2012 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 37 - PUBLIC UTILITIES
CHAPTER 5 - WYOMING PIPELINE AUTHORITY AND WYOMING INFRASTRUCTURE AUTHORITY
37-5-201. Legislative findings.

(a) The legislature finds that:

(i) There are in Wyoming extensive reserves of natural gas and associated natural resources and insufficient pipeline facilities to allow for the efficient marketing of or to warrant the development of those reserves. Additional pipelines are necessary to maximize the price received for natural gas and associated natural resources produced in Wyoming;

(ii) Unless natural gas and associated natural resource reserves are developed and marketed, employment opportunities and revenue benefits accruing to the state will suffer and an important national resource will not be used;

(iii) The private sector has not developed sufficient pipeline capacity to transport the increased natural gas production and associated natural resources;

(iv) It is in the public interest of the citizens of this state to promote the economic welfare of the state and its residents by increasing employment, stimulating economic activity, augmenting sources of tax revenue, fostering economic stability and improving the balance of the state's economy;

(v) This act constitutes a valid public purpose of primary benefit to all citizens of this state.