2010 Wyoming Statutes
Title 37 - Public Utilities
Chapter 4 - Transmitting Utility Act

CHAPTER 4 - Transmitting Utility Act

 

37-4-101. Citation.

 

This act shall be known, and may be cited as, the "Transmitting Utility Act."

 

37-4-102. Definitions.

 

 

(a) When used in this act, the following words, terms and phrases shall have the meaning prescribed to them in this section:

 

(i) "Transmitting utility" means any corporation or other business entity primarily engaged, pursuant to rights or franchises issued by a state or federal regulatory body, in the railroad or street railway business, the telephone or telegraph business, the transmission of oil, gas or petroleum products by pipeline, or the transmission or the production and transmission of electricity, steam, gas or water;

 

(ii) "Uniform Commercial Code" means chapter 219, Session Laws of Wyoming, 1961, as amended.

 

37-4-103. Filing security interests.

 

(a) If filing is required under the Uniform Commercial Code, the proper place to file in order to perfect a security interest in personal property or fixtures of a transmitting utility is in the office of the secretary of state.

 

(b) When the financing statement covers goods of a transmitting utility which are or are to become fixtures, no description of the real estate concerned is required.

 

(c) A security interest in rolling stock of a transmitting utility may be perfected either as provided in section 20(c) of the Interstate Commerce Act or by filing a financing statement pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code as provided in subsection (a).

 

37-4-104. Effect on Uniform Commercial Code and other laws.

 

Unless displaced by the specific provisions of this act, the Uniform Commercial Code and other applicable laws remain in full force and effect and supplement the provisions of this act.