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Home » US Law » 2022 Wyoming Statutes » Title 37 - Public Utilities » Chapter 12 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities » Article 2 - Crimes, Offenses and Civil Liabilities of Public Utilities, Officers and Employees

Section 37-12-201 – Failure to Obey Orders of Commission, Provisions of Statutes.

37-12-201. 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 the same shall be and remain in force. […]

Section 37-12-203 – Giving or Receiving Preferences.

37-12-203. 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 misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars […]

Section 37-12-204 – Refusal to File Report or Answer Questions.

37-12-204. 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 commissioner shall be guilty of a […]

Section 37-12-205 – Making False Returns.

37-12-205. 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 direct for a term not […]

Section 37-12-206 – Hindering Investigation.

37-12-206. 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 the property or facilities thereof is guilty of a felony, and upon […]

Section 37-12-207 – Divulging Information; Exception.

37-12-207. 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 facilities of a public utility, except insofar as he may be authorized by the […]

Section 37-12-208 – Utility Liable for Loss or Damage.

37-12-208. 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 […]

Section 37-12-209 – Accepting Rebates.

37-12-209. 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 utility any sum of money or other valuable consideration as […]

Section 37-12-210 – Perjury.

37-12-210. 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.

Section 37-12-211 – Penalty for Violations by Utility; Other Offenses.

37-12-211. Penalty for violations by utility; other offenses. 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 part or provision thereof, of the commission, in a […]

Section 37-12-212 – Additional Penalties.

37-12-212. 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 its provisions so long as the same shall […]

Section 37-12-213 – Disposition of Fines.

37-12-213. 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 recovery of one (1) penalty shall not […]