer prices proposed under the exclusive contract;

(iii) Determine, after notice and opportunity for a public hearing that the private telecommunications service providers have not agreed within ninety (90) days of the receipt of the request submitted pursuant to paragraph (ii) of this subsection to provide the same quality and grade of service within the same time frame and at the same consumer prices as proposed under the exclusive contract, or if the provider has agreed, that the provider has not commenced providing or constructing facilities to provide the service in the manner agreed upon; and

(iv) Limit the term of any exclusive agreement under this section to not more than six (6) years.

(b) The governing body of a city or town or other political subdivision shall allow the nondiscriminatory, nonexclusive and competitively neutral use of its rights-of-way including its poles, conduits, ducts or similar support structures by any telecommunications company and nothing in this section shall be construed to the contrary.

(c) Nothing in this section shall restrict the governing body of a city or town, or other political subdivision, from providing a telecommunications service or facility:

(i) For its own use;

(ii) For 911, E-911 or other emergency services;

(iii) For medical or educational purposes; or

(iv) To students by an educational institution.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict the governing body of a city or town or other political subdivision, from providing a telecommunications service to a party within the geographic area in which the city, town or political subdivision operates as a telecommunications utility. Any city, town or political subdivision providing a telecommunications service under this subsection shall:

(i) Provide the telecommunications service on a nondiscriminatory, nonexclusive and competitively neutral basis; and

(ii) Provide the telecommunications service at a price which covers cost, including imputed costs that the city, town or political subdivision would incur if it were a for-profit telecommunications company.

(e) Any person may complain to the commission, and the commission may on its own motion initiate an investigation, concerning any alleged violation of this section by a city, town or political subdivision, subject to the following:

(i) If the commission finds that a city, town or political subdivision has violated this section, or finds that any rule, action or order of a city, town or political subdivision is anticompetitive or otherwise violates this section, the commission shall notify the city, town or political subdivision of the violation. The city, town or political subdivision shall cure the anticompetitive behavior within ninety (90) days following mailing of notice by the commission; and

(ii) If the city, town or political subdivision does not cure the anticompetitive behavior within ninety (90) days, the commission shall commence a contested case hearing on the complaint, governed by the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act, W.S. 16-3-101 et seq. If, following the hearing, the commission finds that the city, town or political subdivision has violated this section, the commission shall prohibit the city, town or political subdivision from providing any telecommunications service until the violation of this section is remedied.

(f) This section does not apply to any contract entered into prior to July 1, 2007.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-132 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-132
§ 37-2-132. Determination of telephone prefixes; report to national do-not-call list
Status: in_force

The public service commission may determine which prefixes or telephone numbers are used in Wyoming primarily for cellular telephone service by determining prefixes or telephone numbers or by utilizing information available from the North American numbering plan administrator, the national pooling administrator, the local number portability administrator or any suitable least cost alternative as determined by the commission. The commission shall report these prefixes and telephone numbers to the national do-not-call list.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-10-101 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 10 / Section 37-10-101
§ 37-10-101. Highway crossing protection account established; purposes of account; use in connection with federal funds
Status: in_force

(a) In order to promote the public safety and to provide for the payment of part of the costs of installing, reconstructing and improving automatic and other safety appliance signals or devices at crossings at grade of public highways, as defined in this act, roads or streets over the track or tracks of any railroad corporation or street railway corporation in the state, there is created an account known as the highway crossing protection account within the highway fund. Before any funds of the highway crossing protection account shall be used to pay any part of the cost of the installation, reconstruction, or improvement of any signals or devices at any crossing, the commission shall first determine that all federal sources of funding have been exhausted. When federal funds are being utilized, federal guidelines as indicated in 23 C.F.R. [part] 646 shall be followed. For purposes of this section, “commission” means the Wyoming transportation commission.

(b) As used in this act:

(i) “ Public highways ” means as specified in W.S. 24-1-101 , but shall not include private roads;

(ii) “ This act ” means W.S. 37-10-101 through 37-10-105 .
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-504 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-504
§ 37-9-504. Contracts restricting liability void
Status: in_force

Any contract, rule, or regulation or device whatsoever, the purpose or intent of which shall be to enable any such person or corporation, so operating such railroad to exempt itself from any liability created by this act shall, to that extent, be void. Nor shall any contract of insurance, relief, benefit or indemnity in case of injury or death, entered into prior to the injury, between the person so injured and such corporation, or any person or association acting for such corporation, nor shall the acceptance of any such insurance, relief, benefit, or indemnity by the person injured, his widow, heirs, or legal representatives after the injury, from such corporation, person or association, constitute any bar or defense to any cause of action brought under the provisions of this act, but nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent or invalidate any settlement for damages between the employer and the employees subsequent to injuries received.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-7-119 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-7-119
§ 37-7-119. Assessment for construction; time of payment; interest
Status: in_force

At the time of the confirmation of such assessments, it shall be competent for the court to order the assessment for construction to be paid in not more than twenty (20) installments, of such amounts and at such times as will be convenient for the accomplishment of the proposed work, or for the payment of principal and interest of such notes or bonds of said district, as the court shall grant authority to issue for the construction of said work. The court may also, by such order, fix a date on which the first installment of the assessments of construction shall become due, not more than five (5) years after the date of the order, and each of said installments shall draw interest at a rate not to exceed seven percent (7%) per annum from the date of said order.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-7-207 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-7-207
§ 37-7-207. Appointment of receiver in case of default upon bonds
Status: in_force

If there be any default in the payment of the principal of or interest upon any of said bonds, any court having jurisdiction in any proper action may appoint a receiver to administer and operate the system so encumbered on behalf of the borrower with power to fix and charge rates and collect revenues sufficient to provide for the payment of any bonds or other obligations outstanding against said system and for the payment of the expenses of operating and maintaining the same and to apply the income and revenues of said system in conformity with this act and the order providing for the issuance of such bonds.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-13-111 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 13 / Section 37-13-111
§ 37-13-111. Public hearing; changes in proposed improvements or in area of improvement district
Status: in_force

(a) At the time and place specified in the notice, the governing body shall meet and proceed to hear and pass upon all objections and protests to the creation of the proposed district, the making of the proposed improvements, and the benefits accruing to any tract, lot or parcel of land therein. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time to a fixed future time and place. If at any time during the hearings, it appears to the governing body that changes in the proposed improvements or the proposed district should be made, which, after consultation with the public utilities concerned, appear to affect either the cost or feasibility of the improvements, the hearing shall be adjourned to a fixed future time and place and a new cost and feasibility report prepared on the basis of the contemplated changes.

(b) If at any time during the public hearing the governing body is presented with a petition signed by more than fifty percent (50%) of the property owners of the proposed district protesting the proposed improvement and the petition is still outstanding at the close of the public hearing the district and project shall be abandoned.

(c) After the hearing has been concluded and after all protests and objections have been considered, the governing body may make changes in the proposed improvements or in the area to be included in the district as it may consider necessary or desirable, provided the changes are not substantial. Notice and an opportunity to protest shall be given if substantial changes are desired by the governing body. The governing body shall either abandon the district and project or adopt a resolution establishing the district and authorizing the project, either as described in the notice or with changes made as above authorized. The resolution shall be published in the manner provided in W.S. 37-13-110 but need not be mailed.

(d) If a resolution is adopted establishing the district, the resolution shall conclusively establish the regular organization of the district against all persons, unless an action contesting the validity of the organization is commenced in a court of competent jurisdiction within thirty (30) days after the adoption of the resolution. Thereafter, any action is barred and the organization of the district shall not be directly or collaterally questioned in any suit, action or proceeding.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-12-210 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 12 / Section 37-12-210
§ 37-12-210. Perjury
Status: in_force

Any person who knowingly makes any false statement of fact under oath, whether oral or in writing, as required by this act, is guilty of perjury and upon conviction shall be punished as provided for in the perjury statutes of this state.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-7-201 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-7-201
§ 37-7-201. Petition for organization; assessments against real estate
Status: in_force

If the petition for the organization of a power district under W.S. 37-7-101 , states that the bonds to be issued by such district for the purpose of raising money shall be a lien only upon the power plant, distribution system, and other property used in the manufacture or distribution of electrical energy, and upon the revenues from electrical energy so developed or distributed, the petition or petitions of fifty (50) freeholders of the area to be served shall be sufficient to give the court jurisdiction to hear such petition, and to organize a power district; provided, no district organized under a petition providing such revenue bonds only, shall have authority to make any assessments against the real estate of the district, unless it shall amend its petition and follow the procedure provided in W.S. 37-7-101 .
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-207 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-207
§ 37-2-207. Attendance of witnesses, production of books
Status: in_force

Any party to a proceeding before the commission with the consent of the commission shall have process to enforce the attendance of witnesses, and the production of books, papers, maps, contracts, reports and records of every description affecting the subject matter of the investigation.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-13-107 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 13 / Section 37-13-107
§ 37-13-107. Costs and feasibility report
Status: in_force

The public utility or utilities report shall set forth an estimate of the total underground conversion costs for the district and shall also indicate the cost of underground conversion of facilities of the public utility located within the boundaries of the various parcels or lots within the district. The report shall also contain the public utility's recommendations concerning the engineering feasibility of the project for the district proposed insofar as the physical characteristics of the district are concerned. The report shall make recommendations by the public utility concerning inclusion or exclusion of areas within the district or immediately adjacent to the district. The governing body shall consider the public utility's recommendations concerning feasibility and may amend the boundaries of the proposed improvement district provided the costs and feasibility report of the public utilities contains a cost figure on the district as amended, or it may request a new costs and feasibility report from the public utilities concerned on the basis of the amended district. The cost estimate contained in the report shall not be considered binding on the public utility if construction is not commenced within six (6) months of the submission of the estimate for reasons not within the control of the public utility. Should such a delay result in a significant increase in the conversion cost, new hearings shall be held on the creation of the district. In the event that a ten percent (10%) or less increase results, only the hearing on the assessments need be held again.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-15-502 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 15 / Section 37-15-502
§ 37-15-502. Universal service fund eligibility and distribution to carriers
Status: in_force

(a) Telecommunications companies which use cellular, radio spectrum or other wireless technology to provide supported services to customers who are otherwise eligible to receive universal service support pursuant to W.S. 37-15-501 , may establish eligibility to receive universal service fund distributions in an amount to be determined by the commission, provided that:

(i) The telecommunications company will offer and advertise all universal service fund supported services throughout the entire local exchange area;

(ii) The telecommunications company will provide unlimited local calling throughout an entire local exchange area for a flat fee;

(iii) The telecommunications company's bill to the customer reflects a credit for the amount of distribution the company receives from the state universal service fund for providing universal service fund supported services to that customer; and

(iv) The company and services meet such additional criteria, if any, the commission, after notice and opportunity for hearing, determines are necessary. During its consideration and determination, the commission shall consider technological and competitive neutrality.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-12-211 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 12 / Section 37-12-211
§ 37-12-211. Penalty for violations by utility; other offenses
Status: in_force

Any public utility which violates or fails to comply with any provision of this act, or which fails, omits or neglects to obey, observe or comply with any order, decision, decree, rule, direction, demand or requirement, or any part or provision thereof, of the commission, in a case in which a penalty has not hereinbefore been provided for, such public utility is subject to a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for each and every offense.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-13-103 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 13 / Section 37-13-103
§ 37-13-103. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this chapter the following words and phrases and any variations thereof shall have the following meaning:

(i) “Communication service” means the transmission of intelligence by electrical means, including, but not limited to telephone, telegraph, messenger-call, clock, police, fire alarm and traffic control circuits or the transmission of standard television or radio signals;

(ii) “Electric service” means the distribution of electricity for heat, light or power;

(iii) “Convert” or “conversion” means the removal of all or any part of any existing overhead electric or communications facilities and the replacement thereof with underground electric or communication facilities constructed at the same or different locations;

(iv) “Electric or communication facilities” means any works or improvements used or useful in providing electric or communication service, including, but not limited to, poles, supports, tunnels, manholes, vaults, conduits, pipes, wires, conductors, guys, stubs, platforms, crossarms, braces, transformers, insulators, cutouts, switches, capacitors, protective devices, meters, communication circuits, appliances, attachments, and appurtenances. “Electric facilities” shall not include any facilities used or intended to be used for the transmission of electric energy at nominal voltages in excess of twenty-three thousand (23,000) volts. “Communication facilities” shall not include facilities used for the transmission of intelligence by microwave or radio, apparatus cabinets or outdoor public telephones;

(v) “Overhead electric or communication facilities” means electric or communication facilities located, in whole or in part, above the surface of the ground;

(vi) “Underground electric or communication facilities” means electric or communication facilities located, in whole or in part, beneath the surface of the ground or facilities within the confines of a power substation. “Communication facilities” shall not include facilities used or intended to be used for the transmission of intelligence by microwave or radio or outdoor public telephones. “Underground facilities” shall include certain facilities which remain above the surface in accordance with standard underground practices, such as transformers, pull boxes, service terminals, meters, pedestal terminals, splice closures, apparatus cabinets and similar facilities;

(vii) “Public utility” means any one (1) or more public or private persons or corporations that provide electric or communication service to the public by means of electric or communication facilities and includes any city, county, special district, or public corporation that provides electric or communication service to the public by means of electric or communication facilities; and as used herein this definition shall include legal entities that are not otherwise classified as public utilities and the inclusion of such other entities herein shall not affect their status under any other law or laws;

(viii) “Governing body” means the board of commissioners or city council or board of trustees as may be appropriate depending on whether the improvement district is located in a county or within a city or town;

(ix) “Resolution” shall be construed to mean ordinance where the governing body properly acts by ordinance, and resolution where the governing body properly acts by resolution.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-701 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-701
§ 37-9-701. Contracts valid; conditions to validation against subsequent purchaser for value
Status: in_force

(a) In any contract for the sale of railroad or street railway equipment or rolling stock, it shall be lawful to agree that the title to the property sold or contracted to be sold, although possession thereof may be delivered immediately, or at any time or times subsequently, shall not vest in the purchaser until the purchase price shall be fully paid, or that the seller shall have and retain a lien thereon for the unpaid purchase money. And in any contract for the leasing or hiring of such property, it shall be lawful to stipulate for a conditional sale thereof at the termination of such contract, and that the rentals or amounts to be received under such contract, may, as paid, be applied and treated as purchase money, and that the title to the property shall not vest in the lessee or bailee until the purchase price shall have been paid in full, and until the terms of the contract shall have been fully performed, notwithstanding delivery to and possession by such lessee or bailee; provided, that no such contract shall be valid as against any subsequent judgment creditor, or any subsequent bona fide purchaser for value and without notice, unless:

(i) The same shall be evidenced by an instrument executed by the parties and duly acknowledged by the vendee or lessee or bailee, as the case may be, or duly proved, before some person authorized by law to take acknowledgment of deeds, and in the same manner as deeds are acknowledged or proved;

(ii) Such instrument shall be filed for record in the office of the secretary of state;

(iii) Each locomotive engine, or car so sold, leased or hired, or contracted to be sold, leased or hired as aforesaid, shall have the name of the vendor, lessor, or bailor plainly marked on each side thereof, followed by the word “owner” or “lessor” or “bailor”, as the case may be.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-17-103 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 17 / Section 37-17-103
§ 37-17-103. Procedures for exemption; exclusion from exemption provisions
Status: in_force

(a) The board of directors of any cooperative electric utility may adopt a resolution for exemption from public service commission retail rate regulation and submit the resolution to the member owners for a vote.

(b) A vote on exemption shall take place only during a cooperative electric utility's annual meeting or by mail ballots returned prior to and counted at the annual meeting. Notification of a vote on the resolution shall be provided to the member owners at least thirty (30) days prior to the annual meeting.

(c) Upon an affirmative vote of a majority of the member owners voting on the resolution in person or by mail ballot, the election results shall be filed with the commission. On the date of filing, the exemption shall become effective.

(d) No cooperative electric utility that has net annual sales greater than two billion (2,000,000,000) kilowatt hours, in the previous calendar year shall be eligible for the exemption provided under this article. Any cooperative electric utility exempt under this article which exceeds the limit specified in this subsection shall return to retail rate regulation in the next calendar year.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-12-207 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 12 / Section 37-12-207
§ 37-12-207. Divulging information; exception
Status: in_force

Any regular or special employee of the commission who divulges any facts or information coming to his knowledge respecting an inspection, examination or investigation of any account, record, memoranda, book or paper or of the property and facilities of a public utility, except insofar as he may be authorized by the commission or by a court of competent jurisdiction, or the judge thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-106 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-106
§ 37-9-106. Aid to other companies; extension outside of state; sale or lease to other railroads permitted; foreign railroads; taxation
Status: in_force

Any railroad company now or hereafter incorporated pursuant to the laws of this state, or of the United States, or of any state or territory of the United States, may at any time, by means of subscription to the capital stock of any other railroad company, or by the purchase of its stock or bonds, or by guaranteeing its bonds, or otherwise, aid such company in the construction of its railroad within and without this state; and any company owning or operating a railroad within this state may extend the same into any other state or territory, and may build, buy, lease, or may consolidate with any railroad or railroads in such other state or territory, or with any other railroad in this state and may operate the same, and may own such real estate and other property in such other state or territory as may be necessary or convenient in the operation of such road; or any railroad company may sell or lease the whole or any part of its railroad or branches within this state, constructed or to be constructed, together with all property and rights, privileges and franchises pertaining thereto, to any railroad company organized or existing pursuant to the laws of the United States or of this state or of any other state or territory of the United States; or any railroad company incorporated or existing under the laws of the United States, or of any state or territory of the United States, may extend, construct, maintain and operate its railroad, or any portion or branch thereof, into and through this state, and may build branches from any point on such extension to any place or places within this state; and the railroad company of any other state or territory, or of the United States, which shall so purchase or lease a railroad or any part thereof in this state, or shall extend or construct its road or any portion or branch thereof in this state, shall possess and may exercise and enjoy, as to the control, management and operation of the said road, and as to the location, construction and operation of any extension or branch thereof, all the rights, powers, privileges and franchises possessed by any railroad corporations organized under the laws of this state, including the exercise of the power of eminent domain. Such purchase, sale, consolidation with, or lease may be made or such aid furnished upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the directors or trustees of the respective companies; but the same shall be approved or ratified by persons holding or representing a majority in amount of the capital stock of each of such companies, respectively, at any annual stockholders' meeting or at a special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose, or by approval in writing of a majority in interest of the stockholders of each company respectively; provided, that nothing in the foregoing provisions shall be held or construed as curtailing the right of this state or of the counties through which any such road or roads may be located to levy and collect taxes upon the same and upon the rolling stock thereof in conformity with the provisions of the laws of this state upon that subject; and all roads and branches thereof in this state, so consolidated with, purchased or leased, or aided or extended into this state, shall be subject to taxation and to regulation and control by the laws of this state, in all respects the same as if constructed by corporations organized under the laws of this state; and any corporation of another state or territory, or of the United States, being the purchaser or lessee of a railroad within this state or extending its railroad or any portion thereof into or through this state, shall establish and maintain an office or offices in this state at some point or points on its line, at which legal process and notice may be served as upon railroad corporations of this state; provided, further, that before any railroad corporation organized under the laws of any other state or territory or of the United States shall be permitted to avail itself of the benefits of this act [section], such corporation shall file with the secretary of state a true copy of its charter or articles of incorporation. Any consolidation by sale or otherwise, or any lease or agreement to sell, consolidate with or lease the whole or any part of any railroad and its branch lines, organized under the laws of Wyoming with the franchises appertaining thereto, to any railroad company organized or existing under the laws of the United States or of Wyoming or any other state or territory, or any consolidation between such companies organized under the laws of the United States or of Wyoming or any other state or territory, and a corporation organized under the laws of Wyoming executed prior to February twenty-seventh, A.D. 1890, by the proper officers of the companies, parties to such sale, lease or consolidation or contract, is hereby legalized and made in all respects valid and binding from the date of its execution.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-212 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-212
§ 37-2-212. Orders to be in writing; opinions to be published
Status: in_force

Every order of the commission shall be in writing and in cases of importance may be accompanied by an opinion setting forth in brief the facts on which the commission has based its order. The commission shall provide for the publication from time to time and for the assembling of its opinions and orders.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-13-101 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 13 / Section 37-13-101
§ 37-13-101. Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and cited as the “Wyoming Underground Conversion of Utilities Law”.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-204 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-204
§ 37-2-204. Rules for proceedings and investigations
Status: in_force

The commission may from time to time make, publish or amend rules for the order and regulation of all proceedings and investigations which under the provisions of this act it is authorized to conduct.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-1-105 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 1 / Section 37-1-105
§ 37-1-105. Application for reorganization; fees; reimbursement of costs and expenses to state; expenses not to be included in rates
Status: in_force

(a) Every applicant for approval of a reorganization by the public service commission under this act shall pay a filing fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each application and ten dollars ($10.00) plus ten cents ($.10) per page for every amendment to any application. These fees shall be deposited in the general fund. In addition the applicant shall reimburse the state for the expenses of the state in reviewing and acting upon each application and defending any public service commission decision in case of legal appeal. The expenses of the state shall not be deemed to include the normal salary and benefits of the public service commissioners but shall include substantially all other actual expenses of the state in connection with the application. The public service commission may require the applicant to post a bond or make a prepayment to assure the required reimbursement. No charge for expenses in connection with any application under this act may be included in the rates charged to Wyoming customers. The reimbursements collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in a separate account and may be expended by the public service commission following appropriations by the legislature.

(b) No charge for any expenses of any reorganization shall be included in the rate base of any Wyoming public utility.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-3-201 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3 / Section 37-3-201
§ 37-3-201. Limit on natural gas storage; sale of excess; rates; removal of gas for purposes of evading article prohibited
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, no natural gas utility shall include in its rates any charge for any gas maintained in storage in excess of the greater of the amount of stored gas needed to create storage conditions capable of establishing delivery of two and seventy-five hundredths (2.75) times the average annual consumption of natural gas by the tariff customers of that natural gas utility for the immediately preceding three (3) calendar years except the commission may establish a lower limit on the amount of gas in storage upon which a natural gas utility can earn a rate of return or the commission may establish a higher limit on the amount of gas in storage upon which a natural gas utility can earn a rate of return if doing so will reduce rates to customers or prevent likely natural gas shortages or enable the utility to meet peaking requirements.

(b) Any natural gas held in storage in excess of the limit specified in subsection (a) of this section shall be included in the gas sold to the utility's Wyoming tariff customers in a manner and at rates as determined by the commission. The commission may include in the gas to be sold to the tariff customers gas upon which no rate of return has been received provided that the inclusion is in the public interest and is requested by the utility. To the extent excess gas in storage on which a rate of return has been received is available, at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the gas sold to the tariff customers shall be from that excess storage unless the utility chooses to include a higher percentage. The utility shall be permitted to earn a rate of return on the excess gas in storage until the gas is sold to customers as provided by this subsection.

(c) No natural gas may be removed from storage or from the rate base for the purposes of evading the requirements of this article.

(d) No natural gas held in storage upon which the utility has earned a rate of return shall be sold outside the Wyoming service territory of the utility except by order of the commission after public hearing.

(e) Any payment made pursuant to a take or pay contract for gas not taken due to any provision of this act may not be included in any natural gas tariff approved by the public service commission.

(f) For the purposes of this article the public service commission may treat utilities which share storage facilities and are subsidiaries controlled by the same company as a single natural gas utility.

(g) No provision of this bill shall be implemented unless the public service commission determines that such implementation will not cause increased rates for Wyoming consumers resulting from adverse federal income tax consequences.

(h) No provision of this article shall be implemented unless the public service commission determines that the resulting tariff rates will be lower and more in the public interest than the tariff rates which the commission may put into effect through commission action on any pending application before the commission addressing natural gas storage.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-13-136 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 13 / Section 37-13-136
§ 37-13-136. Nonseverability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter is held invalid, such invalidity shall invalidate this chapter in its entirety, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be nonseverable.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-404 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-404
§ 37-2-404. Consumer advocate; funding and expenses
Status: repealed

(a) Funding for the office of consumer advocate shall be included in the commission's budget and collected through the utility assessment. Incidental administrative and clerical services for the office of consumer advocate shall be provided by the commission. The commission shall decide all matters of shared administrative and clerical personnel.

(b) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 62, § 1, eff. July 1, 2021.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-3-114 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3 / Section 37-3-114
§ 37-3-114. Safety standards
Status: in_force

(a) All instrumentalities, equipment, plant and facilities furnished, employed or used by any public utility, shall in all respects be adequate and efficient, and the construction, operation and use thereof, shall be such as shall prevent injury to property, and as shall promote the safety, health, comfort, and convenience of its patrons, employees and the public, and to this end, the commission may make rules and regulations governing the construction, maintenance and operation of telephone, telegraph, trolley, electric light and power lines hereafter built within this state, and shall by rule adopt as the standard of such construction, operation and maintenance the provisions of the current edition of the National Electrical Safety Code; provided that when electric light and power lines use Y-connected circuits with neutral conductors effectively grounded throughout their length, minimum vertical clearance of wires or neutral conductors over ground or rails shall be determined by the voltage between wires and ground, if such voltage does not exceed fifteen thousand (15,000) volts. Said commission shall also have the power to direct the manner by which all utilities shall cross public highways and other utilities and by which public highways shall cross the utilities and to prescribe methods of approach and crossing that shall secure safety to the public; provided, however, that with respect to approaches and crossings of overhead lines, the provisions of the current edition of the National Electrical Safety Code above prescribed shall apply, except as provided herein with respect to Y-connected circuits with neutral conductors effectively grounded throughout their length where the voltage does not exceed fifteen thousand (15,000) volts. At every such crossing, in case the persons interested do not themselves agree, it shall be the duty of the commission to apportion between the parties, in accordance with justice, the costs and expenses of installing and maintaining such crossings. In case expense is apportioned to be paid by a public highway the portion so to be paid by such highway shall be paid by the city or town in case the crossing line is within the boundaries of a city or town, and by the county in which the crossing is situated in case the same is not within any city or town. Provided that all such equipment, plant, and facilities shall be maintained in such working condition that will provide a minimum of interference with radio and television reception to residents and highway users in the immediate area of such equipment, plant, and facilities.

(b) This section shall not be construed as creating neither prohibition nor obligation or duty of inspection or maintenance by an electric or telecommunications public utility for facilities or equipment not owned by the public utility.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-307 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-307
§ 37-9-307. Injury to stock; notice to owner; procedure if owner unknown
Status: in_force

Any railroad corporation injuring or killing any livestock, by running any engine, car or cars, over or against the livestock, shall immediately notify the owner or owners, a brand inspector or the department of transportation, giving a full description, including the number, classes and brands, of the livestock, naming the locality where the stock was killed or injured. It shall be the responsibility of the corporation to retrieve the animal injured or killed after identification and notification, and dispose of the animal within ten (10) days from the date of notification.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-125 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-125
§ 37-2-125. Collection and disposition of fees
Status: in_force

(a) The public service commission is hereby authorized and empowered in the conduct of business coming before it to collect in advance the following fees:

(i) For filing application for permit, five dollars ($5.00) and for certificate of convenience and necessity, fifteen dollars ($15.00);

(ii) For filing applications for amendment or assignment of certificates of convenience and necessity, five dollars ($5.00);

(iii) For filing contests, five dollars ($5.00);

(iv) For each certificate and seal, two dollars ($2.00);

(v) For copies of records, judgments, and orders, one dollar ($1.00) for the first one hundred (100) words, and twenty-five cents ($.25) per folio for each subsequent folio, and if certified under seal, one dollar ($1.00) additional;

(vi) For issuing summons or subpoenas, one dollar ($1.00) each;

(vii) For service of summons or subpoenas by registered mail, fifty cents ($.50) and for personal service, by a person authorized to make such service, the same fee that sheriffs receive for such service;

(viii) In all hearings on contests or on investigations, the fees for witnesses and all other costs shall be taxed against the parties in interest as determined by the commission;

(ix) For petitions filed under W.S. 37-6-102 , fifteen dollars ($15.00) each.

(b) All fees collected by the commission shall be paid to the state treasurer as collected, and shall be credited to the general fund.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-15-407 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 15 / Section 37-15-407
§ 37-15-407. Annual report
Status: repealed

(a) The commission shall with the input and participation of the telecommunications industry and other relevant state departments, boards and agencies prepare and issue an annual report on the status of the telecommunications industry. The report shall be based on information provided to the commission and shall include:

(i) to (iv) Repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 142, § 2.

(v) Any recommendations for legislative change which are adopted by the commission and which the commission believes are in the interest of Wyoming telecommunications customers; and

(vi) Any other information or analysis which the commission is required to provide by this title or deems necessary to provide.

(b) The commission's report shall be filed with the legislature and the governor.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-6-107 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 6 / Section 37-6-107
§ 37-6-107. Identification of certificates
Status: in_force

The commission shall provide by serial number or other device to be placed on the face thereof, for the proper and easy identification of such stock, stock certificates, bonds, notes and other evidence of indebtedness as may be issued by a public utility under the provisions of this act.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-11-102 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 11 / Section 37-11-102
§ 37-11-102. Conditions precedent to issuance of certificate
Status: in_force

No certificate of public convenience and necessity shall be issued by the department of transportation to any person authorizing operation, as a common carrier by aircraft in Wyoming intrastate commerce, unless and until the applicant shall have submitted to the department a certificate, signed by the director of the Wyoming aeronautics commission, to the effect that the applicant has complied with the laws of the United States, the laws of the state of Wyoming, and the lawful rules, regulations and orders, respecting safety of operations; and the provisions of the “Uniform State Law for Aeronautics”, with respect to the right to use airports, airlanes and aircraft as necessary in order to properly conduct the proposed operations and observe proper standards of safety in the operation or navigation of aircraft. The Wyoming aeronautics commission shall require all applicants for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to furnish to it such evidence as it may require showing that they have complied in all respects with the laws, rules, regulations and orders.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-5-603 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 5 / Section 37-5-603
§ 37-5-603. Authority revenue bonds; security; payments after retirement
Status: in_force

(a) The principal and interest on any bonds that the authority issues shall be secured by a pledge of revenues from the operation of the pipeline or other transportation or distribution system or energy transmission project financed, by a first mortgage on the facilities, by guarantees and pledges of the entity owning the project, pipeline or system, or of the parent corporation owning said entity or by any combination thereof or other security as the authority may determine to be reasonable and prudent. The guarantees and pledges shall be no less favorable to the authority than those granted other lenders of the same class.

(b) The authority may require additional payments, as negotiated, to bondholders to be made either in a lump sum at the time of retirement of the bonds or annually from the time of retirement of the bonds until project, pipeline or system use is terminated or may require additional incentives from the owner of the project or pipeline to prospective bondholders so long as the incentives are not contrary to the Wyoming constitution.

(c) The authority may require such other security for repayment of the bonds as it deems necessary.

(d) Each pledge, agreement, mortgage or other instrument made for the benefit or security of any bonds of the authority is valid and binding from the time when made. The revenues, receipts, monies and assets pledged are immediately subject to the lien of the pledge without delivery or further act. The lien is valid and binding against persons having claims of any kind against the authority whether or not the persons have actual notice of the lien. The resolution or the indenture or other instrument by which a pledge is created need not be recorded or filed.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-401 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-401
§ 37-9-401. Establishment of depots; when required; deviation to avoid establishment prohibited
Status: in_force

No railroad company shall construct or operate a railroad within four (4) miles of any existing town or city without providing a suitable depot or stopping place at the nearest practicable point for the convenience of said town or city, and stopping all trains doing local business at said stopping place. No railroad company shall deviate from the most direct practicable line in constructing a railroad for the purpose of avoiding the provisions of this section.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-802 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-802
§ 37-9-802. Penalty; exceptions
Status: in_force

Any owner or operator of a railroad running through or within this state as a common carrier of persons or property or both, for compensation, who either operates for its employees, or who furnishes to its employees for their transportation to or from the place or places where they are required to labor, a rail track motor car that has not been fully equipped as required by W.S. 37-9-801 , shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense, and each day or part of a day it operates or furnishes each of the rail track motor cars not so equipped as provided in W.S. 37-9-801 , to its employees for operation to or from the place or places where they are required to work shall constitute a separate offense, provided that any common carrier that has not been able to equip its rail track motor cars as required by the provisions of W.S. 37-9-801 , on or before the effective date can, by applying to the department of transportation, which is authorized to, and upon good cause shown, grant by order, additional time to any owner or operator of a common carrier by railroad, in which to equip the cars, not to exceed one (1) year from the effective date of this act. When an order has been granted by the department to the carrier, the provisions of W.S. 37-9-801 and 37-9-802 penalizing rail carriers who do not equip their cars shall not be applicable to those carriers securing an order for additional time in which to equip their cars during the period granted to them only by order of the department.