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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 7 - Power Districts › Article 1 - In General › Section 37-7-128 - Construction to Be Done by Lowest Responsible Bidder; Advertisement for Bids; Applicability of Section.

37-7-128. Construction to be done by lowest responsible bidder; advertisement for bids; applicability of section.
In all cases where the work to be done at any one time under the directions of the commissioners will, in their opinion, cost to exceed twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00), the same shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, and the commissioners shall advertise for sealed bids, by notice published in some newspaper published in the county in which the petition is filed, and may advertise in one (1) or more newspapers published elsewhere. If there be no newspaper published in the county in which the petition is filed, they shall advertise in some newspaper published in an adjoining county, which said notice shall particularly set forth the time and place when and where the bids advertised will be opened, the kind of work to be let and the terms of payment. Said commissioners may continue the letting from time to time, if in their judgment the same shall be necessary, and shall reserve the right to reject any and all bids. This section shall not be construed to apply to the employment of superintendent, engineer, attorney or other employee engaged in the general work of the district.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 7 - Power Districts › Article 1 - In General › Section 37-7-129 - Payment, Tender or Deposit of Damages Required Before Start of Construction; Exception.

37-7-129. Payment, tender or deposit of damages required before start of construction; exception.
The damages allowed to the owners of lands shall be paid or tendered before the commissioners shall be authorized to enter upon the lands for damage to which the award is made, for the construction of any power line or other work proposed thereon. If the owner is unknown or there shall be a contest in regard to the ownership of the lands, or the owner will not receive payment, or there exists a mortgage or other lien against the same, or the commissioners cannot for any other reason pay him, they may deposit the said damages with the clerk of the court, for the benefit of the owner, or parties interested, to be paid or distributed as the court shall direct, and such payment shall have the same effect as the tender to and acceptance of the damages awarded by the true owners of the land. This section shall not, however, prevent said commissioners, their agents, servants and employees, going upon said lands to do any and all work found necessary prior to making their assessment of benefits and award of damages, and the trial on their report thereof.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 7 - Power Districts › Article 1 - In General › Section 37-7-130 - Assessments as Lien Against Property.

37-7-130. Assessments as lien against property.
Each and every sum assessed in any power district organized in the manner herein provided, as soon as such assessment is confirmed by the court, shall be and is declared to be a lien against the land so assessed, and unless some other method of collection is herein provided, it shall be collected in the same manner as any other money judgment, provided that whenever said assessment is a lien upon land it shall only be collected on said land on which it is a lien.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 7 - Power Districts › Article 1 - In General › Section 37-7-132 - Commissioners Declared Public Officers; Acts Presumed Regular and Valid; Burden of Proof on Contestant.

37-7-132. Commissioners declared public officers; acts presumed regular and valid; burden of proof on contestant.
Commissioners of power districts are hereby declared to be public officers. The presumption shall be in favor of the regularity and validity of all their official acts. Whenever any report of the commissioners of any power district or any part of any such report is contested, remonstrated against or called in question, the burden of proof shall rest upon the contestant, remonstrant or questioner.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 7 - Power Districts › Article 1 - In General › Section 37-7-133 - Order Confirming Assessments as Evidence of Regularity.

37-7-133. Order confirming assessments as evidence of regularity.
The order confirming the assessments of benefits shall be conclusive as to the regularity of all proceedings relating to the assessments of benefits unless appealed from within thirty (30) days after the entry of such order.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 7 - Power Districts › Article 1 - In General › Section 37-7-134 - Election of Commissioners; Date; Term of Office.

37-7-134. Election of commissioners; date; term of office.
Upon the third Tuesday in November next preceding the expiration of terms of office of any power district commissioners appointed in any power district organized under the provisions of this chapter, there shall be elected three (3) commissioners for such power district, one (1) for the term of one (1) year, one (1) for the term of two (2) years, and one (1) for the term of three (3) years, and upon the third Tuesday in November of each year thereafter an election shall be held to elect a commissioner to succeed the outgoing commissioner whose term of office shall be for a period of three (3) years.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 7 - Power Districts › Article 1 - In General › Section 37-7-135 - Election of Commissioners; Hour and Place; Notice; Voters Qualified; Conduct; Proxies; Record Required.

37-7-135. Election of commissioners; hour and place; notice; voters qualified; conduct; proxies; record required.
The commissioners of the district shall fix the hour and place within the boundaries of the district of each election and preside at the same. It shall be the duty of the commissioners at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of the election to mail to each person entitled to vote at his or her last known place of residence or business, a notice stating the time, place and purpose of such election. Every person owning or entitled by virtue of public land filing to the possession of land situated within and being a part of any district, in which an election is to be held, shall be entitled to cast one (1) vote for every one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) of assessed valuation of real property owned by him or her within said power district, or the major portion thereof, providing, that each person owning lands or entitled by virtue of public land filing to possession of land within said district shall be entitled to at least one (1) vote. At the hour and place of such election the commissioners shall call the roll of those entitled to vote and the number of votes each is entitled to. They shall make a record of the qualified voters present, receive all proxies, and prescribe the manner of canvassing votes. All proxies shall be in writing and signed by the person entitled to vote.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 7 - Power Districts › Article 1 - In General › Section 37-7-136 - Election of Commissioners; Votes Necessary to Elect; Filling of Vacancies; Qualifications and Duties of Commissioners Elected.

37-7-136. Election of commissioners; votes necessary to elect; filling of vacancies; qualifications and duties of commissioners elected.
No person shall be elected as commissioner who shall not have received a majority of all votes cast. No election shall be invalid by reason of the fact that a majority of the assessed valuation of real estate within the district was not represented at such election. Whenever the office of any elected commissioner shall become vacant by reason of death, resignation or other cause, the vacancy shall be filled by the surviving commissioners for the unexpired term. In case such vacancy is not filled within thirty (30) days the court shall fill such vacancy. All elected commissioners shall have the same qualifications and duties as herein prescribed for appointed commissioners.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 7 - Power Districts › Article 2 - Revenue Bond Power Districts › Section 37-7-201 - Petition for Organization; Assessments Against Real Estate.

37-7-201. Petition for organization; assessments against real estate.
If the petition for the organization of a power district under W.S. 37-7-101, states that the bonds to be issued by such district for the purpose of raising money shall be a lien only upon the power plant, distribution system, and other property used in the manufacture or distribution of electrical energy, and upon the revenues from electrical energy so developed or distributed, the petition or petitions of fifty (50) freeholders of the area to be served shall be sufficient to give the court jurisdiction to hear such petition, and to organize a power district; provided, no district organized under a petition providing such revenue bonds only, shall have authority to make any assessments against the real estate of the district, unless it shall amend its petition and follow the procedure provided in W.S. 37-7-101.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 7 - Power Districts › Article 2 - Revenue Bond Power Districts › Section 37-7-202 - Bonds Issued Only When Authorized by District Court; Hearing and Notice; Interest Rate; Conditions of Sale.

37-7-202. Bonds issued only when authorized by district court; hearing and notice; interest rate; conditions of sale.
Power districts organized pursuant to petitions stating that the bonds to be issued by the district for the purpose of raising money shall be a lien only upon the power plant, distribution system and other property used in the manufacture or distribution of electrical energy, and upon the revenues from electrical energy so developed or distributed, may issue bonds only when so authorized by the district court having jurisdiction thereof, and the bonds shall not be offered for sale to the public generally unless the court shall so provide in its order. Commissioners of a district desiring to issue bonds, shall first present to the court a full showing of the necessity and proposed conditions of the bonds, and, after giving such notice as the court may require to all parties interested, the court shall hear the petition and make orders fixing the terms and conditions of bond issue as shall to the court seem proper. Bonds shall not be sold at less than ninety percent (90%) of their par value.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 7 - Power Districts › Article 2 - Revenue Bond Power Districts › Section 37-7-203 - w.s. 37-7-201 Through 37-7-212 to Be Cumulative Authority; Existing Laws Not Repealed.

37-7-203. W.S. 37-7-201 through 37-7-212 to be cumulative authority; existing laws not repealed.
This act shall be construed as cumulative authority for the purposes named in sections 1 and 2 hereof, and as to the manner and form of issuing revenue bonds for any such purpose or purposes, and shall not be construed to repeal any existing laws with respect thereto, it being the purpose and intention of this act to create an additional and alternate method for the purposes herein named.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 7 - Power Districts › Article 2 - Revenue Bond Power Districts › Section 37-7-204 - Payment of Principal and Interest to Be From Revenues Only; Not to Constitute Indebtedness of Borrower.

37-7-204. Payment of principal and interest to be from revenues only; not to constitute indebtedness of borrower.
The principal of and interest upon such bonds shall be payable solely from the revenues derived from the operation of the power system or plant, electric light plant, power plant, power lines, transmission lines, or power distributing systems, for the purchase, construction, improvement, enlargement, extension, or repair of which the same are issued. No bond or coupon issued pursuant to this act shall constitute an indebtedness of such borrower within the meaning of any state constitutional provision or statutory limitation. It shall be plainly stated on the face of each such bond and coupon that the same has been issued under the provisions of this act and that it does not constitute an indebtedness of such borrower within any state constitutional provision or statutory limitation.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 7 - Power Districts › Article 2 - Revenue Bond Power Districts › Section 37-7-205 - Bonds a Mortgage Lien for Benefit of Bond and Coupon Holders.

37-7-205. Bonds a mortgage lien for benefit of bond and coupon holders.
Said bonds shall be construed to and shall create a statutory mortgage lien upon any such power system, power plant, electric light plant, power lines, transmission lines, or power distributing system or systems, and the appurtenances and extensions thereto so to be purchased, constructed, improved, enlarged, extended or repaired, to and in favor of the holders of said bonds and each of them and to and in favor of the holders of the coupons of said bonds, and each of them.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 7 - Power Districts › Article 2 - Revenue Bond Power Districts › Section 37-7-206 - System to Remain Subject to Mortgage Lien; Proceedings to Compel Performance of Official Duties; Forced Sale Not Authorized.

37-7-206. System to remain subject to mortgage lien; proceedings to compel performance of official duties; forced sale not authorized.
Such system so purchased, constructed, improved, enlarged, extended or repaired shall remain subject to said statutory mortgage lien until payment in full of the principal of and interest upon said bonds. Any holder of any of said bonds or of any of the coupons representing interest accrued thereon, may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, protect and enforce said statutory mortgage lien, and may, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, enforce and compel performance of all duties of the officials of the borrower, including the fixing of sufficient rates, the collection of revenues, the proper segregation of the revenues of the system, and the proper application thereof. Provided, however, that said statutory mortgage lien shall not be construed to give any such bond or coupon holder authority to compel the sale of such system or any part thereof.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 7 - Power Districts › Article 2 - Revenue Bond Power Districts › Section 37-7-207 - Appointment of Receiver in Case of Default Upon Bonds.

37-7-207. Appointment of receiver in case of default upon bonds.
If there be any default in the payment of the principal of or interest upon any of said bonds, any court having jurisdiction in any proper action may appoint a receiver to administer and operate the system so encumbered on behalf of the borrower with power to fix and charge rates and collect revenues sufficient to provide for the payment of any bonds or other obligations outstanding against said system and for the payment of the expenses of operating and maintaining the same and to apply the income and revenues of said system in conformity with this act and the order providing for the issuance of such bonds.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 7 - Power Districts › Article 2 - Revenue Bond Power Districts › Section 37-7-208 - Bonds and Coupons Held by Governmental Agencies Exempt From Taxes.

37-7-208. Bonds and coupons held by governmental agencies exempt from taxes.
The bonds and interest coupons issued hereunder are hereby exempted from any and all state, county, municipal and other taxation whatsoever under the laws of the state of Wyoming, and it shall be plainly stated on the face of each such bond as follows: "The principal of and interest on this bond are exempted from any and all state, county and municipal and other taxation whatsoever under the laws of the state of Wyoming, provided, however, that this exemption shall apply only to such bonds and coupons owned and held by the public works administration or other governmental agencies."
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 7 - Power Districts › Article 2 - Revenue Bond Power Districts › Section 37-7-210 - Disposition of Proceeds From Sale of Bonds; Funds to Be Used Only on System; Unexpended Balance; Purchase and Cancellation of Bonds.

37-7-210. Disposition of proceeds from sale of bonds; funds to be used only on system; unexpended balance; purchase and cancellation of bonds.
The commissioners of any such power district shall require that the proceeds of the sale of bonds issued under the provisions of this act be deposited in a special account or accounts in a bank or banks which are members of the federal reserve system, and shall require, insofar as practicable, that each such deposit be secured by the United States government securities having an aggregate market value at least equal to the sum at the time on deposit, or, in any event, the proceeds shall be deposited in some bank or other depository, either within or without the state, which will secure such deposit satisfactorily to said governing body. All moneys received from any such bonds shall be used solely for the purchase, construction, improvement, enlargement, extension or repair of the system for which issued, including any engineering, legal and other expenses incident thereto; provided, however, that such moneys may be used also to advance the payment of the interest on such bonds during the first three (3) years following the date of such bonds. Provided, that any unexpended balance of the proceeds of the sale of any such bonds remaining after the completion of the project for which issued shall be paid immediately into the bond and interest redemption fund for such bonds, and the same shall be used only for the payment of the principal of the bonds, and interest for the first three (3) years following the date of the bonds, or, in the alternative, to acquire outstanding bonds of the general issue from which the proceeds were derived, by purchase of such bonds at a price (exclusive of accrued interest) not exceeding the face amount thereof. Any bonds so acquired by purchase shall be cancelled and shall not be reissued.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 7 - Power Districts › Article 2 - Revenue Bond Power Districts › Section 37-7-211 - Rates for Services.

37-7-211. Rates for services.
Rates for services furnished by any such system shall be fixed precedent to the issuance of the bonds. Such rates shall be sufficient to provide for the payment of the interest upon and the principal of all such bonds as and when the same become due and payable, to create a bond and interest redemption fund therefor, to provide for the payment of the expenses of administration and operation and such expenses for maintenance of the system necessary to preserve the same in good repair and working order, to build up a reserve for depreciation of the existing system, and to build up a reserve for improvements, betterments and extensions to the existing system other than those necessary to maintain the same in good repair and working order as hereinbefore in this section provided. Such rates shall be fixed and revised from time to time so as to produce these amounts, and the court in its order authorizing the issuance of said revenue bonds shall empower and direct the commissioners of such power district to agree in and by the terms of said revenue bonds, and on the face of each bond at all times to maintain such rates for services furnished by such system as shall be sufficient to provide for the foregoing.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 7 - Power Districts › Article 2 - Revenue Bond Power Districts › Section 37-7-212 - Authority of District Court Concerning Bonds; Bonds to Comply With Federal Laws; Power System; State Property.

37-7-212. Authority of district court concerning bonds; bonds to comply with federal laws; power system; state property.
The district court having jurisdiction over said power district shall have general, full, and complete authority to authorize the issuance of such revenue bonds, to make such order and decree from time to time as may be necessary to provide for the raising and accumulation of sufficient revenue and funds for the payment of all principal and interest on said bonds, as same becomes due and payable and after any order or decree shall have been made by any district court of this state authorizing the issuance of any revenue bonds under this act, such district court shall retain jurisdiction until all of said bonds and the principal and interest thereon shall have been paid in full, to appoint a receiver on the application or petition of the owner or owners of said bonds or any of them, to collect the rates due said power district for services furnished and to conserve the same and apply the same to the payment of said bonded indebtedness, principal and interest, under the orders of such court; and in all such matters the court shall be deemed to have general jurisdiction to do any and all things necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this act and to so provide that the principal and interest on bonds issued hereunder shall be paid in full out of the revenue from the system or power plant or plants. It is the intent of this act, and there is hereby granted to the district court such complete and full jurisdiction and powers over such proceedings and bond issues that the district court in authorizing the issuance of any such bonds may provide therein such terms and conditions as will fully comply with any federal law or laws of the United States of America relating thereto, and particularly with the statute or statutes relating to public works so-called and revenue bonds to be issued for such purposes as well as with any federal law or laws appertaining to the reconstruction finance corporation and its powers. Any such power system or plant, electric light plant, power plant, power lines, transmission lines, distributing system, or other property shall be the property of the state of Wyoming and under its authority and control for the benefit of the users of the electric power developed or distributed thereby.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 9 - Railroads › Article 1 - Organization; Bonds; Consolidation › Section 37-9-101 - Mortgages; Issue of Corporate Bonds; Provisions as to Bonds.

37-9-101. Mortgages; issue of corporate bonds; provisions as to bonds.
Every railroad company organized under the general incorporation laws of this state shall have power and is hereby authorized to mortgage or execute deeds of trust, in whole or in part, of the real and personal property and franchises, including its lands or other property granted to said company by the United States, or any state or territory, to secure money borrowed by them for the construction and equipment of their roads, and may also issue their corporate bonds in sums not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00); to make all of said mortgages or deeds of trust payable to bearer or otherwise, negotiable by delivery, bearing interest at rates not to exceed ten percent (10%) per annum, convertible into stock or not, at the option of the holder, and may sell the same at such rates and prices as they may deem proper, and if said bonds shall be sold below their nominal or par value, they shall be valid and binding upon the company, and no plea of usury shall be put in or allowed by said company in any suit or proceeding upon the same. The principal and interest of said bonds or either of them may be made payable within or without this state, at such place as may be determined upon by said company.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 9 - Railroads › Article 1 - Organization; Bonds; Consolidation › Section 37-9-102 - Consolidation; Mode of Effecting.

37-9-102. Consolidation; mode of effecting.
Whenever a line of railroad or any railroad company in this state, or any portion of said line, has been constructed so as to connect with any two (2) or more of such roads, said companies are hereby authorized to consolidate themselves into a single corporation in the manner following: the trustees of the said two (2) or more corporations may enter into an agreement under the corporate seal of each, for the consolidation of said two (2) or more corporations, prescribing the terms or conditions thereof; the mode of carrying the same into effect; the name of the new corporation; the number of the trustees thereof, which shall not be less than seven (7); the time and place of holding the first election of trustees; the number of shares of stock in the new corporation; the amount of each share; the manner of converting the shares of capital stock in each of said two (2) or more corporations, into shares in such new corporation; the manner of compensating stockholders in each of said two (2) or more corporations who refuse to convert their stock into the stock of such new corporation, with such other details as they shall deem necessary to perfect such consolidation of said corporations; and such new corporation shall possess all the powers, rights and franchises conferred upon such said two (2) or more corporations, and shall be subject to all the restrictions, and perform all the duties imposed by the provisions of the corporation laws of this state; provided, that all stockholders in either of such corporations who shall refuse to convert their stock into the stock of such new corporation, shall be paid an appraised value of said stock at the date of such consolidation.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 9 - Railroads › Article 1 - Organization; Bonds; Consolidation › Section 37-9-103 - Consolidation; When Consummated.

37-9-103. Consolidation; when consummated.
Upon making the agreement mentioned in the preceding section, in the manner required therein, and filing a duplicate or counterpart thereof in the office of the secretary of state, the said two (2) or more corporations (mentioned or referred to in the last two (2) or more preceding sections, or any other law of the state) shall be merged in the new corporation provided for in such agreement, to be known by the corporate name therein mentioned; and the details of such agreement shall be carried into effect as provided therein.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 9 - Railroads › Article 1 - Organization; Bonds; Consolidation › Section 37-9-104 - Consolidation; Effects; Rights of Creditors.

37-9-104. Consolidation; effects; rights of creditors.
Upon the election of the first board of trustees of the corporation created by the agreement pursuant to W.S. 37-9-102, and by the provisions of W.S. 37-9-101 through 37-9-105, all and singular the rights and franchises of each and all of the two (2) or more corporations, parties to such agreement, and all and singular the rights and interest in and to every species of property, real, personal and mixed, and things in action shall be deemed to be transferred to and vested in the new corporation, without any other deed or transfer, and the new corporation shall hold and enjoy the same, together with right-of-way and all other rights of property in the same manner and to the same extent as if the two (2) or more corporations, parties to the agreement, should have continued to retain the title and transact the business of the corporations. And the title and the real estate acquired by either of the two (2) or more corporations shall not be deemed to revert or be impaired by means of anything in W.S. 37-9-101 through 37-9-105; provided, that all rights of creditors and all liens upon the property of either of the corporations shall be and hereby are preserved unimpaired; and the respective corporations shall continue to exist as far as may be necessary to enforce the same; provided, further, that all debts, liabilities and duties of either company shall henceforth attach to the new corporation, and be enforced to the same extent and in the same manner as if the debts, liabilities and duties had been originally incurred by it.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 9 - Railroads › Article 1 - Organization; Bonds; Consolidation › Section 37-9-105 - Company May Subscribe to Capital Stock of Other Railroad Company.

37-9-105. Company may subscribe to capital stock of other railroad company.
Any railroad company incorporated under the general laws of this state may at any time by means of subscription to the capital stock of any other company or otherwise, aid such company in the construction of its road for the purpose of forming a connection with the line of road owned by such other company.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 9 - Railroads › Article 2 - Rights-of-Way › Section 37-9-203 - Lands Heretofore Taken May Be Acquired.

37-9-203. Lands heretofore taken may be acquired.
Any railroad company which may have prior to January ninth, A.D. 1891, taken any of the lands of this state for right-of-way and depot grounds shall, upon filing a plat and survey thereof, with the director, and payment for depot grounds, be entitled to a conveyance by letters patent, by the governor, conveying in fee the lands for depot grounds, and granting forever to such railroad company, its successors and assigns, the right to take, use, occupy and enjoy for its railroad purposes, the lands so taken for right-of-way, for tracks and roadways; provided, that in addition to the filing of such survey and plat, proof, to the satisfaction of the land commissioners, shall be made of the construction of such railroad across the land, and the erection of a station on the lands claimed for depot grounds.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 9 - Railroads › Article 2 - Rights-of-Way › Section 37-9-204 - Rights-of-Way for Oil and Gas Companies.

37-9-204. Rights-of-way for oil and gas companies.
W.S. 37-9-202 and 37-9-203 shall also apply to all gas and petroleum oil corporations, companies and individuals, for the right-of-way ten (10) feet wide, through the school and other lands, over which the state has control, for the purpose of carrying gas or oil through pipes, also land for pump stations, tanks, and other buildings, necessary to conduct the oil or gas product of the wells of Wyoming.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 9 - Railroads › Article 2 - Rights-of-Way › Section 37-9-205 - Plats of Survey to Be Filed.

37-9-205. Plats of survey to be filed.
The secretary of state is hereby authorized to transfer to the office of the director all plats of survey which may have been filed in the office of the secretary of state under the provisions of W.S. 37-9-203 and 37-9-204, and from and after the passage of this section all plats of survey required to be filed under the provisions of the sections aforesaid shall be filed with the director instead of with the secretary of state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 9 - Railroads › Article 3 - Fireguards; Fences; Injuries to Stock › Section 37-9-301 - Fireguards.

37-9-301. Fireguards.
It shall be the duty of every railroad corporation operating its line of road, or any part of it, within this state, upon its right-of-way upon each side of its roadbed, to maintain annually an effective fireguard upon order of and satisfactory to specifications set forth by the department of transportation so as to prevent fire from spreading to lands adjacent to the right-of-way. The fireguards need not be maintained within the limits of any city or town, nor along that portion of the line of a railroad where the desert or mountainous character of the adjoining land would render such burning impractical or unnecessary.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 9 - Railroads › Article 3 - Fireguards; Fences; Injuries to Stock › Section 37-9-302 - Fireguards; Penalty.

37-9-302. Fireguards; penalty.
(a) Any railroad corporation failing to comply with the provisions of W.S. 37-9-301 shall be liable to pay a penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each and every mile, or fractional mile, of any strips of land it neglects to treat as directed by the department of transportation upon either side of the line of its road in this state, in each and every year as stated, the penalty to be collected in any proper action in any court of competent jurisdiction, in the name of the state of Wyoming, and when collected it shall be paid into the school fund of the county where the cause of action accrued. The action shall be brought within one (1) year after the violation of W.S. 37-9-301 occurs.
(b) The penalty imposed under subsection (a) of this section applies to any railroad corporation failing to comply with W.S. 37-9-311.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 9 - Railroads › Article 3 - Fireguards; Fences; Injuries to Stock › Section 37-9-303 - Fireguards; Liability for Damages.

37-9-303. Fireguards; liability for damages.
(a) Every railroad corporation operating its line of road, or any part of it, within this state, shall be liable for all damages by fire resulting from or caused by operating any such line of road together with suppression costs, established by the department of transportation, and any damages and costs in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(b) Any damage and suppression cost may be recovered by the party damaged if an action is brought by the party injured within one (1) year next after said damages shall have been inflicted or caused. An injured party who recovers more than has been last offered in writing by the railroad under this section may be awarded reasonable attorney fees and other costs incurred in seeking recovery under this section if it is determined that the railroad acted unreasonably and without cause.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 9 - Railroads › Article 3 - Fireguards; Fences; Injuries to Stock › Section 37-9-304 - Fences and Cattle Guards; Generally.

37-9-304. Fences and cattle guards; generally.
(a) All railway corporations, owning or operating a line of railway within the state, shall construct, maintain and keep in repair on each side of the track thereof, a sufficient fence which meets or exceeds department of transportation fencing standards, so connected with suitable cattle guards at all public road crossings as to prevent stock from getting on the railroad track of the corporation. The fence shall be constructed within nine (9) months after the completion of any railroad track or any part thereof; provided, that railway corporations shall not be required to construct and maintain a fence within the boundaries of any incorporated city or town.
(b) Any corporation failing to comply with this section is subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) for each day during which a violation continues. Each county in which there is a failure to comply with this section shall constitute a separate violation. This penalty shall be prosecuted and collected pursuant to the provisions of W.S. 37-9-302.
(c) No fine shall be assessed under subsection (b) of this section against a corporation that has on file with the department of transportation an approved plan for fence construction, reconstruction and maintenance so long as the corporation is in full compliance with the terms and conditions of the approved plan.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 9 - Railroads › Article 3 - Fireguards; Fences; Injuries to Stock › Section 37-9-305 - Fences and Cattle Guards; Liability for Damages.

37-9-305. Fences and cattle guards; liability for damages.
Any corporation operating a railway and failing to fence the same and to construct and maintain suitable cattle guards as required by W.S. 37-9-304, shall be liable to the owner or owners of any livestock killed or injured by reason of its failure to construct or keep in repair the fence or cattle guard in the manner provided in W.S. 37-9-304, for the full amount of the damage sustained by the owner on account thereof and to make a prima facie case for recovery, it shall only be necessary for the owner to prove the loss or injury to his property; provided, that no corporation operating a railroad shall be liable for any damage occasioned by the willful act of the owner or of his agent or employees or for stock killed or injured on public road crossings unless negligence on the part of the corporation, its agents, servants or employees can be shown.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 9 - Railroads › Article 3 - Fireguards; Fences; Injuries to Stock › Section 37-9-306 - Injury to Stock; Definitions.

37-9-306. Injury to stock; definitions.
For the purpose of this article the terms "livestock" and "stock" shall include all classes of horses, asses, mules, cattle, sheep, swine, buffalo, beefalo, llamas and other domesticated animals.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 9 - Railroads › Article 3 - Fireguards; Fences; Injuries to Stock › Section 37-9-307 - Injury to Stock; Notice to Owner; Procedure if Owner Unknown.

37-9-307. Injury to stock; notice to owner; procedure if owner unknown.
Any railroad corporation injuring or killing any livestock, by running any engine, car or cars, over or against the livestock, shall immediately notify the owner or owners, a brand inspector or the department of transportation, giving a full description, including the number, classes and brands, of the livestock, naming the locality where the stock was killed or injured. It shall be the responsibility of the corporation to retrieve the animal injured or killed after identification and notification, and dispose of the animal within ten (10) days from the date of notification.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 9 - Railroads › Article 3 - Fireguards; Fences; Injuries to Stock › Section 37-9-308 - Injury to Stock; Owner to Make Sworn Statement of Value.

37-9-308. Injury to stock; owner to make sworn statement of value.
Any person owning any livestock which is killed or injured, in the manner set forth in W.S. 37-9-307, shall within thirty (30) days after the person is notified of the killing or injuring, as provided in W.S. 37-9-307, furnish the corporation having killed or injured the livestock, through its nearest agent, sworn evidence of the value of the livestock. The corporation shall then report to the department of transportation within thirty (30) days, receipt of the sworn evidence of the value of the livestock killed or injured.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 9 - Railroads › Article 3 - Fireguards; Fences; Injuries to Stock › Section 37-9-309 - Payment of Claims; Time; Interest; Costs.

37-9-309. Payment of claims; time; interest; costs.
(a) Any railroad corporation liable for the payment of claims for damages from fire and livestock killed or injured shall either pay or reject the claim within sixty (60) days after notice and evidence of the claim is furnished by the claimant. All claims shall include information necessary for the railroad to verify property damage, value of property damages, and propriety of claim with all supporting bills, when available. Claims shall not be deemed filed until the information has been received by the railroad. A claim which is not rejected or paid within sixty (60) days shall be deemed granted and shall constitute a lien upon the property of the railroad. Claims which are unpaid after sixty (60) days shall draw interest at the rate of eighteen percent (18%) per annum until paid, whether voluntarily or by court judgment and order.
(b) With respect to any property damage caused by a railroad, the court shall order the railroad corporation to pay the reasonable attorney fees and court costs incurred by a property owner if the court finds that the railroad corporation did not negotiate in good faith to establish the reasonable value of damages caused to the property owner by the railroad, or if the property owner was required to initiate legal proceedings against the railroad corporation to enforce a judgment for damages.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 9 - Railroads › Article 3 - Fireguards; Fences; Injuries to Stock › Section 37-9-310 - Authority of Department of Transportation to Adopt Rules and Regulations; Information to Be Provided.

37-9-310. Authority of department of transportation to adopt rules and regulations; information to be provided.
The department of transportation shall adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act prescribing standards for fireguards, fences and cattle guards erected and maintained by railroad corporations. The department of transportation shall provide private property owners with information on where to file a claim in the case of damage to private property caused by railroads.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 9 - Railroads › Article 3 - Fireguards; Fences; Injuries to Stock › Section 37-9-311 - Spraying Weeds on Rights-of-Way.

37-9-311. Spraying weeds on rights-of-way.
It shall further be the duty of the railroad to spray noxious weeds on rights-of-way to prevent spread to adjoining lands.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 9 - Railroads › Article 3 - Fireguards; Fences; Injuries to Stock › Section 37-9-312 - Immediate or Urgent Fence Repairs.

37-9-312. Immediate or urgent fence repairs.
(a) After notification to the railroad and the department of transportation by the landowner concerning any damaged fence or a fence in disrepair, the landowner shall have the right to be reimbursed by the railroad for the reasonable and customary costs for such repairs, provided:
(i) The landowner gives the railroad specific information concerning the location of the damage;
(ii) Following the notice by the landowner, the railroad fails to commit that it will make the repairs within three (3) business days of the initial notice by the landowner or fails to complete the repairs within five (5) business days or within a mutually agreed upon time from the date of the initial notice by the landowner; and
(iii) The need for repair is of an immediate or urgent nature as determined by the landowner and the department of transportation.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed as a prohibition against a railroad immediately repairing the fence, the adjacent landowner and the railroad mutually agreeing to other terms for such repairs, or to an adjacent landowner making such repairs at his own expense.
(c) Repairs made by a landowner pursuant to this section shall not be deemed to create any continuing duty or any landowner liability.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 9 - Railroads › Article 4 - Depots; Sale of Tickets; Demurrage › Section 37-9-401 - Establishment of Depots; When Required; Deviation to Avoid Establishment Prohibited.

37-9-401. Establishment of depots; when required; deviation to avoid establishment prohibited.
No railroad company shall construct or operate a railroad within four (4) miles of any existing town or city without providing a suitable depot or stopping place at the nearest practicable point for the convenience of said town or city, and stopping all trains doing local business at said stopping place. No railroad company shall deviate from the most direct practicable line in constructing a railroad for the purpose of avoiding the provisions of this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 9 - Railroads › Article 4 - Depots; Sale of Tickets; Demurrage › Section 37-9-402 - Establishment of Depots; Prosecution; Notice to Railroad.

37-9-402. Establishment of depots; prosecution; notice to railroad.
Whenever it shall come to the knowledge of the district attorney for any county in this state, or whenever complaint shall be made to such officer by any citizen or citizens thereof, that any railroad corporation or company doing business and running trains in or through such county is neglecting or refusing to provide a suitable depot or stopping place as provided by W.S. 37-9-401, or violating any of the provisions thereof, it shall be the duty of the district attorney to make a personal examination of the conditions complained of and if he finds that such railroad corporation or company has not provided a suitable depot or stopping place for the convenience of any town or city, and is not stopping all trains doing local business thereat, he shall at once prepare and cause the sheriff of his county to serve a written notice on any officer or agent of such railroad corporation or company to be found in said county to the effect that such violation exists in the vicinity of a certain town or city, naming it, and notifying said company that unless remedied within thirty (30) days from the date of the service of said notice, and in strict compliance with W.S. 37-9-401, proceedings against said derelict company will be commenced in the district court of such county to compel such compliance, and also to enforce the penalty provided for in W.S. 37-9-403.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 9 - Railroads › Article 4 - Depots; Sale of Tickets; Demurrage › Section 37-9-403 - Establishment of Depots; Penalty.

37-9-403. Establishment of depots; penalty.
If, after the expiration of thirty (30) days from the service of the notice hereinbefore specified, the said railroad corporation or company still neglects or refuses to comply with the term of such notice and with the provisions of W.S. 37-9-401, it shall, on conviction, be fined in the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each day of such delinquency after the expiration of such thirty (30) days notice, up to, and including the day and date on which judgment may be rendered, and also for costs of suit, recoverable by an action in the district court of such county to be brought by the district attorney thereof, and all fines collected under this statute shall be covered into the treasury of the county in which such action is brought. It shall also be the duty of the district attorney aforesaid to promptly institute mandamus proceedings against such derelict railroad corporation or company in the district court to enforce the provisions of W.S. 37-9-401 through 37-9-403.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 9 - Railroads › Article 4 - Depots; Sale of Tickets; Demurrage › Section 37-9-404 - Sale of Tickets; Agent to Have Certificate of Authority.

37-9-404. Sale of tickets; agent to have certificate of authority.
It shall be the duty of the owner or owners of any railroad or other conveyance for the transportation of passengers to provide each agent who may be authorized to sell tickets or other certificates, entitling the holder to travel upon any railroad or other public conveyance, with a certificate, setting forth the authority of such agent to make such sales, which certificate shall be duly attested by the corporate seal, if such there be, of the owner of such railroad or other public conveyance and also by the signature of the owner or officer whose name is signed upon the tickets or coupons which such agent may sell.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 37 - Public Utilities › Chapter 9 - Railroads › Article 4 - Depots; Sale of Tickets; Demurrage › Section 37-9-405 - Sale of Tickets; Sale Without Certificate Prohibited.

37-9-405. Sale of tickets; sale without certificate prohibited.
It shall not be lawful for any person not possessed of such authority so evidenced, to sell, barter or transfer, for any consideration whatever, the whole or any part of any ticket or tickets, passes or other evidences of the holder's title to travel on any railroad or other public conveyance, whether the same be situated, operated or owned within or without the limits of this state, except as authorized by this act.