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2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities › Article 1 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Section 37-12-118 - Electricity; Penalty.

37-12-118. Electricity; 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 dollars ($50.00) 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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities › Article 1 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Section 37-12-119 - Interfering or Tampering With Petroleum Pipeline.

37-12-119. Interfering or tampering with petroleum pipeline.
It shall be unlawful for any person, intentionally, knowingly and without lawful right so to do, to tap, tamper with, alter, interfere with or injure any oil well, drip, pipeline, or any other facility used in the production, handling, refining, or transportation of gas, natural gasoline, casinghead gasoline, petroleum, or derivatives or by-products of any of them. Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of this act [section] shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for more than five (5) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities › Article 1 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Section 37-12-120 - Interference With or Injury to Electric Utility Poles or Wires; Affixing Posters to Telegraph, Telephone and Electric Utility Poles Prohibited; Penalties.

37-12-120. Interference with or injury to electric utility poles or wires; affixing posters to telegraph, telephone and electric utility poles prohibited; penalties.
(a) Whoever maliciously or mischievously takes down, removes, interferes with, obstructs or injures any electric utility pole or wire, or any part thereof, or any appurtenance or apparatus connected therewith, or severs or breaks or obstructs any such wire or apparatus or appurtenance is guilty of a malicious trespass.
(b) Whoever affixes any poster, placard, sign, or notice of any kind, to any telegraph, telephone or electric utility pole or wire, or any part thereof, or any appurtenance or apparatus connected thereto is guilty of malicious trespass.
(c) Any person convicted of a malicious trespass as defined in this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities › Article 1 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Section 37-12-121 - Damaging Public Telephones or Equipment or Telegraph or Telephone Lines or Poles.

37-12-121. Damaging public telephones or equipment or telegraph or telephone lines or poles.
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).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities › Article 1 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Section 37-12-124 - Sale of Equipment Designed to Conceal Source or Avoid Charges for Telecommunication Service; Prohibited.

37-12-124. Sale of equipment designed to conceal source or avoid charges for telecommunication service; prohibited.
(a) Any individual, corporation or other person who under circumstances evincing an intent to defraud, makes, possesses, sells, gives, or otherwise transfers to another, or who offers or advertises for sale, any instrument, apparatus, equipment or device, or any plans or instructions for making or assembling the same, and which is designed or adapted, or which can be used:
(i) To fraudulently avoid the lawful charge for any telecommunication service in violation of section 1, chapter 126, Session Laws of Wyoming 1961; or,
(ii) To conceal, or to assist another to conceal, from any supplier of telecommunication service or from any lawful authority, the existence or place of origin or of destination of any telecommunication, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities › Article 1 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Section 37-12-125 - Sale of Equipment Designed to Conceal Source or Avoid Charges for Telecommunication Service; Exemption.

37-12-125. Sale of equipment designed to conceal source or avoid charges for telecommunication service; exemption.
Nothing herein shall apply to holders of valid federal communications commission licenses when the licensee is acting within the scope of his license; provided that nothing herein shall excuse any person from compliance with lawful tariffs of any telecommunications company.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities › Article 1 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Section 37-12-126 - Failure to Yield Telephone for Reporting Emergencies; Definitions.

37-12-126. Failure to yield telephone for reporting emergencies; definitions.
(a) In W.S. 37-12-126 through 37-12-130 unless the context otherwise requires:
(i) "Party line" means a subscriber's line telephone circuit, consisting of two (2) or more main telephone stations connected therewith, each station with a distinctive ring or telephone number;
(ii) "Emergency" means a situation in which property or human life is in jeopardy and the prompt summoning of aid is essential.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities › Article 1 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Section 37-12-127 - Failure to Yield Telephone for Reporting Emergencies; Misdemeanor; Exception.

37-12-127. Failure to yield telephone for reporting emergencies; misdemeanor; exception.
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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities › Article 1 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Section 37-12-128 - Failure to Yield Telephone for Reporting Emergencies; Pretext That Emergency Exists.

37-12-128. Failure to yield telephone for reporting emergencies; pretext that emergency exists.
Any person who asks for or requests the use of a party line or a public pay telephone on the pretext that an emergency exists, knowing that no emergency in fact exists, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities › Article 1 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Section 37-12-129 - Failure to Yield Telephone for Reporting Emergencies; Defense.

37-12-129. Failure to yield telephone for reporting emergencies; defense.
It is a defense to prosecution under this act that the accused did not know or did not have reason to know of the emergency in question, or that the accused was himself using the telephone party line or public pay telephone for such an emergency call.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities › Article 1 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Section 37-12-130 - Failure to Yield Telephone for Reporting Emergencies; Notice in Telephone Directories.

37-12-130. Failure to yield telephone for reporting emergencies; notice in telephone directories.
Every telephone directory published after the effective date of this act and which is distributed to the members of the general public of this state shall contain, in a prominent place, a notice which explains the offenses provided in this act. The provisions of this section shall not apply to those directories distributed solely for public advertising purposes, commonly known as classified directories.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities › Article 2 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities of Public Utilities, Officers and Employees › Section 37-12-201 - Failure to Obey Orders of Commission, Provisions of Statutes.

37-12-201. Failure to obey orders of commission, provisions of statutes.
Every public utility and all officers, agents and employees of any public utility, and every person shall obey, observe and comply with every lawful order made by the commission under authority of this act so long as the same shall be and remain in force. Any public utility, or any officer, agent or employee thereof, or any person who shall violate any provision of this act, or shall fail, omit or neglect to obey, observe or comply with any lawful order or any direction or any requirement of the commission shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), or more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each and every offense; every violation of any such order or requirement of this act shall be a separate and distinct offense and in case of a continuing violation, every day's continuance thereof shall be and be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities › Article 2 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities of Public Utilities, Officers and Employees › Section 37-12-202 - Public Utility Personnel Violating or Aiding or Abetting in Violations.

37-12-202. Public utility personnel violating or aiding or abetting in violations.
(a) Every officer, agent or employee of any public utility, who shall violate, or who shall procure, aid or abet any violation by any public utility of any provision of this act, or who shall fail to obey, observe and comply with any lawful order of the commission, or any provision of any lawful order of the commission, or who shall procure, aid, or abet any public utility in its failure to obey, observe and comply with any such order or provision, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense.
(b) Every officer, agent or employee of any public utility who violates or fails to comply with, or procures, aids or abets any violation by any public utility of any provision of this act, or who fails to obey, observe or comply with any order, decision, rule, direction, demand or requirement, or any part or provision thereof, of the commission, or who procures, aids or abets any public utility in its failure to obey, observe and comply with any such order, decision, rule, direction, demand or requirement, or any part or provision thereof, in a case in which a penalty has not hereinbefore been provided for, such officer, agent or employee is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof is punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or both such fine and imprisonment.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities › Article 2 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities of Public Utilities, Officers and Employees › Section 37-12-203 - Giving or Receiving Preferences.

37-12-203. Giving or receiving preferences.
Any natural person who knowingly authorizes, gives or affords any benefit, preference or advantage, or who knowingly receives or participates directly or indirectly in any benefit, preference or advantage from such offense, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), or more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities › Article 2 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities of Public Utilities, Officers and Employees › Section 37-12-204 - Refusal to File Report or Answer Questions.

37-12-204. Refusal to file report or answer questions.
Any public utility which refuses to make and file any report called for by the commission within the time specified, or within the time extended, as the case may be, or willfully refuses to answer to any question propounded by the commissioner shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each offense.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities › Article 2 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities of Public Utilities, Officers and Employees › Section 37-12-205 - Making False Returns.

37-12-205. Making false returns.
Any person who willfully makes any false return or report to the commission, or to any member, agent or employee thereof, and any person who aids or abets such person, is guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned as the court may direct for a term not exceeding five (5) years for each offense.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities › Article 2 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities of Public Utilities, Officers and Employees › Section 37-12-206 - Hindering Investigation.

37-12-206. Hindering investigation.
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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities › Article 2 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities of Public Utilities, Officers and Employees › Section 37-12-207 - Divulging Information; Exception.

37-12-207. Divulging information; exception.
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).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities › Article 2 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities of Public Utilities, Officers and Employees › Section 37-12-208 - Utility Liable for Loss or Damage.

37-12-208. Utility liable for loss or damage.
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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities › Article 2 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities of Public Utilities, Officers and Employees › Section 37-12-209 - Accepting Rebates.

37-12-209. Accepting rebates.
Any person receiving service from any public utility subject to the provisions of this act, who shall knowingly by an employee, agent, officer or otherwise, directly or indirectly, by or through any means or device whatsoever, receive or accept from such public utility any sum of money or other valuable consideration as rebate or offset against the regular charge for such service as fixed by the schedule of rates provided for in this act, shall in addition to any penalty provided for by this act, forfeit to the state a sum of money three (3) times the amount of money so received or accepted and three (3) times the value of any other consideration so received or accepted, to be ascertained by the trial court; and the attorney general of the state, or the attorney of the commission under its direction shall institute in the name of the state in the district court of the county in which the commission has its principal offices a civil action to collect the said sum or sums so forfeited as aforesaid; in the trial of the said action, all such rebate or other consideration so received or accepted subsequent to the passage of this act for a period of three (3) years prior to the commencement of the action may be included therein; the amount of the recovery shall be three (3) times the total amount of money or three (3) times the total value of such consideration received or accepted, or both, as the case may be.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities › Article 2 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities of Public Utilities, Officers and Employees › Section 37-12-210 - Perjury.

37-12-210. Perjury.
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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities › Article 2 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities of Public Utilities, Officers and Employees › Section 37-12-211 - Penalty for Violations by Utility; Other Offenses.

37-12-211. Penalty for violations by utility; other offenses.
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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities › Article 2 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities of Public Utilities, Officers and Employees › Section 37-12-212 - Additional Penalties.

37-12-212. Additional penalties.
Every public utility, all officers and agents of any public utility, and every person shall obey, observe and comply with every provision of this act and with every order made by the commission under authority of this act and duly served in accordance with its provisions so long as the same shall be and remain in force. Any public utility or its officers or agents, and any other persons, who shall knowingly and willfully violate any of the provisions of this act is punishable as a misdemeanor or felony, or who fails, omits or neglects to obey, observe or comply with any order or any direction or requirement of the commission, shall (in addition to liability to the party aggrieved for all damages sustained by reason of such violation) forfeit to the state not to exceed the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each and every violation, or in case of a violation which is punishable as a misdemeanor or felony, not to exceed the maximum sum fixed as a fine therefor, which shall be recovered in an action at law to the use of the state upon the complaint of the commission appearing by its attorney or the attorney general; but no such action shall be maintained unless brought within two (2) years after the date of such violation; nor shall such an action be maintained in the case of a person who has already been convicted for the same violation of this act, and recovery by civil action brought in accordance with this section shall not be a bar to any criminal prosecution for the same violation of this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities › Article 2 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities of Public Utilities, Officers and Employees › Section 37-12-213 - Disposition of Fines.

37-12-213. Disposition of fines.
All fines, forfeitures and penalties collected under the provisions of this act shall be paid to the state treasurer and credited as provided in W.S. 8-1-109; and all penalties accruing under this act shall be cumulative of each other, and the suit for the recovery of one (1) penalty shall not be a bar to or affect the recovery of another penalty or forfeiture or be a bar to any criminal prosecution against any such public utility or any officer, director, agent or employee thereof.
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DAMAGE TO UNDERGROUND
PUBLIC UTILITY FACILITIES
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities › Article 3 - Damage to Underground Public Utility Facilities › Section 37-12-304 - Notification Centers; Formation; Duties.

37-12-304. Notification centers; formation; duties.
(a) All operators shall join the notification center and shall participate in the notification center providing for mutual receipt of notification of excavation activities in a specified area and pay their share of the cost for the service provided.
(b) The notification center shall:
(i) File with the county clerk the statewide toll-free telephone number;
(ii) Repealed by Laws 2003, Ch. 59, 2.
(iii) Maintain adequate records documenting compliance with the requirements of this act, including the following:
(A) Records of all telephone calls and other notifications received electronically;
(B) Records of all location requests which shall be retained for fifty (50) months and can be printed through use of a unique file numbering system developed by the notification center;
(C) Written records related to all complaints and responses alleging noncompliance with this act.
(iv) Provide the service at a minimum during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays;
(v) For calls received after normal business hours for the notification center, provide a recording for callers which explains emergency notification and excavation procedures;
(vi) Provide a timely method for notifying participating members of the information received regarding proposed excavation activities. The method of notification shall be determined by each notification system;
(vii) Upon request, provide to excavators giving notice of an intent to engage in an excavation activity the names of participating operators of underground facilities to whom the notice will be transmitted;
(viii) Repealed By Laws 2003, Ch. 59, 2.
(ix) Offer an excavation safety training program;
(x) Upon request, provide to any person preparing or designing architectural or engineering design drawings that call for excavation the names and contact information of operators of underground facilities within the proposed excavation area;
(xi) Provide a monthly report to the Wyoming attorney general on recent complaints alleging noncompliance with this act, including the contact information of any person or entity alleged to be in noncompliance with this act.
(c) Repealed by Laws 2003, Ch. 59, 2.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities › Article 3 - Damage to Underground Public Utility Facilities › Section 37-12-305 - Exemptions.

37-12-305. Exemptions.
(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).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities › Article 3 - Damage to Underground Public Utility Facilities › Section 37-12-307 - Architectural or Engineering Design Drawings Notice.

37-12-307. Architectural or engineering design drawings notice.
(a) Any person preparing or designing architectural or engineering design drawings that call for excavation shall make reasonable efforts to determine at no expense to the operator the nature, location, and depth if known, of underground facilities. If the location of an operator's underground facilities within the proposed excavation area are restricted as classified by the federal or state government, a contacted operator shall disclose to the person the potential presence of the underground facilities in the proposed excavation area and any known disclosable information about the nature and location of the underground facilities, as well as the contact information, if known, of the federal or state government official who may be able to provide further information. Any person preparing or designing architectural or engineering design drawings that call for excavation shall make the information and location under this subsection a part of the plan by which the excavators operate.
(b) Any person preparing or designing architectural or engineering design drawings that call for excavation for a government entity in a public right-of-way with a project cost greater than seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000.00) may schedule one (1) or more predesign meetings. The person shall notify the notification center at least thirty (30) calendar days before the first predesign meeting and provide the person's contact information, the name of the government entity, the scheduled predesign meeting dates, the location of the proposed excavation area and the project's scope of work. The notification center shall provide this information to operators with underground facilities in the proposed excavation area. Any operator or the operator's agent receiving notice pursuant to this subsection shall do any one (1) of the following:
(i) Attend the predesign meeting and provide information on the location of the operator's underground facilities within the proposed excavation area;
(ii) Notify the person that the operator has already or will, within fourteen (14) business days of receipt of the notice, mark the location of the operator's underground facilities within the proposed excavation area in accordance with the standards set forth in W.S. 37-12-302(d);
(iii) Contact the person for conceptual drawings and then mark the location of the operator's underground facilities on the drawings. The operator shall return the marked drawings to the person within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of the drawings.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities › Article 4 - Civil Remedies for Wrongful Use of Utility Facilities › Section 37-12-401 - Definitions.

37-12-401. Definitions.
(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Bypassing" means the act of attaching, connecting or in any manner affixing any wire, cord, socket, motor, pipe or other instrument, device or contrivance to the utility supply system or any part thereof in such a manner as to transmit, supply or use any utility service without passing through an authorized meter or other device provided for measuring, registering, determining or limiting the amount of electricity, gas, steam or water consumed;
(ii) "Customer" means the person responsible for payment for utility services and includes employees and agents of the customer;
(iii) "Tampering" means the act of damaging, altering, adjusting or in any manner interfering with or obstructing the action or operation of any meter or other device provided for measuring, registering, determining or limiting the amount of electricity, gas, steam or water consumed;
(iv) "Unauthorized metering" means the act of removing, moving, installing, connecting, reconnecting or disconnecting any meter or metering device for utility service by a person other than an authorized contractor, employee or agent of the utility;
(v) "Utility" means any pipeline corporation, gas corporation, electrical corporation, water corporation, irrigation system, cooperative association, nonprofit corporation, nonprofit association, municipality or person operating in whole or in part for the purpose of supplying electricity, gas, steam or nonagricultural water, or any combination thereof, to the public or to any person;
(vi) "Utility service" means the provision of electricity, gas, steam, water or any other service or commodity furnished by the utility for compensation;
(vii) "Utility supply system" means all wires, conduits, pipes, cords, sockets, motors, meters, instruments, pumps and any other material and equipment the utility uses to provide utility services;
(viii) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 186, 2.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities › Article 4 - Civil Remedies for Wrongful Use of Utility Facilities › Section 37-12-402 - Civil Action Allowed.

37-12-402. Civil action allowed.
(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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities › Article 4 - Civil Remedies for Wrongful Use of Utility Facilities › Section 37-12-403 - Remedies Cumulative.

37-12-403. Remedies cumulative.
This article is intended to provide additional remedies to avoid the wrongful use of the facilities of utilities and nothing in this article abridges or alters other rights of action or remedies existing before or after the effective date of this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 13 - Local Improvement Districts › Section 37-13-102 - Legislative Purpose.

37-13-102. Legislative purpose.
The legislature finds that in many areas of the state, landowners, cities, towns, counties and public utilities desire to convert existing overhead electric and communication facilities to underground locations by means of improvement district proceedings. The legislature hereby declares that a public purpose will be served by providing a procedure to accomplish such conversion and that it is in the public interest to provide for such conversion by proceedings taken pursuant to this chapter whether such areas be within the limits of a city or town or within a county.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 13 - Local Improvement Districts › Section 37-13-104 - Powers Conferred.

37-13-104. Powers conferred.
The governing body is authorized and empowered to create local improvement districts within its territorial limits to provide for the conversion of existing overhead electric and communication facilities to underground locations and the construction, reconstruction or relocation of any other electric or communication facilities which may be incidental thereto, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 13 - Local Improvement Districts › Section 37-13-105 - Basis of Assessments.

37-13-105. Basis of assessments.
(a) Whenever any improvement authorized to be made by any governing body by the terms of this chapter is ordered, the governing body shall apportion the cost and expenses thereof as in their judgment is fair and equitable in consideration of the benefits accruing to the lots and land included within the improvement district. Each lot or parcel of land shall be separately assessed for the cost and expenses in proportion to the number of square feet of such lot or parcel compared to the total number of square feet included in the improvement district, or assessed upon a frontage, zone or other equitable basis in accordance with the benefits accruing to the property by the improvements, as the same may be determined by the governing body. The entire cost of the improvement shall be assessed against the benefited property. If money for paying part of the costs is available from any other source, in which [that] event the money so available may be applied to reduce the assessment.
(b) The cost and expenses to be assessed shall include:
(i) The conversion costs as determined by W.S. 37-13-129 or as estimated by the public utility, whichever is less;
(ii) Engineering services;
(iii) Clerical services;
(iv) Advertising expenses;
(v) Costs of inspection;
(vi) Costs of collecting assessments;
(vii) Interest upon bonds if issued;
(viii) Costs for legal services for preparing proceedings and advising in regard thereto; and
(ix) For any other necessary or reasonable expense related to the intent of this act and determined by the governing body to be appropriate for the favorable execution of the improvement district.
(c) Fee lands of public entities, such as the federal government, state of Wyoming, or any county, city or town, shall not be subject to assessment for the payment of any of the cost or expense of the improvement unless the public entity owning lands within the boundaries of the improvement district files its consent in writing with the governing body before the governing body adopts a resolution declaring its intent to create a local improvement district.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 13 - Local Improvement Districts › Section 37-13-106 - Resolution for Cost and Feasibility Study.

37-13-106. Resolution for cost and feasibility study.
(a) Any governing body may upon a petition signed by at least sixty percent (60%) of the resident owners of property subject to assessment owning at least sixty percent (60%) of the assessable land of any proposed district, adopt a resolution at any regular or special meeting declaring that it finds that the improvement district is in the public interest. It must be determined that the formation of the local improvement district will promote the public convenience, necessity, and welfare. The resolution must state that the costs and expenses will be levied and assessed upon the property benefited and request that each public utility serving the proposed district by overhead electric or communication facilities shall, within one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the resolution, make a study of the cost of conversion of its facilities in the area to underground service. The results of the study shall be provided to the governing body and made available in its office to all owners of land within the proposed district. The resolution of the governing body shall require that the public utilities be provided with the name and address of the owner of each parcel or lot within the proposed district, if known, and if not known the description of the property and other matters as may be required by the public utility in order to perform the work involved in the cost study. Each public utility serving the proposed district by overhead electric or communication facilities shall, within one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the resolution, make a study of the costs of conversion of its facilities in the district to underground service, and shall together provide the governing body and make available at its office a joint report as to the results of the study.
(b) At any time prior to the hearing provided for in W.S. 37-13-111 of the statutes, if requested by the governing body or public utility, a bond shall be filed, with security approved by the governing body or cash deposit made sufficient to pay all expenses of the governing body connected with the proceedings and of the public utilities for actual time and expenses incurred in regard to the cost and feasibility study in case the organization of the district is not effected. If at any time during the organization proceedings the governing body shall be satisfied that the bond first executed or the amount of cash deposited is insufficient in amount, it on its own initiative or at the request of a public utility may require the execution of an additional bond or the deposit of additional cash within a time to be fixed, not less than ten (10) days distant, and upon failure of the petitioners to file or deposit the same, the petition shall be dismissed.