Title 37 — Title 37 — Public Utilities
18 chapters · 509 sections in this title.
W.S. § 37-12-101 Stealing railroad equipment
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Stealing railroad equipment. If any person shall willfully and wrongfully take or remove the waste or packing or brass or brasses from any journal or boxes, of any locomotive, engine, tender, carriage, coach, car, caboose, or truck, used or operated, or capable of being used or o…
W.S. § 37-12-102 171, § 3
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171, § 3. Repealed by Laws 1982, ch. 75, § 5; 1983, ch.
W.S. § 37-12-103 Destruction, obstruction or removal of railroad track or fixtures generally; penalty if death results
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Destruction, obstruction or removal of railroad track or fixtures generally; penalty if death results. Whoever shall willfully and maliciously remove, break, displace, throw down, destroy or in any manner injure any rail or rails or any part of the tracks or any bridge, viaduct, …
W.S. § 37-12-104 Unlawful riding on railroad trains
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Unlawful riding on railroad trains. It shall be unlawful for any person, without the consent of those operating the same, to ride on any part of any railroad car or train.
W.S. § 37-12-105 Unlawful riding on railroad trains; penalty
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Unlawful riding on railroad trains; penalty. Every person violating the provisions of 32-818 [§ 37-12-104] shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not less than five dollars ($5.00), nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), or…
W.S. § 37-12-106 Unlawful riding on railroad trains; power of conductor as special constable
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Unlawful riding on railroad trains; power of conductor as special constable. The conductor in charge of any car or train who finds any person on his car or train, violating the provisions of this act, is hereby made a special constable, authorized to arrest any such person and de…
W.S. § 37-12-107 of offender
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of offender. Unlawful riding on railroad trains; prosecution Any sheriff or deputy sheriff receiving any person from any special constable, as in this act provided, shall forthwith deliver the person, with the charge made against him to the sheriff of the county wherein the offen…
W.S. § 37-12-108 171, § 3
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171, § 3. Repealed by Laws 1982, ch. 75, § 5; 1983, ch.
W.S. § 37-12-109 171, § 3
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171, § 3. Repealed by Laws 1982, ch. 75, § 5, 1983, ch.
W.S. § 37-12-110 171, § 3
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171, § 3. Repealed by Laws 1982, ch. 75, § 5, 1983, ch.
W.S. § 37-12-111 Gas; interference with pipes
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Gas; interference with pipes. Any person who connects any pipe or other conduit, device or contrivance with any gas main or lateral supply pipe, supplying or intended to supply gas to any house, store or other building, without the knowledge and consent of any person or corporati…
W.S. § 37-12-112 Gas; piping gas around meter
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Gas; piping gas around meter. Any person who connects or changes any pipe or other conduit, device or contrivance with any gas main or lateral supply pipe, supplying or intended to supply gas to any house, store or other building, without the knowledge and consent of any person o…
W.S. § 37-12-113 Gas; alteration or destruction of meter
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Gas; alteration or destruction of meter. Any person who willfully injures, alters, or by any instrument, device or contrivance in any manner interferes with or destroys the action or operation of any meter for measuring gas, or of the amount or quantity of gas passing through it …
W.S. § 37-12-114 Gas; penalty
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Gas; penalty. Any person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not less than fifty ($50.00) dollars nor more than three hundred dollars ($300.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not les…
W.S. § 37-12-115 Electricity; interference with wires
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Electricity; interference with wires. Any person who connects or changes any wire, cord, socket, motor or other instrument, device or contrivance, with any wire transmitting or supplying, or intended to transmit or supply electricity to any house, store or other building, without…
W.S. § 37-12-116 Electricity; wiring around electric meter
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Electricity; wiring around electric meter. Any person who connects or changes any wire, cord, socket, motor or other instrument, device, or contrivance with any wire, transmitting or supplying or intended to transmit or supply electricity to any house, store, or other building, w…
W.S. § 37-12-117 electric meter
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electric meter. Electricity; alteration or destruction of Any person who willfully injures, alters or by any instrument, device or contrivance in any manner interferes with or obstructs the action or operation of any meter for measuring electricity or the amount or quantity of el…
W.S. § 37-12-118 Electricity; penalty
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Electricity; penalty. Any person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this act, shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period o…
W.S. § 37-12-119 pipeline
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pipeline. Interfering or tampering with petroleum It shall be unlawful for any person, intentionally, knowingly and without lawful right so to do, to tap, tamper with, alter, interfere with or injure any oil well, drip, pipeline, or any other facility used in the production, hand…
W.S. § 37-12-120 Interference with or injury to electric utility poles or wires; affixing posters to telegraph, telephone and electric utility poles prohibited; penalties
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Interference with or injury to electric utility poles or wires; affixing posters to telegraph, telephone and electric utility poles prohibited; penalties. (a) Whoever maliciously or mischievously takes down, removes, interferes with, obstructs or injures any electric utility pole…
W.S. § 37-12-121 Damaging public telephones or equipment or telegraph or telephone lines or poles
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Damaging public telephones or equipment or telegraph or telephone lines or poles. Any person who willfully displaces, removes, injures or destroys any public telephone instrument or any part thereof or any equipment or facilities associated therewith or who enters or breaks into …
W.S. § 37-12-122 Repealed by Laws 1985, ch
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Repealed by Laws 1985, ch. 121, § 2.
W.S. § 37-12-123 Renumbered by Laws 1983, ch
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Renumbered by Laws 1983, ch. 171, § 5.
W.S. § 37-12-124 Sale of equipment designed to conceal source or avoid charges for telecommunication service; prohibited
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Sale of equipment designed to conceal source or avoid charges for telecommunication service; prohibited. (a) Any individual, corporation or other person who under circumstances evincing an intent to defraud, makes, possesses, sells, gives, or otherwise transfers to another, or wh…
W.S. § 37-12-125 Sale of equipment designed to conceal source or avoid charges for telecommunication service; exemption
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Sale of equipment designed to conceal source or avoid charges for telecommunication service; exemption. Nothing herein shall apply to holders of valid federal communications commission licenses when the licensee is acting within the scope of his license; provided that nothing her…
W.S. § 37-12-126 Failure to yield telephone for reporting emergencies; definitions
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Failure to yield telephone for reporting emergencies; definitions. (a) In W.S. 37-12-126 through 37-12-130 unless the context otherwise requires: (i) "Party line" means a subscriber's line telephone circuit, consisting of two (2) or more main telephone stations connected therewit…
W.S. § 37-12-127 Failure to yield telephone for reporting emergencies; misdemeanor; exception
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Failure to yield telephone for reporting emergencies; misdemeanor; exception. Any person who willfully refuses to yield or surrender the use of a party line or a public pay telephone to another person for the purpose of permitting such other person to report a fire or summon poli…
W.S. § 37-12-128 Failure to yield telephone for reporting emergencies; pretext that emergency exists
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Failure to yield telephone for reporting emergencies; pretext that emergency exists. Any person who asks for or requests the use of a party line or a public pay telephone on the pretext that an emergency exists, knowing that no emergency in fact exists, is guilty of a misdemeanor…
W.S. § 37-12-129 Failure to yield telephone for reporting emergencies; defense
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Failure to yield telephone for reporting emergencies; defense. It is a defense to prosecution under this act that the accused did not know or did not have reason to know of the emergency in question, or that the accused was himself using the telephone party line or public pay tel…
W.S. § 37-12-130 Failure to yield telephone for reporting emergencies; notice in telephone directories
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Failure to yield telephone for reporting emergencies; notice in telephone directories. Every telephone directory published after the effective date of this act and which is distributed to the members of the general public of this state shall contain, in a prominent place, a notic…
W.S. § 37-12-201 Failure to obey orders of commission, provisions of statutes
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Failure to obey orders of commission, provisions of statutes. Every public utility and all officers, agents and employees of any public utility, and every person shall obey, observe and comply with every lawful order made by the commission under authority of this act so long as t…
W.S. § 37-12-202 Public utility personnel violating or aiding or abetting in violations
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Public utility personnel violating or aiding or abetting in violations. (a) Every officer, agent or employee of any public utility, who shall violate, or who shall procure, aid or abet any violation by any public utility of any provision of this act, or who shall fail to obey, ob…
W.S. § 37-12-203 Giving or receiving preferences
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Giving or receiving preferences. Any natural person who knowingly authorizes, gives or affords any benefit, preference or advantage, or who knowingly receives or participates directly or indirectly in any benefit, preference or advantage from such offense, shall be guilty of a mi…
W.S. § 37-12-204 Refusal to file report or answer questions
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Refusal to file report or answer questions. Any public utility which refuses to make and file any report called for by the commission within the time specified, or within the time extended, as the case may be, or willfully refuses to answer to any question propounded by the commi…
W.S. § 37-12-205 Making false returns
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Making false returns. Any person who willfully makes any false return or report to the commission, or to any member, agent or employee thereof, and any person who aids or abets such person, is guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned as the court may di…
W.S. § 37-12-206 Hindering investigation
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Hindering investigation. Any person who willfully obstructs or hinders the commission or a member thereof, or an authorized agent or examiner in making an inspection, examination or investigation of the accounts, records, memoranda, books or papers of any public utility, or of th…
W.S. § 37-12-207 Divulging information; exception
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Divulging information; exception. Any regular or special employee of the commission who divulges any facts or information coming to his knowledge respecting an inspection, examination or investigation of any account, record, memoranda, book or paper or of the property and facilit…
W.S. § 37-12-208 Utility liable for loss or damage
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Utility liable for loss or damage. In case any public utility shall do, cause to be done, or permit to be done, any act, matter or thing prohibited, forbidden or declared to be unlawful, or shall omit to do any act, matter or thing required to be done by this act, or by any lawfu…
W.S. § 37-12-209 Accepting rebates
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Accepting rebates. Any person receiving service from any public utility subject to the provisions of this act, who shall knowingly by an employee, agent, officer or otherwise, directly or indirectly, by or through any means or device whatsoever, receive or accept from such public…
W.S. § 37-12-210 Perjury
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Perjury. Any person who knowingly makes any false statement of fact under oath, whether oral or in writing, as required by this act, is guilty of perjury and upon conviction shall be punished as provided for in the perjury statutes of this state.
W.S. § 37-12-211 offenses
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offenses. Penalty for violations by utility; other Any public utility which violates or fails to comply with any provision of this act, or which fails, omits or neglects to obey, observe or comply with any order, decision, decree, rule, direction, demand or requirement, or any pa…
W.S. § 37-12-212 Additional penalties
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Additional penalties. Every public utility, all officers and agents of any public utility, and every person shall obey, observe and comply with every provision of this act and with every order made by the commission under authority of this act and duly served in accordance with i…
W.S. § 37-12-213 Disposition of fines
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Disposition of fines. All fines, forfeitures and penalties collected under the provisions of this act shall be paid to the state treasurer and credited as provided in W.S. 8-1-109; and all penalties accruing under this act shall be cumulative of each other, and the suit for the r…
W.S. § 37-12-301 Short title; definitions
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Short title; definitions. (a) This act may be known and shall be cited as the "Wyoming Underground Facilities Notification Act." (b) As used in this act: (i) "Business day" means any twenty-four (24) hour period other than Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday; (ii) "Emergency" means…
W.S. § 37-12-302 Notices; exceptions; penalty
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Notices; exceptions; penalty. (a) Every operator shall file with the notification center a general description of the area served together with the name, address and telephone number of the person from whom necessary information may be obtained concerning the location of undergro…
W.S. § 37-12-303 Repealed by Laws 1996, ch
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Repealed by Laws 1996, ch. 113, § 3.
W.S. § 37-12-304 Notification centers; formation; duties
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Notification centers; formation; duties. (a) All operators shall join the notification center and shall participate in the notification center providing for mutual receipt of notification of excavation activities in a specified area and pay their share of the cost for the service…
W.S. § 37-12-305 Exemptions
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Exemptions. (a) The following oil and gas production facilities are not subject to this act: (i) Aboveground or underground storage tanks, sumps, impoundments or piping connected to aboveground or underground storage tanks, sumps or impoundments located in the same tract of land …
W.S. § 37-12-306 Civil penalties; applicability
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Civil penalties; applicability. (a) An action to recover a civil penalty under this section may be brought by an operator, excavator, aggrieved party, the notification center, county attorney, district attorney or the attorney general. Venue for an action shall be in the district…
W.S. § 37-12-307 notice
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notice. Architectural or engineering design drawings (a) Any person preparing or designing architectural or engineering design drawings that call for excavation shall make reasonable efforts to determine at no expense to the operator the nature, location, and depth if known, of u…