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WY Stat § 37-9-801 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 8 - Rail Track Motor Cars|Section 37-9-801 - Requirements as to Equipment.

37-9-801. Requirements as to equipment.| 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.
WY Stat § 37-9-802 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 8 - Rail Track Motor Cars|Section 37-9-802 - Penalty; Exceptions.

37-9-802. Penalty; exceptions.| 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.
WY Stat § 37-9-901 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 9 - Purchase of Railroad Property|Section 37-9-901 - City and County Authority to Acquire and Lease Railroad Lines and to Receive Grants and Loans.

37-9-901. City and county authority to acquire and lease railroad lines and to receive grants and loans.| (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, cities, towns or counties within the state acting either singly or jointly pursuant to the Wyoming Joint Powers Act are authorized to:  (i) Purchase, own, improve, rehabilitate, maintain, repair or replace railroad lines;  (ii) Lease or let any portion of the railroad lines referred to in paragraph (a)(i) of this section to any private person, company, corporation or carrier upon terms and conditions and for either a fixed fee or a fee based on a percentage of the revenue collected from the railroad operation as determined by the governing body or bodies; and  (iii) Apply for and accept grants, loans or loan guarantees as authorized by law to carry out the provisions of this article.
WY Stat § 37-9-902 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 9 - Purchase of Railroad Property|Section 37-9-902 - Limitations of Authority.

37-9-902. Limitations of authority.| (a) The actions authorized in W.S. 37-9-901 may be taken only if a rail carrier has:  (i) Abandoned or filed an application to abandon railroad lines with the proper regulatory authority; or  (ii) Taken action leading to potential abandonment of railroad lines as required by the proper regulatory authority.  (b) No city, town or county acting either singly or jointly may operate a railroad or provide railroad services.  (c) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a city, town or county acting either singly or jointly shall not purchase railroad lines at a price greater than the net salvage value or fair market value of the railroad lines as determined by the proper regulatory authority. This subsection does not prohibit a city, town or county acting either singly or jointly from negotiating a settlement of the net salvage value or fair market value of the railroad lines.
WY Stat § 37-9-903 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 9 - Purchase of Railroad Property|Section 37-9-903 - Liability Insurance; Immunity.

37-9-903. Liability insurance; immunity.| (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.
WY Stat § 37-9-1001 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 10 - Railroad Abandonment|Section 37-9-1001 - Policy to Prevent Abandonment.

37-9-1001. Policy to prevent abandonment.| It is the policy of this state to prevent the loss of railroad service and competition in the provision of railroad service by preventing abandonment of railroad lines.
WY Stat § 37-9-1002 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 10 - Railroad Abandonment|Section 37-9-1002 - Department of Transportation Authority to Take Action; When Action May Be Taken; Attorney General and Department of Transportation Responsibility.

37-9-1002. Department of transportation authority to take action; when action may be taken; attorney general and department of transportation responsibility.| (a) To fulfill the policy stated in W.S. 37-9-1001 the department of transportation shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, take the following actions:  (i) Protest applications filed or other actions taken by a rail carrier to abandon railroad lines;  (ii) Protest, challenge by legal action or intervene in rail carrier actions leading to potential abandonment of railroad lines;  (iii) Investigate the evidence offered by a rail carrier supporting the subsidy amount or minimum sale or salvage price of railroad lines to be abandoned and intervene in abandonment proceedings to challenge unjustified subsidy amounts and minimum sale or salvage prices;  (iv) Provide technical assistance to prospective rail carriers and to counties and municipalities seeking to purchase and operate railroad lines which other rail carriers are seeking to abandon or are likely to seek to abandon and provide assistance in preparing any filings with federal agencies necessary for them to purchase the railroad lines at the minimum sale or salvage price or to begin operations;  (v) Bring a legal action or intervene in a legal action or regulatory action to reduce the costs of trackage rights established in an agreement where the costs or conditions of the agreement appear to be contributing to potential abandonment of railroad lines or discouraging discovery of a prospective replacement rail carrier.  (b) The department shall take the actions authorized in subsection (a) of this section if:  (i) A danger of potential abandonment of a railroad line exists which will cause an adverse impact on rural and community development;  (ii) The county commissioners of any county or the governing body of any municipality in which any part of a railroad line subject to potential abandonment is located requests action;  (iii) The governor directs action to be taken; or  (iv) The department determines action is necessary to protect the public interest.  (c) The department may decide not to take any action authorized in subsection (a) of this section if it determines the action does not have a reasonable chance of fulfilling the policy stated in W.S. 37-9-1001.  (d) The attorney general shall assist and represent the department in any action taken as authorized in this section.  (e) The department is responsible for state rail planning and shall assist the attorney general in any action taken as authorized in subsection (a) of this section and shall provide technical advice and assistance to counties, municipalities and prospective rail carriers seeking to purchase and operate railroad lines which are abandoned or subject to potential abandonment.
WY Stat § 37-9-1101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 11 - Liability for Injury or Death of Persons Unlawfully Riding on Railroad|Section 37-9-1101 - Injury or Death of Persons Unlawfully Riding on Railroads; Immunities.

37-9-1101. Injury or death of persons unlawfully riding on railroads; immunities.| Except in cases of attractive nuisance, no person owning, operating, loading or unloading a railroad car or train shall be liable for any damages for the accidental death or injury of a person occurring while the person was riding the railroad car or train in violation of W.S. 37-12-104, or while the person was boarding or unboarding from the railroad car or train without the consent of the owner or operator of the railroad car or train.
WY Stat § 37-9-1201 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 12 - Emergencies|Section 37-9-1201 - Emergency Preparedness Plan.

37-9-1201. Emergency preparedness plan.| (a) Each rail common carrier having annual carrier operating revenues in excess of ten million dollars ($10,000,000.00), which transports a hazardous material or hazardous waste (as defined by Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 171.8, as may be revised and amended), shall adopt an emergency preparedness plan within sixty (60) days of the effective date of this act or the date of the rail common carrier's first transport of such materials within the state of Wyoming. The plan shall include as a minimum, the following:  (i) Notification procedures for advising the appropriate fire department or district or other public agency having the responsibility for responding to any emergency occurring in the area of any condition involving a release or threatened release of a hazardous material or hazardous waste where there is a reasonable belief that the actual or threatened release poses a significant present or potential harm to persons, property or the environment;  (ii) Procedures for mitigation of any such release or threatened release to minimize any potential harm or damage to persons, property or the environment; and  (iii) Training procedures to instruct railroad personnel on the actions to take in the event of any condition involving a release or threatened release of a hazardous material or hazardous waste where there is a reasonable belief that the actual or threatened release poses a significant present or potential harm to persons, property or the environment.  (b) The plan required in subsection (a) of this section shall be filed with the Wyoming department of transportation within fifteen (15) days of the rail carrier's adoption of such emergency preparedness plan.  (c) Any rail common carrier which violates any provision of this section or its emergency preparedness plan shall be liable for a penalty of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) per day for each violation, to be assessed in a civil action.
WY Stat § 37-12-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities|Article 1 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities|Section 37-12-101 - Stealing Railroad Equipment.

37-12-101. Stealing railroad equipment.| If any person shall willfully and wrongfully take or remove the waste or packing or brass or brasses from any journal or boxes, of any locomotive, engine, tender, carriage, coach, car, caboose, or truck, used or operated, or capable of being used or operated upon any railroad, whether the same be operated by steam or electricity, the person so offending shall be guilty of a felony, and on conviction shall be sentenced to pay a fine of five hundred dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment in the penitentiary for not more than five (5) years, or both.
WY Stat § 37-12-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities|Article 1 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities|Section 37-12-103 - Destruction, Obstruction or Removal of Railroad Track or Fixtures Generally; Penalty if Death Results.

37-12-103. Destruction, obstruction or removal of railroad track or fixtures generally; penalty if death results.| Whoever shall willfully and maliciously remove, break, displace, throw down, destroy or in any manner injure any rail or rails or any part of the tracks or any bridge, viaduct, culvert, trestle-work, embankment, parapet or other fixture or any part thereof, attached to or connected with such tracks of any railroad in this state, in operation, or shall willfully and maliciously place any obstructions upon the rail or rails, track or tracks of any such railroad, or shall willfully and maliciously meddle, tamper, or interfere with the signals or mechanism controlling the signal devices of any such railroad, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than one (1) year nor more than twenty (20) years; provided, however, if any person shall, by commission of either of the aforesaid offenses occasion the death of any person, or persons, the person or persons so offending shall be deemed guilty of murder in the first or second degree, or manslaughter, according to the nature of the offense, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished as by law provided.
WY Stat § 37-12-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities|Article 1 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities|Section 37-12-104 - Unlawful Riding on Railroad Trains.

37-12-104. Unlawful riding on railroad trains.| It shall be unlawful for any person, without the consent of those operating the same, to ride on any part of any railroad car or train.
WY Stat § 37-12-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities|Article 1 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities|Section 37-12-105 - Unlawful Riding on Railroad Trains; Penalty.

37-12-105. Unlawful riding on railroad trains; penalty.| 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.
WY Stat § 37-12-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities|Article 1 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities|Section 37-12-106 - Unlawful Riding on Railroad Trains; Power of Conductor as Special Constable.

37-12-106. Unlawful riding on railroad trains; power of conductor as special constable.| 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.
WY Stat § 37-12-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities|Article 1 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities|Section 37-12-107 - Unlawful Riding on Railroad Trains; Prosecution of Offender.

37-12-107. Unlawful riding on railroad trains; prosecution of offender.| Any sheriff or deputy sheriff receiving any person from any special constable, as in this act provided, shall forthwith deliver the person, with the charge made against him to the sheriff of the county wherein the offense may be charged to have been committed. It shall be the duty of the sheriff receiving the prisoner forthwith to deliver to the district attorney for the county, the written charge made against the prisoner by the special constable, and the district attorney shall file with the proper circuit court the proper affidavit charging the prisoner with the offense, and shall diligently prosecute the same.
WY Stat § 37-12-111 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities|Article 1 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities|Section 37-12-111 - Gas; Interference With Pipes.

37-12-111. Gas; interference with pipes.| 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.
WY Stat § 37-12-112 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities|Article 1 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities|Section 37-12-112 - Gas; Piping Gas Around Meter.

37-12-112. Gas; piping gas around meter.| Any person who connects or changes 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, around or without passing through the meter provided for measuring or registering the amount or quantity of gas passing through it, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided in section 4 hereof.
WY Stat § 37-12-113 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities|Article 1 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities|Section 37-12-113 - Gas; Alteration or Destruction of Meter.

37-12-113. Gas; alteration or destruction of meter.| Any person who willfully injures, alters, or by any instrument, device or contrivance in any manner interferes with or destroys the action or operation of any meter for measuring gas, or of the amount or quantity of gas passing through it without the knowledge or consent of the person or corporation owning the same shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided in section 4 hereof.
WY Stat § 37-12-114 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities|Article 1 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities|Section 37-12-114 - Gas; Penalty.

37-12-114. Gas; penalty.| Any person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not less than fifty ($50.00) dollars nor more than three hundred dollars ($300.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not less than thirty (30) days or more than ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
WY Stat § 37-12-115 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities|Article 1 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities|Section 37-12-115 - Electricity; Interference With Wires.

37-12-115. Electricity; interference with wires.| Any person who connects or changes any wire, cord, socket, motor or other instrument, device or contrivance, with any wire transmitting or supplying, or intended to transmit or supply electricity to any house, store or other building, without the knowledge and consent of the person or corporation owning said wire, in such manner that any portion of such electricity may be transmitted or supplied to any globe, lamp, heating apparatus or other instrument by or at which electricity is consumed, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided in section 4 hereof.
WY Stat § 37-12-116 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities|Article 1 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities|Section 37-12-116 - Electricity; Wiring Around Electric Meter.

37-12-116. Electricity; wiring around electric meter.| Any person who connects or changes any wire, cord, socket, motor or other instrument, device, or contrivance with any wire, transmitting or supplying or intended to transmit or supply electricity to any house, store, or other building, without the knowledge and consent of the person or corporation owning said wire, in such manner as to transmit or supply any such electricity to any globe, lamp, heating apparatus or other instrument by or at which electricity is consumed, around or without passing through the meter provided for measuring or registering the amount or quantity of electricity passing through it, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided in section 4 hereof.
WY Stat § 37-12-117 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities|Article 1 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities|Section 37-12-117 - Electricity; Alteration or Destruction of Electric Meter.

37-12-117. Electricity; alteration or destruction of electric meter.| Any person who willfully injures, alters or by any instrument, device or contrivance in any manner interferes with or obstructs the action or operation of any meter for measuring electricity or the amount or quantity of electricity passing through it without the knowledge and consent of the person or corporation owning said meter, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided in section 4 hereof.