SF0011 • 2018

Public utility regulation-joint powers entities.

AN ACT relating to public utilities; providing an exemption from regulation for joint powers entities; and providing for an effective date.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Corporations
Last action: 2018-03-13
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 7/1/2018

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

2018-03-13 Governor
Governor Signed SEA No. 0025
2018-03-13 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number 55
2018-03-08 House
H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0025
2018-03-07 Senate
S President Signed SEA No. 0025
2018-03-06 LSO
Assigned Number SEA No. 0025
2018-03-06 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-0-0-0-0
2018-03-05 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2018-03-02 House
H COW:Passed
2018-03-01 House
H Placed on General File
2018-03-01 House
H07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
2018-02-23 House
H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations
2018-02-20 House
H Received for Introduction
2018-02-20 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-0-1-0-0
2018-02-19 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2018-02-16 Senate
S COW:Passed
2018-02-15 Senate
S Placed on General File
2018-02-15 Senate
S07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0
2018-02-13 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations 30-0-0-0-0
2018-02-09 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2017-12-08 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary

Bill No.:
SF0011
Effective
:
7/1/2018

LSO No.:
18LSO-0209

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA No. 0025

Chapter No.:
55

Prime Sponsor:
Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Interim Committee

Catch Title:
Public utility regulation-joint powers entities.

Subject:
Public utilities-exemption for utilities owned by joint powers entities.

Summary/Major Elements:

This act exempts from regulation by the Public Service Commission utilities that are owned by a joint powers entity. For a joint

powers utility to be exempt
from regulation
, it must:
Have its individual members authorized by law to provide utility service; and
Be formed under the Wyoming Joint Powers Act.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill
.

Current Bill Text

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ORIGINAL
Senate
File
No
.
SF0011

ENROLLED ACT NO. 25,

SENATE

SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2018 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to public utilities; providing an exemption from regulation for joint powers entities; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section
1
.

W.S. 37
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1
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101(a)
(vi)(H)(II)
is amended to read:

37
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101
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Definitions.

(a)

As used in chapters 1, 2, 3, 12 and 17 of this title:

(vi)

"
Public utility
"
means and includes every person that owns, operates, leases, controls or has power to operate, lease or control:

(H)

None of the provisions of this chapter shall apply to:

(II)

To public utilities owned and operated by a municipality of the state of Wyoming
or owned and operated by a joint powers entity
whose individual member entities are authorized by law to provide utility service and are formed
pursuant to the Wyoming Joint Powers Act, W.S. 16
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102 through 16
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110, and comprised of two (2) or more municipalities
, except as to that portion of a municipality owned and operated public utility
or joint powers entity owned and operated public utility
, if any, as may extend services outside the corporate limits of a municipality and except that if any municipal
or joint powers
utility owns an undivided interest in a facility for the production of electricity which is also partly owned by an agency subject to the jurisdiction of the public service
commission, the sale of electricity in excess of the participating municipalities
'

or joint powers entities
'
need is subject to this act;

Section 2
.

This act is effective July 1, 201
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(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the
Senate
.

Chief
Clerk

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