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STATE OF WYOMING
SENATE FILE NO. SF0011
Eminent domain energy collector systems amendments.
Sponsored by: Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands &
Water Resources Interim Committee
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to eminent domain; removing the ability of
2 entities who are not public utilities to use the right of
3 condemnation for electric generation collector systems;
4 specifying applicability; and providing for an effective
5 date.
6
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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9 Section 1. W.S. 1-26-815(d) is amended to read:
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11 1-26-815. Right of eminent domain granted; ways of
12 necessity for authorized businesses; purposes; extent.
13
14 (d) No person qualified to exercise the condemnation
15 authority granted by this section, except a public utility
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1 that has been granted a certificate of public convenience
2 and necessity pursuant to W.S. 37-2-205, shall exercise the
3 condemnation authority granted by this section for the
4 erection, placement or expansion of collector systems
5 associated with commercial facilities generating
6 electricity. from wind. The prohibition imposed by this
7 subsection shall be effective immediately and shall end
8 June 30, 2015 or upon the effective date of legislation
9 establishing additional conditions for the use of
10 condemnation authority for the erection, placement or
11 expansion of collector systems associated with commercial
12 facilities generating electricity from wind, whichever
13 occurs earlier. As used in this subsection, "collector
14 systems associated with commercial facilities generating
15 electricity" from wind" means the conductor infrastructure,
16 including conductors, towers, substations, switchgear and
17 other components necessary to deliver power from any
18 commercial facility generating electricity from wind up to
19 but not including electric substations or interconnections
20 facilities associated with existing or proposed
21 transmission lines that serve load or that export energy
22 from Wyoming. A commercial facility generating electricity
23 shall not use an existing easement to place additional
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1 collector systems associated with a commercial facility
2 generating electricity unless specified in an existing
3 easement or the infrastructure is already existing.
4
5 Section 2. This act applies to eminent domain actions
6 initiated on or after the effective date of this act.
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8 Section 3. This act is effective July 1, 2024.
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10 (END)
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 1-26-815