6 | 4 | | HOUSE BILL NO. HB0218 |
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7 | 5 | | Public utilities-stays during resolution of lawsuits. |
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8 | 6 | | Sponsored by: Representative(s) Locke, Allemand, Banks, |
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9 | 7 | | Brown, G, Campbell, K, Heiner, Knapp, Lien, |
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10 | 8 | | Riggins, Rodriguez-Williams, Strock and |
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11 | 9 | | Styvar and Senator(s) Pearson and Steinmetz |
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12 | 10 | | A BILL |
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13 | 11 | | for |
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14 | 12 | | 1 AN ACT relating to public utilities; requiring stays of |
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15 | 13 | | 2 proceedings of the public service commission pending the |
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16 | 14 | | 3 resolution of lawsuits as specified; providing exemptions; |
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17 | 15 | | 4 making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; and |
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18 | 16 | | 5 providing for an effective date. |
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23 | 21 | | 10 read: |
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29 | 25 | | 2 person adversely affected or aggrieved by any |
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30 | 26 | | 3 action, findings, conclusions or decision of the public |
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31 | 27 | | 4 service commission is entitled to judicial review thereof |
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32 | 28 | | 5 according to the procedures established by the Wyoming |
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33 | 29 | | 6 Administrative Procedure Act and the Wyoming Rules of |
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34 | 30 | | 7 Appellate Procedure. The standards to be applied, to |
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35 | 31 | | 8 judicial review proceedings, including scope of review, |
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36 | 32 | | 9 shall be those standards established in the Wyoming |
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37 | 33 | | 10 Administrative Procedure Act. |
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58 | | - | 6t any time after an |
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59 | | - | 7 order has been made by the commission any person interested |
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60 | | - | 8 therein may apply for a rehearing in respect to any matter |
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61 | | - | 9 determined therein and the commission shall grant and hold |
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62 | | - | 10 a rehearing if in its judgment sufficient reason therefor |
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63 | | - | 11 be made to appear, which rehearing shall be subject to |
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64 | | - | 12 rules as the commission may prescribe. Applications for |
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65 | | - | 13 rehearing shall stay the effect of any order or decision of |
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66 | | - | 14 the commission only as to the portion of the order |
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67 | | - | 15 addressed in the rehearing application until the commission |
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68 | | - | 16 denies the application or enters an order following |
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69 | | - | 17 rehearing, whichever last occurs, provided, however, that |
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70 | | - | 18 upon the request of any party and a showing of good cause |
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71 | | - | 19 therefor, the commission may vacate the stay and allow the |
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72 | | - | 20 order or decision to remain in effect. An order or decision |
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73 | | - | 21 made after the rehearing vacating, amending or modifying |
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74 | | - | 22 the original order or decision shall not, as to the matter |
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75 | | - | 23 considered on rehearing, be open to a further application 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0394 |
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78 | | - | 1 for rehearing, and shall have the same force and effect as |
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79 | | - | 2 the original order or decision. |
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81 | | - | 4This |
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82 | | - | 5 applications, rate cases and other matters filed with the |
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83 | | - | 6 public service commission for which litigation specified in |
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84 | | - | 7 this act has been filed before, |
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85 | | - | 8 date of this act. |
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| 65 | + | 19t any time after |
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| 66 | + | 20 an order has been made by the commission any person |
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| 67 | + | 21 interested therein may apply for a rehearing in respect to |
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| 68 | + | 22 any matter determined therein and the commission shall |
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| 69 | + | 23 grant and hold a rehearing if in its judgment sufficient 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-03944HB0218 |
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| 70 | + | 1 reason therefor be made to appear, which rehearing shall be |
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| 71 | + | 2 subject to rules as the commission may prescribe. |
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| 72 | + | 3 Applications for rehearing shall stay the effect of any |
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| 73 | + | 4 order or decision of the commission only as to the portion |
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| 74 | + | 5 of the order addressed in the rehearing application until |
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| 75 | + | 6 the commission denies the application or enters an order |
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| 76 | + | 7 following rehearing, whichever last occurs, provided, |
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| 77 | + | 8 however, that upon the request of any party and a showing |
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| 78 | + | 9 of good cause therefor, the commission may vacate the stay |
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| 79 | + | 10 and allow the order or decision to remain in effect. An |
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| 80 | + | 11 order or decision made after the rehearing vacating, |
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| 81 | + | 12 amending or modifying the original order or decision shall |
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| 82 | + | 13 not, as to the matter considered on rehearing, be open to a |
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| 83 | + | 14 further application for rehearing, and shall have the same |
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| 84 | + | 15 force and effect as the original order or decision. |
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| 86 | + | 17This |
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| 87 | + | 18 applications, rate cases and other matters filed with the |
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| 88 | + | 19 public service commission for which litigation specified in |
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| 89 | + | 20 this act has been filed before, |
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| 90 | + | 21 date of this act. |
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| 91 | + | 22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-03945HB02181. This act is effective immediately upon |
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| 92 | + | 2 completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law |
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| 93 | + | 3 as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming |
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| 94 | + | 4 Constitution. |
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| 96 | + | 6 (END) |
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