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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 15 - Telecommunications › Article 4 - Regulation of Telecommunications Services Generally › Section 37-15-405 - Complaint Against Prices.

37-15-405. Complaint against prices.
Any person, and the commission on its own motion, may complain to the commission concerning the reasonableness of the price of any noncompetitive telecommunications service or any violation of W.S. 37-15-404. Any notice and hearing of any complaint shall be in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act and this chapter. The commission shall only set aside any price it finds after notice and hearing to be unreasonable or unreasonably discriminatory. If the commission sets aside a price as unreasonable or unreasonably discriminatory, the telecommunications company shall have sixty (60) days to file a new price which is reasonable. The company shall refund any charges found to be unreasonable as ordered by the commission. Rates or prices for noncompetitive essential services in effect as of July 1, 2006, are deemed to be fair and reasonable.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 15 - Telecommunications › Article 4 - Regulation of Telecommunications Services Generally › Section 37-15-406 - Quality of Service.

37-15-406. Quality of service.
(a) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 142, 2.
(b) Any customer, and the commission on its own motion, may complain concerning the quality of service provided by a telecommunications company. A complaint shall be noticed and heard as provided for in the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. The commission, after notice and hearing, may direct the telecommunications company to take whatever remedial action is technically feasible and economically reasonable to provide reasonably adequate service. The commission shall authorize a telecommunications provider to recover the cost of compliance as reasonably determined by any commission order under this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 15 - Telecommunications › Article 4 - Regulation of Telecommunications Services Generally › Section 37-15-407 - Annual Report.

37-15-407. Annual report.
(a) The commission shall with the input and participation of the telecommunications industry and other relevant state departments, boards and agencies prepare and issue an annual report on the status of the telecommunications industry. The report shall be based on information provided to the commission and shall include:
(i) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 142, 2.
(ii) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 142, 2.
(iii) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 142, 2.
(iv) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 142, 2.
(v) Any recommendations for legislative change which are adopted by the commission and which the commission believes are in the interest of Wyoming telecommunications customers; and
(vi) Any other information or analysis which the commission is required to provide by this title or deems necessary to provide.
(b) The commission's report shall be filed with the legislature and the governor.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 15 - Telecommunications › Article 4 - Regulation of Telecommunications Services Generally › Section 37-15-408 - Applicability of Existing Law.

37-15-408. Applicability of existing law.
W.S. 37-2-102, 37-2-104, 37-2-106 through 37-2-109, 37-2-113, 37-2-115 through 37-2-118, 37-2-124, 37-2-125, 37-2-130, 37-2-203, 37-2-205(a), 37-2-209, 37-2-214 through 37-2-216, 37-2-218, 37-3-114, 37-4-101 through 37-4-104, 37-12-120 through 37-12-130, 37-12-201, 37-12-202, 37-12-204 through 37-12-213, 37-12-301 through 37-12-304 and 37-13-101 through 37-13-137, inclusive, unless in conflict with other provisions of this chapter, are applicable to telecommunications companies and telecommunication companies shall be considered public utilities for the purposes of those provisions.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 15 - Telecommunications › Article 5 - Universal Service Fund › Section 37-15-502 - Universal Service Fund Eligibility and Distribution to Carriers.

37-15-502. Universal service fund eligibility and distribution to carriers.
(a) Telecommunications companies which use cellular, radio spectrum or other wireless technology to provide supported services to customers who are otherwise eligible to receive universal service support pursuant to W.S. 37-15-501, may establish eligibility to receive universal service fund distributions in an amount to be determined by the commission, provided that:
(i) The telecommunications company will offer and advertise all universal service fund supported services throughout the entire local exchange area;
(ii) The telecommunications company will provide unlimited local calling throughout an entire local exchange area for a flat fee;
(iii) The telecommunications company's bill to the customer reflects a credit for the amount of distribution the company receives from the state universal service fund for providing universal service fund supported services to that customer; and
(iv) The company and services meet such additional criteria, if any, the commission, after notice and opportunity for hearing, determines are necessary. During its consideration and determination, the commission shall consider technological and competitive neutrality.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 16 - Electric Utilities › Article 1 - Net Metering › Section 37-16-101 - Definitions.

37-16-101. Definitions.
(a) As used in this chapter unless the context or a specific article otherwise requires:
(i) "Commission" means public service commission of Wyoming;
(ii) "Customer-generator" means a user of a net metering system;
(iii) "Electrical company" means any person, corporation or governmental subdivision, excluding municipalities, authorized and operating under the constitution and laws of the state of Wyoming which is primarily engaged in the generation or sale of electric energy;
(iv) "Electric cooperative" means any nonprofit, member-owned cooperative organized under the laws of the state of Wyoming and engaged in the business of distributing electric energy in the state of Wyoming;
(v) "Electric utility" means any electrical company, irrigation district or electric cooperative that is engaged in the business of distributing electricity to retail electric customers in the state;
(vi) "Irrigation district" means an irrigation district under W.S. 41-7-201;
(vii) "Net metering" means measuring the difference between the electricity supplied by an electric utility and the electricity generated by a customer-generator that is fed back to the electric utility over the applicable billing period;
(viii) "Net metering system" means a facility for the production of electrical energy that:
(A) Uses as its fuel either solar, wind, biomass or hydropower;
(B) Has a generating capacity of not more than twenty-five (25) kilowatts;
(C) Is located on the customer-generator's premises;
(D) Operates in parallel with the electric utility's transmission and distribution facilities; and
(E) Is intended primarily to offset part or all of the customer-generator's requirements for electricity.
(b) A person acting as a customer-generator under this act shall not be considered a "public utility" as defined by W.S. 37-1-101.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 16 - Electric Utilities › Article 1 - Net Metering › Section 37-16-102 - Electric Utility Requirements.

37-16-102. Electric utility requirements.
(a) An electric utility:
(i) Shall offer to make available to each of its eligible customer-generators that has installed a net metering system an energy meter that is capable of registering the flow of electricity in two (2) directions;
(ii) May, at its own expense and with the written consent of the customer-generator, install one (1) or more additional meters to monitor the flow of electricity in each direction;
(iii) Shall not charge a customer-generator any fee or charge that would increase the customer-generator's minimum monthly charge to an amount greater than that of other customers of the electric utility in the same rate class as the customer-generator.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 16 - Electric Utilities › Article 1 - Net Metering › Section 37-16-103 - Calculation Requirements.

37-16-103. Calculation requirements.
(a) Consistent with other provisions of this chapter, the net energy measurement shall be calculated in the following manner:
(i) The electric utility shall measure the net electricity produced or consumed during the billing period, in accordance with normal metering practices;
(ii) If the electricity supplied by the electric utility exceeds the electricity generated by the customer generator, the customer-generator shall be billed for the appropriate customer charges for that month, in accordance with W.S. 37-16-102;
(iii) If the electricity supplied by the customer-generator exceeds that supplied by the electric utility, the customer-generator shall be credited or compensated for the excess kilowatt-hours generated during the month with the kilowatt-hour credit or compensation appearing on the bill for the following month for all metered locations of customer-generators supplied by the electric utility.
(b) At the beginning of each calendar year, any remaining unused kilowatt-hour credit accumulated during the previous year shall be sold to the electric utility, at the electric utility's filed avoided cost.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 16 - Electric Utilities › Article 1 - Net Metering › Section 37-16-104 - Safety and Performance Requirements.

37-16-104. Safety and performance requirements.
(a) A net metering system used by a customer-generator shall meet all applicable safety and performance standards established by the national electrical code, the institute of electrical and electronics engineers and underwriters laboratories.
(b) The customer-generator shall at its expense provide lockable, switching equipment capable of isolating the net metering facility from the electric utility's system. Such equipment shall be approved by the electric utility and shall be accessible by the electric utility at all times.
(c) The electric utility shall not be liable directly or indirectly for permitting or continuing to allow an attachment of a net metering facility, or for acts or omissions of the customer-generator that cause loss or injury, including death, to any third party.
(d) The customer-generator is responsible for all costs associated with its facility and is also responsible for all costs related to any modifications to the facility that may be required by the electric utility for purposes of safety and reliability.
(e) The commission, after appropriate notice and opportunity for comment, may adopt by regulation additional control and testing requirements for customer-generators that the commission determines are necessary to protect public safety and system reliability.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 16 - Electric Utilities › Article 2 - Outdoor Lighting › Section 37-16-201 - Definitions.

37-16-201. Definitions.
(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Electric utility" means any electrical company or electric cooperative that is engaged in the business of distributing electricity to retail electric customers in the state;
(ii) "Lighting apparatus" means any shield, cover or other device used with or on a lamp.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 16 - Electric Utilities › Article 2 - Outdoor Lighting › Section 37-16-202 - Tariffs for Outdoor Lighting.

37-16-202. Tariffs for outdoor lighting.
All electric utilities shall offer tariffs for utility provided outdoor lighting that provide an option for all electric customers to choose lighting apparatus designed to minimize light illuminating unintended areas and maintain dark skies. Rates for these lighting apparatus shall not be subsidized by revenue from other utility provided services. The commission shall have jurisdiction over the tariffs.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 17 - Rate Regulation of Cooperative Electric Utilities › Section 37-17-101 - Definitions.

37-17-101. Definitions.
(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Cooperative electric utility" means any nonprofit, member-owned cooperative engaged in the business of distributing energy, including any energy related commodity currently approved under rules and regulations of the public service commission and any future energy related commodities approved by the public service commission, in the state of Wyoming;
(ii) "Member owner" means any cooperative electric utility owner that uses and pays retail rates for energy distributed by the cooperative electric utility;
(iii) "Notification" or "written notice" means publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the area served by the cooperative electric utility, or in a newsletter distributed by the cooperative electric utility, or sent with a billing statement by the utility;
(iv) "Retail rates" means the monthly facilities charge and the rates charged for any energy related commodity.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 17 - Rate Regulation of Cooperative Electric Utilities › Section 37-17-102 - Retail Rate Regulation; Exemption.

37-17-102. Retail rate regulation; exemption.
(a) Any cooperative electric utility exempt from public service commission retail rate regulation shall remain subject to this article, all other provisions of Wyoming public utility law and the authority of the commission.
(b) Nothing in this article shall be construed to alter the certificated service territory of a cooperative electric utility.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 17 - Rate Regulation of Cooperative Electric Utilities › Section 37-17-103 - Procedures for Exemption; Exclusion From Exemption Provisions.

37-17-103. Procedures for exemption; exclusion from exemption provisions.
(a) The board of directors of any cooperative electric utility may adopt a resolution for exemption from public service commission retail rate regulation and submit the resolution to the member owners for a vote.
(b) A vote on exemption shall take place only during a cooperative electric utility s annual meeting or by mail ballots returned prior to and counted at the annual meeting. Notification of a vote on the resolution shall be provided to the member owners at least thirty (30) days prior to the annual meeting.
(c) Upon an affirmative vote of a majority of the member owners voting on the resolution in person or by mail ballot, the election results shall be filed with the commission. On the date of filing, the exemption shall become effective.
(d) No cooperative electric utility that has net annual sales greater than two billion (2,000,000,000) kilowatt hours, in the previous calendar year shall be eligible for the exemption provided under this article. Any cooperative electric utility exempt under this article which exceeds the limit specified in this subsection shall return to retail rate regulation in the next calendar year.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 17 - Rate Regulation of Cooperative Electric Utilities › Section 37-17-104 - Adjustment of Retail Rates; Complaint; Investigation; Resolution.

37-17-104. Adjustment of retail rates; complaint; investigation; resolution.
(a) A cooperative electric utility exempted under W.S. 37-17-103 shall give written notice to all member owners, at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of any retail rate increase, including procedures for member consumers to comment on proposed rates.
(b) If within thirty (30) days following the date of mailing or publication of the notice a complaint signed by not less than five percent (5%) of the member owners in a rate class is filed with the cooperative electric utility, then a hearing shall be conducted by the utility s board of directors, to attempt to resolve the complaint. On request by a member owner, for the exclusive purpose of preparing a complaint pursuant to this subsection, and in compliance with the cooperative's by-laws, the cooperative electric utility shall provide a list to the member owner which includes the names and contact information of all member owners included in the rate class of the requesting member owner.
(c) All retail rates adopted in accordance with this article shall be filed with the commission.
(d) If within two (2) months of final implementation of a retail rate a complaint signed by not less than five percent (5%) of the member owners in any rate class, is filed with the cooperative electric utility's board of directors, the board shall have two (2) months from the date of filing to attempt to resolve the complaint. The complaint may be filed with the commission after the expiration of this two (2) month period.
(e) Upon filing of the complaint with the commission, the commission shall investigate the rate adjustment. A complaint filed with the commission shall be resolved pursuant to commission hearing and enforcement procedures. The commission is authorized to require the utility to revise its rates if the commission finds, after investigation, that the rates are inadequate or unremunerative, or unjust, or unreasonable, or unjustly discriminatory, or unduly preferential or otherwise in any respect in violation of any provision of this article. The commission may order the revised rates to include provisions for refunds. The revised rates of the utility shall remain in effect while the rates are under appeal pending commission order.
(f) Any cooperative exempted under W.S. 37-17-103 shall apply energy retail rates equally to all member owners in the same rate class. In the event a cooperative does not apply energy retail rates equally, regardless of state boundaries, the cooperative will immediately be subject to rate regulation by the Wyoming public service commission.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 17 - Rate Regulation of Cooperative Electric Utilities › Section 37-17-105 - Return to Public Service Commission Rate Regulation.

37-17-105. Return to public service commission rate regulation.
(a) The board of directors of a cooperative electric utility shall hold an election on the question of returning to retail rate regulation at the next annual meeting after receiving a petition requesting the same, signed by at least five percent (5%) of the total member owners, or upon the board's own motion.
(b) A vote on returning to rate regulation shall take place only during a cooperative electric utility's annual meeting or by mail ballots returned prior to and counted at the annual meeting. Notification of a vote on the resolution shall be provided to the member owners at least thirty (30) days prior to the annual meeting.
(c) Upon an affirmative vote of a majority of the member owners voting on the resolution in person or by mail ballot, the election results shall be filed with the commission. On the date of filing, the cooperative shall return to retail rate regulation by the commission.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 18 - Reliable and Dispatchable Low-Carbon Energy Standards › Section 37-18-101 - Definitions.

37-18-101. Definitions.
(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Carbon capture, utilization and storage technology" means technology that has the principal purpose of capturing, reusing, storing, sequestering or using carbon dioxide emissions to prevent carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere whether constructed integral or adjacent to a coal fired generation facility;
(ii) "Dispatchable" means a source of electricity that is available for use on demand and that can be dispatched upon request of a power grid operator or that can have its power output adjusted, according to market needs;
(iii) "Low-carbon" means electricity that is generated while using carbon capture, utilization and storage technology that produces carbon emissions not greater than six hundred fifty (650) pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt hour of generated electricity averaged over one (1) calendar year;
(iv) "Reliable" means generated electricity that is not subject to intermittent availability.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 38 - Sureties › Chapter 1 - Rights and Remedies of Sureties › Section 38-1-101 - Requiring Suit by Creditor.

38-1-101. Requiring suit by creditor.
A person bound as surety in a written instrument for the payment of money, or other valuable thing, may, if right of action accrues thereon, require his creditor by a notice in writing, to commence an action on such instrument forthwith, against the principal debtor; and unless the creditor commences such action within a reasonable time thereafter, and proceed with due diligence, in the ordinary course of law, to recover judgment against the principal debtor for the money or other valuable thing due thereby, and to make by execution the amount thereof, the creditor, or the assignee of such instrument so failing to comply with the requisition of such surety shall thereby forfeit the right which he would otherwise have to demand, and receive of such surety, the amount due thereon.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 38 - Sureties › Chapter 1 - Rights and Remedies of Sureties › Section 38-1-102 - Requiring Suit by Creditor; Requisition by Personal Representative of Surety.

38-1-102. Requiring suit by creditor; requisition by personal representative of surety.
The executor or administrator of a surety so bound may, in like manner, make such requisition of the creditor, or his executor or administrator, as provided in the preceding section; and in case of failure of the creditor, or his executor or administrator, to proceed as therein required, the executor or administrator, if he make the requisition, shall have the same relief as is therein provided for a surety.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 38 - Sureties › Chapter 1 - Rights and Remedies of Sureties › Section 38-1-103 - Requiring Suit by Creditor; What Bonds Not Affected.

38-1-103. Requiring suit by creditor; what bonds not affected.
Nothing in the last two (2) sections contained shall be so construed as to affect bonds required by law to be given by guardians, executors, administrators, trustees of an express trust, public officers, or any bond or undertaking required by law to be given in an action or legal proceeding in any court in this state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 38 - Sureties › Chapter 1 - Rights and Remedies of Sureties › Section 38-1-104 - Rights on Paying Judgment.

38-1-104. Rights on paying judgment.
When the surety on a judgment, who is certified therein to be such, or his personal representative pays the judgment, or any part thereof, he shall, to the extent of such payment, have all the rights and remedies against the principal debtor that the plaintiff had at the time of such payment; and proceedings to revive the judgment shall be as provided in section three hundred and seventy-four, and shall be in the name of such surety or representative; but the plaintiff in the original action shall not be liable for any costs therein.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 38 - Sureties › Chapter 1 - Rights and Remedies of Sureties › Section 38-1-105 - Application for Release by Surety of School District Treasurer.

38-1-105. Application for release by surety of school district treasurer.
A surety of the treasurer of school funds in any school district, organized under the provisions of law, may at any time notify the board of county commissioners of the proper county, by giving at least five (5) days notice in writing, that he is unwilling to continue as surety for such treasurer, and will, at a time therein named, make application to the board of county commissioners to be released from further liability upon his bond; and he shall also give at least three (3) days notice in writing to such treasurer, of the time and place at which the application will be made.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 38 - Sureties › Chapter 1 - Rights and Remedies of Sureties › Section 38-1-106 - Application for Release by Surety of School District Treasurer; Action of Commissioners.

38-1-106. Application for release by surety of school district treasurer; action of commissioners.
The board of county commissioners, upon such notice being given, shall hear the application, and if in their opinion there is good reason therefor, shall require the treasurer to give a new bond, conditioned according to law and to the satisfaction of the board, within such time as they may direct, and if the treasurer fail to execute such bond, the office shall be deemed vacant and shall be immediately filled as other vacancies therein; but such sureties shall not be released or discharged until the filing of the new bond or the expiration of the time allowed therefor; and the cost of such application shall be paid by the person making the same.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 38 - Sureties › Chapter 1 - Rights and Remedies of Sureties › Section 38-1-107 - Compelling Principal to Pay Debt.

38-1-107. Compelling principal to pay debt.
A surety may maintain an action against his principal to compel him to discharge the debt or liability, for which the surety is bound, after the same becomes due.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 38 - Sureties › Chapter 1 - Rights and Remedies of Sureties › Section 38-1-108 - Action for Indemnity Before Debt Due.

38-1-108. Action for indemnity before debt due.
A surety may maintain an action against his principal to obtain indemnity against the debt or liability for which he is bound before it is due whenever any of the grounds exist upon which, by the provisions of this act, an order may be made for arrest, or for an attachment.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 38 - Sureties › Chapter 1 - Rights and Remedies of Sureties › Section 38-1-109 - Action for Indemnity Before Debt Due; Obtaining Provisional Remedies.

38-1-109. Action for indemnity before debt due; obtaining provisional remedies.
In such action the surety may obtain any of the provisional remedies mentioned in division six of this act, upon the grounds and in the manner therein provided.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 38 - Sureties › Chapter 2 - Surety Bonds › Section 38-2-101 - Bonds of Officers Having Custody of Money; of Whom Required; Conditions.

38-2-101. Bonds of officers having custody of money; of whom required; conditions.
The state treasurer and the treasurer of each county, city, town, school district, irrigation district, drainage district, and any other public officer having the custody of moneys, shall be required to furnish a bond in the amount required by law, which bond shall be conditioned that he shall faithfully perform all of the duties of his office as prescribed by law, and that he will safely keep all moneys which may come into his hands by virtue of his office, that he will promptly pay over to the person or persons legally authorized to receive the same all such moneys in the manner provided by law, and that he will deliver over to his successor in office all moneys held by him as such officer. Each of the said officers, and his bondsmen and sureties, respectively, shall be responsible for the safekeeping and paying over according to law of all funds which shall come into his hands by virtue of his office.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 38 - Sureties › Chapter 2 - Surety Bonds › Section 38-2-102 - Sureties and Bondsmen on Official Bonds.

38-2-102. Sureties and bondsmen on official bonds.
The sureties and bondsmen on such official bonds shall be residents of the state of Wyoming, who shall duly qualify to own property in the state amounting in the aggregate to double the amount of the bond upon which they become sureties. Provided, however, that any surety or guaranty company, duly qualified to act as surety or guarantor in this state upon executing such bonds, shall be accepted in lieu of such sureties.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 38 - Sureties › Chapter 2 - Surety Bonds › Section 38-2-103 - Payment of Premium When Bond of State, etc., Treasurer Furnished by Surety Company.

38-2-103. Payment of premium when bond of state, etc., treasurer furnished by surety company.
When the bond of the state treasurer or of the treasurer of any county, city, town, or school district in this state shall be furnished by a guaranty or surety company, the premium due such company for furnishing such bond shall be paid out of the public funds of said state, county, city, town, or school district, respectively; and the premium due on the bond of the state treasurer shall be paid out of the contingent fund in his office.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 38 - Sureties › Chapter 2 - Surety Bonds › Section 38-2-104 - Form of Condition of Obligation.

38-2-104. Form of condition of obligation.
All bonds required by the three (3) preceding sections may be conditioned as follows:
"Whereas, the above bounden .... was .... to the office of .... on the .... day of .... A.D., .....
Now, therefore, the conditions of this obligation are such that if the said bounden .... and his deputies shall well and truly perform all the duties of his said office of .... as is or may be prescribed by law and shall with all reasonable skill, diligence, good faith and honesty safely keep and be responsible for all funds coming into the hands of such officer by virtue of his office; and pay over without delay to the person or persons authorized by law to receive the same all moneys which may come into his hands by virtue of his said office; and shall well and truly deliver to his successor in office, or such other person or persons as are authorized by law to receive the same, all moneys, books, papers and things of every kind and nature held by him as such officer, the above obligation to be void; otherwise remain in full force and effect."
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 38 - Sureties › Chapter 2 - Surety Bonds › Section 38-2-105 - Bonds of State, County and Municipal Officers; Payment of Premiums.

38-2-105. Bonds of state, county and municipal officers; payment of premiums.
Any state, county, municipal or district officer required by law or the order of any state, county or municipal council, board or organization to give a bond or other obligation, may include as a part of the lawful expenses of executing and performing the duties of his office, a reasonable sum paid a company authorized under the laws of this state to become his surety on the bond or obligation. He may pay the sum or expense from any contingent or other fund furnished by the state, county, municipality or organization for the payment of the lawful expenses of the officer or may upon proper presentation of a claim for the sum or expense, have it paid by any state, county or municipal council, board or organization that ordered and directed the bond or obligation to be furnished.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 38 - Sureties › Chapter 2 - Surety Bonds › Section 38-2-106 - Bonds of State, County and Municipal Officers; Release of Sureties.

38-2-106. Bonds of state, county and municipal officers; release of sureties.
Any surety upon the bond of any state, county or municipal officer shall be released from further liability of such surety for such officer, by filing with the person or persons having authority to approve said bond, or with whom said bond is directed to be filed, a notice that said surety is unwilling longer to be security for such state, county or municipal officer. When any notice shall be filed as aforesaid, notice thereof shall immediately be given to such state, county or municipal officer, who shall thereupon file within fifteen (15) days other security to be approved as provided by law. If said state, county or municipal officer shall not in the manner aforesaid file such bond to be approved as aforesaid, the said office shall become vacant and the said vacancy shall be filled in manner as is now provided by law. If a new bond shall be given by any officer, as hereinbefore provided, then the former surety or sureties shall be entirely released and discharged from all liability incurred by such officer after the time of the approval of said new bond, and the sureties to the new bond shall henceforth be liable as therein provided, after the approval of said new bond as aforesaid. The officer, officers, board or official body where or with whom said original bond was filed, shall have power to declare any office or offices vacant as hereinbefore provided; provided, that no surety shall be released from further responsibility until the office shall be declared vacant or a new bond approved by the proper authority.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 38 - Sureties › Chapter 2 - Surety Bonds › Section 38-2-107 - Bonds of Fiduciaries; Payment of Premium Includable as Expense of Trust.

38-2-107. Bonds of fiduciaries; payment of premium includable as expense of trust.
Any receiver, assignee, guardian, trustee, committee, executor, administrator or curator or other fiduciary required by law or the order of any court or judge to give a bond or other obligation as such, may include as a part of the lawful expense of executing his trust, such reasonable sum paid a company authorized under the laws of this state so to do, for becoming his surety on such bond, as may be allowed by the court in which or a judge before whom he is required to account, on bonds of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more, not exceeding one-half of one percent per annum; on bonds of less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), not to exceed the sum of five dollars ($5.00).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 38 - Sureties › Chapter 2 - Surety Bonds › Section 38-2-108 - Bonds of Fiduciaries; Release of Sureties.

38-2-108. Bonds of fiduciaries; release of sureties.
The surety or the representative of any surety upon the bond of any trustee, committee, guardian, assignee, receiver, executor or administrator or other fiduciary, may apply by petition to the court wherein such bond is filed, or which may have jurisdiction of such trustee, committee, guardian, assignee, receiver, executor or administrator or other fiduciary, or to a judge of said court praying to be relieved from further liability as surety, for the acts or omissions of the trustees, committee, guardian, assignee, receiver, executor or administrator or other fiduciary which may occur after the date of the order relieving such surety, to be granted as herein provided for, and to require such trustee, committee, guardian, assignee, receiver, executor or other fiduciary to show cause why he should not account and such surety be relieved from such future liability, as aforesaid, and such principal be required to give a new bond, and thereupon, upon the filing of such petition, the court, or a judge thereof, shall issue such order, returnable at such time and place, and to be served in such manner, as such court or judge may direct, and may restrain such trustee, committee, guardian, assignee, receiver, executor or administrator or other fiduciary from acting, except in such manner as it may direct to preserve the trust estate; and upon the return of such order to show cause, if the principal in the bond account in due form of law and file a new bond duly approved, then such court or judge must make an order releasing such surety filing the petition, as aforesaid, from liability upon the bond for any subsequent act or default of the principal, and in default of such principal thus accounting and filing such new bond, such court or judge must make an order, directing such trustee, committee, guardian, assignee, receiver, executor or administrator or other fiduciary to account in due form of law, and that if the trust fund or estate shall be satisfactorily accounted for and delivered or properly secured, such surety shall be discharged from any and all further liability as such, for the subsequent acts or omissions of the trustee, committee, guardian, assignee, receiver, executor or administrator or other fiduciary, after the date of such surety being so relieved and discharged, and discharging such trustee, committee, guardian, assignee, receiver, executor or administrator.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 38 - Sureties › Chapter 2 - Surety Bonds › Section 38-2-109 - Recovery of Premium as Part of Costs in Actions and Proceedings.

38-2-109. Recovery of premium as part of costs in actions and proceedings.
In all actions and proceedings wherein the parties thereto have furnished any bond, recognizance, undertaking, stipulation or other obligation, paying therefor to any company so authorized to do, a premium for such bond or obligation, such party, if entitled to recover costs in said action, shall be allowed and may tax and recover such sum paid such a company for executing any bond, recognizance, undertaking, stipulation or other obligation therein, not exceeding however, one-half of one percent on the amount of such bond, recognizance, undertaking, stipulation or other obligation on bonds of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more during each year the same has been in force; on bonds less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), not to exceed the sum of five dollars ($5.00).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 38 - Sureties › Chapter 3 - Surety Companies › Section 38-3-101 - Execution of Bonds.

38-3-101. Execution of bonds.
Whenever any bond, undertaking, recognizance or other obligation is by law, or the charter, ordinances, rules or regulations of any municipality, board, body, organization, court or public officer, required or permitted to be made, given, tendered or filed, with surety or sureties, and whenever the performance of any act, duty or obligation, or the refraining from any act, is required or permitted to be guaranteed, such bond, undertaking, obligation, recognizance or guarantee may be executed by a surety company qualified to act as surety or guarantor as hereinafter provided, and such execution by such company of such bond, undertaking, obligation, recognizance or guarantee shall be in all respects a full and complete compliance with every requirement of law, charter, ordinance, rule or regulation, that such bond, undertaking, obligation, recognizance or guarantee shall be executed by one (1) surety or by one (1) or more sureties or that such sureties shall be residents or householders, or freeholders or either, or both, or possess any other qualification; and all courts, judges, heads of departments, boards, bodies, municipalities and public officers of every character, shall accept and treat accordingly such bond, undertaking, obligation, recognizance or guarantee when so executed by such company, as conforming to and fully and completely complying with every such requirement of every such law, charter, ordinance, rule or regulation.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 38 - Sureties › Chapter 3 - Surety Companies › Section 38-3-102 - Requiring Bond With Company Unauthorized to Transact Business.

38-3-102. Requiring bond with company unauthorized to transact business.
It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person, association or corporation, foreign or domestic, to require any person in his or its employ to make or execute, or to procure to be made or executed, any bond or undertaking for the faithful discharge of his duties, or upon any other consideration, with any corporation not organized under the laws of the state of Wyoming, as surety thereon, unless said corporation shall first have complied with the laws of the state of Wyoming, authorizing it to transact business therein.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 38 - Sureties › Chapter 3 - Surety Companies › Section 38-3-103 - Requiring Bond With Company Unauthorized to Transact Business; Bonds With Such Surety Void.

38-3-103. Requiring bond with company unauthorized to transact business; bonds with such surety void.
All bonds and undertakings entered into by any citizen or resident of the state of Wyoming, with any such organization as surety, touching or affecting any services to be rendered or acts to be performed in the state of Wyoming, in whole or in part, unless such corporation shall first have complied with the laws of the state of Wyoming, shall be void.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 38 - Sureties › Chapter 3 - Surety Companies › Section 38-3-104 - Execution of Bonds; Penalty.

38-3-104. Execution of bonds; penalty.
Any person, association or corporation which shall exact or require of any person, or make it a condition of employment, or the retention of employment, that he make or execute any bond or undertaking with any such corporation, having so failed to comply with the laws of the state of Wyoming, entitling it to transact business therein, as surety thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 39 - Taxation and Revenue › Chapter 11 - Administration › Section 39-11-103 - Imposition.

39-11-103. Imposition.
(a) Taxable event. The following shall apply:
(i) Property subject to taxation. All property within Wyoming is subject to taxation as provided by this act except as prohibited by the United States or Wyoming constitutions or expressly exempted by W.S. 39-11-105;
(ii) Provisions for assessing tax. The board and department shall not compromise or reduce the tax liability of any person owing a tax to the state of Wyoming, except that the department for good cause, may, but is not required to, compromise and settle with the taxpayer for payment of any taxes owed to the state of Wyoming which tax liability is disputed in good faith by the taxpayer and which liability has not been settled in law. In case the department and the person owing the tax do not agree with respect to tax liability, the department shall by order, assess and levy the full amount of tax due and any person aggrieved by the assessment may appeal the decision to the board pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
(b) Basis of tax. There are no specific applicable provisions for the basis of tax for this chapter.
(c) Taxpayer. There are no specific applicable provisions for the taxpayer for this chapter.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 39 - Taxation and Revenue › Chapter 12 - Income Tax › Section 39-12-101 - Preemption by State.

39-12-101. Preemption by state.
The state of Wyoming does hereby preempt for itself the field of imposing and levying income taxes, earning taxes, or any other form of tax based on wages or other income and no county, city, town or other political subdivision shall have the right to impose, levy or collect such taxes.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 39 - Taxation and Revenue › Chapter 13 - Ad Valorem Taxation › Section 39-13-101 - Definitions.

39-13-101. Definitions.
(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Ad valorem" means according to value;
(ii) "Ad valorem tax" means a property tax based on the assessed value of the property;
(iii) "Agricultural land," as used in W.S. 39-13-103(b)(x), means land which meets the requirements of W.S. 39-13-103(b)(x) for the purpose of tax assessment;
(iv) "Deed" means a conveyance of real property, in writing signed by the grantor, whereby the interest held by the grantor to real property is transferred from one to another;
(v) "Tax deed" means the conveyance given upon a sale of real property for nonpayment of ad valorem taxes;
(vi) "Telecommunications companies" means and includes any person engaged in the furnishing of telecommunications service;
(vii) "Telecommunications service" means the offering of transmission for hire of telecommunications between or among points specified by the user, of information of the user's choosing without change in the content of the information as sent and received by means of telecommunications facilities, including switching facilities, using wire, cable, microwave, radio wave, light wave or a combination of those or similar media. The term shall include all types of telecommunications transmission such as telephone service, telegraph service, cellular, wireless or satellite. The term shall not include assets used for television or radio programming broadcast over airwaves for public consumption, cable or satellite television offered for public consumption or telephone answering service and one-way paging or beeper service;
(viii) "Agricultural purpose," as used in W.S. 39-13-103(b)(x), means the following land uses when conducted consistent with the land's capability to produce or when supporting the land's capability to produce:
(A) Cultivation of the soil for production of crops; or
(B) Production of timber products or grasses for forage; or
(C) Rearing, feeding, grazing or management of livestock; or
(D) Land used for a farmstead structure.
(ix) "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic or similar capabilities;
(x) "Land used for a farmstead structure" means land that underlies and that supports the use of a barn, shop, shed, granary, corral or other structure if the structure:
(A) Is used to support an agricultural purpose specified in subparagraphs (viii)(A) through (C) of this subsection;
(B) Is not a structure built for human habitation or actually used for human habitation;
(C) Is not attached to a structure built for human habitation or actually used for human habitation; and
(D) Is built upon land used for the agricultural purpose supported by the structure.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 39 - Taxation and Revenue › Chapter 13 - Ad Valorem Taxation › Section 39-13-110 - Statute of Limitations.

39-13-110. Statute of limitations.
(a) All personal property taxes not collected within ten (10) years from the time the taxes were levied shall be cancelled and are thereafter uncollectible.
(b) Property omitted from prior year tax lists discovered by the county assessor shall be added to the assessment roll and taxes computed and collected for the period the property was omitted not exceeding five (5) prior years or since the last change in ownership, whichever is less.
(c) Any person, county, municipality or political subdivision holding a certificate of purchase or tax deed issued for delinquent taxes has a lien against the real property which is subject to the certificate of purchase or tax deed to the extent of taxes, costs and penalties accrued plus interest, accruing penalties and the value of improvements placed on the real property by the lienholder or his assigns while lawfully in possession of the premises. The lien is superior to all other liens except those created by junior tax sales or payment of subsequent taxes by another person. The lien may be enforced in the district court of the county in which the real property lies or in any district court in which an action is filed in which the lienholder is made a defendant. The action shall be conducted in a manner similar to foreclosures of mortgages and sales thereunder. The decree may contain an order of sale directing the sheriff to advertise and sell the real property without appraisal and make a return of the proceedings within sixty (60) days. No action provided by this section may be commenced less than four (4) years nor more than ten (10) years from the date of the original tax sale.
(d) Any person entitled to sales proceeds under W.S. 39-13-108(d)(iv)(C) may claim those amounts within two (2) years from the date of confirmation of the sale, or in the case of a person under a legal disability within one (1) year from removal of the disability. If the payment is unclaimed within two (2) years the proceeds shall be credited to the county sinking fund. If a person under a legal disability claims the proceeds within one (1) year following removal of the disability and the proceeds have been credited to the county sinking fund, the person shall be paid out of the county sinking fund.
(e) No action for the recovery of real property sold for the nonpayment of taxes shall be maintained unless commenced within six (6) years after the date of sale for taxes.