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HB0025 • 2011

Eminent domain-wind energy collector systems.

AN ACT relating to condemnation; limiting the exercise of the power of condemnation for the erection, placement or expansion of collector systems associated with commercial facilities generating electricity from wind; repealing an existing moratorium; and providing for an effective date.

Energy
Inactive

Wyoming marks this bill as inactive, which usually means it is no longer moving in the current session.

Sponsor
Representative Brown
Last action
2011-03-02
Official status
inactive
Effective date
Not listed

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Bill History

  1. 2011-03-02 House

    H Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 4-3(c)

  2. 2011-01-12 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H09; No Report Prior to CoW Cutoff

  3. 2011-01-11 House

    H Received for Introduction

  4. 2010-12-13 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT
2011
STATE OF
WYOMING
11LSO-0236

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0025

Eminent domain-wind energy collector systems.

Sponsored by:

Representative(s) Brown and Steward

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
condemnation; limiting the exercise of the power of condemnation for the erection, placement or expansion of collector
s
yst
e
ms associated with commercial facilities generating electricity from wind
; repealing
an
existing moratorium
;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.
W.S. 1
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26
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815 by creating a new subsection (e) is amended to read:

1
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26
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815.

Right of eminent domain granted; ways of necessity for authorized businesses; purposes; extent
.

(e)

No person qualified to
exercise the condemnation authority granted by this section, except a public utility that has been granted a certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant to W.S. 37
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2
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205, shall exercise the authority for the erection, placement or expansion of collector systems associated with commercial facilities generating electricity from wind. As used in this subsection, "collector systems associated with commercial facilities generating electricity from wind" means the conductor infrastructure, including conductors, towers, substations, switchgear and other components necessary to deliver power from any commercial facility generating electricity from wind up to but not including electric substations or interconnections facilities associated with existing or proposed transmission lines that serve load or that export energy from Wyoming.

Section 2
. W.S. 1
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26
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815(d) is repealed.

Section 3.
This act is effective immediately upon co
m
pletion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constit
u
tion.

(END)

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