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WY Stat § 36-9-120 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 36 - State Lands|Chapter 9 - Sale of State Lands|Section 36-9-120 - Rights-of-Way to Counties.

36-9-120. Rights-of-way to counties.| Upon application of the board of county commissioners of any county, the board of land commissioners shall have authority to grant either a temporary or permanent right-of-way for ditches owned by the county or for county roads over and across any of the state or school lands, upon such terms as said board may determine, and to issue to such county a certificate therefor; no charge shall be exacted for the filing of such application or for the issuance of such certificate or for granting and recording a right-of-way.
WY Stat § 36-12-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 36 - State Lands|Chapter 12 - State Control of Certain Land|Section 36-12-101 - Legislative Determinations.

36-12-101. Legislative determinations.| (a) The legislature determines:  (i) The intent of the framers of the constitution of the United States was to guarantee to each of the states sovereignty over all matters within its boundaries except for those powers specifically granted to the United States as agent of the states;  (ii) The attempted imposition upon the state of Wyoming by the congress of the United States of a requirement in the Statehood Act that the state of Wyoming and its people "disclaim all right and title to any lands or other property not granted or confirmed to the state or its political subdivisions by or under the authority of this act, the right or title to which is held by the United States or is subject to disposition by the United States", as a condition precedent to acceptance of Wyoming into the Union, was an act beyond the power of the congress of the United States and is thus void;  (iii) The purported right of ownership and control of the unappropriated public land in the state of Wyoming by the United States is without foundation and violates the clear intent of the constitution of the United States; and  (iv) The exercise of that dominion and control of the public land in the state of Wyoming by the United States works a severe, continuous and debilitating hardship upon the people of the state of Wyoming.
WY Stat § 36-12-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 36 - State Lands|Chapter 12 - State Control of Certain Land|Section 36-12-102 - Management.

36-12-102. Management.| (a) Upon transfer to the state of Wyoming [of] the jurisdiction and ownership of lands and mineral resources subject to this act, the board shall manage such in an orderly manner in trust for the optimum benefit and use of all the people of Wyoming and in conformity with established concepts of multiple use and sustained yield which will permit the development of uses for agriculture, grazing, recreation, minerals, timber, and the development, production and transmission of energy and other public utility services. It shall be managed in such a manner as to permit the conservation and protection of watersheds and wildlife habitat, and historic, scenic, fish and wildlife, recreational and natural values.  (b) The board of land commissioners shall develop a plan for the transfer and management of lands and minerals subject to this act. This plan will be submitted to the governor and legislature prior to January 1, 1983 and will be subject to their approval. Such a management plan shall consider:  (i) Management of the land pursuant to subsection (a);  (ii) Policy and program regarding disposal, lease or exchange of any lands or resources acquired pursuant to this act;  (iii) Policy and program regarding public access to use of such lands;  (iv) Conservation of lands for wildlife habitat or recreational purposes; and  (v) Program regarding use or transfer of lands to municipalities and other governmental entities for public purposes.  (c) As used in this section:  (i) Sustained yield means the maintenance of a high-level annual or regular periodic output of the various renewable resources of the state lands consistent with multiple use;  (ii) Multiple use means the management of the land in a combination of balanced and diverse resource uses that takes into account the long-term needs for renewable and nonrenewable resources, including but not limited to recreation, range, timber, minerals, watershed, wildlife and fish, natural, scenic, scientific and historical values, and the coordinated management of the resources without permanent impairment of the productivity of the land or the quality of the environment.
WY Stat § 36-12-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 36 - State Lands|Chapter 12 - State Control of Certain Land|Section 36-12-103 - Property of the State.

36-12-103. Property of the state.| Subject to valid existing rights of applicants for land, after March 30, 1980, all federal land in the state except as set forth in W.S. 36-12-109 and all water and mineral rights appurtenant not previously appropriated are the exclusive property of the state and subject to its jurisdiction and control.
WY Stat § 36-12-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 36 - State Lands|Chapter 12 - State Control of Certain Land|Section 36-12-104 - Existing Rights Under Federal Law.

36-12-104. Existing rights under federal law.| Until equivalent measures are enacted by the legislature, the rights and privileges of the people of this state granted under the provisions of existing federal law are preserved under administration by the board of land commissioners.
WY Stat § 36-12-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 36 - State Lands|Chapter 12 - State Control of Certain Land|Section 36-12-105 - Interstate Compacts.

36-12-105. Interstate compacts.| Land in the state which has been administered by the United States under interstate compacts will continue to be administered by the state in conformity with those compacts.
WY Stat § 36-12-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 36 - State Lands|Chapter 12 - State Control of Certain Land|Section 36-12-106 - Multiple Use.

36-12-106. Multiple use.| The land shall be used to foster, promote and encourage the optimum development of the state's human, industrial, mineral, agricultural, water, wildlife and wildlife habitat, timber and recreational resources.
WY Stat § 36-12-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 36 - State Lands|Chapter 12 - State Control of Certain Land|Section 36-12-107 - Proceeds to the General Fund.

36-12-107. Proceeds to the general fund.| The proceeds of sales, fees, rents, royalties or other receipts from the land paid to the state under this act shall be deposited in the general fund.
WY Stat § 36-12-108 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 36 - State Lands|Chapter 12 - State Control of Certain Land|Section 36-12-108 - Enforcement of Provisions; Civil Actions; Penalties.

36-12-108. Enforcement of provisions; civil actions; penalties.| (a) The state has exclusive jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this act.  (b) An individual may institute a civil action to recover damages for injury or loss sustained as the result of a violation of the provisions of this act.  (c) Any person who attempts to exercise jurisdiction over land secured under this act in a manner not permitted by the laws of the state is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than two (2) years nor more than ten (10) years.
WY Stat § 36-12-109 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 36 - State Lands|Chapter 12 - State Control of Certain Land|Section 36-12-109 - Definition.

36-12-109. Definition.| (a) As used in this act "land" means all land and water within the exterior boundaries of the state of Wyoming except land and water:  (i) To which title is held by a private person or entity;  (ii) To which title was held by the state or a municipality in the state before March 1, 1980;  (iii) Which is controlled by the United States department of defense on March 1, 1980;  (iv) Which was a national park, national monument, land held in trust for Indians, wildlife refuge or wilderness area established prior to January 1, l980.
WY Stat § 37-1-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 37-1-102 - "Rate" and "Service Regulation" Defined.

37-1-102. "Rate" and "service regulation" defined.| (a) The term "rate", when used in this act, shall mean and include, in the plural number, as well as in the singular, every individual or joint rate, classification, fare, toll, charge or other compensation for service rendered or to be rendered by any public utility, and every rule, regulation, practice, act, requirement or privilege in any way relating to such rate, fare, toll, charge or other compensation, and any schedule or tariff or part of a schedule or tariff thereof.  (b) The term "service regulation" shall mean and include every rule, regulation, practice, act or requirement in any way relating to the service or facilities of a public utility.
WY Stat § 37-1-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 37-1-103 - Assessment of Interstate Public Utilities Generally.

37-1-103. Assessment of interstate public utilities generally.| (a) The public service commission of Wyoming is hereby authorized and empowered to collect for the actual costs incurred by the commission for necessary and reasonable services, investigations and other actions concerning the construction, operation, maintenance, safety and environment of interstate utilities and their facilities within Wyoming. This act [section] shall not apply to motor carriers or any services, investigations or other actions authorized by the statutes for intrastate utilities.  (b) The billing by the commission shall be directed to the involved interstate utility or utilities at intervals of no less than thirty (30) days as determined by the commission and shall detail and show the basis for the charges and all direct and allocated charges. Payment shall be made by the interstate public utility no later than thirty (30) days after receipt of the billing. Only those charges which are necessary and reasonable need be paid and if charges not necessary and reasonable are paid under protest, they may be recovered in a court of competent jurisdiction in any action commenced against the public service commission of Wyoming within thirty (30) days after payment under protest and any amount recovered shall be paid out of the public service commission account.  (c) The funds collected shall be immediately remitted to the state treasurer for deposit in the public service commission account. The commission may immediately upon deposit expend such monies for payment of its costs incurred concerning interstate utilities, subject to the warrant of the state auditor, upon submission of properly executed vouchers authorized by the commission in the same manner as other funds are disbursed subject to other provisions of law.  (d) Any interstate utility which violates or fails to comply with any provision of this act shall be subject to a penalty of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for each and every offense.
WY Stat § 37-1-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 37-1-104 - Reorganization of Public Utility; Definition; Approval.

37-1-104. Reorganization of public utility; definition; approval.| (a) No reorganization of a public utility shall take place without prior approval by the public service commission. The commission shall not approve any proposed reorganization if the commission finds, after public notice and opportunity for public hearing, that the reorganization will adversely affect the utility's ability to serve the public.  (b) For purposes of this section, "reorganization" means any transaction which, regardless of the means by which it is accomplished, results in a change in the majority ownership interest or control of a public utility, or the majority ownership interest or control of any entity which owns a majority interest in or controls a public utility. "Reorganization" as used in this section shall not include a mortgage or pledge transaction entered into to secure a bona fide borrowing by the party granting the mortgage or making the pledge.
WY Stat § 37-1-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 37-1-105 - Application for Reorganization; Fees; Reimbursement of Costs and Expenses to State; Expenses Not to Be Included in Rates.

37-1-105. Application for reorganization; fees; reimbursement of costs and expenses to state; expenses not to be included in rates.| (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.
WY Stat § 37-1-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 37-1-106 - Rulemaking Authority.

37-1-106. Rulemaking authority.| The public service commission shall adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of W.S. 37-1-104 and 37-1-105.
WY Stat § 37-1-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 37-1-107 - Department of Transportation; Appeals.

37-1-107. Department of transportation; appeals.| Any party in interest or any person or party authorized under chapters 9 through 11 of title 37 to file for an original hearing before the department of transportation may appeal to a hearing panel appointed by the transportation commission in the same manner, and to the same extent, as provided in the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
WY Stat § 37-4-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 4 - Transmitting Utility Act|Section 37-4-101 - Citation.

37-4-101. Citation.| This act shall be known, and may be cited as, the "Transmitting Utility Act."
WY Stat § 37-4-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 4 - Transmitting Utility Act|Section 37-4-102 - Definitions.

37-4-102. Definitions.| (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.
WY Stat § 37-4-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 4 - Transmitting Utility Act|Section 37-4-103 - Filing Security Interests.

37-4-103. Filing security interests.| (a) If filing is required under the Uniform Commercial Code, the proper place to file in order to perfect a security interest in personal property or fixtures of a transmitting utility is in the office of the secretary of state.  (b) When the financing statement covers goods of a transmitting utility which are or are to become fixtures, no description of the real estate concerned is required.  (c) A security interest in rolling stock of a transmitting utility may be perfected either as provided in section 20(c) of the Interstate Commerce Act or by filing a financing statement pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code as provided in subsection (a).
WY Stat § 37-4-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 4 - Transmitting Utility Act|Section 37-4-104 - Effect on Uniform Commercial Code and Other Laws.

37-4-104. Effect on Uniform Commercial Code and other laws.| Unless displaced by the specific provisions of this act, the Uniform Commercial Code and other applicable laws remain in full force and effect and supplement the provisions of this act.
WY Stat § 37-6-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 6 - Securities Issued by Gas and Electric Corporations|Section 37-6-101 - Right to Issue Securities and Create Liens Subject to Control of Commission; Purposes Enumerated.

37-6-101. Right to issue securities and create liens subject to control of commission; purposes enumerated.| The right of every gas corporation and of every electrical corporation operating as a public utility in the state of Wyoming to issue, assume or guarantee securities and to create liens on its property situated within the state of Wyoming is a special privilege, hereby subjected to the supervision and control of the public service commission of the state of Wyoming, as hereinafter in this act set forth. Such public utility when authorized by order of the commission and not otherwise, may issue stocks and stock certificates and may issue, assume or guarantee other securities payable at periods of more than eighteen (18) months after the date thereof, for the following purposes: for the acquisition of property; for the construction, completion, extension or improvement of its facilities; for the improvement or maintenance of its service; for the discharge or lawful refunding of its obligations; for the reimbursement of monies actually expended for said purposes from income or from other monies in the treasury not secured by or obtained from the issue, assumption or guarantee of securities, within five (5) years next prior to the filing of an application with the commission for the required authorization; or for any other purpose approved by the commission.
WY Stat § 37-6-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 6 - Securities Issued by Gas and Electric Corporations|Section 37-6-102 - Application for Authorization Regarding Securities; Approval or Disapproval.

37-6-102. Application for authorization regarding securities; approval or disapproval.| Such public utility shall, by written petition, filed with the commission and setting forth the pertinent facts involved, make application to the commission for an order authorizing the proposed issue, assumption or guarantee of securities, and the application of the proceeds therefrom for the purposes specified. The commission shall, after such hearing and upon such notice as the commission may prescribe, enter its written order approving the petition and authorizing the proposed securities transactions, unless the commission shall find: that such transactions are inconsistent with the public interest; or that the purpose or purposes thereof are not permitted by this act; or that the aggregate amount of the securities outstanding and proposed to be outstanding would exceed the fair value of the properties and business of the public utility.
WY Stat § 37-6-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 6 - Securities Issued by Gas and Electric Corporations|Section 37-6-103 - Securities Which May Be Issued Without Approval; Not to Be Refunded by Stock Without Approval; Securities Exempted From Chapter.

37-6-103. Securities which may be issued without approval; not to be refunded by stock without approval; securities exempted from chapter.| (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.
WY Stat § 37-6-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 6 - Securities Issued by Gas and Electric Corporations|Section 37-6-104 - Disposal of Applications.

37-6-104. Disposal of applications.| All applications for the issuance, assumption or guarantee of securities shall be disposed of promptly, and within thirty (30) days after petition is filed with the commission unless it is necessary, for good cause, to continue same for a longer period. Whenever such application is continued beyond thirty (30) days after the time it is filed the commission shall enter an order making such continuance and stating fully the facts necessitating same.
WY Stat § 37-6-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 6 - Securities Issued by Gas and Electric Corporations|Section 37-6-105 - State Not Obligated to Pay or Guarantee Securities.

37-6-105. State not obligated to pay or guarantee securities.| No provision of this act, or any act or deed done or performed in connection therewith shall be construed to obligate the state of Wyoming to pay or guarantee in any manner whatsoever any security authorized, issued, assumed or guaranteed under the provisions of this act.
WY Stat § 37-6-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 6 - Securities Issued by Gas and Electric Corporations|Section 37-6-106 - Unapproved Securities Void; Exception.

37-6-106. Unapproved securities void; exception.| All securities issued, assumed or guaranteed without application to or approval of the commission, provided herein, except the securities mentioned in W.S. 37-6-103, shall be void.
WY Stat § 37-6-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 6 - Securities Issued by Gas and Electric Corporations|Section 37-6-107 - Identification of Certificates.

37-6-107. Identification of certificates.| 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.